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Soccer Team Signs 6-Year-Old
Women’s soccer at Beloit signed a significant new member to its team in February. Six-year-old Isla Lentz of nearby Rockton, Ill., who is battling cystic fibrosis, officially joined the team at a signing ceremony in the Sports Center Feb. 24.
The team and head coach Nick Chapman connected with Isla through an organization called Team IMPACT, a non-profit whose mission is to improve the quality of life for children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses. Kids are drafted onto collegiate teams in their local areas and become members from signing day through graduation.
“It’s great having Isla as a member of our team,” Courtney Ceurvorst’19 told the Beloit Daily News. “We all look at the team as a network of support. Now Isla will be a part of that network, both giving and receiving support. She’s brought so much light and joy to us throughout the last season, and we always enjoy seeing and getting to know her and her family better.”
Isla received a team jersey and sat for the team photo above and for an individual portrait that will appear with the team’s headshots on Beloit’s website.
Writing for Television
A ‘world class education’ and a path to the NFL
The Gil Carter Correspondence
The Illustrious Field Term
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Hispanic American women
Juana Briones of Nineteenth-Century California
by Jeanne Farr McDonnell
Library of Congress Classification F864.B76M38 2008
Juana Briones de Miranda lived an unusual life, which is wonderfully recounted in this highly accessible biography. She was one of the first residents of what is now San Francisco, then named Yerba Buena (Good Herb), reportedly after a medicinal tea she concocted. She was among the few women in California of her time to own property in her own name, and she proved to be a skilled farmer, rancher, and businesswoman. In retelling her life story, Jeanne Farr McDonnell also retells the history of nineteenth-century California from the unique perspective of this surprising woman.
Juana Briones was born in 1802 and spent her early youth in Santa Cruz, a community of retired soldiers who had helped found Spanish California, Native Americans, and settlers from Mexico. In 1820, she married a cavalryman at the San Francisco Presidio, Apolinario Miranda. She raised her seven surviving sons and daughters and adopted an orphaned Native American girl. Drawing on knowledge she gained about herbal medicine and other cures from her family and Native Americans, she became a highly respected curandera, or healer.
Juana set up a second home and dairy at the base of then Loma Alta, now Telegraph Hill, the first house in that area. After gaining a church-sanctioned separation from her abusive husband, she expanded her farming and cattle business in 1844 by purchasing a 4,400-acre ranch, where she built her house, located in the present city of Palo Alto. She successfully managed her extensive business interests until her death in 1889. Juana Briones witnessed extraordinary changes during her lifetime. In this fascinating book, readers will see California’s history in a new and revelatory light.
PART I: SPAIN, 1769
1. Strolling through Mayfield: Reminders of the First Pioneers
2. Limited Choices: Soldiers and Settlers at the Missions, Presidios, and Pueblos
3. Born and Bred in Branciforte: Retirement Benefits for Special Soldiers
4. Heading North: A New Briones Home at the San Francisco Presidio
PART II: MEXICO, 1821
5. A Place of One’s Own: Personal and Social Change
6. Yerba Buena: Neither the Mission nor the Presidio
7. Under Mexico: Family and Friends Disperse
8. San Francisco: A Case of Mistaken Identity
PART III: PERSISTENT STRUGGLES ACROSS REGIMES
9. “This Woman Who Cured Me”: Nineteenth-Century Medicine
10. “The Troublesome Service of the Mission”: Challenges to Indians
PART IV: THE UNITED STATES, 1846
11. “Horses, Cattle, and Everything to Do with a Ranch”: Owning and Managing a Ranch
12. First Gold, Then Land: Coping in a Populous Valley
13. Th e Lawyer’s Office: Some Prospered, Some Failed
14. Caring for a Grandson, Remembering a Priest: Town Life in 1880s Mayfield
Illustration Credits
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Explorers Saw It
Ferdon, Edwin N.
Early Tahiti As the Explorers Saw It, 1767–1797
by Edwin N. Ferdon
Library of Congress Classification GN671.S55F47
Dewey Decimal Classification 996.211
For thirty years before the coming of the European missionaries, European explorers were able to observe Tahitian society as it had existed for centuries. Now Edwin Ferdon, Polynesian archaeologist and veteran of Thor Heyerdah's expedition to Easter Island, has interwoven their records to show us in fascinating detail what that society was like.
Edwin N. Ferdon first became interested in early Polynesia in 1955 while serving as an archaeologist on Thor Heyerdahl's Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island and the East Pacific. Since then he has published numerous papers and a popular book, One Man's Log, on Polynesia's archaeology, ethnography, and geography. During twenty-four years of association with the Museum of New Mexico and School of American Research in Santa Fe and the Arizona State Museum in Tucson, he conducted archaeological surveys and excavations in Mesoamerica, South America, the southwestern United States, and Polynesia. From 1961 to 1978 he was associate director of the Arizona State Museum.
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Paleo-Indians
Social archaeology
Toward a Behavioral Ecology of Lithic Technology: Cases from Paleoindian Archaeology
by Todd A. Surovell
Library of Congress Classification E78.G73S895 2009
Modern humans and their hominid ancestors relied on chipped-stone technology for well over two million years and colonized more than 99 percent of the Earth's habitable landmass in doing so. Yet there currently exist only a handful of informal models derived from ethnographic observation, experiments, engineering, and "common sense" to explain variability in archaeological lithic assemblages.
Because the fundamental processes of making, using, and discarding stone tools are, at root, exercises in problem solving, Todd Surovell asks what conditions favor certain technological solutions. Whether asking if a biface should be made thick or thin or if a flake should be saved or discarded, Surovell seeks answers that extend beyond a case-by-case analysis. One avenue for addressing these questions theoretically is formal mathematical modeling.
Here Surovell constructs a series of models designed to link environmental variability to human decision making as it pertains to lithic technology. To test the models, Surovell uses data from the analysis of more than 40,000 artifacts from five Rocky Mountain and Northern Plains Folsom and Goshen complex archaeological sites dating to the Younger Dryas stadial (ca. 12,600-11,500 years BP). The primary result is the production of powerful new analytical tools useful to the interpretation of archaeological assemblages.
Surovell's goal is to promote modeling and explore the general issues governing technological decisions. In this light, his models can be applied to any context in which stone tools are made and used.
Todd Surovell is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Wyoming. His research interests are in behavioral ecology, hunter-gatherer studies, mathematical modeling, lithic technology, and Paleoindian archaeology.
1 Toward a Behavioral Ecology of Lithic Technology
2 Late Pleistocene Foragers of the Northern Plains and Rocky Mountains
3 Occupation Span and Residential Mobility
4 The Reoccupation Problem
5 Stone Age Supply-Side Economics
6 Bifaces, and So On: Modeling the Design of Tools and Toolkits
7 On the Optimal Production of Trash
8 Mathematics, Lithic Technology, and Paleoindians
Appendix: Site Occupancy and Camp Area
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Provenance Inns’ appointment poises company for next phase of growth
ALSO IN THE NEWSAPPOINTMENTSCAREERSDESTINATIONS by Emma Calder on September 11, 2017
Seven-strong hospitality group Provenance Inns has appointed a new managing director as it looks to begin the next stage of the development scheme.
Rupert Farquharson, who boasts 25 years of industry experience, joins the company from Norfolk brewer Woodforde’s where he held the position of managing director.
During his career he has held roles with Adnams, Bass Brewers, Diageo and the Wine Society.
Farquharson told the insider: “Provenance Inns has established a strong reputation as a leading hospitality operator, both across our trading area and nationally, and the opportunity to be part of this hugely professional team, both at senior level and in each of the pubs and hotels, is wonderful.
“In a market where consumers have more choice than ever, and the economic outlook is likely to challenge us, I’ve had to hit the ground running. However, I’m confident that we will continue to take Provenance Inns from strength to strength.”
Provenance Inns was founded in 2010 when Chris Blundell, a former director of supermarket group Morrisons went into partnership with Michael Ibbotson to build a portfolio of hospitality businesses across North Yorkshire.
Earlier this year Ibbotson resigned from the company, which currently has 275 employees and a turnover of c.£10m.
The seven businesses in the Provenance Inns portfolio are: The Black Bull Inn, Moulton; the Carpenters Arms, Felixkirk; the Crown & Cushion, Welburn; the Oak Tree, Helperby; the Punch Bowl, Marton cum Grafton; the West Park Hotel, Harrogate; and the most recent addition, the Cleveland Tontine, Staddlebridge, acquired in 2016.
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Rest Assured, Economy Candy is Still Open
Posted on: January 11th, 2021 at 5:00 am by Elie
With a spate of legendary institutions shuttering during pandemic, word began circulating over the weekend that Economy Candy was the latest victim. Not so.
The candy shop, on the Lower East Side for more than eighty years, remains alive, slinging sweets from its doorstep at 108 Rivington Street. The above photo was taken on Saturday afternoon.
“Our hours [are] posted in our Mystery Bag Candy Window as well as on our front door, along with a message from us about how we’re currently operating,” co-owner Skye Greenfield Cohen says. “Both of which you can see through the gate even when it’s full down, for anyone passing by who isn’t sure what the deal is.”
See pandemic hours below.
Economy Candy entered life on the Lower East Side in 1937 around the corner on Essex Street. Its original function was a discount shoe shop, yet the candy stand was the biggest draw. Fashion purchases weren’t number one for those hit hardest by the economic downturn. So, founder Morris “Moishe” Cohen, who passed away six years ago at age 92, pivoted the business into a sweets shop. Its predecessor was Saperstein’s, a sweets and appetizing store that opened here in 1903.
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East Broadway Subway Tiles Free of Disgusting Deposits
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New Year, Wrong Stamp for USPS Commemorative Postage [OP-ED]
With the Lunar New Year fast approaching, the U.S. Postal Service released its annual commemorative stamp to honor the holiday. Yet, the new postage seriously misses the mark, is wrong on many levels. The Lunar New Year – observed this year on February 12 – is celebrated by several Asian cultures, but it’s difficult to […]
Covid Killed ‘Wall of Sound’ Producer Phil Spector; Revisiting The Ronettes Outside Parisi Bakery
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Appellate Court to Hear Community Lawsuit that Halted Development of Two Bridges Towers
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From Zimbabwe to America, a man's long journey leads him to graduate from Bishop State on Wednesday
by Emily Hill, ehill@al.com
MOBILE, Alabama – "I never dreamed to be who I am today and if it wasn't for people believing in me, I wouldn't be where I am," Shepherd Togarepi from Zimbabwe said through tears in an interview with AL.com this week.
Togarepi, 39, will graduate from Bishop State Community College on Wednesday with an associate degree in occupational technology specializing in diesel technology and truck driving, a milestone he never thought he would reach.
Born in the Gweru village of Zimbabwe, Togarepi's family struggled to survive. With determination, hard work and help from others, however, Togarepi made it to America.
The struggle to survive
When Togarepi was 14 years old his father, Nomore, lost his job, forcing the family to move from the city to the Gweru village. Togarepi's mother, Rosemary, took on the responsibility of providing for the family.
"I got to a point where, during the high school time, I could see how hard it was for my family and for my mother during that process, for her to be waking up in the morning to go and buy foods to sell and pay for my school fees. So it just really had a big impact on me, that moment," Togarepi said Monday.
In the middle of receiving his high school education, Togarepi left the village to search for a job so he could help support the family.
Togarepi found a job at Quest Motors in a nearby city, and worked as a security guard for about one year.
"One night they caught me driving a car because I always wanted to learn how to drive. So I was fired for driving new cars in the yard," Togarepi said. "I had nobody who could teach me so I said 'I can do it myself.' "
"With the guilt of feeling I'll shame my parents because the money that I was sending them was no longer coming because I did something wrong, I decided not to go back to the village," Togarepi explained.
He traveled to the border town of Beitbridge after hearing of people leaving Zimbabwe for South Africa to finding jobs. At 16 years of age, Togarepi took the risk of traveling to South Africa.
The escape from Zimbabwe
The only option was crossing into the country illegally "and that was one of the challenges where some people make it, and some people don't."
He traveled with seven other people as they swam across the Limpopo River between the two countries. Togarepi said that during that process, three people didn't make it across.
After reaching South Africa, Togarepi said police showed up. "Luckily there were some stores that we went behind and we spent the whole day in the alley," Togarepi said. A woman brought food to Togarepi and several others in hiding.
The next day they traveled to a farm in the town of Phalaborwa and met several people who had come to South Africa from Zimbabwe years earlier, and they offered to help Togarepi get settled. One of those people, Kenneth Mathebula, gave Togarepi a place to stay.
He was given various landscaping jobs, and locals also gave him food and clothes to wear.
"I truly don't know why they were so nice to me. I just felt some things do truly happen for a reason and the way I've been blessed to be able to make it from Zimbabwe to where I was at that moment, I could really not believe that all this is happening," Togarepi said.
Kenneth moved to another town, but people he knew continued to help Togarepi.
Then, Togarepi said a traveling teacher had a colleague who led a wood-chopping company and the teacher arranged for Togarepi to meet him. At age 17, Togarepi got the job. "They said, 'We are warning you this is a hard job for a young guy like you.' I said, 'well, I can try.' It was really hard but I had to make it," Togarepi said.
He would chop a five-pound bag of wood for about 25 cents, and send money home to his mother. "I was really trying what I can to support my mother because I had two young sisters after me, and I was trying very hard for her not to go through what I saw while I was growing."
'I didn't know when you see the white man you should run'
During this time Togarepi was working with five South African locals. "We had one problem of not having water. There was no running water at the farm where I was staying," Togarepi said.
"We used to go under the bridge and dig for water to wash and cook and clean dishes. We had no beds or electricity."
For almost a year Togarepi lived in those conditions, until one day an opportunity came unexpectedly.
Near the farm where he lived was a research center called Global Vision International, which brings students from around the world to various developing nations for wildlife research expeditions, Togarepi said.
"One day in the afternoon we were under the bridge fetching for water then it happened that one of the expedition leaders was driving along the fence line," Togarepi said. "During those days is when there was still a big tension between the locals and the whites there. So I didn't know that, so the reaction everybody had when the white guy arrived, all the local guys I was with they ran away."
"So I just remained there. I didn't know when you see the white man you should run."
The man from the expedition asked Togarepi what he was doing, and Togarepi explained that they had no clean water. "He said 'I'll be bringing you clean water every day,'" Togarepi said. For about six months 20 gallons of clean water was delivered to the farm Togarepi was staying at.
Togarepi was then asked to do gardening at GVI twice a week for extra money, while continuing to chop wood.
A year and a half later, Togarepi was offered a full-time job and was asked to move into the GVI camp. "It really surprised me. I wasn't expecting that to happen," Togarepi said.
"The guys I was working with, at chopping wood, I told them I was moving across the street and they said 'the white man is going to kill you now.' "
Togarepi said he was taught everything, from table manners, to how to pump water, and the proper way to drive. Living with the GVI people also allowed him to learn more English, Togarepi said. "For somebody like me, growing up in a house in the village where you see baths maybe once a week, having that kind of life was really a big change for me."
Togarepi began joining researchers on expeditions, and became extremely interested in animals.
From wood chopper, to gardener, to safari guide
Sophie Greatwood with GVI put Shepherd in touch with Hugh Marshal, director of safari rangers at Conservation Corporation Africa (CC Africa). Marshal met Togarepi then sent him to KwaZulu-Natal for ranger training.
"When I was there we stayed six weeks walking, tracking animals on foot, and identifying which animal walked where. When we finished training I wanted to go back to GVI but they said, 'Well you've done so much, it's beyond what GVI does,'" Togarepi said.
"I thought they were kicking me out at one point, but later I realized they were trying to give me another step ahead."
Marshal lined up about three interviews with different companies in hopes of getting Togarepi a job as a safari guide. At 25 years of age, Togarepi got a job with CC Africa in a small village.
Togarepi said guests drive their cars near the camp and park downhill, then one employee drives a car full of luggage up the hill, while another drives the guests. Togarepi drove guests to the camp, and when they arrived some of the luggage -- driven to the camp by another employee -- was missing.
"I went to him and said 'what have you done with guest luggage?' He said, 'don't worry about it ... don't say anything.' "
"I called mister Marshal and I said something really bad happened here and I don't want to be part of it," Togarepi said.
Marshal came, held an emergency meeting to resolve the issue of stolen luggage, then had Togarepi leave the camp. "Those guys could have done something to me because I told the director what had happened," Togarepi explained.
Togarepi went back to Phalaborwa, and over the course of three months he purchased land and built a house. Togarepi was now able to legally travel from South Africa to Zimbabwe to visit family, and during this time Marshal was arranging interviews for him.
In 2003 Togarepi began work as a safari guide at Kruger National Park and in 2004 when he visited home he took his girlfriend back to South Africa. In 2006 they had a son and Togarepi named him Hugh, after Hugh Marshal.
As a guide Togarepi met many people from the United States and they encouraged him to go to America. Joe Farrell and his family were led on a safari, and during the tour there was a problem with the Jeep. Togarepi fixed the problem quickly, and Farrell noticed his skill in working on engines.
Opportunities in America
A family he had met on safari from New York had him visit for vacation, and told him he could stay in America. Togarepi flew to New York and then began calling Americans he had guided on safaris.
Togarepi was put in contact with a family in Chicago that was originally from Zimbabwe and he traveled by bus from New York to their home. In Chicago, Togarepi trained as a caregiver for a nursing home, but stayed in contact with Farrell.
After help from a relative of Marshal's with getting legal status to be in the U.S., Farrell told Togarepi that he could work for his company, Resolve Marine in Mobile. In September of 2009 Togarepi flew from Chicago to Mobile.
The next year, he started the process of bringing his wife and children to America. Also during this time he worked toward getting his GED at Bishop State. In 2011 Togarepi began classes at Bishop State in the diesel technology program. A family from Ohio that he guided on a safari, Ron and Allison Unnerstall, assisted with tuition fees.
Togarepi's mother died in 2012, and after obtaining his green card in 2013 he was able to travel home to see where she was buried. Also in 2012 Togarepi sustained a knee injury while working offshore, which resulted in surgery and time off work and school.
In December of 2012 the rest of his family made it to America, for a total of six people living in a one-bedroom apartment.
Habitat for Humanity built the Togarepi family a new 6-bedroom house funded by the Joe Bullard car company and they moved in August 2013. "I didn't believe I'd be having a house in America," Togarepi said.
Togarepi now volunteers at Habitat for Humanity servicing the assistance agency's equipment. "That's how I can thank them for what they've done for me," Togarepi said. He also still works for Resolve Marine.
"It has really been a journey for me and I'm still going ahead with the journey."
Togarepi's family is made up of wife Tendai, 16-year-old Rosemary, 15-year-old Blessing, 7-year-old Hugh and 21-month-old Allison, along with two step-children 15-year-old Ruvimbo Musamadya and 9-year-old Shantle Musamadya.
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New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
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"AN '80s EXTRAVAGANZA"
"INGENIUS"
"IF YOU LOVE THE 80s,
YOU'LL FREAK OUT OVER THIS NEW LIVE SHOW
ABOUT BRAT PACK MOVIES."
FERRIS JOINS THE BREAKFAST CLUB IN AN 80s MASHUP MUSICAL
"GENUINELY ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE AND
ENJOYABLE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES I HAVE HAD IN YEARS.
I WAS IN HEAVEN."
SATURDAY, MARCH 24th, 1984...
SHERMER HIGH SCHOOL, SHERMER, ILLINOIS...
For The Record, the genre-bending series that brings classic movie soundtracks to thrilling life on stage, returns to an exact time and place when pop culture in America changed forever.
The Brat Pack combines an entire era of cinematic history, the revolutionary teen films of the 1980s and their hit soundtracks, to create an MTV teen dream - a New Wave, synth-pop journey through the hilarious and heartbreaking world of high school.
The story follows 5 teenage archetypes, well known to any lover of The Breakfast Club, through the epic saga of growing up. From sweet sixteen to gym class, detention to prom and finally graduation, The Brat Pack is a group of the most unlikely of friends surviving the carnage of love & friendship, smashing stereotypes along the way.
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Each of the five teens, and one figure of authority, is a composite of the most unforgettable 1980s film characters. Following the arch of a single character's storyline as it moves through different iterations of the same persona is a big part of the fun.
The "Geek", for example, starts as the hopeless computer nerd Gary from Weird Science, develops a little swagger singing "Try a Little Tenderness" as Ducky from Pretty in Pink, and finally breaks out of school completely, taking a day off as Ferris Bueller.
In this unique way, The Brat Pack is one part mash-up review concert, and one part story driven musical.
"DETENTION IS IN SESSION
AND I COULDN'T BE MORE THRILLED."
EDGEMEDIANETWORK
don't forget this guy!
- featuring -
JAKE RYAN
LLOYD DOBLER
MORE THAN A MOVIE MUSICAL
...TEN TIMES MORE
From Samantha Baker kissing over her birthday cake to Lloyd Dobler with his boombox held high, the most memorable moments from 10 of the best teen films of all time pop up throughout the show in surprising ways. Some are major plot points, like the teens’ antics in detention, while others are hidden within the action, secret gifts for the lifelong fans.
SOUNDTRACK OF A NEW WAVE GENERATION
John Hughes didn't just reinvent the teen film, he also helped usher in a new wave of British pop music. Little known musicians from across the Atlantic suddenly had massive, chart-topping hits on American movie soundtracks.
Songs like "If You Leave", "True", & "Don't You Forget About Me" turned teenage melodrama into cultural touchstones with huge influence on everything that came after.
As much as The Brat Pack is a celebration of great films, it is also a tribute to the music that gave the movies style. The ultimate greatest hits setlist of 1980s synth pop is arranged to tell each chapter of our story.
The mid-1980s weren't just a major turning point for teen films. At the same time, MTV was in its early prime, changing the world's relationship to pop music & the rock stars now on cable television. The original music video craze is the prime inspiration for the visual style of The Brat Pack.
Classrooms and locker-lined hallways fill with a neon haze as 8-bit graphics and notebook doodles cover the walls. The effect is as if popular MTV After School Specials have infiltrated the students' daydreams. This is a world where a boring chemistry class can transform into very "Weird Science".
'80s MUSIC VIDEO DESIGN
THIS IS FOR THE RECORD
The Brat Pack is a rock band, not just in style & sound but also in size.
With 9 actors, 5 musicians and a jam-packed 90 minute run time, this production is the featherweight champion of live events: compact while throwing a powerful punch.
The Brats are supported by the Los Angeles based, Emmy award winning For The Record Creative team, designers of major live events including The Oscars, MTV VMAs, the Olympic Opening ceremonies, The Grammys, and many others.
SHANE SCHEEL
Executive Producer / FTR Founder
MIKE BERGER
BEN SOLDATE
SIOBHAN O'NEILL
Producer / Business Affairs
PERRY FREEZE
STEVE MAZUREK
MATTHEW STEINBRENNER
JESSE VARGAS
Music Supervisor / Arrangements
SUMIE MAEDA
Choreographer / Associate Director
Adapted and Directed By
ANDERSON DAVIS
"Don't You Forget About Me" by The BratPack
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Bristol Rovers top goal scorer Billy Bodin reveals competition with Charlton Athletics's Ricky Holmes
The Rovers attacker is good mates with the Addicks front man
Jack Vittles
THE LATEST NEWS ON THE GAS STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX
Billy Bodin has revealed his competition with Charlton Athletic forward Ricky Holmes.
Bodin has netted eight times for Bristol Rovers this season and his latest strike saw the Gas claim all three points at home to Plymouth Argyle.
Speaking after the match, Bodin has revealed how he keeps a close eye on what Holmes gets up to.
"I'm good mates with Ricky Holmes," explained Bodin.
Victory over Plymouth Argyle keeps Bristol Rovers in touch with early pace-setters despite inconsistent performances
"I always try to see how he's doing. I think he's got about six or seven goals [four] and a few assists, so there's a little competition there."
Billy Bodin has been in fine form this season
Holmes and Bodin played together for Northampton Town during the 2014/15 season and are now considered two of the best attacking talents in League One.
"I'll try to get as many [goals] as I can and beat him," laughed Bodin.
Darrell Clarke and Billy Bodin discuss Tom Nichols' Bristol Rovers goal drought
Rovers lost to Charlton 1-0 on the opening day of the season, and Bodin is relishing the chance to get one over on his mate when Charlton come to the Memorial Stadium later this season.
Charlton Athletic's Ricky Holmes
"Both of us didn't have a great game at their place, but obviously he's a great player and I'm sure there will be a lot of clubs interested in him," said Bodin.
Darrell Clarke sings the praises of Bristol Rovers' front three after Plymouth Argyle clash
"He's sort of the same position as me, and he gets goals and a lot of assists. When we do play them next, we'll have to look out for him."
Bodin is hoping to edge out his mate Holmes in the goal scoring stakes
Bodin is gaining rave reviews from Rovers fans and further afield this season as he continues his fine goal scoring form.
"It's obviously nice to hear," admitted the Welshman.
"That's what I'm in the team to do, the manager always tells me to go out and express myself. That's why I'm here and hopefully I can keep doing that.
Disgruntled Plymouth Argyle manager Derek Adams has his say on red card against Bristol Rovers
Billy Bodin
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Details on second Brockville police officer charged
Posted on October 14, 2016 by Bill Kingston in Brockville, News, Rideau Lakes // 0 Comments
(Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston, File)
RIDEAU LAKES – Leeds County O.P.P. has released details surrounding a Brockville police officer facing charges in connection to historical domestic assaults.
O.P.P. Sgt. Angie Atkinson told Brockville Newswatch Friday, a 36-year-old man from the area formerly known as South Elmsley Township, was arrested and charged on Sept. 8, 2016.
He faces six counts of domestic assault.
Leeds County O.P.P. started an investigation in April 2016 after receiving a complaint that a woman had been the victim of historical assaults between 2008 and 2013.
The name of the officer – an eight year veteran with the Brockville Police Service – has not been released in order to protect the identity of the victim, the O.P.P. said.
Atkinson told BNW the alleged perpetrator and the victim were in a domestic relationship.
He’s been placed on desk duty pending the outcome of the legal proceedings, the Brockville Police Service announced Sept. 12.
The 36-year-old’s next court appearance is Oct. 21, 2016 in Brockville.
This is the second Brockville police officer facing criminal charges.
Const. Jeffrey Rean is appearing in a Brockville court today (Oct. 14) on a single charge of breach of trust.
Rean faces a Police Service Act hearing next week (Oct. 21) on seven Police Service Act charges of discredible conduct and five counts of neglect of duty.
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DoH reports 470 new COVID-19 infections
THE Department of Health on Wednesday reported 470 new coronavirus infections, bringing the total to 32,295.
The death toll rose to 1,204 after 18 more patients died, while recoveries climbed by 14 to 8,656, it said in a bulletin.
Of the new cases, 357 were reported in the past three days and 113 were reported late.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario S. Vergeire told an online news briefing 96% of the cases were mild, adding that patients have a bigger chance of getting well again.
She also said infections have been gradually increasing, allowing the country’s healthcare system to handle the health crisis.
Cases were likely to surge as the lockdown in many areas of the country are eased, she added.
The country has some COVID-19 hotspots including the cities of Cebu and Ormoc, and the provinces of Leyte and Samar, Ms. Vergeire said.
She said 6.9% of those tested for the virus were positive, a sign that “the testing we do is sufficient and the virus transmission is minimized.”
As of June 20, 594,499 tests had been conducted, 86,191 of which were done in the past seven days. About 12,348 tests were conducted daily and of the weekly total 37,776 were positive, Ms. Vergeire said.
The country had a death rate of 3.73% for the coronavirus, higher than its Southeast Asian peers but lower than the global average of 5.2%, she said.
Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration said people should use only the 17 face masks registered with the regulator.
“Retailers, hospitals and other healthcare facilities are hereby advised to procure only FDA-notified medical face masks from FDA licensed manufacturers and distributors,” according to an advisory.
The FDA also released a list of respirators such as N95, KN95 and similar face masks that failed regulatory tests.
“The public is advised not to use these respirators especially health care workers who provide care to COVID-19 patients in settings and areas where aerosol-generating procedures are undertaken,” it said. — Vann Marlo M. Villegas
Vann Marlo M. Villegas
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Top airline flying Halifax Intl to Whitehorse
Air Canada 7.1
Pros: "Staff are very nice"
Cons: "Delay in flight of more than 45 minutes"
Cons: "if the flight is on time. I was delay more than 10 hours"
Cons: "The delay was ridiculous. Seats are the usual tiny ones so for a big guy they suck but over all great trip"
Cons: "My flight was an early morning flight 8 am. I needed to get up at 5 am to get ready for this flight. AC notified me 5:05 am that my flight delayed 3 hrs to 11am. I wish they told us the night before so no need to get up that early."
Cons: "We had a 5:35 am flight and the plane was 1/2 hour late to gate. By the time it got there, we spent over 1 hour sitting at gate loaded up waiting for weather to clear. It was fine when it was supposed to be there. Therefore, this was not initially a weather issue. Our connecting flight is 12 hours after Our schedules flight. I have a 1 year old toddler. Customer service rep less than sympathetic personality."
Pros: "Entertainment system was good and seats were comfortable"
Cons: "Boarding was confusing because there were few or no announcements of which zone was boarding, and it wasn't clear exactly which desk to proceed to for boarding"
Cons: "Dirty plane, garbage stuffed in seat pocket. Tray table disgusting!"
Pros: "Smooth as you like"
Pros: "Very organized crew for the boarding on instructing passengers with carry-ons etc for the overhead storage compartments. Flight left on time."
Cons: "My entertainment screen was malfunctioning. Very frustrating trying to watch a movie to the point I turned it off & read a book . If you are going to offer the the service make sure it works."
Pros: "The tvs were nice."
Cons: "The people in front of us reclined their seats and there was no leg room. The flight was severely delayed by an hour and a half making us miss our connection."
Cons: "Not enough time to the flight from Halifax to west plam beach"
Pros: "Exiting the plane and terminating my transaction."
Cons: "Delayed. Missed layover. Lost luggage. Poor communication. Agents had attitudes."
Pros: "Seat was comfortable, leg room adequate. Crew helpful."
Cons: "The young child that screamed for the first two hours of the flight. The man in the seat behind me that coughed loudly constantly for 5.5 hours. No sleep on an overnight flight. Gluten free options not available for me and my wife. We tried to book these before the flight but we're not allowed access for this. Flight entertainment system froze and had to be reset, resulting in blank screens for the first 30 minutes or so."
Pros: "Air Canada couldn’t have been better, I missed a flight they waived their fees and got me on the next direct flight home. Wonderful service !!"
Pros: "Boarding process."
Cons: "NA"
Cons: "When the flight was already late (it arrived late), they delayed takeoff so that many people, including me, missed their connections."
Pros: "I travel a lot. I have to say both Air Canada and Kayak did a excellent job to remind me via email and text message to check-in online 24 hrs before my departure, never fail. Kayak also keeps on updating me about my flight on time or not, gate number etc. As a traveler, these features are very important. keep up with the good work!"
Pros: "Airline provided a flight to Toronto, with reasonable amenities and boarding process."
Cons: "Had to load my own suitcase on the luggage belt - I am elderly, with back issues, traveling alone. Attendant was courteous and helped me, but stated that staff "doesn't do it any more" because of safety issues. No help will be given in the future. Plane left two hours late - I missed my connection. Was given a stipend for an overnight stay, but no explanation was given about the delay. Staff couldn't tell me if my checked baggage was on the plane the next morning. I probably won't fly Air Canada again."
Cons: "Almost 2 hour delay in Halifax until 1:30 am but Air Canada lounge closed at 11 anyway."
Pros: "Good breakfast."
Cons: "Cabin was cool"
Cons: "It was 3am and my boarding pass wasn't bright enough on my phone. Instead of politely asking me to go print out my boarding pass at the check in stations, she yelled at me and told me I was holding up the line"
Cons: "Flight was delayed 1.5 hours but no one was in much of a rush to get it going"
Pros: "The smooth take off & landing"
Cons: "Too hot and cramped"
Cons: "Kayak did not allow us to reserve seats, and the seats we received were not together, even though we purchased the seats six months in advance. My seat was at the front facing rear wards, with a non-tilting seat and little foot room."
Pros: "Getting off the plane."
Cons: "They didn't give out free nuts/pretzels. The entertainment system was off for half the flight even through they said it would reboot in 10 minutes. Loading the plane was the slowest I have ever seen."
Pros: "Seating in a double rather than triple layout."
Cons: "Delay of almost an hour on the runway because of a mechanical problem, after being asked to turn off cell phones and so we couldn't notify those meeting us. Our flight arrival did not appear on the board at Pearson , thus complicating our communication with those meeting us. Baggage was slow being unloaded. Will seriously consider flying to Hamilton with West Jet next time we return from Halifax."
Cons: "Air Canada shares a trait with many other incompetent organizers: everything is fine if nothing goes wrong, but there are no contingency plans in place in case something goes wrong. So, things get more and more delayed. Can't you predict roughly when the plane is going to land (once it is in the air!) and arrange for some gate to be open, so that we don't have to sit on the ground for 45 minutes once it has landed, for example? People who know how to organize are ordinarily capable of doing that. Furthermore, the lack of transparency is really frustrating: we just sit on the tarmac with no indication of how long we're going to be there, and the estimates of the delays are completely wrong when we're given them."
Cons: "Lousy food and no snacks"
Cons: "Our flight originating in Halifax was 1.5 hours delayed and we knew there was no way we would make our connecting flight in Toronto with a 40 min window to pass through customs, US immigration, and reenter security into the US bound F gates. We requested to be rebooked for early the following day to avoid being stranded in Toronto. Acknowledging it was unlikely we could make the connection, the staff told us that because the computer didn't list it as a "missed connection", they could not take any steps to rebook us. Of course, we missed the connection and were stranded for an entire 24 hours in Toronto with two small children."
Pros: "This was my third air canada rouge flight so I knew what to expect. Staff are always super courteous and good food options available."
Cons: "Almost 0 arm/leg room, flight was delayed and they tried bumping me off my flight onto another because they had overbooked."
Pros: "A very typical flight."
Pros: "Flight was only half full. It was a red eye from Halifax to London, so there were several rows with no one in it. That allowed me to move to a row that I could lay down in. Flight attendants were pleasant. Everything was included (ie, food, free checked bags, earphones for TV) Great value for money."
Cons: "I watched WTF on the in seat entertainment system but it was not formatted for that screen, it was too narrow and the sides were cut off so part of the action was not on screen. Pretty minor issue."
Cons: "The security check took so long. We made it last minute even thought we were in the airport more than 1.5 hours before the flight (as recommended)!!"
Pros: "flight was fine pleasant flight attendants was late flight so slept a lot now much to add"
Pros: "I was not expecting much from the small aircraft, but there was so much leg room that my very tall husband actually fit in the seat and his knees didn't touch the seat in front of him like usual. And, there was an in-flight entertainment system, also unexpected. Kept the kids happy."
Cons: "I gave 1 star for food because there wasn't any. Air North has cookies."
Pros: "The t flight was completely uneventful-the best kind."
Pros: "Crew was fine, should serve at least a cookie with the drink..."
Cons: "Didn,t like the service I received getting off the plane.. Cannot walk any distance..Didn,t order a wheelchair, because I didn,t know I had too. Asked for a ride on the golf carts, got told to walk around the corner, and one will pick me up!! Never saw one yet!!! Took awhile but managed to walk to the luggage, but had to sit for half hour with the pain in my legs.....No thank you Air Canada, next tine it will be different air lines....."
Cons: "Our flight from Halifax to Los Angeles via Toronto should have left at 3:15 on Sunday so that we could arrive back in Los Angeles by 10:14 pm. Instead the flight was delayed and left 200 people stranded and waiting in line for customer service. Because I did not have cell service in Canada, I was forced to wait 2 hours in line only to have the agent at the counter make me talk to an agent on the phone. Prior to that, we were shocked that one of the only two agents at the counter left the counter to talk to people in line behind us instead of servicing the customers first come first serve. When I asked him to please return to the counter to help the next person in line, he mumbled that that was not what he wished to do. Meanwhile, all flights out of Toronto were fully booked that night. The delayed flight finally left at 1:30 am. Had Air Canada notified its customers about the 10 hour delay, we could have spent that time in Halifax. Both my husband and I were very disappointed in how AC handled the whole situation. Both the counter agents and the phone agent were unhelpful in offering us options."
Pros: "when I landed"
Cons: "First off the the plane was mid takeoff and stopped which terrified the passengers and crew. Then we learned the plane had technical issues which lead to a 50 minute delay, then air canada did nothing as in terms of compensation. My audio jack for the entertainment system was broken, seat 19F on flight 617 by the way... Then I got up to use the washroom and when I came out I had to wait 30 minutes at the back of the plane standing until the servers were done serving drinks and snacks/food. Then the landing was terrifying as the plane was swooping/shaking much more than normal, even the board crew looked a bit worried. Could NOT wait to be done of the flight, one of my worst ever."
Pros: "Very satisfied with the flight."
Pros: "Worst service I've ever had"
Cons: "The flight for Montreal was half empty and than there was a flight to Toronto Hallf empty as well, and the flight Toronto to Montreal was half empty...by coincidence our flight Halifax-Montreal on Sunday at 19:15 was cancelled due to technical issues. However it was obvious that AirCanada didn't care about the passenger time or valued it...instead of flying 3 empty flights they cancelled our flight and maximize capacity on the other planes...not happy we didn't get any voucher and we wasted 4 hours of our time and didn't have dinner until 1 am"
Pros: "Staff and plane were fabulous"
Cons: "This site allowed me to book a CANCELED flight. I found out 20 hours before my scheduled flight that I was on an 11:20pm flight not a 7pm flight."
Pros: "Love the look of the Halifax Airport after its renovations , brighter than it used to be, Check-in and boarding went very quickly The plane took on extra fuel just n case we had a layover in Toronto because of poor weather but that didn't happen"
Cons: "The possibility of a layover in Toronto because of poor weather lol"
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By Mesa News CDSA March 29, 2017
IBM Tackling Phishing Threats with Cognitive Insights (IBM Security Intelligence)
Phishing is one of the internet’s oldest online threats. Its history traces back to the mid-1990s, but it unfortunately continues to escalate in numbers. Based on social engineering, phishing can be delivered to an email address or through an SMS message with a URL inside. It can even come from inside a document saved locally on the recipient’s endpoint.
Phishing attacks have been successful throughout the years because:
They trigger the basic human instinct to act.
They have become more convincing than ever and are difficult for recipients to visually detect.
They advance in technical terms as their perpetrators come up with new and stealthy ways to serve them to unsuspecting victims.
Attackers register cheap domains on new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), making the sites appear more legitimate but also harder to shut down.
The challenge in mitigating attacks lies in educating users across all age groups and sophistication levels and adapting the right technology to the problem, both for the consumer market and for businesses. But limiting the effects of phishing attacks starts earlier than that, with prompt classification and blocking of phishing sites as soon as they emerge.
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SK hynix, Samsung's smaller domestic rival, stayed in the second spot
IANS | Seoul November 20, 2020 Last Updated at 13:52 IST
Samsung managed to keep its operating margin at 41 per cent in the third quarter due to its cost optimisation efforts. Photo: Reuters
Samsung Electronics suffered a slight drop in its presence in the global DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) market in the third quarter of the year, but maintained its top position.
According to market tracker TrendForce, the South Korean tech giant, also the leader in the NAND flash sector, had a 41.3 per cent share of the global DRAM market in terms of revenue in the July-September period, down 2.2 percentage points from a quarter ago, reports Yonhap news agency.
Samsung's revenue from DRAM chips came to a total of $7.21 billion in the third quarter of 2020, down 3.1 per cent from a quarter earlier, the market tracker said.
SK hynix, Samsung's smaller domestic rival, stayed in the second spot with a 28.2 per cent share, down 1.9 per cent points from a quarter earlier, after its revenue dropped 4.4 per cent quarter-on-quarter to $4.92 billion.
"Samsung's and SK hynix's quarterly revenues registered a decline because the increases in their respective shipments were marginal and insufficient to compensate for the declines in their respective average selling prices (ASPs)," TrendForce said.
US chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. was the No. 3 player. Its market share jumped to 25 per cent in the third quarter, up 4 per cent points from a quarter earlier, after its revenue soared 21.9 per cent quarter-on-quarter to $4.3 billion.
"Micron experienced a smaller drop in the ASP for its latest fiscal quarter," TrendForce said. "Furthermore, Micron also benefitted from the substantial increase in bit shipments and the corresponding reduction in the fixed cost per bit."
When it comes to profitability in the third quarter, TrendForce said DRAM suppliers in general were hit by the price decline in the sector with server manufacturers' weak procurement of chips due to excess inventory.
Samsung managed to keep its operating margin at 41 per cent in the third quarter due to its cost optimization efforts, according to TrendForce. However, SK hynix saw its operating margin falling to 29 per cent, down 6 per cent points from a year earlier as server DRAM makes up a substantial share of its product mix, the market researcher said.
Global DRAM revenue increased by only 2 per cent quarter-on-quarter to $17.46 billion in the third quarter. TrendForce expected the DRAM market in the fourth quarter to be similar to the third quarter.
"The persistent weakness of the server DRAM segment will continue to exert downward pressure on the overall ASP of DRAM products," it said. "As such, the fourth quarter of 2020 will again see rising bit shipments and falling prices."
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Press Trust of India | Mumbai Last Updated at January 7, 2019 11:50 IST
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Political leaders and authors on Monday condemned the decision of the organisers of the All India Marathi Literary Meet to withdraw the invitation extended to noted author Nayantara Sahgal.
The decision to withdraw the invitation to Sahgal (91), who was earlier at the forefront of the "award wapsi" campaign, was taken after a political outfit threatened to disrupt the function, the organisers said on Sunday.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray issued a statement on Monday, admitting that one of his local party workers had opposed Sahgal's presence at the literary meet. However, he added that "as the party chief, I am not against inviting her".
"If Sahgal's presence at the All India Literary Meet is transcending into a cultural exchange, I or my party will not oppose it," Thackeray said, adding that he regretted the annoyance caused to the supporters of such literary events.
Sahgal, a noted English-language author, was to inaugurate the 92nd literary meet on January 11 in the presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in Yavatmal district.
Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam criticised the decision to cancel Sahgal's invitation, alleging that it was done at the behest of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
"The decision of the organisers was taken at the behest of the BJP, the MNS is just a front. Literature should not surrender before politics. If a government is scared of writers, it means that its days are over," he said.
Maharashtra's Cultural Affairs Minister Vinod Tawde, however, said the state welcomed everyone.
"If someone had opposed Sahgal after her speech at the meet, then it could have been understood. It is not fair to oppose her completely. Maharashtra is a state that welcomes everyone to present their work," he said.
Noted Marathi author Aruna Dhere, who will preside over the event, also criticised the organisers for cancelling Sahgal's invitation.
"It is shocking that you respectfully invite someone and later back out. She should be invited with utmost respect," she said.
Laxmikant Deshmukh, the outgoing chairman of the literary meet, said the organisers should have thought before inviting Sahgal, as her line of thinking was well-known.
"Inviting her at the first place and then backing out is a cover-up," he said, without elaborating further.
Marathi author Sanjay Awate said he would boycott the literary meet as a mark of protest.
In a press release issued on Sunday, the working president of the literary meet's reception committee, Ramakant Kolte, said the organisers had decided to revoke Sahgal's invitation, "as a controversy has cropped up against her name and to avoid any untoward incident from those who threatened to derail the literary meet".
First Published: Mon, January 07 2019. 11:50 IST
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Wynwood Brings a Taste of Miami to Wicker Park
That opening and other morsels in dining news.
Photo: Courtesy of Wynwood
A pumpkin spice rum slushie? Sign me up – that’s the signature offering at Wynwood, which just opened in Wicker Park. The 5,000 square-foot bar/restaurant, an homage to Miami’s Wynwood Walls, is covered in graffiti and serves a variety of frozen cocktails to help you forget it’s 48 degrees outside. Its Cuban-inspired menu is shot through with South and Central American influences, including daily rotating empanada selections and arepas.
We are smack in the middle of Filipino Restaurant Week! Until October 21, a group of different Filipino and Filipino-inspired restaurants are running prix fixe menus. For a special bonus, dining at the restaurants gets you entered into a raffle, and there’s a big list of prizes. The complete list of participating restaurants is online.
I’ve already gushed about Mindy Segal’s beer floats and frozen hot chocolate at Revival Food Hall, and now there’s a new place to get another amazing dessert: Shake Shack. A new location of Shake Shack opens in the Willis Tower today, and Segal has contributed a dessert that combines vanilla custard, a smoked chocolate cookie from Hot Chocolate, malt, and salted caramel sauce (yum). It’s called the Coldspot, and it’s available now.
Chef Paul Kahan of One Off Hospitality has come out with a new book. It’s called Cooking for Good Times and focuses not on a restaurant (as with his previous Publican cookbook) but on low-stress cooking for big gatherings — though, a source told me off the record that it’s effectively the Avec cookbook, and based on the previews, that seems accurate. If you love that restaurant, definitely buy this book.
I’m intrigued by Osteria del Mercato, a new permanent restaurant opening at Eataly in a few weeks. The idea: Diners can pick up fresh ingredients at various Eataly counters and take them to the chefs to be cooked. This sounds especially ideal for home cooks who aren’t quite sure what to do with a new ingredient.
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Off-Peak St. Lucia Might Be the Cure for Teen Boredom
Summer in St. Lucia means average highs in the upper 80s and brief rain showers. But the off-peak weather also brings better deals than any other time of year.
By Nina Kokotas Hahn
Photo: Courtesy of The BodyHoliday
If this doesn’t get your teenager off the couch . . .
Though summer in St. Lucia, the mountainous Caribbean island in the Lesser Antilles, means average highs in the upper 80s and brief rain showers, the off-peak weather also brings better deals than at any other time of year. One idea: Take your kids (12 and older) to an all-inclusive health and wellness resort called The BodyHoliday for an active escape.
Now through September 2nd, the resort, which usually caters to adults only, runs seven weeklong sessions tailored for families called WellFit Families. Beyond the usual array of fitness classes, beach activities, and water sports, the camp-like sessions try to encourage family bonding: Think quiz nights, cooking classes, mother-daughter spa experiences, and father-versus-son beach sport competitions. You and your kids can also acquire some life-saving skills, such as basic first aid, CPR, and lifeguard training.
The resort’s lowest available rate starts at $321 a person per day, compared to $450 during the island’s high season from December to April. The cost covers all meals, fitness classes, group activities, water sports and a daily spa treatment.
You Can Still Snag a Chicago Hotel Room With Views This Fourth of July
Looking for awesome views and great rates for Chicago hotels for some fireworks watching? Book a room from $200 at the wavy Radisson Blu Aqua, one of few hotels in Chicago with balconies that face Navy Pier; have a private party from your room or lounge at the outdoor pool deck, which also faces the lake. Though you won’t be able to see Navy Pier from Hotel Lincoln in Lincoln Park, you will get sweeping lake views and a $50 discount off $189; just book directly with the hotel and mention the code Escape. At Trump Chicago, limited rooms remain from $356, but the views from here of nearby Navy Pier fireworks—be it from the outdoor Terrace, Rebar, or a lake-facing room—are hard to beat.
How to Avoid Getting Bumped From a Flight
“Nearly 600,000 passengers with confirmed reservations were left at the boarding gate in 2012 through no fault of their own,” writes Barbara Peterson in “Bumped From a Flight? Know Your Rights”. Although the Department of Transportation has established new rules and is cracking down on airlines that have mishandled bumped passengers—such as with the fine Delta recently received—checking in early and verifying your seat assignment are still good ideas.
No More Early Bird Gets the Worm With These Last-Minute Hotel Bookings Apps
The latest wave of apps offer big discounts for travelers willing to wait until the last minute—as in the morning of or even minutes before—to book a hotel room via smartphone. Frugal Traveler Seth Kugel test-drives several of these booking programs, including Blink, Booking.com, and HotelTonight and reveals the frustration that comes with the gamble. Read more in the New York Times.
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10 Must-Read Stories for This Week in Chicago
Chicago’s nightcrawler, Elena Delle Donne, and more
By Whet Moser
Chance the Rapper Photo: Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune
1. A Night with Pauley LaPointe, Chicago’s Nightcrawler
The freelance video journalist crosses the city’s streets every night, battling the competition to record the city’s crime. Chicago tags along.
2. The Inspiring Story Behind Chance the Rapper and Malcolm London’s Open Mike Nights
The local hip-hop star teamed up with a 22-year-old poet, “the Gil-Scott Heron of his generation,” for the Teens in the Park Festival. The Fader talks with London.
3. Project Fire Offers Peace Forged in the Flame
A glass-blower and a psychologist combined their very different talents to help Chicago kids deal with trauma. The Reader profiles their work.
