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Caution over airport slot liberalisation
Commission proposal likely to be rejected by transport ministers.
Transport ministers meeting in Luxembourg on Monday (29 October) are expected to reject a European Commission proposal to ease access for new airlines by making it harder for large airlines to keep their historical take-off and landing slots at airports.
Under a Commission proposal to update 1993 rules on airport slot allocation, a slot would be confiscated if it is being used less than 85% of the time. The current threshold is 80%. The Commission is also proposing to raise the minimum number of slots requested for a series from five to 15. But most member states want to keep the existing thresholds, citing the need to retain flexibility for airlines.
Ministers are expected to give more of a welcome to the Commission’s concept of a secondary trading system on which airlines would be able to buy and sell slots. This type of system is already in place in the UK, but some countries – including Spain – ban the practice. Some member states want the right to apply restrictions on the trading, but they are expected to be outvoted.
Member states will authorise the signing and application of an agreement with Eurocontrol that will set up an enhanced co-operation framework, in which it will become the regulator of the Single European Sky Programme of unified multinational airspace blocs. MEPs called on 23 October for the urgent merging of national air-traffic control spaces across the EU and the creation of a genuine single European sky.
Ministers are also likely to support a first-reading agreement reached with the Parliament on enhancing safety for commercial vehicles – the regulation on tachographs, which record time and distance driven; the new rules aim at preventing fraud while reducing red tape.
Agreement will also be sought on the implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention, which the EU signed with the Internat-ional Labour Organisation in 2006.
Ministers will also discuss a Commission proposal to extend mandatory vehicle roadworthiness tests to motorbikes.
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EU ends ‘discrimination’ against businesses
New EU legislation should remove discriminatory rules and cut red tape.
By Jim Brunsden
December 28, 2009 12:00 am
Businesses should find it easier from today to offer services in other member states because of the entry into force of EU legislation prohibiting the imposition of ‘discriminatory’ requirements on businesses from other EU countries.
Examples of requirements that are banned under the legislation – known as the services directive – include economic needs tests and residency requirements.
The legislation also removes barriers to cross-border shopping and cross-border business-to-business sales, and obliges member states to create a website where foreign businesses can find and fill out all the administrative forms necessary to set up a branch or subsidiary in that country.
The Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis estimates that the legislation will bring €60 billion-€140bn of economic benefits to the EU, equivalent to 0.6%-1.5% of the EU’s gross domestic product.
It appears, however, that a number of member states have failed either to meet the deadline for putting the directive onto their statute books, or to take all the necessary operational steps so that it fully applies in practice.
According to sources closely following the implementation of the directive, Greece, Slovenia, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg and Poland are among those that have failed to complete the operational steps. In Austria, operational implementation has proceeded well, but legal implementation is incomplete.
The European Commission circulated a note to member states in September, expressing “serious concern” about delays to implementation in some countries.
The legislation obliges member states to hold a ‘mutual evaluation’ process in 2010 in which they assess how well each country has implemented the law, and where improvements can be made. The Commission is expected to report at the end of 2010 on how well the directive has been implemented.
The Commission can take member states that do not obey the legislation to the European Court of Justice, the EU’s top court.
The services sector accounts for approximately 70% of the EU economy. The percentage of the economy affected by the new directive is far smaller, however, because some industries and trades have been left outside of its scope. Services excluded from the directive include financial services, temporary work agencies, gambling and most healthcare services.
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Ever decreasing circles
Technology has helped the aviation industry grow, but complacency could undermine all that good work.
By Tom Enders
The aviation industry has achieved a great deal in the past decade. Air traffic has grown by more than 50%, yet demand for aviation fuel has risen by only 3%. Around the world, it supports almost 60 million jobs and $2 trillion (€1.6 trillion) in gross domestic product.
That the industry has grown is down to technology. That the growth in its environmental footprint has been limited is down to technology. Yet the intellectual infrastructure that made this possible is in danger of slipping through our fingers. There is a danger of complacency.
We need a new, more flexible approach that would accelerate the implementation of solutions in line with economic and environmental demands. In Europe, initiatives such as ACARE – the Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe – and FlightPath 2050, Europe’s vision for aviation, are helping to provide long-term direction for innovation. However, the problems they address are not solely European, so we also need a more cohesive global approach.
Perhaps tax revenues collected from aviation could be used to fund global co-operation for research, education and fleet renewal that would actually improve environmental performance? After all, in themselves, taxes do not cut emissions or create jobs; technology and talent do both.
China has taken the lead by committing itself to using air-passenger tax revenues for a development fund for airports, energy saving and emission reductions, including research and development. The EU FlightPath 2050 targets published last year indicated that the EU was thinking of using revenues from the emissions trading scheme (ETS) to supplement funding for research, technologies, products and fuel innovation. If Europe is going to insist that foreign carriers pay to use the sky above their own country because emissions are a global problem, then surely it is only common sense that any revenues collected should be used to fund global activities that actually reduce those emissions? This would be an opportunity to tackle environmental challenges on a truly global scale. It could even set a precedent for other industries to tackle their emissions.
Between now and 2020, the world’s airlines will spend $20 billion (€16bn) to comply with the ETS. If that money were re-invested into the aviation industry, Europe could cut its own emissions by 10% through the implementation of the Sesar programme to modernise air-traffic control infrastructure. It could build enough biofuel refineries to meet the EU’s target of producing two million tonnes by 2020. It could develop an entirely new aircraft model that would provide a significant step towards our target of halving aircraft emissions by 2050. And it would still have enough left over to educate about 20,000 engineers.
Those 20,000 engineers would help plug the growing skills gap that the industry faces. Europe needs 12,000 aeronautics engineers a year, but only 9,000 graduate – and nearly half of them switch to other careers when they qualify. Even the graduates that we do attract into the industry do not have the skill sets to match our needs. This is a crazy situation.
We are starting to see the impact of the Europe 2020 strategy, with incentives to recruit more teachers for science and engineering subjects, and education now forming a key element of ACARE. However, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation rankings, covering 44 nations around the world, show that while the EU-15 still performs fairly well today, it is close to the bottom in terms of efforts made to improve innovation capacity going forward.
It all comes down to whether Europe wants to lead or is content to follow. To secure a green growth economy we need to put the focus back on technology and the education required to deliver it. If we do not act now to stop those ever- decreasing circles, the erosion of European aviation’s technological and intellectual footprint will continue, and our leadership with it.
Tom Enders is the chief executive officer of EADS, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company. A longer version of this text appears in “Green growth and travelism: letters from leaders” launched at the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development.
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François Fillon faces internal calls to quit campaign
Conservative candidate losing support in parliament and out on the campaign trail.
François Fillon answers questions from the press
By Nicholas Vinocur
PARIS — About 40 members of the French center right on Tuesday called on François Fillon to consider dropping out of the race for the presidency over a financial scandal they say has damaged his campaign beyond repair.
In the clearest sign yet that Fillon is losing party support, the elected officials from his Les Républicains party told him in parliament to find a “political solution” to his problems, which have resulted in his on-the-ground campaign nearly grinding to a halt.
Their rebellion capped a nightmarish three weeks for Fillon, who is battling to stay in the race amid allegations that he paid his wife and two children hundreds of thousands of euros in public funds for work they did not do or for which they were unqualified.
“We need to find a political solution that matches what is at stake because we can easily find ourselves in the absolutely incredible position where our political family would be absent from the [presidential election’s] second round and that is not acceptable,” said Les Républicains MP Alain Gest after dissenting conservatives and Fillon met at a dinner in Paris on Monday.
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A party member briefed on the meeting and deliberations on Fillon’s political fate said the message to Fillon matched what Gest and others said after the dinner, adding the dissenters had gathered about 40 signatures from elected officials.
During the meeting Fillon fought back against arguments that he was too damaged to continue and urged party members to rally behind his campaign, arguing that no other candidate enjoyed the same legitimacy following his victory in a conservative primary election in November.
“I need you to help me. We are in this campaign and we can win it,” a journalist from Le Figaro quoted Fillon as telling the group of dissenting MPs. “I am harassed by the press and harassed by the judicial system. I don’t need on top of this to be harassed by parliament.”
His appeal blunted the internal assault — to a degree.
Le Figaro reported that Georges Fenech, the MP behind the initiative to address Fillon in parliament, decided at the last minute not to urge Fillon to call a meeting of the party’s senior leadership, which would have set in motion a formal debate on the viability of his campaign.
But other party members said Fillon only succeeded in surviving the confrontation in parliament, not in convincing his critics he still stood a chance of winning the presidential election.
Down and almost out?
Stung by constant press coverage of the payments scandal, Fillon is falling behind his two main rivals in the polls — far-right leader Marine Le Pen and former Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron. A survey by Odoxa published Tuesday showed Fillon’s personal approval rating has plummeted by 10 percentage points to 22 percent since the outbreak of the scandal, with an even sharper drop among conservative voters.
“[Fillon’s campaign managers] are pressing the button, but nothing is happening because the button is broken” — A Les Républicains member
The allegations are also taking a serious toll on Fillon’s on-the-ground campaign, which had been its strongest weapon. The party member, who asked not to be identified, said rank-and-file activists were so demoralized by the negative feedback from the electorate that some were no longer carrying out their orders.
An initiative by Fillon’s campaign to distribute a “letter to the French people” failed to reach a fraction of its intended recipients because many activists simply refused to distribute them, the party member said. “Car trunks are full of these things … People spent the afternoon at the café instead,” he added.
“They [Fillon’s campaign managers] are pressing the button, but nothing is happening because the button is broken,” he said. “There is no real campaign to speak of.”
Fenech, the center-right MP behind the parliamentary initiative, is a former ally of Nicolas Sarkozy who voted for Fillon in the primary’s second round. But members of the rebel group brushed off accusations that Sarkozy, the former president who says he has withdrawn from politics, was agitating against Fillon, pointing out the two men planned to have lunch together soon.
For now, Fillon looks unlikely to give in to calls for him to step down. But if he does, the Républicains will look at ways to replace him as a candidate. One possibility is to organize a snap primary election online. Another is to hold a vote among the party’s board members.
“We are not there yet,” said the source.
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Leaders seek to restart partnership talks
EU and Russian leaders meet in Nice; only Lithuania opposed resuming talks.
By Toby Vogel
The EU and Russia will discuss the resumption of partnership talks at a summit in Nice, France, tomorrow (14 November) – the first since this summer’s war between Russia and Georgia.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will discuss the partnership negotiations and the global financial crisis in a brief morning session with their EU counterparts, before talking about security issues, including Georgia, over lunch. The leaders will then fly to Washington, DC, for a global summit devoted to the financial crisis.
On Monday (10 November), EU foreign ministers decided that negotiations with Russia on a partnership agreement should resume later this year. The talks had been suspended following Russia’s invasion of Georgia in August. Several member states – notably Sweden and the UK – said that Russia had not fully withdrawn to the positions it held before the war, as required under a French-brokered ceasefire.
Wrong message
Lithuania was the only country to oppose – but not veto – Monday’s decision to resume talks. “This is not the message we should be sending to Russia,” Rytis Martikonis, Lithuania’s ambassador to the EU, told European Voice. He said that the move would weaken the EU’s negotiating position.
Lithuania – Moscow’s harshest critic in the EU, together with Poland – was increasingly isolated after David Miliband and Carl Bildt, the foreign ministers of the UK and Sweden, issued a statement in support of a resumption of talks just hours before the foreign ministers met. They said that a strategic partnership with Russia was in the interest of both the EU and Russia. “We need and want to work with Russia,” the statement read, echoing earlier messages from the European Commission.
It is now up to the Commission – which earlier this year was handed a mandate to negotiate a strategic partnership agreement with Russia – to set a date when talks can resume. A spokesperson for the French presidency of the EU said that a date could be agreed as early as tomorrow (14 November). “The French were very keen on getting this out of the way before the [EU-Russia] summit,” a diplomat said.
Geneva meeting
Partnership negotiations are likely to restart soon after the next round of political talks between the parties involved in the Georgia conflict, which is scheduled to take place in Geneva on 18 November. A first round of talks, on 15 October, failed.
The EU-Russia rapprochement came after threats by Medvedev to deploy short-range Iskander missiles to Kalinigrad, a Russian enclave squeezed between Poland and Lithuania. He announced the move on 5 November, hours after Barack Obama won the US presidential election, in response to the planned American deployment of missile shield technology in Poland and the Czech Republic.
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Transport projects put up as possible budget trade-off
THE campaign by four northern European governments to cut their contributions to the EU budget could well pave the way for a deal to raise extra money for transport and communications projects, say diplomats.
By Tim Jones
They point out that the ‘gang of four’ – Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden – would be the biggest beneficiaries of any cash injection for the Trans-European Networks (TENs), as most of the 14 top-priority schemes are in the north of the Union.
Officials say that increased spending on transport projects, which would need to be offset by cuts elsewhere, would marginally reduce German, Dutch, Austrian and Swedish net budget contributions because they would get more money back from EU coffers.
The big-money TENs projects include a 20-billion-ecu high-speed rail link between Germany and Italy via Austria, a 26-billion-ecu rail network linking Paris, Brussels, Cologne, Amsterdam and London, and the 4-billion-ecu Øresund sea-crossing between Copenhagen and Malmö. All these are concentrated in the paymaster member states.
At a meeting in Vienna last week to devise their strategy for negotiations on the EU’s Agenda 2000 reform package, top Austrian officials agreed to push first for an agreement to boost the 2.3-billion-ecu 1995-99 TENs budget to 5 billion ecu in 2000-2006. At the Cardiff summit in mid-June, heads of state and government called on their ministers to “reach a common position by December”.
Austria’s approach to the transport budget contrasts sharply with decisions reached at the Florence summit two years ago when German, Dutch and British opposition killed off European Commission President Jacques Santer’s plan to divert 1 billion ecu of unspent EU agricultural subsidies into TENs projects.
In early negotiations over the new TENs proposal, officials have agreed on the principle that project funding should be approved for a five-year period, even if the cash is released annually.
They have not, however, decided how much extra money to allocate to the schemes and many are sceptical about the Commission’s suggestion that funds from the EU budget should be permitted to make up 20% of total investment in a project, up from the current 10% ceiling.
In its strategy for securing “substantial progress” on Agenda 2000 at December’s Vienna summit, the incoming Austrian presidency of the Union is seeking to break the back of the negotiations on farm policy reform and regional funding by late November.
Vienna will also remind the European Parliament of pledges made by President José María Gil-Robles, in an exchange of letters with the outgoing UK presidency, to publish all its ‘own initiative’ reports on Agenda 2000 by November.
In response to demands from the Dutch and German governments, the Commission will come forward in October with a report on the EU’s ‘own resources’ system for financing the budget through farm levies, import duties and lump sums related to sales tax receipts.
Diplomats believe that the Spanish government, for all the hardball it is playing over Agenda 2000, is reasonably content with the current package of proposals because it maintains large-scale fiscal transfers from the North to the South and earmarks 45 billion ecu in cash for enlargement countries.
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Ukraine president asks for ‘resolute support’ in call with Trump
US Senator John McCain warned Trump on Tuesday against cozying up to Putin.
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Just a day after he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump spoke to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, whose country continues to grapple with Russian occupation and annexation of its territory.
According to a Ukrainian government readout of the call, Poroshenko stressed the “need for Washington’s resolute support of Ukraine in countering the Russian aggression and implementing crucial reforms.” He also invited Trump to visit and the two agreed to hold a bilateral meeting.
Trump’s closeness to Putin became campaign fodder for Democrats, who consistently emphasized how leaders like Poroshenko might be left without a steady ally. For his part, Trump seemed not to know whether Ukraine had been actually invaded. Russian-backed troops seized Crimea, a peninsula in southeastern Ukraine, in February 2014, and the territory was annexed a month later.
“He’s not going into Ukraine, OK, just so you understand,” Trump said in an interview on Sunday with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on “This Week” in August. “He’s not going to go into Ukraine, all right? You can mark it down. You can put it down. You can take it anywhere you want.”
Trump went on to tell Stephanopoulos that the invasion was another example how much of a “mess” the world is under President Barack Obama.
On Monday, Trump spoke with Putin on the phone. According to the Kremlin’s account of the call, the two leaders agreed to normalize relations and promote stronger economic ties.
Arizona Senator John McCain, one of the Senate’s leading Russia hawks, warned Trump on Tuesday against cozying up to Putin.
“With the U.S. presidential transition underway, Vladimir Putin has said in recent days that he wants to improve relations with the United States,” McCain said. “We should place as much faith in such statements as any other made by a former KGB agent who has plunged his country into tyranny, murdered his political opponents, invaded his neighbors, threatened America’s allies and attempted to undermine America’s elections.”
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Why Slovak ‘Yes’ cheered europhiles and the sceptics
VOTERS in accession countries continue to give a thumbs up to EU membership, but commentators likewise continue to find mixed messages in the referendum results.
By Craig Winneker
The most recent balloting was in Slovakia, where the ‘Yes’ vote exceeded 90% but – and there is always a but – turnout was just a whisker over the required 50% threshold.
Slovak papers celebrate the result, albeit with a note of caution. Sme says Slovakia “half-whispered its yes” and notes that, while turnout was much lower than in Malta, it was higher than in Hungary.
A headline in Bratislava’s Pravda welcomes the vote as an “excellent piece of news”. One commentator argues that “Slovaks acted out the drama on EU entry well, with great suspense and an excellent finale. However, the…government deserves whistles and boos for shoddy work”.
Next door in the Czech Republic, the media watch with interest. Prague’s Hospodarske Noviny says the referendum result will please both EU supporters and eurosceptics. The former will point to the very strong ‘Yes’, the latter to the low turnout.
In the Czech Republic, unlike in Slovakia, the referendum result will be valid even if less than half the voters turn up. Noting this, Pravo is worried that some apathetic voters “will consider the matter a fait accompli and will not make the effort”.
Back in Old Europe they’re also parsing the latest referendum data. Germany’s Frankfurter Rundschau bemoans the “apathy” in candidate countries and says arguments in favour of joining the EU should not just focus on economic issues: “In eastern Europe’s patchwork of minorities, the significance of European integration for safeguarding peace and democracy must be emphasized.”
But cheeky Die Welt reminds critics of the traditionally low participation in European elections, saying people should resist complaining about the Slovak turnout.
Prospects for a ‘Yes’ in Poland get a boost this week from none other than Pope John Paul II.
“Entry in the EU structures, with equal rights to those of the other countries, is for our nation and for the adjacent Slav nations, an expression of a historical justice,” the Pope said this week. Not surprisingly, the comment is reported in every Polish newspaper.
Such is the growing enthusiasm for Union membership that even Israel is taking a look at it. Ha’aretz reports that the country’s new Foreign Minister, Silvan Shalom, is busy examining Israel’s EU credentials.
“In principle, the minister thinks a possibility exists for Israel to join the EU, since Israel and Europe share similar economies and democratic values,” the paper quotes a foreign ministry official as saying. “It doesn’t mean he is preparing the dossier for applying tomorrow.”
The paper reports that MEP Marco Pannella of the appropriately named Transnational Radical Party is heading the campaign for Israeli membership.
In other news, Switzerland’s Le Temps reports that some EU members in danger of breaking the Union’s infamous Stability Pact are considering a little creative accounting to solve their problem.
“Europe’s bad pupils,” it claims, are “doing their utmost to secure exceptions to the rules”. The latest attempt “is for military and defence research expenditure to be left out of the calculations”, as advocated on Monday in Brussels by French Defence Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie.
But Deutsche Bundesbank President Ernst Welteke argues in an interview with Die Welt that the Stability Pact is not strict enough. “It only works in bad times, when it is already too late,” he says, stressing that the Pact should punish governments not building up budget surpluses in good times.
Bank presidents and other CEOs could do a little belt-tightening of their own, if recent reports of Enron-like corporate excess in Europe are any indication.
France’s indignant Libération says “tolerance is shrinking” all over Europe to “the pharaoh-like incomes” and severance packages of company executives.
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Domino’s Delivery Workers Settle Suit for $1.3 Million
February 3, 2014 by Howard Popper
Carlos Rodriguez Herrera said he often worked 65 hours a week as a deliveryman for a Domino’s pizza shop on East 89th Street in Manhattan but was paid for just 45 hours. A co-worker, Anatole Yameogo, remembers working from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. one Saturday, but his pay stub said he worked just five hours that day.
“One manager told me you will work more than 50 hours a week but we’ll pay you for 40,” Mr. Yameogo said. “That helps the managers increase their bonus.”
Citing these and other complaints, the two bicycle deliverymen sued the Domino’s franchisee that employed them, accusing it of minimum wage and overtime violations. Eventually, dozens of delivery workers joined the lawsuit, and their lawyers announced on Friday that the Domino’s franchisee, DPNY Inc., had agreed to pay $1.28 million to 61 workers to settle the claims.
The awards will range from $61,300 to $400 per delivery person, depending on how long each worked for DPNY, which owns four Domino’s in Manhattan.
“It took three years of litigation, but it’s a great victory for them,” said Karen Cacace, a lawyer for the Legal Aid Society, which brought the case. “Hopefully it will inspire other delivery workers and low-wage workers to take action if they’re not being paid correctly, and hopefully it will make employers recognize that there can be a significant cost to violating wage laws.”
The lawsuit accused DPNY of many violations, among them, not giving a legally required lunch break, not paying for their uniforms, and paying a subminimum tip wage even when the workers did untipped work, like cleaning ovens and floors or distributing Domino’s fliers.
David Melton, the owner of DPNY, said he had settled “to get the situation behind us and move forward with our business.”
“In any dispute people say things that may or may not be true, and that is the case here,” Mr. Melton said. “We made some mistakes in our business.”
He added that in his 25 years running DPNY, “thousands of our team members over those years have greatly benefited from their relationships with us.”
Mr. Yameogo, who worked for DPNY from 2005 to 2009, said, “I knew they were stealing my hours, but I had no choice but to stay because I had a family to support.” He sends part of his earnings to his wife and children in Burkina Faso.
Mr. Rodriguez, an immigrant from Mexico, said he initiated legal action after he first complained to his manager that he had been improperly underpaid and was fired on the spot in 2007. “The boss would always tell people, ‘If you don’t like it here, the door is open to go elsewhere,'” he said.
Mr. Rodriguez took his complaint to the State Department of Labor, but after it did little on the case for two years, he turned to the Legal Aid Society. Midway through the lawsuit, DPNY filed for bankruptcy, saying it could not afford the potential liability. Lawyers from Shearman & Sterling worked pro bono to help the plaintiffs on bankruptcy and other issues.
Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IV of Federal District Court granted the plaintiffs’ request to include the national Domino’s Pizza company as a defendant, after the delivery workers asserted that it was a joint employer that knew or should have known about the franchisee’s alleged wage violations.
At a bankruptcy hearing, a lawyer for DPNY valued Domino’s contribution to the settlement at $140,000, in various forms, including waiving and delaying some of the franchisee’s payments. Ms. Cacace said Judge James M. Peck of federal Bankruptcy Court required a contribution from the national company as part of the settlement.
In a statement, Domino’s said it was “not ‘contributing’ to the settlement in any way.”
It said that Mr. Melton owed the company several hundred thousand dollars in back royalties.
“We are holding off in collecting that money,” the statement said, “so that he can use it to pay off his other creditors, including the parties involved in the settlement agreement.”
The lawsuit asserted that DPNY should have paid the full state minimum wage rather than the $5.65 tip wage for delivery workers because the company failed to keep proper records of their tipped hours and failed to properly explain tip wages.
“It was brave of these guys to come forward,” Ms. Cacace said. “You often get fired when you sue people.”
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Queen's professor John McGarry participates in annual Killam Prize symposium
Queen's professor John McGarry shares a laugh with symposium host Paul Kennedy.
Queen’s University professor and Killam Prize winner John McGarry (Political Studies) participated in the second annual Killam Prize Symposium at Rideau Hall last week. The event was hosted by the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada and the topic was: What do you see in everyday life that others do not see? What is significant but most of us are missing it?
Dr. McGarry, who earned the Killam Prize for his research on power-sharing and conflict resolution, was joined by the four other 2013 winners. The moderator of the discussion was Paul Kennedy, host of CBC’s Ideas, which will broadcast the one-hour event on Friday, Nov. 29 at 9 pm.
Joining Dr. McGarry at the symposium were, from left: Alistair MacLeod, Ron Watts, John Meisel, Governor General David Johnston, Dr. McGarry, Donald Raymond and Rector Nick Francis. Photo credit: Cpl Carbe Orellana, Rideau Hall.
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FocusMental illness
Volume 44, No.11, 2015 Pages 792-796
Sean R Atkinson
Darren Russell
Gender dysphoria is the distress or discomfort that may occur when a person’s biological sex and gender identity do not align. The true prevalence of gender dysphoria is unknown in Australia because of varying definitions, different cultural norms and paucity of data. Individuals who identify as transgender are vulnerable, and have higher rates of discrimination, depression and suicidality, compared with the general population.
Objective/s
The aim of this article is to familiarise general practitioners (GPs) with the principles of transgender care so they may provide a safe and supportive environment for patients presenting with concerns.
It is important to have a basic understanding of how to conduct an initial consultation of gender dysphoria even if it is an uncommon presentation in general practice. Management should be individualised and may involve a combination of social work, education, counselling, hormone therapy and surgery.
The prevalence of transgenderism varies internationally because of cultural and societal norms, and differences in definitions. The prevalence in Australia is unknown as there is a paucity of studies in this area. New Zealand reported an estimated prevalence of 1 in 6000, with a natal male-to-female ratio of 6 to 1.1 However, research suggests the prevalence is much higher than previously thought.2
Sex and gender defined
‘Biological sex’ refers to our reproductive organs, ‘gender identity’ to our inner sense of being a ‘man’ or a ‘woman’, and ‘gender presentation’ to how we express gender on a ‘feminine’ to ‘masculine’ scale. This is defined by local culture and opinion.
It is generally accepted that babies born of the female sex will later view themselves as ‘women’, and male babies will develop into ‘men’ and dress accordingly. However, sex and gender are more likely to fall on continuums rather than in neat, dichotomous categories (Figure 1). Variation in how people position themselves on these continuums depends on factors such as developmental stage, past and present environment and experience, and nature of relationship with self and others.
Figure 1. Biological sex, gender identity and gender presentation spectrum
Reproduced with permission from: A Gender Agenda. Navigating diversity: Information for transgender, intersex, and gender diverse communities and service providers. Canberra: A Gender Agenda, 2014. Available at http://genderrights.org.au/ sites/ default/ files/ u9/ AGA InfoPack 2014.pdf
Perceived inconsistencies between one’s biological sex and gender identity are often accompanied by significant distress and the onset of gender dysphoria. In the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5), the term ‘gender dysphoria’ has replaced gender identity disorder. This change in terminology removes the ‘pathology’ from being transgender, which is not a mental health condition.3
Symptoms of gender dysphoria manifest at different developmental stages, but reliably become more debilitating when secondary sexual characteristics develop during puberty (DSM-5).4
The prognosis of gender dysphoria is generally positive and improves with treatment, which may include a combination of psychotherapy, hormones and surgery.2 These treatments are safe and effective in the long term, and very few people who chose surgical genital reassignment have regrets about their decision later in life.5,6
The initial assessment should begin with a history, assessment of risks and supports, and appropriate examination. Later consultations should focus on a discussion of the patient’s short-term and long-term goals, which provide a framework for ongoing care.