4. Driving, Skidding, and Drifting on Chicago’s Underground Lower Wacker Track
Enthusiasts pull car stunts late on weekend nights, and neighbors aren’t happy about it. The Tribune goes into the scene.
5. How Chicago Is Trying to Integrate Its Suburbs
Cook County is working with its suburban counterparts to establish affordable housing for low-income residents in the collar counties. CityLab explains.
6. Elena Delle Donne Is Having the Best Season in Basketball History. Now What?
The young star of the Chicago Sky is dominating the WNBA. Vice Sports looks to her future.
7. Please, Cubs, Don’t Win!
What the Lovable Losers will lose by winning. The Wall Street Journal enquires.
8. Women Carpenters’ Silent Struggle
Union trades have long been a ladder to a stable, middle-class life. But women still have trouble getting into the field. Ms. Magazine talks with some local laborers.
9. City Fires Investigator Who Found Cops at Fault in Shootings
Lorenzo Davis was a Chicago cop for 23 years. Does he have “a clear bias against the police”? WBEZ breaks the news.
10. What Happened to Pat Quinn’s Chickens?
Rumor has it that the governor’s mansion wasn’t big enough for them and the new governor’s dogs. But their whereabouts remain mysterious. Chicago follows their trail.
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America’s Next Top Bartender? Seven Questions for The Drawing Room’s Charles Joly
At midnight this Saturday, November 20th (Sunday morning, technically speaking), River North’s craft-cocktail den The Drawing Room hosts a no-cover viewing party to showcase one of its own: Charles Joly, a finalist on the third season of On the Rocks: The Search for America’s Next Top Bartender, which airs its finale that night…
By Amalie Drury
Charles Joly
At midnight this Saturday, November 20th (Sunday morning, technically speaking), River North’s craft-cocktail den The Drawing Room hosts a no-cover viewing party to showcase one of its own: Charles Joly, a finalist on the third season of On the Rocks: The Search for America’s Next Top Bartender, which airs its finale that night. While The Chaser usually isn’t home during OTR:TSFANTB’s time slot—just after SNL on NBC—we don’t need a reality show to convince us of Joly’s status. Since his first gig at Crobar in 1999, the 34-year-old South Side native has held court at hot spots citywide and helped launch The Drawing Room—one of Chicago’s 100 best bars—in 2007. We e-mailed him a few questions about mixing cocktails with (a certain measure of late-late-night) reality-TV fame. [NOTE: Interview has been edited and condensed.]
How’d you get into the biz?
I’ve been in the bar industry nearly all of my adult life. I worked my way up the ladder from the bottom: bussing, security, bar backing, managing—literally every position in the room. My first bar job at [the now-shuttered] Crobar was during the height of club culture. It prepared me for anything.
Were you a fan of On the Rocks before you auditioned?
Last year Chicago’s Todd Appel was the runner-up, which is an amazing showing. I watched all of those episodes to see how our hometown crew was faring. [As for auditioning,] what do you have to lose by trying?
When did the craft-cocktail trend really take hold in Chicago—and why is it still going strong?
Craft cocktails really started to gain notoriety about three or four years ago. Before that, Adam Seger [of Nacional 27] was doing amazing things for years. He’s a Chicago original when it comes to the movement. The opening of The Drawing Room and Violet Hour within a month or so of one another definitely raised the bar in Chicago. I would be missing a huge factor not to mention Bridget [Albert] and her work at the Academy of Spirits and Fine Service. Nearly every reputable bartender in the city has either spent time in the program or [been] involved in some way. Chicago is a unique scene because, regardless of the venue, everyone is really supportive of one another. The cattiness is at a minimum here. We all work together for the most part and want to see the overall scene evolve.
Where do you drink on your night off?
I tend to haunt neighborhood joints: places where the room is comfortable, the staff is great, and I can hear my friends talk. The Orbit Room is a standby. There’s a good chance you’ll find me there on my night off. I don’t get there nearly enough, but I really love Weegee’s. I sneak into The Whistler, Revolution, and Drinks Over Dearborn—wherever there’s a good jukebox and good friends. I don’t even want to start the punch list of talent in this city. I’m sure to leave someone off.
What’s your low-end guilty pleasure drink?
I don’t feel guilty about anything I drink. There’s nothing wrong with a High Life and a bit of Old Overholt. Time and a place for everything.
If readers were to visit The Drawing Room and order the signature Charles Joly drink, what would it be?
There’s no one drink for everyone. If I could answer this question simply, I wouldn’t need a drink menu. Everyone would get the same cocktail. That’s the fun of the job: talking with guests—finding out their tastes, their mood, preferences—and dialing in a cocktail to fit them. You can learn a ton about what someone will like from spending a few moments chatting with them.
I’m sure you’re not allowed to say, but if you were the show’s winner, how would you spend the $100,000 prize?
Naturally, the money is a big part of the show. You can’t help but think about it—but not too much. [I think about] finishing rehab on my house that’s been under construction for two years, getting my grandmother a hearing aid that actually works, saving, travel. Either way, I’ll get all these things done at some point.
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F.S.Blumm
Vito Camarretta
Following the release of his lovely album “Up Up And Astray” on German label Pingipung, we had a chat with Frank Schultge aka F.S.Blumm, whose enchanting experiments on acoustic guitar, toy instruments and a wide selection of acoustic instruments, percussions and circuits recently managed to immediately hit home with many listeners’ hearts. Have a listen!
Chain D.L.K.: Hi Frank. How are you?
F.S.Blumm: Hi Vito. I’m fine, we had a real mild winter and it feels like spring already!
Chain D.L.K.: Compliments for your brand new record on Pingipung. Before speaking about it, would you introduce yourself in your own words?
F.S.Blumm: In the last 6 years I worked on a variety of musical projects and I learned a lot. I developed my bass-playing in the Quasi Dub Development, I learned how to write songs with ‘Bobby And Blumm’, I practiced the classical guitar within ‘Old Splendifolia’ and I tried some “sound-painting” with Nils Frahm & F.S.Blumm. Then I wondered what F.S.Blumm might have to say, after all that. I was just curious what will come out when I do another solo-album. That’s it.
Chain D.L.K.: Do you remember which sonic or musical experience has been the spark for your passion for music?
F.S.Blumm: I remember that my children’s room was under my father’s workroom and there he practiced the accordion from time to time. That sound is really nice when it comes from above, through the walls. Then me and my friends had some playback-shows at home, playing on broomstick-guitars and a card-board-drum-set along with an AC/DC-playback… Yes, I guess that my hard-rock-socialization was the spark that made me pick up the guitar.
Chain D.L.K.: Did you sign your very first tracks as Perdie Blumm rather than F.S.Blumm? How come?
F.S.Blumm: Man, you did good research! As far as I remember that name only appears on my very first tape, oh yes, and as guitar-player of my band DIE AUCH (“them as well”). Well Perdie is my childhood nick-name, my brother gave it to me. I think he was inspired by “101 Dalmatians”; those doggy parents are named Pongo and Perdy, oh what a reference, I never saw that movie… Today there are only 2 people left who call me that: my brother and Harald “Sack” Ziegler. One day I simply replaced Perdie with the initials of my real-name. Perdie became just too childish…
Chain D.L.K.: You collaborated with plenty of musicians. Do you prefer playing by yourself or not? Do you consider collaborations as a limitation to self-expression or not?
F.S.Blumm: Well, I enjoy producing all by myself because -like this- so I can take my time, do whatever I want, be my own dictator: everything I say will be done. But playing live, well, I think it’s actually more fun to be surprised by other musicians, have communication on stage. When I play solo I substitute missing colleagues on stage with my little machines. I feed them and they surprise me because I often work with this phase-shifting-principle: creating two phrases of different lengths and let them playing with both of them against one other, unpredictable, random…
Chain D.L.K.: One of the collaboration I like a lot is the one with Nils Frahm… I imagine there’s a proper friendship besides musical co-working. Is that right?
F.S.Blumm: Well, I met Nils just last week at his place to have some pizza, but the dough didn’t mingle, I mean didn’t roll, so we had pasta, I mean noodles in the end. But these occasions are really rare because Nils is always on tour.
Chain D.L.K.: I cannot help myself but ask you something about “Italian Short Stories”… I mean, aside from the fact I prefer to consider myself as a citizen of the planet, I’m Italian… what can you tell us about that lovely album?
F.S.Blumm: In 2002 I moved to Italy with my family for half a year, it was the longest half-year of my life, positively. We stayed in the countryside near Genoa and founded a rural in community with only Italians. That’s where I did these recordings. I am also a radio-play-author and producer, and maybe that’s why I had the idea to build a little story with these field recordings, a story without words. It’s the day when we were cooking hectolitres of tomato sauce. You can hear how we go to buy the tomatoes, squash the tomatoes, wash the bottles (to store the tomato-sauce) chop wood, light the oven to cook the tomatoes etc. I still have a lot of Italian friends, my dub band is all-Italian -except for me- and is based in Sardinia. I like that specific flow within daily social-life that my Italian friends have. That’s why I also learned to speak Italian.
Chain D.L.K.: Another funny collaboration was the one with Harald Sack Ziegler… do you remember what you had in mind before composing that funny glitchy stuff?
F.S.Blumm: We both come from using toy-instruments live on stage. I think when we recorded we had nothing in mind, just doing our thing, playing with stuff, experimenting with anything we could grab, fiddling around… It started as a mail-project, you know, back in those days when you were recording on tape, so we were sending those tapes, back and forth from Cologne to Berlin. I was always watching out for the post-woman, when I knew that there was something coming from Harald and when the letter arrived it was always like a musical birthday-party.
Chain D.L.K.: Let’s talk about your new album… first of all, what is the meaning of the title “Up, Up and Astray”?
F.S.Blumm: Well, it refers to myself, it means that FSBUMM saw the light on CD and LP and because of this he grew up, step by step, got bigger, then he scattered himself, on purpose, in a variety of new projects and it was difficult to follow him. Of course it’s also quoting that beautiful 60es pop-song “Up Up And Away” and then I found out about the meaning I didn’t know at all: it’s also a superman-quote. It also follows Don Van Vliets slogan : ” Stand up To Be Discontinued ” or as Marcel Duchamp said something similar: “If you repeat things again and again, it becomes taste . ” and that’s boring to me. I hope my music remains fresh, maybe naive, because I do different styles within my projects and because I do not want to understand how the market works, what the market wants. Oh, Yes, and I felt like I wanted to make a happy album, that was a great risk to me, cause deep inside I’m a rather melancholic person. Melancholic music comes naturally to me. In the end a lot of critics punished me by saying: “This is banal, this is trivial, this is flat…”. I don’t know, seems like, sad music is automatically perceived as deep music and happy music is automatically flat-music. But I tell you, I had to dig deep for this album, it was a big effort for me and I felt really brave in the end.
Chain D.L.K.: I very much enjoyed the clip of “Tonne Takt” where you show a part of your sonic equipment! How did you collect all those toys?
F.S.Blumm: Oh, they just accumulated over the years of traveling etc. Things come and go, I’m not a collector, I use things and when I don’t use them anymore, well they slowly lose their life, or they simply break, sometimes I repair things, but I also I like the fact that things break, that they have their own lifetime, the friction of life, that’s analogue.
Chain D.L.K.: Is there any of them you liked the most?
F.S.Blumm: I bought these picking birds on a wooden plate in India, it’s a toy. You rotate it slowly and they start picking. I can do that for hours. The sound is really wonderful.
Chain D.L.K.: What’s the role of improvisation in your music?
F.S.Blumm: Depends on the project. The most improvisation is in my project with Nils and the least in all my song-oriented projects. I like improvising a lot, it’s a very big challenge and it’s very vivid.
Chain D.L.K.: There are some echoes of so-called Japanese pop as well I think. I’m referring to that sense of balanced delicacy which belongs to some stuff coming from Japan which I also find in your music, would you agree?
F.S.Blumm: True, I didn’t think about that, but you’re right. I like Kama Aina for example. And I like the Japanese way to care for little things, broaden Your horizon while going into details using a higher resolution on things. When it comes to pop, I actually have other preferences, I like female vocalists Stina Nordenstam’s “People are strange”, Emiliana Torrini’s “Me And Armini”, Simone White’s “I am the man”…
Chain D.L.K.: Another possible influence that some listeners might recognize is Stereolab-like electronic pop… do you see that too?
F.S.Blumm: Oh wow I haven’t listened to them in ages, but yeah, why not! Funny thing is that they are influenced by Kraut-Rock which should come naturally to me then, ha ha…
Chain D.L.K.: What about lyrics?
F.S.Blumm: I tried to write political lyrics, that’s “Pull The Plug”, but I think I will not try it again. I’m a political person, but it’s damn hard to write political lyrics. I also tried to come up with a political album title that was “Limousine to the Guillotine” with a subtitle that was “richness is obscene”, but I think that’s just not my talent. I prefer to juggle with words freely when I’m writing.
Chain D.L.K.: The general mood of “Up, Up and Astray” is attractively serene and saccharine… do you think that such an emotional mood might sound somehow un-trendy these days?
F.S.Blumm: You might be right.
Chain D.L.K.: Have you performed “Up, Up And Astray” on stage? If so, what was people’s reaction?
F.S.Blumm: It’s funny, I think 10 years ago my music was much more delicate and fragile and my live shows needed a lot of attention, but a lot of times people talked and didn’t care that much. Then I wrote some pieces which were more ‘in-your-face’ and some clearly structured songs for example. But now people are super-attentive when I play those old delicate tunes and they rather talk when I play these other structured songs, because maybe they think: “Ah OK this is a song, I understand”.
Chain D.L.K.: Any forthcoming project?
F.S.Blumm: Yes, a Japan tour with Springintgut in April and May and a new record with the QDD.
visit F.S.Blumm on the web at: fsblumm.free.fr
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Department of Defense - U.S. Army
Army XTechSearch 3.0
xTechSearch will highlight opportunities for small businesses to collaborate with the Army to tackle the most critical Army modernization challenges
Total Cash Prizes Offered: $2,290,000
Submission Start: 05/02/2019 12:00 PM ET
The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT)) is announcing the third cohort of the Army Expeditionary Technology Search – xTechSearch – to be featured at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, on 14 to 16 October 2019. xTechSearch will highlight opportunities for small businesses to collaborate with the Army to tackle the most critical Army modernization challenges.
The ASA(ALT) recognizes that the Army must enhance engagements with the entrepreneurial funded community, small businesses, and other non-traditional defense entities, by: (1) understanding the spectrum of technologies being developed commercially that may benefit the Army; (2) integrating the sector of non-traditional defense entities into the Army’s Science and Technology (S&T) ecosystem; and (3) providing mentorship and expertise to accelerate, mature, and transition technologies of interest to the Army.
The xTechSearch program will provide resourcing to select small businesses to demonstrate proof of concept for their technologies pertaining to Army challenges. The program will also integrate these small businesses into the Army’s S&T ecosystem by providing research opportunities with Army labs, including access to the Army’s organic intellectual and technical capital. xTechSearch is an opportunity for businesses to pitch novel technology solutions – a new application for an existing technology or a new technology concept entirely – to the Army. The Army will provide non-dilutive seed prizes for the small businesses to demonstrate proof of concept in an Army-relevant challenge area.
The authority of this program is 15 United States Code (USC) §3719.
30 April 2019: Solicitation period opens.
13 June 2019: Soliciation period closes 2:59AM EST on 13 June
15 July 2019: Phase II Selection Announcements
05-22 August 2019: Phase II Technology Pitches
23 August 2019: Phase III Selection Announcements
14-16 October 2019: Phase III - AUSA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
16 October 2019: Phase IV Selection Announcements
March 2020: Phase IV Captsone - AUSA Global Force Meeting, Huntsville, AL
Mr. Daniel Coffman
ASA(ALT)
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Research and Technology
2800 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202
Email: usarmy.pentagon.hqda-asa-alt.mbx.xtechsearch@mail.mil
Phase I: Concept White Paper
Up to 50 winners will receive $5,000 and be selected for Phase II.
Phase II: xTechSearch Technology Pitches
Up to 24 winners will receive $10,000 each and be selected for Phase III.
Phase III: Innovators' Corner
Up to 12 winners will receive $120,000 and be selected for Phase IV.
Phase IV: xTechSearch Capstone Demonstration
Up to 12 winners will receive prizes.
1st Place: $250,000
2nd-12th Place: $10,000
The xTechSearch program is voluntary and open to all entities that meet the eligibility requirements. There may be only one submission per eligible entity.
Terms and Conditions: The entities allowed to participate in this competition must be sole proprietors or small business concerns in accordance with Small Business Administration guidance under 13 Code of Federal Regulations § 121.201 or any entity willing and able to be registered as a small business if selected to participate in this competition.
Each eligible entity:
Shall be incorporated in, and maintain, a primary place of business in the United States;
May not be a Federal entity or Federal employee acting within the scope of their employment
Sole proprietors may participate in xTechSearch if the individual is a citizen or national of the United States or a lawful permanent resident of the United States and the business is registered in the United States. Foreign companies may participate in xTechSearch by establishing a US domestic business relationship (e.g., wholly owned US subsidiary) or partner with a US based company. Companies that have previously participated in the xTechSearch competition are eligible to participate for new technology concepts or improvements to prior submitted proposals.
Registered participants shall be required to assume any and all risks and waive claims against the Federal Government and its related entities, except in the case of willful misconduct, for any injury, death, damage, or loss of property, revenue, or profits, whether direct, indirect, or consequential, arising from their participation in this prize competition, whether the injury, death, damage, or loss arises through negligence or otherwise.
Participants shall be required to obtain liability insurance or demonstrate financial responsibility, in amounts determined by the Army, for claims by—
Third parties for death, bodily injury, or property damage, or loss resulting from an activity carried out in connection with participation in this prize competition, with the Federal Government named as an additional insured under the registered participant’s insurance policy and registered participants agreeing to indemnify the Federal Government against third party claims for damages arising from or related to prize competition activities; and
Federal Government for damage or loss to Government property resulting from such an activity.
The Army is a strong proponent of deliberate intellectual property (IP) rights and management by the private sector and the Department of Defense.
For the xTechSearch program:
The Federal Government may not gain an interest in IP developed by a participant without the written consent of the participant;
Nothing in this xTechSearch prize competition shall diminish the Government’s rights in patents, technical data, technical information, computer software, computer databases, and computer software documentation that the Government had prior to this xTechSearch prize competition, or is entitled to, under any other Government Agreement or contract, or is otherwise entitled to under law; and
The Federal Government may negotiate a license for the use of IP developed by a registered participant in the prize competition.
Phase I: Concept White Paper Contest
The Concept White Paper phase invites all eligible entities to submit a concept white paper outlining their knowledge, skills, capabilities and approach for this challenge. Each concept white paper will be reviewed by a panel of Army subject matter experts. Up to 50 small businesses with the highest ranking white papers will receive a prize of $5,000 and a written invitation to Phase II: xTechSearch Technology Pitches.
Concept White Papers will be ranked using the following Scoring Criteria (Scoring Criteria Guide found at the registration link):
Potential for Impact/Revolutionizing the Army – 45%
Scientific and Engineering Viability – 45%
Proposal Quality – 10%
The xTechSearch Technology Pitch phase invites selected small businesses from Phase I to complete an in-person venture-capital style pitch to a panel of Army subject matter experts at locations across the United States. Small businesses will pitch their technology concept and team ability (15 minute pitch followed by 10 minutes for questions and answers). Up to 24 small businesses with the highest ranking pitch will receive a prize of $10,000 and a written invitation to attend Phase III: AUSA Innovators’ Corner.
Technology Pitches will be ranked using the following Scoring Criteria (Scoring Criteria Guide found at the registration link):
Scientific and Engineering Viability - 40%
Team Ability – 10%
Presentation Quality – 10%
Phase III: AUSA Innovators' Corner
The AUSA Innovators’ Corner phase will provide the invited Phase II participants with Army-sponsored exhibit space at AUSA Innovators’ Corner at the AUSA Annual Meeting, 14-16 October 2019 in Washington, DC. Phase III participants will leverage the exhibit space and will present a 15-minute presentation open to the public (no proprietary information should be presented) within Innovators’ Corner to engage with Department of Defense (DoD) customers, Army leadership, industry partners, and academia in attendance.
In addition to the opportunity to showcase the participants’ technology with exhibit space and a 15-minute public presentation, Phase III participants will present an “elevator pitch” to a panel of Army subject matter experts at their exhibit space to summarize their Phase II Pitch on their technology concept, their team’s ability, and a 6-month plan to conduct a live proof-of-concept demonstration if they were to proceed to Phase IV. (5 minute pitch followed by 10 minutes for questions and answers). Up to 12 small businesses with the highest ranking pitch and proof-of-concept demonstration plan will receive a prize of $120,000 and 6 months to demonstrate proof-of-concept for their xTechSearch technology at the Phase IV: xTechSearch Capstone Demonstration.
AUSA Innovators’ Corner Pitches will be ranked using the following Scoring Criteria (Scoring Criteria Guide found at the registration link):
Phase II Results – 70%
Proof-of-Concept Demonstration Plan – 20%
Elevator Pitch – 10%
The xTechSearch Capstone Demonstration is an opportunity for each Phase IV finalists to demonstrate proof-of-concept for their technology solution to a panel of Army subject matter experts and DoD leadership at the 2020 AUSA Global Force Symposium and Exposition, March 17-19, 2020, in Huntsville, AL. A single grand-prize winner will be selected for the technology concept with the greatest potential for impact to revolutionize the Army and be awarded a prize of $250,000. The eleven (11) other finalists will each receive a $10,000 prize.
Capstone Demonstrations will be ranked using the following Scoring Criteria (Scoring Criteria Guide found at the registration link):
Demonstration Execution - 20%
The registration information and upload submission must be received by 2:59 AM EST 13 June 2019. Submissions received after the deadline will not be considered.
Register here: https://go.valideval.com/teams/army_xtech_3_0/signup
The Phase I submission must be a concept white paper, submitted using the template found on the registration page. Any proposals submitted in a format other than that provided by the template will not be reviewed. Please name your submission file using your company’s name (i.e. ACME.pdf). All submissions must be made at the registration site above and identify 1 or more of the following eight (8) Army Focus Areas that the technology supports.
Army Focus Areas
xTechSearch seeks novel, disruptive concepts and technologies to support the following Army technology focus areas:
Long Range Precision Fires. Provide massed, mobile, operational-level kinetic and non-kinetic strike options to restore overmatch, improve deterrence, and disrupt Anti-Access/Area-Denial (A2/AD) on a complex, contested, and expanded battlefield. Potential technology areas include:
Propulsion for extended long-range missiles
Extended range cannon artillery
Enhanced guidance/navigation for weapon systems
Advanced energetics
Advanced warheads for cluster munitions
Next-generation RADARs
Next Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV). Develop replacements for current tanks and infantry fighting vehicles that realize weight, sustainment, and cost-per-unit savings. This will increase the capability of our existing formations and improve our ability to survive and win in the complex and densely urbanized terrain of an intensely lethal and distributed battlefield where all domains are continually contested. Potential technology areas include:
NGCV Design
Vehicle Protection against advanced threats
Robotics and autonomy for combat operations and logistics
Advanced power generation and storage
Advanced off-road mobility
Efficient Manned-Unmanned Teaming Constructs
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning for Autonomy
Close Combat Decisive Lethality
Future Vertical Lift (FVL) to develop replacement aviation platforms that include unmanned and autonomous attack, reconnaissance, utility, and MEDEVAC with increased speed and extended range and station time to operate in complex, dense urban terrain on an intensely lethal, distributed, and expanded battlefield within contested air space. Potential technology areas include:
Platform development and demonstration
Next-generation unmanned aircraft system technologies
Aviation protection and aircraft survivability
Improved situational awareness
Integrated Mission Systems
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Autonomy
Network with hardware, software, and infrastructure to provide reliable network communications in a congested environment that is secure against attack from peer adversaries. Using a unified network architecture, provide communications for command, control, and intelligence assets using a common operating environment for seamless plug-and-play operability. Potential technology areas include:
Secure Tactical Communications
Interoperable hardware, software, and information systems
Cyber offensive and defensive technologies
Artificial intelligence and machine learning for autonomous network functions
Networking applications capable of distributed command/control and rapid decision making
Electromagnetic wave threat identification, location, and spoofing
Assured Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) in a signal denied environment
Cyber in support of persistent Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions
Mesh networking techniques using commercial and military satellite constellations
Air and Missile Defense to reduce the cost curve of missile defense, restore overmatch, survive volley-fire attacks, and operate within sophisticated A2/AD and contested domains. Potential technology areas include:
Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (SHORAD)
Smaller and more affordable missiles
Gun-based counter-tactical and small unmanned air systems (UAS) capabilities
Advanced seekers
Advanced energetics and propulsion
Soldier Lethality to improve Soldier and small unit performance, reduce surprise, increase protection, and enhance lethality in close combat on an intensely lethal and distributed battlefield and within complex, urban terrain. Potential technology areas include:
Advanced lethality small arms weapons, ammo and fire control
Improved Soldier protection equipment (e.g. body armor, head borne protection)
Improved situational awareness and communications
Digital Soldier technologies (e.g. AR/VR displays)
Optimized and enhanced human performance
Aerial re-supply systems
Carried weight/load reduction technologies
Medical technologies optimized for use in austere environments that prevent, diagnose, treat, mitigate, or cure servicemember health threats such as injury, polytrauma, cognitive and psychological stress, and infectious diseases. Potential medical technology areas include:
Immediate cardiopulmonary stabilization and advanced, autonomous life support
Medical robotics and semi-/autonomous care systems
Diagnosis and treatment of mild traumatic brain injury
Enhancement of human physical, psychological, and cognitive performance and resilience
Prompt treatment of post-traumatic stress mitigating progression to PTSD
Prevention and treatment of infectious diseases
Military Engineering Technologies, including 3D mapping and characteristics, cold regions science and engineering, and civil or military engineering applications. Potential technology areas include:
Geospatial intelligence analytics
Map-based mission planning
Underground sensing
Geo-Environmental Physics Modeling and Simulation
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Criminal Probe of Planned Parenthood May Be Coming
12:30PM EST 11/15/2017 Paul Strand / CBN News
A criminal probe into Planned Parenthood could be launched soon. (Charles Mostoller / Reuters )
The FBI has asked to see documents gathered by the Senate Judiciary Committee during its investigation into whether abortion providers like Planned Parenthood sold baby body parts for illegal profits. That according to The Hill, a political journalism publication.
This suggests the Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering or may have even launched its own criminal investigation. Neither the FBI or DOJ will comment publicly.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, Judiciary Committee chairman said in December 2016, when the committee wrapped up its investigation, that it had gathered enough evidence to show illegal profits were made selling fetal body parts. Grassley then asked DOJ and the FBI to launch a criminal probe of the abortion providers and medical firms involved in those sales.
Paid $60, Made $2,275
It's not illegal for women getting abortions to donate fetal tissue from their unborn children and for those harvesting and selling those remains to recover the costs of harvesting them or procuring them from the abortion provider—but it is illegal to profit from such sales.
The Senate Judiciary Committee's report quoted one firm's records that showed it paid $60 for an aborted baby and then sold that slain child's body parts for $2,275.
The Hill noted Planned Parenthood's Vice President of Gov't Affairs Dana Singiser stated, "Planned Parenthood has never, and would never, profit while facilitating its patients' choice to donate fetal tissue for use in important medical research."
Lila Rose of the pro-life group Live Action rejected Planned Parenthood's claims of innocence. She told Hill.com, "Planned Parenthood did make substantial amounts of money off of the bodies of the children they had aborted. And this evidence is clear in the Senate Judiciary's report and it will become increasingly clear in the days to come as the FBI continues their own investigation."
Squeezing Every Last Opportunity for Cash
Marjorie Dannenfelser of the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List said Tuesday, "Not content with their status as the nation's largest abortion business, evidence shows Planned Parenthood sought to squeeze every last opportunity for cash from the sale of hearts, brains, lungs and livers of the unborn children whose lives they end."
Planned Parenthood's Singiser also claimed, "Investigations by three other congressional committees and investigations in 13 states including a grand jury in Texas, have all shown that Planned Parenthood did nothing wrong."
But a statement released Tuesday by Dannenfelser's SBA List said, "In responding to the DOJ, Planned Parenthood makes several misleading claims."
Claims and Challenges to Those Claims
The SBA List statement said those three congressional committees never cleared Planned Parenthood because their investigations simply came to a quick halt when the Senate's major investigation formed and took over. That investigation found so much evidence of wrongdoing, its final majority staff report asked DOJ and the FBI to launch a criminal probe.
Undercover videos from the pro-life Center for Medical Progress first revealed the extent of the selling of baby body parts and profiting off those sales. The SBA List points out none of the abortion-providers documented by the Center for Medical Progress were in the 12 states that did limited reviews of baby body parts being sold.
So those 12 states may not have found any wrongdoing, but that doesn't clear the abortion-providers in the states where the Center for Medical Progress did its undercover investigating.
As to the Texas grand jury, it never actually concentrated on the question of Planned Parenthood's guilt or innocence and never voted on whether or not to indict the abortion provider.
Reprinted with permission from CBN.com. Copyright The Christian Broadcasting Network, all rights reserved.
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Can a cardboard 'baby box' improve child health?
by Kaye McIntosh 16/03/2017 1 comments Features
Nicola Sturgeon delivers the first baby boxes to mums at Clackmannanshire Health Centre
Scotland is the first UK country to pioneer "baby boxes". But do they make a difference?
Can a simple cardboard box promote child health? Can it tackle deprivation and reduce infant mortality? The maternity package given to new mothers in Finland has been credited with achieving all those things. Now the Scottish government wants to find out if it could work in the UK.
The first boxes were handed out at New Year, to pregnant women in health clinics in Orkney and Clackmannanshire. The boxes are suitable for babies to sleep in – encouraging parents to keep infants in their room but not in the same bed, both factors that lower the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). They contain more than 40 items, from nursing pads to digital ear thermometers, baby clothes to cloth nappies (see full list below).
Child health league tables
Scotland languishes far down the list of Western nations in league tables for child health and wellbeing, while Finland is nearly at the top. Finland came second out of 179 countries in Save the Children’s 2015 Mothers' Index. SIDS is so rare in the country that only six infants died of it in 2015. Scotland has a similar population of newborns – 55,000 per year – but had 14 SIDS deaths in 2014.
Dr Steve Turner, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health’s (RCPCH) officer for Scotland, says the baby box scheme “draws attention to the importance of child health, when we have excess mortality and morbidity. It’s a nice gesture of welcome from the Scottish people to new parents and babies.”
Serious ill-health is a real problem in the country. The RCPCH State of Child Health report for Scotland 2017 found it is among the poorest in Western Europe. More than 210,000 children in the country live in poverty, 28% are overweight or obese and approximately 400 infants, children and young people die each year, with a significant number of these deaths potentially avoidable.
Community Pharmacy Scotland (CPS) thinks the baby box pilot could help to reduce these health inequalities. CPS policy development pharmacist Adam Osprey says: “We hope the scheme succeeds in giving all children an equitable start in life.”
Where does the pharmacist fit in?
So how did independent pharmacists react to the scheme? Judith Hall of R&J Marshall Pharmacy in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, didn’t know about the pilot initially. “It’s quite concerning that there are pharmacists like myself who don’t know this is happening, so you might stand there with a gormless look on your face when people start talking about it," she says. "It probably should have been advertised more to health professionals.”
The Scottish government says the lack of communication is because the scheme is still within the pilot period. When it is rolled out nationally, it promises there will be a publicity campaign that will include “building links with local organisations".
One potential pitfall might be that giving out the boxes to new parents for free means they won't have a reason to come into the pharmacy to buy these early necessities – or talk to the pharmacist.
But Aileen Bryson, of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Scotland, doesn't think that will be an issue. “You are only going to come to the pharmacy if there is a problem, [for example] if you have cracked nipples and need advice about what to take," she says. "They are going to come because they need advice at an early stage and they want to walk in and get that health professional on the high street [to give] a bit of reassurance that the baby is thriving.”
Mr Osprey agrees that parents will still turn to community pharmacists for advice. “Pharmacies are right at the heart of the community and provide unrivalled access to highly trained healthcare staff. Our members have always been an invaluable source of support and advice for young mothers, and will continue to fulfil this role.”
Ms Bryson adds that the scheme will help families in need. “We have a lot of deprived communities and if this gives someone a lovely start in life, that is only to be commended.”
Lynzie Mack, an independent pharmacist in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, agrees. “I think it’s a good idea, especially for first-time parents who may not have all the things they should have.”
Ms Bryson says some of the items included are very important. “A digital ear thermometer is a really good preventative health measure. Someone can take the temperature with the same device a GP would be using.” This could speed up access to treatment, by encouraging parents to act sooner when babies do need medical assessment.
Where next for the baby boxes?
Orkney and Clackmannanshire were chosen as the initial pilot sites to test the logistics of delivering boxes to remote communities in the middle of winter, as well as for “the diversity of their populations”, the Scottish government says.
Mr McDonald says “real-time research will take place throughout our pilot, giving parents the opportunity to feedback any comments they have on the box, how they use it and its contents”. But whatever the results, the scheme will be spread nationwide, at an estimated cost of £7 million.
It is not clear what part the baby box has played in Finland’s child health success story. Karoliina Koskenvuo, head of research at Kela, Finland’s social insurance institution, cites multiple contributing factors, including strong maternity and child health services, an extensive vaccination programme, higher education and good living conditions. “Scientific data on the effects of the baby box on public health is not available, only circumstantial evidence.”
That hasn’t stopped the idea spreading around the world. In Japan, a modified version of the Finnish maternity package was introduced in the city of Urayasu in 2014. Another version has been distributed to Maori mothers in Waikato, New Zealand since 2015, the same year that Mexico City began to distribute maternity packages to low-income mothers.
The Scottish scheme will add to growing body of evidence now being collected about the effect of baby boxes on child health and wellbeing – as well as providing a warm welcome for newborn babies.
The Scottish baby boxes contain:
Digital ear thermometer and replacement hygiene cover
Natural bath sponge
Bath and room baby thermometer and battery
Fitted cot sheets
Satin-edged cellular blanket
Pramsuit with hood
All-in-one day suit
Romper and bodysuit set
Short-sleeved bodysuit
Long-sleeved bodysuit
Long-sleeved bodysuit with integral scratch mitten
Long-sleeved wraparound bodysuit
Footed leggings
Fleece jacket with hood
Jersey trousers
Hooded bath towel
Real nappy and liners
Dribbler bib
Organic cotton muslin squares
Comforter/soother toy
Travel changing mat
Baby book.
How can you support new parents?
The National Pharmacy Association's pharmacy services team has some advice...
Cradle cap presents as large, greasy, yellow or brown scaly patches, which predominantly occur on the baby’s scalp. Most cases of cradle cap are self-limiting, however simple measures can be used to help manage symptoms. Washing the baby’s scalp with baby shampoo can help prevent a build-up of scales. In addition, scales can be softened before brushing or washing by massaging baby oil into the scalp.
Eczema can develop in babies as cracked, dry, itchy, red and sore skin. Treatment recommendations focus on symptomatic relief. Topical emollients (moisturisers) can be applied to the affected area(s) to stop skin dryness. They reduce water loss and protect the skin with a film.
In addition, trigger factors should be identified and avoided. These could include, for example, changing the fabric of the baby’s clothing and/or avoiding the use of soaps or detergents that may affect the skin.
Colic is the term used for babies who are experiencing excessive, frequent crying but otherwise appear healthy. The underlying cause is unknown and usually resolves within a few months. The baby can be comforted by holding it during a crying episode, for example, or soothing it with a gentle motion. If these strategies fail, simeticone or lactase drops can be recommended.
Teething occurs when baby teeth come through the gums; its symptoms are normally mild and self-limiting. Gentle rubbing of the gum with a clean finger or allowing the infant to bite on a cool object are self-care measures that can be recommended. Paracetamol or ibuprofen can be considered to relieve discomfort in infants aged three months and over.
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Should baby boxes be introduced in England and Wales?
M Yang, Community pharmacist
As a subscriber to io9 (a technology, science, history and science fiction blog) I read about the Finnish baby box a few years ago. It's really encouraging to see the Scottish health service trial something like this. I hope the rest of the UK does something like this, but I doubt it'll happen. At the risk of being too political, the current UK government wouldn't want to take on this European idea.
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The 2019 college football season is still a month and a half away, but fans get an annual taste of what the season has in store when Southeastern Conference coaches and players take part in SEC Media Days starting Monday.
Mississippi State sends head coach Joe Moorhead, junior linebacker Erroll Thompson, senior offensive lineman Darryl Williams and redshirt senior tight end Farrod Green to Hoover, Alabama, to speak at the event.
These are five of the biggest topics Moorhead and his players must address in preparation for the upcoming season.
How does Joe Moorhead feel about Year 2?
Last year at this time, Joe Moorhead walked up to the podium as an SEC coach for the first time. He joked that he was thankful he was speaking before Alabama coach Nick Saban instead of after. He said the latter would have been like following up for the Beatles.
Moorhead shouldn't be as starstruck this time around. He hasn't just taken the same stage as Saban; he's shared the field with him, too. Moorhead has been around the block in the SEC. That means he'll get questions about what he can do differently this year and how he feels in general about his second season in Starkville.
After Mississippi State lost its first two SEC games to Kentucky and Florida last year, Moorhead quipped that he forgot to take his "coaching pills" leading up to those two defeats. There should be no reason to forget to do so in Year 2, and Moorhead will have to answer to some of his lapses from Year 1 in Hoover next week.
Who is the starting quarterback?
Will Moorhead answer this directly? Odds are he won't. But will he be asked the question? It's very probable.
Many expect graduate transfer Tommy Stevens to start against Louisiana on Aug. 31, but Mississippi State still has a full fall camp to go through. Junior Keytaon Thompson has a chance to prove why Moorhead should give him the ball in the season opener.
Healthy pre-season quarterback competitions normally make everyone better, so it's not likely Moorhead will name a starter this far out. But he certainly will be asked about his options at the position when he addresses the media on Wednesday.
What should we expect from passing game?
When Moorhead gets asked about his quarterbacks, the obvious follow-up is whether whichever quarterback gets the nod is capable of rejuvenating Mississippi State's passing game.
The Bulldogs ranked No. 13 in the SEC in passing offense last year. They averaged 173.8 passing yards per game. While the rushing attack, which ranked No. 2 in the conference at 223.6 yards per game and can be just as potent this year, the passing game has to be capable of complementing it in order for State to have the offense Moorhead advertised when he first stepped foot on campus.
Moorhead told then-quarterback Nick Fitzgerald to make room on his shelf for a Heisman Trophy. Fitzgerald fell woefully short of sniffing one. Moorhead doesn't need a Heisman caliber quarterback to be successful, but he definitely needs whoever wins the job to be more efficient than Fitzgerald was. He'll have to explain why that can be the case at Media Days.
How much will defense regress?
Mississippi State had one of the best defenses in the country last year. The unit ranked No. 2 in scoring defense, No. 2 in rushing defense, No. 7 in passing defense and No. 1 in total defense.
The players who contributed most to those numbers are gone. The entire front-four on the defensive line departed. Two starting safeties and a starting corner left as well. Can the guys stepping into those roles be as productive as their predecessors?
Thompson is one of four returning starters. Defensive coordinator Bob Shoop will have to lean heavily on Thompson as the guys around him try to settle into their starting roles.
If Thompson can rally the troops and make Mississippi State's defense even remotely resemble what Shoop put onto the field a year ago, then the previous questions about the state of Moorhead's offense intensify in importance.
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Can tight ends be more involved?
This is a question Green will certainly get during his breakout session. Moorhead might even get it on the main stage.
Justin Johnson was Mississippi State's leader in receiving yards among tight ends. He had 238 yards. Green, the likely starter at the position, had 81. Junior tight end Dontea Jones rounded out the group with 66.
Green and Jones will be accompanied by the likes of redshirt freshmen Geor'quarius Spivey and Brad Cumbest as well as sophomore Power Warren. If any of them are able to become a reliable receiving threat, it will open up the field for State's arsenal of receivers.
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Droughts and desertification
Droughts in the soil increase much less than droughts at the earth surface
May 8th, 2019 | Download as PDF
Droughts under 1.5 and 2 °C global warming
The Paris Agreement aims to limit global temperature rise below 2 °C and preferably below 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. Drought risk is projected to increase, probably more under 2 °C compared with 1.5 °C global warming. Global drought trends towards 2100 have been estimated based on multi-model simulations of climate change.
Two types of droughts
A distinction was made between two types of droughts. Meteorological droughts describe precipitation deficiencies resulting from the combined effect of changes in precipitation and evapotranspiration. Droughts in the soil, often called ‘agricultural droughts’, refer to the impact of meteorological droughts on the soil water that is available for plants.
In this study a dry period is called a ‘drought event’ when dry conditions last for at least three continuous months. Whether conditions are considered ‘dry’ was derived from the quantification of four drought indicators. These indicators describe precipitation deficiency, net precipitation deficiency (including evapotranspiration), soil moisture at the surface, and soil moisture at the root zone, respectively.
Increase frequency and duration
Globally, the frequency and duration may increase much faster for meteorological droughts than for surface soil moisture droughts and root zone soil moisture droughts.
Meteorological droughts are projected to occur about 36% more frequent under 1.5 °C global warming, and 62% more frequent under 2 °C warming. For surface soil moisture droughts the estimated frequency increases are 5% (1.5 °C warming) and 14% (2 °C warming), respectively.
On average, meteorological droughts are projected to last about 15% and 20% longer under 1.5 °C and 2 °C global warming, respectively. For surface soil moisture droughts the estimated duration increases are 5% (1.5 °C warming) and 2% (2 °C warming), respectively. The spread around these average numbers are large, however. Projected drought increase in the root zone is generally less than at the soil surface.
Drought impacts on the soil
Surface soil moisture drought risk will probably increase in America, South America, Europe, southern Africa, southern China and Australia. For Europe, the projected frequency increase of surface soil moisture droughts is 32% and 51% for 1.5 °C and 2 °C global warming, respectively. The increase of root zone soil moisture drought risk will be much less, however. Root zone soil moisture drought frequency in Europe is projected to increase by 5% and 15% for 1.5 °C and 2 °C global warming, respectively. The areas affected by droughts will increase less than 10%; this increase will be largest in Africa, Oceania and South America.
For food production and terrestrial biodiversity soil moisture in the root zone is particularly relevant. This study shows that changes in meteorological and soil moisture droughts do not have to be the same. In fact, root soil moisture droughts will probably not increase as much as meteorological droughts. Still, limiting globally averaged temperature rise below 1.5 °C will substantially reduce drought risk in duration and frequency relative to the 2 °C level.
Source: Xu et al., 2019. International Journal of Climatology 39: 2375 - 2385.
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Ford Mustang facelifted for 2018
Iconic muscle car gets new nose and more power
by William Morris
Ford has released details and images of the revised Ford Mustang coupe and convertible. The most significant changes are a redesigned front end, increased power for the V8 model and improved in-car technology. The car will go on sale in 2018.
The nose of the car has been made to look more aggressive thanks to a new bonnet that incorporates air vents and curves towards the front of the car to give the nose a lower, leaner look. The upper and lower grilles have been made narrower, while the new all-LED headlights are slimmer, too.
Changes to the rear of the car are less noticeable, with a redesigned rear bumper, revised LED lights and an optional new spoiler. The entry-level 2.3-litre EcoBoost model gets a twin exhaust as standard, while the V8 GT comes with a quad exhaust.
Ford will add 12 alloy wheel designs and more paint colours to the options list to give Mustang buyers more choice in how their specific cars look.
Ford isn’t giving us exact figures at this stage, but the Mustang’s 5.0-litre V8 has been ‘thoroughly reworked’ to give the facelifted version more power. The current V8 GT has 410bhp, so expect a figure for the 2018 version to be nearer 450bhp.
Ford has improved and upgraded elements of the suspension to enhance the Mustang’s cornering ability and MagneRide damper technology will be offered as an option with the Mustang Performance Package “to optimise ride and handling in all situations”.
The manual gearboxes in both Mustang models have been upgraded to deliver improved performance, while a new 10-speed automatic will be offered as an option in both. The V8 model will also be available with an active valve exhaust system that’ll open to allow more noise from the engine when desired.
The inside of the 2018 model gets some plusher materials, as well as a 12-inch digital LCD screen that will be available at extra cost. A heated leather steering wheel will join the LCD screen on the options list.
Exact prices and specs haven’t been released for the facelifted Mustang yet, but more details will emerge as the car’s on-sale date approaches. The 2018 Mustang will go on sale early next year.
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Blues Regional Clubs Day Returns
The Cardiff Blues will be holding their fourth Regional Clubs Day when they take on Ulster in the Magners League this Sunday, 3.45pm kick off.
The first Regional Clubs Day was held in March 2008 when the Blues faced Munster, followed up by matches celebrating the regional clubs against Scarlets and Connacht.
The Regional Clubs Day is now firmly part of the Blues calendar and a celebration of rugby in the Blues region. All 82 clubs in the region have been invited down to the Ulster match to take part in the festivities. Cardiff Blues have a strong relationship with each club who have produced some outstanding players for both the Blues and Wales over the years. As a gesture of thanks to all these clubs each one has been offered 30 tickets for the game and the Blues hope to see many fans sporting their local colours at the match as possible.
Teams from as far afield as Crickhowell and Gwernyfed in Powys have already taken advantage of the offer and will be bringing their young supporters down to the match. Many of the young rugby players have already had the opportunity to play at the Cardiff City Stadium in the half time tag games and all the clubs in the region have also adopted a player for the season, who will visit them to deliver coaching sessions or trophy presentations.
At half time during the Ulster match there will be a regional clubs parade with representatives from the clubs in attendance walking around the outside of the pitch. As well as this will be the event now synonymous with regional clubs day, the annual mascot race.
Bruiser the Blues Mascot reclaimed his crown from the Rhiwbina squirrel last season so this year's mascot race looks set be another classic encounter. In addition each club can allocate youngster to take part in the half time race.
Speaking of the match, Richard Hodges, Blues Community and Coach Development Manager said,
“The Blues Regional Clubs Day has gone from strength to strength since the first one was launched in 2008.”
“We have taken great strides both on and off the pitch at the Blues over recent seasons and supporters from throughout the region have really got behind the team and the Regional Clubs Day is a great way of bringing everyone together.”
For more information on how to claim your club's tickets please contact Georgina on 02920 643 779.
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Current (untitled) project
A first person arcade shooter with bright neon colours. Uses the power of your music to scale the difficulty and pace of the game as well change the visuals.
Robot Rumble 2.0 website
I went to university with one of the developers of the Robot Rumble game and after learning that I knew how to create websites they asked if I would be willing to remake theirs as at the time it was created by someone who was not experienced with any web development skills. I agreed and after some late nights (and a lot of coffee) it was made public!
To see the website then click here.
Dungeons and Dragons - Dice Roller.
A small program which I made to make playing Dungeon and Dragons a little less tedious. It stores all modifiers so you don't need to keep checking your character sheet. Additionally, it allows you to roll any kind of dice you might need. (Spoiler: You need a lot of dice for DnD)
A Series of Blib's and Blob's
A Series of Blibs and Blobs is a puzzle platforming game which takes the theme of Antichamber. The player controls three blobs which can pop in and out of each other and have their own abilities.
The original idea for this was going to be three robots which fit inside of each other but creatively I wanted something a little more organic and fluid.
I watched a science documentary and thought about having cells or gelatin like substances which could mould together and separate at will. As soon as I had the idea I ran to my PC and starting making up a prototype for the blobs and it just worked so much better with the vision I had when starting the project.
So, the robots were sent to the big scrapheap up above. (Also known as the Recycle Bin, Rust in Peace)
Night Lights
Night Lights was created in the Brains Eden 48 hour game jam.
The player controls a ghost whose objective is to light up the rooms of the house as he is afraid of the dark. Ooo! Scary!
My main role was as level designer bringing together the programming and art assets into the final builds. Additionally writing some code myself and doing some quality assurance.
Unnamed Cardboard game
An unnamed game which I created for one of my university modules. It integrated the Leap Motion Controller with voice recognition and Google Cardboard. This game is a runner of sorts where the player must run to the end of the level moving their head to move left and right dodging obstacles and enemies.
It's dark, so be careful!
Link to project - https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B70xQHV5DcDlLUpLQVU5VkRjX1U
LuminoCity
LuminoCity was a second year project which was created in 6 weeks with a team of four programmers and two artists. A vertical slice of a racing game which has the player speeds through a neon-soaked city in order to achieved the fastest time. Vrooom!
Created in Unreal using Blueprint, my main role was designing the city using the assets created by the artists and designing the track to work efficiently with the vehicle.
Link to project -
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B70xQHV5DcDlel9MaWxHeHZ6WlE
Castle Storm
Castle Storm is a tile based strategy game designed for tablets and to be played by two people. The player creates basic units and combines them to create one of three special units. each with a different bonus. The aim of the game is to destroy your opponents castle before they destroy yours. (Requires a phone and a friend)
My main role was level designer But I also contributed to programming. I was mostly working with the artists and programmers in order to design mechanics and boards in real space.
Link to project - https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B70xQHV5DcDlaWZRVHI2aGVWWEE
Onslaught Of Darkness
The first ever game I created using Unity. A top-down shooter in which the player controls a soldier in a Mech like ball called a MORS which fires projectiles and the player must eliminate a zombie threat.
(Spoilers: It's impossible)
My role was programmer and designer of the game. All art assets were taken from the Unity store.
Link to project - https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B70xQHV5DcDlZEZYc3VMYTRyZ28
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Extending the Life of Dry-Film Coatings by Selecting the Right Preservative Systems
Figure 1: Spider Graph of the Top Dry-Film Preservative actives. 23
Figure 2: Propiconazole/IPBC Blended Fungicide Product Using ASTM G-21. 27
Figure 3: 24 months Exterior Weathering Exposure in Florida on Water Based Acrylic Top Coat. 28
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How do you effectively preserve an exterior paint film to last? What are the chemical properties needed for the fungicides to control and inhibit fungal growth? In today’s coatings market, consumers are looking for an exterior paint that lasts years without biodeterioration. This is very challenging, as exterior paint films are exposed to outdoor environmental conditions containing high levels of microorganisms and nutrients for the microorganisms. Considering this, an exterior dry-film preservation system for coatings needs to have the following characteristics for microbiological protection: broad spectrum fungicide efficacy, good initial and long-term protection, and chemical stability in the wet and dry film stages. In addition, the dry-film fungicide must not adversely affect the finished paint film in terms of color change or increase the drying time. One powerful and widely used fungicide for dry-film protection is iodopropynylbutylcarbamate (IPBC) with efficacy against blue stain strains and mold growth on paint surfaces. Yet, IPBC has disadvantages like possible yellowing in the dried paint film and a medium-to-high leaching potential which may lead to shorter dried paint film life spans.
To overcome these disadvantages, combining individual fungicide actives usually provides a better toxicity profile, lower dosages, longer finished product shelf life, and compensates for weaknesses or gaps of individual fungicide actives. In several matrixes, propiconazole has been identified as a perfect active partner for IPBC. The combination was tested in different binders, on multiple substrates, and in multiple locations worldwide. In this paper, we look at the benefits of the combination of IPBC and propiconazole and other active ingredients in both laboratory and exterior weathering studies.
A typical exterior paint consists of pigments, binder, solvent (e.g. water) and several different specialty additives to enhance the paint’s properties. Biocides are incorporated into the paint as one of the specialty additives. Biocides are separated into two different categories: in-can and dry-film preservatives. In-can preservatives are biocides that are added to the paint formulation to protect the paint from bacterial and fungal growth when in the wet state. Dry-film preservatives are biocides added to inhibit or control the fungal growth for interior paint systems and fungal and algal growth for exterior paint systems.1 Dry paint films undergo attack from fungi and algae microorganisms.2
The breakdown of an exterior paint film is caused by: high levels of nutrients in the environment and specialty raw materials, high levels of moisture on the film surface (e.g. condensation, rainfall) and poor maintenance of the film. The change in the moisture content can be from high levels of chemical leaching, and UV exposure.
Formulators have a very challenging task choosing the right dry-film preservative package. This is due to the need to have the following characteristics to provide microbiological protection: broad spectrum fungicidal efficacy, good initial and long-term protection, and chemical stability in both the wet stage and dry-film stages. In addition, the dry-film preservative must not adversely affect properties of the finished paint film (e.g. color, consistency of film, moisture content). In order to extend the efficacy and lifetime of a dried exterior paint film, it is beneficial to have a combination fungicide and algaecide.
Chemical Biocide Classes for Dry-Film Preservation
In addition to a broad efficacy spectrum, other important properties of a dry-film fungicide are low water solubility, low leaching, good wet stage stability, low volatility, and even distribution of the preservative throughout the dried film. No single dry-film preservative active has all of these characteristics. In fact, field studies have shown there to be some benefits to combining a fast-acting preservative with a long-term protection preservative to help extend the paint film life.
Dry-film preservatives are classified based on their chemical group. In this section, the dry-film preservatives will be summarized.
A) Isothiazolinones are a chemical class of preservatives that are electrophilic active agents with a heterocyclic N, S compound. The nitrogen-sulfur bonds target the amino, amide and thiol groups within the cell of the microorganisms.3
a. 4,5-dichloro-2-octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one (DCOIT) is a broad spectrum fungicide with some efficacy against algae. DCOIT is fairly stable in the wet or in-can stage of the paint. DCOIT has good leaching and evaporation resistance due to its low water solubility (0.014 g/l at 25 °C). DCOIT is affected by oxidizing and reducing agents as well as primary and secondary amines. DCOIT has good temperature stability (>228 °C) and is effective over a pH range of 4-9. DCOIT has been recognized as a strong sensitizer in the European Union.4
b. 2-n-octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one (OIT) is a broad spectrum fungicide. OIT has fair to good stability in the wet or in-can stage of the paint. OIT has low to medium leaching and evaporation resistance due to its moderate water solubility (0.48 g/l at 25 °C). OIT has fair to good temperature stability (≤100 °C)5 and is effective over a 2-10 pH range. Like most of the chemicals under the isothiazolinone class, OIT efficacy is affected by oxidizing and reducing agents as well as primary and secondary amines. OIT also has some gaps in fungicidal efficacy against Aspergillus sp. and Alternaria sp.6 OIT is also recognized as a strong sensitizer in the European Union.7,8
B) Pyrithione-based biocides are a chemical class of preservatives with a pyrithione structure that has antimicrobial and chelating properties.
a) Zinc pyrithione (ZPT), in addition to having fair-to-moderate efficacy against fungal organisms, also has slight algicidal efficacy. In the wet or in-can stage of the paint, ZPT is fairly stable. ZPT has good leaching and evaporation resistance due to its low water solubility (0.008 g/l at 25 °C). ZPT has a good temperature stability (<200 °C) and is effective over a pH range of 4-8.5. The chelating properties of ZPT may cause a discoloration of the paint formulation in the presence of metal ions. In addition, ZPT is not compatible with oxidizing/reducing agents or other chelating agents (e.g. EDTA). The main advantage of ZPT is that it is nonvolatile and will remain in the dried paint film.9,10
C) Activated Halogen biocides are electrophilic compounds having an activated halogen molecule in a meta position so it can react with the microbial cell. The difference in the electrical charge of the biocide and the microbial cell causes the cell membrane to rupture.11
a. Chlorothalonil (CTL) has fair efficacy with fungicidal gaps against Aspergillus niger and Penicillium sp. Stability of CTL in the wet or in-can stage of the paint is moderate to good. CTL has both excellent leaching resistance and excellent evaporation resistance due to the low water solubility (0.0006 g/l, 1 pm at 20 °C). In paint formulations, CTL is temperature stable >100 °C and in acid as well as in neutral pH, CTL is stable. However, pH above 9 may be prone to hydrolysis especially at higher temperatures. CTL is not supported for material protection use under the European Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR).12
D) Benzimidazoles are chemicals having an imidazole ring containing both acidic and basic nitrogen atoms.13
a. Thiabendazole (TBZ) has fair efficacy with fungicidal gaps against Alternaria sp. and Trichoderma sp. TBZ is stable in the wet and in-can stage of the paint. TBZ has low to fair leaching and evaporation resistance due to mobility of the molecule in the paint film. TBZ has low water solubility (0.03 g/l, 30 ppm). TBZ is temperature stable up to 300 °C and is effective across a broad pH range of 4-12. The main advantage of TBZ is the excellent toxicity profile of
this fungicide.14,15
b. Carbendazim (BCM) does have some fungicidal gaps against Alternaria sp. and Candida sp. The stability of BCM in the wet or in-can stage is moderate to good. BCM has both excellent leaching resistance and excellent evaporation resistance due to its low water solubility (0.008 g/l at 24 °C). Incorporation of BCM into a paint formulation is fair to good. BCM is temperature stable up to 180 °C and effective over a broad pH range of 2-12.16,17
E) Carbamates are a chemical class of preservatives that comprises the esters and salts of carbamic acids. Carbamates are highly effective fungicides that are quick acting and readily breakdown.
a. 3-Iodopropynylbutylcarbamate (IPBC) has excellent efficacy against most fungal organisms. It is the number one fungicide used in the market place for dry-film protection in the coatings market. IPBC has rather low stability in the wet stage of the paint. IPBC has low leaching resistance and low evaporation resistance due to its water solubility (0.168 g/l at 20 °C). IPBC may cause discoloration (e.g. yellowing) due to the iodine content. IPBC is easily incorporated into formulations and is available in an aqueous dispersion and a solvent-based solution. IPBC is stable at room temperature but prolonged temperatures above 80 °C can cause IPBC to breakdown. IPBC is also stable at acidic or neutral pH but will hydrolyze in alkaline conditions.18,19
F) Azoles are a chemical class of preservatives with the following structure: substituted aromatic heterocycles (e.g. imidazole, triazole), an unsubstituted nitrogen molecule at the meta position, one nitrogen molecule with a side chain that includes a lipophilic group and a benzene ring. These groups of preservatives were developed for the agricultural market.
a. Propiconazole (PPZ) has fair efficacy against fungal microorganisms with a gap against Trichoderma viride. PPZ is stable in the wet or in-can stage of the paint. With a low water solubility (0.10 g/l at 20 °C), PPZ has both high leaching resistance and high evaporation resistance. PPZ is very temperature stable up to 300 °C and effective over a wide pH range of 1-14. Performance is enhanced when blended with another fungicide.20-22
As illustrated in Figure 1, none of the individual actives have all of the desired characteristics. In combining the actives, the effectiveness of the dry-film preservation system will be improved.
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Blended Fungicides for Dry-Film Protection
In order to successfully evaluate the dry-film preservation system, both laboratory and exterior weathering testing must be performed. The laboratory is used to screen the blended products in order to narrow the combination and ratios used. Exterior weathering studies are needed to obtain realistic data under environmental conditions.
Laboratory Fungi Testing
• ASTM G-2124 is a fungal resistance test method that was originally developed for plastics but is being used for other applications like coatings and gypsum. This method uses a five strain mixed inoculum to challenge a substrate to determine if it can resist the growth of mold on its surface. The samples are placed on Nutrient Salt agar and then the entire surface is sprayed with the mixed inoculum with a concentration of 1 x 106. Once inoculated, the samples are then incubated for four weeks at 30 °C. The samples are graded on a 0-4 scale and samples with no visual growth are inspected under a stereomicroscope to confirm lack of growth.
• ASTM D559025 is a fungal resistance test method that was specifically developed for coatings. Three strains are used to make two inoculums with a concentration of 1 x 104; one with two mold strains and the third strain by itself as its own inoculum. The samples are placed on a nutrient agar like Potato Dextrose or Malt agar with samples for both inoculum types separately. Once the surface is inoculated the samples are then incubated for four weeks at 30 °C. The samples are graded on a 0-4 scale.
Laboratory Algae Testing
• ASTM D558926 is an algal resistance test method that was specifically developed for coatings. Strains are selected from four different classes and are mixed equally to make a mixed algal inoculum. The samples are placed on media like Allen’s Medium or BG-11 agar and the inoculum sprayed onto the surface. Once inoculated the samples are then incubated with a light source for four weeks at 25 °C. The samples are graded on a 0-4 scale.
IPBC is a very powerful fungicide and it is often used as a single active ingredient in coatings. Even though IPBC alone works very well in ASTM G-21 lab testing, the combination of IPBC and PPZ reduced the total fungicide active concentration significantly in the tested systems (see Figure 2). Depending on the binder matrix and other raw materials in the paint formulation, the total fungicidal active concentration was reduced by up to 60%.
Outdoor Weathering Testing
Based on the findings from several laboratory studies, external weathering test panels were placed at outdoor weathering sites throughout the world (e.g. US, Europe, and Asia).
Besides PPZ/IPBC, a combination of BCM/OIT and IPBC alone are being evaluated in a water-based acrylic top coat.
After 24 months of exposure, it has been observed that IPBC alone is less effective than the combination products. This is probably due to higher leaching behavior and/or the UV degradation of IPBC.
As shown in Figure 3, the combination of BCM/OIT as well as the combination of PPZ/IPBC are effectively controlling fungal growth and are outperforming IPBC alone.
The combination of the 2:1 PPZ/IPBC has a low level of IPBC resulting in no noticeable yellowing of the dry paint film. Additionally, the combination PPZ/IPBC helps to extend the paint life through a higher leaching resistance due to PPZ.
Blending fungicides in order to overcome drawbacks of single active ingredients may contribute to decreased fungicidal content and/or provide a longer life time of the dried paint film.
The combination of BCM and OIT closes the BCM gap against Alternaria sp. and also provides short and long term efficacy because a high-leachable fungicide (OIT) is combined with a low-leachable fungicide (BCM).
This statement is also valid for the combination of PPZ and the widely used IPBC, as IPBC has strong fungicidal efficacy with medium-to-high leaching potential. By using the lower-leachable PPZ, in combination with IPBC, a long lasting fungal protection can be achieved.
Both BCM/OIT and PPZ/IPBC blends are highly effective combinations providing long-term fungal protection for the dried paint film.
Finally, the decision about which active ingredient combination is the best fit, depends on possible regulatory requirements, paint properties, raw materials and preservation costs.
1 www.paintquality.com,”The Ingredients of Paint and Their Impact on Paint Properties”, The Paint Quality Institute, 2000
2 Sauer, F. (2017). Microbicides in Coating. Hanover, Germany: Vincentz Gmbh & Co. KG
3 Ibid p.44
4 Edited by Wilfried Paulus, Directory of Microbicides for the Protection of Materials, A Handbook, p. 663
5 Ibid p.662
6 Vincentz Network, European Coatings Journal, “Playing it Safe”, Sauer, Dr. Frank, 07-08/2007 p. 34
7 Sauer, F. (2017). Microbicides in Coating. Hanover, Germany: Vincentz Gmbh & Co. KG. p.65
8 Edited by Wilfried Paulus, Directory of Microbicides for the Protection of Materials, A Handbook,p.662
9 Sauer, F. (2017). Microbicides in Coating. Hanover, Germany: Vincentz Gmbh & Co. KG. p.64-65
10 Edited by Wilfried Paulus, Directory of Microbicides for the Protection of Materials, A Handbook,p.644
11 Ibid p.704
12 https://echa.europa.eu/de/home
13 http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs/12392/InTechBenzimidazole_fungicides_in_environmental_samples_extraction_and_determination_procedures.pdf
14 Edited by Wilfried Paulus, Directory of Microbicides for the Protection of Materials, A Handbook,p.669-670
15 Sauer, F. (2017). Microbicides in Coating. Hanover, Germany: Vincentz Gmbh & Co. KG. p.70
16 Ibid p.71
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23 Sames, Thomas: PSCT Presentation April 15, 2019 Preservation of Paints & Coatings In-Can and Dry-Film Preservation of Paints & Coatings.Slide no. 14
24 ASTM Standard D5590-17, “Standard Practice for Determining Resistance of Synthetic Polymeric Materials to Fungi” ASTM International, West Conshohochen, PA, 2015, DOI:10.1520/G0021-15
25 ASTM Standard G21-15, “Standard Practice for Determining the Resistance of Paint Films and Related Coatings to Fungal Defacement by Accelerated Four-Week Agar Plate Assay” ASTM International, West Conshohochen, PA, 2015, DOI:10.1520/D5590-17
26 ASTM Standard D5589-09 (Reapproved 2013), “Standard Practice for Determining the Resistance of Paint Films and Related Coatings to Algal Defacement” ASTM International, West Conshohochen, PA, 2015, DOI:10.1520/D5589-09R13
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Home Summer 2016 Engineering Sets New Record: Most Diverse Class Ever
Engineering Sets New Record: Most Diverse Class Ever
Percentage of women and minorities on the rise
CU-Boulder’s second biggest college enrolled record numbers of first-year women and underrepresented minorities in 2015- 16, and preliminary figures suggest it will reach yet a new milestone in the fall.
The number of first-year undergraduate women in the College of Engineering & Applied Science rose 17 percent last year, to 284, from a year earlier. The number of minorities rose 28 percent, to 162.
In all, the 2015 first-year engineering class was comprised of 32 percent women and 18 percent minorities.
Nationwide, engineering remains heavily male and white: in 2014, the most recent year for which statistics were available, 21 percent of all engineering undergraduates were women, while 16 percent were underrepresented minorities.
CU’s total undergraduate engineering population has grown markedly over the last five years, by 33 percent, to 4,253 as of last fall’s census.
The college attributes its changing demographics partly to an evolving recruiting strategy designed to let students know they are wanted at CU, said Amanda Parker (ChemEngr’09; MEngr’ 16), director of access and recruiting.
Other factors include unique campus residences for engineers, expanding opportunities for hands-on engineering projects and the college’s strong national reputation.
“Diversity has the power to change the way our students approach problems by engaging different perspectives and expanding their worldviews,” said Parker. “We’re pleased with the progress, but still have ambitious goals.”
Preliminary figures for 2016-17 indicate the incoming first-year class may be even more diverse than the last.
Engineering chart data
2010: 172 Women, 93 Underrepresented minorities
2015: 284 Women (a more than 65 percent increase), 162 Underrepresented minorities (a more than 74 percent increase)
The Class of 2015: Enginnering college enrolls most diverse first-year class ever
Diversity has the power to change the way our students approach problems by engaging different perspectives and expanding their worldviews.
Celebrating a Decade of Expanding Borders
When CU engineering professor Bernard Amadei visited a village lacking running water, electricity and sanitation in San Pablo, Belize, he became determined to help. Read more
Engineers Without Borders Extends Its Reach
Civil engineering professor Bernard Amadei’s work extends far beyond the classroom since he helped found the international humanitarian nonprofit Engineers Without Borders-USA in 2001. Read more
CU Around - Aerospace
CU Boulder’s aerospace engineers are preparing to lift off from central campus and land squarely in a burgeoning innovation hub on East Campus. Read more
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Guide > Yıldız > Yıldız Palace Theatre
The moody, almost Biedermeier auditorium (photo: Clive Crook)
Yıldız Palace Theatre
Yıldız Palace, Barbaros Bulvarı, Yıldız – Beşiktaş
Tue–Wed, Fri–Sun: 8.30–17.00 closed Mon
Reached via the main entrance to the palace at the top of the park overlooking the Barbaros Boulevard and Beşiktaş.
Abdülhamid II’s wonderfully atmospheric little palace theatre, where Sarah Bernhardt and others peformed. one of the countless annexes he added. Note the curiously high stage designed to be seen from the imperial balcony. Recitals are still occasionally given here. The theatre is included in the ticket to the Yıldız Palace Museum.
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The London Academy of Ottoman Court Music, with Emre Araci
The Bosphorus by Moonlight
The Prague Symphony Chamber Orchestra with Cihat Askin, violin. Directed by Emre Araci and produced by Ateş Orga
European Music at the Ottoman Court
The London Academy of Ottoman Court Music, with Emre Aracı. Produced by Ates Orga,
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The pregnancy announcement is too cute. 😍
By Paulina Jayne Isaac
Hilary Duff just announced that she's pregnant with her third child.
Hilary has a son from her previous marriage and a daughter with her husband, Matthew Koma.
Hilary Duff is gonna be a mama — again! She announced the exciting news on Oct. 24 in an Instagram post. Hilary is already mom to Luca, 8, from her previous marriage to Mike Comrie, and she shares daughter Banks, 2, with current husband Matthew Koma.
"We are growing!!! Mostly me ...," she captioned the cute Insta post. Matthew wrote, "lol quarantine was fun. Baby #3 - 2021" in his post.
Pandemic pregnancies are the latest celeb trend (I mean, what else is there to do in quarantine?). Mandy Moore commented on Hilary's post, writing, "Yay!! The best news!!! Love you two and can’t wait to be mamas together! Xo." New mama Lea Michele commented, "Yes!!!! Congratulations!! 💓✨." Ashley Tisdale (another pregnant star) wrote, "🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼."
Whew, that's a lot of new babies coming in 2021, and honestly, I can't wait. We already know that Hilary makes beautiful children (just look at Luca and lil Banksy). In August, Hilary talked to Cosmopolitan about how she's handling quarantining with two kiddos.
"It’s exhausting. It’s so exhausting. You know, I have my days where I’m like, 'Oh, I moved mountains and I deserve a medal.' And then there are other days where I’m like, 'How can I complain?' We’re all healthy and we have a backyard and we have a pool... Honestly, most days are good. I’ve had like three really hard days where I feel really low and I feel so burnt and so tired of my kids, you know? Kids are annoying, I’m not going to lie. When I get in bed every single night and we’re like, 'Oh my god, do we hate our kids or what?' And then we wake up and the next day’s a new day and we're like, 'We‘re so freaking grateful for our kids.' They’re funny and they make us laugh and they also frustrate the hell out of us."
Hilary Duff, our relatable queen. Congrats to the happy fam!
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by Paul Street
As liberal Democrats for the most part, United States historians have no doubt been having a field day with Donald Trump’s recently reported clueless comments on United States history. The president’s moronic take on the nation’s past was front-page news last Tuesday in liberals’ and academics’ favorite newspaper, The New York Times. Times reporters Peter Baker and Jonah Engel Bromwich told readers about Trump’s historical idiocy, seen in the president’s:
+ Suggestion that Andrew Jackson had been “really angry”about the Civil War, which did not break out until 16 years after his death.
+ Assertion that the Civil War could have been prevented by smart policymakers who should have just gotten together and cut a deal.
+ Apparent belief that the great 19th century Black abolitionist Frederick Douglass is still alive.
+ Apparent surprise at learning that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican.
+ Putting up a golf course plaque marking a Civil War battle that never happened.
The Times quoted Princeton “presidential historian” Julian E. Zelizer, who thinks that “Presidents should have some better sense of the nation’s history as they become part of it.”
Historian Paul Starobin told the Times that “Trump seems almost uniquely ill equipped to process history, whether because of his lack of empathy, his allergy to complexity, or his tendency to keep distant from anything that might carry the whiff of defeat…History is not tidy. Trump likes tidy. He likes slogans. History doesn’t offer any.”
So, yes, Trump is a dummy about American history, too. I could almost hear the sneers and chuckles across the faculty rooms in academic history departments from coast to coast.
United States of Amnesia
Great, but once they’re done laughing at Dunce Cap Donald, the nation’s academic historians might want to reflect on the broader and unsettling historical ignorance that stalks the United States – and their own roles in enabling it.
Trump is of course E plurbius unum – “one of many” (the traditional motto of the United States) – when it comes to historical amnesia in the U.S. U.S.-of-Americans live and think in chilling accord with the vicious anti-Semitic U.S. capitalist Henry Ford’s famous dictum that “history is bunk.” They go through life in mass cluelessness about the millennia, epochs, centuries, generations, and decades that preceded them. They know little about the relevance of the past to their contemporary experience and the future. The whole nation seems “almost uniquely ill equipped to process history, whether because of [its] lack of empathy, [its] his allergy to complexity, or [its] tendency to keep distant from anything that might carry the whiff of defeat.”
It’s a very lethal way for a Superpower’s citizenry to carry on.
History is a Weapon
Part of this mass national memory loss has to do with the United States’ status as historical ground zero for the art and science of corporate and imperial thought control – something that Alex Carey wrote about darkly and brilliantly in his posthumously published book Taking the Risk of Out of Democracy: Corporate Propaganda versus Freedom and Liberty (1997) (See especially the first chapter, titled “The Origins of American Propaganda”). As George Orwell knew, the deletion, distortion, dismissal, and devaluation of history is a critical dimension of thought control. “Who controls the past,” the reigning totalitarian party portrayed in Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 (flying off bookstore and library since Big Brother Donald’s election) proclaimed, “controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
It’s not for nothing that the record and meaning of the past is butchered by ruling “elites.”
History properly and deeply understood is profoundly dangerous to authority. Consistent with Santayana’s oft-quoted remark that “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” it warns us about past mistakes. National leaders’ remarkably recurrent faith in splendid little wars that will be concluded quickly with little human cost is one among many examples.
It raises alarms and teaches lessons about the folly of imperial and environmental overreach and the related terrible consequences of the excessive concentration of wealth and power.
It counsels us not to repeat past crimes (not merely mistakes) like slavery, colonialism, genocide, and fascism.
It catalogues, frames, and explains horrors that should never be allowed to recur.
It tells remarkable and inspiring stories of poplar resistance, rebellion, and revolution – of people making history from the bottom up, with radical and egalitarian ideals and movements ruling classes and “power elites” natural want consigned to “the memory hole” (Orwell’s phrase).
It is full of lessons about how ruling classes and power elites rule and how ordinary people and activists have confounded masters.
It tells us that humanity survived and often thrived for most of its experience without the hierarchical class structures of capitalism.
It reminds us that the “modern” (and yet pre-historic) bourgeois mode of social and political relations is historically specific and transient, not the “end of history” or the logical destination or culmination of “human nature.” (This helps us imagine and work for a different and much less stratified and destructive society in the present and future).
It points to contingency and alternatives, reminding us that significant, even revolutionary historical change is possible and related to human agency, both individual and collective.
It takes us to the developmental taproots of contemporary problems like sexism, classism, racism, imperialism, militarism, and ecocide, showing how and why all of these evolved over time out of decisions and paths taken by human beings, not the mysterious workings of some dark, all-powerful deity and/or “human nature” – or some other form of imposed destiny. (How understand contemporary racial inequality and oppression in the U.S. with no grasp of the origins, nature, and consequences of Black chattel slavery in British Colonial North America and the United States through the Civil War?)
It helps us recognize and identify deadly developments in the present. It’s useful to know what classic fascism was in Italy and Germany as a neofascist president holds power in the U.S. and as neofascists like Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders vie for power in Western Europe. Those who don’t know what fascism was and how and why it arose in the 20th century may be condemned to live under a 21st century version of it today.
Just When and How Was “America Great”?
Historical knowledge gives us benchmarks to evaluate elite claims of “progress” and/or “decline.” How do you know if things are really getting better or worse in the long durée (the long run) if you don’t know what existed before?
It would be good to know a thing or two about American history when a neofascist president comes to power promising to “Make America Great Again.”
Just what part of America’s “great” past do Trump and his backers most want to restore – when children toiled in coal mines and textile mills?
When Black people were tortured and exploited under the savage regimes of chattel slavery?
The Jim Crow years, which included Black disenfranchisement, strict racial segregation, and savage anti-Black violence in the South through the 1960s?
When women couldn’t vote and were expected to remain in their homes and died in back-alley abortions? When single adult women were pitied as “old maids”?
When gay people were beaten and consigned to the closet?
When Chinese people were beaten in the Western United States because of their race? When Japanese Americans were herded into internment camps?
When left union organizers and political activists were taken out into the desert and left to die? When armed Pinkertons and state militias beat and shot union organizers?
When labor organizers and intellectuals were fired, blacklisted, jailed, imprisoned, and shamed for holding (or allegedly holding) left views?
When white North American settlers butchered Native Americans and pushed them off their ancestral lands to make way for slave plantations and commodity farming?
When the United States criminally and unnecessarily atom-bombed two cities in the already defeated nation of Japan?
When the U.S. crucifixion of Southeast Asia liquated as many as 5 million people in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia?
Decoding Propaganda
Done well, history helps us de-code propaganda by providing us with an informational basis with which to respond to the remarkable extent to which American rulers rely on historical narratives and claims to sell their policies and doctrines idea even in a nation famous for not knowing or caring about history. It’s helpful to know a thing or two about what the nation’s profoundly anti-democratic and aristocratic Founders were really all about the next time you hear some politician invoke them to advance or oppose some policy or candidate in the name of democracy.
It useful to know a thing or two about German fascism and the rise and conduct of Hitler and the Nazi Party the next time some U.S. politician or talking head designates yet another foreign leader in Uncle Sam’s gunsights as the next “Hitler.”
It’s useful to know a thing about the long and ugly history of state-capitalist oppression within and beyond the United States the next time some politician or talking head tries to convince you that unleashing “the free market” and reducing regulation of Big Business yet more is the way to serve the common good.
It’s useful to know a thing or two about what the U.S. military and intelligence have done to Native Americans, Filipinos, Haitians, Dominicans, Mexicans, Central Americans Vietnamese, Japanese, Iraqis and so many other people who have suffered on the wrong end of Uncle Sam’s brutal foreign policies the next time you hear a U.S, politician or talking head claim that Washington is advancing “peace,” “democracy,” and “human rights” abroad.
It might be good to know a thing or two real about the history of the United States and that of other countries when American political elites and cultural authorities routinely speak the nationally narcissistic language of “American exceptionalism.” Among the things one might learn is that the ruling classes in all “modern” nations have disseminated myths about their countries’ supposed special mission and “unique” and benevolent excellence as deceptive cover for selfish capitalist and imperial agendas.
The United States is no, well, exception in that and other regards. It’s doctrinal claim to be and always have been a special beacon and headquarters of human freedom, democracy, and justice is just precisely that cloak.
Why So Many History Teachers Suck
Done right, without ideological blinders, history is a radically democratic weapon in the struggle for social justice, ecological sustainability, and popular sovereignty. And that’s precisely why it is done so poorly in American K-12 education on the whole – so badly that Americans routinely report it to be one of their least favorite school topics.
The most frequent complaint is that history classes were boring exercises in the rote memorization of facts, dates, and names. Facts, names, and dates matter, of course. If you think World War II happened in the 19th century or that Abraham Lincoln was one of the Founding Fathers then you are not going to have much chance of making sense of modern or American history. But what makes facts interesting, worth remembering, and easily remembered is the bigger story of where and how they fit into a fearlessly truthful rendering of the fascinating record of human triumph and tragedy.
The biggest problem with K-12 history is that the narrow ideological confines in which is presented precludes such rendering. The sterile hegemony of the nationally narcissistic “American Exceptionalist” narrative enforced by textbook companies, university education departments, right-wing ideological watchdogs, and local school boards reeks with bad faith and monumental falsehood. It helps drag high school history down to the tedious learning, regurgitation, and forgetting of “great” names and dates. High school history is all too commonly taught by the football coach, with less moral and intellectual substance than Drivers Ed.
One might say, “well, but that’s just high school. Things get better in colleges and universities.” History teaching and curriculum does improve better in “higher education.” But how much better is an open question. Most academic history professors are at leftmost liberal Democrats and thus remain largely stuck in dominant capitalist, imperialist, and nationalist narratives. That’s dull and depressing. It’s at least one part of why academia couldn’t muster a serious movement even against something as historically and morally outrageous as George W. Bush’s arch-criminal and mass-murderous invasion and occupation of Iraq – and of why so many academics (including hundreds of historians) were so foolishly enthralled by the corporatist, imperialist, and “American exceptionalist” candidacy [1] and presidency of Barack Obama.
Even if college and university history, taught mainly by somewhat left-leaning liberals, is far superior to high school history taught Tea Party Trump-voting football coaches, moreover, the great majority of Americans never take a college-level history class.
To make matter worse, academic historians do very little to tell people why their subject matter matters. During my many years in and around academic history departments – as a graduate student, teaching assistant, adjunct professor (in at least five different colleges and universities in an around Chicago), a visiting professor – I was often struck by the field’s taboo against linking its subject matter with contemporary politics and history. Historians’ nasty name for doing that is “presentism” – the sin of not appreciating history on its own terms and for its own sake. It wasn’t just a left vs. liberal thing. It was a professional class division of labor thing.
Academic historians love to bitch and moan about Americans’ ignorance of and indifference to history but they rarely if ever make the political case for why History matters for the present and future. They don’t really make it in the public sphere. They don’t make it to each other. They rarely make the case to their students, very few of whom are ever of course going to hit the archives and become historians. (All those reasons I gave above for why history matters to the present are from an opening lecture [titled “Why Study History?”] I used to give in any and every history class I ever taught. It was a very effective talk. I was not aware of a single other history professor who ever opened like that. I imagine some did and do, but I suspect it is very rare).
Another great handicap is specialization. Beyond political-ideological and professional class subject area expertise bias against making essential points on why history matters, many professional historians are ill-equipped to make the case because they have fallen so far away from “grand” and synthesizing narratives into an ever-multiplying panoply of overly disconnected sub-specialties that encourage a sort of divide-and-conquer incapacity to think big. They till so many different little gardens that they lose touch with the broader commons of the human past. It’s all very “post-modern” – and stupid and boring.
These were problems the libertarian-socialist history professor and activist Howard Zinn didn’t have, to say the least. It’s no wonder that he always had a certain suspect reputation among academic historians even as many of them almost grudgingly assigned his shining, radical, and monumental People’s History of the United States (a book not without empirical and interpretive flaws that any well-trained academic historian can discover in his opr her special area of expertise) since it got students to read and discuss – and even to think deeply about why history matters and their responsibility to engage in the making as well as the understanding of history. Imagine. It’s no wonder also that Zinn was so widely adored by students, readers, activists and others.
There are, of course, some admirable and enviable exceptions to my critique scattered across history department and even some high schools in the U.S. But they are too few and far between.
1/ Take a look back at this hilarious historical document: “Historians for Obama,” History News Network, April 21, 2008. More than 300 academic historians (including some very “big names” and some who might almost have called themselves Marxists) gave their signatures to the following childish statement: “Obama’s platform is ambitious, yet sensible…But it is his qualities of mind and temperament that really separate Obama from the rest of the pack. He is a gifted writer and orator who speaks forcefully but without animus. Not since John F. Kennedy has a Democrat candidate for president showed the same combination of charisma and thoughtfulness – or provided Americans with a symbolic opportunity to break with a tradition of bigotry older than the nation itself. Like Kennedy, he also inspires young people who see him as a great exception in a political world that seems mired in cynicism and corruption…As president, Barack Obama would only begin the process of healing what ails our society and ensuring that the U.S. plays a beneficial role in the world. But we believe he is that rare politician who can stretch the meaning of democracy, who can help revive what William James called ‘the civic genius of the people.’ We invite other historians to add your name to this statement” (emphasis added). For some interesting, smart, and left reflections on the not-so admirable or progressive record of John F. Kennedy, see Noam Chomsky, Rethinking Camelot: JFK, the Vietnam War, and U.S. Political Culture (Boston: South End Press, 1999); Bruce Mirrof, Pragmatic Illusions: The Presidential Politics of John F. Kennedy (Longman, 1979); Howard Zinn, Postwar America, 1945-1971 (a forgotten classic); Harvard Sitkoff, The Struggle for Black Equality (2008)
Paul Street’s new book is The Hollow Resistance: Obama, Trump, and Politics of Appeasement.
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Judge Allows CPM's Clients' Allegations of DWR’s Corruption, Discrimination, and Harassment related to the Oroville Dam Crisis to Move Forward
On March 14, Judge James McFetridge denied the California Department of Water Resources request to limit the scope of the claims in the lawsuits filed as a result of the Oroville Dam spillway failure in February 2017. Plaintiffs, represented by Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, alleged that racism and sexual harassment in the workplace by DWR, theft and self-dealing by DWR employees, and a culture of corruption were among the factors that contributed to the February 2017 failure and evacuation of 188,000 people. In denying DWR’s motion, the Court allowed plaintiffs to pursue their allegations, writing that they “remain included in this case.”
“In 2019, people want accountability for gross misconduct by those in power,” said CPM’s Niall McCarthy. “The toxic workplace culture at DWR described in the complaint cannot be ignored in analyzing the Oroville Dam crisis. The harassment, racism, and corruption go directly to the inability of DWR to perform safety functions.”
“Independent experts, who have provided thousands of pages of analysis to the public, have determined that human factors within DWR contributed to the crisis,” explained CPM attorney Eric Buescher. “A workplace with a corrosive culture cannot be expected to function at the level the public expects from those charged with keeping us safe.”
Trial is set for the case in June of 2020.
Niall P. McCarthy
Eric J. Buescher
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The Associated Press reported that with 99 percent of the precincts reporting by early Wednesday, Jealous had won the nomination, securing 220,058 or 40 percent of the votes.
Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker trailed second with 161,966 or 29 percent of the votes. Jim Shea, former head of the University System of Maryland Board of Regents, came in third with 45,848 votes.
Vote totals for other candidates are: Krish Vignarajah 45,225, Rich Madaleno 31,647, Valerie Ervin 17,274, Alec Ross 12,888, Ralph Jaffe 8,823 and James Jones 8,572.
Jealous also was the winner in all three Lower Shore counties, with 263 votes in Somerset, 1,585 in Wicomico and 1,046 in Worcester. Shea came in second and Baker third in local vote counts.
Incumbent Gov. Larry Hogan ran unopposed on the Republican side Tuesday. He received 202,379 votes. The vote count for Hogan was 1,596 in Somerset, 3,583 in Wicomico and 4.914 in Worcester.
The Maryland Democratic and Republican parties switched into campaign mode for November's general election as soon as the results were known Tuesday night.
“The choice before voters could not be clearer: In Governor Hogan, they find a steady hand who has worked in a bipartisan way to move Maryland in the right direction,” said Hogan's campaign manager, Jim Barnett. “In Ben Jealous, they find a risky blend of ideological extremism and recklessness who would move Maryland in the opposite direction and toward the bitter partisanship and dysfunction that poisons Washington, D.C."
Jealous said his goal is not just to win an election, but build a movement and lead into law a new agenda.
"I know there is skepticism that Larry Hogan can be beaten," Jealous said. "Well, we've got a message for those who think this race is already over. Larry Hogan will lose in November because he is not ready to run against someone who knows how to build a true people-powered grassroots campaign."
Meanwhile, Maryland Democratic Party Chair Kathleen Matthews congratulated Jealous, on his victory in primary.
“Congratulations to Ben Jealous on his victory tonight, as well as all of our nominees who have traveled the state to speak with voters and debate the policies that will move Maryland forward," Matthews said. “His candidacy represents an opportunity to energize Democrats in every corner of our state and provide a real contrast between Ben’s bold progressive leadership, and Larry Hogan’s incrementalist approach to solving big problems like failing schools and rising healthcare premiums.
This report will be updated.
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Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Michigan State ('75, '72) Masters Social Services Social Worker 3
Thad Cochran (R-MS) Mississippi ('65, '59, '59) Doctorate Law Lawyer 1
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Maryland ('65) & Mount Saint Agnes ('58) Masters Social Services Professor 1
Carl Levin (D-MI) Harvard ('59) & Swarthmore College ('56) Bachelors Law Lawyer 3
James Inhofe (R-OK) Tulsa ('73) Bachelors Economics President 67
Tim Johnson (D-SD) South Dakota ('75, '70, '69) Doctorate Law Lawyer 1
Mike Crapo (R-ID) Harvard ('77) & Brigham Young ('73) Doctorate Law Lawyer 2
Patty Murray (D-WA) Washington State ('72) Bachelors Education Professor 2
Jeff Sessions (R-AL) University of Alabama ('73) & Huntingdon College ('69) Doctorate Law Lawyer 254
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An interview with Fastco Inc., industry leaders in fastener distribution
By Sophia Wilson on May 16, 2020
Fastco Inc. has been in the U.S. fastener distribution industry for more than 50 years, and has a reputation for its large inventory, experienced staff and exceptional customer service. In a world where relationships ate key, this is a brand that knows how to thrive.
Shipbuilders, steel fabricators and lumber mill companies across the Pacific Northwest have been relying on Fastco Inc.’s supplies for decades, and they continue to impress.
We had the opportunity to speak to Max Murrey from Fastco Inc. to learn more about what makes the business so successful.
What is your role at Fastco Inc.?
So I’m a bookkeeper, which means I’m essentially responsible for taking care of accounts and transactions. I oversee costs and income, financial statements, reports, payroll, bank deposits – you get the picture. I work with a lot of numbers! The kind of work I do isn’t for everyone, but I really enjoy it. I’ve always been a really organized person, and my job lets me play to this – I’m constantly organising things! We have a large client base, so I’m constantly busy, but I like it that way.
What makes Fastco Inc. unique?
Fastco Inc. is quite special in that it’s not just a fastening supply company. We cover everything from in-house manufacturing to technical support, and there’s quite an emphasis on customer service. Our staff have around 25+ years’ experience in the industry per person, which is impressive. Compared to other companies, we not only serve a huge region across the Pacific Northwest, but have a larger range of products – and we can make to order our clients’ requests. And our prices are very reasonable.
What are you seeing the greatest demand for at the moment?
Product demand hasn’t really changed much over the years, to be honest. We’re starting to see more structural steel fasteners and wedge anchors move a bit more but I think stainless steel nuts and bolts will continue to be in high demand in the hardware business for the foreseeable future.
What products do you love recommending to clients?
I always recommend that people invest in a quality storage kit for their fasteners. It’s no good having loose bolts lying all over the place – not only does it make a mess and pose a safety hazard, but it’s likely that you’ll lose some – and in turn, your assets. Bin kits and cabinets are great for larger companies whereas I like to recommend metal drawers for small businesses; they’re much easier to carry around.
What are the best parts of your job?
Besides keeping all our finances in order (again, I’m a bit of a neat freak!), I love the team environment here. We treat each other like family – we’re always looking out for each other. And we love injecting a bit of fun into our workdays, too.
A big thanks to Max for sharing his insights with us. To learn more about how Fastco Inc. can support your business, visit their website. They provide a large range of products as well as reliable customer service.
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Sophia is a professional journalist with a keen eye on latest technological advancements, its details, and its participation to human beings' way of life. She received her degree in journalism from Boston University where she prospered and developed her technical abilities. She started her professional writing career as a freelance contributor to multiple websites. Today, Sophia is The Daily Scanner's Editor-in-Chief and is responsible for the daily production of the news website.
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Contemporary Dancer Cori Kresge Uses Dance and Poetry to Make Sense of Life
Hallie Chametzky
Plenty of people have described dance as "poetry in motion." But for Cori Kresge, the relationship between poetry and dance goes deeper.
When not in a pandemic, Kresge performs with a number of contemporary artists, like Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener, Rebecca Lazier and Xavier Cha. A former member of the Merce Cunningham Repertory Understudy Group, she was also featured in the 2019 3D film Cunningham, and has taught Cunningham technique around the globe.
But dance audiences may be surprised to learn that Kresge is also a working poet. Her collection isn't devotion won the No, Dear/Small Anchor Press first chapbook contest in 2019. The short publication reflects on Kresge's upbringing in a spiritual cult.
Dance Magazine spoke with Kresge about what it's like to be both a dancer and a poet, and how the two crafts inform each other.
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What was your journey to dance and poetry?
I was 2 or 3 when my parents put me in ballet lessons back in Cincinnati. I was very passionate about it as a child, trained a lot, but I grew up in a kind of cult community which had a lot of strict ideas about dance, so I stopped dancing from the ages of 12 to 18. Poetry and writing have always been present—it was actually a big part of my upbringing.
I started working with the choreographer Wendy Osserman as a freshman in college. That feels like when both dance and writing began to shift into an investigative practice. Up until that point, I studied ballet and didn't really know anything else. Wendy introduced me to more improvisational practices, and she would have me write during rehearsal. We'd stop moving and sit and write for a while.
What draws you to the two forms?
Both can be very personal and private practices for me, something that helps me process myself, my history. On a larger scale, both dance and writing are the ways that I try to make sense of life, the world and how the universe works.
They both feel like the purest, most immediate ways that I can participate in a conversation that's bigger than myself. I crave connection, I crave intimacy, and dance and writing are how I find that. I want to be in conversation with humanity; I want to be adding my little voice to this much bigger choir of truth.
What are the biggest differences?
They relate to time and space differently. Dance is this very immediate and temporary medium—it happens and then it's over. I love that feeling. I love when I get to see my audience and be in the moment with them.
Writing isn't permanent in the grand scheme of time, but it's more permanent than dance. I don't necessarily get to meet my reader or know how they felt. I like knowing that maybe someone will read something I wrote some day in the future. My voice is a time traveler.
How do you balance your time and creative energy between dance and poetry?
I find being part of a workshop or a buddy system is really valuable. I actually have a workshop I've been hosting that pairs people up. That accountability is really helpful.
For me, both dance and writing are important to process everything. It's not such a big challenge to find time for it. I need to do it or else I don't feel right. The harder balance for me is finding a way to make a living.
Do you think more dancers should write poems?
Yes! Dancers have a rich inner world. The best performers have a lot going on inside. Nurturing that by exploring writing could be really wonderful.
I also want dancers to feel confident that they have permission to be writers. You don't need a special license or degree to do it; you just do it. For a long time, I got hung up on feeling intimidated, that I was not legitimate in the writing world because I was a dancer. Finally, I had to just drop that way of thinking because it wasn't true and it wasn't helpful.
Are there certain poets you would recommend to dancers?
There are other dancemakers who write so beautifully: Yvonne Rainer, Deborah Hay, Susan Rethorst. A lot of dancers have collaborated with Anne Carson.
Purely as poets that I'm interested in, there's just so many: Alice Notley, Ocean Vuong, Tony Hoagland, Lydia Davis, Wisława Szymborska, Eileen Myles, Ariana Reines, Dean Young, CAConrad. Right now, I'm reading Terrance Hayes' American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin. I'm really into that.
I have a few different collections that are coming together. One of them is actually a collection of dance poems. I started a practice of writing a poem after performing. It would often be a kind of revelation about what the dance was about from the inside, from my perspective as a performer. They are weird. I don't know if anyone will like them, but I'm writing them because it's fun and wild for me to try to put it into words.
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RuPaul's Drag Race UK winner The Vivienne brands Michelle Visage 'inspirational'
Trang Tin Xe Máy tháng 11 22, 2019
She was crowned the winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK on Thursday.
And The Vivienne spoke candidly about her time on the competition show with MailOnline, and branded judge Michelle Visage ‘inspirational’ as she discussed her time on Strictly Come Dancing.
The Liverpool queen, 27, said of the TV personality, 51, and what it’s like to be judged by her: ‘Michelle is great, she's just amazing, she's everything you expect her to be.
Gushing: RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner The Vivienne branded Michelle Visage ‘inspirational’ during a chat with MailOnline on Friday
‘She's completely got your best interests at heart even on the judging panel when she's reading you to death you know she's only saying that because she wants you to do better next week.
‘She's completely looking out for you and we are so lucky to have her as an ally, and what she did on Strictly was beautiful even though it got her sent home. She's just an inspirational lady.’
The Vivienne added that it was ‘a real shame’ that she had been voted off after landing in the bottom two against Saffron Barker, 19, and AJ Pritchard, 25, on Sunday night.
The Vivienne said: ‘It was a real shame because she had done so well, and she even killed the vogue routine, but I think for the demographic of Strictly they just didn't understand it.
Thoughts: The Liverpool queen, 27, said of the TV personality’s performance: ‘She killed the vogue routine, but I think for the demographic of Strictly they just didn't understand it’
Put through her paces: The Vivienne had her own Strictly experience on Drag Race, as AJ and his brother Curtis acted as resident choreographers for the finale’s Rocket To The Moon
‘But thank god the LGBTQ+ community really did understand it, and that's why she did it. She did it to get her message across so she's happy with that and I'm happy with that.’
The Vivienne had her own Strictly experience on Drag Race, as AJ and his brother Curtis acted as resident choreographers for her, Baga Chipz, and Divina De Campo’s performance to Rocket To The Moon during the finale.
The professional dancer showed off his stricter side, as he repeatedly made Vivienne re-do her routine again and again because she wasn’t getting it right.
When asked if he put Vivienne through her paces, she said: ‘You can see from my facial reactions, as soon as they showed us what we were going to do I was like “well this isn't going to go well” because I could see that it was pretty much another girl group challenge but thank god I pulled through it.
Harsh: The professional dancer showed off his stricter side, as he repeatedly made Vivienne re-do her routine again and again because she wasn’t getting it right
Struggle: When asked about working with AJ and Curtis, she said: ‘Curtis was really nice, me and AJ, there was a bit of friction, but we made up, we're all friends.’
‘I actually really enjoyed that one as soon as we started going and getting into rehearsals. Curtis was really nice, me and AJ, there was a bit of friction, but we made up, we're all friends.’
The Vivienne was one of the strongest queens in the competition, with only one episode where she struggled, the Girl Group challenge.
During the episode she lost her place during her performance alongside Cheryl Hole and Crystal, which meant she was out of sync and forgot her lyrics.
Of how the finale was different, Vivienne explained: ‘In the Girl Group challenge I just tried to serious, and the Rocket To The Moon I thought well, this is the last challenge, let's just have a ball, what will happen will happen, and I think once I got on stage and the music started you can see I had so much fun on stage.