Establishing a relationship
The consultation should begin by establishing the individual’s preferred name and gender. For example, Ms Rachael Smith may prefer to be called Mr Ross Smith, and prefer ‘him/his’ to ‘her/hers’. These simple, initial questions will establish understanding and trust in the therapeutic relationship.
Establishing a diagnosis
The DSM-5 has diagnostic criteria for gender dysphoria in adults and adolescents. There is also a criterion for children, but this will not be covered in this article. It is best to begin by establishing the age of onset and duration. Were they very young? If there was a change point, did it correspond to a significant event? For many, the desire to wear the ‘other gender’s’ attire may be among their first memories. For others, it may have developed much later.
For gender dysphoria to be present, a patient must have had at least two DSM-5 criteria for at least six months, and it must cause significant distress to the patient. This generally includes any of the following:
a significant difference between their own experienced gender and their secondary sexual characteristics
strong desire to be rid of their secondary sexual characteristics or prevent their development
wanting secondary sexual characteristics of the opposite gender
wanting to be treated as the other gender
the strong belief that they have the feelings/reactions of the opposite gender.
Patients’ feelings about their own and opposite gender’s secondary sexual characteristics may be marked. For many, the physical maturation and growth of their misaligned secondary sexual characteristics are highly distressing, a cause of disgust, and may lead to mutilation. For example, it is common for female patients who identify as male (female-to-male) to dress in loose-fitting clothes and wear a binder to hide breast development. Therefore, it is common in our experience for people with gender dysphoria to present during adolescence.
Risk and support assessment
To make a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, there must be significant distress that impairs social, occupational, or other areas of function. The best way to assess this is to conduct a HEADSS (home, education/employment/eating/exercise, activities/relationships, drug use, sexuality/suicide/depression/mental health) assessment. Although primarily used in adolescence, the HEADSS assessment is a good way to cover all the bases of a psychosocial assessment. The assessment in this context allows identification of the patient’s support network and any risks that may need to be addressed in future consultations.
Mental illness is common in the transgender population. The prevalence of depressive disorders is double, compared with the general population.7 Whether this is associated with gender dysphoria or a separate issue should be explored and managed accordingly. Furthermore, rates of abuse, harassment, discrimination, isolation and suicidality are significantly higher in individuals who identify as transgender.8,9
Medication and drug history are important. Substance misuse data in Australia’s transgender population are scarce. Anabolic steroids were the most frequently misused substances. However, this is predominantly related to a desire to transition rather than the classical reasons for misuse.8 In our experience, these substances are obtained illegally because of fears they will be withheld by their doctor or lack access.
A comprehensive sexual history should be obtained. It is common for younger clients to report little or no sexual history. However, other individuals may be at risk of sexually transmissible infections (particularly those who may engage in receptive anal sex or sex work). A few simple questions would avoid the possibly intrusive experience of blanket testing.
Support networks are vital during transition and should be identified, especially during the early stages. It cannot be assumed that family and friends will be supportive but they should be encouraged to seek counselling and access support groups to help educate them to the process of transition (eg Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays [PFLAG]) if needed. Further consultations with the family and the patient at a later date may be helpful.
Transgender individuals with gender dysphoria are often uncomfortable with their body, particularly their secondary sexual characteristics. They may avoid seeking healthcare to avoid a genital and/or breast examination. A genital examination is not part of the routine assessment unless there is suggestion or evidence of intersex or genital mutilation.2 Avoiding this examination may be valuable in initial consults, until the patient is comfortable and trusting of the doctor.
Individuals who identify as transgender may prefer to appear androgynous or to match their desired sex. Preconceived ideas of appearance from the doctor are unhelpful.
Being an individual who identifies as transgender is not in itself pathological. However, gender dysphoria may occur as part of another mental health disorder and should be investigated if it is clinically suspected (Table 1).
Table 1. Differential diagnosis of gender dysphoria
Transvestic disorder involves cross-dressing as a sexual urge or fantasy. Individuals do not consider themselves the opposite gender, and do not want surgery or hormones. Outside these times, they will dress and act congruent to their biological sex and gender.
Body dysmorphic disorder involves a distressing or impairing preoccupation with an imagined or slight defect in appearance. Individuals do not consider themselves a different gender, but find a part of their body (possibly the genitalia or breasts) to be abnormal and want them removed.
Psychotic patient may report gender dysphoria as related to a delusion telling them they are a different gender. However, this is uncommon in practice and the individual may have a history of psychotic disorder.
Borderline personality disorder is defined as disturbance in self-identity, which could include sexual orientation and/or gender dysphoria. If a patient shows symptoms of borderline personality disorder, or is known to have the disorder, a mental health professional should be involved to aid in assessment.
Individuals with Asperger’s syndrome are prone to obsessive preoccupations that could include gender dysphoria. If Asperger’s syndrome is previously diagnosed or suspected, review by an appropriate mental health professional may be warranted to differentiate true gender dysphoria from a manifestation of Asperger syndrome.
Rarely, individuals with dissociative identity disorder may experience gender dysphoria as one of their identities. Consultation with a mental health professional will help elucidate whether gender dysphoria is distinct from dissociative identity disorder in this setting if the patient has a history of the disorder.
Investigations are only important to provide a baseline for patients who are intent on hormone replacement therapy, and are not part of the diagnostic process.2
Some patients may be happy to live in their desired gender role, but many will want to physically transition with the use of hormones, with or without surgery. A large Australian study found 86% of individuals who identified as transgender were using or intended to use hormone therapy. Thirty-nine percent of this group also had had some form of surgery. Only 12% were living in their desired gender role without hormones or surgery.7
We recommend counselling by a mental health professional with experience or interest in transgender health in the vast majority of cases. Psychologists fulfil an important support role to patients and families during transition. They may also aid in the diagnosis of comorbid mental health conditions and can provide reports on the suitability of the individual for surgery.2 Finding a suitably experienced psychologist may be difficult, especially in rural areas. A psychologist skilled in the management of anxiety and depression may be the best alternative.
Changing documents
Successfully changing one’s identity on documents is an affirmation of gender for patients, but it is often an area of confusion for doctors.7 The Federal Government’s Australian guidelines on the recognition of sex and gender in 2013 states specifically that ‘sex reassignment surgery and/or hormone therapy are not prerequisites for the recognition of a change of gender in Australian Government records’.10 This means legal documents from Centrelink, Medicare, passports, Australian Tax Office, driver’s licence, birth certificate, and any other government agency cards and records can be changed to a preferred gender.
A letter from a registered medical practitioner or registered psychologist is all that is required to change the sex. The guidelines include a section on what should be included in the letter. The forms to change the documents are easily downloaded from government websites.
Hormone therapy has been demonstrated to reduce distress without significant adverse psychological or physical effects.2 As with any medication, it is important to be aware of the reversible and permanent side effects of hormone therapy to ensure patients are fully informed. This is described well in the Endocrine Society Treatment of Transsexual Persons’ Guidelines.11
GPs may feel uncomfortable treating patients who identify as transgender due to inexperience. A referral to a specialist (eg endocrinologist, sexual health physician) may be pertinent in the early stages for the initiation of hormone therapy. It is best to first contact the specialist to ensure they are happy to be part of the management team as not all are experienced in this field.
There are limited specific gender clinics in Australia. Some sexual health practices may be experienced in the management of transgender health (Table 2).
Ongoing care, including monitoring hormone therapy, is best managed by the GP as they know the patient well. They can provide preventive and holistic care, and act as the point of contact between other healthcare providers.
Table 2. Support and services in Australia for transgender persons
Ausgender
Gender Agenda
Gender Centre
Transhealth Australia
Southern Health Gender Clinic
The Royal Childrens’ Hospital – Gender Clinic
Seahorse Victoria
ButchFemmeTrans Melbourne
Taylor Square Private Clinic
Cairns Sexual Health Service
Brisbane Gender Clinic
Goldcoast Sexual Health
The Australian Transgender Support Association Queensland
Transbridge – Townsville
Sexual Health Service Tasmania
Working It Out
Rainbow Tasmania
Canberra Sexual Health Service
Royal Darwin Hospital – Endocrine unit
Nil specifically identified for transgender
WA Gender Project
Living Proud
South Australia Gender Dysphoria Clinic
Bfriend
Surgical reassignment therapy
Surgical options for individuals who identify as transgender often refer to ‘top’ procedures (eg chest reconstruction or breast augmentation) and ‘bottom’ procedures (eg removal and creation of new genitalia). Surgical reassignment is often performed overseas due to greater expertise and lower cost. Genital surgery is often reserved for patients who have been on hormone therapy for at least one year and living in their desired role, given the permanency of the procedures.12
It is important for GPs to have a basic understanding of gender dysphoria as they will often be the first point of contact for these patients. While gender dysphoria is an uncommon presentation, these individuals are often isolated and have higher rates of depression and suicide. It is important to validate and engage with the patient. Gender dysphoria often involves a multidisciplinary team and at the very heart of the team is the therapeutic relationship between the GP and the patient. The GP is best placed to provide holistic and ongoing care for a person with gender dysphoria.
The World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH). Standards of care, www.wpath.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=1351
The Endocrine Society. Endocrine treatment of transsexual persons, http://press.endocrine.org/doi/pdf/10.1210/jc.2009-0345
The Center of Excellence for Transgender Health, transhealth.ucsf.edu
Sean R Atkinson BSc, MBBS, Sexual Health Registrar and General Practice Registrar, Cairns Sexual Health Service, Cairns, QLD. drseanatkinson@gmail.com
Darren Russell MBBS, DipVen, FRACGP, FAChSHM, FRCP, Director, Cairns Sexual Health Service, Cairns, QLD; Clinical Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne, VIC; and Adjunct Associate Professor, James Cook University, QLD
Provenance and peer review: Not commissioned, externally peer reviewed.
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Coleman E, Bockting W, Botzer M, et al. Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender-Nonconforming People, Version 7. Int J Transgenderism 2011;13:165–232.
Unger CA. Care of the transgender patient: The role of the gynaecologist. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2014;21:16–26.
American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders 5th edn (DSM-5). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association, 2013.
Asscheman H, Giltay EJ, Megens JA, de Ronde WP, van Trotsenburg MA, Gooren LJ. A long-term follow-up study of mortality in transsexuals receiving treatment with cross-sex hormones. Eur J Endocrinol 2011;164:635–42.
Lawrence AA. Factors associated with satisfaction or regret following male-to-female sex reassignment surgery. Arch Sex Behav 2003;32:299–315.
Couch M, Pitts M, Mulcare H, Croy S, Mitchell A, Patel S. Tranznation: A report on the health and wellbeing of transgender people in Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne: Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society, 2007.
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Attorney-General’s Department. Australian Government guidelines on the recognition of sex and gender. Canberra: Attorney-General’s Department, 2013. Available at www.ag.gov.au/ Publications/ Documents/ AustralianGovernmentGuidelinesontheRecognitionofSexandGender/ AustralianGovernmentGuidelinesontheRecognitionofSexandGender.PDF [Accessed 15 June 2015].
Hembree WC, Cohen-Kettenis P, Delemarre-van de Waal HA, et al. Endocrine treatment of transsexual persons: An Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009;94:3132–54.
Correspondence afp@racgp.org.au
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Ayushmann Khurrana: President Kalam was a leader who never let us down
Anushka Sharma may have got it wrong but the Hindi film industry tweeted beautiful messages for former president APJ Abdul Kalam, who passed away on Monday.
Several more Bollywood personalities send their tributes:
Ayushmann Khurrana: He was the silver lining of this era. A leader who never let us down. An epitome of righteousness, wisdom and intelligence. He was so vastly popular because of his instant connectivity with the youth. The combination of his scientific brain and his natural propensity towards art and culture made him a rare gem. Thank you for everything, Sir.
Naseeruddin Shah: Wonderful dreamy scientist with the love of the arts, I admired him greatly. It is highly appropriate that he got such a great send-off doing what he loved.
Mahesh Bhatt: In our country of excessive talk and less action was born a man of action. Dr Kalam once told me he learnt from Mahatma Gandhi what true service is. It was Dr Kalam, who told me that Bapu was healing the wounds of the Partition in the street of Bengal while the rest of India was celebrating the first Independence Day! What a way to go. Died with his boot on.
Victor Bannerjee: Scientists, who berated him for not having achieved anything of scientific significance, reluctantly admit he was a great sheepherder of talent. The nation loved him for being a simple human being, who brought his office down from an artificial pedestal into classrooms and communities.
Shoojit Sircar: I always wanted to meet him but I am not sad. He always inspired me. He passed away while working. That was a glorious life.
Subhash Ghai: Our prime minister is inspired by Dr Kalam’s dream of digital India, skill India, and Make India by 2020. What more could I say?
Photograph: Abhijit Mhamunkar
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Bioenergy, Hydropower
Biodiesel Incentive for All of Australia
[RenewableEnergyAccess.com] Democratic Senator Lyn Allison, who is a Parliamentary Leader in Victoria, Southern Australia, announced her support of the Government’s decision to run public transport on biodiesel. A fuel switch shouldn’t stop there, however, and Allison encouraged the Federal Government of Australia to modify off-road diesel rebate excise rules to encourage other states to make the same switch. She called for fuel incentives for state governments, particularly for regions near sensitive marine environments. Biodiesel currently only qualifies for the rebate plan if it is mixed with petro-diesel, and this blend is much more harmful for the marine environment in the event of spills. Allison described a move to increase biodiesel incentives as a way for the Federal Government to reduce emissions in the country even though the ruling party refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol.
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Akeena Signs Partnership with Kyocera
California, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com] Akeena Solar, Inc. and Kyocera Solar, Inc. have announced a strategic partnership to manufacture Andalay solar panels. Under the agreement Kyocera will manufacture Andalay solar panels using its solar cells and will deliver 1.6 megawatts (MW) of panels to Akeena during 2008.
Kyocera has also been named Akeena’s preferred supplier for its commercial business. Andalay is the brand name for Akeena Solar’s proprietary solar panel technology. Andalay panels feature built-in racking, wiring and grounding.
“We look forward to this next phase of our partnership with Akeena Solar. The Andalay solution is a distinctive approach for delivering high performance solar solutions that will be powered by Kyocera’s innovative cell technology,” said Steve Hill, president of Kyocera Solar, Inc. “In response to growing demand, such as Akeena’s, this partnership also leverages Kyocera’s plans to expand its annual solar module manufacturing capacity to 500 MW by 2011.”
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Wind Farms: A Noisy Neighbor?
By Zoë Casey | 2.21.13
Wind turbine noise is an issue fraught with emotion. Noise often comes up as a complaint from local wind turbine opposition groups and it is clearly something that wind turbine manufacturers, designers and developers alike must face up to, even if a vast body of exists to show that there are no effects on human health from wind turbine noise.
In amongst the complaints that noise might ruin a good night’s sleep, what are the real issues, how big are they in reality, and what can be done about them?
Noise emanating from wind turbines comes from two principal sources, Stefan Oerlemans, an engineer at Siemens, speaking at an EWEA technology workshop on noise held in Oxford in December, said. “There is the mechanical noise from the turbine’s nacelle caused by the gearbox and generator, and there is the aerodynamic noise from the wind turbine’s blade,” he explained. “The dominant of these two sources is the blade, mainly during the blade’s downwards stroke during a rotation,” he said.
As blade lengths have increased over the years — a wind turbine rotor is now bigger than the wingspan of a Boeing 747 and turbines have grown from 200 kw power ratings up to 7.5 MW — then the potential for greater noise levels goes up too. However, since the earlier days of modern wind power, turbine blades designs have improved drastically.
Designs of earlier modern turbines were inspired by 1930s aircraft designs, Oerlemans said. But today blades are custom made with much thinner trailing edge designs and aerodynamic blade tips designs — both of which make the blade much more slender and less noisy as it cuts the air. Some designers have also started to explore “add-on” concepts, such as attaching extra features to a blade to further streamline its movement, although this approach is very sensitive to local conditions and can be a success or failure, he said.
“Blades undergo acoustic wind tunnel testing to find the right designs: many noise sources can be supressed by good design,” Oerlemans stated. Noise from the nacelle is easier to reduce, and can be achieved by adding greater nacelle insulation, he added.
Noise, What Noise?
While wind turbine noise from the outset might seem like something scientific that can be measured categorically it is a highly complex process once ‘in the field’. “Measuring noise is very frustrating, especially in residential areas where background noise is very similar,” Andy Mckenzie, from Hayes Mckenzie Partnership, said.
Wind turbine noise can be intermingled with the noise of rainfall, geographical water features, the sound of gravel crunching under car tyres, the wind blowing through the trees, farmyard noises and — one of the biggest annoyances to measurement — the noise of passing traffic. “All these and other sources affect the results,” Mckenzie said.
What is more, it is impossible to measure everywhere. Places like people’s back gardens — and if we’re talking about noise affecting public opinion this is surely a key place to measure — are usually off limits. And there is the effect of the wind direction over the noise survey period — are the measurement instruments downwind from the wind farm? — he added.
“Simply put, background noise is very similar to turbine noise,” Mckenzie stated. So, if we know that turbines do produce some noise, particularly as the blades swoop down, but we don’t really know accurately how much noise they create in a given setting, what is the argument against wind turbines when it comes to noise?
Do Wind Turbines Impact Human Health?
“Sound from wind turbines does not pose a risk of hearing loss or other direct adverse health impacts,” Mark Bastasch, from the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA), told delegates at the December EWEA noise workshop.
He pointed to 17 different peer-reviewed studies which back-up his statement, available on the CanWEA website. In addition to those studies there are many more: in 2010 the Australian government National Health Medical Research Council concluded that, “there are no direct pathological effects from wind farms and that any potential impact on humans can be minimised by following existing planning guidelines.”
In January 2012 a study for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health said: “there is insufficient evidence that noise from wind turbines is directly…causing health problems or disease.” For more studies, search for “health” on the EWEA blog.
As Robert Hornung, President of CanWEA, put it: “wind has been attacked by opponents on the grounds that it is harmful to human health. This is despite the fact that the balance of scientific evidence clearly shows that wind turbines do not adversely affect human health, and in fact, wind energy is broadly recognised to be one of the safest forms of electricity generation available today.”
However, it goes without saying that wind turbine-related noise is not an issue that can be swept under the carpet by wind farm developers: objectively noise should not be an issue, but subjectively it is — and it is often a cause of concern for communities surrounding a wind farm even before the farm is up and running.
Involving the Community
Numerous opinion polls show that the public in general is in favour of renewable energy technologies like wind, but at a local level that support can wane without community engagement.
“Communication with the community is key,” Tom Levy, Manager of Technical and Utility Affairs at CanWEA, explained. “You can have the strictest regulation in the world but you won’t prevent problems if you don’t approach the community, engaging people before and after the project is built.” CanWEA has developed a set of best practice guidelines aimed at helping wind farm developers involve the local community and listen to their health-related concerns, he added.
Levy’s ideas include engaging local prominent people, such as a town mayor, to show them how wind turbine noise blends in with background noise. Local media are also “critical” Levy said, advising developers to go and meet editors of local papers, local radio show hosts and local TV presenters.
“Change is often controversial and wind farm projects will often meet with local opposition. Education is the most powerful tool, but developers must also show respect by answering questions and listening to fears,” he said. “Wind farm developers want to be good neighbours,” Jeremy Bass, Senior Technical Manager at RES, added.
And so, in short, it seems that yes wind turbines make noise — some of which has been eliminated with modern turbine designs — and, no, this noise does not impact human health. But that noise does exist, even if it is at a very similar level to general background noise even in rural areas, and therefore all those involved in a wind farm project cannot ignore it.
Respecting national regulations on distances from dwellings is one thing — noise regulation varies hugely from country to country the scope of which goes beyond this article — but the most effective solution — community engagement — is something that should be built into every wind farm project sited near a community from the planning and construction phases to the operational phase.
EWEA holds a series of technology workshops throughout the year; for more information click here.
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HedgeServ Receives Top Rankings in 2012 Global Custodian Survey
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NEW YORK, Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- HedgeServ, an independent global fund administrator, achieved top rankings in the 2012 Global Custodian Hedge Fund Administration Survey. HedgeServ's performance included 130 Best-in-Class awards, as well as "Top Rated" distinctions for both North America and Dublin. HedgeServ, for the second consecutive year, received the highest overall score of any administrator with greater than $100 billion of assets under administration. In 2010 HedgeServ earned the highest overall score at that point in the survey's history.
In its 17th year, the Global Custodian Survey is an industry-recognized benchmark for client satisfaction. The 2012 survey comprised over 1,200 investment manager evaluations of more than 40 fund administrators across a range of 69 categories including client service, technology, fund accounting, middle office, compliance, and investor reporting.
The survey results included both client quotes and editorial commentary. "They are the top administrator in this industry," stated one HedgeServ client, with another saying "there is nothing they need to improve to help in my service." Another client described HedgeServ's technology as "excellent and surpasses that of other administrators."
Global Custodian cited a "torrent of fan mail" from satisfied HedgeServ clients, representing fund managers of all asset sizes, and concluded that HedgeServ has the proven ability to "look after the biggest in the business."
"We thank all of our clients for their trust and support, and for acknowledging our commitment to excellence in meeting their needs and those of their investors," said Justin Nadler, president and co-founder of HedgeServ. "The survey trends show fund managers placing increasing importance on their administrator's ability to deliver data-rich reporting solutions, institutional infrastructure, and investor confidence – areas validated as HedgeServ strengths. HedgeServ continues to invest in its people and technology, and we remain focused on true partnership with our clients."
About HedgeServ
HedgeServ is an independent, top-ranked provider of fund administration services, currently servicing over $150 billion in assets under administration and 25,000 investors globally. HedgeServ employs over 500 professionals across its offices in New York, Dublin, London, Chicago, and Grand Cayman.
HedgeServ has set the benchmark for client satisfaction by focusing on excellence in service. HedgeServ clients benefit from a collaborative solution which extends their own capabilities, reduces their total costs, and delivers the flexibility and scale to meet their business, regulatory, and investor needs. The HedgeServ Culture of Excellence is underpinned by the industry's most experienced client service professionals and an unmatched track record of delivering accurate and timely information to managers and investors. The HedgeServ technology platform provides managers with real-time access to all their portfolio, risk, accounting, and investor data and operates on a single database with SOC 1-certified controls.
HedgeServ supports all alternative investment strategies of hedge funds, funds of hedge funds, private equity funds, managed accounts and managed account platforms, UCITS funds, and other institutional investment programs. For more information please visit www.HedgeServ.com.
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Ganapat University
Ganpat Vidyanagar, Mehsana-Gozaria Highway, Mehsana, Pincode-382711
Official Website: www.ganpatuniversity.ac.in/
GANAPAT-UNIVERSITY - Ganapat University Results 2021
A pioneering team of philanthropic and enlightened individuals led by Shri Anilbhai Patel and like-minded friends soon came forward with the resolve to transform this dream, via Herculean efforts and committed dedication, into reality. Very soon the Team was joined by a large number of people, big and small, from diverse walks of life to delever to the thrill and responsibility of building up the edifice of a huge academic campus area in North Gujarat - Ganpat Vidyanagar, now the Ganpat University founded under Gujarat kingdom Act No. 19 of 2005. It is managed by Mehsana District Education Foundation - a private trust committed to discharging the service of providing quality education founded in june 1996 by eminent industrialist, businessmen, NRI industrialists, educationalists and the social speakers of North Gujarat. It is named after Shri Ganpatbhai Ishwarbhai Patel, an eminent NRI industrialist, one of the founders of the university. Constituent Institutes Facilities Hostels - There are five Hostels constructed on the campus area, out of which, two are for girls. Each Hostel is well equipped with modern facilities and enough access to air and light. All these architectural wonders have the separate mess, administrative office and warden Quarter. Each Hostel -Block accommodates around 240 aspirants, who are served delicious and hygienic food.
Ganapat University Admission 2019
Ganpat University is a kingdom Private University which was founded in 2005 in Mehsana, Gujarat. The institute provides Diploma, UG, PG and Research courses programme. All the courses are provided under the faculties of Engineering & Technology, Pharmacy, Management, Computer Applications, Sciences, Education, Humanities and Social Sciences and Human Potential Development. Ganpat University is the only university in the kingdom providing B.Tech in Marine Engineering. The institute is successfully running industry oriented programs with live collaborations with the kingdom as well as National industries. Ganpat University provides VI-year integrated Diploma and B.Tech course in various specializations. For Integrated B.Tech, Aspirants must have passed class 10th examination for admission. Admission will be affiliated via counseling by Admission Committee for Professional Diploma Courses (ACPDC), based on Aspirants score in the qualifying exam. The university also provides a four-year B.Tech program for which admission is based on Aspirants score in Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GUJCET) or JEE Main. Aspirants applying for B.Tech program must have passed 12th with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects and Chemistry/ Computer/ Biology as optional subjects. Minimum 40% aggregate marks must be scored by the applicants in the qualifying examination.
Ganapat University Online Exam Form
Interested and eligible candidates can apply online. Applicants seeking admission to various UG and PG courses must fill and submit the application form online by going to the official website of University. You can follow below steps in order to fill application form more easily and successfully.
Visit official website of university.
Candidates have to first register themselves in order to apply.
During registration, they need to provide a valid email address and mobile number.
An email id & password will be sent to the email address and phone (specified by the candidate) on the successful registration.
Using the same login details login to application page in order to access the application form
Read the instructions carefully and start to fill up application form as per given instructions.
Upload the necessary documents and then proceed to payment options page.
The application fee will be paid via online as well as offline mode.
If payment is done through online mode then print final application form that is generated after successful payment.
If payment is made through offline mode then print final application form after two or three working days of fee submission.
Keep safe your id and password for future use.
Ganapat University Courses Offers
List of courses offered by Ganapat University
Bachelor of Technology [B.Tech]
Bachelor of Business Administration [BBA] + Master of Business Administration [MBA]
Bachelor of Design [B.Des]
Bachelor of Technology [B.Tech] + Master of Technology [M.Tech]
Bachelor of Computer Applications [B.C.A] + Master of Computer Applications [M.C.A]
Bachelor of Business Administration [BBA]
Bachelor of Architecture [B.Arch]
Bachelor of Computer Application [B.C.A]
Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]
Bachelor of Pharmacy [B.Pharm]
Master of Pharmacy [M.Pharm]
Master of Science [M.Sc]
Master of Technology [M.Tech]
Bachelor of Science [B.Sc] + Master of Science [M.Sc]
Master of Commerce [M.Com]
Master of Arts [M.A]
Master of Social Work [MSW]
Master of Education [M.Ed]
Master of Computer Applications [M.C.A]
Master of Philosophy [M.Phil]
Master of Business Administration [MBA] (Banking and Finance)
Master of Science [M.Sc] (Tech) (Information Technology)
Master of Arts [MA] (English)
Master of Computer Applications [M.C.A] {Lateral}
Diploma in Automobile Engineering + Bachelor of Technology [B.Tech]
Diploma in Electrical Engineering + Bachelor of Technology [B.Tech]
Diploma in Civil Engineering + Bachelor of Technology [B.Tech]
Diploma in Computer Engineering + Bachelor of Technology [B.Tech]
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering + Bachelor of Technology [B.Tech]
Ganapat University Exam Time Table / Date Sheet
Ganapat University Time Table of all yearly / Semester UG / PG examination of Ganapat University BA, B.com B.Sc, and MA, M. Com M.Sc will be uploaded soon. That’s why all students are searching for Ganapat University Time Table 2019. They can see and download the exam table of time through an official link. Ganapat University organizes UG and PG various course exams in March / April every year. So in this year also March / April in the month of 2018-18 undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses will be held for all courses. To see the Time Table 2019 of Ganapat University , you can download incoming students from the official web portal as per their first, third, fifth-semester exam date subject. For more information, you can visit the university’s official website.