Doing well: Despite her worries, The Vivienne said: ‘I actually really enjoyed that one as soon as we started going and getting into rehearsals’
Having fun: The Vivienne said of the performance, ‘I thought well, this is the last challenge, let's just have a ball, what will happen will happen’
‘Really enjoyed it, I loved my verse. I think that helped because I loved the verse so much whereas, with Filfth Harmony, I wasn't really sold on my verse, so I was overthinking the lyrics, overthinking the choreography.
‘But Rocket To The Moon, I loved the song, I loved my verse, loved all the dancing, it was easier than that one!’
Now that she has been crowned, the world is The Vivienne’s oyster and she is set to have a new show called Morning T&T alongside Baga for the WOW Presents Plus, a VOD platform from the producers of Drag Race.
Good cause: During her time on the show, she spoke about her battle with drug addiction and getting clean, and the queen said she would be interested in helping raise awareness
Helping hand: ‘I wanted to be honest on the show about it,’ she explained. ‘I didn't do it to become an advocate or anything like that, but to help people along the way would be nice’
The Vivienne said of the exciting new show: ‘It's a spoof of a morning TV like Good Morning Britain or Good Morning America, Donald Trump and Margaret Thatcher are the hosts, so as you can imagine it doesn't go well!’
During her time on the show, The Vivienne also spoke candidly about her battle with drug addiction and getting clean, and the queen said she would be interested in helping raise awareness about the issue.
‘I wanted to be honest on the show about it,’ she explained. ‘I didn't do it to become an advocate or anything like that, but to help people along the way would be nice.’
‘So maybe in the future going into schools and talking in schools, because I know for a fact you're always told in school: “Drugs are bad, don't do drugs,” but you never actually heard it first-hand off someone so I think speaking in schools would be nice.’
Exciting: Now that she has been crowned, the world is The Vivienne’s oyster and she is set to have a new show called Morning T&T alongside Baga Chipz for the WOW Presents Plus
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Yvng Slxda Talks Wanting to Sign with QC Records, New EP & More Live with Carisha The Diva!
October 29, 2020 by Carisha
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Florida is not only an attraction for hitting the sand and swimming, but it also houses some of the most talented artists out right now. Calling himself Slxda, the XDA in his name stands for ‘exotic’ and he has made it clear he wants to do everything different and in his own style. The biggest concern for Florida independent artists is feeling as if they’re not taken seriously because they do not necessarily have the same popularity accolades that mainstream artists receive. Rapper Yvng Slxda hails from a small town in Florida called Wimauma. Slxda has made quite the name for himself already back at home and his team has a full path for his continued growth. With the rise of social media and millennials being attracted to the lime lights, the independent artist scene can be full of pressures to dress and carry yourself a certain way to get hits. Slxda is above the rest based on staying grounded, humble, and focused on his music. Being only 15 years old, his manager is helping him with balancing school and recording. Slxda has the personality and look that sales in the music business. His delivery is full of energy and he would love to sign with Quality Control Records.
Yvng Slxda has a new EP dropping at the end of the month titled ‘Diamond in The Rough’, and his 1st tour performance in Tampa. When it comes to business and being in the entertainment industry, the serious artists will always have a structured plan or goals to stay consistent. Yvng Slxda’s overall 1-year plan is to continue to grow a strong fan base and interact with them more. With the success off his music he also has hopes to buy his mother a new house. His favorite female rapper is Megan Thee Stallion, so hopefully we can see a feature from the two of them in the future. Of course, with being a full-time artist he does not get much time for fun, so his biggest hobby is recording music. The truth is you cannot stop what you were born to do. This year has been exceedingly difficult in the music business. Several artists have lost large sums of money due to not being able to tour or do appearances so its no surprise that his hardest challenge of 2020 was the Coronavirus putting a damper on his show performances. Although he made it through the storm, with the release of his upcoming EP we can expect a full schedule from him in 2021.
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Rapper W8llahi Talks the Hip-Hop Scene in Miami, New Music & More Live with Carisha The Diva!
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The people who aren’t afraid to take risks in this world will ultimately make it to a level of success that they never imagined. W8llahi a native of ‘Little Haiti’ in Miami is not only talented with his music but is highly intelligent and encourages the Black community to think outside the box. When you look at how the music scene has had an increase of financially successful Indie artists, you cannot help but notice how the hardest working ones are the most gifted. The numbers don’t lie and the artists who are taking charge of their music catalog, their masters, and overall brand image are reeking the benefits of living as a signed mainstream artist, without having to deal with the ‘puppet strings’ attached with janky label contracts. Also having the leg room to move freely with DIY music uploads and the accommodation of social media to promote your own music, there is a whole new wave of hungry artists behind the scenes really putting in pressure. W8llahi is one of those artists.
Despite the Coronavirus Pandemic leaving the entertainment industry nearly in shambles, he has still managed to knock out some amazing show performances this past summer and even worked with 3x ATL Hip Hop Awards Winner, DJ Capo. Being very lyrically diverse, he is finishing his last quarter of the year strong with an upcoming project and dedicated plans for 2021. His upcoming project titled ‘Good Boy’ is on the way for his fans and will include 13 new tracks. After seeing him on the ‘Live with Carisha’ show some things his fans should know about him is that he is super down to earth and very chill. He is also a proud Republican and does not feel Black Americans should automatically vote Democrat because of the color of their skin. His favorite Female rapper is Erica Banks, so hopefully we can see a collab from the two in the future. When we asked his 1-year plan for his career he commented that he is determined to begin headlining some major Music events and hitting the top 100 charts.
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Florida’s Finest ‘Young Loot’ Sits Down ‘Live with Carisha The Diva’ To Talk New Music, Favorite Female Rapper & More!
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When you decide to put yourself first and invest in your talent the possibilities for success are endless. Everyone knows the music industry is changing with major record labels losing clout as independent artists are taking control of their streams, brand, and image. Just recently Rolling Stone reported that independent artists will generate more than $2 Billion dollars in 2020. Merchant bank Raine Group estimates a 32% increase in the profits of Indie artists thanks to DIY uploads and rapid global growth.
With that said, Young Loot is in that bracket as he has been consistent with his single releases, growing his fan base, and is set to release a full project this December. The LaBelle, Florida native puts in several hours a week recording his music and staying consistent. His support system is strong as well, with a full entourage of support from his friends and fans. Crediting inspiration from other successful artists such as Lil Wayne, we can expect to see a lot more pressure from him during the 1st quarter next year. Young Loot is focused and has a plan in motion. With the upcoming year he is working on some features with a few mainstream artists, growing his music streams, and hitting a bigger platform for his videos. His latest project will be released December 25th!! Tune in below as he sits down live with http://carishathediva.com/ Carisha The Diva in Miami to discuss his upcoming EP release, favorite female rappers, the music scene in Florida and more.
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Jeezy Speaks On His Relationship with Rick Ross
August 21, 2019 by Carisha
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All it takes is one rotten egg to spoil a good thing. Everyone knows how bad a rap beef can get, we’ve seen the horrible out come with Pac and Biggie, plus heard the negative hate between Nicki and Remy. Thankfully Jeezy was not with the shits and stopped by Power 105.1 to speak about his situation with Rick Ross. Rick just dropped his latest album ‘Port of Miami 2’, and we are definitely here for it.
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Facebook says it has helped 2.5 million people register to vote
By Georgina Torbet September 21, 2020
Ahead of National Voter Registration Day tomorrow, Facebook says it is playing its part in getting people registered to vote in the 2020 presidential election.
Facebook announced it has helped 2.5 million people register to vote, and that it aims to get 4 million eligible voters registered. “It’s a promising start,” the company announced Monday, “but we have more work to do.”
This figure of voters registered includes those registered on Facebook, as well as other Facebook-owned apps like Instagram and Messenger. Facebook says it was particularly important to encourage registration and to give out accurate information on registering due to the coronavirus pandemic, which is making it harder for people to access information.
With six weeks to go before the election, registration dates for many states are coming up soon. In the last week, U.S. users of Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger have seen notifications about voting that redirect them to their state’s official websites for online registration. Facebook says it will continue showing these notifications until September 25.
Other programs the company is using to promote registration and voting include a “More Questions, More Answers” campaign to direct people to its Voter Information Center, a virtual Vote-a-Thon event, and an early voting feature that will provide information about polling locations and hours.
Facebook has been trying to make itself a less disruptive force in the 2020 election than it was in the 2016 election. This year, the social network has been trying to mitigate the spread of misinformation by banning political ads in the week before Election Day and has introduced projects like its Voter Information Center, which aims to “protect the integrity of our elections” and “navigate a confusing election process.”
Other social media platforms are pushing users to vote as well. Earlier this month, Snapchat announced it had helped 400,000 new voters.
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Raster Images vs. Vector Graphics
Computer graphics can be created as either raster or vector images. Raster graphics are bitmaps. A bitmap is a grid of individual pixels that collectively compose an image. Raster graphics render images as a collection of countless tiny squares. Each square, or pixel, is coded in a specific hue or shade. Individually, these pixels are worthless. Together, they’re worth a thousand words.
Raster graphics are best used for non-line art images; specifically digitized photographs, scanned artwork or detailed graphics. Non-line art images are best represented in raster form because these typically include subtle chromatic gradations, undefined lines and shapes, and complex composition.
However, because raster images are pixel-based, they suffer a malady called image degradation. Just like photographic images that get blurry and imprecise when blown up, a raster image gets jagged and rough. Why? Ultimately, when you look close enough, you can begin to see the individual pixels that comprise the image. Hence, your raster-based image of Wayne Newton, magnified to 1000%, becomes bitmapped before you can isolate that ravenous glint in his eye. Although raster images can be scaled down more easily, smaller versions often appear less crisp or “softer” than the original.
To maximize the quality of a raster image, you must keep in mind that the raster format is resolution-specific — meaning that raster images are defined and displayed at one specific resolution. Resolution in raster graphics is measured in dpi, or dots per inch. The higher the dpi, the better the resolution. Remember also that the resolution you actually observe on any output device is not a function of the file’s own internal specifications, but the output capacity of the device itself. Thus, high resolution images should only be used if your equipment has the capability to display them at high resolution.
Better resolution, however, comes at a price. Just as raster files are significantly larger than comparable vector files, high resolution raster files are significantly larger than low resolution raster files. Overall, as compared to vector graphics, raster graphics are less economical, slower to display and print, less versatile and more unwieldy to work with. Remember though that some images, like photographs, are still best displayed in raster format. Common raster formats include TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PCX and BMP files. Despite its shortcomings, raster format is still the Web standard — within a few years, however, vector graphics will likely surpass raster graphics in both prevalence and popularity.
Unlike pixel-based raster images, vector graphics are based on mathematical formulas that define geometric primitives such as polygons, lines, curves, circles and rectangles. Because vector graphics are composed of true geometric primitives, they are best used to represent more structured images, like line art graphics with flat, uniform colors. Most created images (as opposed to natural images) meet these specifications, including logos, letterhead, and fonts.
Inherently, vector-based graphics are more malleable than raster images — thus, they are much more versatile, flexible and easy to use. The most obvious advantage of vector images over raster graphics is that vector images are quickly and perfectly scalable. There is no upper or lower limit for sizing vector images. Just as the rules of mathematics apply identically to computations involving two-digit numbers or two-hundred-digit numbers, the formulas that govern the rendering of vector images apply identically to graphics of any size.
Further, unlike raster graphics, vector images are not resolution-dependent. Vector images have no fixed intrinsic resolution, rather they display at the resolution capability of whatever output device (monitor, printer) is rendering them. Also, because vector graphics need not memorize the contents of millions of tiny pixels, these files tend to be considerably smaller than their raster counterparts. Overall, vector graphics are more efficient and versatile. Common vector formats include AI, EPS, CGM, WMF and PICT (Mac).
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Krrish 3
3.4 17,076 Ratings
Directed by : Rakesh Roshan
Release Date : November 01, 2013 | Length : 152 Minutes
After defeating the villainous Dr. Siddhant Arya, and bringing his father rohit back from the dead, Krrish continued fighting against evil and saving innocent lives. Krishna is living a happily married life with Priya, while Rohit is using his scientific brilliance to benefit society. Krrish is everyone’s favorite superhero s...more
After defeating the villainous Dr. Siddhant Arya, and bringing his father rohit back from the dead, Krrish continued fighting against evil and saving innocent lives. Krishna is living a happily married life with Priya, while Rohit is using his scientific brilliance to benefit society. Krrish is everyone’s favorite superhero saviour. Unknown to them, a dark force is growing in another part of the world. Kaal, an evil genius, is selfishly misusing his powers to spread fear, death and destruction. And he is being assisted by an army of very dangerous beings, which he has created himself. Not long after Kaal’s plans are put into action, both Rohit and Krrish find themselves faced with a crisis of epic proportions, which only they can resolve, together. but when they finally cross paths with Kaal and his army, neither of them is prepared for what lies ahead. Kaal not only brings the world to the brink of disaster, he also puts the strength and love of Krishna and his family to the test. Krrish has to somehow find the power within to face an unbeatable foe. less
“Krrish 3 has ambitious special effects and good performances but its too derivative and lacks the fun factor. One time watch for the kids, if you must.”
Krrish 3 Credit & Casting
Genres:Action | Romance | Sci-Fi
Director: Rakesh Roshan
Producer: Rakesh Roshan
Krrish 3 Box Office
Gross: INR 175.94 cr.
Krrish 3 Audience Review
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How can a superhero film be so uninteresting? Krrish 3 is a big budget yawn. There are moments where the film is entertaining, in a campy way, but they don't last. I wasn't impressed with the trailers and the film didn't turn out to be a surprise either.
The film opens with two ridiculous scenes, which offers multiple moments to cringe. The villain and the heroes are introduced. Kaal (played by Vivek Oberoi) wants "insaanon ka khaatma" and conducts his first deadly experiment. On the other hand, the Krrish family conducts Frankenstein-like experiments to make dead things come back to life. The rest of the film is an extended roll call of imitating Hollywood superhero films. Krrish saves a plane from crashing, similar to Superman Returns (2006).
Soon, X Men-like mutants arrive. Kaal is on a wheelchair and also has telekinetic powers, a cross between Professor Xavier and Magneto. He also has a lair atop a snowcapped mountain borrowed from the Bond villain - Blofeld from On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). Kangana Ranaut plays Kaya, who is Mystique without the hot blue bod. Then there is Toad, a douche who steals people's ice cream scoops (just the scoops, mind you) with his super-long tongue. (I don't know what the guy's name was in the film and neither did I want to know.) Kaal's henchmen/women are called Maanvars. A sign that puking a little in your mouth can be considered, while you are busy cringing.
Then comes the first song, that routine song to mark the brilliant Hrithikian dance moves. Except the song this time is so mind-numbingly bogus that it's hard to watch him dance while your ears are subjected to pain. For some reason, a black man sings Raghupati Raghav and Priyanka gets to lip sync stuff like "Hola Amigos Sabko Salaam". By this time, the cringe count had hit the roof.
It's not like the film moves at a slow pace. It's just that what is happening on screen is extremely unoriginal and uninvolving even when it is watchable. I couldn't bring myself to care for the story or the characters. The second half begins with a statue of Krrish being unveiled, just like the end of The Dark Knight Rises (2012). After which comes the second song, called God Allah Aur Bhagwan, which would definitely make the gods cringe. I did begin to gain some interest when Kangana Ranaut's character decided to actually have a character arc. But then came… yes… a song! How can one film contain so many bad songs? There is also a ghastly song on the album where Rajesh Roshan tries to ape the Honey Bunny - Idea jingle. Meanwhile, the background score by Salim Suleiman is trying to imitate Hans Zimmer throughout.
Many plot holes later; we arrive at a twist that anyone could have easily predicted. If I had any interest in the story in the first place, I would have too. Soon enough, lots of destruction takes place like Man of Steel (2013) and we finally get to a climax, which is all sorts of ridiculous. Lastly, there is a pre-credits scene (since post-credits scenes are so passe), which is laughable and silly but also alarming because it signals a sequel.
If there is any actor who should play a superhero in India, it is Hrithik Roshan. Although I felt his talent is not being utilized to the fullest. He aces it as Rohit Mehra but as Krrish, not so much. Priyanka Chopra and Vivek Oberoi are strictly okay. Kangana Ranut surprised me. She looked cool and performed well.
There were some places where I was impressed with the visual effects. Most of the time though, they are substandard; even the buildings look fake. It's sad that we still don't have one film with decent VFX.
Krrish is a masked do-gooder. The only good thing I saw him doing in the film is when he saves a child and tells him not to imitate him by trying to fly off of a building. Something that many kids have naively tried in their hope to be like a superhero. This gets completely ruined when he hands him some sort of a Krrish wrist-band. All right then, this superhero also does marketing for his merchandise. One main problem in the Krrish series is that Krrish is not really much of a superhero. He has superhuman strength and he jumps. That's as far as it goes (or does it?). For some odd reason, he keeps quivering.
What annoys me the most about this whole series is that this superhero is hardly Indian. He is called Krishna but has more in common with foreign superhero mythologies than our own. What is the point? At least Ra.One (2011) tried to have some Indian connection. Give me that film over this, any day. Even the ones who hated that film will agree that it at least had better music.
Superhero films are my weakness and it's not a difficult task to make me like one. Albeit, this film is mostly forgettable and unnecessary. It is not completely terrible and is certainly watchable but it has very little sense of fun. A superhero film needs to be fun and exciting, if nothing else. Thor: The Dark World releases next week. Rakesh Roshan will probably watch it and decide what he can use in his next film. I wish some of that involves scripting techniques. The target audience of this film are the kids and I won't be surprised if they love it. The child in me was not exactly satisfied. I did not hate it but I didn't like it either.
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Durban Residence Hotel Dublin
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Lower Gardiner Street
Dublin City Centre
Lng: -6.25416040420532
Lat: 53.3504744675683
Affordable Accommodation in Dublin City Centre
Connolly Station- Terminus for trains from West of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Dart Services from Dun Laoghaire Ferrryport. 4 mins walk
Take the lift/escalator down from the main station area to ground level. When outside you will see Talbot Street in front of you, with a small green convenience store (Centra) on the corner. Walk down Talbot Street towards The Spire of Dublin, a giant metal monument which is visible in the skyline throughout Dublin. About 200 metres down Talbot Street you will come to the junction with Lower Gardine Street. At this junction turn right and Durban house is located about 20 metres further on the right of Lower Gardiner Street.
Heuston Station - Terminus for trains from South and Southwest Ireland. 5 mins by bus
Walk outside the front door of the station and in front of you there are bus stops for a number of routes. The number 90 bus runs frequently (several times per hour) from Heuston Station and takes approximately 5 minutes to reach the city centre. The cost per person is 95 cents. This bus terminates at Connolly Station so from here one can use the directions above to locate the Durban House. Alternatively a taxi rank is located to the side of Heuston Station. The fare direct to the Durban House is approximately 6 euro.
Busaras (Central Bus Station) - Coach services from the entire island, U.K. and continental Europe. 3 mins walk
Walk outside the front door of the station, cross the road and keep to the left. Simply walk around the corner (to the right) here and you come onto Lower Gardiner Street. The Durban house is located approximately 65 metres up this street on the right.
Dun Laoghaire Ferryport- Ferries from Holyhead and Merseyside. 15 mins by car/rail
On foot- The most cost effective way to reach us by foot is by using The DART (Electric Train) which runs along the entire coast of Dublin. The DART sation in Dun Laoghaire is located within the confines of the ferryport. The cost for a one-way ticket to Connlly Station is 3.50 euro approximately. Please be sure to take the Northbound DART towards the city-centre. By car- Turn right upon departure from the ferryport & follow Road signs listed as: "AN LAR" or "CITY CENTRE".(2) Upon arrival at the city centre, you must cross the river Liffey. (3) Watch for the gray iron railway bridge on poles, known locally as the LOOPLINE RAILWAY BRIDGE crossing the Liffey, downstream on the right, as you cross the liffey. (4) Follow the Loopline railway bridge onto Beresford Place, from EDEN Quay. Turn left on Beresford Place onto Lower Gardiner Street. The Durban house is located on the right of Lower Gardiner Street.
Dublin Port-Ferries from Holyhead and Merseyside. 5 mins by car/bus
Dublin Ferryport is located at the mouth of the Liffey, downstream from, but closest to the city centre, on the north bank of the river liffey. Irish Ferries & Stena both operate services from here. From our location, it is easiest of the 2 Ferryports to access, as it is relatively nearby. There is no regular bus service to & from Dublin Port, but Shuttle buses are laid on by Dublin Bus to meet most scheduled arrivals & departures. These bus services operate from The Central Bus Station, and operate according to Ferry arrival & departure times. For those with cars (1) Turn LEFT onto EAST WALL ROAD upon leaving Dublin Port. (2)Turn RIGHT onto NORTH WALL QUAY. (3)Take a LEFT onto the FIRST LIFFEY BRIDGE. (4) Take a RIGHT onto GEORGES QUAY, & get into the lane closest to the river. (5) Take the NEXT RIGHT onto the 2ND LIFFEY BRIDGE. Cross this bridge, do not turn left. Get ready to take a left turn onto Lower Gardiner Street. The Durban House is located on your right.
Dublin Airport is situated on the outer north west suburbs of the city, about 35 minutes drive from the city centre. Dublin Bus operate the 747 Express service from outside the Airport Arrivals Terminal & the Central Bus Station, 7 days a week. This service stops on 'O Connell Street upon arrival in the City Center. Do not get off here. Wait until the Bus stops at the Central Bus Station. Your walk to The Durban house will then be approx 3 minutes only, which (with baggage) is much shorter than the walk from 'O Connell Street! You may also use the 748 service from outside the Airport Arrivals Terminal. This service also stops on 'O Connell Street upon arrival in the City Center. Do not get off here. Wait until the Bus stops at the Central Bus Station, but make sure to get off this Bus upon arrival at the Central Bus Station, as it then continues on its journey to connect with the Train Stations. The combined 747 & 748 service run as frequently as every 10 minutes, 7 days a week.
First Bus from Dublin Airport 05:45 First Bus from Dublin Airport 07:15
Last Bus from Dublin Airport 23:30 Last Bus from Dublin Airport 23:30
Dublin Bus have an information desk at the arrivals hall, where tickets can be purchased for the Airlink & other services. Tickets can also be purchased from the bus driver. Tickets to the Central Bus Station cost €5.00, approximately.
Taxi Services operate all hours from outside the Arrivals Terminal. The fare is metered, & passengers are entitled to a printed cash receipt. The approximate fare to the city-centre is €22.
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A maggot farm that upcycles food waste is…
A maggot farm that upcycles food waste is coming to California
The proposed Jurupa Valley farm would use billions of flies and their larvae to turn trash into feed for livestock and fish farms.
AgriProtein makes MagMeal and MagOil – a natural protein meal and oil for use as a growth facilitator in agricultural feed preparations. (Courtesy of AgriProtein)
AgriProtein is building a plant in Jurupa Valley that will collect throw-away food typically sent to landfills. The waste becomes a feast for egg-laying flies and their larvae, or maggots, are converted into a food source for fish, fowl and other livestock. This is a photo from AgriProtein's facility in South Africa. (Courtesy of AgriProtein)
By Jack Katzanek | jkatzanek@scng.com | Orange County Register
In a nondescript industrial complex in western Riverside County, a British company is planning to put billions of black flies and maggots to work on a unique task: upcycling food waste.
AgriProtein is building a plant in Jurupa Valley that will collect throw-away food typically sent to landfills. The waste becomes a feast for egg-laying flies and their larvae, or maggots, are converted into a food source for fish, fowl and other livestock.
The “MagMeal” concept may curl your toes, but it solves two environmental problems under one roof. It decreases the flow of waste to greenhouse-gas emitting landfills and uses 21st-century technology to make a new food source.
“This is just part of a natural process that’s been around for millions of years,” said Jason Drew, the CEO and co-founder of AgriProtein. “We have simply industrialized that process and taken it indoors.”
An estimated 6 million tons of food is discarded annually across California, according to CalRecycle. And as the saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
A changing food cycle
For years, food for poultry and farm-raised fish has come from fishmeal. But climate change has destabilized the wild-caught fish supply, forcing farmers to rethink their feed sources.
Drew and his brother David started dabbling with insect technology a decade ago on their family farm in South Africa. Drew described the basics of AgriProtein’s concept with a simple parable: An apple falls from a tree and decomposes on the ground. Flies find it and lay eggs on the apple, which turn into larvae. That rotten apple, maggots included, is still adequate food for a passing bird.
AgriProtein, founded in 2008 and now based in London, has a long-term renewable lease for a building at the Serrano Business Park, a newly built industrial development near the intersection of San Servaine Way and Bain Street.
The 179,000-square-foot manufacturing facility will have large, self-contained cages, or what Drew described as bio-secure rooms, in a factory that keeps greenhouse gas out of the atmosphere.
In other words, it won’t stink.
“Odors are not something that we generate because we have state-of-the-art air-scrubbing systems,” Drew said. “We pride ourselves in fitting in with the communities we operate in.”
The company has a maggot farm in Cape Town that takes in some 250 metric tons of food waste every day, according to Bloomberg. From that, some 8.4 billion black soldier flies lay an estimated 340 million eggs daily.
The proposed Jurupa Valley plant will be modeled after the South African facility, though it will be slightly larger, Drew said. While he declined to provide investment figures, the trade website Food Business Africa reported the plant will cost about $42 million to build.
AgriProtein, for now, can’t predict how much waste it will process in Jurupa Valley. Drew said the amount depends on how the company can market itself and how much material it can attract, a process they undertake at every expansion site.
“I guess the bottom line is that all responsible retailers (and their customers) want to ensure the waste they generate is responsibly and sustainably dealt with,” he wrote via email.
In addition to making basic protein, the process also will render a mixture of maggots and green-waste compost into an oil that’s also used in animal feed and fertilizer.
Building the company
AgriProtein’s concept got a boost from $11 million in early funding, including two grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Research and development took almost eight years, with the company opening its Cape Town plant in 2016.
According to a statement released in June 2018, the company raised an additional $105 million in funding, allowing it to partially finance factories on four continents. Bloomberg News reported AgriProtein plans to follow its Jurupa Valley project with operations in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Drew did not specify how much would be invested in the Jurupa Valley plant but said global expansion is an expensive mission. “Profitability at a group level is only anticipated at a later stage,” he wrote.
There are a handful of other companies operating similar business models. The lone American firm is Kentucky-based EnviroFlight LLC, a joint venture formed as a partnership by two publicly traded companies.
Drew said Southern California was targeted for its first American plant because of the huge amount of food waste and the region’s extensive freeway system. “We need to be between where the waste is generated and where the landfills would be,” he said.
Ideally, food-based companies and their contracted trash haulers will deliver waste to Jurupa Valley and pay AgriProtein to take it, he said.
While the concept is relatively new in modern manufacturing, it has growth potential.
An October report from Reports and Data, a market research and consulting firm, said companies using insect technology to create protein could see 38% compounded annual growth over the next seven years.
As AgriProtein’s permitting process moves forward, officials at the Riverside County Department of Waste Services will be watching with interest, said Corinne Awad, the agency’s government affairs officer.
“I think we would definitely be open to working with them if they had a permitted facility that would help divert organic waste,” Awad said.
Riverside County’s businesses produced about 203 million tons of food and other organic waste in 2014, according to the most recent county data provided to the state. About a quarter of that came from restaurants.
Awad said creating a new option for organic waste could help cities, counties and businesses comply with a law then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed in 2016 establishing targets to reduce greenhouse gas production. The targets of Senate Bill 1383 are reducing the amount of food sent to landfills by 50% in 2020 and by 75% in 2025.
Permitting for the factory is still in its early stages and will take as long as 18 months before it is ready for production, said Tim Jonasson, Jurupa Valley’s senior manager of the economic development department.
Jonasson said the preliminary plans are under review, and he expects them to be presented to the city’s planning commission in January or February.
A small model version of the facility is under development at a research lab in Ontario. Jonasson, who has visited the lab, said there are no flies buzzing around and no bad odors.
“It really feels like a high-tech place,” Jonasson said. “You feel more like you’re in an Intel chip manufacturing laboratory more than you’re in a place that recycles food.”
Drew said the company still working on completing the Ontario lab, and he expects it will be up and running early next year.
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The concept of using flies to break down food and reuse it as feed has been around for almost 30 years, said Alec Gerry, a professor of entomology at UC Riverside. Using it to make money, however, is somewhat new.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation got involved, spurring commercial interest, Gerry said. Creating the maggots in a well-contained area is a key aspect for communities, and he added that black soldier flies do not carry disease and are not considered nuisances like house flies.
But he added that cities should be diligent about those key questions when a company seeks approval to locate there.
“(AgriProtein) will certainly have to demonstrate it has some sort of satisfactory process of delivery of waste and containment so it doesn’t attract any nuisance factors,” Gerry said.
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Bombnivores
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Genre: Alternative, Electronic, Indie
Bombnivores are Jamie Larade (drums, samples, bass) & Sheldon Kelly
(vocals, keys, bass.) They are childhood friends from Nova Scotia who
began collaborating from a shared love
of music and the obscuring of it's boundaries. Starting off in 2013,
their sound was eclectic & sample-based. They became focused on
fusing electronic with acoustic.
Their new album 'In Tension'
avoids genres while embracing the progressive experimentation &
harmony of their many influences (Radiohead, Bjork, Broken Social Scene,
Flying Lotus, Half Moon Run, The Meters, Machinedrum, Patrick Watson...
the list goes on...)
For all the music that has affected them
over the years, they seek to pay homage via creation with an album that
sways like a mixtape, blurring lines between IDM & post-rock,
between the melodic & the abstract, between the groove & the
mood.
Artistic ascension is key and 'In Tension' is a wave to be heard from these east coast shores.
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Third Jury Rules Roundup Caused Cancer, Orders Bayer to Pay $2 Billion
May. 14, 2019 06:53AM EST Health + Wellness
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A third jury ruled that Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller caused cancer Monday, awarding a California couple more than $2 billion in damages. Not only is it the largest award in a Roundup trial to date, it is also the largest U.S. jury award this year and the eighth-largest product-defect award ever, Bloomberg reported.
"We really wanted to tell Monsanto, 'Cut it out, do better,' and we wanted to get their attention," juror Doug Olsen told Bloomberg of the award.
.@Bayer Ordered by Jury to Pay $2 Billion Damages in #Roundup Trial. Via @business https://t.co/PKOKEzmDqH "It’s t… https://t.co/Cp71jB8CEE
— Gary Ruskin (@Gary Ruskin)1557783236.0
Alva and Alberta Pilliod used Roundup on their property for more than three decades before they were both diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Reuters reported. The jury ruled that Roundup had been defectively designed and that Monsanto failed to warn customers of the cancer risk and acted negligently. In total, they awarded the couple $2 billion in punitive damages and $55 million in compensation. The $2 billion is likely to be reduced due to Supreme Court rulings that limit the ratio of punitive to compensatory damages at 9:1. However, the Pilliod's lawyer R. Brent Wisner urged the jury to award a large amount in order to send a message to the company, The New York Times reported.
"Monsanto has never had any interest in finding out whether Roundup is safe," Wisner said in a post-verdict statement reported by The Guardian. "Instead of investing in sound science, they invested millions in attacking science that threatened their business agenda."
The judge in the Pilliod's trial allowed lawyers to present additional evidence not admitted in the first two Roundup trials, showing how Monsanto attempted to influence research into the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup.
"We were finally allowed to show a jury the mountain of evidence showing Monsanto's manipulation of science, the media and regulatory agencies to forward their own agenda despite Roundup's severe harm to the animal kingdom and humankind," one of the couple's attorneys, Michael Miller, said in a statement reported by The Guardian.
In a statement following the trial, Alberta Pilliod urged Bayer, who acquired Monsanto last year, to add a health warning to the product, saying she would not have used it if she had known of the risks.
"We've been fighting cancer for more than nine years now and we can't do any of the things we wanted to do. We really resent Monsanto for that," Pilliod said.
The verdict spelled further trouble for Bayer. Its shares have fallen 40 percent since it purchased Monsanto, The New York Times reported. After Monday's verdict, its stock fell to its lowest point in nearly seven years, according to Bloomberg.
This is the third Roundup trial since Bayer acquired Monsanto. In August 2018, a California jury said Roundup use caused the cancer of a Bay Area groundskeeper. Then, in March, the jury in the first federal Roundup case also ruled in favor of the plaintiff. The company faces more than 13,400 similar lawsuits in the U.S.; the next will take place in a Missouri state court in August, Reuters reported.
In a statement following the verdict, Bayer pointed to an announcement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reaffirming its previous finding that glyphosate does not cause cancer in humans.
"The contrast between today's verdict and (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's) conclusion that there are 'no risks to public health from the current registered uses of glyphosate' could not be more stark," Bayer said in a statement reported by Reuters.
Bayer's full statement on the jury's verdict in the glyphosate trial taking place in the California Superior Court… https://t.co/wcgfMidEDx
— Bayer US (@Bayer US)1557782825.0
Most of the trials are based on a contrasting 2015 finding from the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer, which ruled glyphosate was "probably carcinogenic to humans."
The product has lost a great deal of credibility. Bloomberg reported that following the verdict, an anonymous juror told the company's lawyer what they could do to assure jurors of Roundup's safety.
"I wanted you to get up and drink it," the juror said.
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— Stacy Malkan (@StacyMalkan) May 2, 2019
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16th Street Mall partners recommend Mall design that would expand sidewalks, improve pedestrian safety
If approved, this project would repair infrastructure and enhance the Mall experience for all users. Construction is likely to begin in 2020.
The City and County of Denver and the Regional Transportation District (RTD) are recommending a design for reconstruction of the 16th Street Mall that would expand sidewalks for walking, café seating and other activities, and move transit lanes to the center or offset-center of each block. These updates are designed to enhance the Mall experience for visitors while improving pedestrian safety and mobility on the city’s most transit-rich street.
The proposed design would update and modernize the Mall’s deteriorating infrastructure, while honoring its iconic look. It is a modified version of one of the options released in October 2017, refined this winter based on input from downtown workers, Mall businesses and the broader community.
Today’s announcement is a milestone in a broad effort to rethink the 16th Street Mall — one of the city’s most vital connectors and important public spaces. The 35-year-old Mall has aging infrastructure and rising maintenance costs, while seeing increasing numbers of transit users and pedestrians. This phase of Mall design is part of a federal process as outlined by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The NEPA effort is led by the city and RTD, in partnership with the Downtown Denver Partnership, the Downtown Denver Business Improvement District, the Denver Urban Renewal Authority (DURA) and the Federal Transit Administration.
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The design aims to enhance the Mall as a welcoming and active public space by eliminating the under-used median to make room for safe and comfortable walking, café seating, occasional special events and more.
“We’re keeping the best parts of the Mall, while revitalizing an amazing public space and public amenity,” said Brad Buchanan, executive director of Denver Community Planning and Development.
Reconstruction will ensure the continued mobility and reliability of the Free MallRide buses. More than 40,000 riders take the Free MallRide each day, making the 16th Street Mall the busiest transit street in the RTD system. By 2035, the number of daily riders will exceed 70,000. With the updated design, the northeast- and southwest-bound buses would operate in adjacent lanes in the center of the Mall, shifting to slightly off-center lanes in the historically asymmetrical blocks.
“As pedestrian traffic and ridership grow in this crucial corridor in the years ahead, our agency is pleased to be working thoughtfully with our partners in determining the best path forward,” said RTD CEO and General Manager Dave Genova. “We believe the public will appreciate the changes that have been proposed.”
The recommended alignment will improve safety for pedestrians by offering wider pedestrian zones, trees and historic lights as new visual and physical buffers between bus lanes and sidewalks, and fewer points where buses and pedestrians must cross paths.
The recommended design honors the iconic look of the Mall. It will retain the street’s patterned “carpet,” originally designed by landscape architect Laurie D. Olin of Hanna/Olin and architect Henry N. Cobb of I. M. Pei & Partners to evoke a Navajo blanket and the floor of the Pantheon. The recommended design includes more trees than exist on the Mall today, with a goal to expand the tree canopy in line with the 2017 Outdoor Downtown Plan for parks and public spaces.
“The 16th Street Mall is Denver’s Main Street, serving millions of people each year. We are proud to have worked with our Mall partners and stakeholders to develop a clear recommendation for its sustainable and successful future,” said Tami Door, president and CEO of the Downtown Denver Partnership.
Mall Reconstruction
Mall reconstruction will involve repairing and replacing the compromised sub-layer. It will therefore provide an opportunity to modernize and add to underground utilities (drainage, fiber, data, electric, etc.), which have been unreachable since 1982 when the street was constructed. This spring, Mall partners will publish an environmental assessment on the proposed action and its benefits and impacts. If the project is approved, phased reconstruction would begin in 2019 or early 2020 and finish in 2022.
Funding for the project will come from a variety of sources, including general obligation bond funds, tax increment financing, and Federal Transit Administration grant funding.
Public Input Opportunities
On March 8, 2018, the city and RTD will host open houses where the public can learn more, ask questions and give input on future refinement of the design. Identical open house events will be offered at the following times:
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Note: The public will have an opportunity to provide input on additional amenities and design features, and learn about construction activities, at an additional public hearing tentatively planned for May 2018.
Learn more at denvergov.org/themallexperience.
About NEPA
Because the Mall was built in 1982 with federal funds, any potential modifications must undergo a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review and a cultural resources evaluation pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA). NEPA requires that the project partners identify and consider social and environmental impacts when reviewing potential alternatives. This environmental process provides the opportunity to build on the unique history of the Mall, and its important role as a transit and pedestrian corridor and public space, in order to deliver a successful experience for the next 35 years and beyond. The NEPA process is expected to wrap up in summer 2018. Final design planning will continue after NEPA is complete, if the “No Build” option is not selected.
About the 16th Street Mall
Attracting tens of thousands of visitors, employees and others to metro Denver daily, the 16th Street Mall has been at the center of the downtown Denver experience for nearly 35 years. The Free MallRide service also provides a critically important transit connector for locals and visitors to the region, moving more than 40,000 people daily during the week along the Mall. The 16th Street Mall is a primary corridor and public space for downtown Denver’s 130,000 employees and 22,000 residents and is home to approximately 200 street-level retailers and restaurants, 1,250 residential units, and more than 1,400 hotel rooms. Building off this success, the City and County of Denver, the Regional Transportation District, the Downtown Denver Partnership, the Downtown Denver Business Improvement District, the Denver Urban Renewal Authority and the Federal Transit Administration are partnering to deliver the future of Denver’s 16th Street Mall.
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Kim Ok-bin, of vampire thriller "Thirst" It's that time of year again: awards season! On December 2, the 30th Blue Dragon Film Awards were held at KBS Hall in Yoido, Seoul,...
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Hollywood reworks Scandal Makers
Huh. Another one: Scandal Makers (aka Speed Scandal, 과속스캔들), which has enjoyed tremendous success in the past few months, is being remade by Hollywood. The film has sold over 8.2 million tickets...
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119 February 27, 2009 April 21, 2009
45th Baeksang Arts Awards
New Actress winner Park Bo-young Awards! The 45th Baeksang Arts Awards were held on the evening of February 27, which means: lots of awards for film and television stars, and lots...
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Following MBC's Acting Awards on the 30th, the 31st saw awards ceremonies for the other two stations. First up: 2008 SBS Drama Awards. (KBS coming up next!) The big news is...
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54 December 10, 2008 January 24, 2016
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I wasn’t sure how I would feel about SBS’s A Star’s Lover. I approached it hesitantly, because (1) Hype often leads to disappointment, and (2) I know by now...
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There’s some new comedy coming out, and it’s called Speed Scandal or whatever, and I guess it stars Cha Tae-hyun (My Sassy Girl) and up-and-coming Park Bo-young (King...
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August 28 saw the VIP preview of the comedy Our School E.T., which opens in wide release on September 11. The title's "E.T." is both a cheeky reference to Spielberg's...
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41 June 18, 2008 January 24, 2016
Strongest Chil Woo: Episodes 1 & 2
As I briefly mentioned, when I saw the premiere of Strongest Chil Woo, I thought it was pretty bad. Not mediocre or a little uneven, but god-awful. Episode 1 was a...
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by Steve Barton March 18, 2012, 1:07 am
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GREE released its first game, Zombie Jombie, out of the company’s new North American studio. Battle against tough human bosses across several cities, and join the dark world of Zombie Jombie, where zombies are the good guys; it’s s those pesky humans you have to watch out for!
From the Press Release
Zombie Jombie is a new iOS-exclusive title is a free-to-play card-based game that invites players to harness the power of the undead using a powerful deck of zombie cards while defending the earth from evil humans hell-bent on destruction. Offering a series of social features including the ability to trade cards and play with or against friends, Zombie Jombie takes an unconventional approach to the zombie genre and brings a new type of gameplay to mobile gaming.
In Zombie Jombie, players battle tough human bosses and complete quests in major U.S. cities as a “Jombie” – a powerful being with a unique ability to raise and control zombies. To accomplish these tasks, players build and customize their own distinctive deck of cards by trading with friends, fusing multiple cards together, and opening treasure chests that unlock special content. Because of the variety of ways players can upgrade and power-up their card decks, each Zombie Jombie player will have an exclusive experience. Zombie Jombie will also have on-going content updates offering new game features and aiming to continuously enhance the player experience.
“Zombie Jombie invites gamers into a new and darker world where zombies are the good guys and it is humans you have to watch out for,” says Eiji Araki, SVP of Social Games, GREE International, Inc. “The truly talented team members of the North American studio have really focused on creating an innovative game experience that ties together strong gameplay and great social features, an approach we plan to implement for all of our games moving forward.”
GREE’s new North American studio, based in the San Francisco area, is focused on creating the best free-to-play game experiences for mobile and has plans to release more titles in the upcoming months. Additionally, GREE is currently building a social mobile games platform, scheduled for release in Q2 2012. The new GREE platform will feature high-quality content and a robust social gaming experience, inviting users to play games with and against their friends and join and interact with a global mobile gaming community.
For more information on the game, check out the official Zombie Jombie website.
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Vauxhall’s new all-electric Corsa-e
The all-new, all-electric Corsa-e features a range of up to 209 miles (WLTP) and is available to order right now. The Corsa-e is assembled on the same lines as petrol and diesel variants of the sixth-generation Corsa at the Zaragoza plant in Spain, where the Corsa has been built since the first generation was launched in 1982.
By 2024, Vauxhall will have an electrified version of every model in its vehicle range – with the Corsa-e the brand’s first-ever all-electric vehicle.
The all-new Corsa-e – like the regular Corsa – features IntelliLux LED matrix lights, while standard safety and driver assistance kit include automatic emergency braking with pedestrian and cyclist detection, lane keep assist and traffic sign recognition.
Available in two trim levels – SE and Elite – the Corsa-e comes standard with satellite navigation, automatic climate control, electric parking brake and keyless entry/go. Drivers also receive a seven-inch colour touchscreen and a digital cockpit as well as Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
Prices for the Corsa-e start from £28,315 which gets you the 7.4kW SE. If you’re after the 11kW SE, then be prepared to pay an additional £850. Stepping up to the better-equipped 7.4kW Elite costs £30,960, while the larger battery of the 11kW Elite is priced at £31,810. All prices are ‘on-the-road’ after the government’s £3,000 plug-in grant.
With a range of up to 209 miles under WLTP testing, the 50kWh battery supports up to 100kW rapid charging, with an 80% charge taking just 30 minutes and is covered by an eight-year/100,000 mile warranty.
To optimise battery range, drivers can choose from three driving modes – Eco, Normal and Sport. Eco extracts the maximum range from the vehicle, extending it by up to 40%. Sport promotes responsiveness and driving dynamics with a subsequent range loss of around 10%. Normal mode offers the best solution for balanced, day-to-day driving.
The 136hp electric motor provides nippy performance and 260Nm of seamless and instant torque, the all-new Corsa-e combines entertaining, emission-free driving. As is common with all fully-electric cars, the Corsa-e features regenerative braking to recover kinetic energy released under braking and deceleration.
The 50kWh battery supports domestic 3-pin plugs, a wall box and rapid-charging technologies and is guaranteed by an eight-year/100,000-mile warranty. For owners wishing to charge at home, a ‘Mode2 cable’ compatible with domestic 3-pin sockets can be purchased as an optional extra, capable of supplying up to 3.4kW.
A 7.4kW ‘Mode3 cable’ which is supplied as standard, supports fast charging. With a length of six metres, the cables are long enough to enable connection with public charging stations that are not necessarily right next to the vehicle. Every Corsa-e also supports CCS rapid-charging at speeds up to 100kW – enabling an 80% charge in as little as 30 minutes.
The ‘universal charger’, which is available to purchase as an accessory, combines the functions of ‘Mode2’ and ‘Mode3’ cables in a single device. With infrastructure-specific adapters, this allows charging at nearly all local plug sockets and public charging stations. The ‘universal charger’ is therefore ideal for customers who usually charge at home, but occasionally make longer journeys and need to recharge on the road.
Corsa-e drivers can check the current state-of-charge, energy consumption and range via a separate menu displayed on the infotainment touchscreen. Customers also get a six month subscription to the Polar Plus charging network, after which a monthly charge of £7.85 is made.
By Wayne Gorrett
Formerly a career marketer, Wayne has been a freelance automotive writer for several years, providing news and reviews for a number of print and web outlets in the UK and South Africa. Says Wayne: "Thanks for reading, and remember: never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly." He is married to Susan and lives in Bishop’s Waltham near Winchester, Hampshire. Twitter: @WaynesWorldAuto Facebook: WaynesWorldAuto
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You own the sun. Well, not technically, but you do have the right to its power. So why not use it?
Solar technology helps you turn your rooftop into a power plant. But the biggest revolution in solar over the past few years is undoubtedly the arrival of a new breed of battery systems.
It isn’t new technology – in actual fact, solar batteries have been around for decades. They’ve just always been super-expensive (as well as huge and incredibly unattractive!). But that all changed in 2015 when Tesla announced its revolutionary Tesla Powerwall. It was everything that us solar lovers wanted – a relatively low price point and a solid consumer warranty.
But I’m getting ahead of myself. First of all, let me explain a little bit more about solar battery systems.
What is a solar battery system?
Although solar is renewable energy, it has its limitations. One of these is that it can’t produce power during times of little or no light.
A solar battery, however, makes this a non-issue. It stores any excess energy your solar panels make during the day for you to use during the night.
I think about it in these terms. During the week, we’re generally at home of an evening. We come home from work, use the lights, cook dinner, put washing on, use the air conditioner in summer and the heater in winter, kick back in front of the TV… the electricity system gets a beating. And because we’re rarely at home to do this during the day when our solar energy is readily available, our homes are reliant on the power produced by the electricity grid.
But with a battery, your home will use the excess energy your system has stored during the day before it turns to the electricity grid. Take that, rising electricity costs!
Why all the fuss about battery systems?
For us renewable energy fans, the new generation of battery systems is a game changer. For so long they’ve been too expensive for the average household or small business to consider, but Tesla Powerwall has completely changed the landscape.
The developments they’ve made in their technology are delivering dramatic cost reductions. For the first time, homeowners like you and I can afford to invest in a battery system. Not only that, but it looks the goods, too!
Who is Tesla and what is Tesla Powerwall?
I think of Tesla as the ‘Apple’ of solar technology. They’re constantly creating new things, pushing the boundaries and redefining the game for the other players in the market (such as Enphase and LG Chem). And if the name sounds familiar, there’s a reason why. They’re also the creators of electric cars.
They’re undoubtedly the leaders in the renewable energy market, but their innovation has forced the other players to up their game. All of a sudden solar battery storage has become a very real option for families to reduce their electricity costs even further.
What are the benefits of a solar battery system?
I’m a self-confessed devotee of renewable energy, so for me it’s all about the environment. But for a large percentage of our clients, it’s very much about the cost savings.
Our electricity costs are among the highest in the world. Not only that, but they’re increasing. Combine that with the fact that ‘luxuries’ are now often considered ‘essentials’ – take the record-breaking day we had last month where air conditioning was just not negotiable – and it’s just not feasible for either families or small businesses. But a battery system can put some power back into our hands (yes, pun intended).
My top 5 ways a solar battery system will save you money
Save your daytime electricity for night instead of selling it back. For consumers, this is a huge game changer. We pay pretty high rates to import electricity – take a look at your electricity bill and you’ll see that it’s between 25 and 55 cents per kilowatt hour.
For those of you who have solar, have a look at much you are selling it back to the grid for – on average it’s only between 5 and 8 cents per kilowatt hour. But with these battery packs, we’re no longer at the mercy of the grid. Instead, we can use our solar 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
So instead of selling your surplus power back at a small rate, you’re far better off to use it yourself during peak periods.
Store electricity from the grid when it’s cheap. So if you’re going to use electricity, why not store it when prices are lowest? If you store it from the grid during off-peak but use your battery for power during the most expensive peak time (instead of buying from the grid, that is), you’ll reduce your overall electricity costs.
Increase your solar consumption. For the average home, a battery system can almost double your solar usage. Adding a 14 kilowatt hour battery (such as Tesla Powerwall) to a 5 kilowatt solar system can increase your amount of self-consumption between a whopping 30 and 60%!
Future-proof your home or business. It’s predicted that battery storage is going to be the main way families manage their electricity costs by 2019. Battery storage costs are falling, while grid electricity prices are increasing. Future-proofing your home now will also save you in the future.
Keep your electricity expenses economical even though the feed-in tariff has stopped. The government’s feed-in tariff ceased this year, meaning that individuals with solar who were on the feed-in tariff no longer receive a generous rate for the solar electricity they put into the grid. Electricity prices aren’t going to change, so I truly believe that it’s inevitable that solar systems with battery storage will become the most economical solution to provide electricity.
It’s undoubtable that renewable energy is our future. And as prices continue to fall, battery storage will give you ongoing cost savings by letting you use more of your own solar electricity, while also letting you access and store electricity from the grid when it’s cheapest.
And just to hold myself accountable, I’ve recently installed a Telsa Powerwall on my home and am tracking the changes it makes to our electricity consumption. So keep your eyes peeled and I’ll keep you updated!
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Essex weather: The 'Beast from the East' could return with coldest winter in 30 years
It could be even worse than last year
Bradley Jolly
Alice CunninghamMultimedia Reporter
The 'Beast from the East' could be set to return (Image: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
The United Kingdom could be set for one of its coldest winters in 30 years.
The return of the 'Beast from the East' looks likely to bring icy temperatures to widespread snow to the country early next year - and it could remain for weeks.
New research by University College London (UCL) revealed that extremely cold temperatures are already predicted for January and February 2020.
As reported by the Mirror Online, the research shows how Britain will see its coldest ever temperatures in the past seven years, as well as it being the seventh coldest winter in the past three decades.
Police release important update after man found dead in Waltham Abbey
It is believed the Midlands will be one of the worst affected areas, with scientists exploring current sea temperatures and weather systems over the North Atlantic.
Mark Saunders, who led the research team, told the Sunday Times : "This would rank the 2020 January-February central England temperature as the coldest winter since 2013 and January-February 2020 as the seventh coldest winter in the past 30 years."
Scientists have estimated a "57 per cent chance the central England temperatures will be colder than in 2018" when the brutal weather returns.
Greater Anglia staff clearing snow from platforms during the 'Beast from the East'
Last year, the "Beast from the East" caused major travel disruption and temperatures plunged to a teeth-chattering -14C in some areas of Scotland.
17 people sadly died, including one seven-year-old girl.
But don't worry, there is some good news. The UK is expected to enjoy an Indian Summer first - with hot pressure set to move in from the west very soon.
Some forecasters have even said this could be the hottest September ever and it's all because of the Saharan heat plumes.
We could be seeing temperatures of around 26C, which is actually warmer than Hawaii.
Police name 15-year-old who died after being stabbed in fight
Weather Outlook forecaster Brian Gaze said: "Computer forecast models support the three-month period ahead being among the warmest on record.
"Indian summer-like settled and sunny weather is forecast to start in a week's time, lasting a week or more and seeing highs up to 26C.
"High pressure is expected to bring a southerly feed, with heat arriving from southern Europe and north Africa.
"The pattern of Saharan heat coming to the UK was a big feature of summer this year, and is expected to repeat again."
Stay InEssex celebrity couples expecting a baby - with some due to give birth any dayThey are spreading some happy news in a difficult year
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The Only Way Is EssexDappy and Aj Tracey are both part of his celebrity clientele
Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons rules on touching things in store
TescoMinimising contact in stores is crucial to stop the spread
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2003-04Top 16Round 3
Pau-Orthez 83
Union Olimpija 77
Local time: 20:40 PALAIS DES SPORTS DE PAU
The debut of a new coach served to end the frustrations at home of Pau-Orthez, which registered an 83-77 win over visiting Union Olimpija on Thursday for its first victory in Group E. Pau's revenge for two regular season losses against Olimpija made new boss Didier Gadou a winner in his first game on the bench . Olimpija had been ahead most of the first half, but speed and tough defense allowed Pau to catch up and take over in the final minutes. As such, Pau's record improved to 1-2, while Olimpija slipped to the same mark, missing a chance to join group co-leaders Efes Pilsen and Skipper Bologna, both 2-1. Dragan Lukovski led the winners with 18 points, including 3 of 3 triples, while Laurent Foirest and Florent Pietrus added 14 points each. Pietrus continued his outstanding play by adding 12 rebounds for a double-double. Artur Drozdov also bagged 10 points for Pau. Simon Petrov posted 26 points on amazing 7-for-9 three-point shooting to lead Olimpija's scorers, while Dzenan Rahimic registered a double-double of 24 points and 10 rebounds.
After a 4-0 start for Pau, Petar Dujmovic inaugurated Olimpija's scoreboard with a mid-range jumper. Rahimic tacked on 4 straight points to tie the game at 6-6 before Petrov's first triple went in for 8-11 and the guests took command with an iron grip. Vladimer Boisa added another triple for 8-14 as Olimpija started giving Pau trouble on both ends of the court. Frederic Fauthoux tried to cut the deficit down with a bomb but another triple by Saso Ozbolt and 2 more points by Rahimic put Olimpija way ahead, at 12-21. Pietrus brought Pau back within 3 points, but Rahimic scored again to secure a 20-25 lead for Olimpija after 10 minutes.
The second quarter started with a two-minute scoring drought until Petrov stepped up with consecutive triples to put Olimpija ahead by double-digits, 20-31. A hook by Rahimic maintained the lead at 22-33. The game turned, however, when Pau found its outside shooting touch. Three straight triples by Laurent Foirest, Fauthoux and Dragan Lukovski plus a layup by Mate Skelin gave the hosts an 11-0 run that brought them to within 33-35. Pau defended in a 2-3 zone which proved effective, and Pietrus scored a free throw for a 34-35 scoreboard. Rahimic stopped the avalanche with 2 free throws, but a basket by Pietrus, who was rebounding like mad on the offensive end, and a free throw by Jeryl Sasser tied the game, 37-37. A new triple by Drozdov finally put Pau in the lead again, 40-39, but Rahimic reached 16 points with a pair of foul shots that got Olimpija a 40-42 edge at halftime.
After resumption, Rahimic scored the first basket, too, and Petrov soon added his fourth triple on five attempts for a 42-47 Olimpija lead. Drozdov replied with a triple of his own to pull Pau to within 45-49, and now Olimpija couldn't find its touch from the long range. Pau found its rhythm. Pietrius scored a three-point play while teenager Johan Petro hit a mid-range jumper to complete the 8-0 run that ended with Pau ahead 50-49. Rahimic put on his own show, however, with a reverse layup, but this time Pau managed to stay ahead, 57-53, thanks to Lukovski's points from beyond the arc and Petro in the paint. The period ended in a spectacular fashion when Aniekan Archibong flew in to slam an offensive rebound that brought the crowd to its feet and Pau to a 59-57 advantage after 30 minutes.
The last period would remain tight through the first possessions. Petrov had a stellar night from 6.25 meters and scored his fifth triple to put Olimpija ahead again. Aloysius Anagonye added points to make it 61-65 for the guests, but Pau never gave up and improved the defense once more. Lukovski got a steal and finished it with a transition layup and Mate Skelin hit the three-point play for a 68-65 Pau lead. The game became a three-point shootout as Dujmovic scored twice from deep for Olimpija, but Foirest and Lukovski matched him to give the lead back to Pau, 76-73. Then fatal blow arrived for Olimpija as Rahimic was fouled out. With 90 seconds to go, Lukovski scored 2 free throws for 78-73, whole at the other end, Petrov chose the worst time to miss a triple. With Pau looking to run out the clock, a Skelin offensive rebound with 45 seconds to go was decisive. With that possession, Foirest scored a layup 15 seconds later which sealed the win for Pau.
Referees: ARTEAGA, JUAN CARLOS; PIMENTEL, ANTONIO; BAKALIS, PANAGIOTIS; VITOLO, GIANCARLO
Pau-Orthez 20 20 19 24
Union Olimpija 25 17 15 20
Pau-Orthez
4 FAUTHOUX, FREDERIC 22:45 5 1/1 1/2 2 3 2 1 2
5 LUKOVSKI, DRAGAN 26:15 18 1/5 3/3 7/10 1 1 4 1 1 3 7 18
6 DARRIGAND, GAUTHIER DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 FOIREST, LAURENT 28:45 14 2/7 2/3 4/4 3 3 6 1 3 4 7 18
8 DROZDOV, ARTUR 27:30 10 1/2 2/4 2/2 6 6 3 1 1 1 17
11 PIETRUS, FLORENT 40:00 14 5/7 0/2 4/5 5 7 12 2 2 2 1 1 3 4 24
12 JULIAN, CYRIL 8:00 4 2/2 1 1 3 2
13 SASSER, JERYL 3:00 1 1/2 1 1 1 2
14 PETRO, JOHAN 8:15 4 2/5 0/1 1 4 5 4 1 2
15 SKELIN, MATE 23:45 7 3/4 1/5 1 4 5 4 5 8
16 RENAUD, MAXIME DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 ARCHIBONG, KOKO 11:45 6 3/4 0/1 2 2 4 1 1 2 6
Team 1 1 1
Totals 200:00 83 20/37 8/16 19/28 11 28 39 17 4 10 2 2 26 27 100
54.1% 50% 67.9%
Head coach: GADOU, DIDIER
Union Olimpija
4 MALI, GREGA DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 BAZDARIC, MARINO 30:00 5 1/5 1/3 3 3 1 1 1 1 4 1 -1
14 SMIGIC, DANILO 5:15 1 0/1 1/2 2 2 2 2 1
15 RAHIMIC, DZENAN 37:45 24 9/12 0/1 6/6 3 7 10 2 1 5 9 35
21 ZAGORAC, SASA DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
22 PETROV, SIMON 38:00 26 1/6 7/9 3/4 1 1 4 4 4 23
25 ANAGONYE, ALOYSIUS 22:00 4 1/6 0/1 2/2 2 2 4 2 1 1 4 2 -2
30 PAVIC, SMILJAN 2:15 1 1
31 OZBOLT, SASO 36:45 9 0/5 1/2 6/6 1 2 3 3 3 4 8 16
45 DUJMOVIC, PERO 28:00 8 1/5 2/5 2 2 3 1 1 4 2
Totals 200:00 77 13/40 11/21 18/20 7 20 27 11 7 5 2 2 27 26 77
32.5% 52.4% 90%
Head coach: FILIPOVSKI, SASO
GADOU, DIDIER
"I repeat that Ljubljana must be an example for us. Despite of the absence of three of their main players, they proposed tonight a great quality basketball. I wish we could one day reach their level of basket in terms of organization and efficiency. Tonight the game was something special and it is an important victory for everybody. I saw in my players generosity, communication and solidarity but it was not enough to disturb this team. At the end of game, I thought that we would face the same problems but we had a good collective reaction."
FILIPOVSKI, SASO
"I want to congratulate Mister Didier Gadou who was a great player and is proving that he will also be a great coach. I wish him the best. Tonight with three missing players, we proved that with application and solidarity we could play. The fifth foul of Rahimic and the tiredness at the end cost us the victory. We could have won but Pau-Orthez really wished the victory."
FOIREST, LAURENT
"This victory is very good, most of all for the fans who were waiting for a victory for a long time. We had good values in our reaction. I hope it was not only proud but a real wish to concentrate on our aim and to keep on communicating. We missed a little bit of precision in our game bur it is normal after the tension of the week."
PETROV, SIMON
"Tonight players who are usually on the bench proved that we can rely on them at this level. We proposed good things but we missed 3 minutes for physical problems and we let open positions to Lukovski and Foirest. It is hard for us because we were about to win in Pau and confirm our position of outsider for the Final Four."
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Panathinaikos 66
Montepaschi Siena 92
Pamesa Valencia 85
Zalgiris 76
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 90
Ulker 76
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A solutions Architect is designing a new workload where an AWS Lambda function will access an Amazon DynamoDB table.What is the MOST secure means of granting the Lambda function access to the DynamoDB table?
A. Create an identity and access management (IAM) role with the necessary permissions to access the DynamoDB table, and assign the role to the Lambda function.
B. Create a DynamoDB user name and password and give them to the Developer to use in the Lambda function.
C. Create an identity and access management (IAM) user, and create access and secret keys for the user. Give the user the necessary permissions to access the DynamoDB table. Have the Developer use these keys to access the resources.
D. Create an identity and access management (IAM) role allowing access from AWS Lambda and assign the role to the DynamoDB table.
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-to-create-an-aws-iam-policy-to-grant-aws-lambda-access-to-an-amazon-dynamodb-table/
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Chapter 1 Summary & Analysis
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Lord of the Flies Summary
Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a novel in which a group of schoolboys are stranded on a desert island and attempt to establish their own society.
Ralph, the elected leader, argues that the main goals should be to have fun, survive, and maintain a smoke signal to catch the attention of potential rescuers.
The boys lose interest in the daily tasks Ralph assigns, like building shelters, and instead play and hunt pigs.
When another boy, Jack, defies Ralph’s authority, the boys degenerate into savagery and set fire to the island. A ship nearby sees the smoke and rescues them.
Last Updated on June 1, 2019, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 1024
William Golding's Lord of the Flies opens in the midst of a war with a group of British schoolboys stranded on a deserted island in the middle of the ocean, with no adult supervision. Two boys, Ralph and Piggy, meet near a lagoon, and Ralph finds a conch shell while swimming. At the urging of Piggy, Ralph blows into the conch, summoning the other boys. Once everyone is assembled, they decide to hold an election. Ralph becomes chief due to his age, charisma, and role as the blower of the conch. Jack Merridew, who also sought leadership, is appointed to turn his group of choir boys into an army of hunters. The older boys—such as Ralph, Piggy, Jack, and Simon—perform the majority of the work, whereas the younger boys ("littluns") prefer to play. The littluns also become afraid of a “beast,” which the older boys dismiss as the product of nightmares.
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After exploring the island, Ralph decides that the boys should try to build a fire in order to signal passing ships. The first attempt ends in disaster. The fire, lit using Piggy’s glasses, burns out of control and destroys a large part of the island, and a littlun goes missing in the blaze. After Piggy scolds them for their recklessness, the boys learn from this mistake, and Jack’s hunters agree to maintain the signal fire. However, Jack becomes increasingly obsessed with hunting, to the point of donning face paint, neglecting the fire, and squandering a potential rescue in favor of killing a pig. Ralph and Piggy scold Jack, who proceeds to hit Piggy, breaking one of the lenses of his glasses. Ralph calls an assembly in order to further scold the hunters, but Jack uses the younger boys’ fear of the “beast” to garner support for his cause.
One night, while the boys are sleeping, the corpse of a parachutist lands on the mountain where the boys make their signal fire. Samneric mistake the corpse of the parachutist for the beast. Ralph, Jack, and Roger search for the beast and investigate a new part of the island, with Jack noting its potential as a fortress. They climb the mountain and find the corpse of the parachutist, but they all flee in terror, believing it to be the littluns' beast. At the next meeting, Jack attempts to stage a coup, calling out Ralph’s cowardice while confronting the alleged beast. However, the boys refuse to vote Ralph out of office, so Jack, in tears, leaves the group. Shortly after leaving, he convinces his hunters to leave Ralph’s group entirely. They move into the fortress the boys had previously discovered, which they name “Castle Rock.” As the night goes on, most of the older boys quietly join Jack’s group.
Ralph, Piggy, Simon, and Samneric are the only “biguns” who remain in the original group. At Piggy’s suggestion, they attempt to create a new signal fire on the beach, away from where the beast was seen. Meanwhile, Jack and his hunters decide to hunt and cook a pig in an effort to tempt the rest of the boys over to their side. After brutally slaughtering a nursing sow, they mount its head on a stick as an offering to the beast. Simon witnesses the hunt from his favorite spot in the forest, and when the hunters have gone, he hallucinates having a conversation with the head, which is identified as the “Lord of the Flies.” It tells him that the beast—the brutality and fear that it represents—exists within all humans. Simon, who is epileptic, suffers a seizure. After waking up, he climbs the mountain to investigate the alleged beast himself and discovers the corpse of the parachutist. He rushes back to tell the other boys what he has discovered.
Meanwhile, Ralph, Piggy, and Samneric attend Jack’s feast. Ralph and Jack argue again about priorities, but the majority of the boys side with Jack this time. When a storm rolls in, Ralph stresses the need for shelters, but Jack distracts the boys by telling them to huddle together for a dance. As the dancing grows wilder, Simon, exhausted, emerges from the trees. The frenzied boys mistake Simon for the beast and beat him to death before he gets the chance to tell them the truth about the beast. The next day, guilt over Simon’s death plagues Ralph, Piggy, and Samneric, but they all refuse to acknowledge it, instead claiming that they each had left the feast early.
The next night, Jack’s hunters raid Ralph’s camp and steal Piggy’s glasses so that they can make fire. At Piggy’s urging, Ralph, Piggy, and Samneric go to Castle Rock to get Piggy’s glasses back. Ralph tries to assert the power of the conch, but it no longer holds sway with the other boys. Piggy appeals to their sense of morality, but they continue to side with Jack. As the hunters prepare to attack Ralph and Piggy, Roger rolls a boulder down the side of the mountain, knocking Piggy to his death and shattering the conch. Samneric are captured, and Ralph flees for his life.
Now an outcast, Ralph returns to Castle Rock, on the way passing through Simon’s favorite spot and discovering the sow’s head, now reduced to bone. He knocks it off its stick, cracking it in two and widening its morbid smile. Stealthily climbing the fort’s hill, Ralph speaks to Samneric. The twins tell Ralph they were tortured into joining Jack’s group by Roger, and they warn him that Jack is intending to hunt him down. Ralph hides nearby for the night. At dawn, as the hunters pursue Ralph, they set the forest on fire in order to flush him out of hiding. Just as the hunters close in on Ralph at the beach, a naval officer, drawn to the island by the forest fire, appears. The officer is baffled and disappointed by the boys’ savage comportment. The boys, including Ralph, burst into tears, recognizing the depravity to which they have descended and the tragedies they have wrought.
Analyze the Lord of the Flies (the pig's head on a stick) as a symbol in William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies.
What are some quotes (including chapter/page number) from Simon in Lord of the Flies that really summarize who he is?
What is the meaning of the title in Lord of the Flies?
Lord Of The Flies Allegory
In chapter 8 of Lord of the Flies, what does the Lord of the Flies tell Simon?
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1963: Julian Grimau, the last casualty of the Spanish Civil War
Add comment April 20th, 2014 Headsman
On this date in 1963, Francisco Franco’s government shot Communist agitator Julian Grimau.
Grimau (English Wikipedia entry | Spanish), a member of the Communist Party of Spain‘s Central Committee since 1959, had fled to exile after escaping the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939.
But he in 1959 he took over the Communists’ activities within Spain itself, and began living underground in his old homeland. The Franco regime dearly wanted to take him.
In November 1962, secret police arrested Grimau on a bus and hustled him to Madrid’s Puerta del Sol, where within hours Grimau met with that classic 20th century dissident’s fate, the “unexplained” fall from a police headquarters window. No fuss, no —
Wait. Er … it seems he survived the fall.
That awkward circumstance — officially, Grimau hurled himself out the window for no discernible reason — tracked him into what passed for a regular judicial process. In practice, that meant a military tribunal which gave him, two days before his execution, a five-hour trial for his part in the Spanish Civil War. Specifically, Grimau was charged as a “Chekist” for torturing and executing prisoners while part of the civil administration of Republican Barcelona; the evidence submitted on this point was mere hearsay.
This charge put the fascists in the rather insincere position of avenging the Communist Party’s repression of its own civil war allies, the anarchists and the anti-Stalinist POUM party — an episode memorably recounted in Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia.
“I have never tortured anyone,” Grimau insisted to the court of the military dictatorship. “It is not my nature to do such things. I carried out the duties assigned to me by a legal government. I have been a communist for 25 years and I will die a communist.” (London Times, April 19, 1963)
Grimau’s prosecutor was a man who had made his legal bones in the immediate aftermath of the civil war as Franco’s Fouquier-Tinville, shuttling defeated Republicans into the hands of their executioners so lightly that he would joke, “bring in the accused’s widow!” with a laughing court.* This 1963 trip down nostalgia lane would prove to be the last ever occasion a Spaniard was prosecuted for the civil war; indeed, the Grimau backlash would help provide the impetus for Spain to finally scrap the military tribunals which dated to the aftermath of the civil war.
Those laws, and that war, had passed a quarter-century before. Their nakedly political requisition here triggered international outrage. Eight hundred thousand people and a litany of world leaders implored Gen. Franco to exercise his prerogative to block the execution; when Franco refused, protests livened the Spanish embassies of many a city across the globe. In Buenos Aires, someone chucked a bomb at the embassy.
None of it availed Julian Grimau. Grimau’s lawyer, who witnessed the dawn execution illuminated by the headlights of military trucks, reported that the soldiers detailed to form the firing squad were very nervous and badly botched the shooting.
There’s more about Julian Grimau in Spanish than in English; see in particular JulianGrimau.org, a site commemorating the 50th anniversary of his execution.
* The prosecutor, Manuel Martin Fernandez, didn’t even have a law degree: he had entered the profession by falsely claiming that his credentials were destroyed during the civil war. In 1964 this became publicly exposed and Fernandez himself went to prison for his decades-long imposture.
1849: Sarah Harriet Thomas, the last female juvenile hanged in Great Britain - 2020
1623: Nicolas Antoine, Judaizer - 2019
1620: Thomas Dempster condemned - 2018
2017: Ledell Lee - 2017
1785: Alexander Stewart, the first to hang at the Tolbooth - 2016
1824: Three Bondy brigands - 2015
1945: The children of Bullenhuser Damm - 2013
1954: Michael Manning, the last hanged in Ireland - 2012
1534: Elizabeth Barton, the Holy Maid of Kent - 2011
2004: Abdullah Shah, Zardad's dog - 2010
1994: Rwandan Queen Dowager Rosalie Gicanda, and six attendants - 2009
1622: Antonio di Nicolo Foscarini - 2008
1952: Night of the Murdered Poets
1987: Mehdi Hashemi, Iran-Contra whistleblower
1958: Khosrow Roozbeh
1938: Seventeen former Bolshevik officials from the Trial of the 21
1871: The Paris Commune falls
1937: Eero Haapalainen, former Finnish Red Guard commander
1897: Five Barcelona anarchists
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1791: Emanuel the runaway slave
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A Negro man named Emanuel, who has been for some time past, advertised runaway from Samuel Kemp, was taken up at sea near Hyburn Key, in a failing boat, belonging to the brig Eliza, Stuart, in the beginning of last week, and brought to town. He has since been tried for stealing the boat, condemned, and sentenced to be hanged on Tuesday next.
-Bahama Gazette, April 12-15, 1791
A negro man found guilty of murder, was executed last Tuesday. He and the negro who was executed on Tuesday last week, are hung in chains on Hog Island, at the entrance of the harbour.
According to William Lofquist’s “Identifying the condemned: Reconstructing and analyzing the history of executions in The Bahamas,” The International Journal of Bahamian Studies, these appear to be the first documented judicial executions on the Bahamas since Great Britain re-established control of the archipelago in 1784. (The Bahamas were part of the territory contested in that war: Nassau was briefly occupied by American troops, and was in the hands of Spain when the fighting stopped. Spain transferred the island back to Britain in the postwar settling-up.)
1418: The hostages of the Armagnac siege of Senlis - 2020
1800: William M'Ilnea, true to the cause - 2019
1246: Brandur Kolbeinsson, Age of the Sturlungs beheading - 2018
1374: Tile von Damm, Braunschweig mayor - 2017
1012: St. Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury - 2016
1779: James Hackman, sandwich wrecker - 2015
1928: Charles Birger, bootlegger - 2013
1662: John Barkstead, Miles Corbet, and John Okey, renditioned regicides - 2012
1996: John Martin Scripps, British serial killer - 2011
1314: Tour de Nesle Affair adulterers - 2010
1945: Gen. Charles Delestraint - 2009
1995: Richard Snell - did he go out with a bang? - 2008
1755: Mark and Phillis, a landmark
1714: Maria Mouton and her slave Titus, lovers
1780: The slave Violet, her head stuck on a pole
1708: Indian Sam and his female accomplice
1776: Neptune, as witnessed by John Gabriel Stedman
1738: Katherine Garret, Pequot infanticide
1751: James Field, pugilist
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1860s: Sokichi, crucified servant
The trailblazing Italian-British photographer Felice (Felix) Beato was one of the first people to shoot in east Asia.
In 1858, he captured the aftermath of the 1857 “Sepoy Rebellion” in India (with possibly the first photography of corpses on a battlefield); in 1860, Beato documented in images military campaigns of the Second Opium War.
[Upon entering the conquered Taku Forts] a distressing scene of carnage disclosed itself; frightful mutilations and groups of dead and dying meeting the eye in every direction.
I walked round the ramparts on the west side. They were thickly strewed with dead — in the north-west angle thirteen were lying in one group round a gun. Signor Beato was here in great excitement, characterising the group as “beautiful,” and begging that it might not be interfered with until perpetuated by his photographic apparatus, which was done a few minutes afterwards. –David Field Rennie
In 1863, Beato moved to Yokohama, Japan and spent the next several years capturing historically invaluable images of Japan at the close of the Edo period.
In this capacity, Beato captured the execution of a young servant by the eye-catching means of Japan’s distinctive spread-eagled crucifixion. The caption on the image reads, the servant Sokichi, crucified at the age of 25* for killing Nikisasuro, son of his master Nuiske in the village of Kiso. Exact year unknown.
Original versions of this image here and here.
To my knowledge, there is no further documentation available about this execution that would, er, affix it to a specific date or even a specific year. But we don’t exactly have a multitude of photographed executions by crucifixion, so we’re not going to be picky about it.
While we’re on the subject, we also have from Beato on the same trip an image called “the executioner” — topical for this blog even though it looks completely staged. This photograph makes use of hand-coloring, for which Beato often engaged Japan’s artisan illustrators. (The crucifixion image is reproduced in monochrome, but it, too, was artificially colored.)
Some Felice Beato photography books
* Various ages of 22 to 25 are given in various locations for the executed servant.
1577: Eight English Gypsies condemned - 2020
1975: Nine Iranian communists - 2019
1818: Five from the Lancaster Assizes, "most dangerous to society" - 2018
1820: William Piper, drunken matricide - 2017
1947: Jozef Tiso, collaborationist Slovakian President - 2016
1945: Robert Limpert, Ansbach antifascist - 2015
1567: Wilhelm von Grumbach, Landfrieden-breaker - 2013
1912: Frederick Seddon, for love of money - 2012
2001: Five machine-gunned in Thailand - 2011
1860: General Jaime Ortega y Olleta, for a Carlist uprising - 2010
1859: Tantia Tope, Indian independence hero - 2009
1763: Marie-Josephte Corriveau, Quebec murderess - 2008
1870: Jean-Baptiste Troppmann, mass murderer
Unspecified Year: The Robbers of Nordenshaw
1875: Six in Fort Smith under Hanging Judge Isaac Parker
An unspecified Monday: Fagin
1815: Anthony Lingard, the last gibbeted in Derbyshire
1801: James Legg, crucified ecorche
Entry Filed under: 19th Century,Arts and Literature,Capital Punishment,Common Criminals,Crime,Crucifixion,Death Penalty,Execution,Gruesome Methods,Japan,Mature Content,Murder,Public Executions,Theft,Uncertain Dates
Tags: 1860s, felice beato, photography, sokichi, yokohama
1954: Lucretiu Patrascanu, purged Romanian
On this date in 1954, Lucretiu Patrascanu was shot in Jilava Prison outside Bucharest.
The widow’s-peaked longtime pol was one of the first inductees of the Romanian Communist Party (PCR) after its 1921 founding. Patrascanu (English Wikipedia entry | Romanian) was 21 years old then: the spirited politicking within the Communist movement would define the whole of his adult life.
By the 1930s, he held a position of national leadership. Patrascanu served in the Romanian legislature, and became a party representative to the Comintern.
It might have been at a Comintern road trip to Moscow in the 1930s that Patrascanu’s disillusionment with Stalin began. If so, it was beside the point: leftists in Romania (like everywhere else) had the more immediate threat of fascism to contend with.
After spending most of the war years under arrest, Patrascanu re-emerged as a state minister. He personally helped to author the August 23, 1944 coup that flipped Romania out of the Axis camp. But by the very next year he was under police surveillance.
He fell in the Soviet-driven late 1940s purge of Eastern European Titoists, for having such insufficiently internationalist notions as “before we are Communists, we are Romanians.” His time in prison was long enough for authorities to model his show trial on the 1952 Czechoslovakian Slansky trial, though Patrascanu himself disdained to denounce himself, or even to dignify the proceedings with a defense.
I have nothing to say, except [that I] spit on the charges brought against me.
He was posthumously rehabilitated in 1968 by Nicolae Ceausescu.
* Poignantly, Patrascanu was said to have read Koestler’s dystopian novel of the Soviet purges, Darkness at Noon, while an envoy to the 1946 Paris Peace Conference.
1918: Bolo Pasha - 2020
1802: John Beatson and William Whalley, mail robbers - 2019
1922: Cemal Azmi, the butcher of Trabzon - 2018
1792: Three cadavers, to test the first guillotine - 2017
316 BCE: Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great - 2016
1635: Elizabeth Evans, "Canonbury Besse" - 2015
1680: John Marketman, jealous chirurgeon - 2013
1689: William Bew, flatterer - 2012
1457: The Wallachian boyars - 2011
1222: An apostate deacon - 2010
1355: Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice - 2009
1975: Long Boret, on Day One - 2008
1939: Stanislav Kosior, Vlas Chubar and Pavel Postyshev
1940: Robert Indrikovich Eikhe, “believing in the truth of Party policy as I have believed in it during my whole life”
1950: Milada Horáková, democrat and feminist
1940: Isaak Babel
1949: Traycho Kostov, Bulgarian purgee
Entry Filed under: 20th Century,Capital Punishment,Death Penalty,Execution,History,Politicians,Posthumous Exonerations,Romania,Shot,Torture,Treason
Tags: 1950s, 1954, april 17, communism, communists, jilava, jilava prison, lucretiu patrascanu, purge, show trial
1897: Lovett Brookins, thanks to bad women
1 comment April 16th, 2014 Robert Elder
(Thanks to Robert Elder of Last Words of the Executed — the blog, and the book — for the guest post. This post originally appeared on the Last Words blog. Fans of this here site are highly likely to enjoy following Elder’s own pithy, almanac-style collection of last words on the scaffold. -ed.)
Bad women are the cause of my being in this position…with all due respect to women, I must say they have brought me to ruin … I implore you all to abstain from evil habits. Especially beware of bad women.”
— Lovett Brookins, convicted of murder, hanging, Georgia.
Executed April 16, 1897
Brookins, a teacher, met the gallows smoking cigarettes. Before the drop, he prayed and sang. The high-ranking Freemason received the death penalty for murdering his mistress, Leila McCrary, and a man named Sanders Oliphant.
1966: Lau Pui - 2020
1947: Rudolf Höss, Auschwitz commandant - 2019
1868: Gujarat's "Tribal Martyrs" - 2018
1986: Alec Collett, Lebanon hostage - 2017
1841: Peter Robinson, Tell-Tale Heart inspiration? - 2016
1355: Filippo Calendario and Bertuccio Isarello, Doge stooges - 2015
1942: Vasily Klubkov, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya's betrayer - 2013
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2004: Jerry McWee, a former policeman - 2008
1861: Paula Angel … but why?
1890: A quadruple hanging in Jim Crow America
1885: James Arcene, the youngest juvenile offender hanged in the US?
1896: Four in New Mexico, in three different towns
1856: Casey and Cora, by the San Francisco Vigilance Committee
1909: C.Y. Timmons
1828: James “Little Jim” Guild
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Tags: 1890s, 1897, april 16, love triangle, lovett brookins
1793: Philibert Francois Rouxel de Blanchelande, governor of Saint-Domingue
On this date in 1793, Philibert Francois Rouxel de Blanchelande was guillotined in Paris — victim of two revolutions an ocean apart.
Blanchelande (English Wikipedia entry | French) was a comfortable henchmen of the ancien regime, descended of a marshal.
At the outbreak of the French Revolution, Blanchelande was the governor of the Caribbean sugar colony of Saint-Domingue.
Like other New World colonies, Saint-Domingue’s brutal slave plantations generated vast wealth for the grand blancs, a tiny white oligopoly which was massively outnumbered by its black servile chattel. The demographics made for a perpetual source of conflict and danger — but that was the price of doing business for Europe’s sweet tooth.
The promised liberte, egalite, fraternite of 1789 fell into this tinderbox like a torch.
By 1791, slaves were in full rebellion. Mirabeau had once said that Saint-Domingue’s masters “slept at the foot of Vesuvius”; when it exploded, Blanchelande fell into the caldera with the grand blancs. The slave rebellion quickly overran the western third of Saint-Domingue — the germ of the imminent Republic of Haiti. But the situation on the ground in the early 1790s was extremely fluid, and perilous from the French perspective: Great Britain lurked at nearby Jamaica, scheming to swipe the lucrative island away from its rival amid the chaos. So here Britain accepted Saint-Domingue’s white refugees, and there she treated with black rebels to grant their emancipation in exchange for their allegiance.
The old royal hand Blanchelande was impotent to control the cataclysm with only a handful of troops, and he must have looked increasingly antiquated by the rapid progress of the Revolution too. A 1792 relief force of 6,000 soldiers arrived bearing word of the National Assembly’s too-little-too-late grant of political rights to free blacks, and bearing also Blanchelande’s replacement: a Girondin envoy named Leger-Felicite Sonthonax.
Both these steps were also swiftly overrun by the eruption. Blanchelande returned to Paris and was forgettably guillotined as a counterrevolutionary on April 15, 1793, not long after France and Britain officially went to war. “For losing Saint-Domingo,” Carlyle says a bit dismissively, and maybe that’s even right. But if so the loss reounded to the glory of the Jacobins. The Revolution’s ideals would soon come to mesh with the pragmatics of maintaining the allegiance of Saint-Domingue.
On February 4, 1794 — 16 Pluviose Year II, if you like the revolutionary calendar — the National Convention thrilled to “launch liberty into the colonies” (Danton) with a momentous proclamation abolishing slavery throughout the empire.
Slavery of the blacks is abolished in all the colonies … all men living in the colonies, without distinction of color, are French citizens and enjoy all the rights guaranteed by the constitution.
“Les Mortels sont égaux, ce n’est pas la naissance c’est la seule vertu qui fait la différence…” (Via).
1327: Beomondo di San Severo - 2020
1939: Aleksei Gastev, Soviet scientific manager - 2019
1345: Giovanni Martinozzi, missionary Franciscan - 2018
1505: One Bolognese thief hanged, and another saved by Saint Nicholas - 2017
1851: James Jones and Levi Harwood, but not Hiram Smith - 2016
1715: Thomas Nairne, Charles Town Indian agent - 2015
1921: Mailo Segura, a Montenegrin in Alaska - 2013
1905: Chief Zacharias Kukuri - 2012
1982: Khalid Islambouli and the assassins of Anwar Sadat - 2011
1925: Fritz Haarmann, Hanover vampire - 2010
1881: The assassins of Tsar Alexander II - 2009
1947: Fernand de Brinon, Vichy minister with a Jewish wife - 2008
1797: Gracchus Babeuf, for the Conspiracy of Equals
1793: Philippe Egalite, hoisted on his own petard
1430: Seven Parisian conspirators, during the Hundred Years War
1793: Joseph Chalier, Jacobin martyr
1793: Jean-Jacques Ampère, father of a savant, for Joseph Chalier
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Tags: 1790s, 1793, april 15, French Revolution, haitian revolution, philibert de blanchelande, slave revolt, slavery
1922: George Hornsby
On this date in 1922, George Hornsby was hanged in Belton, Texas.
We pick up the George Hornsby’s trail 18 months before his execution, when the bludgeoned body of car dealer J.N. Weatherby was discovered outside Brownwood, Texas, on October 19, 1920.
The mysterious crime was unlocked by 16-year-old Willie Carter, who told authorities that he was the accomplice of the murderer George F. Hornsby* — Carter’s sister’s lover. The motive, Carter said, was theft.
Hornsby was arrested some weeks later in Birmingham, Alabama. He would insist from that time until the trap dropped under his feet that he had already been en route to Birmingham when the crime was committed.
The warring eyewitness testimony** attempting to situate Hornsby’s whereabouts on the days surrounding Weatherby’s murder defined the case both within the courtroom and without. A jury in Belton — where the trial had been moved owing to prejudice against Hornsby in Brownwood — bought Willie Carter’s version.
This did not cinch the case in the court of public opinion, especially since Hornsby vociferously adhered to his original story.
In the weeks leading up to the execution, after Hornsby’s legal team had fought its corner and the matter was in the hands of Gov. (and pioneer tough-on-crime pol) Pat Neff, Carter recanted his testimony.†
Then, a few days later, Carter recanted his recantation.
With the evidence in such a muddle, 7,000 sympathetic Texans — heavily residents of the trial venue Bell county as against those of Brown county, where the murder occurred — petitioned Gov. Neff for Hornsby’s life. Neff ended up personally interviewing Carter to try to figure out what was what. In the end, Neff wasn’t buying what the clemency campaigners were selling, and took a lonely stand against mobs of vigilantes roaming the Lone Star state imposing summary mercy.
No finer example can be had of criminal hero-worship than when a few months ago seven thousand one hundred and twenty-eight persons in Bell County signed a petition that I either pardon or commute the death sentence adjuded by court and jury against one George Hornsby. Hornsby was a man 29 years of age, a deserter from the American army, went under an assumed name to avoid identity, a transient fellow without vocation, lived with a woman not his wife on a negro street in Brownwood, and for the purpose of robbery, murdered, if human testimony is to be believed, one of the substantial citizens of Brown County. That he might have an impartial trial, removed from local influence, the case was sent to Bell County. The jury assessed the death penalty, and from the evidence as I found it to be, any other verdict would have been a travesty on justice. No sooner was the verdict of guilty rendered than there was begun by men and women, among them the very best citizens of Bell County and the equal of those of any other county, a campaign closely resembling hero-worship of the convicted murderer. Eighty per cent of the voting strength of Bell County protested to me against the punishment assessed against him. Reports stated that admiring hands brought to his cell the delicacies of life, flowers were strewn for him to walk on to the scaffold and fair women coveted the privilege of holding his hands while the black cap was being adjusted.‡ By public contributions a costly casket was purchased and flowers were piled high above his grave, even as the grave of one who had fallen in defense of his country. The murderer was praised as a hero and the Governor who refused to set aside the verdict of the Court of Appeals, all declaring him guilty, was held up to scorn and ridicule.
To these more than seven thousand petitioners I made no apology then and I make none now. In the administration of the law, I am for the courthouse, its judgments and its decrees. It is the one tribunal whose sole function is to make life sacred and property secure. It is the outgrowth of the centuries, the ripened product of civilization. When people ignore the courthouse and defy the law, they are blasting with the dynamite of destruction at the very foundation of their government. Without the courthouse the weak would be made to surrender to the strong. I am for the courthouse and against the mob. If civilization is worth preserving on the battlefield when war shakes her bristling bayonets, it is worth maintaining in the courthouse, where justice, when properly supported, holds forth her delicately balanced scales. In this deluge of lawlessness and disrespect for governmental authority which has submerged the State, the courthouse will prove to be the Mount Ararat upon which the ark of the law must finally rest, to send forth the dove of peace and civilization.
Hornsby’s Ararat was the gallows. He went calmly, with a short address reiterating his innocence.
People, I don’t know many of you, but lots of you know me. People, I stand before you a saved man. I accepted Christ as my personal Savior. I am going to leave you people, but I am going to a better land. I am going to where we will all be treated alike. We will all be charged alike, and I want to tell you people I am going as an innocent man.
I have lived a sinful life, but I have not committed any murder, so help me God. (New Orleans Times-Picayune, April 15, 1922)
A crowd estimated at three to four thousand turned up for Hornsby’s funeral.
The next year, state Senator J.W. Thomas from the little Bell County town of Rogers sponsored the legislation that would centralize all Texas executions (formerly conducted, as was Hornsby’s, by local authorities) in Huntsville.
* Here are two interesting facts about George Hornsby: first, he went by “George Scott” in Brownwood before all the trouble, since he was trying to distance himself from a dishonorable army discharge; second, his search results are complicated by his case unfolding during the simultaneous emergence of baseball great Rogers Hornsby.
** Some of it is discussed in Hornsby’s (unfavorable) appellate ruling, here.
† Sign of the times: after Carter’s first recantation — before he recanted the recantation — Hornsby was moved from the Bell county jail as “a precautionary measure owing to reports that efforts to bring about a commutation of sentence were distasteful to friends of Weatherby.” (Wire report in the Portland (Ore.) Oregonian, Aprkl 2, 1922.)
The Ku Klux Klan enjoyed a major revival in Texas during the 1920s.
‡ Actually, a high wooden palisade shielded Hornsby from public view of the flower-strewing masses. A Mrs. Bennett Smith of Temple, Texas, who helped lead the clemency campaign did offer to stand on the scaffold with Hornsby, but Hornsby seems to have declined the favor.
1974: Marc Filloux and Manivanh, journalists - 2020
1683: John Nisbet the Younger - 2019
2004: Fabrizio Quattrocchi, "I'll show you how an Italian dies!" - 2018
2015: Siti Zainab - 2017
1725: Maria Romberg, her lover, her maid, and her witch - 2016
1322: Bartholomew de Badlesmere - 2015
1950: Eugene LaMoore, the last hanged in Alaska - 2013
Themed Set: Alaska - 2013
1736: Andrew Wilson, in the Heart of Midlothian - 2012
1647: Domenica Gratiadei and her coven of witches - 2011
1965: Perry Smith and Dick Hickock, In Cold Blood subjects - 2010
1865: Not George S.E. Vaughn - 2009
1682: Avvakum Petrov, Old Believer - 2008
1928: Marshall Ratliff lynched for the Santa Claus Bank Robbery
1993: Ruben Cantu, an innocent child?
1943: 186 prisoners at Plotzensee Prison
1992: Johnny Frank Garrett, “kiss my ass because I’m innocent”
1926: Richard Whittemore, Mencken subject
1932: Richard Johnson, great-grandfather of Craig Watkins
1887: Josiah Terrill, “I ain’t guilty of this here charge”
Entry Filed under: 20th Century,Capital Punishment,Common Criminals,Crime,Death Penalty,Execution,Hanged,Murder,Texas,Theft,USA,Wrongful Executions
Tags: 1920s, 1922, belton, brownwood, george hornsby, j.w. thomas, pat neff
1923: Paul Hadley
5 comments April 13th, 2014 Meaghan
(Thanks to Meaghan Good of the Charley Project for the guest post. -ed.)
On this day in 1923, Paul V. Hadley was executed for murder in Arizona.
His story, however, actually begins on March 20, 1916, when Paul Hadley and his wife Ida Lee — fugitives from Beaumont, Texas on an assault with intent to commit murder charge — were taken into custody in Kansas City, Missouri. He was running a movie theater by then, living under an alias.
Hadley seemed resigned to his fate after his arrest, and didn’t fight extradition. Sheriff W.J. “Jake” Giles was charged with transporting the fugitive and his wife back to Texas on a train. (Ida wasn’t facing any charges and was accompanying her husband at her own request. They said she could come if she paid for her own ticket.)
Sheriff Giles had known the Hadleys for years. He trusted them and didn’t bother to search Ida, and at some point during the ride he removed Paul’s handcuffs. He paid for his negligence with his life: just before the train entered Checotah, Oklahoma, Ida retrieved a gun she’d hidden in the women’s toilet and shot the sheriff in the back of the head. He died within minutes, leaving nine children orphaned.
Paul took the dead man’s gun and used it to persuade the engine driver to stop the train. He and Ida jumped off and disappeared.
The pair were arrested by a posse the next day, however, and charged with Sheriff Giles’s murder. Ida was judged insane, but she wanted to share her husband’s fate and insisted on pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge, so she got sent to prison for ten years rather than to a mental hospital.
Paul was sentenced to life in prison. He appealed his conviction, but the verdict was upheld in 1918.
But Paul found another way to get out of the pen: in 1919, he persuaded the state of Oklahoma to furlough him for a sixty-day period. Accounts vary as to the reason why; it may have been so he could visit his dying mother, or it may have been because he’d invented some gadget and needed to find investors for it.
Either way, it seems that, as long as he pinky-swore he would come back, the prison authorities had no trouble granting a leave to a cop-killer with a history of escaping from custody.
You’ll be shocked to hear that Paul Hadley didn’t turn up for re-incarceration. By the time the police went looking for him, the trail was two months’ cold. Hadley was gone.
By November 1921, he was going by the name William S. Estaever and hitchhiking his way west. In Denver, Colorado he got picked up by an elderly married couple named Peter and Anna Johnson, who were driving to California. Southwest of Tucson, Arizona, Hadley pulled a gun on Peter Johnson and forced him to pull over.
He ordered the couple out of the car and shot them, killing Anna instantly and seriously wounding her husband.
Leaving Peter for dead on the roadside, Hadley took their car and drove on. The vehicle broke down, however, and as he was hoofing it to Yuma, Arizona, he was arrested. He was still carrying the murder weapon, a .32 caliber Mauser pistol.
One A.J. Eddy matched the Mauser with bullets taken from the victims’ bodies and shell casings found in their car. The defense moved to strike his testimony on the grounds that Eddy was “not an expert.” He was a lawyer by trade and his research into the area of bullet identification was only as a sideline. The judge decided, however, to grant Eddy “semi-expert” status: good enough to present his evidence in court.
Hadley claimed he and the Johnsons had been attacked by a gang of bandits and he had returned their fire, but Peter Johnson recovered from his injuries and testified against him at the trial.
The first jury was unable to reach a verdict. Hadley was convicted after a second trial, however, and sentenced to death. It was only then that authorities realized the criminal William Estaever was the fugitive from Oklahoma Paul Hadley.
Estaever/Hadley’s conviction was appealed all the way up to the Arizona Supreme Court, with his appeals attorney arguing Eddy’s testimony should never been allowed into evidence. The court upheld the conviction, however, in a historic ruling: this was the first time a state supreme court had recognized ballistics evidence as valid and admissible.
The day before his death, Hadley was baptized by the Reverend J.W. Henderson and the prison doctor, James Hunter, who was a former minister. Dr. Hunter remained with Hadley the whole night and the condemned man slept fitfully and spent a long time praying and singing hymns.
He refused a final meal early that morning and calmly walked to the scaffold after the warden read the death warrant at 5:00 a.m.
His last words were, “I am innocent and ready to meet my death.” The trap sprung at 5:10 and Hadley pronounced dead five minutes later. Nobody claimed the body and so it was deposited in the prison cemetery.
As for Ida Hadley: Paul never tried to get in touch with her in the two years of his extended release from prison in Oklahoma. She remained his dutiful wife, however, and when she found out he had been convicted of murder in Arizona and sentenced to death, she begged the Oklahoma governor to pardon her so she could be with him in his last days.
She got her pardon on July 22, 1922 and went immediately to her husband’s side so she could help with his appeal. A week after Paul’s execution, the widow Hadley married Jack Daugherty of Wichita Falls, Texas. She enjoyed her second marriage for less than a year, however: Ida Lee Hadley Daugherty died on March 21, 1924.
1560: Giambatista Cardano, "crowning misfortune" - 2020
2011: Mao Ran, young drug lord - 2019
1725: William Dickson, collared - 2018
1979: Major Bijan Yahyahi, prison torturer - 2017
1546: Alice Glaston, age 11 - 2016
1805: Mary Morgan, anomalously - 2015
1942: Four Jews from Bedzin and Sosnowiec - 2013
1961: Marie Fikacková, Beast of Sušice - 2012
1942: Anton Schmid - 2011
1816: John Allen and John Penny, poachers - 2010
1961: John A. Bennett, the last American military execution (so far) - 2009
1794: Lucile Duplessis and Marie Hebert, friends at the end - 2008
1947: Willie Francis, this time successfully
1924: The first electrocutions in Texas
1915: Charles Becker
1939: Joe Arridy, on Woodpecker Hill
1946: Phillip and William Heincy, father and son
1933: Earl Quinn, forgiver
1949: Jake Bird
Entry Filed under: 20th Century,Arizona,Capital Punishment,Common Criminals,Crime,Death Penalty,Execution,Guest Writers,History,Murder,Other Voices,USA
Tags: 1920s, 1923, april 13, paul hadley
1776: James Langar, Smuggerlius?