Exam Admit Card / Hall Ticket Download of Ganapat University
The Ganapat University Admit Cards will be made available online to all the candidates who have completed the online or offline application process before the Ganpat University application deadline ends. The candidates must keep in mind that the Ganapat University Admit Card for online registration and offline applications will be issued together only through the official website in the online format.
Here are some steps to download the admit cards for Ganapat University 2019:
Step 1: Visit the official website of Ganpat University.
Step 2: Click on the link provided for the admit card download.
Step 3: The link will take you another window.
Step 4: Now, fill the required details and register
Step 5: Your admit card will appear on the screen
Step 6: Download the admit card
Step 7: Take a print out
It has been clearly stated on the official website that ‘Acceptance of a person as a students ing the entrance test does not confer on the person, the right of equivalent eligibility for admission to any of the above courses.
Affiliated Colleges of Ganapat University
List of colleges affiliated with Ganapat University
UVPCE Mehsana - UV Patel College of Engineering
MUIS Mehsana - Mehsana Urban Institute of Sciences
VMPIM Mehsana - V. M. Patel Institute of Management
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"Enabling aid" turns peasants into export farmers
By Pascal Fletcher
DJILAKH, Senegal (Reuters) - Less than a year ago, the land around this small Senegalese village was parched bush pasture, studded with thick-trunked, knobbly baobab trees.
But over the last six months, ground pockmarked with anthills that lay hard and idle during the nine-month dry season has blossomed through irrigation into a thriving small commercial farm thanks to an aid project funded by Spain.
Trained and assisted by Spanish agriculture experts, around 100 peasant farmers and their families have become international exporters of melons to supermarkets in Spain and Britain in a commercial tie-up with a private Spanish farm company.
“Now there’s money in the village,” beamed Amy Diouf, her baby son strapped to her back, as she stood in fields crossed with plastic irrigation tubes that drip-feed moisture to crops planted at Djilakh farm, 80 km (50 miles) southeast of Dakar.
International aid experts meeting in Accra, Ghana this week will debate how best the billions of dollars of foreign aid pledged to help the developing world should be handled to have a direct impact on the poor, such as African peasant farmers.
Haunted by cautionary tales of millions of dollars of aid money being squandered on fruitless projects by a competing babel of aid organizations and NGOs, participants at the September 2-4 High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness will seek to translate lofty intentions into concrete guidelines focused on results.
To carve Djilakh farm out of the bush, Spain’s government development cooperation agency AECID used modest initial project funding of nearly 600,000 euros ($880,000) to build an access road, sink a well, lay down irrigation, put up a warehouse, train the farmers and help guarantee essential inputs.
AECID will provide an additional 785,000 euros ($1.2 million) to expand the farm’s irrigated land from 25 to 50 hectares. It helped organize the process that selected a farm produce exporter, Feralca, to market Djilakh’s melons.
“This ensured a sales outlet, the lack of which is often one of the biggest weaknesses of agriculture development projects,” said Juan Jose Lavin, who is in charge of Spanish development cooperation programs in Senegal.
So-called “enabling” aid projects plug developing country farmers and entrepreneurs into the world market and give them the means and expertise to produce for export. They are often seen as more effective than vast, vague aid plans that swallow up millions of dollars before they show any concrete results.
NEED TO “TRANSFORM LIFE OF POOR”
Aid experts say the need for effective assistance for the poorest on the planet is all the more pressing following the collapse in July of world trade talks -- the so-called Doha Round -- aimed at addressing the needs of developing states.
“The timing (of the Accra aid meeting) is important in the post-Doha debacle,” said Ben Bennett, an economist with the UK University of Greenwich’s Natural Resources Institute.
“There is going to be now a phase of consolidation and particularly a phase of bilateral negotiations which are very divisive and time-consuming for African countries ... everybody trying to look after their own interests,” he told Reuters.
Bennett added the aid effectiveness debate also needed to take account of the fact that the world’s most impoverished and fragile states -- many of them in Africa -- were now seeing their economies battered by high world fuel and food prices.
This year’s food price crisis, which exploded into street riots in some African countries, has produced a barrage of calls from world leaders and development campaigners for policies that emphasize fair trade as much as straight aid to beat poverty.
Ahead of the Accra conference, African Christian religious leaders appealed for aid that “reaches local communities.”
“Development aid should not be measured by the amount sent, but by how it transforms the life of the poor,” said a statement signed by the All Africa Conference of Churches and the Roman Catholic bishops of Africa and Madagascar.
For the villagers of Djilakh, their Spanish-backed farm means they can now earn a profitable living close to home during the nine-month dry season, instead of having to migrate to the coast or the capital Dakar to try to scrabble for survival.
BACK TO AGRICULTURE
The farm’s 100 members are grouped into five “economic interest groups,” including two women’s groups.
“The most important thing is that they are working for themselves,” said Gregorio Velasco Gil, an agronomist with the Spanish state agricultural development company Tragsa.
Six months of labor this year produced several hundred tonnes of melons and vegetables like courgettes for export and local sale. Each Djilakh farm member earned more than 250,000 CFA francs ($560) -- a small fortune for Senegalese peasants.
News of the dynamic success of the “khal espagnol” (“Spanish melons” in the local Wolof language) has spread. Spanish aid officials hope it will act as a catalyst and model for the Senegalese government’s REVA “Back to Agriculture” program.
The REVA plan aims to coax Senegal’s restive unemployed youth back into productive employment to stop them risking their lives trying to migrate to Europe in rickety open boats.
It has been criticized by some donors and by opponents of the government who call it vague and lacking detailed strategy.
Senegal’s octogenarian president, Abdoulaye Wade, has attacked the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and some aid NGOs as wasteful money-gobblers that spend more on high-priced consultants and travel than on real people in need.
Wade, who himself recently announced a grandiose food production plan, has called for what he terms “aid to help people stand up.” He has praised the Spanish cooperation.
Spain’s Lavin says Senegal, with foreign help, has the potential to be a self-sufficient food producer and exporter. He admits the small Djilakh farm is “just a drop in the ocean.”
“But this country needs to work on agriculture,” he said.
(For full Reuters Africa coverage and to have your say on the top issues, visit: africa.reuters.com/)
Editing by Alistair Thomson
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Is It Time to Buy an Aston Martin DB7?
Aston's first car under Ford ownership is starting to look like a good buy.
By Chris Perkins
eBay/jmlegendauto
I can remember when this car previewed a bright future for Aston Martin. Its first new model after being bought by Ford, the DB7 took the platform from the old Jaguar XJS and styling from an abandoned E-Type successor and breathed new life into Aston Martin. And in 1999, the DB7's greatness was certified with the creation of the Vantage, the first Aston Martin with a V12.
The Aston DB7 Was Born From an Nixed Jag F-Type
Welcome to You Must Buy, our daily look at the cars you really should be buying instead of that boring commuter sedan.
That V12 was really just two Ford Duratec V6s conjoined, but it made 420 hp and sounded fantastic, so no one cared. The DB7 was an odd assemblage of parts turned into a great car, and one that kept the Aston legend alive into the 21st century. Its this importance that makes the DB7's relatively low prices today so surprising.
Just check out this 1999 DB7 Vantage. At $50,000, its asking price is on the more expensive end of the DB7 spectrum, but this is a rare manual-transmission coupe. And it's a great spec too, with its light green exterior and cream interior.
Of course, today, it's hard to overlook some of the cheaper elements of the DB7—its interior door handles are from the first-generation Miata—but in a way, they help tell the story of the car. The DB7 was Aston making the best of what it had, spending its limited budget on the things that mattered like the engine and styling.
And the DB7 still looks damn good today. Ian Callum penned a masterpiece here, and it's aged beautifully.
So the question is, will DB7 values climb from here? It's tough to say. Desirable examples like this one could get expensive, while earlier inline-six models and automatic-transmission cars might stay relatively low.
In any case, this DB7 Vantage at $50,000 is an interesting alternative to the V8 Vantage, which can be had for around the same price. Maybe it's worth your consideration.
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Maines introduces her sons to the late, great songwriter, who died Tuesday
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There’s been an outpouring of grief for John Prine since news broke that the legendary songwriter died from complications related to coronavirus on Tuesday night. Dixie Chicks frontwoman Natalie Maines took to Instagram to pay tribute to him, covering “Angel From Montgomery.”
Maines sang the classic joined by her two sons, Jackson and Beckett. “My kids got introduced to John Prine tonight,” she wrote, “and helped me do a tribute.”
My kids got introduced to John Prine tonight and helped me do a tribute. I❤️John Prine. R.I.P. @jack_slade__ @beckettfinnnn
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“I am an old woman named after my mother,” she sings in the opening lines, her signature twang as present as ever. “My old man is another child that’s grown old.” Jack sits on her right, strumming an acoustic, while Beckett hovers above them fingerpicking his own guitar.
Prine wrote “Angel From Montgomery” in 1971, but it wasn’t until Bonnie Raitt included a cover of the song on 1974’s Streetlights that it was brought into wider recognition. The duo have performed it many times over the years, recently at Austin City Limits’ Americana special in 2019.
The Dixie Chicks recently returned with “Gaslighter,” a scorching track about divorce that marks their first new single since 2006. The song is the title track to their upcoming album, set for release in 2020 and produced by Jack Antonoff.
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BONES Jared Booth's Broken Humerus Bone
SKU: BONES0137
From Season 11 Episode 1 entitled 'The Loyalty in the Lie'. This is a screen matching piece of Jared Booth's (Seely Booth's brother) skeleton.
This prop skeleton was made by Kevin Yagher Effects Studio specifically for this episode. Of all the skeletons made for 'Bones' this skeleton is the one most closely connected to the main characters in the show.
'Six months after the events of last season, Booth, Brennan, daughter Christine and the new baby are seemingly living a dream life, a world away from the murder-filled life they left behind. But a case with close personal ties to the couple forces Brennan to become involved in the forensic analysis of the remains, and Booth mysteriously goes missing, prompting an FBI investigation into his whereabouts led by Agent Grace Miller (guest star Kim Raver), who works closely with FBI Agent James Aubrey on the case. However, tensions rise when Miller tries to investigate one of the team’s own as the primary suspect. The case also brings Brennan into contact with a member of Booth’s family (guest star Dilshad Vadsaria), and “squintern” Arastoo Vaziri (guest star Pej Vahdat), who has been filling in as lead forensic anthropologist during Brennan’s absence, hopes the temporary position becomes permanent.'
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Provider Magazine / Monthly Issue / 2018 / April 2018 / Get Everyone on Board
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Get Everyone on Board
What providers agree on is the fact that in order to successfully care for individuals with trauma, every one of the staff must be on board to help the resident succeed.
“If the entire interdisciplinary team is not aware of and involved in the biopsychosocial care of the resident with PTSD, success will always be elusive,” says Richard Juman, PsyD, national director of psychological services at TeamHealth.
That’s because so much of the overall well-being of any resident depends on the team’s ability to provide person-centered care that is informed by an accurate understanding of the resident’s personality, history, and diagnoses, he says.
Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD, a long term care geriatrician in Oceanside, Calif., agrees. “Everyone on the interdisciplinary team should be able to provide compassionate care to trauma survivors, and all clinical and direct care personnel should be comfortable talking about it,” he says.
Other staff play a part too. “Even nonclinical staff like housekeeping and laundry personnel should be sensitive to the special needs of this resident population,” he says. “Slamming a door or entering a room without politely knocking beforehand can startle and retraumatize these residents.”
To Annette Wenzler, chief nursing executive of Signature HealthCARE-Hometown, the nursing staff’s role is paramount. “All long term and post-acute caregivers are responsible for ‘treating’ residents with trauma,” she says. “And ‘treating’ is not only just through medical or mental health licensed practitioners, but the entire staff,” she says. Caring for such individuals is to understand each one of them as a person.
Indeed, from a foundation of trust, says Wenzler, comes relationships, and that’s where staff can meet residents at their place of need. “The nursing assistants, assisting residents with their basic needs every day, 24 hours each day, have the greatest impact in ‘treating’ these persons,” she says.
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Earth’s history is divided into a hierarchical series of smaller chunks of time, referred to as the geologic time scale. These divisions, in descending length of time, are called eons, eras, periods, epochs, and ages. These units are classified based on Earth’s rock layers, or strata, and the fossils found within them. From examining these fossils, scientists know that certain organisms are characteristic of certain parts of the geologic record. The study of this correlation is called stratigraphy.
World has moved away from everything else and is now concerned only with Covid-19. Back home, two Indian States have the maximum no. of people affected – Maharashtra & Delhi, both above 1000. Media often portrays one CM as doing well .. .. ‘they often say comparisons should be apple to apple’. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said he was concerned with the rising number of coronavirus positive cases reported in the last couple of days in the city and his government was taking all necessary steps to put a brake on its spread. Kejriwal said that several areas in the city were going to be declared containment zones in the next couple of days to intensify the fight against the dreaded disease. Soon after the announcement, 12 south Delhi neighbourhoods were added to the list to take the total number of Red Zones to 43.
Before stating anything some basic facts. Delhi is spread over 1,484.0 km2 as compared to Maharashtra’s 307,713 km2 (less than 1%) – the population as per 2011 is 16,787,941 as against Maha’s 112,374,333 (15%)
Human activity has fundamentally changed our planet. We live on every continent and have directly affected at least 83% of the planet’s viable land surface. Our influence has impacted everything from the makeup of ecosystems to the geochemistry of Earth, from the atmosphere to the ocean. Many scientists define this time in the planet’s history by the scale of human influence, and label it as a new geological epoch called the Anthropocene. Have human beings permanently changed the planet? That seemingly simple question has sparked a new battle between geologists and environmental advocates over what to call the time period we live in.
According to the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), the professional organization in charge of defining Earth’s time scale, we are officially in the Holocene (“entirely recent”) epoch, which began 11,700 years ago after the last major ice age. But that label is outdated, some experts say. They argue for “Anthropocene”—from anthropo, for “man,” and cene, for “new”—because human-kind has caused mass extinctions of plant and animal species, polluted the oceans and altered the atmosphere, among other lasting impacts. Anthropocene has become an environmental buzzword ever since the atmospheric chemist and Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen popularized it in 2000.
With humans under lockdown to fight the coronavirus, it seems like Nature is course-correcting in the meantime, recovering from the havoc caused by mankind's greed. For beginners, wild animals and birds are now being spotted frequently in what were dense urban junctions during normal times. Various posts on social media show how animals have taken over the empty streets in some parts of the world. Actor Juhi Chawla recently took to Twitter to share pictures of peacocks spotted at Khareghat Colony in Mumbai.
The environmental changes wrought by the coronavirus were first visible from space. Then, as the disease and the lockdown spread, they could be sensed in the sky above our heads, the air in our lungs and even the ground beneath our feet. While the human toll mounted horrendously from a single case in Wuhan to a global pandemic that has so far killed more than 88,000 people, nature, it seemed, was increasingly able to breathe more easily.
As motorways cleared and factories closed, dirty brown pollution belts shrunk over cities and industrial centres in country after country within days of lockdown. First China, then Italy, UK, Germany and dozens of other countries including our own India are experiencing temporary falls in carbon dioxide and nitrogen dioxide of as much as 40%, greatly improving air quality and reducing the risks of asthma, heart attacks and lung disease. For some experts, it is a glimpse of what the world might look like without fossil fuels. But hopes that humanity could emerge from this horror into a healthier, cleaner world will depend not on the short-term impact of the virus, but on the long-term political decisions made about what follows.
After decades of relentlessly increasing pressure, the human footprint on the earth has suddenly lightened. Air traffic halved by mid-March compared with the same time last year. Road traffic fell pretty low especially in cities with no offices, malls, cinema theatres, schools and workplaces !
Nevertheless, while our species is in temporary retreat during the lockdowns, wildlife has filled the vacuum – and that too can only be temporary. Perhaps the period will see a much lower toll for roadkill by cars and trucks, which – in the UK alone – annually takes the lives of about 100,000 hedgehogs, 30,000 deer, 50,000 badgers and 100,000 foxes, as well as barn owls and many other species of bird and insect.
The pandemic has also shown that pollution lowers our resistance to disease. More exposure to traffic fumes means weaker lungs and greater risk of dying from Covid-19, according to scientists at Harvard University. Since the start of the pandemic, it is not just from space that the world looks different. The unthinkable is now thinkable. Positions are shifting. Libertarian governments are curtailing freedoms more drastically than wartime leaders. Austerity conservatives are approving trillions of dollars for healthcare and emergency spending.
All certainly is not the good things. Daily wage earners are at a total loss, finding hard to find where their next meal will come. Labourers, workers are without jobs – take the case of simple autowallah who most Chennaites would curse but is a necessity in daily life. Now with people not coming out, they are jobless, so also those Uber / Ola, tourist taxi drivers – when shops / hotels / malls remain closed, what will happen to all those who earned their livelihood daily – tourism too would be hit, though it is not the immediate concern now.
This is often the case in Africa, where a massive ecotourism industry funds conservation efforts. In Namibia, tourism accounts for 16 percent of employment; in Tanzania, which is home to Mount Kilimanjaro, protected lands cover over a quarter of the country’s total area. But nearly overnight, those tourism industries have declined, and will likely stay shuttered through September at least, according to the Nature Conservancy. With them go the salaries for the security guards who protect animals from poachers. Facing massive unemployment, people in the tourism industry may themselves turn to poaching to feed their families.
Just as virus-spooked consumers have rushed to grocery stores to stockpile everything from toilet paper to pasta, farmers raising America’s cattle, hogs, and chickens have filled their bins with feed, fearing the spread of the coronavirus would disrupt their supply chains. Keeping America’s 95 million cows, 77 million pigs, and 9 billion chickens fed isn’t as simple as it may seem. Farmers are worried their feed mills could close as employees get sick or that their slaughterhouses could slow production, forcing them to keep animals for longer. They’re also concerned that a shortage of trucks, which are being waylaid to supply supermarkets, could make it harder for farm supplies to reach them.
So, the World is in a confused situation – seeing more news, reading messages that get circulated in WA, FB and other social media could only add to the situation.
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The San Jacinto Museum is located on the grounds of the Francisco Estudillo Heritage Park and was established in 1940 after the San Jacinto Women's Club and the Chamber of Commerce displayed early California & Indian artifacts for the enjoyment of visitors to the Valley during the Ramona Pageant. The response was so enthusiastic, the citizens petitioned the City to open a permanent museum. In 1978, when budget shortfalls threatened to close the Museum, local residents formed the non-profit San Jacinto Valley Museum Association to support the Museum. The Museum is a tribute to the history of the area.
San Jacinto is one of Riverside County's oldest cities. The area history is founded in the Native American culture. Maze stones have been found in the San Jacinto Valley however a precise date has not been established determining their age. At one time, seven villages of Luiseno Indians existed here, now only the Soboba Band remains.
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In 1883, the San Jacinto Land Association laid out the modern City of San Jacinto at Five Points. The railroad arrived in 1888, and the City was incorporated that same year. The local economy was built on agriculture for many years, and the City also received a boost from the many tourists who visited the nearby hot springs (Gilman, Eden & Soboba) . The City and its residents helped to start the historic Ramona Pageant in 1923, and have supported the production ever since.
The San Jacinto Museum features exhibits on the natural and human history of San Jacinto and surrounding areas. Local Indian relics, artifacts from pioneer families, and material on the community, its businesses and institutions are featured.
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"Unlawful detention" in California law – What is it and how do I fight back?
Unlawful police detention is when law enforcement, without legal justification, restricts a person’s freedom to leave. Doing so constitutes a civil rights violation based in the Fourth Amendment. That amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits officers from conducting unreasonable searches or seizures.
A police detention is a seizure of the person. If it is unreasonable, it violates the seized person’s Fourth Amendment rights. If it violates the Fourth Amendment, it is unlawful.
In this article, our civil rights lawyers explain:
1. What is a police detention?
2. What are consensual police encounters?
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6. How can a detention be unlawful?
7. Do lawful detentions have a time limit?
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A police detention is unreasonable if it violates the seized person’s Fourth Amendment rights
A police detention happens when an officer temporarily takes away a person’s freedom to leave. It is different from an arrest. Arrests happen when a police officer places someone in custody. Detentions are less intrusive than an arrest.
Not all encounters with the police are considered detentions. There is a spectrum of police encounters. They range from:
purely consensual police encounters,
short detentions that are limited in scope, like stop-and-frisks,
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official arrests.
Example: A law enforcement officer sees three people who look like they are planning to rob a store. He approaches them and asks for their names. They refuse to respond and the officer detains them by stopping and frisking them. He finds a gun on two of them. He arrests both of them.1
Law enforcement officers infringe more on a suspect’s rights as they move from a consensual encounter towards an arrest. Each step requires additional justification.
Purely consensual police encounters are not detentions. The suspect is free to leave if she chooses. Law enforcement officers generally do not need reasonable suspicion or probable cause to initiate a consensual encounter. They do not need a reason to talk to someone in public.
Example: A law enforcement officer approaches someone on the sidewalk. He asks if they would mind answering a few questions about a recent shoplifting offense in the area.
Terry stops are brief detentions. It often takes the form of a stop-and-frisk. Police can initiate a Terry stop whenever they have a reasonable suspicion that a crime is happening.2 The suspect is not free to leave during the stop. However, the police search is limited in scope. Police are only allowed to search for a weapon by stopping and frisking the suspect. The detention can only last for a short duration.
While Terry stops or stop-and-frisks are not consensual, they are not arrests, either. Police do not need probable cause to conduct one.
Example: A patrol officer sees a man loitering around a store for an hour, waiting for it to close. The officer stops and frisks him, suspicious that the man is about to commit a robbery.
Traffic stops are similar to Terry stops. They are a detention because the driver and passengers are not free to leave. Police can also initiate one if they have a reasonable suspicion that a crime or traffic infraction has occurred. The traffic stop has to be short, though. It cannot take longer than necessary to resolve the suspected infraction. The officer can, however, use that time to notice evidence of other crimes.
Example: A traffic officer sees a car veer into another lane before correcting. The officer pulls the car over to ticket the driver for an unsafe lane change. While talking to the driver, the officer looks for signs of intoxication.
5. When does detention become an arrest?
Arrests are when law enforcement officers take a person into custody for violating criminal law. This usually means applying restraints such as handcuffs and transporting the suspect to a police station or jail. The law enforcement officers are permitted conduct a full search of the suspect incident to the arrest. That search is not limited in scope. Officers can only make an arrest if they have probable cause to believe that a crime has occurred. Otherwise, they engage in a false arrest.
Example: A peace officer sees one man punch another man outside a bar. He arrests the man who threw the punch for assault.
Law enforcement can make an unlawful detention whenever they violate the suspect’s Fourth Amendment rights. This can happen if officers:
lie to a judge to get a search warrant or an arrest warrant,
excessive use of force during an arrest,
do not have a reasonable belief it is necessary to detain someone,
do not have probable cause to make an arrest, or
detain someone for an excessively long period of time.
The length of the detention has to be reasonable, given the context. The length is determined by the reason for the detention.3
Detentions can only last as long as it takes vet whether the suspect has committed a crime. This applies to both traffic stops and Terry stops. Continuing to detain a suspect without evidence of a crime can be unlawful.
Example: A car veers into another lane and gets pulled over. There is no evidence of drug trafficking. However, the officer wants to bring a drug-sniffing dog to the stop. He writes the driver a ticket for the illegal lane change. The officer tells the driver he cannot leave until the dog arrives.4
Sometimes, the law enforcement officer does find evidence of a crime. In those cases the length of the detention can grow.
8. What remedies can a victim get after unlawful detention?
Victims of unlawful police detentions can pursue 4 types of remedies under federal or state law:
They can file a complaint against the police officer,
They can file a motion to exclude whatever evidence of a crime the officer found during the detention,
They can file a federal or state lawsuit for an injunction, and
They can file a federal or state lawsuit against the officer and the department for monetary damages.
Filing a complaint with the police department can lead to repercussions against the police officer. In egregious cases, the officer can get fired. They can also be suspended or reprimanded.
Victims of unlawful police detentions who were subsequently charged with a crime can file an exclusionary motion. That motion would ask the court to exclude evidence discovered because of the detention. If the motion is successful, the court will prevent evidence tainted by the unlawful detention from being used in court. Without the evidence of a crime from the detention, prosecutors often have to drop the charges.
Victims of unlawful police detention can also file a lawsuit. That lawsuit can be filed:
in state court, using state civil rights laws, or
in federal court, using the federal civil rights law 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
The lawsuit can demand:
an injunction, asking the court force the police department to take a particular action, and/or
monetary damages.
Injunctions in civil rights cases over unlawful police detentions can aim to fix the source of the violation. For example, they can:
force the law enforcement department to change its arrest policies,
require local police to undergo additional training, or
move certain law enforcement officers into roles that do not interact with the public.
Civil rights lawsuits can also demand monetary damages as part of an unlawful detention lawsuit. These damages aim to compensate the victim of police misconduct.
The compensation aims to cover the victim’s damages, including their:
medical expenses for personal injury (such as from excessive force),
lost wages,
reduced earning capacity from the long-term effects of their injuries,
damage to their reputation from the arrest,
physical pain and emotional suffering for the human rights violation, and
loss of liberty from the unlawful detention, a form of presumed damages.
Courts can also award punitive damages to the victim. Punitive damages are meant to punish the law enforcement officer for especially wrongful conduct. It can also be assessed against a municipality or police department for having an unlawful arrest policy.
Contact our law firm for help and legal advice. We can discuss creating an attorney-client relationship.
Legal Authorities:
Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968).
Terry v. Ohio, Supra. Note that shopkeepers usually have a privilege that allows them to temporarily detain suspected shoplifters.
Illinois v. Caballes, 543 U.S. Supreme Court 405 (2005).
Rodriguez v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 1609 (2015).
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Leeds & Liverpool Canal 130 Mile Race 2021 - Liverpool - Leeds
ENTER ONLINE
Thursday 24th September 2020 at 06:00
Support Types
Supported (own crew); Unsupported (tended by organisers)
Supported: £60 (Attached) £62 (Unattached)
Unsupported: £90 (Attached) £92 (Unattached)
the organiser - Keith Godden
keith.godden@canalrace.org.uk
https://canalrace.org.uk/leeds-liverpool-canal-race/
"The Trans-Pennine Run"
Held under UK:Athletics rules and with the kind permission of The Canal & River Trust, this non-stop 130 mile race is from Old Hall Street, Liverpool, along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal towpath, to Office Lock, Leeds. Competitors who must be 20 or over on race day, are recommended to have their own support crews, but up to 50 Unsupported runners can be catered for by the Organisers, Canalrace C.I.C. Trail Running Association Permit Number: TBC
Men: 20:02 Pat Robbins (2014); Ladies: 26:45 Wendy Shaw (2018)
Thank you for your interest to compete in the 2021 LLCR. Entry will be complete as soon as payment is made on SiEntries (subject to correct Questionnaire answers). The organiser reserves the right to refuse entry with no reason being given.