On this date in 1776, footpad James Langar was hanged at Tyburn for robbing a Hyde Park gentleman of his watch and coat.
Actually, and despite a reputation for honesty attested by his fellow militiamen, Langar was implicated in several highway robberies on shaky witness testimony, prompting him to remark in disgust, “I see they are determined to swear my life away, I leave myself to the mercy of the Court.”
He didn’t get it.
A vanishing obscurity even in his own time, Langar has been making 21st century headlines based on a pair of researchers’ identifying him with a ghoulish ecorche sculpture known as “Smugglerius”.
That astonishing object, and its controversial identification with James Langar, are discussed in this previous Executed Today post.
1557: Thomas Losebie, Henrie Ramsey, Thomas Thirtell, Margaret Hide and Agnes Stanley - 2020
1726: Edward Burnworth and his gang, London Lives - 2019
1715: Jeremiah Meacham, "mightily distressed" - 2018
1635: Sawney Cunningham, an abandoned Villain - 2017
1895: Richard Burleson, Crab Shack controversy - 2016
1969: Alexandre Banza, Central African Republic politician - 2015
1749: Richard Coleman, solemnly declaring - 2013
1652: Joan Peterson, the Witch of Wapping - 2012
1967: Aaron Mitchell, Ronald Reagan's first and only execution - 2011
1782: Captain Joshua Huddy - 2010
1814: Six slaves in Guyana - 2009
1966: Christiaan Soumokil, South Moluccan President - 2008
1739: Dick Turpin, outlaw legend
1730: James Dalton, Hogarth allusion
1778: James “Sandy Flash” Fitzpatrick
1724: Jack Sheppard, celebrity escape artist
1776: Benjamin Harley and Thomas Henman, Smugglerius?
1713: Juraj Janosik, Slovakian social bandit
Entry Filed under: 18th Century,Arts and Literature,Capital Punishment,Common Criminals,Crime,Death Penalty,England,Execution,Hanged,History,Public Executions,Soldiers,Theft
Tags: 1770s, 1776, april 12, james langar, smuggerlius
1859: The martyrs of Tacubaya
On this date, the conservative Mexican Gen. Leonardo Marquez earned himself the nickname “Tiger of Tacubaya” for the mass execution of liberal prisoners after a battle in Mexico’s Reform War.
The “reform” warred-over is actually the label for a whole era of liberal modernization with all the usual stuff to enrage a conservative old guard: land reform, a liberal constitution, and a rollback in the prerogatives of the clergy and the military.
It was rather sucessful.
The liberals successfully deposed General Santa Anna* and set about implementing this stuff. You, clever reader, have already surmised from the existence of a “Reform War” that they did not do so without resistance.
In the late 1850s, Mexico actually sported two rival presidents — Benito Juarez, under the liberals’ 1857 constitution, and Gen. Miguel Miramon, under a rebellious military junta that rejected this constitution.
One of the conservatives’ top commanders was Leonardo Marquez, our Tiger of Tacubaya: so called because at that ancient village, today engulfed in the sprawl of Mexico City, Marquez defeated a liberal army in a bloody fight.
Beginning that very night, Marquez had all his prisoners executed,** not excepting the wounded, foreign nationals, medical personnel, and even civilians sympathetic to the losing side. U.S. President James Buchanan denounced this affair to Congress in 1859 as evidence of the “wretched state” of Mexico that, he said, demanded American intervention.†
To cap the climax, after the battle of Tacubaya, in April, 1859, General Marquez ordered three citizens of the United States, two of them physicians, to be seized in the hospital at that place, taken out and shot, without crime, and without trial. This was done, notwithstanding our unfortunate countrymen were at the moment engaged in the holy cause of affording relief to the soldiers of both parties who had been wounded in the battle, without making any distinction between them.
Congress demurred on warmongering, but this act of wanton cruelty towards the so-called Martires de Tacubaya helped to turn Mexicans against the conservatives. The liberals had won the Reform War by the first days of 1861 — just in time to brace for that year’s ill-fated French intervention.
* Of Alamo fame, for yanquis; Santa Anna’s loss of Texas to the United States did no favors for his political position back home.
** One notable victim: writer Juan Díaz Covarrubias.
Marquez said he was ordered to carry out the summary executions by Miramon, but Marquez also had a reputation for ruthlessness apart from the incident at hand. Miramon got his a few years later when he was shot by the victorious constitutionalists alongside Emperor Maximilian, a later French-backed interloper not yet on the scene in 1859.
† Buchanan also cited the hanging of Ormond Chase in this same speech.
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NFL Week 9 preview: New York Giants vs. Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts are hoping to put a 51-34 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers behind them as they face the New York Giants.
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Steelers beat Colts – Pittsburgh Steelers beat Indianapolis Colts, 51-34
Cowboys beat Giants – Dallas Cowboys defeat New York Giants, 31-21
The New York Giants are returning from their bye week, and they have lost two games in a row. Before that, they had won three games in a row, so it is still a mystery what kind of team they are.
Playing the Indianapolis Colts will be a perfect test for the Giants. The Colts are coming off an abysmal defensive performance against the Pittsburgh Steelers, who defeated them, 51-34.
Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw for 522 yards and five touchdown passes against the Colts, so the Colts defense will look to prove that they have improved and that last week was just a fluke.
Quarterback Andrew Luck throwing a couple of interceptions didn’t help matters, but he was also able to throw for 400 yards and three touchdowns. He now has 22 total touchdown passes this season.
Giants quarterback Eli Manning is enjoying a solid season, and he threw three touchdown passes in a 31-21 loss to the Dallas Cowboys.
Manning has played virtually mistake-free since Week 2, throwing just one interception in his last five games. This is all despite losing Victor Cruz, who is out for the season with a knee injury.
The Colts offense will be too much for the Giants to overcome though, and the Colts are seeking a redemption win after being upset by the Steelers.
Prediction: Colts 27, Giants 21
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New book outlines the role of research in transforming the sheep industry
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COLLABORATIVE SUCCESS: Professor James Rowe at the launch in Canberra of a book outlining the history of the CRC for Sheep.
The role of the Co-operative Research Centre for Sheep in the transformation of the industry from a basket case to an $8.6 billion a year success story has be...
The role of the Co-operative Research Centre for Sheep in the transformation of the industry from a basket case to an $8.6 billion a year success story has been documented in a new book.
The official 328-page history of the CRC for Sheep was launched in Canberra on Monday by the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, Karen Andrews.
The CRC was launched in 2001 at a time when the Australian sheep industry was facing serious challenges.
It was funded for three terms of operation from 2001-19 by the Federal Government and its life coincided with a dramatic turnaround in the industry's fortunes.
Ms Andrews said the dramatic turnaround was achieved despite the national flock decreasing in size by more than 40 per cent over the period.
"On a per sheep basis, the real gross value of production has increased 2.6-fold," she said.
"While many factors have contributed to its change in fortunes, it cannot be disputed that one of the major drivers has been the work of the Sheep CRC in delivering transformational new technologies," she said.
"The Australian sheep industry has become a global leader in the use of genomic technologies to enhance productivity, has embraced the big data revolution with new predictive apps, and is delivering consumers with eating experiences that are second to none."
Sheep CRC chief executive James Rowe said the book, Concept to Impact: The story of the Sheep CRC 2001-2019, captured the scale of the industry collaboration and resulting transformation.
"While many factors contributed to this economic boom for the Australian sheep industry, it is safe to say that it hasn't happened by chance," Professor Rowe said.
"Transformational industry change like this requires vision, clear objectives, a well thought out strategy and adaptable tactics to deliver real impact.
"Everything that the Sheep CRC did was driven by an understanding of consumer preferences and industry needs so that we could enable the entire value chain to profit from delivering wool and meat products that consistently surpassed these expectations."
Tony Peacock, CEO of the CRC Association, said he hoped the book would provide a useful road map for other industries and research organisations to follow in delivering high-impact research for the Australian economy.
Dr Peacock said a good example was the Drought Future Fund - this complex national program would benefit from the principles established in the CRC Program to ensure a clear strategy based on collaboration and co-investment amongst stakeholders.
"Since the early 1990s when the CRC program was created the processes in managing the program have continued to evolve around the need to engage industry end-users in the collaboration and the importance of supporting innovation development through parallel education and training programs.
"There is increasing evidence that this CRC approach works to deliver integrated programs that have national impact," he said.
And while the Sheep CRC came to a close on June 30 this year sheep industry leaders are planning a forum to develop a new collaborative research organisation to continue the transformation into the future.
The book is available by contacting Polly Ward (pward20@une.edu.au) before October 25. After that date an electronic download will be available (www.sheepcrc.org.au) or hard copies via Abebooks.com.
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Lionel Messi has made blunt comments on Barcelona presidential election as the Argentian attacker is not ready to commit to any aspirant.
Messi is not disappointed with the resignation of Josep Maria Bartomeu is no longer in power at Barcelona.
“I had been telling Bartomeu that I wanted to leave for months,” Messi told La Sexta. “He made me promises that weren’t kept later. He deceived me a lot of times.”
The No.10 was questioned on his future at the club, but he insists that he doesn’t know yet what the future holds beyond the 2020/21 campaign.
“I don’t know where I’ll be next year,” Messi said. “Although I can negotiate with clubs from January 1, I won’t do it until the end of the season.”
During the conversation, the captain expressed his frustration with the idea some have of him being in control at Barcelona, and that he decides what happens within the team. For that reason, he was reluctant to show support for any presidential candidate.
“I don’t want to position myself with any candidate,” Messi said, “especially because of those who say that I manage the club. If, on top of everything, I say that I prefer one of them…
“None of the candidates have contacted me. Whoever wins will have a tough job and they’ll have to do things intelligently.”Barcelona will welcome Eibar to Camp Nou on Tuesday for in their next La Liga clash.
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Zanzibar is an East African island just off the coast of mainland Tanzania. It’s a tourist hotspot with many fun activities to offer. The island has a lot to offer ranging from activities to food and culture!
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Go snorkeling or scuba diving
Zanzibar is a top-class scuba diving and snorkeling spot with excellent marine sightings and healthy coral reefs surrounding the island. Here are some of the best places to try scuba diving and snorkeling:
Shane’s Reef – located near Nungwi, you can spot diverse marine species here including Indian Ocean Walkman, ghost pipefish, stingrays and octopuses.
The Great Northern – located near Stone Town, this is a shipwreck site that is now home to vivid marine life including glassfish, octopuses and abundant coral reefs.
Other top diving sites include Hunga Reef, Hammerhead, Dolphin Wall, Boribu Reef and Ukombe Reef.
The best sites for night diving and snorkeling include Shane’s Reef, Kendwa Reef and Pange Reef.
Take a dhow sunset cruise
A dhow is a traditional Swahili boat. A sunset dhow cruise is a refreshing and relaxing experience whereby you watch the sun paint the sky with different hues of orange, red and yellow as the waves of the Indian Ocean crash against your dhow.
Explore the streets of Stone Town
Stone has a lot to offer. Its narrow streets, stunning architecture, historical sites like the Palace Museum and the Old Fort and stunning beaches make for a great vacation destination!
Enjoy delicious seafood at the Rock Restaurant
Located at Pingwe beach, the Rock Restaurant is a tourist-favorite that serves a wide range of seafood. What makes this restaurant special? Well, the Rock Restaurant is literally built on top of a rock, surrounded by the Indian Ocean. To get to the restaurant, you need a boat although it’s just right off the coast!
Swim with the dolphins at Kizimkazi beach
Dolphins are fun and friendly animals that make great swimming partners! Swim with the dolphins at Kizimkazi and learn more about their behavior and habitat!
Go kitesurfing
Kitesurfing is an extreme and thrilling watersport! The conditions in Zanzibar are ideal for kitesurfers, with strong steady winds! Zanzibar is, indeed, one of the best kitesurfing spots in the world! Paje, Jambiani, Nungwi and Kiwengwa are some of the top kitesurfing spots in Zanzibar.
Explore Prison Island
Prison Island, also known as Changuu, is at a 30-minute boat ride away from Stone Town. The island was used as a prison for rebellious slaves in the 19th century. However, today, it’s known for the giant tortoises that it’s home to, some of which are older than a hundred years!
You can also snorkel around the island and enjoy seafood and snacks at the restaurant on the island!
Visit the Jozani Forest
Known for its numerous medicinal plants and trees, red Colobus monkeys and the unusual Zanzibar Sykes’ monkeys, the Jozani Forest is the only National Park in Zanzibar!
The mangrove boardwalk at the Forest is an exceptional experience!
Go on a spice tour
Also known as the Spice Island, Zanzibar is known for the many spices that it grows. You can take a spice tour in Zanzibar and buy some spices to cook delicious Swahili food!
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Visit the Zanzibar Butterfly Centre
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Head to the north of Zanzibar for an exceptional fishing experience! You can catch giant trevallies, barracudas and kingfish here! There are many fishing charters in the area that provide high-quality fishing equipment.
Shop at the Darajani Market or Bazaar
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Hence political systems which are not primarily based on the western mannequin will seem faulty or problematic. Thus state is a time period used in institutionalist approach whereas the time period ‘political system’ is a behaviouralists approach.
Society is composed of human beings who kind intimate relationship amongst themselves. The reality which this method establishes may be of various sorts-normative, descriptive or prescriptive. But the philosophical approach is detached to the character or class of truth. Traditional approaches made very little attempt to relate concept and research.
When individuals neither influence enter nor influence output, their culture is called as parochial. Parochial political culture denotes the perspective of the individuals in the direction of the political system where people are not very much linked with the system.
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In most developed nations, the legislature has granted original jurisdiction over extremely technical matters to govt department administrative companies which oversee such issues. As a outcome, some lawyers have turn into specialists in administrative law. In a few international locations, there is a particular category of jurists with a monopoly over this form of advocacy; for example, France previously had conseils juridiques (who have been merged into the main authorized career in 1991). In other international locations, like the United States, lawyers have been effectively barred by statute from certain types of administrative hearings so as to preserve their informality.
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Therefore, if one narrows the definition to those males who may apply the authorized profession openly and legally, then the primary legal professionals must be the orators of ancient Rome. Some nations grant licenses to non-resident lawyers, who could then appear often on behalf of foreign clients. Others require all legal professionals to reside within the jurisdiction or to even maintain national citizenship as a prerequisite for receiving a license to apply.
Demand for authorized work is anticipated to continue as individuals, companies, and all ranges of presidency require authorized companies in many areas. The majority of lawyers work full time and lots of work greater than 40 hours per week. Lawyers who’re in personal practice and those that work in massive firms often work further hours, conducting research and getting ready and reviewing documents.
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These occasions naturally influenced the fortunes of the established socialist events in the West. Many individuals believed that not only communism but all forms of socialism had been discredited.
Formally established in London in 1864 by representatives from numerous nations, the First International introduced collectively a large assortment of intellectuals, revolutionaries, and reformers. Among them was the exiled Russian anarchist Mikhail Bakunin, who vehemently rejected Marx’s declare that the dictatorship of the proletariat—a state ruled by staff—is a needed step in the creation of a classless society. The conflict between Marx and Bakunin led to the latter’s expulsion from the First International and to the dissolution of the organization in 1876. They meet Stalinism which spends unbelievable time, care, power and vigilance in holding Marx and Lenin within the bounds of their non-public-property state-property philosophy. The Stalinists repeat interminably that dialectics is the transformation of amount into quality, leaps, breaks … Read More
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Whoever preaches the return to simple forms of the financial group of society should remember that solely our type of economic system presents the possibility of supporting in the type to which we have turn into accustomed right now the number of people that now populate the earth. A return to the Middle Ages means the extermination of many tons of of hundreds of thousands of people. The friends of stability and relaxation, it’s true, say that one certainly not has to go so far as that. It suffices to hold quick to what has already been achieved and to forgo additional advances.
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It typically recounts major historic foundations for the research of forms as well as epistemological issues associated with public service as a occupation and as an educational area. A prominent precept of public administration has been financial system and efficiency, that’s, the supply of public companies on the minimal price. Despite growing concern about different kinds of values, such as responsiveness to public needs, justice and equal treatment, and citizen involvement in authorities selections, efficiency continues to be a significant aim. The phrase of PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (quick type is PA) constitutes two phrases, for example, one PUBLIC and another ADMINISTRATION. The meaning of PUBLIC is “people normally.” In political science, the public means total folks as a substitute of a single physique.
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The first has involved itself with studying order (as a result of it’s assured by the sovereignty of the state), the second with studying disorder (an outcome of the anarchy of the relations between states). Some have questioned whether such a distinction between these subdisciplines remains to be plausible initially of the twenty first century. It entails a study of all buildings and capabilities, which instantly or indirectly, vigorously or passively affect the political processes in all states. … Read More
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Many attorneys who work at legal assist workplaces, government places of work, and different lower-paying jobs are perfectly proud of their careers and make a huge difference in different peoples’ lives. All successful lawyers have excellent communication expertise, whether chatting with the court docket, different lawyers, a jury, or their clients. Lawyers must have the ability to persuade a potential client that they are the right attorney to symbolize him or her. Law faculty students typically research for three years and earn a Juris Doctor (J.D.) diploma upon profitable completion of their degree program.
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Although this college of thought is mostly marginalized in economics faculties at massive, it has gained renewed attention over the previous decade. Much of the curiosity is because of Marx’s analysis being related to the evaluation and clarification of the worldwide monetary disaster of 2007/2008; it has additionally been relevant to varied different crisis movements which might be linked to the economic system and appear to converge with it, e.g. the local weather disaster. Moreover, new forms of protests and social movements, and intensifying social conflicts in the presence of crisis, have also created each a necessity and a challenge for radical academic evaluation. Ultimately, comparative analysts may ask why international locations in certain areas of the world play a very large function within the international economy.
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Damian McKenzie ruled out of Rugby World Cup with knee injury
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All Black utility Damian McKenzie has been ruled out of the 2019 Rugby World Cup after suffering a knee injury playing for the Chiefs against the Blues at the weekend.
Mckenzie has been diagnosed with a tear of the ACL – a key ligament in the knee.
Speaking to reporters a few minutes ago, All Blacks coach Steve Hansen said it is a shame for McKenzie and the All Blacks but injuries do occur.
“He’s still young enough to probably… make the next two (World Cups) so it creates another opportunity for somebody else.
“We’ve got to expect injuries and there’ll be more than just him, I suggest, by the time we finally name the team to go to the World Cup,” Hansen said.
The Chiefs fullback was helped from the field in the second half of the Chiefs’ win 33-29 over the Blues in Hamilton on Saturday.
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Flying Fijians coach keeping close eye on local talent
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While the prospect of international rugby remains up in the air, Flying Fijians coach Vern Cotter is taking a closer look at locally based talent.
The former Scotland head coach was unveiled as the new Fiji mentor in January but has yet to step foot in the country because of Covid-19.
He’s currently back home in New Zealand, where Fiji’s Skipper Cup domestic competition is being screened on TV.
“I watched the Nadroga vs Namosi game this last weekend so when I’m able to watch the Skipper Cup, the Farebrother Trophy I’ve enjoyed watching it,” he said.
“All I can say to the players is – there’s a lot of enthusiasm and I love the crowds occasion as well – is just to play as best as possible.
“I can see there’s a lot of pride in the competition and what it means to the players.”
The 2020 Skipper Cup kicked off two weeks ago and has been bolstered with the injection of some overseas-based Fijian stars who have returned home because of the global pandemic.
Players from the Fijian Drua and national sevens squads were also taking part and Vern Cotter said FRU staff were keeping tabs on those pushing for higher honours.
“There will be some testing done on candidates, people that put their hand up there will be some testing done, so the first requirement is the physical requirement,” he said.
“We know that international rugby is a step-up and we need players that are going to work hard and be prepared physically to meet the challenge of these teams – and especially if we play against England, Wales and Ireland in November we need to be ready physically.”
Vern Cotter is also keeping a close eye on prospective Fijian players taking part in Super Rugby in New Zealand and Australia, including Chiefs number eight Pita Gus Sowakula and Blues prop Alex Hodgman.
He confirmed last week in an interview with NZME that former Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson had signed on to be the Flying Fijians assistant coach.
The former All Black midfielder spent four years in charge of New South Wales and also had a brief stint as a technical advisor with Manu Samoa in 2016.
Crusaders forwards coach Jason Ryan, former Scottish international Richie Gray and ex test referee Glen Jackson have also agreed to join the Flying Fijians coaching team.
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Credit Card Giant Synchrony Financial is First to Join R3 Consortium
Known as GE Capital Retail Finance Corporation before its IPO, Synchrony Financial dominates US private label credit cards.
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The R3 blockchain consortium has announced the addition of Synchrony Financial (NYSE: SYF) – the first credit card company to join the collaboration dedicated to designing and applying distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies to global financial markets. Formerly known as GE Capital Retail Finance Corporation before its IPO, Synchrony Financial is the largest provider of private label credit cards in the US market.
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Synchrony Financial Executive Vice President and CIO, Carol Juel, noted: “We are excited to be a part of the R3 consortium to explore use cases for distributed and shared ledger technology. Having access to the R3 network and research will be valuable as we think through the many opportunities for blockchain to be leveraged across the consumer finance landscape.”
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David Rutter, CEO of R3, commented: “R3 is the largest collaborative consortium of its kind in financial markets, comprising members from all corners of the industry. We welcome Synchrony Financial to the consortium and look forward to giving them access to a huge pool of expertise from electronic financial markets and distributed and shared ledger technologies, led by our team of technologists and industry experts.”
Synchrony Financial joins the global network of R3 partners united in its lab environment, the R3 Lab and Research Centre, which has become a center of gravity for collaborative research and testing of distributed and shared-ledger inspired technologies.
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Home > Uncategorized > #OpenEyes: Philani’s First Movie With His New Eyes
#OpenEyes: Philani’s First Movie With His New Eyes
byEvan Saunders
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After many months of work done behind the scenes, even before the operation itself took place, Philani Twala was finally able to enjoy his very first cinema experience today, 26th May 2016, with his new eyes. The #OpenEyes campaign kicked off a few weeks back, where people were welcome to suggest and vote for the movie he would get to see first.
#OpenEyes – Philani’s Journey: Video 2
SK’s social media platforms were inundated with movie suggestions, which became a task in itself to sift through to reveal a clear winner. The public has spoken, and they chose Avatar, the movie that introduced many viewers to 3D, and changed the landscape of both filming and watching movies. It still holds the record as the highest grossing film of all time. Having previously watched it three times at the theatres, watching it again on SK’s revamped digital projectors made it all the more impressive.
With his birthday also having happened this week, SK were generous enough to provide Philani with a Sony PS4 along with a few games.
The team behind the success of #OpenEyes deserve to be thanked: from the initial search for a worthy candidate for the surgery, to the opthalmologist, Dr Akiel Asvatthe, and other doctors and medical staff, SK and Primedia, and everyone else involved in putting this together. And to Philani himself, we hope for everything of the best in your future ventures and new lease on life. We’d also like to highlight the contributions for all those who’ve donated the R2.50 when booking online at SK, and we urge South Africans to continue to be generous with such causes.
South Africa has voted, and Philani has his first big-screen cinema experience
#OpenEyes campaign got people talking, touched hearts
The question: if you were given the gift of sight, what is the first movie you would choose to watch on the big screen?
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]outh Africa has voted, and the results are in. At the end of the inaugural #OpenEyes campaign, the most popular movie choice for Philani Twala, from Katlehong on the East Rand, to watch as his first big-screen cinema experience is… Avatar! Having been blind for the past ten years, following a degenerative eye disease, Philani has recently undergone a double corneal transplant to restore his sight.
[pullquote]This evening (Thursday, 26 May), Philani watched his first film at Ster-Kinekor Eastgate with his family and friends, and the partners involved in #OpenEyes. In his words: “Avatar was amazing. I felt like I was inside the movie, acting in the movie too.”[/pullquote]
This evening (Thursday, 26 May), Philani watched his first film at Ster-Kinekor Eastgate with his family and friends, and the partners involved in #OpenEyes. In his words: “Avatar was amazing. I felt like I was inside the movie, acting in the movie too.”
Ster-Kinekor and its flagship CSI programme, Vision Mission, launched #OpenEyes at the beginning of May. Using multiple advertising and social media platforms, they reached out to all South Africans to get involved and lend their voices to the campaign, by suggesting what movie Philani should watch as his first ‘Great Moment’ with Ster-Kinekor.
“The response from the public was simply amazing,” says Bradley Knowles, General Manager: Marketing of Ster-Kinekor Theatres. “Philani’s story touched hearts all around the country as South Africans reached for their tissues and embraced the campaign, posting their suggestions on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
“It proved to be quite a task to scroll through all the posting and mark down the top five suggestions. While movies such as Star Wars and Fast & Furious 7 were popular choices, the clear winner was Avatar – and we can understand why.”
This fantasy science fiction film, set in the lush alien world of Pandora, is visually appealing through its fantastic use of colour – Philani loved the ‘purple, green, yellow, every colour there…’, and he could identify with the pain and suffering that paralysed marine, Jake Sully, was experiencing. “I have passed through the pain, and now I’m focusing on the future,” says Philani.
Affording Philani the opportunity to undergo this life-changing operation was made possible through the generosity, kindness and expertise of various people and organisations, the most important of whom are Ster-Kinekor customers who make a conscious decision to donate to Vision Mission each time they book a movie ticket online or at one of the self-service terminals in the cinema foyers.
“It is impossible to thank the countless people who have given of their time and expertise to ensure the success of this operation. However, special thanks must go to Dr Akiel Asvat, the opthalmologist who performed Philani’s second corneal transplant on a pro bono basis,” comments Knowles.
For the past ten years, Vision Mission has been responsible for giving the gift of clear sight to thousands of underprivileged school children across the country, through screenings, eye tests and the donation of thousands of pairs of spectacles. During this time, the CSI project also assisted with two previous corneal transplants. Through #OpenEyes, it has now played a significant role in the double corneal transplant operation on 20-year-old Philani.
The #OpenEyes campaign was launched to highlight and raise awareness for Vision Mission’s new focus – the plight of thousands of needy South Africans who require a corneal transplant, but who do not have the financial means. It is hoped that Philani’s uplifting and inspiring story, and the life-changing gift of sight that he has been given, is the first of many such stories that Ster-Kinekor will tell in the future.
“Our promise to our customers is a ‘great moment at its greatest’. From his reaction to the movie, this has certainly proved true for Philani, and we look forward to sharing many more ‘great moments’ with him.
“Our plea to all our cinema goers is to ‘opt in’ during the booking process, to make a contribution to the Ster-Kinekor Vision Mission initiative. Giving someone the precious gift of sight – something most of us take for granted, but a life-changing event for someone like Philani – is as simple as a donation from just R2.50,” concludes Knowles.
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Indore: In a bid to push organ donation, hospitals directed to intimate about brain stem cell deaths
Instructions have been passed to 35 hospitals of the city including Bombay Hospital, Apollo Hospital, Medanta Hospital, CHL Hospital, Choithram Hospital, and others.
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After being jolted by the government’s decision to shift the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO) to Bhopal, Indore Organ Donation Society and the appropriate authorities have started initiatives to restart the organ donation drive as an attempt to bring back the centre to the city.
Following the same, Dean and Appropriate Authority of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College has directed all the private hospitals to necessarily inform about the brain stem cell death patients.
Moreover, hospitals have also been directed to send monthly data on the deaths that take place in the ICU of their hospitals, brain stem cell death declaration, and counselling of the family members.
Hospitals have to send the signed scanned copy and soft copy in a given format on the first week of every month so that the authorities can learn about the deaths in ICUs of hospitals and identify the reason as to why brain stem cell death couldn’t be identified or informed.
“Yes, we have been taking various measures to restart the organ donation drive in the city which has hit a hurdle due to the Covid crisis. We have asked the hospitals to immediately inform about the brain stem cell death of patients so that their families can be counselled and the lives of others could be saved,” Dean of MGM Medical College Dr Sanjay Dixit said.
Meanwhile, various organisations and NGOs continued their protest against the government decision of shifting SOTTO to Bhopal from Indore and said that Indore is leading city in Central India and shifting SOTTO would hit Indore’s ongoing drive for organ donation.
As many as 39 green corridors were formed in the city since 2015 to transport vital organs in the city and to different states to save the lives of many people.
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La Liga Teams Training in Small Groups Amid Rumours of June Return Date
Spain's top flight is closing in on a return to the field.
May 19, 2020 • 2 min read
Luis Suarez is set to return from injury as La Liga clubs return to group training. Miguel Ruiz/EPA
Spanish top-flight teams are back training in groups of up to 10 as La Liga eyes a return to action on June 12, though governing bodies are yet to confirm an official date.
Clubs from the top two tiers of Spanish football were granted permission to restart training in small groups as of Monday. La Liga president Javier Tebas published a statement, which read (via Sky Sports):
“The start of the next phase in LaLiga's Return to Training protocol is another step towards the restarting of the competition.
“It will be good to be able to set all training routines on an equal footing. It's very important that every club have the same chance to be in good shape. It's not essential, but it's very important and we're grateful that it will be like that.”
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The president has promoted the concept of playing games every day of the week in an effort to catch up on the football calendar. The competition has been suspended for more than two months due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has led to almost 28,000 deaths in Spain, per the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
AFP’s Tom Allnutt provided reaction from La Liga after it confirmed eight positive COVID-19 tests from more than 2,500 samples taken from the top two divisions earlier in May (including players and club staff):
La Liga keen to stress positive tests are part of the restart plan, not a sign that it isn't working.
"One of the objectives of these medical tests...was precisely to detect those people who are infected and
who without presenting symptoms can infect other people."
— Tom Allnutt (@TomAllnuttAFP) May 10, 2020
Tebas also hailed the Bundesliga’s successful return to action from May 16, citing German football as an example to follow for Europe’s other major leagues:
“I'm very happy, and I've congratulated them because they've taken a very important step.
“We've worked hard on this together over the past months, we've exchanged protocols, ideas, we spoke once or twice every week.
“I'm very proud of the Bundesliga. It wasn't easy. They were the first to get up and running and they're an example to follow.”
Sid Lowe of the Guardian reported La Liga protocols intended to allow 197 people to attend matches, which will take place behind closed doors for the foreseeable future. Both players and officials will undergo coronavirus tests 24 hours before each game and have their temperatures taken en route to the stadia, though the protocols must still be signed off by Spain’s health ministry.
Barcelona sit atop La Liga and are two points in front of Real Madrid as things stand. Just two points separates Sevilla and Atletico Madrid in third and sixth, respectively, with Real Sociedad and Getafe sandwiched between them, in that order.
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Premier League Players Return to Training, on Track for June Restart Despite Positive Tests
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Home Forums > Georgia Weapons License > GWL News & Information >
Store manager asked for GFL .
Discussion in 'GWL News & Information' started by JMJ2, Jul 29, 2007.
JMJ2 New Member
Today I went to autozone open carrying with shirt tucked in with my gun in a IWB holster; with just the hammer and grips showing. The store manager asked me if I had a GFL and to show it to him or I would have to leave. I told him I wouldn't be just walking around with a gun exposed if I didn't. This was the first experience I've had while open carrying; most of the time I conceal carry to avoid these types of issues.
JMJ2, Jul 29, 2007
pro2am New Member
What was the result. Did you show it...or leave?
pro2am, Jul 29, 2007
pro2am said:
I showed my GFL and everything was cool with him.
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JMJ2 said:
"No thanks. I don't have to show it to you. If you would please point me in the direction of Advance Auto Parts, I'd appreciate it."
gsusnake, Jul 29, 2007
foshizzle New Member
I would have done what JMJ2 did and just show my GFL. At least the manager knew that OC was legal with a permit. Sure, it would have been easy to throw the law in his face and tell him to go to hell, but in the end, he would have been told to leave (and would have had to) and we, (GFL holders) would all probably look like turds.
Now if some random person in the store did so, it might be different. Still, I think I would take the chance to educate if at all possible. I'm not afraid of whipping out my permit honestly. I tell everyone who will listen about Georgia firearms law.
My .02 YMMV
foshizzle, Jul 29, 2007
I think my response would have depended on how the store manager asked. If it was with attitude...then he would get attitude.
Only person that gets my identification when they ask for it is a police officer.
If the store manager has a problem with my carrying, he can ask me to leave and I'll be more than happy to.
"Just say no to 'papers please'". --Rammstein
If he said "You have to show me your license or leave" he would have gotten two choice words from me that rhyme with "duck shoe".
The manager didn't come off the wrong way, he even had a smile. He told me that crime has gotten worst in the area. He might have been a little paranoid I guess. Its probaly not their store policy but it didn't bother me.
flyin929 New Member
So, if you were getting ready to rob the place and didn't happen to have a GFL...
I guess you'd have to leave.
Personally I would have left.
flyin929, Jul 29, 2007
Rammstein New Member
Here's my take...
Show him the GFL.
Ask him how many criminals open carry.
Either way should probably result in the manager leaving you to shop in peace.
Rammstein, Jul 30, 2007
M249 New Member
If he was cool about asking, I'd show him. Not because he has any right to see it, but..
a) I wish to create a good impression and gain as many allies as possible.
b) I'd be excited because I finally got it and want to show it off!
M249, Jul 30, 2007
GAGunOwner Active Member
This is just one of those judgement calls. He can't make you show it, but he can ask you to leave.
If he was a jerk I'd probably just leave. If he was nice about it, I'd probably just "flash" the GFL to him and state "I'm legal." I don't think I'd be handing it over, he doesn't need my name and address just because I'm shopping. If that isn't enough for him, I'd have to leave.
There are situations where I'd probably show it and situations where I probably wouldn't.
GAGunOwner, Jul 30, 2007
merlock Active Member
Rammstein said:
merlock, Jul 30, 2007
M249 said:
If your goal is education and gaining allies, then the original poster had a good result!
Malum Prohibitum, Jul 30, 2007
I agree with that too.
Where is the store located?
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foshizzle said:
If the store manager asks, I would be polite and show it to him without making a big deal of it. Is it any of his business if you have a license? In his store, it is. If he wants to, he post a sign that forbids you to bring a gun in (kinda), but he didn't do that. All he wanted to do was ensure that th eperson carrying a gun in his store was doing so legally. Hat's off him for knowing what a GFL is, and not being totally ignorant of GA gun laws.
The way I see it, it can be hard to turn people in favor of gun laws and carrying guns, but one smart a** with a GFL can very easily turn people against us.
Adam5, Aug 3, 2007
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Heritage Open Days 2015 offers rare chance to see Reading's hidden treasures
Four days and 40 free attractions as town unveils its hidden history.
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The annual opportunity to see hidden or forgotten gems of Readings history starts this Thursday with the Heritage Open Days.
There will be 40 free attractions on offer during Heritage Open Days 2015 which runs until Sunday September 13.
The tours, events and activities will include rare talks, behind the scenes visits, access to buildings not usually open to the public, music recitals, book signings, cinema and a Mad Hatters Tea Party as well as a chance to explore your own family history.
For those who want to know their roots, Berkshire Records Office will put on a talk on family history on Saturday September 12.
Other events include tours of Brock Keep, a Magna Carta exhibition at Caversham Court Gardens, organ demonstrations at the Town Hall and tours of the edible roof garden at RISC.
You can explore the University of Reading’s Ure Museum and the history of cinema in Reading with Readipop. There is a tour of the Malmaison (formerly the Great Western Hotel) and a chance to explore Waterstones in Broad Street which was once the Broad Street Chapel. You can even explore Reading Crown Court.
Reading UK CIC has published a map guide to the four days of events but details can also be found at the national Heritage Open Days website at www.heritageopendays.org.uk or at www.livingreading.co.uk
Some events require advanced booking.
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Framed "Grá, Dílseacht, Cairdeas" (Love, Loyalty, Friendship) Wall Plaque
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Framed Handpainted Ogham 'Dóchas' - Hope
Framed "Dance of Time" Celtic Wall Plaque
Framed "Always Sunrise Somewhere" Wall Sculpture
Framed "Sláinte" (Health) Wall Plaque
Framed "Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin" (There’s no fireside like your own) Wall Plaque
Framed "Ní neart go cur le chéile" (There’s no strength without unity) Wall Plaque
Framed "Maireann croí éadrom i bhfad" (A light heart lives long) Wall Plaque
Framed "Grá" (Love) Wall Plaque
Framed "Go Deo" (Forever) Wall Plaque
Framed "Flúirse" (Plenty) Wall Plaque
Framed "Fáilte" (Welcome) Wall Plaque
Framed "Dia Duit" (God Be with You) Wall Plaque
Framed "Creid" (Believe) Wall Plaque
Framed "Clann" (Family) Wall Plaque
Framed "Cairdeas" (Friendship) Wall Plaque
Framed "Beannacht" (Blessing) Wall Plaque
Framed "Anam Cara" (Soulmate) Wall Plaque
Framed "A chuisle mo chroí" (Beat of my heart) Wall Plaque
Framed Bronze Claddagh
Rynhart
Ogham Handpainted Two-Name Family Plaque
Ogham Handpainted Three-Name Family Plaque
Ogham Handpainted Four-Name Family Plaque
Ogham Handpainted Five-Name Family Plaque
Small Framed Handpainted Ogham 'Love, Family and Happiness'
Small Framed Handpainted Ogham 'Health, Love and Happiness'
Small Framed Handpainted Ogham 'Friendship, Love and Loyalty'
Made by: Ogham Wishes
From the Gaelic Beannaigh an teach seo, meaning 'Bless this house/home'.
This framed Ogham Wish is a wonderful housewarming gift to be treasured! Each individual piece is handpainted on handmade paper by Ethel Kelly in Co. Roscommon, Ireland.
History of Ogham
Ogham (pronounced 'ohm') was the earliest form of writing in Ireland, existing from the 4th-9th centuries AD. Typically etched into stone or wood, it consists of a series of strokes along a line, where the strokes' quantity, length, and direction determine the letter. Most of the letters correspond to the Roman alphabet, with a few local additions, so in fact it's a translatable cypher rather than a language, read from the bottom-left upwards.
Some historians believe it may have been used as a secret alphabet that Roman Britain wouldn't be able to understand, while others suggest it may have been developed by early Christian communities as a form of shorthand. Most surviving examples are found on stone monuments in southern Ireland, though there are also some inscriptions in the west of Britain too, particularly in Wales.
Ogham writing is Ireland’s ancient script, often found inscribed on standing stones and in sacred places throughout Ireland’s rural landscape. Ethel Kelly’s award winning range of hand painted Ogham Wishes continues to enchant and delight. At her traditional workshop in Knockcroghery village in County Roscommon, each Ogham piece is individually painted by Ethel on handmade paper and beautifully framed in a contemporary black wooden frame.
While uniquely Celtic, Ogham Wishes have a universal appeal. Each Ogham gift is accompanied by an explanatory text outlining the history of Ogham writing with the Gaelic and English translations. Ogham Wishes artistically celebrates Ireland’s ancient culture and heritage, while Ogham can be used to mark almost any occasion.
Made by: Wild Goose Studio
After years in decline, the Gaelic language is experiencing a resurgence and its beauty can be seen in this award-winning framed wall plaque, originally carved by Adam Grabski.
"Grá, Dílseacht, Cairdeas" means "love, loyalty, friendship" - words often associated with the famous Claddagh ring.
Dimensions: 8.5 x 11.5 inches (21.5 x 29cm).
Fellow artists Brian Scott-McCarthy and Kathleen Smyth founded Wild Goose Studio in 1970. Together with other leading Irish artists, they created a unique range of artifacts that take inspiration from Ireland's rich cultural heritage and the contemporary world. Each piece starts with an inspiring thought, an image or an emotion and is given a physical form by their craftspeople.
It all starts with the marriage of an idea or meaning with an image. One of the artists will then carve that image into a sculpted piece which becomes the original from which they create a mold, so they can then faithfully reproduce the image in full detail. The production process itself starts with metal powders such as bronze or cast iron which form the outer surface of the finished piece and the inner is created from a cold cast pouring. Once the piece is set, they polish it to reveal the beauty hidden beneath.
Many of their pieces reflect Ireland's Celtic history, with its stone carvings and evocative language, while others are inspired by contemporary authors, philosophers, and the moments and milestones in life that shape our human experience.
From the Gaelic Dóchas meaning 'Hope'.
This framed Ogham Wish is a beautiful gift for a special person who needs encouragement when all seems lost! Each individual piece is handpainted on handmade paper by Ethel Kelly in Co. Roscommon, Ireland.
Frame size: 6" x 11"
In our busy world, time is ever more precious, as is the importance of taking time out: time for celebrating, time for joy, and time for living.
An original design by Studio co-founder Kathleen Smyth, based on a triskele pattern from Galway.
Dimensions: 11 x 13 inches (28 x 33cm)
Perspective gives us a sense of calm. How the sunflower relates to the wider universe, as it follows the sun, with its florets arranged into spirals according to the Fibonacci sequence, is a source of wonder and subject for contemplation.
Created by Nadia Corridan and carved by Adam Grabski.
Dimensions: 7.5 x 12 inches (19 x 31 cm)
"Sláinte" means "Health", and is heard in bars all over the world!
"Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin" means "There’s no fireside like your own". One of the best known of all Irish sayings, this proverb celebrates the importance of a good home and the warmth that is associated with it.
"Ní neart go cur le chéile" means "There’s no strength without unity". Often quoted by Ireland's President Michael D. Higgins, this phrase emphasises the importance of working together.
"Maireann croí éadrom i bhfad" means "a light heart lives long".
"Grá" means "love" - ideal as a gift for engagements, weddings and anniversaries!
"Go Deo" means "forever" - ideal as a gift for engagements, weddings and anniversaries!
"Flúirse" means "plenty", and is something we could all do with in our lives!
"Fáilte" means "welcome", and is a colloquial greeting in the Irish language.
"Dia Duit" means "God be with you", and is a colloquial greeting in the Irish language.
"Creid" means "believe".
Certain Irish words have a resonance which goes far beyond these shores – "clann", meaning family, is one of them.
"Cairdeas" means "friendship".
"Beannacht" means "blessing".
After years in decline, the Gaelic language is experiencing a resurgence and its beauty can be seen in this award-winning design, originally carved by Adam Grabski.
"Anam cara" means "soulmate".
This Irish phrase was popularized in the early 20th century song ‘Macushla’ and has come to mean darling, but the original is beat or pulse of my heart – a very romantic gift!
"A chuisle mo chroí" means "beat of my heart".
Made by: Rynhart
Framed bronze Claddagh. The Claddagh ring (Irish: fáinne Chladaigh) is a traditional Irish ring which represents love, loyalty and friendship (the hands represent friendship, the heart represents love, and the crown represents loyalty). The design and customs associated with it originated in the Irish fishing village of Claddagh, located just outside the old city walls of Galway, now part of Galway City. The ring as we know it was first produced in the 17th century.
Created by Jeanne Rynhart in 1981, Rynhart's bronze sculptures have been captivating people all over the world ever since. Each piece is individually handmade with delicate modelling, before a mold is made and the sculpture is cast in bronze. Finally, the piece is polished and finishing touches are added.
Today the studio is run by Jeanne's daughter Audrey and her husband Les Elliot, who both manage the company from Glengarriff in West Cork.
The Ogham Two Name Plaque is a gorgeous and simple gift with the couples names side by side in ogham writing on hand-crafted paper. This personalised and unique gift is perfect for married and soon to be married couples.
Frame size: 11"x 11"
The Ogham Four Name Plaque is a gorgeous and simple gift with your family's names side by side in ogham writing on handcrafted paper. This personalized and unique gift is perfect for families or new home gifts. This could also be personalized with three childrens' names or the parents and their new born child.
The Ogham Four Name Plaque is a gorgeous and simple gift with your family's names side by side in ogham writing on handcrafted paper. This personalized and unique gift is perfect for families or new home gifts. This could also be personalized with the parents names and the two children's names.
The Ogham Five Name Plaque is a gorgeous and simple gift with your family's names side by side in ogham writing on handcrafted paper. This personalized and unique gift is perfect for families or new home gifts. This could also be personalized with the parents names and the three children's names.
From the Gaelic Grá (Love), Clann (Family), and Sonas (Happiness).
This small Love-Family-Happiness triple Ogham Wish combination is a unique and affordable gift, perfect for weddings or anniversaries. The traditional Claddagh combination of wishes are handpainted on a single piece of handmade paper and framed in a sleek black frame. This gift is crafted by Ethel Kelly in Co. Roscommon, Ireland.
Frame size: 10" x 10"
From the Gaelic Sláinte (Health), Grá (Love), and Sonas (Happiness).
This small Health-Love-Happiness triple Ogham Wish combination is a unique and affordable gift, perfect for weddings or anniversaries. The traditional Claddagh combination of wishes are handpainted on a single piece of handmade paper and framed in a sleek black frame. This gift is crafted by Ethel Kelly in Co. Roscommon, Ireland.
From the Gaelic Cairdeas (Friendship), Grá (Love) and Dílseacht (Loyalty).
This small Friendship - Love - Loyalty triple Ogham Wish combination is a unique and affordable gift, perfect for weddings or anniversaries. The traditional Claddagh combination of wishes are handpainted on a single piece of handmade paper and framed in a sleek black frame. This gift is crafted by Ethel Kelly in Co. Roscommon, Ireland.
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VegasPartyVIP Acquires Award-Winning Tech Company Galavantier
Las Vegas, NV, Jan. 15, 2018 – VegasPartyVIP, LLC, a Las Vegas premier VIP travel concierge services announced that it has acquired all operating assets of Galavantier, the Las Vegas online travel company known for it’s booking technology and curating one-of-a-kind travel experiences. The acquisition took place mid-January with Galavantier providing its seamless booking technology developed to enhance a travelers planning experience to VegasPartyVIP. Galavantier customers will continue receiving the exciting luxury curated travel experiences they’ve come to expect.
Read More Katie KelleyFeb 02, 2018
Getting Your Beauty & Your Party On In Vegas
Typically, those headed to Las Vegas – Sin City – aren’t looking to get their beauty rest like say you would going to a secluded island in the tropics. However, with plenty of world-class spas and private as well as luxury cabanas at many of the pools, Vegas is becoming a destination for more than just the music and nightlife. While nightclubs and dayclubs have revolutionized the way Vegas is thought of now, however, that notion is expanding even further into the world of beauty.
Read More Katie KelleySep 10, 2017
Special Labor Day Weekend Performance by T-Pain
He’s considered one of the most influential American rappers of all time with a long list of top singles including the likes of “I’m Sprung,” from his 2005 top hit debut. He’s not only produced a number of chart-topping singles and albums, including Epiphany and Thr33 Rings, but he’s collaborated and made guest appearances on a number of Billboard Hot 100 charts.
From Fabolous and Akon to Kayne and DJ Khaled – even a parody collaboration with Taylor Swift – T-Pain and hi Nappy Boy Entertainment record label have produced more hits than imaginable.
Read More Katie KelleyAug 28, 2017
Life Is Beautiful 2017 Lineup in Las Vegas
It’s that time of year again when Vegas gears up for what is seemingly becoming festival season. Headlining the weekend of September 22 through the end of Sunday, September 24. Each year the festival seems to outdo itself and this year is no exception.
With musical genres ranging from up-and-coming electronic dance music (EDM) acts across the board to the seasoned Hip Hop artists like Chance The Rapper. Literally, there is something for everyone to love and enjoy. Check out the lineup below to see who is playing this year.
Hot Vegas Parties You Can't Miss This Weekend: July 20-24
Swinging into the near end of July means a slight reprieve from the heat with temperatures looming in the low 100s, but it also means that there’s still plenty of party – both at the pool and the nightclub – to go around.
If you’re headed to Vegas this weekend, check out a partial list of this weekend’s lineup. For those that are not already heading to Vegas, still take a look at the lineup below and ask yourself why you’ve not booked that quick weekend away.
Read More Katie KelleyJul 17, 2017
Time To See A Vegas Fav: DJ Mustard
DJ Mustard hit the music scene with a very particular sound – something he has – himself – dubbed as ratchet music and the West Coast hip hop style with a flair of electronic dance music (EDM). After debuting in Vegas at the Life Is Beautiful Festival in Fall 2014, which was the same year he released his album Ketchup, DJ Mustard began to be a household name among the Sin City clubs.
Where To See The World's Top DJ: Martin Garrix
He was recently voted the number one DJ in the entire world by the fan-voted system in DJ Mag and even launched a residency at the notorious Hï Ibiza (formerly Space Ibiza) in Spain. He is the face of Generation Z (iGeneration) and an influencer of more than just music. Martin Garrix, the world-famous Dutch DJ, has launched one of the most successful musical careers and one that has caught the attention of many especially considering his age.
Ring In Independence Day At The Hottest Pool Parties
With triple-digit temps across the Vegas Valley and the chance to don your best American flag swimwear – this pair becomes the perfect combo for some day drinking on Independence Day in Sin City. We’ve listed the top pools celebrating our freedom for July 4th in Las Vegas.