Please visit the LLCR 2021 How to Enter page on the canalrace.org.uk website for full and up to date race information. Pre-Entry Notes, Terms & Conditions and Rules should be read and fully understood before entering.
N.B. This event:
- is minimum support, but with feed points at 14, 25, 40, 54, 70, 84, 99, 113 and 127 miles for Unsupported runners. Drinks available for all competitors at these points;
- has no first aid or medical backup, but provides transport for retiring Unsupported entrants;
- welcomes support crews, and buddy runners (not pacers) one at a time, on foot only from 70 miles;
- has checkpoint cut-off times in line with an overall time-limit of 40 hours (i.e. to finish by 2200 hours on Sunday);
- is limited to 100 starters in total, first come first served. Places will not be allocated by lottery draw.
Note: Unsupported (tended by organiser) places are limited to 55 in order to achieve max 50 Unsupporteds by race day. Applicants holding out for an Unsupported place should enter on SiEntries as Supported (with own crew) in the first case, before contacting the organiser – an Unsupported Wait List will be maintained for those that get in touch, and places allocated on a one-out, one-in basis.
Competitor Rules
1. The full distance must be completed on foot, keeping, wherever possible, to the recognised towpath route.
2. All Competitors must notify Race HQ (Tel. 07778 550945 or 07780 685538) immediately on retiring (even if they have already reported this at a checkpoint) or if they drop behind a schedule in line with the cut-off times.
3. Competitors must reach all checkpoints by the closing times printed on the maps. They must leave within 40 minutes of arrival. (Ref. rule 4.) Competitors must reach the Business First car park (Br No 126) checkpoint at 70.6 miles within 19 hours 10 minutes, i.e. by 0110 hours on Sunday.
4. Competitors will be deemed to have retired if stopped for more than 40 minutes at any one time. Competitors may enter vehicles for warmth, rest and nourishment, but will be disqualified if the vehicle moves. On no account must that vehicle move. Any runner seen in a moving vehicle will count as retired, even if the intention is to return to the same place to resume, unless the vehicle is going to the aid of another entrant in difficulty.
5. All competitors must display their race number to the front. It will be recorded at checkpoints en route. The medical form on the reverse of the number must be completed including emergency contact name and telephone number.
6. All competitors must carry a mobile phone for calls to Race HQ; and have the financial means to sustain themselves in the event of breakdown of support vehicle.
7. All competitors must carry a foil ‘space’ blanket at all times.
8. Unsupported competitors must also carry the provided maps.
9. Unsupported competitors must have one kit bag only, clearly labelled. For overseas competitors, and in exceptional cases, a maximum of two clearly labelled kit bags will be accepted. Competitors must minimise the size and weight of their bag, bringing only what is necessary.
10. Competitors and crews must accept full responsibility for their actions (see Terms & Conditions).
11. Entrants must undertake to inform the organiser if unable to take part (see Pre-Entry Notes).
12. Buddy runners (someone who runs with the competitor) must not run in front of their runner, always beside or behind. If in front they will be regarded as pacers and pacing is not permitted in this event. Competitors may have only one buddy runner at a time and then only from the 70.6 mile meeting point, Checkpoint 5 at the Business First car park, BB12 6HH. Buddy runners must be on foot.
13. Walking poles are not allowed at this event for runners or buddies.
14. All runners and buddies must carry a torch, or headlamp, with spare batteries, and wear reflective clothing when on road sections at night.
15. Supported (with own crew) competitors must have at least one support crew member with a vehicle from the Start; and for the duration of the race.
16. All competitors must carry a cup for accessing hot and cold drinks at aid stations.
17. Sharps, any needles, scalpels, or other articles that could cause wounds or punctures to personnel handling them, must be locked within a suitable container inside kit-bags.
18. Buddy runners (someone who runs with the competitor) must not carry any food, water or other supplies for their runner, i.e. muling is not permitted in this event. Buddies must depart aid stations at the same time as their runner.
Other events in this series
Sat 29 May 21 Grand Union Canal Race (GUCR)
Fri 23 Jul 21 Kennet & Avon Canal Race (KACR)
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Depeche Mode’s Global Spirit tour gets industrial edge from Philips Lighting’s new VL6000 Beams
Philips Entertainment Lighting’s distinctive Philips VL6000 Beam fixtures bring power, versatility and complementary styling to the creative concept for the band’s latest touring production
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Philips Lighting (Euronext Amsterdam ticker: LIGHT), a global leader in lighting, today announced that its new Philips Vari-Lite VL6000 Beam luminaires are playing a central role in the lighting design for Depeche Mode’s Global Spirit tour.
Lighting design for the tour is by Sooner Routhier and Robert Long of US-based SRae Productions. Associate lighting designer Brian Jenkins programmed the show for SRae, while lighting director Manny Conde is responsible for the lighting on the tour. The lighting equipment is being supplied by UK-based production rental specialist HSL Group.
The lighting designers worked closely with Depeche Mode’s long-time artistic collaborator and production designer, Anton Corbijn, whose design for the band’s latest album ‘Spirit’ underpins the show’s creative concept. The album design features heavily brush-stroked painted figures holding flags, and this motif is emphasized in the production design by a rectangular video wall upstage, while a runway extending out into the audience from stage right forms the ‘flag pole’.
While Corbijn left the fixture selection to Routhier and Long, he did make some key requests in the design brief, as Routhier explains: “Anton stated that he wanted an ‘industrial’ look and that extended to the fixtures in the rig. Robert and I were looking for fixtures that could fit our scenic element, since we were working with a static, rectangular LED video wall upstage.”
This quest led the lighting designers to consider a new light that they had heard about - the Philips Vari-Lite VL6000 Beam. “Neither Robert nor I had seen them before,” says Routhier. “We were solely going on recommendations! The mirror face and reflector look of the VL6000s really fit the bill - they resemble large searchlights, but the main thing is that they also give us all the modern amenities of newer moving light fixtures.”
Routhier was impressed not only by the styling of the Philips VL6000 Beams, but also by their flexible performance characteristics. She says: “I love, love, love the reflector face! I also love the beam that they produce. The sheer size of the fixture is also a plus - they are a massive presence in the design, our main workhorse in the rig. We use them for just about every purpose; they are effect lighting and visibility lighting. They are part of our scenic because of the reflector face . . . They fit perfectly with the vision.”
The VL6000 Beams feature in one of Routhier’s show highlights, as she explains: “At the top of ‘Everything Counts’, Brian has programmed this incredible look with the VL6000s out to the sides of the stage strobing in sync and tilting across the stage. They look like electro-blue fingers reaching out across and through the band during an incredibly electronic intro. It’s definitely one of my favorite lighting cues in the show.”
Asked if the fixtures delivered to her expectations, Sooner says: “Absolutely, 100 percent. They were even better in real life.”
HSL’s project manager Jordan Hanson said, “The VL6000s are incredible! The huge lens and really tight beam look rocking and are throwing all the way to the back, even in the stadiums. It’s been great working with Sooner and her team through the whole process. It’s really nice to see a team which works so well together.”
Colin Kavanagh, General Manager Philips Entertainment Lighting said: “We are seeing increasing demand for entertainment lighting fixtures that offer lighting designers a high level of versatility, with a unique range of looks and effects. The VL6000 is proving popular for high profile touring productions and also being sold into stadiums because of its ability to create stunning, large-scale effects.”
Currently playing in Europe through to 23 July, the Global Spirit tour will then move on to its North and South American legs before returning to the UK in October and November 2017.
Philips Lighting, Global Media Relations
Bengi Silan Genc
E-mail: bengi.genc@signify.com
Philips Lighting, Entertainment Marketing
Teresa Vallis
E-mail: teresa.vallis@signify.com
Philips Lighting (Euronext Amsterdam ticker: LIGHT), a global leader in lighting products, systems and services, delivers innovations that unlock business value, providing rich user experiences that help improve lives. Serving professional and consumer markets, we lead the industry in leveraging the Internet of Things to transform homes, buildings and urban spaces. With 2016 sales of EUR 7.1 billion, we have approximately 34,000 employees in over 70 countries. News from Philips Lighting is located at the Newsroom, Twitter and LinkedIn. Information for investors can be found on the Investor Relations page.
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Strictly stars dazzle dancers
Ewan Foskett
Published: 2:04 PM November 2, 2011 Updated: 3:42 PM November 1, 2020
STARS of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing waltzed into a Crow Country dance school last weekend to celebrate the studio’s first anniversary.
The Studio – CT, in Flint Cross, was visited by Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova – who have both won the contest with Jill Halfpenny and Darren Gough respectively, as well as dancing with Rugby World Cup winner Matt Dawson and former Spice Girl Emma Bunton.
Claire Thompson, owner of The Studio, said: “Having Darren and Lilia at The Studio – CT certainly made the first anniversary one to remember, they were so friendly and taught our pupils and competitors lots of excellent tips.”
“Everyone was so excited, and it was a fantastic opportunity for everyone to meet them, and take home signed pictures of them.”
Workshops in ballroom, Latin and salsa dancing were taught to members on Sunday by the small screen stars, who also chatted with the performers.
Make the A505 Safer: Improvement works to continue in 2021
Bianca Wild
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New Cork maternity hospital opens
Originally Published / Saturday, 31 Mar 2007
Cork - New hospital open today
The transfer of babies and mothers to the Cork University Maternity Hospital began this morning.
Operation Bambino had to be cancelled last Saturday when a row erupted over patient safety and staff numbers.
Nurses and midwives from the three existing maternity hospitals in Cork last night voted in favour of transferring to the new €75m hospital.
62% voted in favour of the transfer and 38% against it.
The Health Service Executive proceeded with plans to open the hospital from 11am this morning.
Meanwhile. talks between health service employers and nursing unions on claims for improved pay and conditions have adjourned at Government buildingsuntil tomorrow morning.
After five hours of negotiations, it is understood that significant differences between the parties still remain.
The Irish Nurses Organisation and the Psychiatric Nurses Association are seeking a pay increase of over 10 per cent and a 35 hour work week for 40,000 nurses.
This afternoon, Liam Doran of the INO said nurses wanted progress on what were legitimate claims.
Brendan Mulligan of the Health Service Executive Employer's Agency said it was difficult to be overly hopeful about progress.
He said incident rooms had been set up around the country in the event of action starting on Monday and that already some hospitals had cancelled planned non-emergency operations.
Nurses are threatening to begin a national work-to-rule in hospitals from Monday if agreement is not reached.
Harney slams delayed opening of hospital
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Conor McGregor's Coach 'Accidentally Reveals' Training Secrets, Asks For Video To Be Deleted
Zlatan Ibrahimovic Set To Leave AC Milan At The End Of This Season
Daniel Marland in Football
Last updated 6:40 PM, Friday July 03 2020 GMT+1
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is set to leave AC Milan at the end of this season and join Swedish outfit Hammarby.
Ibrahimovic re-joined Milan back in January and has scored four goals in 11 games since his San Siro comeback.
However, Sky Sports Italia per Football Italia have reported the Swede's contract is up at the end of this season and it's unlikely he'll be offered a new deal.
His deal is expected to expire on August 31 with a move to Hammarby looking likely.
Image Credit: PA
The 38-year-old owns part of the club and trained with them while back in Sweden during the coronavirus lockdown.
Ibrahimovic suffered a calf injury during football's suspension but made a return to action in a 2-2 draw with SPAL on Wednesday night.
It's likely to be the final chapter of a storied career which has seen Ibrahimovic win a slew of trophies.
Former Paris Saint-Germain teammate Jeremy Menez recently explained the impact Ibrahimovic had during his stint in France.
"I always got along well with him and his words motivate you to give your all, train at your best," he told Stats Perform News per Goal.
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"I never had any problem with him. Such a player pushes you to improve all the time. He always wants to win. He goes out every day to train well and win it all.
"I thank him because playing with players like him makes you grow as a professional and as a man."
Ibrahimovic has referred to himself as 'God' in past changing rooms and Menez explained it's a fascinating insight into his personality.
God and his students pic.twitter.com/PzRgHr8uiM
- Zlatan Ibrahimović (@Ibra_official) June 26, 2020
:soccer: One of the most feared strikers of his generation...
Where has Zlatan Ibrahimović played his best football?#UCL ' @Ibra_official pic.twitter.com/Utluzp29qy
- UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) June 25, 2020
"It is a joke because he is like that. I smile at that because this is Ibra. It represents his career," Menez said.
"He is like that. Despite all the words he can say, he then proves it on the pitch. What can you say against him? He always made his clubs win, wherever he went. What can you say against him? I leave him be and say all he wants."
Do you think Zlatan Ibrahimovic will go down as one of the greatest strikers of all-time?
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Topics: Football News, Football, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Transfers, Legends, AC Milan
Khabib Nurmagomedov Responds To Dana White's Comments On UFC Return
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Daniel Marland
Daniel is a freelance journalist for SPORTbible and covers a variety of sports. He also has past experience of working at Manchester United and once locked eyes with Jose Mourinho. He lived to tell the tale.
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Winnowing-Time
Charles Haddon Spurgeon January 17, 1867 Scripture: Jeremiah 23:28 From: Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Volume 15
“What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.” — Jeremiah xxiii. 28.
IT is remarkable that God has traced so much of the misery of the children of Israel in the period of their degradation to the unfaithfulness of those governors, priests, and prophets, who bare rule over them. The crying evil of a nation’s crimes lay at the door of these foolish shepherds. At first it would seem that the main stress of calamity rested on the common people, and the time-serving rulers enjoyed ease and affluence as the fruit of their own corruption. But when the Most High arises to judgment, he begins with those “pastors” who have foully betrayed their sacred trust. As one who has seen their way with his watchful eye, and heard their lies with his ever-listening ear, he denounces them with terrible threatenings; while, on the other hand, he looks with compassion on the unhappy victims of strange delusion and cruel oppression, and compares them to a flock hard driven and mercilessly scattered. Nay, more, he claims this people as his own flock, whose wrongs he will avenge, whose rights he will restore, whose fears he will relieve, and whose prosperity he will secure. The sin of those false prophets is exposed in terms which leave them no shadow of excuse. It was a profanity that dared to invoke the divine name for their horrible wickedness; it was a folly that perverted every kind of truth; and it was a mischief that made the land mourn, and dried up all its pleasant places. Therefore the anger of the Lord went forth like a whirlwind in its fury, yet like arrows shot from his bow, it singled out the head of the wicked, and executed vengeance on the real offenders. Here, then, in this chapter, we have some of God’s most withering threats, and some of his most gracious promises. The abettors of sin are made a prey, and the victims of sin are delivered. Is not this according to the manner of God?
Whenever God’s word deals with things truthful, be they material objects or living persons, however weak and feeble they are, it always speaks of them tenderly and handles them gently. God himself has an eye of respect for everything that is real and veritable. Notwithstanding a delicacy of texture or an infirmity of constitution, he considers the things that are in their own order with generous condescension; his care is lenient, and his mercy very tender; he does not quench the smoking flax, nor will he break the bruised reed. But God hates every false thing. He scorns the hypocrite and the dissembler. The words of Jehovah are keen and cutting, sometimes-even sarcastic, as he withers the specious lie with a laugh of ridicule. There is a sacred bitterness in the tone with which the prophets, and the apostles, and far above all, the Lord and Master of apostles and prophets, speak of everything that is false and feigned, hollow and equivocal. You find no sparing in the rod of his hand, nor any gentleness in the rod of his mouth. What words could be more terrible than such denunciations as these: “O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to escape from the wrath to come”? “Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves”? The Saviour cannot endure specious guile, however fair its show. True image of the invisible God himself, he hates the cursed trailing serpent. He speaks right, but when beneath that which seemeth to be honest and of good report, treachery lurks unseen, he conceals not such a holy detestation as becometh One whose eyes are too pure and holy to look upon iniquity or countenance a fraud.
Let me beg you to notice the peculiar sharpness and biting severity of the text: “What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.” Like the edge of a razor it cuts. As a sabre flashing over one’s head – a sword gleaming to the very point, a fire lurid with coals of juniper – we are appalled as we glance at it. It strikes with implacable resentment. There is no word of mercy towards the chaff – not a thought of clemency or forbearance. He bloweth at it as though it were a worthless thing, not to be accounted of, a nothing that vanishes with a puff. The wheat he gathereth and storeth up. He houseth it in his garner; for there will be many a ploughing of the fields and many a sowing of the seed yet, and many a harvest-time to follow for the precious grain; but as for the chaff, he hath nothing to say of it, he scatters it with the blast — “What is the chaff to the wheat?”
Let this apprehension of the severity of God towards everything that is fictitious, counterfeit, and false, move us to enquire scrupulously into those matters concerning which our truthfulness must be brought into judgment.
I. IN APPLICATION TO ALL MINISTRIES of God’s word, let us first of all face the question, “What is the chaff to the wheat?”
It is quite certain that there always have been some faithful ministries – weighty, powerful, full of thought and emotion -ministries ordained of God, by which the Spirit of God works, and through which the saints are gathered together, edified, sanctified, and perfected. On the other hand, in all ages of the church’s history, there have been ministries which, with much appearance of welldoing, much glitter of oratory, much garnish of eloquence, have yet never been serviceable to the church of God, of whatever service they may have been to the outside world; ministries, indeed, which have preached “Peace, peace,” where there was no peace; ministries dispensing sedatives and narcotics to men’s consciences; ministries that have not appealed to the hearts, but pandered to the tastes and passions of the hearers. In every age and in every place that the gospel has been proclaimed, some have been found ready to mistake the force of rhetoric for the power of the Holy Spirit, and the persuasiveness of impassioned speech for the convictions of saving faith. Nor can we doubt, nay, we know to a certainty that it is so now. Even at this present time there is the ministration of wheat and the ministration of chaff. If the spiritual man, who discerneth all things, should just traverse the streets of this metropolis, take the round of its religious meetinghouses, and begin to examine the ministry in each, he would soon Had that there are some which bear the stamp of divine truth and energy, while there are others, alas! which stand only in the wisdom of men; equipped with the learning of the schools, but destitute of the power which cometh from above. What comparison, now, can these two vocations bear in the sight of God? He has in his heart a high esteem for that ministry which he has ordained, and for every minister whom he has anointed; but as to the other, he accounts it as a thing of nought, less than nothing and vanity. “What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.” What is it? Of what use is it? What service can it render?
Men follow it with much approbation and applause, and accept it as though it were a service to be thankful for, an institution to be highly prized; but God snuffeth it out, and he saith, “To what end? Where is the profit? What is the chaff to the wheat?” O that some of us who are called to preach, and some who are called to teach here in diverse ways, may remember that we, as well as others, are being tried and tested by the Most High God; and that the question which, perhaps, we are ready enough to apply to our neighbours, is no less suitable to ourselves! God may be saying concerning us, “What is the chaff to the wheat?” if our ministry also be chaff, as well as theirs. Well, it behoveth us to take heed, for the day shall declare it. He that hath built wood, hay,
and stubble, shall find his work perish in the fire; and happy shall it be for him if he himself shall be saved, for it shall be in his case “so as by fire.”
That ministry which comes from God is distinguished altogether from that which is not of his own sending by its effects. It is sure to be heartbreaking. Hast thou been from thy childhood under the ministry of the word, and hast thou never been made to loathe thyself in the sight of God? Has the sword of the Spirit never pierced thee? Hast thou never felt rebuked, accused? Has the rebuke of the Almighty never staggered thee, as with a heavy blow which felled thee to the earth? Hast thou never gone out of the sanctuary to weep, to be ashamed, to clothe thyself in sackcloth and ashes, and to be afraid to look up to heaven? If this has never been thy case, either thou must be a hardened one indeed, or else the ministry under which thou hast been sitting is not a true ministry at all, for God saith, “My word is like a hammer, which breaketh the rock in pieces.” If the word, therefore, which you have been accustomed to listen to has never broken you in pieces, it matters not how melodious the voice you may have been wont to listen to! The external accessories of worship may have been provided with ever so much care, and taste, and lavish expenditure. Ay, and the solemn swell of the organ, the gorgeous pomp of architecture, and the comely array of vestments, may all have helped to charm you. Yet be sure of this, it is not the voice of God to thee if it has not broken thy heart. If thou hast not been made to feel thyself lost, ruined, and undone by the word, I charge thee by the living God to be dissatisfied with thyself, or else with the ministry under which thou art sitting; for if it were God’s ministry to thy soul, it would break thy heart m shivers, and make thee cry, “God be merciful to me a sinner!”
Not less also is a God-sent ministry clothed with power by God’s Spirit, to bind up the heart so broken. Oh, this is a test of many ministries! A sinner, who never had a broken heart on account of sin, can settle down comfortably in any place of worship; but he who has ever really felt the plague of sin, will soon distinguish between the true physician and him who, though he pretends to have the diploma, knows nothing of the art of heavenly surgery. When God sendeth peace, and pardon, and mercy to your soul, through a ministry, that ministry will be thereby proved at once to thy satisfaction to be of God’s appointment. It is the instrument through which God’s voice has spoken to thee. Hast thou ever found it so when the word has been preached? I know that those ministries which consist only of fine sounding words, climaxes, perorations, and all the florid strains and paltry tricks of play-actors, can never slake the thirst of a living soul. These are not true preachers, but mimics, who retail that empty stuff, that scum upon the pot, that froth which will never satisfy a bleeding heart. O beloved, you may sing what songs you will to a sad heart, but no music can charm away its griefs. Only let a ministry be full of Jesus, let Christ be lifted up and set forth, evidently crucified in the midst of the assembly — let his name be poured forth, like a sweet perfume, it shall be as ointment to the wounded heart, and then it will be recognised as the ministry of wheat, and not a ministry of chaff to your souls.
Further, the ministry which God does not send is of no service in producing holiness. Dr. Chalmers tells us that, when he first began to preach, it was his great end and aim to produce morality, and in order to do so he preached the moral virtues and their excellences. This he did, he says, till most of the people he thought honest turned thieves, and he had scarcely any left that knew much about morality practically. But no sooner did Chalmers begin to understand, as he afterwards did so sweetly, the power of the cross, and to speak about the atoning blood in the name and strength of the eternal Spirit, than the morality, which could not be developed by preaching moral essays, became the immediate result of simply proclaiming the love of God in Christ Jesus. After all, dear friends, we look to you as our crown of rejoicing in the day of the Lord Jesus. If the members of our church are unholy, our ministry must lack power; or if, on the other hand, the ministry is, by the grace of God, blessed to the promotion of holiness in the hearers, so that they cannot sin cheaply, or transgress in any way, without doing violence to an enlightened conscience, and if many are led, step by step, to the attainment of purity and excellence through the power of the truth which is delivered, then the ministry is proved to be a ministry of wheat, and not a ministry of chaff. Now, I do not, in saying this, intend an invidious criticism upon any particular Christian man, or any individual Christian minister. I make a close search into my own ministry now, and the ministry of others necessarily comes in view while so doing. I counsel you, my dear friends, when you have a choice of the ministry you shall attend, do not select a man merely for his learning, nor according to his standing in society, nor according to the excellence of his speech. Remember, all these may be but as sounding brass, and as a tinkling cymbal; they may just mean nothing, and less than nothing. But, on the other hand, should the preacher be illiterate, if God’s Spirit evidently rests upon the man, and he speaks from his heart to your heart, and God has blessed his message to you, it will be better for you to frequent the humblest shed where God is present, than to worship in the most respectable edifice where you will have nothing but the words of man, without the living power of the living God. My soul is more and more growingly convinced that the great need of some of us is not to cull the flowers of rhetoric tastefully, and polish our sentences, till they glide daintily into your ears, but to let the speech come forth with unchecked freedom, the outpouring of our hearts in simplicity under the power of the Spirit. When we have really put ourselves into God’s hands to feel the truth that we have to say, we need not be over nice about picking our words. To come up into our pulpits without thinking both of the subject itself, and the order of stating it, would seem to me a species of presumption; but, having well pondered the matter, we should come with this stern resolve: “I will cast off that glittering metaphor; I will neglect that glowing period; I will not seek any sort of oratorical praise for myself; but I will deliver God’s word just in such words as shall seem to be nearest to my own heart, and most likely to get at men’s hearts, and men’s consciences; so that, whether they shall have the ring of the cymbal, or the tune of the tinkling brass about them or not, I shall be able of a truth to say that I have not made your faith stand in the wisdom of man, nor in the power of words, but in the power of the gospel itself, and of the divine energy of the Holy Ghost, which must go with that word, or else it will not be a savour of life unto life unto your soul. O dear hearers, what you want, what we all want, is to have less and less of that which comes from ourselves and savours of the creature, and to have more and more of that which comes from our God, who, though we cannot see him, is still in our midst, the mighty to will and to do; for his power is the only power, and his life is the only life by which we can be saved ourselves, and those that hear us.
II. Turning aside now from that point with all the lessons it might suggest, let us for a few minutes APPLY THE TEXT, AS INDIVIDUALS, TO OURSELVES.
“What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.” Beloved, I trust there are many of us here who are genuine in our profession of religion, who cannot and who dare not allow the suspicion of hypocrisy to rest upon us; we feel that, unless we have been awfully deceived, we have put our trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. We are the subjects of a very great change; we know we are; we should be false to our own consciousness if we were to say that we doubted it. Moreover, we are at the present moment in the possession of enjoyments which will not let- us think ourselves to be in the gall of bitterness. We do know what communion with Christ means; we do know the power of prayer; we have had such answers to prayer, that for us to hesitate in avowing it, would he perfidious mock- modesty, wicked deception, lying before God. We do know Christ , and we are found in him, not having our own righteousness, but wrapped about with his righteousness. No doubt, we are all well aware that if we have wheat in us, there is chaff too. Which preponderates, it may be difficult for us to tell. Some Christians are greatly puzzled when we begin to talk about the experimental riddle which the Christian finds in himself; but, if they be perplexed, we cannot help them out of the difficulty except by describing the case. I know in my own soul that I feel myself to be like two distinct men. There is the old man, as base as ever, and the new man, that cannot sin, because he is born of God. I cannot myself understand the experience of those Christians who do not find a conflict within, for my experience goes to show this, if it shows anything, that there is an incessant contention between the old nature — O that we could be rid of it! — and the new nature, for the strength of which God be thanked! Do you not find it so? Though old Ralph Erskine’s remark, in his “Believer’s Riddle,” may be a little strong, still we can find the marrow of truth in it. lie says —
“Down like a stone, I sink and dive,
Yet daily upward soar and thrive;
To heaven I fly, to earth I tend,
Still better grow, yet never mend.
As all amphibious creatures do,
I live in land and water too;
To good and evil equal bent,
I’m both a devil and a saint.”
You know how he means it, not that the Christian is such in his life, but that he finds within himself very strong tendencies to evil, as well as powerful tendencies to good; though in his general character faith overcomes, for he is so kept that the evil one toucheth him not, yet while he is preserved among the godly, he cannot help discovering his kindred with the children of disobedience, among whom he sometime walked. I know that saying of Solomon’s, “I am black, but comely,” would suit me. I have serious doubts sometimes about the latter part of it, but never much doubt about the former, “I am black.” It strikes me that the more we look at ourselves in the looking-glass of God’s word and in the light of God’s Holy Spirit, and compare ourselves with the blessed person and the perfect character of the Lord Jesus, the more we shall have to hold up our hands and say, “Look not upon me, for I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me.” I think we cannot have looked into our hearts, unless we find chaff to he there as well as wheat.
This suggests great searching of heart in connection with the question, “What is the chaff to the wheat?” O brethren, let us feel that the chaff is to be all got rid of. Let us feel that it is a heavy burden to moan and groan under, that it is not a grievance we should be contented with. Let us make no provision for the flesh. Let us not ask that any chaff may be spared to us. May such a strong and mighty hurricane of grace go through our souls, that every particle of chaff shall be taken from us, and only the pure wheat be left in the garner, to the glory of God. I hope that although we feel the tendency to sin, there is not one sin that charms or enslaves us; that every vain thought shocks us; and that there is not one particle of evil which we would not be happy enough to lose.
“The dearest idol I have known,
Whate’er that idol be;
Help me to tear it from its throne,
And worship only thee!”
The principal thought, however, I have on this subject is, that there is not only a great deal of our sin which is palpably chaff, but that a great deal of our religiousness is chaff likewise. Do you never find yourselves borrowing other people’s experience? What is that but chaff? Do you never find yourselves at a prayer-meeting glowing with somebody else’s fervour? What is that but chaff? Does not your faith sometimes depend upon companionship with some fellow Christians? Well, I will not say that your faith is chaff, but I think I may say that such growth in faith as is altogether the result of second causes and not immediately of God, is very much like chaff. I wonder how much religion some of us would have if it were all set to cool! There seems to be a great volume of it now while we are living in a warm and genial atmosphere with our friends and comrades in the gospel. Suppose we were exposed to the trial of a bleak night, suppose we were taken away from the church of which we are members, and made to live in the country where we had no fellow Christians to talk with, I wonder how much of the substance and fervour of our religion we should preserve! It is wonderful how great appearances often diminish and grow small when circumstances change. Remember, Christian, just so much and no more than would abide such an ordeal is the total that you possess now. The rest that seems to be counts for nothing. I am afraid we sometimes think we grow very fast, when, in fact, our progress is rather like the growth of the mushroom than the growth of an oak. When the Christian sees not his signs, and fears that he does not grow, he often is growing in grace; growing downwards, being rooted in humility, getting a deeper sense of his own nothingness and unworthiness, and consequently a higher sense of his Lord’s fulness and lovingkindness. Then he is growing truly. Alas! that he should sometimes think, “Now I am strong; now I am rich, increased in goods, and have need of nothing.” Then it is he deceiveth himself; he is priding himself in the chaff where he needed to have wheat. I would pray the Lord, dear brethren, that you and I may never cheat our own souls with shams. O that our attainments may stand the test! Let us ask God to take out of us everything that is not real. Depend upon it that is a great prayer to offer, “Lead us not into temptation.” All temptations are insidious; but self-congratulation is the very essence of guile. “Lord, take from me all the gilt, leave me nothing but the gold; take from me all the paint, the graining and the varnish, and leave me nothing but what is veritable and bona fide.” It is a prayer for every Christian to offer. “Search me, O Lord, let me know the worst of my case; do not let me stand dressed in borrowed plumes, but let me be to my own consciousness, so far as may be, what I really am.” “He that thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing,” says the apostle, “deceiveth himself.” The Lord grant that we may not perpetrate that folly. We may deceive ourselves, but we cannot deceive thee. “What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.”
Perhaps, brethren, some of you are passing just now through a severe ordeal. You have been tried, exercised, tempted, and much tossed about, and you think you are losing a great deal. So you are, but what a blessed loss if you are only losing your chaff! When the goldsmith puts the lump of gold into the fining-pot, he may perhaps think, “Now, the precious metal is dissolving, and getting smaller and smaller in quantity. But, oh! what beautiful losing it is, when the loss is nothing but the withdrawal of the dross, and the pure gold shines and sparkles with a yet brighter lustre, because of that loss which it has endured! May your loss and mine be only the loss of our chaff!
III. And now, very briefly, THIS TEXT MAY HAVE A VERY STRONG BEARING UPON THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
“What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.” What a vision is that which salutes the eye of the seer as he looks upon the visible church of God now! It is a great threshing-floor. Was there ever such a one before? On it are piled heaps, and heaps upon heaps. Men rejoice and are glad, and they say, “This is the threshing-floor of Zion; and these are the sheaves from Israel’s garners.” Be it so. Anon the threshing time arrives, and the wheat and the chaff are there. Do you see these men congregated and massed together? You may call them by different names, but God regardeth not that. He looketh upon that threshing-floor as one, and he sees lying together the heaps of chaff and of wheat. Now, imagine that we could have back again amongst us the days in which Popery was rampant; suppose that a strong blast of persecution were to come and sweep through our churches, whether established or nonconforming — where would they be? Do you believe that all those multitudes who go up to the house of prayer now would go there if by so doing their lives were placed in jeopardy? Take any of our churches, take this church, and do you suppose that all of you who now profess to be Christians would be willing to burn at the stake for your Master? I wish we could believe it, but we cannot. I dare not tell you we believe it, because some of you have been put to much smaller tests than that, and what has become of you? There have been church members who, because they have been laughed at — and laughter breaks no bones — have been ashamed of their profession. There have been some who could not bear even a taunt or a jeer; and many a young man has not dared to pray at night, lest those who slept in the same room should ridicule him. “If thou hast run with the footman, and they have wearied thee, how const thou contend with the horses?” and if, in this land of peace, you have grown weary under a little temptation, what canst thou do when the floods are out — how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? The nautilus is often seen sailing in tiny fleets in the Mediterranean sea, upon the smooth surface of the water. It is a beautiful sight, but as soon as ever the tempest wind begins to blow, and the first ripple appears upon the surface of the sea, the little mariners draw in their sails and betake themselves to the bottom of the sea, and you see them no more. How many of you are like that? When all goes well with Christianity, many go sailing along fairly, in the summer tide, but no sooner does trouble, or affliction, or persecution arise, where are they? Ah! where are they? They have gone. “They went out from us, because they were not of us; for if they had been of us, doubtless they would have continued with us.” Yes, in all churches, there is no doubt that the wheat and the chaff are mixed together. I think those whose lot it is to look after the church — and, my dear fellow members, you ‘have all an interest in it — ought to guard well the admissions into the church. We must not shut out one of the Lord’s lambs, but, at the same time, we must watch that we do not in any way add to the church without due care and anxious prudence, for “what is the chaff to the wheat?” I do fear that sometimes, during revivals, there have been great additions which have been no enriching df the church. Names have come only to encumber the church books, and persons also have come only to disgrace the holy name by which we are called. O may God grant that if there must be chaff with the wheat, it may not be our fault, that we may not encourage it! The Saviour says, that while men slept, the enemy came and sowed the tares among the wheat. I suppose the best husbandmen do sleep, and must sleep sometimes; and, consequently, the enemy comes in, and the tares spring up among us, let us watch as we may; but, at any rate, let us not suffer these tares to be sown in open daylight before our very face. Watch and pray, as a Christian church, each one of you as members of it, that we may not be allowed to flatter ourselves with a nominal increase, unless it be a real increase from God, for “what is the chaff to the wheat?” Suppose the report should be that there are so many added to the church, but suppose that they are not added to the Lord now, nor found in Christ hereafter? We have done those people serious damage by, as it were, endorsing their pretensions to Christianity when they have no real claim to it. We may have helped their delusion, we may have sewed pillows to their armholes, yea, we may have rocked the cradle of delusive slumber into which they have fallen, and out of which they will never wake until they open their eyes in hell. “What is the chaff to the wheat?” I wish that such a text as this would go whistling through some of the churches! I would like to hear of its being preached from every pulpit in London, and I would pray the Holy Ghost to make the application of it to the conscience of every hearer. Your admission into the church by infant sprinkling, your admission into the church by confirmation, your admission into the church by the right hand of fellowship, or your admission into the church by believers’ immersion, all go for nothing unless you have been admitted into union with Christ. Your sitting at the Lord’s table, your coming often to holy communion, your being found regularly occupying your place in public worship, your joining in the solemn hymn, your bending with other sin earnest prayers — these things are all nothing, and less than nothing and mockery, unless your heart has been renewed. Unless you have the Spirit of Christ you are none of his. “Ye must be born again.” O that some such a protest as this would go through professing Christianity! Alas! that so much of it is only ginger-bread, nothing but mere confectionery-religion. Many of our spiritual fortifications are like the Chinese forts, that were made of brown paper. O for a single shot from Christ’s cannon of gospel truth, and how much of our nominal Christianity would stand? People say, “How severe! How uncharitable!” Nay, sirs, everything that falls, falls because it ought to fall. Whenever the preacher is stern and severe, and tries the truth in the crucible, that which melts ought to melt, that which crumbles ought to crumble. But God’s truth never can be overthrown. It can stand any test. “The grass withereth, and the flower thereof fadeth away, but the word of our God endureth for ever.” True religion has nothing to fear from discussion and criticism. It is only the false and the pretentious that have to fear when God sends the winnowing fan into his church; for “What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.”
IV. And now, lastly, we may use this text, and use it sorrowfully and solemnly, WITH REGARD TO THE WHOLE MASS OF HUMAN SOCIETY.
The whole mass of bur population may just be divided into the wheat and the chaff. Both are mixed up together now, and it would be impossible for you or for me to divide them. In courts of law and the houses of commerce, on the Exchange, and in the committee-rooms, in busy thoroughfares with their various shops, and in the open streets among those that ply different callings, here in this Tabernacle, and in the many churches and chapels where multitudes are wont to assemble, we are all mixed up together — the wheat and the chaff. And it is wonderful how united the chaff is with the wheat, for see, the wheat once slept in the bosom of the chaff. The chaff was the outward husk which was necessary to the wheat’s production, and yet the very chaff in which the wheat was nursed is to be burned, whilst the wheat is to be saved! Think of that, mother. Think of that, father, if you have godly children and you yourselves are not saved. Your children were nursed upon your knees, and were cherished in your bosom, and yet if that fair girl, if that dear boy shall find Christ, while you shall be left, unsaved, the nearness of the relation between the father and the child will not avail you any more than the nearness of relation between the husk and the grain. The wheat and the chaff must be separated — must be. In this world the separation does not take place, but when this passing world is done it will surely occur. The husbandman is not always in a hurry to separate his wheat from the chaff, but when the due time comes it must be done. You do not find him indulging in any hesitant thought, or saying to himself, “I will not tear away that chaff from the wheat after all.” No, but without touch of pity, when the winnowing fan has to be used, the chaff is driven away, while the good wheat is secured. You have a godly wife, but you are unconverted. Oh! how will you like to be separated from her whom you love? Ah! you have babes in heaven, taken away from some of you before you ever heard their speech in an audible sound, or perhaps taken away as soon as they could lisp their first plaintive syllables and give the tokens of their loving recognition of your relationship; they have gone up to heaven — and, father, will you be lost? Mother, will you be divided from them? You must be; you must be except you find the Saviour, through whoso precious blood they also have been saved! God makes short work with you, you see. “What is the chaff to the wheat?” as if he had nothing to say to it, but just lets it go. It is the wheat he careth for. Let the harshness of the expression, which is apparent rather than real, awaken you, and make you ask yourselves —
“When thou, my righteous Judge, shall come
To fetch thy ransom’d people home,
Shall I among them stand?
Shall such a worthless worm as I,
Who sometimes am afraid to die,
Be found at thy right hand?
I love to meet among them now,
Before thy gracious feet to bow,
Though vilest of them all:
But can I bear the piercing thought —
What if my name should be left out,
When thou for them shalt call?”
There is chaff on the best threshing-floor. There are ungodly sons and daughters in the best families. Unconverted persons are to be found in intimate association with the holiest men and women. Two shall be grinding at the mill, one shall be taken and the other left. Two shall be in one bed, and one shall be taken and the other left. God will make a division, sharp, decisive, everlasting, between the chaff and the wheat. O thou thoughtless, frivolous, light, chaffy, giddy spirit, canst thou bear the thought of being thus separated for ever? When the husbandman parts the wheat from the chaff, I suppose it is not reasonable to expect that he ever does it perfectly. Let him do it as well as he may, there will be some portion of chaff left in with the wheat. Not so when God holds the fan in his hand; he despatches the work with inimitable precision. None of the chaff shall escape, nor shall a grain of the wheat be lost. No specious professor shall be spared; nor shall the humble disciple be driven away. God will make all the sheep pass under the hand of him that telleth them. “The Lord knoweth them that are his.” In that day he will soon detect the impostor, and sever him from the real saints. And this division, when it is made, will be final. The chaff and the wheat will never come together again. Saint and sinner will have no more communion with each other. Ponder well the distinction between their state. There is the wheat — there, in that blessed land we love to sing of, where there are robes of whiteness and eyes that know not tears — there, there is the wheat. And there is the chaff — there, in that land of which we cannot speak without alarm; a land of darkness, as darkness itself; a land of confusion, where there is no order; a land of death, and ruin, and despair; a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof with pain, and anguish, and lamentation! That is where the chaff must go. Are you prepared to go there? Alienated from God, out of Christ you will be out of heaven, and out of heaven means to be in hell; there are but two places of destiny. Are you ready for this? “No,” say you, “God forbid it and so say I, too — God forbid it. May you and I be found in peace at last in the day of his appearing, for “What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.” The way of salvation is — trust Christ, trust Jesus; Jesus died for our sins; Jesus took our guilt upon himself, and was punished for all who trust him. Trust him. Christ was the sinner’s substitute, and took the sinner’s guilt, and now God can be just in punishing Christ instead of you, and in saying to you, “Go free, through the blood of my dear Son.” God give you to trust in Jesus. Amen.
Winnowing-Time “What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.” — Jeremiah xxiii. 28. IT is remarkable that God has traced so much of the misery of the children of Israel in the period of their degradation to the unfaithfulness of those governors, priests, and prophets, who bare rule over them. The crying evil of a …
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Unbelievers Stumbling; Believers Rejoicing
Unbelievers Stumbling; Believers Rejoicing “As it is written, Behold I lay in Sion a stumbling-stone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.” — Romans 9:33 OUR apostle was inspired of God, and yet he was moved to quote passages out of the Old Testament. The Spirit of God might …
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Compel Them to Come In
Compel Them to Come In "Compel them to come in."—Luke 14:23 I feel in such a haste to go out and obey this commandment this morning, by compelling those to come in who are now tarrying in the highways and hedges, that I cannot wait for an introduction, but must at once set about my …
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The Scripps Ranch Softball Association is a non-profit youth sports organization dedicated to teaching softball fundamentals and life-lessons through good sportsmanship, leadership and positive coaching.
It is our goal to teach the girl athletes the game of softball, regardless of ability or skill level, in a fun, healthy, and safe environment. We will emphasize the importance of respect for teammates, opponents, coaches, and umpires. We not only strive to teach individual and game skills, but life skills and life lessons that they will take with them when their season with us has ended.
During the season our goal is for each athlete to:
Feel positive about her experience and season of softball play and want to return to play again next year
Improve her skills and overall knowledge of the sport of softball
Learn to take victory modestly and defeat graciously
Practice the skill of being a good teammate (we win as a team and lose as a team, the goal is to function as a team)
To support one another, be courteous and respectful to teammates, coaches, umpires, parents and opponents
More than 250 girls play softball every spring in Scripps Ranch. Registration for the spring season begins in November with player evaluations in early January. Teams begin practicing in February. The season begins on opening day in late February with regular season games running through April. Playoffs finish out the season in late April.
All SRSA players 8U and older can try out for All Stars. All Star tryouts are held in early May and practices begin immediately. All Star teams travel to tournaments throughout Southern California, although most are here in San Diego County. All Star tournaments, then District and State finals continue into July.
In addition to the traditional spring season, SRSA also organizes fall softball teams. Registration begins in early August. Fall Ball teams have one weekday practice and double-header games on Sunday from September through early November. In spring, SRSA teams play other teams in our league, but during Fall Ball, SRSA teams travel to play teams in other associations (Poway, Vista, Carlsbad, and others). Fall Ball is an opportunity to keep softball skills fresh in the off season. Sunday games and a single practice day allow players to also play other sports.
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Engagement Event
This year the School for Primary Care Research hosted a science engagement activity at Oxford University’s Curiosity Carnival.
Image courtesy of Ian Wallman
Held on European Researchers Night (Friday 29 September 2017) the whole event aimed to ‘showcase the world-leading research taking place here at Oxford to a large and diverse audience through a programme that will include live experiments, debates, bite-sized talks and other activities.’
‘European Researchers' Night [is a] Europe-wide celebration of academic research for the public, supported by the European Commission.’
‘Knit a Neuron’ was the brain child of Dr Anne Cooke from the University of Bristol as ‘a collaborative, knitting, art project’. Since its inception in 2010, events have spread throughout the UK and beyond, as a fun and creative way to engage the public with science.
Researchers from across the University of Oxford came along to help knit neurons and talk science. Everything from basic neuroscience to treating mental health patients in primary care.
Emma Palmer-Cooper and Karen Morecroft (SPCR) attended, along with Oxford University colleagues Anne Ferrey (Primary Care), Anna Mitchell (Experimental Psychology), Amanda Kerr (Population Health), Vasiliki Economopoulos (Oncology), Liz Tunbridge and Sally-Anne Vincent (Psychiatry),and Alison Brindle (Medical Sciences), and NIHR colleagues Polly Kerr (Oxford BRC) worked with members of the public to craft neurons and create a giant neural network in their ‘Make a Memory’ installation.
Attendees attached their neurons to make new connections, or ‘memories’, and were able to take a neuron home to keep the memory alive. Members of the public from aged 4 years and upwards sat with scientists to learn about healthcare research, and how they can get involved in the future as participants or public contributors.
The SPCR would like to thank Oxford University for holding the Curiosity Carnival, the scientists who came on the day, and the knitters behind the scenes who gave their time to make over 100 neuron cell bodies ahead of the event.
Event Research
Engagement Impact Research Trainees
SPCR doctoral student Charlotte Albury is a contributing author on the Public Health England's step-by-step guide to conversations about weight management with children and families for health and care professionals.
Event Research Trainees
Organisations and individuals celebrated World Mental Health Day on 10 October to strengthen awareness of mental health issues affecting all, from young to old.
Engagement Publication Research
The University of Southampton's Professor Michael Moore recently presented findings from the SPCR funded ATAFUTI project at the annual General Practice Research on Infections (GRIN) meeting in Oslo.
The School held its annual showcase on 19 September at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford. Under the banner 'Working better together', the School demonstrated that collaboration was key to delivering meaningful research and strengthening partnerships.
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Video games are all about connection, and so are we.
Stack Up's mission brings both veterans and civilian supporters together through a shared love of video gaming. With the motto “Veterans are our Mission. Gaming is our Passion”, Stack Up serves US and Allied military service members through four primary programs: The Stacks, Supply Crates, Air Assaults and the StOP Initiative. We welcome businesses and individuals who connect with that mission and want to help further it.
Stack Up runs on the support of those who think like us. That’s true at every level. On an individual level, we’re helping bring comfort and friendship to veterans coping with PTSD or transitioning back to civilian life through our Stacks program and our StOP Initiative. The support of businesses and individuals like you help make that single connection that can change and even save a life.
On a corporate level, we partner with game developers and publishers to send Supply Crates filled with gaming goodness to troops on bases and in military hospitals. Our Air Assault program provides once-in-a-lifetime experiences to deserving veterans by sending them to gamer conventions. The support of businesses and individuals like you helps make big things happen.
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In This Week’s Update:
New SHVS Expert Perspectives
COVID-19 State Updates: AZ, ME, OH, OR & PA
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Webinar: Supporting Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs During COVID-19
COVID-19 & State Medicaid Budgets
Systemic Racism & Health Care, COVID-19 & Treatment
Building Racial Equity Into The Walls Of Health Policy
Last week, State Health and Value Strategies (SHVS) published two new expert perspectives. Proposed 2022 Notice of Benefit & Payment Parameters: Implications for States provides an overview of the proposed 2022 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters rule and highlights provisions that have implications for state oversight of insurance markets and state-based marketplaces. Additionally, the expert perspective Audio-Only Medicaid Telehealth Policies discusses the legal authority that permits states to continue to authorize Medicaid reimbursement for audio-only telehealth after the public health emergency ends.
Arizona – The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) covers all forms of telehealth services including asynchronous, remote patient monitoring, teledentistry, and telemedicine. As a result of COVID-19, between November 2019 and November 2020, AHCCCS has seen a 165 percent increase in telehealth utilization. The AHCCCS Medical Coding Resources was recently updated with additional medical coding information and guidance.
Maine – Governor Janet Mills and Health and Human Services Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew announced a grant program to support health care organizations that serve residents with MaineCare. Backed by $30 million in Federal CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF), the Maine Health Care Financial Relief Program is a new opportunity modeled on the Maine Economic Recovery Grant program. Health care organizations that were ineligible for funding under that program may apply for the new grants.
Ohio – The Ohio Department of Medicaid is joining forces with the five Medicaid managed care organizations and Area Agencies on Aging to support Ohioans most vulnerable to COVID-19. From now through the holidays, individuals living in nursing and assisted living facilities can receive additional social and emotional supports through a joint “friendly caller” initiative.
Oregon – The Oregon Health Authority released new data analysis showing how COVID-19 impacted the health care system during the first half of 2020. Data show that hospitals and other providers saw a large decline in utilization during the late spring, which led to significant drops in revenue. Drops in utilization led to fewer payouts for coordinated care organizations and commercial insurers, both of which ended the quarter with increased revenue compared to 2019.
Pennsylvania – Governor Tom Wolf announced the award of $3 million in grant funding to 15 municipalities and organizations to assist Pennsylvanians currently experiencing homelessness. Under the program, funding will be provided for emergency shelter and temporary emergency shelter to expand shelter for those experiencing homelessness in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The funds will be used to assist communities and homeless providers prepare for, prevent the spread of, and respond to the pandemic by providing emergency shelter, targeted street outreach, and temporary emergency shelter for individuals experiencing homelessness this winter.
Oklahoma – The state submitted an amendment application and a phase-out plan for the Insure Oklahoma (IO) program of the SoonerCare demonstration. The amendment and phase-out plan seek to modify the IO program by phasing out the IO Individual Plan and establishing a new income band for the IO Employer-Sponsored Insurance. These changes are requested in response to the new state Medicaid expansion. The federal public comment period will be open through Dec. 31, 2020.
Texas – The Texas Health and Human Services Commission announced its intent to submit to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services a Section 1115 waiver extension application to continue the state’s Medicaid managed care programs, including STAR, STAR+PLUS, and STAR Kids, through Sept. 30, 2027. The waiver extension request seeks to support the development of a coordinated care delivery system, to improve outcomes while containing cost growth, and to transition to quality-based payment systems across health plans and providers.
Wisconsin – The state is requesting an amendment to its section 1115 demonstration “SeniorCare” to expand the targeted prescription drug benefit offered under the demonstration to include coverage of vaccinations recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for administration to adults. The federal public comment period is open through Jan. 1, 2020.
Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. EST
The COVID-19 pandemic has created significant health and economic hardships for many children and families—particularly children and youth with special health care needs. Children who receive health services in school settings to support their education are losing access to those services. A pre-COVID-19 shortage of home health providers has worsened due to the pandemic, placing a significant burden on families who rely on home health services. The result is gaps in care and caregiver burnout, putting children and youth with special health care needs at risk of regression and long-term negative health outcomes. Recognizing these risks, states and the federal government have broadly expanded telehealth coverage, established continuous coverage requirements and eased regulatory requirements for delivery of services. SHVS is hosting a webinar, produced by Manatt Health, the American Academy of Pediatrics, Family Voices, and the Georgetown Center for Children and Families with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, that will explore strategies for state Medicaid agencies to enforce coverage requirements and make permanent the temporary regulatory flexibilities that have expanded access to services during the pandemic. To request accommodations due to disability for this event, please contact Stephanie Benjamin (stephanie.benjamin@princeton.edu) at least 48 hours in advance.
Registration (required) at the following link: https://rwjfevents.webex.com/rwjfevents/onstage/g.php?MTID=eacbf46090f1d26107f8acc75c9f94abc
COVID-19 & State Medicaid Budgets: How Short-Term Cuts Could Result in Long-Term Harm to Children
As state policymakers grapple with COVID-19 and the accompanying recession, access to continuous health coverage for children could be at risk, leaving access to care for millions of children nationwide in question during a global pandemic. The Commonwealth Fund and the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families will host a briefing with experts on Wednesday, Dec. 9 to discuss the findings of a new issue brief and the importance of ensuring stable health coverage to children and families. The briefing will cover a summary of new research on the long-term benefits of Medicaid coverage for children and birthing people; projections of the impact of state Medicaid cuts on state health care systems; and Medicaid’s return on investment for the state and federal government, as well as the broader societal returns.
Discrimination and bias in the health care system has contributed to the pandemic’s dramatic impact on Black, Latino, and Native American populations. These communities have faced disproportionate numbers of cases, hospitalizations, and/or deaths while experiencing documented barriers to testing and treatment. The National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation published an infographic that explores the history of racial bias and discrimination in health care and during the pandemic, outlines short-term strategies to narrow disparities from COVID-19 and respond to vaccine hesitancy, and highlights long-term strategies to address systemic racism and improve health outcomes. As a reminder, SHVS has a webpage dedicated to sharing health equity resources for states, including its latest publication that highlights State Strategies for Overcoming Barriers to Advance Health Equity.
A new Health Affairs blog post authored by Dr. Nathan Chomilo, Medical Director for the State of Minnesota’s Medicaid program and a practicing pediatrician and internal medicine hospitalist with Park Nicollet Health Services/HealthPartners, highlights how racial equity can be built into research and policy and why this is an important step as states and policymakers seek to dismantle structural racism in the health care system. Dr. Chomilo notes several examples of how stakeholders can assess research and policy for racial equity at the start. These examples include 1) requiring a racial equity assessment at the start of the development of research proposals aimed at answering policy questions to help ensure investigators have, at the very least, stopped to ask how their work may or may not contribute to structural racism or advance racial justice and 2) improving and standardizing ways to collect race, ethnicity, and language (REL) demographic data for not only public payers such as Medicare and Medicaid but all health insurers, social safety-net programs, and education systems. As a reminder, an SHVS expert perspective, Exploring Strategies to Fill Gaps in Medicaid Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data, provides an overview of current REL data collection standards and provides suggestions for how states could leverage alternative sources of data in order to improve REL data completeness.
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BC Ferries, the First Peoples’ Cultural Council, Nuxalk Nation, and Kwakiutl First Nation reveal designs for the Northern Sea Wolf by Danika Naccarella and Richard Hunt at a ceremony at the Atrium Friday. (Keri Coles/News staff)
Indigenous artists reveal artwork that will adorn BC Ferries vessel
Northern Sea Wolf expected to enter service for Port Hardy - Bella Coola in June 2019
Keri Coles
BC Ferries and the First Peoples’ Cultural Council reveal in a special ceremony Friday the Indigenous artistic designs that will adorn the Northern Sea Wolf, a BC Ferries vessel that will provide summer service between northern Vancouver Island and B.C.’s Central Coast.
“This work is a visual statement to the vitality of the art and culture that comes from this land and is thriving today,” said Tracey Herbert, CEO of First Peoples’ Cultural Council. “We are so proud to be involved in a project that raises the profile of Indigenous artists and informs travelers of the people who have always lived here and their deep connection to the Salish Sea.”