How To Get In: Mayweather v McGregor and The Biggest Fight In Vegas
It's been a fight that has been unimaginable as a reality to many, but now, it's happening. On Saturday, August 26 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas we will see history go down as the Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor face off in an unrivaled boxing match. Mayweather, 40, is coming out of retirment to tackle the UFC fighter who doesn't seem to backdown from anything or anyone.
Read More Katie KelleyJun 16, 2017
EDC Vegas 2017 Weekend Begins
It’s official, tonight EDC Vegas 2017 will begin with three nights of incredible music, wild costumes, dancing until dawn, meeting new friends, some light traffic (ahem), and so much more!
If you’re headed to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway tonight, it’s a good idea to start hydrating now. Not only are you looking at triple digit temperatures ranging from 105 to 110 degrees during the day it can get really hot at night especially when dancing, drinking and being in the crowd around the stage.
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2018 - Ch La Mission Haut Brion Grand Cru Classé Pessac-Léognan
Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot / Cabernet Franc
2018 CH LA MISSION HAUT BRION GRAND CRU CLASSÉ PESSAC-LÉOGNAN - 6x75cl
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Goedhuis, April 2019,
Score: 97-98
A truly lovely La Mission with a very similar overall make up to Haut-Brion with 53% Merlot and 47% Cabernets. On this occasion, despite its lovely quality on the day, it had to play second fiddle to its first growth neighbour. Similar smoky dark fruits and black olive aromas. This is full of ripeness and charm, very scented with damsons and Caribbean spice. There are so many rewards and flavours in this wine from mocha and coffee to dark winter hedgerow fruits. Delicious volume, svelte tannins and superb length.
Neal Martin, November 2019,
The 2018 La Mission Haut-Brion was picked from 10 September to 2 October at 44hL/ha. It has a perfumed and wonderfully delineated bouquet with blackberry, briary, pressed violets and graphite aromas, perhaps even more precise than the Haut-Brion at this stage. The palate is medium-bodied with silky smooth tannins. This is almost clinical in terms of precision, symmetrical, with a powerful, almost Burgundian finish that reveals amazing persistence. This is a fabulous La Mission Haut-Brion and a contender for one of the wines of the vintage.
Antonio Galloni, April 2019,
The 2018 La Mission Haut-Brion is bright and punchy, with lovely radiant fruit and a good deal of immediacy. Sweet red and purplish berry fruit, mint, tobacco, blood orange and wild flowers all grace this expressive, open-knit La Mission. It will be interesting to see what develops with élevage. Today, La Mission is decidedly expressive, and yet its typical layers of nuance are not yet especially in evidence. In 2018, La Mission is 53.5% Merlot, 42.9% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3.6% Cabernet Franc.
Wine Advocate, April 2019,
Score: 98-100
The 2018 La Mission Haut-Brion is composed of 53.5% Merlot, 42.9% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3.6% Cabernet Franc, harvested September 10 to October 2. Deep purple-black in color, it slowly unfurls to reveal a beguiling nose of earth and soft-spoken fruit, opening with wild blueberries, wet slate, pencil lead and fresh black cherries giving way to a serious core of blackcurrant cordial, baked plums and wild sage, and then exposing delicate wafts of rose hip tea and candied violets. Full-bodied, the palate is very tightly wound and super intense with amazing restraint and energy focused around very firm, exquisitely fine-grained tannins and seamless freshness, finishing incredibly long and fantastically multilayered. Extraordinary wine.
James Suckling, April 2019,
A tight and linear red with fantastic oyster-shell, iodine and crushed-stone character, complementing the currants and blackberries. Extremely long and fresh.
Decanter, April 2019,
An extremely fine Mission, just beginning to say its piece. It's dense, gorgeously velvety in texture and bursting with fruit and energy. On the palate you get liquorice and dark chocolate notes, showing clear generosity while easily walking the line of balance. The longer it sits in the glass, the more the minerality takes hold on the mid-palate, doling out its tiny sparks of electricity and holding your attention. The subtle smoke, freshly cut herbs and tight tannins steal up on you, planting their flag in the finish. Harvested 10 September to 2 October, giving a 44hl/ha yield. 1% Petit Verdot completes the blend. IPT 75.8. The 3.76pH is the highest since 1989. Drinking Window 2023 - 2032
Matthew Jukes, April 2019,
Score: 18++
This is a blunt and tough La Mission with muscle and power and it is not showing much fruit, preferring to lead with skin tannin and oak notes. The dryness and intensity of the skin derived flavours are rather arresting and this dents the flow of the wine across the palate. There are slight coffee bean notes and some tobacco details here, but overall this is a square, monolithic wine which needs a lot of time and also some serious softening of the tannins to fall into balance.
Julia Harding, April 2019,
Score: 17.5+
Deepest crimson with very dark core. Intense, pure aromatic cassis and a hint of cassis leaf, though fully ripe. Smells very Cabernet. And the tannins are upright and structured but extremely lithe and supple. No thickness here. Agile. Just a little chewy on the finish. So seemingly approachable and full of energy. Drink 2026-2040
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Owned by the Dillon family since 1983, La Mission Haut Brion is without doubt one of the mostexceptional wines of Bordeaux. Across the road from Haut Brion, it regularly competes with its moreillustrious older sibling and has even outperformed Haut Brion in certain vintages, such as 2006 when Wine Spectator suggests that it "could be the wine of the vintage".
Stretching from the rather unglamorous southern suburbs of Bordeaux, for 50 km along the left bank of the river Garonne, lies Graves. Named for its gravelly soil, a relic of Ice Age glaciers, this is the birthplace of claret, despatched from the Middle Ages onwards from the nearby quayside to England in vast quantities. It can feel as though Bordeaux is just about red wines, but some sensational white wines are produced in this area from a blend of sauvignon blanc, Semillon and, occasionally, muscadelle grapes, often fermented and aged in barrel. In particular, Domaine de Chevalier is renowned for its superbly complex whites, which continue to develop in bottle over decades. A premium appellation, Pessac-Leognan, was created in 1987 for the most prestigious terroirs within Graves. These are soils with exceptional drainage, made up of gravel terraces built up in layers over many millennia, and consequently thrive in mediocre vintages but are less likely to perform well in hotter years. These wines were appraised and graded in their own classification system in 1953 and updated in 1959, but, like the 1855 classification system, this should be regarded with caution and the wines must absolutely be assessed on their own current merits.
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Honda Classic picks: Why Brooks Koepka's value is too good to ignore at PGA National
By Stephen Hennessey
David Cannon
Implied value is a concept that isn't necessarily applicable outside advanced statistics—or gambling. Understanding how it applies to finding good odds on a likely golf winner at PGA National will be interesting for any golf fan. Taking a look at this week's odds and applying this theory to a relatively weak field, it's impossible not to land on Brooks Koepka as someone you'd be tempted to consider as a winner.
Justin Thomas is the overwhelming favorite according to Vegas at 5-to-1 odds. That's double the odds as the next in line, Rickie Fowler, who won a couple weeks ago in Phoenix, but took some time off before Mexico and played poorly there. Next, you land on Koepka. He owns a spotty record at PGA National, failing to finish inside the top 25 in his four appearances. But, as two of our golf handicappers in this group, Pat Mayo of DraftKings and Brandon Gdula of FanDuel, explain in further detail below, you're getting great value on Koepka, the three-time major champion, relative to those two golfers with less attractive odds.
Does Thomas really have more than double the chances of winning than Koepka? That seems a little too strong, especially with a less top-heavy Honda Classic field. Koepka is likely the best player, if not second best, player here—but you're not paying like he is. Koepka gained more than three strokes on the field last week, but he had a historically poor putting performance on some interesting surfaces at Chapultepec. Why else is Koepka the intriguing pick this week? Read on for the takes from all of our experts inside Golf Digest's weekly betting preview, including our weekly advice from a PGA Tour caddie, offering insight from the range and putting green every week, thanks to our partnership with The Caddie Network.
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2019 Honda Classic Picks To Win (Odds from FanDuel Sportsbook)
PGA Tour Caddie Guest Picker of the Week: Adam Scott (16-1) — Scott won the Honda in 2016 and, along with the win, has finished inside the top 15 in each of his last four starts there. He's had a nice season to this point with a runner-up showing at Torrey Pines and a T-7 at Riviera. We'll take the solid form as he's headed to a place where he has plenty of confidence.
Pat Mayo, DraftKings/Fantasy National analyst: Brooks Koepka (11-1) — Koepka's course history at PGA National (MC/T26/T51/T33), are not great. The T-27 in Mexico was also unimpressive. Unless you dig a bit deeper. Lost in that Mexico finish for Brooks was his tee-to-green dominance. Koepka was fifth in the field at the WGC tee-to-green, trailing only DJ, Rory, JT and Keegan Bradley. In fact, he was the only player inside the top 15 in strokes gained/tee-to-green for the event that finished outside the top 20 on the leaderboard. This is what happens when you lose almost six strokes on the greens. The guy just couldn't putt. Sometimes that happens. Not often so terrible, though. Koepka's negative-5.7 strokes gained putting is the third worst mark of his career with the flat stick, so a rebound is likely coming. One, because he's generally a pretty good putter overall, and two, he does he best work on Bermuda greens, gaining more than +0.35 strokes per round per FantasyNational.com.
Brandon Gdula, FanDuel/numberFire editor: Brooks Koepka (11-1) — Brooks Koepka is coming off a T-27 at the WGC-Mexico but ranked fifth in strokes gained/tee to green. He just struggled mightily with the putter. Brooks is back on his best putting surface (Bermuda) this week and—while Thomas is the much easier justification—Brooks offers significantly more value.
Dr. Lou Riccio, Columbia University: Justin Thomas (5-1) — We've been on him the past two weeks. We're going to ride the heater while it lasts.
Golf Digest editors: Sergio Garcia (15-1) — Perception is that Sergio Garcia isn't having a great season. You'd be mistaken. He had the embarrassing Saudi Arabia outbursts in the bunker and on the greens, which got a ton of pub. But his results since September are actually insanely good. And Sergio finished T-6 in Mexico last week. Before that, he won the Valderrama Masters (weak field, sure) and has five other top-10s. On a difficult ball-strikers' course like PGA National, we'll take Sergio in a weak field. Sergio has gained at least two strokes per round on the field in his last 20 rounds, according to FantasyNational.com. It's about time that translated to another win for him.
(Results on the season: We’ve correctly predicted five of the season’s 14 events. Pat Mayo has correctly picked Bryson DeChambeau (12-1, Shriners); Matt Kuchar (60-1 at the OHL Classic) and Phil Mickelson (25-1 at Pebble Beach). Golf Digest editor Christopher Powers correctly picked Kevin Tway (55-1) to start the season at the Safeway Open. And Lou Riccio called Rickie Fowler's win (16-1) in Phoenix.)
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Sleepers/Dark Horses That Could Win at the Honda Classic (odds from FanDuel Sportsbook)
PGA Tour Caddie: Byeong Hun An (41-1) — The value is really strong in this price range, and An's game fits PGA National, evidenced by his T-5 here last year.
Mayo: C.T. Pan (90-1) — Following a steady run through the beginning of the swing season where he notched a top-30 finish in each of his first four starts, things went off the rails. Although the former world No. 1-ranked amateur hasn't missed a cut in 2019, the results haven’t been pretty: T-51/T-66/T-60/T-44. Finishes that won’t win you any money. However, there is something to take away from his T-44 at Riviera, the ball-striking was back for the first time all season.
In his first three starts, Pan lost more than a stroke-and-a-half on his approaches and was actually a liability to patrons in San Diego and Phoenix, where he was a combined negative-4.8 strokes gained/off-the-tee. There was something different about that start at the Genesis, though. For a short hitter, he still gained over a stroke off the tee, and, more importantly, he was among the leaders in the field from 175 yards and beyond in proximity. In fact, that’s the one thing that’s been uniform in his game this year—the longer irons have remained solid. Pan is a player who’s going to keep himself out of danger off the tee, can scramble when needed, and strikes a solid enough iron to challenge in a weakish field.
Gdula: Graeme McDowell (55-1) — McDowell has made three of five cuts at the Honda Classic, with two top-15s the past five years. The area resident putts best on Bermuda, too.
Riccio: Sam Ryder (190-1) — Ryder had that hot stretch over the summer, finishing in the top 10 four times in a five month span. And he's been quiet ever since. He's an above average ball-striker who rates out high on my model—in fact, he's my top five out of all players in this field. These are really high odds for someone who
Golf Digest editors: Lucas Glover (55-1) — Glover is the leader on the PGA Tour in bogey avoidance—but that's not the only reason we like the former U.S. Open champ. Aside from a missed cut at the WMPO, Glover hasn't finished outside the top 20 since October. That's incredible. Also incredible: The stats last time Glover teed it up—he gained 12 strokes (!!!) on the field at Pebble Beach. Twelve! That's an insane stat to only finish T-7. Glover is playing so well—these odds are short of what they should be, most likely because Glover doesn't have the name recognition like a Webb Simpson or a Gary Woodland. But Glover is playing just as well as them.
Players to Fade This Week (who will disappoint)
PGA Tour Caddie: Brooks Koepka (11-1) — I’m off of Brooks. The reigning U.S. Open and PGA champion has not yet returned to summer form, and PGA National is not exactly a “bomb and gouge” course, which are the kind of layouts where Brooks flourishes. In four appearances here, Koepka doesn't have a top-25 finish and only has three under-par scores in 14 rounds—not exactly the pedigree that inspires confidence, especially at these high of odds.
Mayo: Rickie Fowler (10-1) — Rickie’s fine, but simply overpriced. Per projections, he’s one of the favorites to win this event, as expected, but his win probability is in the Cameron Smith and Webb Simpson range, and those are more than double Fowler’s odds. There’s just no value on the wager with Rickie.
Gdula: Justin Thomas (5-1) — Thomas is understandably the overwhelming favorite, and he grades out as the top projected winner everywhere. He’s first in approach, par 4 scoring, and bogey avoidance over the past 100 rounds, but the odds are just too short to back.
Riccio: Luke List (36-1) — I understand List lost in a playoff here last year to Justin Thomas. That doesn't mean he's a lock to contend again. In fact, my model gives List just the 37th best chance out of players in this field to win. And you're paying for List like he's the 12th most likely guy to win. With those implied odds, I'd rather pivot to someone with longer odds. List also ranks 80th on tour in bogey avoidance this season. At PGA National, you need to avoid the big numbers—and I'm not sure Luke List can do that again this year.
Golf Digest editors: Rickie Fowler (10-1) — At a course where avoiding big numbers is key, Rickie Fowler isn't the pick for us. He won in 2017, and finished T-6 before that, so he obviously likes PGA National. But he missed the cut here last year, and after his win in Phoenix a couple weeks ago, we're not sure the gas pedal is at full throttle for Rickie. He already has his win—now his focus is the majors. That's another reason we favor Koepka over Rickie this week.
2019 Honda Classic: Matchups
PGA Tour Caddie: Lucas Glover (-120) over Jim Furyk (DraftKings) — Glover's got a decent record around PGA National. With rain in the forecast Wednesday, it could play long and soft, which gives Lucas the advantage over Jim.
Mayo: Scott Piercy (-105) over Jason Kokrak (Sportsbook) — Kokrak has been solid lately, but Piercy is quietly one of the premier ball-strikers on tour. Like many of my favorites, he just can’t putt. However, as long as he’s average at PGA National on the greens, he’ll win this matchup going away.
Gdula: Sungjae Im (-120) over Dylan Frittelli (Topbet) — Sungjae Im is coming off of two straight missed cuts, but the peripheral stats are a bit more promising than the finishes make it seem. Frittelli (11th here last year) rates out poorer for me.
Riccio: Zach Johnson (-125) over Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Topbet) — Aphibarnrat might earn some betting love this week at PGA National on the heels of his T-3 at the WGC-Mexico. But he doesn't have a penchant of avoiding trouble—necessary to keep a good round going at the Honda Classic. Zach Johnson, with his methodical style, is more of a consistent option—and we like his chances of making the cut better. To give more perspective, ZJ ranks ninth on my model for the week, whereas Kiradech is 89th. That's an auto pick for me.
Golf Digest editors: __Michael Thompson (-106) over Jason Kokrak (DraftKings) — We don't mean to pick against Jason Kokrak doubly, as Mayo also picked against him, but Michael Thompson's success both at the Honda Classic (past winner, 2013) and recently (hasn't finished outside the top 15 in his past four starts, including three top-10s). That's a reason to like Thompson over Kokrak, who has missed the cuts in three of his past five appearances at PGA National, failing to finish better than T-41 since 2012. We love Thompson here!
(Matchup results last week: Mayo: 1 for 1 (Ian Poulter over Henrik Stenson); Riccio: 1 for 1 (Billy Horschel over Shane Lowry); GD Editors: 1 for 1 (Charles Howell III over Louis Oosthuizen); PGA Tour Caddie: 0 for 1; Gdula: 0 for 1
(Matchup results for the year: Riccio: 5 for 7; GD Editors: 5 for 7 (and one push); PGA Tour Caddie: 4 for 8; Mayo: 3 for 6 (and one push); Gdula: 2 for 5 (and one push)
Top 10 (odds from FanDuel Sportsbook)
PGA Tour Caddie: Billy Horschel (+430) — He’s got two top-10 finishes in the last three years at the Honda. He’ll add to that this week.
Mayo: Graeme McDowell (+650) — It’s a short layout on the coast with the potential for swirling winds. That G-Mac’s wheel house. In his PGA career, he’s won at Pebble, Harbour Town, and Mayakoba, all coastal, short, wind-infused tracks. Since his ball-striking isn’t what it once was, he’ll have to rely on the flat stick, never a position you want to put yourself in, but G-Mac rolls it well enough to get it going on these greens.
Gdula: Emiliano Grillo (+430) — Grillo has gained strokes with his approach play in all four events in 2019, and he has avoided bogeys well over his past 100 rounds. He finished eighth here a year ago and has gained strokes tee-to-green in all three tries at PGA National.
Riccio: Webb Simpson (+200) — Webb gained more than seven strokes on the field in Mexico in his approach shots, a stat that should translate well at PGA National, where he finished T-5 last year.
Golf Digest editors: Lucas Glover (+500) — Read our explanation above of why Glover is our long shot, and that's why he's our top-10 bet, too. His finishes since October: 7th place, MC, 12th, 11th, 7th, 14th and 17th. That's consistency.
(Top-10 results last week: Mayo has hit his past four top-10 bets in a row, hitting Joost Luiten +750 last week. That was just showing off. PGA Tour Caddie: 1 for 1 (Sergio Garcia, +350); Riccio: 0 for 1; Gdula: 0 for 1; GD Editors: 0 for 1)
(Top-10 results for the year: Mayo: 5 for 8; PGA Tour Caddie: 3 for 9; GD Editors: 2 for 7; Riccio: 2 for 7; Gdula: 1 for 7)
Mayo: I’ve touched on the rest, but, like McDowell, Russell Henley can never be counted out on a short, windy course. The biggest leaderboard and stat crossovers for PGA National are the Sony Open and Colonial. Henley has already won Sony and this event in the past, and has actually got his irons working again in two of the past three events. He’s pricier than expected, so it should keep the masses off of him.
Brooks Koepka ($10,700); Russell Henley ($8,600) Scott Piercy ($8,100); C.T. Pan_ ($7,800); Graeme McDowell ($7,600).
Riccio: Kyle Stanley and Austin Cook offer affordable, low-risk options as consistent ball-strikers who stay out of trouble. They might not light up the scoreboard, but they are good bets to make the cut.
Justin Thomas ($11,900); Webb Simpson ($9,600); Joaquín Niemann ($7,600); Kyle Stanley ($7,000); Austin Cook ($6,900); Stewart Cink ($6,800)
Golf Digest Editors: Graeme McDowell, the former U.S. Open champ, has four top 10s in 10 starts at Bay Hill, although he missed the cut at last year’s event. Still, his game is trending in the right direction, noted by a respectable 28th ranking in strokes gained on the season...Niemann has not parlayed last summer’s surprising run into success in 2019, failing to finish inside the top 40 in four events this year. However, his driving prowess should play well here, and with tame conditions expected, Niemann’s disastrous flat stick (215th sg/putting) shouldn’t cause much harm...Woodland has a past runner-up under his belt at Bay Hill, and despite not finding the winner’s circle, no one has been as consistent this season with six top 10s in nine starts. Envision that run to continue this week.
Gary Woodland ($9,800); Cameron Smith ($9,500); Michael Thompson_ ($8,000); Graeme McDowell ($7,600); Joaquín Niemann ($7,600); Patrick Rodgers ($7,100)
Gdula: Although I'm advocating Justin Thomas as a betting fade, he’s an elite FanDuel play even at $13,000. His floor projects to be insanely high this week relative to the field. Rostering Thomas and another Tier 2 golfer (Rickie Fowler, Brooks Koepka, Sergio Garcia, Gary Woodland, or Adam Scott) requires some cheap options.
Jason Kokrak ($9,400), Sungjae Im ($9,200), Graeme McDowell ($9,100), Talor Gooch ($8,600), Harold Varner III ($8,600), and Vaughn Taylor ($8,400).
Riccio: Webb Simpson gained 7.1 strokes on the field in approaches to the green in Mexico, a reason to really like him this week:
Justin Thomas ($13,000); Rickie Fowler ($11,900); Webb Simpson ($10,600); Joaquín Niemann ($8,800); Sam Ryder_ ($8,500); Seamus Power ($7,100)
GD Editors: Luke List is getting run for his T-2 here last year, but enters Honda ranked 10th in strokes gained/tee-to-green. Coupled with a T-15 at Riviera, a good bet for a top-10 finish...The price tag is high on Thompson, but the veteran has a T-9, T-13, T-10 and T-7 in his last four starts. Also a former winner at PGA National in 2013, although hasn’t had a top-20 finish since...Noren has not been particularly strong as of late. However, did finish third at the event last year, and is too good to be this cold for much longer.
Cameron Smith ( $10,700); Alex Noren ($10,500); Luke List ($10,200) Michael Thompson ($10,100); Kiradech Aphibarnrat ($9,800); Jason Dufner_ ($8,700)
About our experts
Dr. Lou Riccio, a PhD senior lecturer, teaches rational decision making at Columbia's Graduate School of Business and has served on the USGA's handicap research team for three decades. His predictive analysis and modeling helps him make expert picks for our column.
Pat Mayo is known as one of the pre-eminent experts in daily-fantasy sports and golf handicapping specifically. Mayo is a 14-time fantasy sports-writers association finalist and earned the 2018 FSWA "podcast of the year" award. Mayo is on the board of governors at www.fantasynational.com. Here’s a link to watch his complete DraftKings preview of the Genesis Open.
Brandon Gdula, a senior editor and analyst for NumberFire, a FanDuel daily-fantasy analysis company, recently won the 2018 fantasy sports-writers association Golf Writer of the Year (congrats, Brandon!). Gdula also co-hosts the DFS Heat Check podcast.
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PGA Championship 2017: Ian Poulter gets heated with official over ruling
By Joel Beall
CHARLOTTE — Give Ian Poulter this: The man doesn't shy away from his convictions. While this pertinacity draws its share of detractors, it also helped the Englishman force his way into a favorable -- and likely, proper -- ruling at the PGA Championship.
During his final round at Quail Hollow, Poulter sailed his tee shot on the short par-4 eighth into the woods, an area marked as a lateral hazard. However, following five minutes of search, Poulter, playing partner Jordan Spieth and marshals were unable to locate his ball. Because the ball was not found, an official suggested, since it was lost, the 41-year-old head back to the tee instead of playing the penalty under the lateral parameters. News not taken kindly by Poulter:
As you can hear, Poulter was indignant over the initial ruling. However, cameras were able to determine the shot did go into the hazard, and moments later, his original ball was found. But, because it was after the designated time allotted, Poulter was forced to play his shot under the pretenses it had disappeared in the hazard.
He was able to manage a bogey on the hole, but given his run -- Poulter was three under on his first eight -- the adventure bumped him off the tracks.
Since his tour-card reprieve in spring, Poulter has been rejuvenated inside the ropes, entering this week with top-15 finishes in his last three starts. He made the turn at Quail Hollow just outside the top 20.
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The Great War centenary
IWM & Peter Jackson Restore Film Footage - They Shall Not Grow Old
Remembered Today:
By Derek Black,
22 January , 2018 in The Great War centenary
Ron Clifton
Posted 13 October , 2018
Lieut-General
Old Sweats
Location:Cambridge
Interests:War Establishments (composition of units) and Orders of Battle (composition of formations)
There is a one-off showing at the Arts Picturehouse in Cambridge, to be followed by a Q&A session with the director and the critic Mak Kermode. The cinema's website will not allow online booking so I assume that it has sold out.
The TV version on 11 November is on Talking Pictures TV (Freeview channel 81), which I cannot receive, so I shall have to wait until it goes on general release, or the DVD comes out.
The misquote annoyed me, too.
steandpaula
Location:St.Helens
Interests:South Lancs Regiment and or anything else related to St.Helens men in WW1.
It's probably just me but does anyone else fell the coloured film makes it all look a bit to much like an Hollywood war film from the studio and not the real thing? Maybe because I have become so accustomed to WW1 being in b&w I can't get used to the colour scenes. Will defo give it more time and views to become more 'normal' though, as the time and effort put into it deserves that at least. Certainly not being disrespectful or ungrateful, but that's how the first views of the clips left me.
Michelle Young
Location:Wiltshire UK
Interests:1914, 1915-the forgotten battlefields- scoring and watching cricket, walking, cooking, motorcycles, my family, real ale and a good glass of single malt.
I would liked to have gone to a screening, however 6pm is not a good time. No local cinemas showing it. And normally I finish work at 6, but Tuesday I'm working til 8. Will have to try to catch it on the 11th November.
wmfinch
Location:Cheltenham, UK
Interests:WW1 55th West Lancashire Division RFA, Family History, Steam Railways,
On 24 September 2018 at 23:11, aengland said:
I understand that this exciting venture is also to be shown on BBC 1 on 11 November.... does anyone know if a DVD is planned?
I hope so ... I couldn't get a ticket for the Cheltenham showing.
simond9x
I do understand the misgivings about seeing the colourised film but I’m really looking forward to seeing it tomorrow. From the trailer, the colour brings an ‘immediacy’ to the images which look as though they could have been filmed yesterday. I see it as a continuum in the development and viewing of these films..... firstly they were speed-corrected for showing on modern equipment; then they were remastered to give them sharpness and bring out hitherto unseen details; now they have been colourised. It’s as much about the detail in the background for me - the rolling green hills, etc - it almost makes you feel as though you are there rather than just watching ‘history’. The remastered IWM versions released over the last decade will always be the ones I watch but this will (should?) complement them well. If it does nothing but introduce younger viewers (who wouldn’t normally watch black and white), it will have served its purpose.
Gardenerbill
Brigadier-General
15 hours ago, steandpaula said:
It's probably just me but does anyone else fell the coloured film makes it all look a bit to much like an Hollywood war film from the studio and not the real thing?
I think it's worth noting that the battle scenes were staged and the films were created for home viewing and inteneded to portray the war in a positive light, hence the 'Hollywood' feel.
WilliamRev
Lieut-Colonel
Location:East Preston, West Sussex, UK
Interests: Royal Scots Fusiliers (avatar shows my grandfather, Capt. S. Revels, aged 22). Having completed an MA in 'Britain and the First World War' at the University of Wolverhampton, I have recently started a PhD.
I read yesterday that many thousands of copies are going to be sent out free to schools, so there will be plenty of copies knocking around. But lets hope that it can also be purchased legitimately by us all in due course.
Buffnut453
Interests:Family HIstory
Agreed...I just hope it's available over here in the US of A. Nothing more frustrating than having a DVD that won't play 'cos it's the wrong region. This is definitely on my wants list.
Just got back from the viewing at the Lowry, brilliant need more time to reflect before posting anymore.
Pighills
Major-General
Location:Harrogate
Interests:Harrogate's war
It’s true, it really was like ‘being in the trenches with them’. You’d have thought it was just filmed yesterday. Thoroughly entrancing. Brilliant modern technology. See it if you can.
stiletto_33853
Old Sweat
Location:South of England
Interests:The Rifle Brigade,The 8th Rifle Brigade & 14th (Light) Division.
Thought this was an outstanding piece of work, quite moving.
LEUZEWOOD
Location:Nottingham
Interests:THE SOMME 1/4 BATTALION CITY OF LONDON REGIMENT (ROYAL FUSILIERS) LEUZE WOOD GOMMECOURT ETAPLES DANNES CAMIERS
It's true, it really was like being in a room full of morons munching popcorn all the way through! What is it with some people that they can't sit through a film without stuffing their faces?
Grumbles aside, I watched in 3D and had a genuine flutter and and spine tingle when the screen became full colour and men were literally peering out and talking to me. I thought it would be gimmicky but it was far from it.
mandy hall
Location:sussex by the sea
Interests:7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment
6 minutes ago, stiletto_33853 said:
Agreed, very moving.
It was a sell out in Chichester, no one eating around us. Impressed by no adverts, no trailers, just straight into the film. I was surprised by the amount of people that didn’t wait for the Q and A and got up and left before the credits had even finished.
I have just downloaded the One Show on iPlayer, as my mum said there is a piece on tonight's programme about it.
Location:Welwyn Garden City
Interests:The aspects of the Great War which have influenced our present lives
18 minutes ago, LEUZEWOOD said:
I had the misfortune to be seated beside a Toby Jug in human form, who commandeered my arm rest, spread his legs akimbo and then talked to his companion about a work problem he had to face the following day. And then, low and behold, a snack packet exploded into life directly behind me and the chomping began!
No eaters or slurpers in Ripon, thankfully, but we did have late arrivals (thankfully not during the actual film but during the preamble/interviews outside). I have to admit I was quite put out at the disrespect shown and did voice to my husband, loud enough for them to hear as we stood to let them pass by, how rude they were to turn up late. Goodness knows what I’d have done if they’d interrupted the actual film
There were only 58 seats available in the small screen room, about 6 or so were still empty and 3 people chose to leave straight after the film.
Trevor Phillips
Stunning, simply stunning. So much footage and so many photos I'd never seen before, but even the familiar footage we've seen many times before somehow seemed totally new after its restoration and in colour. Loved the clip of the big British artillery piece firing, causing slates to fall off the roof of the nearby building.
Location:Ye Olde England
Interests:Collecting Great War memoirs & diaries of service on the Western Front . The B.E.F 1914-15
I was very impressed by it . It was interesting to see the famous Somme footage of the Bedford's officer reading from
a piece of paper to the soldiers down the side street and actually be able to hear what he was saying ( voiced by an actor ).
In the Q&A Peter Jackson explained how he tracked down the contents of the piece of paper , but of course all those who
left early missed it.
Terry_Reeves
Superb. You might have thought the colour film had been filmed this year in Holywood. What was also impressive, only revealed in the Q & A session, was that lip readers had been brought in to read the comments by the troops on film.
Worth seeing for sure.
Bernard_Lewis
Location:Neath
Interests:Swansea Battalion (14th Welsh); Swansea in the Great War, Neath RFC, Victorian Neath and Swansea, Victorian Poor Law, Henry Coombe-Tennant.
Location:North London
I also saw it this evening.
Despite a couple of people grazing throughout behind me, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
What an amazing job Peter Jackson and his team have done, this has definitely broken the mould regarding historical documentaries.
I shall be recording it on 11th November, it will be really interesting to be able to pause the film to study some of the images.
I was highly impressed.
thetrenchrat22
Location:Cheshire
Interests:The Cheshire Regiment in the Great War and also from 1689 to 2007
Now that my ears have stopped ringing, as I was sitting below a speaker.
Which didn’t stop me, I found it very interesting and enjoyable to watch.
I’ve seen some of the footage before in black and white. But with the colour and the sound it really brought it home.
The screams of the horse’s and the buzzing of the flies, hearing actual words and voice.
I hope that it is released on DVD, as you could have 1 disc of the original film and the second disc with the colour and sound.
It really does bring it home, as many people think that the world was covered in black and white before the invention of colour television and colour Kodak film.
A big thank and well done to all involved.
Seems like they’re extending the screening - catch it if you can, I don’t think watching it on tv will have quite the same effect although it will still be good
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/16/peter-jacksons-first-world-war-film-get-extended-cinema-run/?fbclid=IwAR3oOpYAi9ydJa3W5coZSKrMxsfHIcxYlquvDtf-kLLfbAa3gmqzRAQdN14
Unfortunately all the screenings are daytime or 6pm. Useless for me as I won't be able to finish work early enough to get to a 6pm show or get time off for a daytime show.
TV it is for me
timsanders
Interests:1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. 12th Bn. (Pioneer) Sherwood Foresters Belper / Milford / Alfreton lads. 3rd Division in 1914.
It's a masterpiece - not just a sympathetic treatment of old war footage but a fantastic piece of cinema in it's own right.
Can't wait to see the 'Making of' documentary on 11/11
Captain RHW
Interests:ANZACs, RFC, Verdun, touring battlefields
I was fortunate enough to see it last night. Overall it was excellent, colourisation was done well, the voiceovers were compelling (and not at all chosen to represent modern sensibilities) and there were some superb sequences. The footage of the artillery fire knocking off roof tiles, for example, was extremely memorable. No real complaints, though of course there were limitations, in that no-one was ever going to take 1914-18 era camera over the top with them.
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'high quality vintage': winemakers toast 2019 harvest - stainless steel water bottles
by：Koodee 2019-07-31
Some of them have been placed in the bottles of the bar, on the shelves of the bottle shop, while more are placed in stainless steel tanks of wineries across the country.
Wine lovers who love white wines can already taste the first batch of 2019 Australian wines as some of them are already on the market.
But those who like the Reds have to wait a while before celebrating the first product of the latest harvest.
The comprehensive data on 2019 Australian wines will not be released until next month, but the Australian wine industry expects sales to decline from last year, mainly due to the drying conditions and high temperature in the growing season of some major wine producing areas.
The output of wine grapes in 2019 was about 1.
Tony bataglin, chief executive officer of the Australian Grape and Wine Company, said the company produced 65 million tons of grapes and wine.
This will drop 1 from last year's production.
79 million tons, but the decline is not expected to be as big as some feared earlier this year.
"This is an interesting year.
"It's going to drop last year, and that's no doubt," Battaglene said . ".
"The overall quality is good.
We do not have any problems with any disease caused by rain events.
"So we are looking for a very high quality wine, just a reduction in the quantity," he said . ".
Despite lower production, he believes that "everyone will get a little benefit from wine", the price of grapes rose last year, the demand for high-end wines is also rising, and exports to China are strong --
Australia's largest export marketstill rising. In a post-
ASX-harvest update at the end of April
Listed wine business Australian wine is one of the first wine companies to evaluate 2019 wines, which says extreme weather conditions have "cut" the improvement of its business.
The company told the market that it had crushed 83,000 tons of grapes from 2019 years, well below the expected crushing of 114,000 tons and 93,000 tons last year.
"This year's wine was severely affected by the frosts that occurred in some of our vineyards at the end of last year and the extreme heat of January and February.
At Adelaide Hills, our vineyard production has dropped by 51, and in Barossa, production has dropped by 48.
In the irrigation area, the total output dropped by 17 percentage points from last year, 25 percentage points lower than expected . "
The wine company said the grape production in its own and leased vineyards was 18 percentage points lower than last year, while the "third-party grower ton" fell by 24 percentage points.
But at the same time as production fell, the company's trading update showed strong growth in total sales last year, and sales in the UK and Europe increased by 19 percentage points by the end of the third quarter.
"At this stage, it is estimated that the crushing rate of the 2019 Australian wine industry has dropped at least at 2018 of the crushing rate.
"Although production has declined, early indications indicate that the quality is very good," McGugan added . ".
The Treasury Wine Estate, Australia's largest wine company, said it was a "very strong and high
Premium Luxury wine ", the intake of luxury wine increased by about 10 compared to the previous year.
McGugan's comments on the quality of 2019 wines were echoed by the different winemakers interviewed this week by time and the Sydney Morning Herald, who said, smaller overall year does not mean less flavor or quality.
When the cost of water is high, dry conditions and heat increase the demand for irrigation water, but dry and lack of wet weather eliminates the threat of disease.
However, due to the heat and lack of rainfall, a large demand for irrigation is also accompanied by a large amount of pumping costs.
Australian Wine chief executive Andreas Clark said that while wine production has declined in some regions, particularly in South Australia, the actual impact on total output "will not be as significant as the 20 cents quoted by Australian wine ".
"In general, everyone will definitely like more grapes and wine, so the whole market is short and people will like it a bit more," he said . " It is difficult to say what impact 2019 wine will have on the profitability of wine producers, he added.
"People have been reporting to me that they have a good business and a good return. I'm optimistic.
"It's always a balance to get the right supply to meet the market demand," he said . ".
The Brown family wine group grows and obtains grapes from all over Victoria and the state of tazhou.
It has been brewing in the north.
East Victoria since the 1880 s
Joel Tilbrook, the group's chief winemaker, said the temperatures were higher in January but slowed down from February.
High temperatures make it very important to fully water and manage the vine canopy.
"You need to be careful if you have a lot of heat around you. . .
So make sure you are healthy (vine)
Canopy and appropriate blade coverage.
"You need to have a bigger canopy in a warm climate," he said . ".
But with the exception of the high temperature of January, it was a very good growing season for the Brown family and "brought very high quality results," he said.
"We just finished our annual post a few weeks ago-
Vintage classified tasting, we are very satisfied with the overall quality.
"The color and taste of red wine are very strong," he said . ".
Australian wine companies have more tools to fight the heat than watering and managing the vineyards canopy.
Last summer, one way the winemaker repelled the heat was to apply a special clay product to a bunch of grapes and leaves, mixed with water.
This product, known as caolin, can protect against sunburn.
According to the winemaker, it can also reduce the temperature of the grapes and the ambient temperature below the vines.
"It's an inert clay that we can put on.
It just covers a bunch and a few leaves and a bunch of things around it, "said Steve Webb, chief winemaker of the jalyad botolli wine.
The use of the product in the wine industry may be increasing, but the bigger trend seems to be that alcohol drinkers in Australia and abroad are increasing their consumption of procek.
"No matter what you do, you can sell," Webb said of proseck . ".
"Prosecco is a monster.
We are a bit behind the UK in Australia.
This is the biggest sparkling wine in Britain. they can't buy enough sparkling wine. (And)
"This is a huge growth," he said . "
De Bortoli winemaker said he was very satisfied with the 2019 wine of the prosecco grapes operated by the company in King Victoria Valley, but he believed that in the growing season, heat would reduce production.
Chris Tyrell, the fifth-generation winemaker from new state Hunter Valley Tyrell, said other trends in the Australian wine industry were also evident.
Australians are drinking more and more chardonnay wine, and they are increasingly choosing light red wine as food.
The trend, he says, is good for Hunter Valley.
"Chardonnay's sales will come back like you don't believe.
You can talk to any Chardonnay producer in any region and they will say that Chardonnay's sales are growing.
"The quality of chardonnay is better than ever," he said . ".
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From Professional Golfer To Social Media Celebrity: Paige Spiranac’s Life In Photos
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She is known as the head-turning golfer who went from playing the sport professionally to becoming a worldwide social media celebrity almost overnight. But there is far more to Paige Spiranac than just what meets the eye. Read on to discover the many trials and tribulations the golfer went through in life to get where she is today. As they say, never judge a book by its cover.
Born To Be An Athlete
On March 26, 1993, Paige Spiranac was born into a family of athletes. Her father Dan Spiranac was a college football star who played at the University of Pittsburgh and helped the Panthers take home a national championship in 1976. Her mother Annette Spiranac was a professional ballerina known for her astounding twirls and turns across the dance floor.
It only makes sense that two athletic parents would raise two athletic kids. The Spiranac’s first daughter Lexie was awarded an althetic scholarship to attend Stanford University, where she competed on the track and field team. Then came Paige who, as we know, went on to become a professional golfer. But as time would tell, the road to getting there wouldn’t be an easy one.
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Pedigree Snob sets Countess Adios record
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World champion Giant Diablo is retired
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Stars are out for third leg of Classic Series
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Flamboro \'no contest\' overturned
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Favorites score in Vernon NYSS divisions
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Harrington HealthCare System Nationally Recognized with an ‘A’ for the Spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
SOUTHBRIDGE, MA – Harrington HealthCare System was awarded its 14th ‘A’ in the spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing Harrington HealthCare System’s achievements providing safer health care. The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. The Safety Grade is a letter grade assigned to all general hospitals across the country and updated every six months, assessing how well the hospital prevents medical errors and other harms to patients.
“To be recognized as one of the top hospitals in the state to score high marks for hospital safety, and to be the only central Massachusetts hospital to earn 14 A’s since the inception of this program, says a lot about the commitment of our staff to keep patients safe every day within the Harrington HealthCare System,” said President and CEO Ed Moore.
“As the Nation copes with a challenging pandemic, our gratitude extends to hospital leadership and health care workers everywhere for their tremendous dedication,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “We hope this ‘A’ helps to thank the people who work and volunteer for Harrington HealthCare System. They are role models in putting patients first, and their service has been extraordinary in our country’s time of need.”
Developed under the guidance of a national Expert Panel, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses up to 28 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign grades to more than 2,600 U.S. acute-care hospitals twice per year. The Hospital Safety Grade’s methodology is peer-reviewed and fully transparent, and the results are free to the public.
Harrington Hospital was awarded the A on April 30, when Leapfrog updated grades for spring 2020. To see Harrington HealthCare System’s full grade details and access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit hospitalsafetygrade.org and follow The Leapfrog Group on Twitter and Facebook.
About The Leapfrog Group
Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization driving a movement for giant leaps forward in the quality and safety of American health care. The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey and new Leapfrog Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Survey collect and transparently report hospital and ASC performance, empowering purchasers to find the highest-value care and giving consumers the lifesaving information they need to make informed decisions. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, Leapfrog’s other main initiative, assigns letter grades to hospitals based on their record of patient safety, helping consumers protect themselves and their families from errors, injuries, accidents and infections.
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Britain set for September WASHOUT after 17 urgent flood warnings are issued
We can expect a whole load of wet weather very soon. Picture: Getty
After a brief heatwave it looks like weather is set to take a turn for the worse.
Hopefully you've been making the most of the dry weather as according to The Environment Agency, it's not set to last much longer.
A whopping 17 urgent flood alerts have been issued, warning Brits to be prepared for a huge downpour, and potentially flooding.
READ MORE: Temperatures set to drop for September as Britain will be pounded with rain
Forecasters are expecting heavy showers across the UK starting TODAY, with the flood alerts affecting a wide area of England - the south-west, south-east, north-east, north-west and north have all received them.
However, the ones who will have the worst weather will be the Scots, as the battering rain will affect nearly every single part of the country.
Wales and central England will also experience heavy downpours as the wet weather grips the country over the next few days.
Some parts of the areas are at risk of flooding. Picture: Getty
But it's set to become even worse tomorrow morning, as the pelting rain in south-east England could potentially bring wild thunderstorms to the north.
The Met Office have said: "Areas of rain and local gales will cross the north, followed by heavy, possibly thundery showers".
Gale force winds are expected in certain parts of the country on Wednesday, and gusts of wind will reach up to 43-miles-per-hour in parts of Scotland.
The Environment Agency's full list of flood alerts are for:
Coast at Barrow in Furness
Coast at North Morecambe Bay
Coast from Gretna to Silloth
Coast from Heacham to north of King's Lynn in Norfolk
Humber Estuary from Spurn Point to Winestead Outfall
Hunstanton coast in Norfolk
Mersey Estuary at Warrington
North Devon Coast from Hartland Point to Lynmouth
Severn Estuary at Oldbury-on-Severn, Northwick and Avonmouth
Somerset coast at Clevedon
Somerset coast at Minehead, Bridgwater, Burnham-on-Sea and Uphill to Kingston Seymour
Somerset coast at Porlock Weir
Somerset coast at Portishead and Portbury Dock
Tidal River Avon at Bristol, Pill and Shirehampton
Tidal Thames riverside from Putney Bridge to Teddington Weir
Wye Estuary in Gloucestershire
Wyre Estuary from Fleetwood and Knott End to Little Eccleston
The Environment Agency has issues 17 warnings across England. Picture: The Environment Agency
The Met Office has stated that for the rest of the week, the weather will be rather changeable on Thursday and Friday: "Thursday and Friday changeable with spells of cloud and rain, and stronger winds, interspersed by periods of sunny spells and some showers.
"Drier for most on Saturday. Some chilly nights."
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CSOs must adopt new risk management trends
Wisegate released new research from senior IT security members that shows how CSOs are adopting new risk management trends calling for a risk-based security approach.
Security managers are working with senior executives in all divisions across their organizations to move away from compliance-focused thinking towards a risk-based approach to information security. The shift requires senior management and C-level executives to think about risk strategically versus simply crossing off regulatory check boxes.
Report data was gathered from recent Wisegate CSO peer discussions, where CSOs across industries confirmed the need to embrace the risk management role and offered a number of major takeaways for senior IT security professionals who must now move beyond a compliance “check box” mentality and adopt the most strategic security practices.
The study discusses how IT organizations can “up” their security game by doing a better job at measuring and using risk information to develop security practices. CSOs share their candid viewpoints on why it is important to let risk data set security priorities.
“Leaders of forward-thinking organizations understand the need for more pervasive risk awareness – and are far more focused on enterprise-wide education, collaboration, and communications,” said Candy Alexander, CSO at Long Term Care Partners.” “The new breed of CSO is taking a systemic approach to security that goes way beyond compliance, and takes the whole risk posture into view.”
This risk management switch has been brewing for quite some time. In a previous Wisegate report, CSOs from top companies shared how they are no longer just focusing on information security, but are also taking on risk management and privacy programs within their organizations. These leaders are increasingly being asked to act more strategically and to take a proactive role in identifying the risks the organization currently faces.
CSOs are now tasked with prioritizing the risks and identifying which ones need to be addressed immediately and which ones are acceptable as part of the cost of doing business.
“Risk tolerance is hard to define,” said Wisegate member Randall Gamby, Information Security Officer at the Medicaid Information Service Center of New York, “which is why it’s important the security team works alongside line of business partners to work through assessments and keep the conversation going on a regular basis. Definitions, thresholds, and tolerance levels eventually get clarified, and executive leadership will know when something carries too much risk.”
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Fidel Castro musical could come to Edinburgh Festival following Cuban leader's death
Fidel Castro's life and the revolutionary struggle he led is to be turned into a song and dance extravaganza which could be performed at next year's Edinburgh Festival.
Fidel The Musical includes songs written by pupils at schools around Britain and is split into two shows, one covering the period between 1952 and the successful Cuban revolution in 1959 and a second show dealing with Castro's time in power.
READ MORE: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn praises 'heroism' of Fidel Castro following Cuban revolutionary leader's death
It is the brainchild of Dr Denise Baden, an associate professor at the University of Southampton Business School, who said she wanted to counteract the "bias" in coverage of Cuba shown from "the US point of view".
She is hoping that schools taking part in the project, which is online at fidelthemusical.org, will perform the musical free of charge.
And she is to launch a crowdfunding campaign to take a condensed 90-minute version of the show to the Scottish capital during the festival next August.
The academic told the Press Association the current debate on Cuba "bears very little relation to how the Cubans view it".
She said: "The picture that is painted is not accurate.
"I don't have a view on whether free market capitalism or socialism is best going to meet the needs of the people but we are not going to find out when one side is not allowed to tell its story.
"It's a distortion of the truth. That's why I wanted to do the story of the Cuban revolution."
Dr Baden added that she was not writing a "hagiography" as Castro was "not a saint", but added: "It's probably a more sympathetic portrayal than he would get from Hollywood."
As an academic she had researched the leadership styles of Fidel and his brother Raul, the current Cuban leader, but said "it's hard to publish anything about Cuba which isn't biased against them".
She said that Castro was worshipped as a "father figure" by many older Cubans, although the younger generation are more "conflicted" over whether he or US sanctions are responsible for shortages in the Caribbean country.
Asked whether her decision to get schools involved in the show had attracted criticism, she said: "I kept waiting for someone to say 'what's all this?' but they all said 'what a great idea, we do Cuba on the syllabus'.
"They are interested in a different perspective."
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Woody Pop Retro Review (Sega Game Gear)
Balls to the wall!
I have said it many times before and I am sure I will say it many times again but every system needs a good Breakout/Arkanoid clone. It’s one of my favourite genres and the type of title that you can just pick up and play time after time. So when the Game Gear was first released, I was very pleased to see this strangely named title – Woody Pop. Originally, the game was actually one of only a few Japanese-only titles released for the Sega Master System, and actually came with a special paddle control to make the game more playable (it wouldn’t even work at all with a joypad plugged in). Interestingly, Woody Pop was the last game to be released on the Sega My Card format, and also the only title to carry the Mark III branding (from then on, all games would be badged as Master System). It was then converted to the Game Gear in 1991 for the handheld system’s launch line-up.