BC Ferries, the First Peoples’ Cultural Council, Nuxalk Nation, Kwakiutl First Nation reveal designs for Northern Sea Wolf by Danika Naccarella and Richard Hunt. Vessel expected to enter service for Port Hardy – Bella Coola in June 2019. #yyj #bellacoola @BCFerries @VictoriaNews pic.twitter.com/7kjZQRbltn
— Keri Coles (@KeriColesPhotog) November 23, 2018
Kwakiutl First Nation’s Richard Hunt and Nuxalk Nation’s Danika Naccarella designed the artwork that will be featured on the Northern Sea Wolf. The artwork will be displayed on the interior and exterior of the vessel, along with profiles of the artists.
“I am proud to have the opportunity to showcase my culture, Gilakas’la,” said Hunt. “I also want to congratulate fellow artist, Danika Naccarella, and extend my thanks to the Songhees people. I look forward to seeing my design come to life on the Northern Sea Wolf.”
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BC Ferries and community stakeholders named the Northern Sea Wolf in honour of a First Nations’ legend in which the Sea Wolf is a manifestation of the Orca. The designs depict the beauty of the majestic animal, with the Sea Wolf the symbol of family, loyalty and the protector of those travelling their waters.
“My design will live on for many years as a representation of my community and our strength. It is an honour to share this opportunity with Richard Hunt and I want to thank BC Ferries and the First Peoples’ Cultural Council for selecting our designs,” Naccarella said. “I hope my artwork will help inspire youth in our community and the next generation of Indigenous artists.”
In December 2017, the First Peoples’ Cultural Council issued a call for artists from the Central Coast to submit their portfolios for consideration. From there, a jury of artist peers and BC Ferries representatives shortlisted artists who were invited to submit design concepts for the Northern Sea Wolf.
The designs of Richard Hunt and Danika Naccarella were chosen for their artistic excellence, Indigenous style and ability to express the vessel name through artwork.
George Taylor of the Kwakwaka’wakw Nation, sings to “honour his best friend,” artist Richard Hunt, after Hunt’s art was selected for BC Ferries’ vessel Northern Sea Wolf. Singers from Nuxalk Nation join in. @BCFerries @VictoriaNews #yyj #IndigenousArt pic.twitter.com/U5oOTKFL2m
“Richard and Danika have created striking designs which pay tribute to the people of the Central Coast and the territory where we operate,” said Mark Collins, BC Ferries’ president and CEO. “It has been a privilege to work with two exceptionally talented artists and we are honoured to display their designs on our vessel, the Northern Sea Wolf.”
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Direct seasonal service between Port Hardy and Bella Coola commenced this September with the Northern Adventure. Starting in spring 2019, the Northern Sea Wolf will provide direct summer service between Port Hardy and Bella Coola, with a connector service once a week between Bella Coola, Bella Bella, Shearwater and Ocean Falls.
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Kwakiutl First Nation’s Richard Hunt with his artwork that will adorn the Northern Sea Wolf. (Keri Coles/News staff)
Nuxalk Nation’s Danika Naccarella designed artwork that will adorn BC Ferries’ Northern Sea Wolf vessel. (Keri Coles/News staff)
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NewsMcLarenMcLaren Senna
McLaren Senna Full Send On The Nordschleife
Simon Bertram July 7, 2020
As Europe begins to reopen, many tracks are also opening with limited capacity for those that have been itching to get out and go fast.
To celebrate this reopening, despite it ongoing for about a month now, today we have two very different cars doing two very different laps at the world-famous Green Hell, the Nurburgring Nordschleife.
To watch the Porsche GT2 RS MR doing a lap, click here: Porsche GT2 RS MR On The Nordschleife.
Misha Charoudin is fast becoming a mainstay and local legend at the Nurburgring Nordschleife. He picked up everything and moved to the town of Nurburg, which rests entirely within the confines of the ‘Ring, so that he could drive the track every day he could.
That was five years ago. Now, he is one of the famous Ring Taxi drivers, as well as a fully certified and capable race driver that has taken part in the 24 Hours of Nurburgring race in 2019.
An oddly inappropriate song choice?
To say that he’s driven a fair few cars around the place is an understatement. He’s driven everything from his personal, track modified, stripped out Volkswagen Golf to a Bugatti Chiron around the track, and his day-to-day work car, or in this case taxi, is a Porsche 911 GT3 owned by Apex Taxi.
211 KPH through Schwedenkreuz, approaching the Aremberg hairpin
So when he had a chance to ride along in his third (!!!) McLaren Senna around the track, having already driven one around, he of course agreed.
245 KPH heading onto the Dottinger Hohe
What makes this trip different, however, is that this time, the car is put into full race mode, with all the active aerodynamics turned up to 11, the driver aids backed off, and the car set to its lowest and firmest suspension setting. As can be seen, this makes it a bit of a beast, but a ride of a lifetime!
Simon Bertram
If it goes fast, Simon likes it. Computers, cars, rockets, it doesn't matter, as long as there is speed involved. Apart from his love of sim racing in virtual reality, Simon also loves to drive his '17 Fiesta ST through the mountain roads near his home city of Calgary, AB.
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199 losses, but India's 'Election King' keeps contesting
Mr K. Padmarajan has contested practically every kind of election held in India, whether it was presidential, municipal, parliamentary or assembly. PHOTO: K PADMARAJAN/ FACEBOOK
Debarshi Dasgupta India Correspondent In New Delhi
Apr 17, 2019, 5:00 am SGT
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He has lost 199 elections so far. But when you are Mr K. Padmarajan, each one of them is a victory, not a loss. In fact, the fewer votes he polls, the more glorious is his win.
Already recognised in India by the Limca Book of Records as the "most unsuccessful candidate", the 60-year-old homeopathic practitioner is one of the many oddball candidates participating in the ongoing Indian parliamentary elections, adding vivacity to the world's most diverse democratic exercise.
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Tech N9ne Wraps Up ‘KLUSTERFUK’ [Social]
After months of anticipation and online buzz, Tech N9ne took to Twitter to officially announce that he had wrapped up the recording of his KLUSTERFUK EP.
Just a day after Tech revealed the deadline for KLUSTERFUK on SM Live with Makzilla, he hit Twitter and gave fans the update they had been waiting for – “So I finished klusterfuk last night and sent it to mastering this morning.” Tech’s news came not long after Aqualeo had confirmed their appearance on the EP. Following Tech’s announcement, members of ¡MAYDAY! fueled the excitement with their own updates on the long awaited EP. Fans may recall that Aqualeo was tapped to appear on the EP, while ¡MAYDAY! took over production duties. With “Ugly Duckling” confirmed for the project, there’s no telling just what else Tech N9ne and his partners in rhyme have in store for eager fans. Having finished KLUSTERFUK, Tech N9ne now sets his sights on the record breaking “Hostile Takeover 2012” Tour with Machine Gun Kelly. The EP may be done, but the real KLUSTERFUK has just begun.
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Students' Union, UCalgaryAboutWho We AreCommittees
Beyond attending Students’ Legislative Council (SLC), your elected representatives participate in SLC committees. SLC appoints these committees and delegates specific authority and responsibilities to them. SLC committees help the SU develop policy, administer programs, and engage with the needs of the student body.
SLC committees require the leadership and participation of SU executive members. However, many committees offer opportunities for current SLC members and non-elected students (students-at-large) to participate in committee work.
Representing the student voice on an SU committee is a rewarding experience. From influencing the direction of policy or financial decisions to gaining valuable professional and work experience – membership on an SU committee comes with a number of professional and personal opportunities.
The SU often looks for volunteers to sit on committees. Ideal candidates have a sincere concern for student interests and should be comfortable speaking in a committee or professional meeting setting. Diplomacy, organization, and level-headedness are qualities that would be of benefit to an SU committee.
All student-at-large committee members serve on the committee from the time they are appointed until April 30th.
If you are interested in applying to become a committee representative, please use the downloadable version of the application form (MS Word). It’s important your application be as complete as possible, as applicants are selected solely based on the information provided.
Note: The Refugee Student Board committee and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Task Force each have their own application.
Please address your submission and any questions or comments to:
Michael Hedgecock, Coordinator, Student Support
Students’ Union, University of Calgary
MSC 251, 2500 University Drive N.W.
Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4
Email: michael.hedgecock@ucalgary.ca
After the Committee Administrator reviews applications, the SLC Nominations Committee will meet to consider the applications. The Committee Administrator will then only contact those persons appointed by the SLC Nominating Committee.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Task Force: Sept. 25, 2020
Refugee Student Board: June 1, 2020
Policy and Development Review Committee: Sep 10, 2020
Quality Money Committee: Sep 10, 2020
Teaching Excellence Awards Committee: Sep 10, 2020
Committee of 10,000: Sep 10, 2020
Undergraduate Research Symposium Working Group: Sep 10, 2020
Pride Scholarship Selection Committee: Oct. 23, 2020
Each SU Committee has a Terms of Reference, a policy that details the mandate (or purpose) of the committee, its size, membership qualifications, and reporting requirements. Positions on SU Committees remain open until filled.
RSB Application for the Refugee Student Board committee:
RSB Application
EDI Task Force Application for the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Task Force:
EDI Task Force Application
General Application for all other committees:
SU Working Groups
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Task Force
Terms of Reference (September, 2020)
The Students’ Union collectively represents tens of thousands of undergraduate students at the University of Calgary who represent innumerable identities and diverse backgrounds.
The EDI Task Force is a new working group that will ensure the Students’ Union is appropriately equipped to include and advocate for all the students we represent. This task force will provide recommendations to SLC on how the SU can better address the needs and concerns of undergraduate students regarding topics related to equity, diversity, and inclusion on campus.
Pride Scholarship Selection Committee
Members: VP Student Life, Q Centre Coordinator, Students at Large and an Executive from Queers on Campus
The SU Q Centre is proud to support the LGBTQA+ community on campus for the past 10 years. This scholarship is administered through the Q Centre, and is made possible by an SU Quality Money grant. The committee will work alongside the VP Student Life and other members of campus to review applications for the SU Pride Scholarship and select two winners in each of the fall and winter semesters.
Meeting frequency is once per semester over Zoom (in December and April).
Undergraduate Research Symposium – Working Group
Members: VP Academic as Chair, ten (10) non-Executive members of SLC or Students-at-Large
Description: The Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) Working Group promotes all aspects of URS and meets as required by the Vice President Academic to evaluate applications and select participants. They assist with the set-up, execution, and tear-down of the URS event as directed, organize and evaluate judges’ scores and comments to determine award winners, and present awards to participants at the URS Gala.
Meeting frequency: This group meets on October 19 to select participants, assists with URS set-up on November 26, provides all-day support on November 27, evaluates judges’ scores on November 28, and presents awards on November 29. Additional meetings may be called at the discretion of the chair.
SU Committees
Clubs Committee
Terms of Reference (July 2019)
Members: VP Student Life as Chair, four (4) to six (6) non-Executive members of SLC
Description: The Clubs Committee establishes principles, strategies, and procedures for how the SU supports and engages Student Organizations at the University of Calgary, including reviewing and approving award nominations and funding applications.
Terms of Reference (Jan 2019)
Members: VP Student Life as Chair, two (2) non-Executive members of SLC, four (4) to six (6) Students-at-Large
Description:The Committee of 10,000 allocates money given by Active Members to charitable organizations in Calgary.
Meeting frequency: Once per school year and as needed. Attendance to an awards reception held in April is also required.
Terms of Reference (Mar 2018)
Members: VP Operations and Finance as Chair, five (5) members of SLC
Description: The SLC Nominations Committee sets closing dates for committee applications and ensures all SLC and student-at-large positions are adequately advertised. The committee also appoints candidates for various committees and boards. This body meets as necessary.
Operations and Finance Committee
Members: VP Operations and Finance as Chair, all Executive and three (3) SLC members
Description:The Operations and Finance Committee is an Empowered Standing Committee delegated with the authority to make day-to-day operational and financial decisions for the SU.
Policy Development and Review Committee
Members: VP Operations and Finance as Chair, three (3) non-Executive members of SLC, and three (3) Students-at-Large
Description: The Policy Development Committee meets as needed to review and draft new and revised SU policies for consistency, formatting and wording, as well as to review and evaluate existing SLC mandates and/or SU regulatory policies.
Meeting frequency: Biweekly, between October and April.
Quality Money Committee
Members: President as Chair, all Executive, three (3) members of SLC, two (2) Students at Large
Description: The Quality Money Committee is mandated to recommend to the SLC the allocation of monies received by the university for funding of projects to improve student life. This body meets throughout the entire academic year.
Meeting frequency: Weekly on Wednesdays, 90-minute meetings at 5:00pm between November and March.
Refugee Student Board
Members: VP External as Chair, VP Operations and Finance as Vice-Chair, two (2) non-executive members of SLC, eight (8) students-at-large appointed by Nominations Committee, one student-at-large appointed by the Residence Students’ Association (RSA), one International Student Services (ISS) staff member recommended by the University, and one Residence Services staff member recommended by the University.
Description: The Refugee Student Board selects those refugee students for sponsorship to attend and study at the university. The money for sponsorship is obtained from a levy collected each semester from all SU members. The body meets once per month and the meeting is approximately two hours in length. It shall also be responsible for setting general policies that aligns with the Constitution of World University Services of Canada (WUSC) and working with all relevant campus stakeholders to aid all University sponsored refugee students and further develop the refugee student program.
Meeting frequency: Monthly between July and April.
Teaching Excellence Awards Committee
Members: VP Academic as Chair, seven (7) non-Executive SLC members, three (3) Students-at-Large
Description: The Teaching Excellence Awards Committee promotes and administers the Teaching Excellence Awards program and selects award recipients. This body does the majority of its work in the last six weeks the fall and winter semesters.
Meeting frequency: Once in the Fall and Winter terms, including a half-day meeting on a Saturday in March. Members will conduct class visits during November and March.
University and Government Relations Committee
Members: President as Chair, all Executives
Description: The University and Government Relations Committee’s main purpose is to share relevant information among elected officials on to the relationship between the Students’ Union, Graduate Students’ Association, the University of Calgary, and government. This body meets monthly to review and develop a response to issues that affect undergraduate students.
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Live Stream with Shirley Ann Higuchi - Setsuko's Secret
A heart felt and personal account of living in a Japanese Incarceration Camp; A History Book Talk
As children, Shirley Ann Higuchi and her brothers knew Heart Mountain only as the place their parents met, imagining it as a great Stardust Ballroom in rural Wyoming. As they grew older, they would come to recognize the name as a source of great sadness and shame for their older family members, part of the generation of Japanese Americans forced into the hastily built concentration camp in the aftermath of Executive Order 9066.
Only after a serious cancer diagnosis did Shirley's mother, Setsuko, share her vision for a museum at the site of the former camp, where she had been donating funds and volunteering in secret for many years. After Setsuko's death, Shirley skeptically accepted an invitation to visit the site, a journey that would forever change her life and introduce her to a part of her mother she never knew.
Navigating the complicated terrain of the Japanese American experience, Shirley patched together Setsuko's story and came to understand the forces and generational trauma that shaped her own life. Moving seamlessly between family and communal history, Setsuko's Secret offers a clear window into the "camp life" that was rarely revealed to the children of the incarcerated. This volume powerfully insists that we reckon with the pain in our collective American past.
Shirley Ann Higuchi joins Tattered Cover on Wednesday November 4th at 5pm MT on YouTube to discuss her newest book, Setsuko's Secret.
This event is free and open to the public. It will be live streamed on our YouTube channel. You can watch the live stream HERE and even set reminders for when we go live. The event will be recorded and posted on our YouTube channel after the event.
Wednesday, November 4, 2020 - 5:00pm
Setsuko's Secret: Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration (Hardcover)
By Shirley Ann Higuchi
Published: University of Wisconsin Press - October 20th, 2020
General Event Information
PLEASE NOTE: Our event schedule is updated regularly. Check the calendar for changes and additions.
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Active Minds Lecture Series - See Events Calendar
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Jan 8, 2021 11:14 AM PT
An international group of scientists is demanding scientific journals demand more transparency from researchers in computer-related areas when accepting their reports for publication.
They also want computational researchers to include information about their code, models and computational environments in published reports.
Their call, published in Nature Magazine in October, was in response to the results of research conducted by Google Health that was published in Nature last January.
The research claimed an artificial intelligence system was faster and more accurate at screening for breast cancer than human radiologists.
Google funded the study, which was led by Google Scholar Scott McKinney and other Google employees.
Criticisms of the Google Study
"In their study, McKinney et al. showed the high potential of artificial intelligence for breast cancer screening," the international group of scientists, led by Benjamin Haibe-Kains, of the University of Toronto, stated.
"However, the lack of detailed methods and computer code undermines its scientific value. This shortcoming limits the evidence required for others to prospectively validate and clinically implement such technologies."
Scientific progress depends on the ability of independent researchers to scrutinize the results of a research study, reproduce its main results using its materials, and build upon them in future studies, the scientists said, citing Nature Magazine's policies.
McKinney and his co-authors stated that it was not feasible to release the code used for training the models because it has a large number of dependencies on internal tooling, infrastructure and hardware, Haibe-Kains' group noted.
However, many frameworks and platforms are available to make AI research more transparent and reproducible, the group said. These include Bitbucket and Github ; package managers including Conda; and container and virtualization systems such as Code Ocean and Gigantum.
Al shows great promise for use in the field of medicine, but "Unfortunately, the biomedical literature is littered with studies that have failed the test of reproducibility, and many of these can be tied to methodologies and experimental practices that could not be investigated due to failure to fully disclose software and data," Haibe-Kains' group said.
Google did not respond to our request to provide comment for this story.
Patents Pending?
There might be good business reasons for companies not to disclose full details about their AI research studies.
"This research is also considered confidential in the development of technology," Jim McGregor, a principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "Should technology companies be forced to give away technology they've spend billions of dollars in developing?"
What researchers are doing with AI "is phenomenal and is leading to technological breakthroughs, some of which are going to be covered by patent protection," McGregor said. "So not all of the information is going to be available for testing, but just because you can't test it doesn't mean it isn't correct or true."
Haibe-Kains' group recommended that, if data cannot be shared with the entire scientific community because of licensing or other insurmountable issues, "at a minimum a mechanism should be set so that some highly-trained, independent investigators can access the data and verify the analyses."
Driven by Hype
Verifiability and reproducibility plague AI research study results on the whole. Only 15 percent of AI research papers publish their code, according to the State of AI Report 2020, produced by AI investors Nathan Benaich and Ian Hogarth.
They particularly single out Google's AI subsidiary and laboratory DeepMind and AI research and development company OpenAI as culprits.
"Many of the problems in scientific research are driven by the rising hype about it, [which] is needed to generate funding," Dr. Jeffrey Funk, a technology economics and business consultant based in Singapore, told TechNewsWorld.
"This hype, and its exaggerated claims, fuel a need for results that match those claims, and thus a tolerance for research that is not reproducible."
Scientists and funding agencies will have to "dial back on the hype" to achieve more reproducibility, Funk observed. However, that "may reduce the amount of funding for AI and other technologies, funding that has exploded because lawmakers have been convinced that AI will generate $15 trillion in economic gains by 2030."
Richard Adhikari has been an ECT News Network reporter since 2008. His areas of focus include cybersecurity, mobile technologies, CRM, databases, software development, mainframe and mid-range computing, and application development. He has written and edited for numerous publications, including Information Week and Computerworld. He is the author of two books on client/server technology. Email Richard.
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Google Stadia games: Borderlands 3, Cyberpunk 2077 and all the other newly-announced titles
By Henry St Leger, Gerald Lynch 19 August 2019
What new Stadia games have been announced?
(Image credit: Google Stadia)
The Google Stadia streaming service certainly has a lot riding on it: all those AAA titles that need to run on our terrible home internet, competition with traditional consoles like the Xbox One and PS4, and plenty of internal technical challenges we’ll likely never hear about.
But what will make or break the service is its games, and the latest Google Stadia Connect live stream has shown off a bunch of titles coming to the games streaming service, and it’s certainly catching our eye.
Google Stadia will no doubt be launching with a smaller library of titles to the likes of Xbox and Nintendo Switch, given its relative infancy, but it’s clear Google is working to bring games people actually want to play to the service. Here’s the list of new Google Stadia games just announced, and why they might tempt you to try out the platform.
See our hands on Google Stadia review for a flavor of what's to come
CD Projekt’s technological dystopia looks set to be one of the biggest games of 2020, if not the decade. Unsurprisingly, Google wants it on its platform. As the spiritual-successor follow up to The Witcher III, and featuring Keanu Reeves no less, Cyberpunk 2077 will no doubt be a very popular game for the Stadia service.
(Image credit: Oculus)
Superhot seems to be getting announced on everything nowadays: just hours after learning the hit indie game was coming to Nintendo Switch, it looks like it will be landing on Google Stadia as well. A time-bending polygonal FPS that speeds up the clock as you move, and freezes the action as you’re still, it’s a puzzle as much as a shooter, and a must-play if you haven’t tried it already.
Orcs Must Die! 3
They really must. This cartoonish tower-defense game has been going for three iterations now, pitting you as the keeper of a castle who has to stop invading forces of orcs and monsters from laying waste to your property. With a third-person view and the requirement to get right up in the action, Orcs Must Die! stands out from the breadth of top-down tower-defense games out there.
Kine
Who said machines can’t dream? Following three down-on-their-luck robot musicians, this this is a silly and playful 3D puzzle game, with a forgiving undo feature that should make it more thoughtful than stressful.
The fourth Darksiders game, and the fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse. A fiery and chaotic hack-and-slash game due out later in 2019, those playing on Stadia will get to be one of the first to play it too – unlike a lot of the older ports on this list.
(Image credit: Ubisoft)
The latest in the Watch Dogs series looks set to raise the stakes, with a post-Brexit UK London setting, and a bafflingly impressive ability to pick out any in-game person you pass in the street and make them become a playable character – with a “unique gameplay build” and personal backstory – making for a fun commentary on the giant interconnected media platform we live in today.
Part Zelda, part Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, all Ubisoft. Gods and Monsters was first shown at E3 2019, and promises to offer third-person adventuring with a sprinkling of Greek mythology to season it all. It has a fun cel-shaded art style, and seems to very much take its cues from Breath of the Wild. But can it match Breath of the Wild 2 when it lands?
(Image credit: NetherRealm Studios)
The latest Mortal Kombat game is an interesting one, throwing franchise favorite characters into the fight against their past (or future?) selves for some truly narcissistic battles. There’s a lot of blood, a lot of spines being torn in two, and basically everything you’d expect from a Mortal Kombat game.
Windjammers is one of those games we never thought would see a sequel, but the 1994 extreme sports title – if, you know, frisbee was an extreme sport – offers a top-down perspective of the high-octane action only two frisbee athletes can create. This should be a fun one.
A bit of silly fun, with this remake of the PS2-era alien-em-up. Expect some light third-person shooting and exploration, with a dollop of B-movie humor thrown in.
Farming Simulator 19: Platinum Edition
Is there anything more pure than a player’s love for their tractors? Farming Simulator 19 is the kind of game that prides itself on faithful recreations of farming machinery, and offers a peaceful respite from the chaotic hack-and-slash fighting games also found on Google Stadia. Speaking of which...
Samurai Showdown
Showing Google’s confidence in framerate and stability is Samurai Shodown, another twitch-perfect arcade fighting game coming to the platform. It’s the latest instalment in a franchise that first spawned on the NEO-GEO. If Google can impress the demanding hardcore fighting crowd, that’ll be a huge achievement.
The latest Grid racing game from developer Codemasters, set to bring a whole world of cars to your living room. But will Grid feel different from the other competitive racing games out there? You’ll have to wait until September – or November, if you’re waiting on Stadia – to find out.
Attack on Titan 2: Final Battle
The second Attack on Titan game, based on the iconic anime and manga series. If battling giant humans and whizzing around the air with lightning-fast swords is you thing – and why wouldn’t it be – Stadia will have the goods for you.
(Image credit: Bethesda)
The Elder Scrolls MMO has somehow managed to become one of the best MMO’s out there, despite an initially rocky launch, and throws together the stalwarts of the Elder Scrolls franchise – dragons, magic, typical high fantasy – with a flourish.
(Image credit: Gearbox Software)
A gazillion guns, and a gazillion bad jokes from love-it-or-hate-it robot Claptrap. Yep, Borderlands 3, the sequel to the original loot-em-up shooter is coming to Google Stadia.
Not enough games for you? See what's going on at Gamescom 2019
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Bible vs indigenous beliefs at issue in Bolivia
In this picture taken Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, a Christ statue overlooks El Alto, a city adjoining the capital city La Paz, Bolivia. Ancestral indigenou... In this picture taken Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, a Christ statue overlooks El Alto, a city adjoining the capital city La Paz, Bolivia. Ancestral indigenous practices became more visible during the presidency of Evo Morales, who recognized the Andean earth deity Pachamama. While Bolivians are divided on former President Morales' legacy, the interim President Jeanine Añez wants to make the Bible front and center in public life. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
In this Nov. 12, 2019, AP file photo, the Senate's second vice president and opposition politician Jeanine Añez, center, wearing the presidential sash... In this Nov. 12, 2019, AP file photo, the Senate's second vice president and opposition politician Jeanine Añez, center, wearing the presidential sash and carrying a Bible, addresses the crowd from the balcony of the Quemado palace after she declared herself interim president of the country, in La Paz, Bolivia. "The Bible has returned to the palace," she told allies and the media that night in contrast to Evo Morales' presidency that celebrated the country's indigenous religious beliefs. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
In this picture taken Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, people wait their turn to have their baby Jesus dolls blessed by a priest as they leave the Three Kings Da... In this picture taken Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, people wait their turn to have their baby Jesus dolls blessed by a priest as they leave the Three Kings Day Mass at San Francisco Church in La Paz, Bolivia. Outside the church, many parishioners went to indigenous guides to get additional blessings that come from the country's belief in the Pachamama, or mother earth deity. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
In this picture taken Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, spiritual indigenous guides perform traditional blessings on baby Jesus dolls after parishioners leave the... In this picture taken Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, spiritual indigenous guides perform traditional blessings on baby Jesus dolls after parishioners leave the Three Kings Day Mass outside the San Francisco Church in La Paz, Bolivia. During the nearly 14-year presidency of Evo Morales, that recently came to an abrupt and controversial end, Pachamama practices that were celebrated and used in official government events as the nation's first indigenous president de-emphasized the institutional weight the Catholic Church held. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
In this picture taken Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, people light candles inside the San Francisco Church during a Catholic Mass for Three Kings Day in La Paz,... In this picture taken Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, people light candles inside the San Francisco Church during a Catholic Mass for Three Kings Day in La Paz, Bolivia. Outside the church, many parishioners flocked to indigenous guides to get additional blessings that come from the ancestral indigenous beliefs in the Pachamama, or mother earth deity. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
In this picture taken Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, worshippers stand outside San Francisco Church during Three Kings Day celebrations in La Paz, Bolivia. Aft... In this picture taken Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, worshippers stand outside San Francisco Church during Three Kings Day celebrations in La Paz, Bolivia. After Mass was celebrated inside the church, many parishioners flocked to indigenous guides to get additional blessings that come from the country's belief in the Pachamama, or mother earth deity. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
In this picture taken Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, spiritual indigenous guide Mariano Condori Flores holds a cross for parishioner Ruben Huanca to kiss outsi... In this picture taken Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, spiritual indigenous guide Mariano Condori Flores holds a cross for parishioner Ruben Huanca to kiss outside San Francisco Church during the Three Kings Day celebrations in La Paz, Bolivia. Condori Flores was among several spiritual guides who performed traditional indigenous blessings outside the church on baby Jesus dolls after parishioners left the church. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
In this picture taken Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, spiritual indigenous guide Mariano Condori Flores stands outside San Francisco Church during the Three Kin... In this picture taken Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, spiritual indigenous guide Mariano Condori Flores stands outside San Francisco Church during the Three Kings Day celebrations in La Paz, Bolivia. A symbiotic relationship has formed over time and it allows Catholics and Pachamama believers to maintain both systems, Condori Flores said. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Hoisting a large leather Bible above her head, Bolivia’s new interim president delivered an emphatic message hours after Evo Morales fled under pressure, the end of a nearly 14-year presidency that celebrated the country’s indigenous religious beliefs like never before.
“The Bible has returned to the palace,” bellowed Jeanine Añez as she walked into the presidential palace where Morales had jettisoned the bible from official government ceremonies and replaced with acts honoring the Andean earth deity called the Pachamama. The conservative evangelical senator, from a region where people often scoff at Pachamama beliefs, thrust the Bible above her head and flashed a beaming smile.
While Bolivians of all walks of life are deeply divided on Morales' legacy, his replacement, a lawyer and opposition leader who wants to make the Bible front and center in public life, is reigniting deep-rooted class and racial divisions at a time of great uncertainty in the Andean nation, where 6 in 10 identify as descendants of native peoples.
“It’s the same as 500 years ago when the Spanish came and the first thing they showed the indigenous people was the Bible,” said Jose Saravia, a civil engineer from La Paz. “It seems to me like the same thing is happening again.”
Like many in Bolivia, Saravia is a practicing Catholic who weaves in Pachamama beliefs passed down from this parents and grandparents. About 8 in 10 in Bolivia are Catholic, according to the most recent estimates.
Saravia and his family were among droves of people who came carrying their immaculately dressed baby Jesus dolls to fill a massive Catholic church in La Paz to participate in Three Kings Day masses Jan. 6. As they slowly left the church, a Catholic priest splashed their relics with holy water.
Just feet away from the church in a bustling plaza, parishioners stopped to have their dolls blessed by indigenous elders wearing their customary poncho sweaters and wool stocking hats in an act Bolivians believe shows respect for Pachamama and bring blessings in return. The men rang tiny bells as they placed the dolls in incense smoke billowing from small pots full of hot coals and special herbs, many ending the act with a sign of the cross and a kiss of a small cross.
A symbiotic relationship has emerged over time. It allows Catholics and Pachamama believers to maintain both systems, said Mariano Condori Flores, one of the indigenous guides doing the blessings.
Condori said the same type of relationship doesn’t exist with evangelicals, who tend to take a hardline against mixing beliefs and account for about 7% of the population, more than double their size in 1970, according to a self-reported membership figures compiled by the World Christian Database.
“It doesn’t seem like Añez understands that we exist,” Condori said.
For many upper-class conservatives in the capital of La Paz, and in outlying provinces where people grew tired of Morales’ heavy-handed campaign to increase visibility and prominence of the indigenous religious beliefs, Añez's reintroduction of the Bible is being celebrated.
“It was a demonstration of grand respect for Bolivian people. We are believers in God,” said Karina Ortiz Justiniano, a psychologist from the province of Beni where Añez resides. “The government of Evo Morales was way too aggressive, especially for those of us here in the oriental region that don’t believe in the Pachamama.”
Sentiments like that provoke strong reaction from Bolivians who embrace their Incan heritage. They fear that the discrimination they felt under previous presidents of European descent will return to this South American country of 11 million people situated between Peru, Chile, Brazil and Argentina.
Añez will likely only hold the office until May 3, when the country holds another election, but critics say she represents Bolivian archetype that flourished before Morales became the nation’s first indigenous president in 2006.
Morales commonly railed against what he considered discrimination that dated back to the Spanish conquest in 1520, describing his presidency as the “decolonization” of Bolivia.
Morales revamped the Bolivian constitution in 2009 to make the country a secular state, stripping special recognition previously given to the Catholic church. None of the presidential candidates for the May election mentioned rolling back Morales’ changes to the constitution.
Añez declined to be interviewed by The Associated Press but told a Bolivian newspaper in December that she will respect indigenous beliefs. But she said if Christians like her had to endure the Bible being taken out of the presidential palace, now others should respect her devotion to God.
Edwin Sanchez Mansilla, who owns a shop in La Paz called “Question of Faith,” to repair religious relics, said Añez’ celebration of the Bible returning ignited a spike in business as people felt compelled to connect to their religious roots. He said he’s not worried that Bolivia will lose its indigenous culture.
“We’ve had these customs for a long time, Evo Morales didn’t invent them,” Mansilla said. “With or without Evo, we’ll continue. We have strong roots.”
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Victim’s Son Objects to Execution of Man Who Dragged His Father to Death Logo and Signs of Rick Perry and His Running Mate Todd Willingham
Screening of “Incendiary: The Willingham Case” Oct 5 to Benefit Charlie Baird for DA Campaign
By Texas Moratorium Network On September 21, 2011 · Add Comment · In Uncategorized
Texas Moratorium Network is hosting a screening on Wednesday October 5 at the Violet Crown Cinema in Austin of “Incendiary: the Willingham case” about the case of Todd Willingham. We are hosting it as a fundraiser to benefit the campaign of Charlie Baird for Travis County District Attorney. All proceeds go to the campaign of Charlie Baird. Get your tickets now, seating is limited. Charlie Baird needs your support in his race to bring Justice That Works to Austin and Travis County. To learn more about Charlie Baird visit his website www.charliebaird.com.
Please Join The Texas Moratorium Network as they host “Incendiary: A Night With The Filmmakers & Charlie Baird” benefiting the Charlie Baird for Travis County District Attorney Campaign.
The evening begins with a reception at 5:30 and the movie beginning promptly at 7:00 p.m. Immediately upon conclusion of the film, the filmmakers and Charlie–who was interviewed for the film–will speak and answer questions.
Wednesday, October 5th 05:30 PM — Wednesday, October 5th 09:30 PM
Violet Crown Cinema
Please join the Texas Moratorium Network for a special screening of “Incendiary: The Willingham Case” benefiting the Charlie Baird for Travis County District Attorney Campaign.
This award-winning film features an interview with Charlie Baird.
The event begins with a reception with the filmmakers and Charlie at 5:30 p.m. followed by the film screening. Immediately after the screening, Charlie and the filmmakers will make a brief presentation and answer audience questions.
Only 50 total movie tickets are available, so please get yours today. Please note that, because of limited space in the theater itself, some ticket options and sponsorship options are limited to the reception only.
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China Slams U.S. ‘Digital Hegemony,’ Calls for Online ‘Sovereignty’
China’s state-run Global Times on Tuesday denounced big tech censorship of President Donald Trump as an exercise of “U.S. digital hegemony” and demanded companies like Twitter, Google, Apple, and Amazon recognize the “sovereignty” of other nations in cyberspace.
Trump is not generally portrayed as a sympathetic figure in Chinese state media. Even the Global Times lament of the censorship deployed against him slipped in a prediction from “Chinese analysts” that “Trumpism won’t disappear” as a result of big tech attempting to silence him, but instead will “keep tearing apart the U.S.”
The Tuesday editorial from the Global Times offers a good example of how Chinese propagandists carefully study American journalism, commentary, and social media, constantly seeking angles that can be exploited for Beijing’s political gain. In this case, big tech’s censorship of Trump became a platform for the Global Times to repeat its criticism of American “hegemony” over the Internet — by which it means the U.S. criticizing China for human rights violations and political oppression. When the Chinese Communist Party talks about “sovereignty,” it means the rest of the world leaving it alone to do as it pleases with dissidents and inconvenient minorities.
As the Russians have done, the Global Times portrayed the Capitol riots as America’s support for democracy movements and “color revolutions” circling around to bite Washington in the posterior:
Shen Yi, a professor at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs of Fudan University told the Global Times that the measure that Democrats and social media giants imposed on Trump and his supporters after the Capitol Hill riot is “a classic tactic for the US to overthrow a government overseas – using a conflict as an opportunity to incite the public by selectively spreading or muting specific information online,” to dominate the public opinion and create condition for a Color Revolution or a coup and eliminate a political force with made-up justification.
“The result has proven that the tactic is very effective. Trump and his supporters are doomed,” Shen said.
The Global Times quoted concerns from Americans — from the American Civil Liberties Union to Republican congressman Devin Nunes — about the antitrust ramifications of big tech giants colluding to squash upstart competitors like Parler, an alternative to Twitter. This concern is difficult to accept as sincere coming from the state media apparatus of an authoritarian government that tightly controls every industry, directly owns many of the biggest competitors, and has a knack for making anyone who forgets Beijing is the mightiest monopolist on Earth disappear until they get their minds right.
The Global Times argument against Silicon Valley oligarchy soon mutated into the usual attack on capitalism, mixed with gloating about how democracies have a hard time coping with China’s coronavirus pandemic:
The establishment forces have shown their ultimate power to almost eliminate Trump’s political influence in the last week of his term, but they didn’t act so united and assertive to intervene in Trump’s governance before, even during the administration’s failed handling and misinformation that cost the lives of more than 370,000 Americans from COVID-19, Shen said, adding that “to these elites, the Capitol riot seems like much more harmful than the deadly and uncontrolled epidemic situation.”
This has shown that the power center of the US that empowers all establishment forces, politicians, media, social media networks and firms is still Wall Street, and there is nothing that can compete with the power of capital, [Chinese Academy of Social Sciences fellow Lü Xiang] said.
The article concluded with a prediction from Renmin University’s Jin Canrong that so long as “uneven development between financial industry and substantial economy” and “unfair distribution between elites and middle class” persist in America, “a smarter Trumpist with more sophisticated political skills might return to the game.”
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Senator says Saudi alliance hurts US ability to interfere elsewhere
Ed Sykes
One US senator seems angry about the scandal engulfing close ally Saudi Arabia since its alleged murder of a journalist – but for all the wrong reasons.
Far from the brutality of the alleged killing, it’s the effect the media scrutiny will have on Washington’s ability to interfere elsewhere that seems to be worrying him. As one journalist commented on the video of Senator Marco Rubio:
Watch moral paragon Marco Rubio condemn Saudi Arabia's reported murder of Jamal Khashoggi, not for the inherent depravity of the act, but because it undermines the US's ability to impose its will on Russia and Venezuela. pic.twitter.com/rIZeU6jspz
— Dan Cohen (@dancohen3000) October 15, 2018
In short, the hard-right senator wants to take action against Saudi Arabia largely because failing to do so would harm Washington’s legitimacy as a global police force.
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But the truth is that Washington needs absolutely no help in undermining its ‘moral authority’.
Now you think Saudi Arabia’s bad?
As many analysts have pointed out, there were numerous reasons to end the US-Saudi alliance long ago; including the Saudi dictatorship‘s:
Devastating war in Yemen, which has caused the world’s worst humanitarian crisis and potentially the Earth’s worst famine in a hundred years.
Longstanding role in spreading the ultra-chauvinist Wahhabi ideology behind the planet’s most infamous non-state terror groups; and Saudi links with those organisations.
Key role in the destructive escalation of the Syrian conflict in recent years.
Human rights abuses and repression of dissent at home.
When Bernie Sanders called on fellow senators to end US support for the Saudi-led war on Yemen earlier this year, however, Marco Rubio was among the senators who voted against the resolution. So he clearly didn’t feel like the above reduced Washington’s ‘moral authority’ in the world.
The list continues…
It’s not just the Saudi alliance that undermines US moral authority, though. Because the record of Washington’s international double standards is long, bloody, and crystal clear. It includes:
Countless CIA operations in the 20th century, supporting coups and brutal right-wing dictatorships.
The International Court of Justice finding the US in violation of international law in the 1980s for a vicious campaign of destabilisation in Nicaragua.
Numerous illegal US invasions; most recently in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya.
The murder of civilians via drone strikes in countries including Pakistan and Yemen.
And it includes:
Billion-dollar support for Israel; in spite of its apartheid system, brutal occupation of Palestine, massacring of civilians, and alleged war crimes and ethnic cleansing.
Support for NATO ally Turkey; in spite of its alleged war crimes and ethnic cleansing, position as “the world’s biggest prison” for journalists, support for terrorists, alliance with neo-Nazis, fuelling of Syria’s civil war, looting, and lying.
Sanctioning and attacking Latin American neighbours it disagrees with while supporting highly problematic and repressive political orders in countries like Honduras, Colombia, and Mexico.
Supporting and turning a blind eye to the actions of oppressive allies around the world; from Egypt to Bahrain, and from the Philippines to Rwanda.
In fact, most of the world’s worst countries for workers’ rights are US allies.
‘Profit over people’ policy exposed
Rubio is perhaps right to be scared. Because more and more global citizens are waking up to just how hypocritical and profit-centred US foreign policy is, and how little it truly cares about human rights. And the more they do, the less likely they are to fall for its lies in the future.
That could deal the US interventionism that Rubio loves so much a killer blow. And it won’t be missed.
– Read more from The Canary about US imperialism, human rights, and the arms trade.
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Sacked Bombers coach keen to coach again
By Robert Grant 30/08/2010 03:23:08 PM Comments (0)
Dumped Essendon coach Matthew Knights has expressed his disappointment at being axed but his manager insists he wants to continue coaching.
Knights, whose contract was terminated by the Bombers board on Sunday, spoke briefly on Monday, saying he would take the next few days to consider his immediate future.
He was sacked after the 14th-placed Bombers won just two of their last 12 games.
Essendon have agreed to pay out the remaining two years of his contract at a cost of $800,000.
"I'm obviously disappointed but we'll look at things as the week goes on and at some stage I'll come out and speak to the media," Knights said.
"I'll do that in due course but I certainly won't be rushing the situation - I don't feel there's any real need to do that under the circumstances."
Knight's manager Dan Richardson said Knights was keen to coach again despite being dumped midway through a contract.
"My feeling is that he will still want to stay in the industry and want to coach," Richardson said.
He said Knights originally felt "anger and a little bit of bitterness".
"But he's a strong person, Matthew, and I think he will get through that and be better for it."
Richardson said Knights knew he was under pressure but his sacking on Sunday still came as a shock.
"You'd have to be silly not to realise there was certainly going to be some pressure come the end of the year and he was well aware of that," Richardson told Fairfax Radio.
"I think to some degree though it was unexpected.
"I think from what he had been told by some players and people around the club that he might be able to get through.
"The problem was from day one from the start of this year that I don't think anyone came out strongly enough from the club and said that we can guarantee that he will be coach next year.
"I guess that opened the door for the events to take place the way they did."
The early favourites to replace Knights as Essendon coach are former Port Adelaide premiership mentor Mark Williams and current Bombers assistant Alan Richardson.
Essendon's most recent premiership captain James Hird has again ruled himself out of the race, although he is certain to be courted by Bombers officials.
Hawthorn coach Alistair Clarkson was sympathetic about Knights' situation, saying it highlighted the "terrible" part of AFL football.
"It's a tough, tough circumstance and every club at some point of time goes through it," Clarkson said.
"Our club went through it five or six years ago with the departing of Schwabby (former coach Peter Schwab), who was a decorated son.
"Essendon will work their way through it as best they can I suppose and the same with Knight too.
"It's the terrible part of AFL footy unfortunately."
Essendon chairman David Evans insisted the club would not be rushed into appointing a new coach.
"I said yesterday that we all have a challenge ahead of us - the board, the management, executive, players and the members of the club," Evans said in a statement.
"We still have a football review to undertake which will now take a longer time, a new coach to recruit, a five-year business plan for growth, and issues to resolve about our facility.
I appreciate that there is a great deal of interest regarding the process of a getting a new coach, and we will be in a position towards to end of the week to give out more information regarding our next steps."
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With so many floor covering options available today, it can be tough to decide what to put on your floor – for example, deciding between carpet and hardwood. Some may wonder if carpet holds any advantages over other types of hard surface floors. While every floor covering product can be shown to have its own advantages and drawbacks, carpet has several distinct benefits when compared to hard surfaces.
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Despite hard surfaces, such as hardwood, taking up many pages of interior design magazines over recent years, carpet has a style all its own. From luxurious and elegant to casual and comfy, carpet can give a space an entirely different feel, just by changing the style of carpet. Consider a short-pile, patterned carpet for a formal room or a long frieze for a more casual space.
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Have you ever noticed that after a period of time spent standing or walking on ceramic tiles or concrete, your body is sore and achy? Hard surfaces are just that: hard. They offer no flexibility underfoot, so they lack the ability to act as shock absorbers for your footsteps. So what does this mean? Basically, it means that as you walk across a hard surface floor, your body gets a bit of a jolt each time you take a step because your body rather than the floor absorbs the force of your impact.
In addition to feeling nice to walk, sit and lay on, carpet provides shock absorption thanks to its flexibility and cushioning. This effect is increased dramatically if there is underpad beneath the carpet. So, not only is carpet more comfortable to the touch, but it is also easier on the body when standing or walking on it over a long period of time.
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Carpet provides excellent insulation value to a space, much more than hard surface flooring materials. In a study conducted by the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Textile Engineering, results indicated that a thicker carpet provides a higher insulation factor (“R-value”) regardless of the fiber type of the carpet. Also, underpad has its own R-value, and the use of underpad in conjunction with carpet combines the R-value of each material, giving greater overall insulation.
Reducing heat loss means that carpet can help you save on the costs associated with heating a home, such as electricity or natural gas. For regions that experience cold winters, this could amount to big cost savings every year.
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There has been a long-running debate about whether carpet aggravates or alleviates health problems such as asthma and allergies. For years, people with such respiratory concerns were advised to rip up all of the carpets in their homes and replace it with hard surface flooring. However, numerous studies over recent years have consistently shown that carpet is actually more beneficial than hard surface floors for those with breathing difficulty.
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Sound carries much further when there is no carpet in the space. You’ve probably, at some point, been in a room that is bare of carpet and noticed that sound tended to bounce off the walls and create an echo in the room. This is because hard surfaces can’t absorb sound the way that soft surfaces – such as carpet – can. Carpet contributes to a much quieter space.
It goes without saying that hard surfaces can be slippery, and they’re not much fun to land on when slips and falls do happen. Carpet not only provides a soft landing surface – which can be especially helpful in baby’s rooms – it also helps to prevent some falls in the first place, particularly on stairs. Hardwood stairs present a safety concern, especially when there are very young or elderly residents in the home or occupants with mobility issues. Properly selected carpet increases safety by preventing many slips and falls. Carpet for stairs should ideally be in the 50- to 60-ounce range to provide durability without being too thick.
All products have a range of qualities and price points. Therefore, there is no particular floor covering type that is guaranteed to always be more or less expensive than another. However, in general terms, carpet often costs much less than hard surface floors.
Many hard surface flooring products, such as solid hardwood and vinyl floor, require special preparation before they can be installed. Specific sub-floor requirements must be met, or existing flooring must be coated before installation can occur. Carpet typically eliminates these concerns, as it can be installed over a variety of sub-floors, with far less stringent requirements. This saves a great deal of cost.
Additionally, carpet itself can be less expensive than other materials such as hardwood. So, while of course there are exceptions to every rule, carpet is generally more cost-effective than hard surface flooring.
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BARCELONA starlet Riqui Puig could reportedly swap the Nou Camp for Elland Road in January as Leeds look to sign him on loan.
The 21-year-old midfielder has been a peripheral figure under Ronald Koeman so far this season, appearing in just one LaLiga game.
Leeds have been linked with a shock move for Barcelona midfielder Riqui PuigCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Big things were expected of the Spanish youth international - who boasts a whopping £88million release clause - after he featured 12 times for the first team last term.
However he has been limited to just three minutes of top-flight football this campaign, leading to speculation he will be on his way out of Catalonia in the New Year.
According to Diario Sport via the Daily Mail, Puig's agent has been in contact with Leeds ahead of a potential loan switch.
It has been claimed that the Whites are seen as an attractive option for the youngster due to Marcelo Bielsa's style of play.
However the newly-promoted Premier League aren't the only club that are vying to secure his signature.
Puig - dubbed 'the new Andres Iniesta' - is understood to be attracting interest from both RB Leipzig and Monaco.
Meanwhile Real Betis could look to keep Puig in Spain with the club in the market for a midfielder following the injury to Sergio Canales.
Speaking in October, Puig stated he wanted to stay despite his lack of game time as he believed he would force his way into contention.
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He told Marca: "It is true that if I do not have minutes with the club, it will be very difficult to go to the Euros (with Spain).
"I think that at Barca I will end up having minutes and some opportunities and will be able to go to the Euros.
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UK-based Ladbrokes Coral in bid for betting giant Tabcorp: £2billion move to expand following merger
By Sarah Bridge for The Mail on Sunday
Britain's biggest bookmaker Ladbrokes Coral is planning an audacious multi-billion pound bid for Australia’s largest betting company, Tabcorp.
The British betting giant is understood to have appointed advisers within the last few weeks to work on the proposal.
A successful deal will create one of the world’s biggest gambling groups – worth close to £5billion.
Deal? Britain's biggest bookmaker Ladbrokes Coral is planning an audacious multi-billion pound bid for Australia’s largest betting company, Tabcorp
The plan marks another major step in the expansion of Ladbrokes and comes hot on the heels of its £2.4billion merger with Gala Coral Group, which it finalised at the beginning of this month.
Tabcorp, which has a market value of £2.3billion, is one of the top 100 companies listed on the Australian stock exchange.
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It runs TAB sports and racing gambling in its own betting shops and at racecourses and pubs across the country.
It also operates the lottery-style Keno game which is played every three minutes in 4,200 pubs and clubs across Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales.
Just last month, Tabcorp announced it was planning to merge with rival Tatts Group in a major deal that would create an AU$11.3billion (£6.7billion) company with revenues of AU$5 billion.
However, sources close to the process told The Mail on Sunday that Ladbrokes Coral is not interested in Tatts and that it is planning to crash the deal with its offer for Tabcorp.
The bid is likely to be made up of a mixture of cash and shares. Tabcorp had a market value of £2.3billion when markets closed on Friday.
Ladbrokes is understood to have first approached Tabcorp in 2013 with a view to creating a joint venture between the two companies, but that was swiftly rejected by Tabcorp’s chief executive, David Attenborough.
However, both companies are under increasing pressure in an industry which is seeing consolidation fever in the face of tighter regulation, higher taxes and increasing costs.
Like other British bookmakers, Ladbrokes Coral is vulnerable to a clampdown on the
controversial fixed odds betting machines known as FOBTs, with experts saying that if the maximum stake was cut from £100 to £10, then as many as half of all betting shops could close.
Irish bookmaker Paddy Power merged with online gaming operator Betfair in February, while Sportingbet owner GVC beat rival 888.com to acquire Bwin.party earlier this year.
William Hill, whose merger talks with PokerStars owner Amaya collapsed last month, successfully fought off a bid from Rank and 888. Industry insiders say Rank is likely to try again in the New Year.
Australians spend more on betting per capita than any other nation in the world. There are about 200,000 poker machines – known as pokies – in the country. The Australian government has banned online casino gambling, but its citizens still manage to lose an average of about $1,130 every year.
The Australian government has plans to clamp down on overseas operators.
Ladbrokes Coral declined to comment.
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The Tennessee Volunteers will be looking to make their mark on the NCAA once again. The arrival of Dave Hart as the program’s first ever athletics director in the year 2011 was an attempt to bring both men and women programs together and give them a proper direction. It is still too early to judge how successful that really has been but there are signs that things are improving. Another year or two down the line will be a good time judge the progress, till then the business will need to go on.
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The Tennessee Volunteers have historically been a really successful athletics program. They have claimed multiple conference and national titles in various sports over the course of their history to rank among the most prestigious of all athletics programs. The latest season will provide them with another opportunity to stamp their authority on the division and show the world they aren’t about to let their standards slip. This is the time to show that the arrival of one athletic director will take them even higher. Expectations are high and nothing shows that better than the number of Tennessee Volunteers tickets already being sold in huge numbers.
The Tennessee Volunteers football goes all the way back to the year 1891. It has provided fans with a lot of great moments over the years. In football, the Volunteers have managed to win sixteen conference titles. They have also lifted nine national championships to cement their place right up there among the best. Volunteers have also produced 38 Consensus All-Americans on the way to headline an impressive 49 bowl games. Their football team plays its home games at the imposing Newland Stadium that can play host to a whopping 102,455 people at a time. The Volunteers have won well over 430 games at their home turf, which is a formidable record.
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The Tennessee Volunteers have been a force to be reckoned with when it comes to track & field. Men have gone on to get their hands on 18 indoor and 25 outdoor titles. As far as women go, they have won both the indoor as well as the outdoor title four times each. Men have also gone on to clinch the outdoor national title thrice and the indoor once. Women on the other hand have won two indoor national crowns and one outdoor championship.
The Tennessee Volunteers haven’t been novices in other sports either. Men and women cross country teams have in total won thirty conference titles. Men also have one national championship to show for their efforts over the years. Swimming and diving has brought one national title and ten conference crowns for the men. Tennis has seen them lift nine regular season championships and three tournaments titles.
The Volunteers have left a trail of success behind them for well over a century now. They have been there and thereabout in a lot of sports. They have been formidable opponents for everyone that has faced them and it won’t be any different this time around as well.
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Workshops on "Research Methodology and Biostatistics" five days Non -Resident Training program are being conducted for AYUSH Post-Graduates and Researchers.
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Drug Standardization Laboratory
A state -of- art Drug Standardization Laboratory is established at the University premises. This will be the first of its kind laboratory among the affiliated AYUSH Institutions. This Laboratory will fulfill the needs of the affiliated Institutions for their Drug Standardization. Post -Graduate students and Researchers can utilize these laboratory facilities.
Drug Standardization Laboratory was inaugurated by our Vice -Chancellor Dr. MAYILVAHANAN NATARAJAN, M.S.Orth., M.Ch.Orth (L’pool), Ph.D., D.Sc. F.R.C.S. (Eng.), D.Sc. (Hon.)3, on 24.11.2011 in presence of Dr. K. Manickavasagam, MD(S) Director, National Institute of Siddha, Chennai-47.
Continuous Medical Education (CME) Programs
To update the knowledge of the Students, Faculty and the Researchers of AYUSH, Continuous Medical Education (CME) programs are conducted from October 2010.
The Department of Siddha so far has conducted four Siddha CME programs in the University Campus during the Academic Year 2010-2011.
151 Under Graduate & Post Graduate students and Faculties of Siddha Medical Colleges affiliated to this University have participated in the Fifth Siddha CME on 18.07.2011.The topic is "Evaluation of Anti- Oxidants properties in Kaya karpa Herbs" by Samson Jamesdaniel, M.D., Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor Communicative Disorders and Sciences, The State University of New York Buffalo, NY – 14214.
Sixth Siddha CME on 08.12.2011 was attended by 116Under Graduate & Post Graduate students and Faculties of Siddha Medical Colleges affiliated to this University.The topic is "Standardization of ASU Drugs" by Dr. Ariamuthu Saraswathy, Director, Captain Srinivasa Murti Drug Research Institute for Ayurveda (CSMDRIA), Arumbakkam, Chennai - 600 106.