The game’s name actually refers to our hero: a wooden bat with a big smile and wandering eyes who likes smashing his balls against a wall (sounds very painful!). I never bothered to find out why though, as the plots in games like these are pretty irrelevant. I do love the way they gave the bat some character though, Woody Pop himself even grimaces when ball bounces off him! As many will remember, it was the power-ups that were the key part of what differentiated Taito’s Arkanoid from the game that inspired it: Atari’s 1976 hit Breakout. You will be pleased to hear that Woody Pop follows the path of Arkanoid rather than Breakout, and has power-ups in droves! There are the usual power-ups like the big bat, sticky ball and slow-motion alongside more exciting weapons like multi-ball and fireball. All very useful indeed! Another thing you will notice is that you get tons of them. They just never seem to stop coming! The only real problem with this is that sometimes you want to keep your existing one and end up grabbing another one by mistake. I also love the way you can choose where you want to go next after each level is completed in Woody Pop. This is another very nice touch that gives you numerous ways to finish the game.
Woody Pop has some lovely colourful graphics and bags of personality that make it a joy to look at. You wouldn’t believe that such a relatively simple game could look so good. The sound can get a bit annoying though with its monotonous music and repetitive sound effects. Audio was never the Game Gear’s strength. I am prepared to let this minor flaw slip though thanks to Woody Pop’s great gameplay. I was actually surprised just how well it does control when you consider both the lack of a paddle controller and the Game Gear’s horrible squashy joypad. Woody Pop is a charming little game for the Game Gear that offers a good challenge and is more than worthy of a spot anyone’s collection.
Final Verdict: 4/5
Available on: Sega Game Gear (reviewed), Sega Master System ; Publisher: Sega ; Developer: Sega ; Players: 1 ; Released: 1991 ; ESRB: N/A ; MSRP: N/A
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Volunteers needed to help with 'The Voice'
Each month we distribute over 2,000 copies of our newsletter, "The Voice," throughout the city. We are in need of volunteers to collate newsletters and deliver them to specific locations. If you would be interested in helping, call Rita at 978-374-2390 ext. 16.
Spinners: We have tickets to the Monday, July 25th Lowell Spinners game at 7 p.m. This is a perfect intergenerational outing for grandparents and children, and seniors will receive a free hot dog and beverage. Contact the Council on Aging for details.
Luncheon: You are invited to the First Baptist Church Open Hearts Ministries at 217 Main Street for a free senior luncheon on the 4th Wednesday of each month at noon. Seniors are welcome to drop in and enjoy!
Bingo: The Oxford at 689 Main Street invites bingo players of all ages to join them on the last Wednesday of every month. Coffee and dessert is served. Call the COA to make a reservation.
Book discussion: Here is a great summer read idea. Beth Galloway from the Haverhill Public Library will lead a discussion group at the Citizen Center in September on the book "Townie." This best-selling memoir by local author Andre Dubus details his experiences growing up on Haverhill. Readers will recognize many of the characters and places in this book and are sure to have a lively discussion. We hope you will pick up a copy of the book or get it at a local library and join the fun on Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 1 p.m. Please contact Kathy or Rita if you plan to participate.
July 4 celebration: Tickets are now on sale for our annual July 4th Celebration to be held on Thursday, June 30 at NECC's Technology Center. Menu includes chicken, hot dogs, corn on the cob, salad and dessert. Join us for great food and entertainment by disc jockey George Whitehouse. Tickets are $10.
Art display: Haverhill Council on Aging arts students will exhibit their work at the Haverhill Public in the second floor gallery area from May 16 to June 16.
Patriots trip: We have a great new trip to the New England Patriots play the Buffalo Bills in Buffalo, N.Y. from Sept. 24 to 26. This trip will include a stop at Niagara Falls and a scenic drive during one of the peak foliage dates of the season. Travelers will stay at the beautiful Fallsview Hilton which is across from the Fallsview Casino and within walking distance of Niagara Falls. This sounds like a great trip for $499 per person double occupancy. Call Kathy or Rita for additional information.
Museum trip: We've booked a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston to see the beautiful "Chihuly: Through the Looking Glass" exhibit. This phenomenal exhibit is comprised of large-scale hand-blown glass sculptures. Visit the museum's website at www.mfa.org or call Kathy (ext. 11) or Rita (ext. 16) at 978-374-2390 to learn more about this exhibit. This trip will depart on Wednesday, July 13, at 10 a.m. Cost for admission, guided tour, and motor coach transportation is $45 per person.
Lobster bake: Tickets are now on sale for our lobster bake to be held on Thursday, August 25, at NECC's Technology Center. Menu includes lobster, chicken, corn on the cob, chowder, baked potato and dessert. Join us for great food and entertainment. Tickets are $25.
Tanglewood trip: We have another exciting trip opportunity! Haverhill Council on Aging is hosting an overnight to Tanglewood Aug. 21-22. This trip includes reserved seats in the shed for a Boston Symphony matinee, an overnight at The Williams Inn, dinner, breakfast, a stop at The Clark Museum, and a scenic trip along the Mohawk Trail. Cost is $310 per person, double occupancy
Art classes: Great news! One of the area's talented artists is leading an art class for experienced artists at the Citizens Center. Judith Larmay would like to help artists bring their images from "good" to "exceptional." Judith will be teaching on Tuesdays from 1:30 to 3:30, and classes are $10 per week. She is a seasoned painter and teacher with 35 years of experience, and she studied at Massachusetts College of Art and Bradford College. Judith's work is marketed in galleries locally and worldwide, and some of her pieces are currently on display at Angles and Art at 80 Wingate Street. Her website is at larmayartsstudio.com.
For the novice artist, we have several openings right now in our art class with Cara Smoley on Thursdays at noon at the Citizens Center. Cara comes fully qualified and has been teaching at the Citizens Center for several years. Pieces from her Council on Aging students will be on display at the Citizens Center on April 21 and at the Haverhill Public Library in mid-May, so watch for that show. Contact the Council on Aging for additional information.
Walking group: A group of dedicated walkers have been taking advantage of the spring weather at the NECC track every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Walkers can walk at their own pace and get a valuable cardio workout. Contact Charlene Boucher for details at 978-556-3825. There is no charge for this activity.
Alaskan cruise: We have an exciting travel opportunity which includes a 7-day Alaskan cruise and two Red Sox games in Seattle. This trip sounds like a perfect summer get-away. Travel is August 12-22 and includes two nights in Seattle for baseball, a city tour, and a visit to the Chateau St. Michelle winery. Call Kathy Bresnahan for details.
Handmade crafts: Did you know that we have a showcase of beautiful handmade articles for sale? The next time you need a special gift for a baby consider shopping our supply of sweater sets and Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls. They are beautiful!
Nutrition help: Have you heard of SNAP? The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is a federal program that provides financial assistance to seniors and others who cannot cover the costs of a healthful diet. We have applications at the Council on Aging office, and we will be happy to provide information and assistance to seniors.
Health insurance help: If you have any issues or questions regarding your health insurance, be sure to contact one of our SHINE counselors. Appointments can be made by calling Wendy at 978-374-2390 ext. 19.
Transportation: The Merrimack Valley Transportation offers a program called EZ Trans for people who are at least 60 years old and people who are disabled. EZ Tran is a "shared ride" service intended to accommodate those who cannot use the MVRTA fixed route bus system. Communities serviced by EZ Trans include Andover, Amesbury, Haverhill, Lawrence, Merrimac, Methuen, Newburyport and North Andover. Rides are also available to Lahey Clinic in Peabody and several Boston hospitals. Contact the Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority at 978-469-6878 for details.
Did you know that people who are at least 65 years old are eligible for a 50% discount on the commuter train to Boston? If you would like to learn more about the MBTA Senior/TAP program, please contact Kathy Bresnahan at the Council on Aging.
Volunteers needed: Have you thought of volunteering to help area seniors? We are in need of volunteers to assist with our Brown Bag program which is held on the first Tuesday of every month. Volunteers are needed for approximately 3 hours from 8:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. There is also a dramatic need for drivers to provide transportation to doctor and hospital appointments through the NEET program. Many seniors are no longer able to drive and have difficulty getting to appointments to area hospitals and doctors. If you can give a few hours a month to assist, contact Kathy Fairchild at NEET (Northern Essex Elder Transportation) 978-388-7474. Several additional volunteer opportunities are also available.
Bowling group: Stay in shape by joining our new bowling group which meets on Mondays at 11 a.m. Everyone loves the newly renovated All Saints Bowling Center at 26 Broadway in Haverhill, and we have an enthusiastic group. They would love to have more bowlers.
Exercise: Zumba Gold has become one of our most popular classes. Instructor Stephanie Smith is a dynamic teacher, and she has her class dancing up a storm. Classes are held every Thursday at 9:30 a.m. and the cost is $5 per week. This is offered as a drop-in class, so come to the Citizens Center and join the fun.
Yoga is offered twice a week at the Citizens Center. Tuesday evenings at 6:30 Flyn Costello leads a one hour yoga class for people of all ages. On Tuesday afternoons at 1:00 Mary Van Abs offers a 1 ¬ hour gentle senior yoga class. Cost is $5 for a one hour class and $7.50 for a l ¬ hour class.
Piano lessions: Piano instructor, Helen Hamilton, is offering private beginner lessons at the Citizens Center on Mondays. Cost is $12.
Bingo: Everyone loves Monday's Super Bingo! Bingo is played at the Citizens Center, 10 Welcome St., every Monday and Thursday at 1:00, and Super Bingo is played on Mondays only. There are many new friends to meet at bingo, and we welcome all players who are 60 and older or disabled.
Classees: The Citizens Center offers yoga, tai chi, Zumba Gold, bridge, chess club, 45 tournaments, whist, art classes, mahjong, ESL classes, citizenship classes, conversational Spanish classes, woodcarving, bingo, and so much more. Please check us out on the City of Haverhill website, and you will be amazed to learn what you are missing! We look forward to meeting you soon.
May 18 - Laughs, Giggles and Grins - BOT - $66.00
May 25 - Shaw Bros at DiBurro's - Gateway - $48/58 w/trans
June 4 - Chowder Festival - $80
June 15 - Bobby Darling - BOT - $65.00
July 8 - Duets - Venezia Bestaurant - BOT $66
July 20 - Zorvino - BOT - $50 w/trans, $40 w/o trans
Aug. 24 - Twin Lobster Luncheon and Mystery Show - BOT - $83.00
Aug. 25 - Lobster Luncheon at NECC - $25
Aug. 12-22 - Alaskan Cruise and Seattle Red Sox - BOT - Start at $2,699 pp d/o
Aug. 21-22 - Tanglewood - Gateway $310
Aug. 29 - Sept. 5 - Pacific Northwest & California - $2,299
Sept. 13 - Road to the Scottish Highlands - BOT - $80.00
Sept. 13-19 - South Dakota/The Badlands and The Black Hills - Collette - $1,899
Sept. 24-26 New England Patriots - BOT - $499
Sept. 30 - Fall Foliage Train Ride - BOT - $100
Oct. 13-21 - Southern California & Las Vegas - Collette - $2,399
Oct. 22 - Portland Food and Wine Festival - BOT - $99
Nov. 8 - Neil Diamond Impersonator at Twin Rivers - BOT - $60
Nov. 18-20 - White Mountain Hotel - $359
Nov. 27-28 - Holiday Magic - BOT - @299 pp double
Nov. 30 - Catch the Christmas Spirit with Vincent Talarico at Castleton - BOT - $67
Dec. 7 - Holiday Lights and HuKeLau with Show - BOT $73
Feb. 8-18 -Golden Oldies Cruise - Best of Times - Starting at $1,099
March 17-25 - Tropical Costa Rica - Collette - $2,299
Details on all trips and activities are available by contacting Kathy Bresnahan (ext 11) or Rita LaBella (ext 16) at 978-374-2390 or kbresnahan@cityofhaverhill.com.
Be sure to pick up a copy of our newsletter, "The Voice," for a complete listing of our activities and trips. The Voice is available for viewing at www.ci.haverhill.ma.us or you can send your email address to rlabella@cityofhaverhill.com to receive your copy via email. Rita LaBella and I would love to hear from you if you have any ideas, suggestions or questions regarding the Council on Aging.
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Understanding Surface Properties of Solid Oxide Electrodes for Electrochemical Energy Conversion Devices through Ion Beam Analysis
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Helena Téllez Lozano
International Institute for Carbon Neutral Energy Research
(wpi-I2CNER), Kyushu University
Collaborating authors:
John Druce
Tatsumi Ishihara
John A. Kilner
Surfaces and Interfaces in Electrochemical Energy Conversion Devices
Although the effi ciency and durability of electrochemical energy conversion devices such as solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) and electrolyzers (SOECs) are drastically affected by their surface and interfacial chemistry and morphology, it is only recently that more attention is being paid to their characterisation. The increasing demand to perform this characterisation on smaller and smaller length scales is intertwined with instrumental and experimental developments for 2D- and 3D-structural and chemical analysis of complex heterogeneous materials, shallow surface layers, interfaces, and particles on the microscopic (> 100 nm) and nanoscale (< 100 nm) level 1, 2). In the present article, we will discuss how recent developments in two ion beam based surface analytical techniques - Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, ToF-SIMS, and Low Energy Ion Scattering (LEIS) spectroscopy - are contributing to advances in understanding of functional oxides for energy conversion.
Schematic of the operation of an oxygen-conducting SOFC-SOEC device.
Briefly, the electrochemical conversion of a fuel into energy (or the production of a fuel, such as H2, in electrolysis mode) in SOC devices (Figure 1) relies on exchange between the gas phase and the surface of the air electrode, as well as the subsequent ionic transport of the charge carrier (e.g. O2- or H+) through the solid oxide electrolyte towards the opposing electrode. These environmentally-friendly energy conversion systems typically require operation at intermediate (500-750°C) and high temperatures (750-1000°C), which can significantly reduce the lifetime of the cells. This degradation is due to additional processes such as poisoning (e.g. volatilization of metallic interconnects), segregation of impurities and other constituents, etc, occurring at the surfaces3). From this point of view, the insight provided by ion beam analysis techniques can lead to devices with improved behaviour.
In recent years, there have also been increasing efforts to determine the influence of the surface and near-surface chemistry on the catalytic activity of the electrode. Although the bulk diffusion properties in these functional oxides are, in general, well understood in terms of the bulk defect chemistry, there is as yet no atomistic description of the process of oxygen exchange between t he surface a nd t he gas phase. For instance, the surface exchange process is likely to be strongly dependent on the chemical composition and microstructure of the outermost surface, where the adsorption and incorporation of oxygen takes place (or oxygen evolution in the case of the SOEC). The results depict a complex mechanism in which impurities, secondary phases and other processes affecting the surface and near-surface defect chemistry might play a significant role that cannot be dismissed to understand the overall cell performance and durability4-8).
High-Sensitivity Surface Analysis Techniques.
Analytical techniques utilising ion beams with energies less than 10 keV are well suited to the study of surface and near-surface composition because the penetration depth of incoming ions is much lower than that of electrons or X-rays used in other spectroscopic techniques such as Energy Dispersive Analysis of X-rays (EDAX) or X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF). The work we highlight in this article uses two different ion beam approaches, Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) and Low Energy Ion Scattering (LEIS) spectroscopy, which provide information on the top ˜3 atomic layers and the very outer atomic surface, respectively.
In ToF SIMS, an energetic beam of ions (e.g. Bi+ at 30 keV in our ToF-SIMS V instrument (Ion-ToF GmbH., Germany)), referred to as the primary, or analysis, beam, is directed at the sample surface. The transfer of energy and momentum from the primary ion beam to the sample surface leads to the emission of secondary particles from the first 2-3 atomic layers of the surface (Figure 2(a)). The emitted particles consist of neutral and charged species, both monoatomic and molecular fragments, as well as electrons. Secondary ions of a chosen polarity are extracted into the analyser, and fly through a field-free drift tube at a fixed energy. This causes a dispersion of the ions on the basis of their mass-to-charge (m/z) ratio; lighter ions (e.g. H+, m/z = 1) have a higher velocity than heavier ions (e.g. La+, m/z = 139), and so arrive at the detector first. Hence by recording the number of counts versus the flight time to the detector, a mass spectrum of the extracted secondary ions is obtained. Because SIMS is a mass spectrometric technique, it can provide not only the elemental (and molecular) composition at the surface, but also the isotopic distribution.
In order to obtain high mass resolution, the primary ion beam must be pulsed into short bursts, resulting in low time-averaged currents of ˜ 1pA. However, this results in low rates of material removal . in fact, the analyses may be performed in a "static" regime, where the surface composition is not detectably changed during the measurement. In order to perform analyses of the compositional changes with depth, a dual beam approach is often adopted, in which a second low energy beam (e.g. Ar+ at 2 keV) is used with a higher current to sputter the surface.
(a) Schematics of the LEIS and ToF-SIMS process.
(b) Detection limit and information depth of surface analysis techniques (Adapted from ref.[7]).
The second technique employed by our group to study the surface composition of solid oxide electrodes is Low Energy Ion Scattering (LEIS) spectroscopy. In contrast to SIMS, where we are analyzing the secondary particles generated by the impact of a primary ion beam, LEIS analyses the backscattering of the primary ion beam itself. In LEIS, a noble gas primary ion beam (most commonly 4 He+, 20 Ne+ or 40Ar+) with energy between 1 and 10 keV is directed onto the sample. Some of these ions are backscattered by binary inelastic collision with atoms in the sample, with a kinetic energy governed by the kinematics of the scattering event (scattering angle and mass of the surface atom). Thus the kinetic energy distribution of primary ions scattered through a known angle corresponds to a mass spectrum of the sample surface.
Because the projectiles are noble gas ions, the probability that they will become neutralized during the collision with the sample surface, and hence not detected by the electrostatic energy analyser, is rather high. Similarly, the neutralization probability of ions penetrating beneath the surface is virtually unity. Therefore, only ions scattered by the very outer surface atoms are detected, and the technique provides information on the elemental composition of specifically this first surface atomic monolayer9, 10). With these two techniques, we can obtain complementary information to provide powerful insight into the surface composition and reactivity.
Measurement of ionic transport properties by Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS)
The predominant application of SIMS in the field of solid state ionics in the last few decades has been for the determination of the mass transport kinetics of solid oxide electrode materials11-13). In particular, the use of stable isotope tracer (e.g. 18O, 2H) protocols, coupled with depth profiling analysis by SIMS is routinely applied to directly determine the kinetics of gas-solid exchange and bulk diffusion of the ionic carriers in SOC materials (e.g. oxygen or protons).
One of the advantages of isotopic tracer experiments when combined with SIMS depth profi ling is the capability to directly measure the ionic transport within the material. For solid oxide electrode materials which often show partial electronic conductivities orders of magnitude higher than the partial ionic conductivities (due to the higher mobility of electronic defects), isotope diffusion studies separate the electronic and ionic contributions far more readily than electrical measurements. Because it is a direct observation of the mobile ions, isotope labelling-SIMS studies also provide unequivocal differentiation between mobile species (e.g. O2- vs. Na+ in fast ion conductors14)). Furthermore, unlike like other methods such as relaxation techniques or electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, which measure the transport kinetics averaged at the macroscopic scale, this ion beam based methodology can extract microscopicallyresolved information of the active sites for oxygen incorporation giving its sub-micrometric lateral resolution, allowing the study of diffusion both in the bulk, and along and across grain boundaries and the exchange rate at the gaselectrode interface11).
This capability is illustrated in Figure 3, showing chemical and isotopic maps obtained for a composite ceramic material comprising Ce0.9Gd0.1O1.95 (CGO) and La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3-δ (LSCF) oxides15). The distribution of the phases is shown by the map for m/z = 88 u (fi g. 3c), corresponding to FeO2- and Sr-, both indicative of the LSCF phase . the bright regions in Figure 3c correspond to LSCF, whilst the dark correspond to CGO. The oxygen isotope maps for 16O- and 18O- secondary ions (Figures 3a and 3b respectively) can be used to obtain the 18O isotopic fraction ([18O-]/([16O-]+[18O-])) for each pixel (Figure 3d). This 18O isotopic fraction map shows similar microstructural contrast, with a heterogeneous distribution of the isotope fraction map for the LSCF and CGO regions.
Careful analysis of the isotope fraction map revealed that the regions appearing faster for oxygen exchange (with higher 18O isotope fractions in Figure 3d), in fact correspond to the CGO phase (no intensity in the m/z = 88 u image characteristic of the LSCF phase). This is contrary to what would be expected from the parent materials. LSCF is considered to be more active for oxygen exchange. This insight is possible only from the application of high lateral resolution ion beam analysis.
ToF-SIMS negative secondary ion images of CGO-LSCF composite exchanged at 700°C.
(a) m/z 16 u (16O-) image,
(b) m/z 18 u (18O-) image,
(c) m/z 88 u (LSCF: FeO2- image,
(d) oxygen isotopic fraction map. Reproduced from Ref.15) with permission from the Royal Society of Chemistry.
On the other hand, measuring oxygen diffusion profiles in oxides by SIMS presents some challenges; the high negative secondary ion yields of oxygen at matrix levels can easily lead to saturation and nonlinearity of the secondary ion detection system, resulting in systematic errors in the measured isotope fraction. In conventional approaches, the use of Poisson dead-time correction and/or an overall decrease of the target current is typically employed to avoid nonlinear response of the detector16, 17).
Recent instrumental developments have improved the accuracy and precision of oxygen isotopic fraction measurements in solid material using ToF-SIMS by extending the linear dynamic range of the measurement by almost two orders of magnitude18, 19). This is a chieved by selectively attenuating the secondary ions with high useful ion yields and/or high concentrations that might lead to detector saturation (i.e. oxygen in the present example).
By using this technology, referred to as "Extended Dynamic Range" in the latest generation of ToF-SIMS V instruments18), the oxygen isotope fraction arising from short-circuit diffusion pathways (e.g. pipe dislocations or grain boundaries) in electrode materials can be reliably determined 19). As observed in Figure 4A, the use of high target currents and selective attenuation of the 18O- secondary ions at different levels required within the depth profile allows systematic errors derived from the non-linear response at the beginning of the profile where the 18O- intensity is above the conventional linear detection range to be avoided, while reducing the statistical uncertainty associated to the low intensities of 18O- at the end of the profile when the isotopic fraction approaches.
(A) ToF-SIMS depth profile of the oxygen isotope distribution in an 18O-exchanged La0.8Sr0.2MnO3 ceramic sample by applying the selective attenuation of the secondary ions (SASI) approach to avoid detector saturation. The different attenuation factors applied during the depth profile are indicated by the arrows. (B) Corrected ToF-SIMS intensities of the oxygen isotope distribution profile according to the attenuation factors and Poisson correction. (C) Sketch of the Harrison type B diffusion regime allowing to distinguish the different bulk and grain boundary contribution to the 18O diffusion profile (Adapted from ref.12)). (D) Normalised 18O isotopic fraction (C'x) profiles as estimated from the ToF-SIMS profile. Two different contributions to the overall 18O diffusion profile are identified: diffusion through the bulk and fast diffusion pathways along the grain boundaries. Adapted with permission from 19).
In this way, we are able to extract the kinetic parameters governing the isotopic oxygen exchange (self-diffusion coefficient D* and surface exchange coefficient k*) with better accuracy and precision. In terms of the diffusion process, two regions with different kinetics are identified in the normalised 18O profile (Figure 4C and 4D): the slower diffusion through the bulk of the material (Db*) and the fast diffusion through the grain boundaries (Dgb*). Note that even in the "tail" which arises from the fast grain boundary diffusion, the scatter in the data is minimal.
Surface and Near-Surface Characterisation by Low-Energy Ion Scattering (LEIS).
The materials typically used as electrodes in SOCs are complex layered oxides with a perovskite-related structure. Under the conditions these materials experience during intermediate and high temperature operation (600-1000°C), these layered perovskite materials often show segregation processes, leading to deviations in the chemical composition at the near-surface and outer-surface compared to the bulk composition.
Recently, the chemical composition of the surface, and its effects on the surface exchange reaction, which ultimately limit the performance of the electrode, is being recognised as a major factor that should be investigated with further detail. In this sense, LEIS is becoming a very useful technique to investigate the segregation processes taking place in electrode materials, as it is able to provide information specifically on the composition of the first atomic layer (i.e. the gas phase-solid interface where the oxygen exchange process takes place).
The selection of the analysis conditions (e.g. primary ion species and energy) depends upon the desired information10). For instance, a He+ primary ion beam is required for the analysis of light elements such as oxygen or other light impurities like Na, as the heavier noble gas projectiles are not scattered by these light elements. In contrast, for the analysis of the cation surface coverage in these perovskite materials, the use of Ne+ or Ar+ primary beam is more suitable due to the better resolving power for these heavier species. This is illustrated in Figure 5A, showing the improvement in the resolution for the cation species present in a GdBaCo2O5+δ polycrystalline sample.
(A) LEIS surface spectra representative of the bulk composition of a GdBaCo2O5+δ polycrystalline sample (as polished) as obtained with 3 keV He+, 6 keV Ne+ and 8 keV Ar+ primary ion beams. (B) 6 keV Ne+ LEIS surface spectra obtained from a GdBaCo2O5+δ polycrystalline as polished (1), after annealing in 0.2 atm O2 at 400°C for 1h (2) and after annealing at 1000°C for 12 h (3). (C) 3 keV He+ LEIS surface spectra obtained from a PrBaCo2O5+δ polycrystalline as polished (1), after annealing in 0.2 atm O2 at 400°C for 1h (2) and after annealing at 1000°C for 12 h (3). Adapted from Ref.5, 6, 20)
As mentioned previously, the high temperatures used during the fabrication and operation of a SOC leads to chemical and morphological changes at the surface of the complex metal oxides due to strong cation segregation and associated precipitation of secondary phases at the surface5, 6). Figure 5B shows a comparison of the chemical composition at the outer surface of the polycrystalline GdBaCo2O5+δ ceramic after different thermal treatments. Whilst the three cations are present at the outer surface after the polishing (Figure 5B.1), there is a rapid segregation of the Ba cations after annealing for 1 h at 400°C, with an associated decrease in the intensities for Co and Gd (Figure 5B.2). relatively short compared to the projected lifetimes of the devices. When the thermal treatment is performed at 1000°C for 12 h (e.g. conditions similar to those used for the sintering of the ceramic material), the surface is fully BaO-terminated with no other cation detected at the outer surface (Figure 5B.3).
These segregation processes have important implications for the oxygen exchange process between the gas phase and the electrode surface, as no transition metal cation, supposed to be electrocatalytically active species in these perovskite materials, is available at the gas solid-interface to participate in the oxygen reduction. Similarly, the presence of impurities in the ceramic material has a similar effect on the surface composition of the electrode at high temperature. For instance, Figure 5C shows a similar comparison of the surface composition for a PrBaCo2O5+δ sample. In this case, the impurities present in the ceramic material, coming from Pr precursors used for the synthesis, are susceptible to the same segregation process, hindering the detection of the Co transition metal at the outer surface. Therefore, the LEIS analysis of these surfaces provides information of the realistic surface where the oxygen exchange surface takes place under the SOC operation conditions.
The incorporation of oxygen from the gas phase into a ceramic electrode determines the performance of devices such as Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and electrolysers. The kinetics of this process is, in turn, dictated by the composition and morphology of the oxide surface. Recently, enabled by advances in ion beam analysis techniques, researchers are studying the chemistry of these functional surfaces.
Our group in particular is applying Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) and Low Energy Ion Scattering (LEIS) spectroscopy. The combination of these techniques offers powerful opportunities to study the kinetics of mass transport and surface exchange processes (by ToF-SIMS combined with isotope labelling methodologies), in conjunction with the unique power of LEIS to study the composition of the very outer atomic surface of a sample – the same surface participating in the oxygen exchange reaction. The insight gleaned through these techniques promises to help unravel the complex chemistry and reactions at these oxide surfaces, facilitating the design of materials offering improved performance and stability for green energy conversion devices.
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Mellichamp Elementary in Orangeburg Earns $5,000 School of Promise Award
Dr. Candice McQueen, CEO of the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET), surprised Mellichamp Elementary in the Orangeburg County School District today with a $5,000 NIET School of Promise Award. The award honors Mellichamp’s early success implementing NIET’s initiatives to improve teaching and learning. The award was announced during a virtual celebration with the school and district leaders.
Over the past two years, Mellichamp has shifted its school culture to re-focus on making data-driven decisions and leveraging high-quality instructional practices. Educators regularly collaborate and have a chance to grow as instructors, and the school culture models continuous growth. Since working with NIET in the 2018-19 school year, Mellichamp has improved in Academic Achievement, Preparing for Success, and Student Engagement, as determined by the South Carolina Department of Education. From 2018 to 2019, the school also increased its percentage of students meeting or exceeding expectations on state assessments in English language arts, math, and science – and jumped 27.4 percentage points in social studies. Additionally, between the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school year, Mellichamp retained all of its teachers – another mark of the positive culture established at the school.
Mellichamp Elementary is one of just two schools that NIET is honoring as a School of Promise this year. The second school is Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy in Knoxville, Tennessee, which was honored last week.
“Mellichamp’s community is inspiring and shows us what is possible when educators collaborate and deepen their focus on high-quality instruction,” Dr. McQueen said. “Mellichamp’s leaders and educators have built their capacity around engaging teaching practices, and we look forward to continuing to work alongside them to take their work to the next level.”
NIET has a 20-year history of working alongside more than 8,500 schools, districts, states, and universities to ensure that all students have effective educators. NIET’s partner schools have shown success by both outperforming similar schools and having greater teacher retention.
“Mellichamp provides a model of excellence not only within the Orangeburg and surrounding communities, but also throughout the nation,” Orangeburg’s superintendent Dr. Shawn Foster commented. “High expectations, inspirational leadership and a collaborative spirit are the cornerstones of school transformations and are certainly evident in that school.”
Recipients of the $5,000 NIET School of Promise Award are selected by NIET for their efforts to make instructional excellence the cornerstone of school improvement; plan for regular professional learning focused on daily needs of teachers and students; create a culture of collaboration and reflection; and create systems that maximize the talents of teacher leaders and administrators to drive student growth. Leaders are able to spend the money as they choose to support their educators.
What Sets Mellichamp Elementary Apart
Mellichamp is among 32 schools in the Orangeburg County School District and has the highest poverty rate at 91.5%. Years of consecutive “At-Risk” ratings by the South Carolina Department of Education motivated Mellichamp to implement a culture shift. Administrators, lead teachers and support staff began to recalibrate instructional priorities to focus on teacher and student needs. They earned their first Palmetto Silver Award from the state for general performance for the 2012-13 school year, but it wasn’t until they “stopped buying programs and started building people” – as former Principal Hayward Jean put it – that they paved the way for continuous improvement through a partnership with NIET. Jean now serves as director of student services for the district, and new Mellichamp Principal Dr. Elrica C. Glover, former assistant principal, is continuing Mellichamp’s commitment to educator effectiveness.
“NIET helped us build a culture of reflection, strength-based teaching, collaboration, student engagement, and student ownership,” said Jean. “The opportunity to walk with NIET specialists in and out of classrooms and to discuss the areas of refinement and reinforcement has been empowering.”
The daily motivation of Mellichamp’s educators to “put the ‘champ’ in Mellichamp” is reflected in the positive state survey results from 2019, which show a 95% satisfaction rate among teachers toward Mellichamp’s learning environment, and 92% among students. Overall, Mellichamp earned an “Excellent” rating for Student Engagement, indicating “school performance substantially exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate.” These qualities include world-class knowledge, skills, and life and career characteristics of integrity, self-direction, global perspective, perseverance, work ethic, and interpersonal skills.
Mellichamp has continued its dedication to the future of Orangeburg’s youth by developing partnerships with nearby Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Claflin University and South Carolina State University. This work aligns teacher preparation to the specific needs of the community and helps to strengthen the pipeline of talent to train generations of scholars.
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Paul Loeb, Contributor
Author Soul of a Citizen and The Impossible Will Take a Little While
'Soul of a Citizen' Excerpt: What Cynicism Costs Us
With over 100,000 copies in print, my book "Soul of a Citizen" has inspired thousands of citizens to make their voices heard and actions count--and to stay involved for the long haul. I spent the past year writing a wholly revised new edition, which St Martin's will publish March 30, and which HuffPo will serialize each Thursday for the next several months. I like to think of it as an antidote to the political demoralization, paralysis, and despair that so many people are feeling these days. Here's the first excerpt, adapted from the chapter called "The Cynical Smirk."
When America elected Barack Obama, cynicism seemed in retreat, beaten back by a wave of ordinary people staking their time, money, and spirit on the prospect of significant change. We seemed to have reached a major historical turning point, offering the chance finally to address our country's root crises. Now, cynicism and despair have bounced back on steroids, as if to mock any new hope that we can help create a better world. Last year's soaring expectations seem distant memories, leaving a bitter taste. Obama's campaign made grassroots participation central, and he's invited us to help him do the right thing in office. But his compromises and the failings of Senate leaders to overcome the resistance of their obstructionist colleagues have destroyed much of the grassroots enthusiasm that existed a year ago. Meanwhile, those of us whose passionate engagement helped elect Obama haven't stepped up to help define our national debates (while the Teabaggers have). Most of us have done little in the past year beyond signing online letters or petitions, and watching shell-shocked from the sidelines as the country's politics spiraled steadily downward. Yet I still believe that we can help transform America through what Nelson Mandela called "the multiplication of courage," as I explore in "Soul of a Citizen." But for that resurgence of courage to bloom, we need to get past the cynical resignation that assumes change is impossible.
What happens when we decide that our politics is so corrupt, bought and paid for, that all talk of ever changing it is naïve? "Everybody lies," says a veteran newspaperman quoted in the Utne Reader, "but it doesn't matter, because nobody listens." In an extreme personal example, imagine a man who tells his young son to jump from the stairs into his arms. The father catches the boy twice, but the third time steps back and lets him fall. "That's to teach you never to trust anyone," he explains, "even your own father."
We've come to expect comparable betrayals when we think about changing our society. A long-powerful strain in our culture posits all businesspeople and politicians as corrupt, all religious leaders charlatans, all journalists hacks--and all who'd dare to try to work to change their society naïve fools. Increasingly, it's come to occupy the mental and psychological space we could reserve for hope--at least for the kind of hope that might inspire us to take larger political stands. Better to expect nothing, in this view, than to set ourselves up for certain disappointment. Taken far enough, this kind of cynical resignation can become as great a barrier to meaningful public action as all other obstacles combined.
Cynicism wasn't always so disempowering. The first Cynics were a group of ancient Greek philosophers, most notably Diogenes, who caustically denounced the established culture of their time. Monk-like ascetics who preached simplicity, self-discipline, and self-sufficiency, they offered a moral alternative to the empty materialism, legalism, and religious hypocrisy that had come to dominate Greek society. Back then, to be a Cynic meant to stand up for one's convictions.
In our time, however, cynicism comes in the guise of an all-knowing attitude that working for a larger common good is the vocation of the terminally innocent, leaving no likely outcome except heartbreak. So what's the alternative? It's not blind trust, as the disastrous regime of Bush and Cheney made all too clear. We need to be skeptical of the lies and distortions that permeate our culture. But too many Americans, convinced that the greediest must always run our country, have responded by retreating into private life, whether the admittedly difficult challenges of economical survival, or the distractions and comforts we embrace as modest respite and recompense. Meanwhile, we bury whatever qualms they may have about our national direction, hoping against hope that someone will take care of things.
Barack Obama campaigned to reverse this course, blasting cynicism as "a sorry kind of wisdom." His message resonated to people hungry for something better. It's still too early to say that he'll inevitably fail, because the outcome depends largely on our own actions. Yet the very expectations he raised have combined with compromises from Afghanistan to health care to the bank bailouts to sour the national mood. The result: pervasive dashed hopes and disillusionment--not just with his administration, but with public engagement in general, particularly in the electoral sphere. Add in the grim results in the Massachusetts Senate race, the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial elections and an appalling Supreme Court decision that risks making our elected officials even more direct bought and paid hirelings of Exxon. No wonder those who so recently thought they'd begun to reclaim their country are feeling bleak.
Corporations like Exxon, Goldman Sachs, and UnitedHealth do profoundly deform our public discourse. Too often politicians follow their lead. But once we decide that we're powerless, our passivity becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, a habit of mind that's harder and harder to shake. We decide we can do nothing about key common issues, large or small. Then we withdraw from public life before giving it a serious shot. If enough of us withdraw, we hand power over to the greediest.
A "radical" political scientist once explained to me loftily, "We're fooling ourselves if we think government doesn't serve powerful economic interests." True enough, for the moment. But he framed this as inevitable, as if history were something that only happens to us, rather than something we can have a hand in making. He gave his students no vision to fight for--only only the prospect of joining him in the ranks of the all-knowing witnesses to human folly. The political scientist also gave his students an all-purpose excuse for inaction and resignation. If nothing worthwhile can be done about the economy, climate change, global violence, or those suffering in our communities, then we bear no responsibility. Like the Kafka creature tunneling ever deeper in his story "The Burrow," we retreat into smaller and smaller spheres of private life, hoping the rest of the world will somehow muddle through.
Ironically, such resignation can happen in people who aren't personally cynical. We still try to be caring toward family and friends. We may even volunteer at a Big Brother/Big Sister program or help at a soup kitchen. And those are good things to do. But when we look at the larger issues, like global climate change, why so many people in America are hungry, or how to fix a greed-driven health care system or America's strip-mined economy, we throw up our hands in frustration. Taking them on just seems too daunting, and our chances of success too elusive. It seems wiser and more practical to narrow our horizons.
Cynical resignation salves the pain of unrealized hope. If we convince ourselves that little can change, we don't have to risk acting on our dreams. If we never fight for what we believe in and aspire to, we'll never be disappointed. We can challenge destructive or duplicitous leaders with contrary information and counter-examples, stories about how the powers that be have misled us. But what can possibly challenge an all-encompassing worldview that, in the guise of sophistication, promotes the bleakest possible perspective on the human condition--the notion that our world has become so irredeemably corrupt, that whatever we do, we cannot change this?
As an alternative to this impotent "realism," I'd like to propose a clear-eyed idealism, which recognizes that these are bad times but refuses to accept that the bad times are inevitable. I'm not promoting a culture of happy talk, nor will I in the "Soul of a Citizen" excerpts that follow. It's important to dissect institutional arrogance and greed, to assess how it damages lives, neighborhoods, communities, and the most basic life systems of the earth. It's critical to hold powerful institutions and individuals accountable, including political leaders like Obama who we may have worked for, voted for, and may still support in many ways. But too many social activists almost delight in rolling around in the bad news, like dogs in rancid fish. If that's all we do, we'll foster mostly resignation and despair. So along with the bad news, we need to convey that which is capable of inspiring hope.
It may always feel more than a little absurd to think that we might be able to change history. Especially when our efforts don't go as planned, it can be useful to recognize that fact--and appreciate the irony in our situation. But that same sense of irony becomes dangerous when it justifies passivity. It becomes what poet and essayist Lewis Hyde calls "the voice of the trapped who have come to enjoy their cage." Accordingly, we might think of a modern cynic as someone who's given up all hope of finding a door, much less a key. As I'll be exploring, there are better ways to live.
Adapted from the wholly updated new edition of "Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in Challenging Times" by Paul Rogat Loeb (St Martin's Press, release date March 30, 2010, $16.99 paperback). With over 100,000 copies in print, Soul of a Citizen has become a classic guide to involvement in social change. Howard Zinn called it "wonderful...rich with specific experience." Alice Walker says, "The voices Loeb finds demonstrate that courage can be another name for love." Bill McKibben calls it "a powerful inspiration to citizens acting for environmental sanity."
Loeb also wrote "The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear," the History Channel and American Book Association's #3 political book of 2004. HuffPost will serialize selected sections of "Soul" every Thursday. Sign up at Paul's HuffPost home page to see previous excerpts or be notified of new ones. For more information or to receive Loeb's articles directly, see www.paulloeb.org. From "Soul of a Citizen," by Paul Rogat Loeb. Copyright © 2010 by the author and reprinted by permission of St. Martin's Griffin.
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Imperative 21
The Imperative of the 21st century is to RESET our economic system.
The Imperatives
Over the decades and years leading up to the pandemic, a large range of organizations were created all across the world with the goal of reimagining and redesigning our economic system, in whole or in part, so that it serves the many and not just the few. These organizations were created independently of one another, but all based themselves on the truth of our interdependence, in contrast to the founding idea of the existing system, individualism.
These organizations have come together for the first time as allies for system change to articulate the Imperatives that must underpin the RESET of our economic system. Articulating these Imperatives has illuminated how far we have already come in designing the RESET. It has also illuminated what remains to be done, the path we must all follow to create an economic system where all people are able to work with dignity and care for themselves and their loved ones, where our planet is healthy and our economy thrives.
Imperatives for economic system change
Design for
Recognize the interdependence of healthy people, planet, and economies;
Balance the relationships between the private sector, government and civil society;
Ensure that everyone has access to free and fair markets.
Invest for
Remove structural inequality;
Ensure leadership and ownership are more inclusive, and investment more accessible;
Use technology to advance democratic ideals and human rights;
Promote greater voice, power and opportunity for those currently marginalized.
Account for
Measure success based on credible common metrics of sustainable value creation for all stakeholders;
Create incentives that reward business and investments creating social and environmental value;
Enhance standards of fiduciary duty.
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Imperatives FAQs
What are the Imperatives for Economic System Change?
The Imperatives describe the design objectives and characteristics of the economic system we must move toward to achieve our collective vision of shared wellbeing on a healthy planet.
Why were the Imperatives created?
The Imperatives were created to offer a compass, a basis, and a unifying force for economic system change.
A compass — The imperatives offer a compass for leaders from all sectors to come together to RESET consistent with a coherent, holistic and compelling direction of travel toward a just economy that creates shared wellbeing on a healthy planet.
A basis — The imperatives will also create a mechanism for greater collaboration among and accountability of policymakers, businesses, investors, and citizens, as we pursue the RESET together.
A unifying force — The imperatives create greater coherence and power among allies for system change, amplifying our collective voice around a common message, and facilitating collaboration by helping each of us see the whole picture as well as our unique role in it.
How are these Imperatives distinct from other similar efforts?
The Imperatives build on, align with and support the work of others. Those involved in their co-creation include or are inspired by a wide range of diverse and credible thinkers and doers who have been leading the way toward economic system change for decades. There are a number of ways the Imperatives are distinct:
At this unique moment in history, the Imperatives reflect a higher ambition and a clear-eyed determination to go beyond a statement of purpose or principles, and to go beyond practical incremental change to necessary transformational change, not only in our organizations and institutions, but also of the culture and systems in which they operate.
The Imperatives take a longer view of the economic reset, not just the recovery in the context of the global pandemic. To achieve the Imperatives, work must begin today and carry forward through the upcoming decade of delivery to achieve the SDGs.
The Imperatives are holistic. They include the purpose of the corporation and the future of work, and do so in the context of the economic systems that drive and constrain business and finance; large and small enterprise; private sector, government and civil society; social inequities and ecological necessities; technology and human rights.
The Imperatives engage both emerging and existing power. Calls for necessary transformational change often come from outside ‘the system’ — and are seen by insiders as unrealistic. Efforts towards practical change led from inside are often viewed as incremental and not credible by those outside. The process of co-creation of the Imperatives, stewarded by a business-led cross-sector network, has created the opportunity to discern alignment and foster collaboration between emerging and existing power.
Finally, the Imperatives create a framework for action, one that provides a roadmap for positive and measurable change in our economic system, and that is supported by a stewarded network of allies aligned to carry on the work.
How do the Imperatives relate to the SDGs?
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, signed on to by 193 countries, are our shared global goals; the Imperatives describe the economic system required to achieve them.
How do the Imperatives relate to the efforts of the Business Roundtable, World Economic Forum, Catalyst2030, WeALL, Build Back Better and others?
Imperative 21 has been inspired by and is in support of all of these and other initiatives. Building on the beautiful articulation of shared wellbeing on a healthy planet in the Meadows Memorandum of the Welling Economy Alliance, the Imperatives can serve as a unifying force and framework for collaboration among all of our interrelated efforts to achieve that vision. The economic system change articulated in the Imperatives is necessary to make material progress to Build Back Better, to achieve the 2019 restated purpose of the corporation from the Business Roundtable, the vision of stakeholder capitalism offered by the World Economic Forum, and the ambition of many other initiatives. Because Imperative 21 is itself a network, it works in alignment with other networks to inspire and deliver the economic transformation of the RESET.
Who is the main audience for the Imperatives?
There are two key audiences for the Imperatives. The first is the leaders whose positions in business, government, civil society, philanthropy, media and academia, make them powerful drivers for transformation of our economic system. We call on all these leaders to support a RESET and view the Imperatives as a guiding light and a measuring stick for that call to action. A second audience is the community of allies across the Imperative 21 network. We call on the allies to embrace this opportunity to bring coherence and collective power to all of our important work through greater collaboration in making a RESET a reality.
How will the Imperatives be used?
The Imperatives will serve as guiding lights for leaders in business and finance, government and civil society as we work together towards delivering the economic system that is needed to create shared wellbeing on a healthy planet. They might inspire investors and artists alike. They might be used by individuals or coalitions to frame discussions about potential collaboration. They might be used by academics to frame curriculum or research. They might be used by philanthropists to identify innovation opportunities. They might be used as a measuring stick against which to assess potential legislation, policies, or candidates. As use-cases emerge, Imperative 21 will share them in hopes of inspiring and equipping others to use them to further their work in advancing the RESET.
How “final” are the Imperatives?
We don’t know — it is up to all of us. After draft one is made public in September 2020, Imperative 21 will listen and learn. If interest and need is there, we’ll steward a process to improve the Imperatives and to clarify and identify new pathways to achieve them. At the very least, we expect to reflect on them and on the progress made and needed toward the economic system they describe.
How are the Imperatives related to RESET?
The Imperatives inspired the RESET campaign and serve as its core intellectual underpinning. RESET raises awareness around the necessity and urgency of economic system change, first to the leaders across business, finance and government who can influence the critical choices needed to implement that change, and eventually to the citizens who will hold those leaders accountable through their purchases, investments, employment and voting decisions.
Who created the Imperatives?
The Imperatives have been co-created with hundreds of allies from around the world. The idea for the Imperatives emerged from the public launch of Imperative 21 in April 2020 at the virtual Skoll World Forum. The objective was to build a shared understanding of the economic system change that was needed for the 21st century and the pathways to get there.
The co-creation has been iterative. The Imperatives and the ideas around them have been discussed in three online convenings, dozens of interviews and a range of consultations. In addition, Influence SG was commissioned to carry out a survey to which more than 230 contributed. (Survey report and raw data).
In September 2020, we are uplifting the first draft of the Imperatives and the RESET campaign that distills the Imperatives into their essence as public art. Any further development of the Imperatives will follow the same approach of co-creation and consultation to ensure that we reflect the insights and ambitions of our allies, partners and other stakeholders.
Who are the ‘allies for system change’?
The allies for system change are the hundreds of individuals and organizations that have aligned around economic system change, lighting a path for and engaging with Imperative 21 and other related initiatives in supporting a RESET.
How can I get involved or get more information?
Please reach out! We are here, we are listening, we need your unique contribution: reset@imperative21.co.
A Note of Gratitude
The Imperatives co-creation process has been stewarded by a coalition of allies that calls itself Project Portal: Charmian Love, UK21 co-convener, Chair and Co Founder B Lab UK; James Perry, B Lab board member, Co Founder B Lab UK; Charlotte Sewell, Project Portal project manager, Jason Stockwood, 53° Capital co-founder and B Lab UK board member; Chris Turner, B Lab UK executive director; and Anna Heckenlively, Imperative 21 chief of staff; Robin Hodess, Imperative 21 representative of The B Team; and Jay Coen Gilbert, Imperative 21 co-chair.
The team would like to express special thanks to all who gave generously of their time and expertise in convenings, conversations and surveys. Special thanks to: Derrick Feldman, Amy Thayer and the team at Influence SG; Josh Davis; New Economy Research Associates at Said Business School, Oxford University: Sabrina Bainbridge, Jillian Gedeon, Laura Ketteringham, Khanya Okumu, Aditya Rajashekaran and Saskia Rothuizen, and Laura Chavez-Varela at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.
The imperative of the 21st century is to RESET our economic system so that its purpose is to create shared wellbeing on a healthy planet.
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Thank you to Ford Foundation, the Skoll Foundation and Unfinished for their catalytic support.
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