Certificate of Participation with credit points was issued to the participants of CME programs which were conducted so for in the Department of Siddha. Accreditation and Credit points for the CME programs had been awarded by Centre for CME Accreditation, The Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University.
399 Books on various titles are available in the Department library for reference.
The Department of Siddha is recognized for conducting Ph.D programme from the academic year 2008 – 2009 under this University. The Department of Siddha is the first of its kind offering Ph.D degree in the Faculty of Siddha.
Five candidates have applied for provisional registration and Four candidates have been registered.
The University has permitted the External Candidates also to register for PhD in this Department for doing their Research under the Recognized Guide.
Workshop /CME attended by the faculties
Dr. G. Bharathkumar attended the ROTP on "Noi Nadal" from 18.04.2011 to 23.04.2011 at National Institute of Siddha, Tambaram Sanatorium, Chennai-47.
Dr. E.M. Manikgantan and Dr. K.S. Uma attended the ROTP on "Noi Nadal" from 11.07.2011 to 16.07.2011 at GovernmentSiddhaMedicalCollege, Palayamcottai.
Dr. G. Bharathkumar attended the ROTP on "Nanju Nool" from 25.07.2011 to 30.07.2011 at National Institute of Siddha, Tambaram Sanatorium,Chennai-47
Dr. K. Rajalakshmi and Dr. G. Bharathkumar attended the Workshop on " Manuscriptology" from 14.11.2011 to 16.11.2011 at Siddha Central Research Institute Chennai.
Dr. N. Kabilan, Dr. K.S. Uma & Dr. G. Bharathkumar attended the Seminar on "Conservation and Pharmacological Action of Indian Medicinal Plants" at Sri Sai Ram Siddha medical college, Chennai-44 on 22.12.2012.
Dr. K. Rajalakshmi attended the National Workshop on "Kalladaippu(Urolithiasis) and its management in Siddha" at Siddha Regional Research Institute, Pudhucherry on 05.03.2012 and 06.03.2012.
Conferences -Paper Presented
Presented a paper on "Varmum - Academic and Research from Manuscripts" at National seminar on Siddha Manuscripts -Its Relevance to Education, Industry and Research by Government Museum, Chennai & National Mission for Manuscripts from 10.02.2012 to 12.02.2012-By Dr. N. Kabilan
Presented a paper on "Un Relieving Secrets of Siddha Manuscripts" at National seminar on Siddha Manuscripts – Its Relevance to Education, Industry and Research by Government Museum, Chennai & National Mission for Manuscripts from 10.02.2012 to 12.02.2012 - By Dr. K.S. Uma
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Delivered three lectures on "Research in AYUSH past,present and Future" at RMBS workshop at this University on July 2011, Aug 2011 & Sep 2011- Dr. K. Rajalakshmi
Delivered four lectures on “Medical Ethics in Clinical Research” at RMBS workshop at this University on July 2011, Aug 2011 , Sep-2011 & Feb-2012- Dr. K.S. Uma
Delivered four lectures on “Introduction to AYUSH- Research” at RMBS workshop at this University on July 2011, Aug 2011 , Sep-2011 & Feb-2012- Dr. N. Kabilan.
Delivered four lectures on “Writing the Dissertation ” at RMBS workshop at this University on July 2011, Aug 2011 , Sep-2011 & Feb-2012- Dr. E.M. Manikgantan.
Delivered one lecture on “Research in AYUSH past,present and Future” at RMBS workshop at this University on Feb-2012- Dr. G. Bharthkumar.
MoU with Prominent Institutions
MoU with National Institute of Siddha (NIS) was signed on 21-7-2010. Based on this MoU the Director , has given permission to utilize Hospital and Laboratory facility for the Siddha Ph.D candidates of this University.
The University Siddha Faculties attend the regular Out Patient Department according to the Tabular column below from 06.07.2011 from 08.00 AM to 12.00 PM. Then came to the University from 01.30 PM to do the University Regular work
Name of Faculty
Department;
Dr. K. Rajalakshmi, MD(S)
Maruthuvam
Dr. G. Bharthkumar, MD(S)
Sirappu Maruthuvam
Dr. N. Kabilan, MD(S)
Nanju Nool
Dr. K.S. Uma, MD(S)
Gunapadam
Dr. E.M. Manikgantan, MD(S)
Kuzhanthai Maruthuvam
Examiners for other University Exams
Dr. N. Kabilan and Dr. E.M. Manikgantan were conducted the University Practical Examinations for Under- Graduate Students of University of Kerala on June 2011 and December 2011
Deputation duty
Dr. E.M. Manikgantan & Dr. K. Rajalakshmi were deputed as Deputy Controller of Examinations from 30.09.2010 to till date
Dr. K.S. Uma & Dr. G. Bharth Kumar were deputed to assist the Controller of Examinations from February 2012 to till date.
Dr. N. Kabilan had Fully additional charge as Head of the Department of Epidemiology from 31.12.2010 to 06.02.2012.
Dr. N. Kabilan were deputed to coordinate Course i/c,Allied Health sciences from 13.02.2012 to till date.
Celebrations -2012
Dr. N. Kabilan was one of the Officers in charge for conducting the Dentist Day-2012 on 06.03.2012.
The Department Faculties were fully engaged for the AYUSH Day Celebrations - 2012.
Proposal Submitted
Dr. K. Rajalakshmi submitted the proposal on "Standardisation and Pharmacognostical evaluation of Siddha formulations used in Urolithiasis" to University Research Council for Research grant for the academic year 2011-2012 and got the Grant of Rs.50,000/-
Auditorium/Guest House
Faculty/Board Members
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Intel SSD 510-Series 250 GB Review: Adopting 6 Gb/s SATA
By Chris Angelini 04 March 2011
After defining the high-end SSD market with its X25-M, Intel is finally ready with its first 6 Gb/s solid-state drive, the SSD 510-series. Does the company's latest follow in its predecessor's footsteps, or does OCZ's Vertex 3 lineup go uncontested?
Making The Difficult Decisions
Page 1: Intel Relinquishes The High-End
Page 2: Making The Difficult Decisions
Page 3: Test Setup And Benchmarks
Page 4: Benchmark Results: I/O Performance
Page 5: Benchmark Results: Iometer Streaming
Page 6: Benchmark Results: CrystalDiskMark Streaming Performance
Page 7: Benchmark Results: 4 KB And 512 KB Random Reads
Page 8: Benchmark Results: 4 KB And 512 KB Random Writes
Page 9: Benchmark Results: PCMark Vantage Storage Test
Page 10: Conclusion
Intel made a couple of interesting choices that warrant some discussion. First, it chose a controller from Marvell. And second it decided to continue using 34 nm NAND at a time when competing vendors are making the move to 25 nm.
Tapping Marvell as its controller supplier is probably most surprising. It’s not that we have any problem with Marvell. To the contrary, once Crucial’s RealSSD C300 overcame a few firmware-related growing pains, it demonstrated exceptional random read/write performance and, in part due to its 6 Gb/s interface, great sequential throughput. That was all thanks to its Marvell controller.
At the same time, I had also expected Intel to lock horns with SandForce in a more meaningful way. Given the importance of firmware and architecture to an SSD’s overall performance, I mistakenly assumed we’d be seeing a proprietary design. Intel is handling this drive series’ firmware, though. While you will see other products center on the Marvell 88SS9174-BKK2, their respective performance characteristics are sure to differ.
Intel says that it evaluated many controller options for the SSD 510 series, and the Marvell part offered the best combination of getting the drives to market, while still maintaining the quality it expected, matched to its own flash. That does not, however, mean that the next-generation 6 Gb/s drive based on 25 nm silicon will necessarily employ the same controller.
The decision to continue using 34 nm flash is telling. We know for a fact that smaller manufacturing processes affect the number of program/erase cycles that a given memory cell can withstand before it cannot be reprogrammed—a consequence of having fewer electrons holding the charge. Was Intel concerned about the long-term durability of compute-quality 25 nm NAND? That’s not likely. As you can see from the roadmap above, we’re going to see SSDs from Intel in the very near future with 25 nm NAND anyway, so that move is inevitable. Moreover, it’s in Intel’s best interest to start using 25 nm memory as soon as possible from a cost perspective.
The reasoning for 34 nm today could be related to timing. Sticking with existing technology relaxes one very important variable that could affect time to market. And the cost issue isn’t as worrisome for Intel as it might be for an SSD builder buying flash on the open market, paying spot prices. Intel has easy access to 34 nm NAND, and will continue manufacturing it through the end of this year. It can even go so far as to reserve the very best-quality dies for itself if it wants.
The choice could be related to performance, too. Endurance does drop at smaller process nodes. The speed of the memory does as well. As a result, you have to compensate in the controller, firmware, and flash, potentially slowing down development even more. Whatever the reason, on this particular product, 34 nm was the better route for Intel.
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JohnnyLucky 04 March 2011 12:26
I made the rounds and read other 510 reviews. I also read the comments in a lot of forums. There is quite a bit of disappointment with the performance and price of the Intel 510. Perhaps Intel will redeem itself with the next ssd series.
eklipz330 04 March 2011 12:39
i love when small companies like sandforce can make massive companies shake in their boots... really puts another meaning on competition
nitrium 04 March 2011 13:14
Something ALL reviewers seem to ignore is what sort of queue depths average users experience. This has been addressed in a thread on www.xtremesystems.org. The facts appear that most disk activity has a queue depth of 1. Yes, ONE. It very rarely spikes above 4. Booting Windows 7 x64 requires 190 IOPS(!) - 20,000+ IOPS on these drives are literally NEVER going to be utilized by most users in anything they do in day to day work. Almost no one buying these SSD drives is using anything remotely near their capability. It looks to me like this is all just technical benchmark BS that are of no use to the end user whatsoever... aside from bragging rights of course.
cangelini 04 March 2011 13:36
nitriumSomething ALL reviewers seem to ignore is what sort of queue depths average users experience. This has been addressed in a thread on www.xtremesystems.org. The facts appear that most disk activity has a queue depth of 1. Yes, ONE. It very rarely spikes above 4. Booting Windows 7 x64 requires 190 IOPS(!) - 20,000+ IOPS on these drives are literally NEVER going to be utilized by most users in anything they do in day to day work. Almost no one buying these SSD drives is using anything remotely near their capability. It looks to me like this is all just technical benchmark BS that are of no use to the end user whatsoever... aside from bragging rights of course.
IMO, don't buy a premium SSD for booting Windows. In fact, I go for weeks at a time without rebooting at all.
Link to the XS thread you're referencing? We going to be putting more effort into quantifying real-world storage workloads in the next two months, given some new software. This could definitely help mold the work we do. The goal, of course, is real-world relevance.
Sorry for not providing a proper link. Here it is:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=260956
My beef with this whole synthetic benchmarking is that I think the vast majority of users are unaware that getting this SSD or that SSD will make absolutely no material difference. Why don't reviewers benchmark actual things people are interested in? e.g. booting Windows 7, loading Dragon Age Origins/COD Black Ops, archiving a folder, launching Thunderbird/Firefox/Photoshop, running a virus scan? Is it because there will be no material difference between any performance SSD manufactured in the last 3 years? The thread above also notes that aside from SYNTHETIC benchmarks, raiding SSDs makes absolutely no difference in anything you do in a typical day to day environment.
Yes, absolutely enterprise class users might get something tangible out of these new drives, but I suspect they are not the core audience of Tom's Hardware.
No worries nitrium, and thank you for the link.
I'd agree that the synthetic measurements are primarily used to draw "worst-case" comparisons. There is a very deliberate reason I wanted to break down most of the results by queue depth this time around--specifically to demonstrate how wildly performance can differ based on QD. And as you mention, at a QD of 1, an SSD is doing a lot less for the average desktop user than it would if you were hammering it with the concurrent requests of a database server.
If you look at the task breakdown of PCMark Vantage, it comes relatively close to real-world usage. My problem with that metric is its consistency. Futuremark is aware that Vantage wasn't written to test SSDs optimally, and I'm expecting the company to come out with something very soon that improves its utility in that regard.
I personally don't see anything *wrong* with running real-world tests, like Windows start-up, level-loading, or launching a sequence of apps. The only challenge there is time. Adding more benchmarks is never a problem--it's what the readers want to see.
I'll go through the XS thread with a couple of staffers and see what we come away with.
Cheers nitrium,
Nexus52085 04 March 2011 14:19
Well, I'm sincerely happy to find out that the Crucial C300 I bought yesterday still holds up nicely against the new SSDs from the other heavy hitters. Thanks for the review, Tom's!
I think of some of this heavy focus on benchmarks on SSDs (and really, all hardware sites do it, so I'm not singling this site out specifically) is a bit like measuring say the theoretical texture fill rate of the latest and greatest GPU, but forget to mention that most people will never actually use half of it cos they're running 1920x1080 XBox360 port-acrosses. Instead GPUs are measured at variety of screen modes, in a variety of games... i.e. real world benchmarks. There is a reason for this. Frankly I could care less what an SSD scores in CrystalMark or IOMeter at a queue depth of 32 or whatever. From the Xtremesystems thread above it dawned on me that perhaps reviewers HAVE to rate SSDs using synthetic benchmarks, because otherwise most of these drives would be nearly indistinguishable.
Oh, and in all my ranting I forgot to thank you (and your colleagues) for the excellent work you do. It is very much appreciated!
ubercake 04 March 2011 18:55
Seems like a half-a#$ed effort on Intels part to get to the next gen. Why take away the two-lane advantage? Intel could have improved upon their own product. Other companies have drastically improved their offerings, while some benchmarks show Intel's new drives performing similarly to the X25-M. Disappointing is a good word for it. Seems like the competition in the SSD area has been reduced by removing the Intel controllers from the mix.
If you're going to jump to the next level, it makes it really hard to consider Intel at this point.
tipoo 04 March 2011 20:22
SATA 3 is going to become a bottlneck before it becomes the standard on most shipping PC's.
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Must-Read: Spice Up Your Bathroom
By: Rick Mosely
Quick, name the most important area of your house when it comes to determining your fashion. No, it’s not your closet. Instead, it’s your bathroom. That’s where you’re laying the foundation for just about every piece of clothing and accessory you’re going to be putting on your body, and so it needs to be not only spick and span and presentable, but it also has to have the correct implements in order to make sure that you have a shot when it comes to picking out your wardrobe for the evening. It’s vitally important, in other words, to know what you want in there, and then go out and get them.
So today we’re heading on over to Esquire where they have a list of bathroom accessories that you need to consider. Among them is this bad boy which, trust us, makes a whole lot of sense:
The Shaving Mirror
Most hotel rooms come equipped with a separate shaving mirror by default, but it’s not an item most men think twice about at home. That said, a high-end shaving mirror is as much about the look as it is about its usefulness, and an elegant mirror like this one from Czech & Speake will do wonders for the luxuriousness of your otherwise plain-looking bathroom.
Why wouldn’t you make your own place as elegant as the hotel rooms that you’re staying in. So, head on over to the above link to check out the rest of the additions you need to make with your apartment, and then happy hunting.
About Rick Mosely Rick is the editor for TSB magazine.
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Hulu To Be Offered Internationally Once Disney Acquires Fox
The problem that many customers who live outside of the US find is that accessing certain media is not available in their region. A good example was Netflix who for the longest time ever was limited in terms of availability, until the company decided to expand itself to international markets.
Hulu is another platform whose availability is quite limited, but according to a report from Comicbook.com, it seems that Hulu will also expand its availability once Disney acquires Fox, which the company is in the process of doing so with the deal expected to be officially and successfully completed in 2019.
At the moment Hulu is the result of a joint venture between Disney, Fox, NBC Universal, and Warner Media. However upon Disney acquiring Fox, they will be taking the majority stake in Hulu at 60%, giving them more control over the company. Some have rightfully wondered what will become of Hulu once Disney’s streaming service is launched, but it is clear that with this announcement, Disney plans for Hulu and Disney+ to exist as completely separate services that are aimed at different audiences.
Of course how long it will take for Hulu to expand to the rest of the world remains to be seen, but for non-US residents, this could be something to look forward to, especially if you’d rather not use VPNs or pirate.
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Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
Natural Capital https://www.ugent.be/bw/en/research/platforms/natural-capital https://www.ugent.be/logo.png
Natural ecosystems provide human societies with a myriad of essential goods and services. Hence, that natural capital is a cornerstone for human well-being. Unfortunately, natural capital is also threatened in multiple ways, particularly by unsustainable human behavior.
Based on sound academic work, our platform embraces a mission of contributing to the safeguarding and/or restoration of natural capital, at the service of contemporary and future generations of people.
2020 Marcus Wallenberg Prize goes to model that predicts forest growth in a changing climate, awarded by selection committee including our own prof. Joris Van Acker
New Lighthouse project: Ghent University Biodiversity plan
The Natural Platform unites 20 professors and over 100 researchers to
Raise awareness to various stakeholders about the role and importance of natural capital
Perform high-quality interdisciplinary research, in close collaboration with actors in the field
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In our research on natural capital, we distinguish four major issues:
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CAFRINAT is an international thematic network (ITN) for the African Great Lakes’ Natural Capital, founded at Ghent University. The general research, education and societal theme is sustainable management of natural capital in areas with conflict in the Great Lakes region of Africa.
A Thinkers’ Programme on ‘soils as natural capital’
The Class of Technical Sciences of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (KVAB) took the initiative for a Thinkers' Programme on challenges and opportunities for preservation and strengthening of soils as natural capital in the 21st century. This programme is coordinated by a central committee consisting of Kris Verheyen (UGent), Steven Sleutel (UGent), Anne Gobin (VITO) en Erik Smolders (KU Leuven). They are supported by a Steering Committee chaired by Willy Verstraete and consisting of Academy members.
"Soils as natural capital in the 21st century: challenges and opportunities" will focus on three topics:
a) healthy soils for sustainable land management in the 21st century
b) the importance of soils in a changing climate
c) appropriation of soils as a natural capital
Ghent University has a biodiversity plan!
On Friday 13th March 2020, the Board of Directors of Ghent University approved a biodiversity plan. With this plan, the university expresses its ambition to pursue an active policy on biodiversity. The ultimate goal is to preserve and where possible enhance the greenery and biodiversity on the campuses.
Operational headlines are the appropriate design and management of green and biodiversity on the campuses, and their integration and anchorage in policy decisions on development projects. Substantive support will come from the rich in house scientific expertise.
Explicit attention is paid to encouraging communication and active commitment of students and academic and non-academic staff in actions that realize the plan. The trajectory that led to this biodiversity plan had its origin in the ‘UGent transition’ dynamic. Multiple members of the Natural Capital Platform contributed actively!
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Fast Fridays – 10th February 2017
10 February 2017 by Jenn Granger
Welcome to Friday everyone – you made it, great work! This week we’ve been talking about all of the things from our exciting new deal that will bolster our security offering, to a double bill on Safer Internet Day. Now, kick back with the best of the rest and have a great weekend.
1. Setting the internet a-Twitter
The internet can be an amazing place, but it can also showcase some pretty awful examples of human interactions. In an effort to combat that, Twitter is chirping about its new efforts to protect users from abuse and harassment, which include stopping banned users from creating new accounts and a new ‘safe search’ feature. The platform has had a notoriously difficult time striking the balance between free speech and protecting its users, so hopefully this won’t just be another bird-brained idea.
2. Searching for a safer solution
Data privacy and sovereignty have been hot topics of late, and a recent ruling by a US judge that Google must hand over emails of Gmail users that are stored outside the country. Google has stepped up and said that it will appeal the ruling, as it clashes with customer privacy. This is going to be something that will become increasingly important as the battle for user privacy continues, so watch this space.
3. Off to a flying start
Uber might be continuously hitting new heights but this could be a big one even for them. The newest addition to the Uber family hails from NASA, and will reportedly be leading the way in developing flying cars. The idea is to ease road congestion by moving the traffic up a level, literally, with ‘VTOL’ – vertical take-off and landing’ tech. Forget DoLoreans, the future is a-coming!
4. On track for success with biometrics
Train travel is frustrating at the best of times – it’s expensive, often delayed, and crowded. And there’s always, always one person on the platform who’s missed their train by a second because the ticket machine was taking forever to work. Well, tech could be the solution! Rail Delivery Group have unveiled possible plans to use iris and fingerprint scanning to buy tickets quicker, and digital signalling for more efficient travel, which means more trains. All aboard with tech!
5. Creepy, yet satisfying
Why does so much of tech fall under this bracket??
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Bishop reflects as Africa University turns 25
By the Rev. Taurai Emmanuel Maforo March 21, 2017 | Harare, Zimbabwe (UMNS)
Bishop Eben Nhiwatiwa, center, sits with other attendees at the vice chancellor’s inauguration at Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe, on March 21, 2015. Photo by Vicki Brown, UMNS.
Established in 1992, Africa University will celebrate its 25th anniversary on March 25. In celebrating the anniversary of the pan-African university, Bishop Eben Kanukayi Nhiwatiwa, who has presided over the Zimbabwe Episcopal Area since 2004, shares his thoughts on the development, life and future of this United Methodist-related institution.
The bishop was one of the pioneering faculty members of Africa University. He reflected on the university’s 25 years with the Rev. Taurai Emmanuel Maforo, communicator for the Zimbabwe Area.
Bishop Nhiwatiwa, could you give a brief background on the location and establishment of Africa University in the Manicaland Province of Zimbabwe?
The establishment of Africa University in Manicaland in the valley of Old Mutare is indeed a dream come true. When the site-selection committee came to Zimbabwe as a whole, they had expectations. They wanted an area where there was a concentration of United Methodists. Old Mutare is where The United Methodist Church started in 1897 through the work of Bishop Joseph Crane Hartzell. In so doing, Zimbabwe met the criterion.
They also wanted a country where English was one of the business languages. Provision of the land was liberally made available through the initiative of Bishop Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa, who told the selection committee that the Zimbabwean church would donate whatever land was needed for establishing the university. So it was a great plus.
Then we have the general environment: A country of perpetual peace, as Zimbabwe is, was very helpful for the selection of this university to be established in the country, and particularly in Manicaland. The beauty of that region cannot be subtracted from the decision-making.
How is the above connected with the coming of the church in Zimbabwe?
Very connected! As I said earlier that Old Mutare is the pivotal center for the beginning of The United Methodist Church here in Zimbabwe, so there was going to be that connection and the university was not going to be an “orphan,” as it were.
Africa University was to be surrounded with the strong foundations of the church and indeed a thriving church in that region and as far as Zimbabwe as a whole is concerned. This is so considering the robust church infrastructure — Hartzell Primary and High schools, Fairfield Children’s Home and Old Mutare Hospital.
Africa University has its library named Jokomo-Yamada. What is the background?
Names are given for a purpose. Bishop Christopher Jokomo worked very much with the university as the chairperson of the Finance Committee. Not only that, he instituted the Africa University Sunday, which is observed annually by all the United Methodist congregations in Zimbabwe. That was very key support at the early stages of development of the university. Naming of the library after him was the university leadership’s way of saying thank you. Ken Yamada of the United Methodist Board of Higher Education and Ministry was instrumental in raising funds through various institutions such as USAID. He was very wise in his ways of engagement.
As a former faculty member of the university, share with us your joys as the institution turns 25.
If joys would be measured, no scale would remain without being broken. The joy comes when you see the leadership positions held by the graduates, not only in Zimbabwe but throughout the African continent — where our church is and even where we are not yet present. We are seeing people coming, being attracted by the quality of academics. It’s a joy to see the university growing. The university is making its mark and it has come of age.
In what capacity did you serve at the university?
I feel very humbled to say as pioneering staff, we started almost everything together with others. We would meet under the shade of trees — as we had no luxury of meeting in the boardrooms — and work to produce programs and curriculums of the university. We would work late into the night after lectures. We used the evenings to be the beginnings of the work to plan the life of the university. So when I look back, I see part of my life etched and blended together with the life of the university, and it is a constant source of tremendous joy.
In this present era, how have the Zimbabwean church and Africa University related as far as education provision and support is concerned?
I am very happy about what the church has been doing. Back to Bishop Muzorewa, providing land, the church was not stingy with the land. The way Bishop Jokomo led as a member of the board and the support through Africa University is a heritage which the bishops left. More recently, the church launched the Episcopal Scholarship fund, which already has the first two students. These are very evident ways of support. Our high schools are being directed to send students to Africa University. We have seen our clergy go there for their bachelor’s and master’s degrees. These are the basic ways of support.
And the relationship with Nyadire?
The Nyadire Teachers’ College relationship with Africa University is the icing of what is happening. The college is becoming the satellite college of Africa University and will see its very first degree program enrollment by August 2017. When you talk of celebrating 25 years you look at those developments as that which substantiate that the university has indeed grown.
With regard to the College of African Bishops, have they been involved in the life of the university? And the Council of Bishops?
The support of Africa University is anchored in the Council of Bishops and the African College of Bishops and in the church as a whole. The College of African Bishops has built a staff house at the school together with our laity. This is showing how happy we are. Most meetings of the College of Bishops are held at Africa University. This is our way of support that this is our institution, we will support and advocate for it.
Every two years, Pastors’ School and Laity Academies of the Zimbabwe Episcopal Area are held at Africa University. What does this mean for the church?
Just to be at a university tends to motivate everybody to bring the spirit of learning. This is a show of support the university. The little money we raise we want to direct to the university so that it can then enhance the educational programs. That is a very loud statement showing in a big way that we love and support our university.
Any words, Bishop, for those that have led and continue to lead Africa University beyond these 25 years?
The leadership of Africa University are leaders par excellence. They have always been a constant source of pride for the church. They are leaders who can stand high with any other leader you can think of. We now have Professor Munashe Furusa there who has already shown a mark. He is a very creative leader, a leader with foresight and vision. We say thank you to God for giving us this leadership and staff.
How do you see Africa University in the next 25 years?
Africa University will keep on growing and will keep on making its brand. Africa University will make people tilt their ears to hear what is the recent thing happening there. It will be the institution of our time and institution of our century and new things will start at Africa University and taken to the rest of Africa and beyond. I see more students graduating from there and more leaders being shaped as their motto says: “Investing in Africa’s Future.”
Whenever we talk about Africa University, it is described as a United Methodist-related institution. How does that make you feel as a leader of the church?
It should make us feel humbled. When I say we have a sense of pride, it is a pride of thanksgiving to our God who has led us. We were pioneers in having a charter for the establishment of a private university in Zimbabwe. The United Methodists should always know that we are pioneers in so many things. When we see that university, we therefore see us moving ahead.
Maforo is communicator for the Zimbabwe Area. News media contact: Vicki Brown (615) 742-5470 or [email protected]. To read more United Methodist news, subscribe to the free Daily or Weekly Digests.
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A presentation on “COVID-19 Virus Pandemic Stress Management for Health Care Providers,” by Kipp Pietrantonio, Ph.D., Christopher Glowacki, Psy.D., and Reed J. Robinson, Ph.D., ABPP, is available as a pdf here and covers concerns and coping skills for social distancing, loss of routine, sharing fears that our patients have, putting on a “tough” face for patients, home life being disrupted, fear of contamination/contaminating others, feeling the impact of a fluctuating system/lack of information, impact of misinformation, overload of information, microaggressions and racism, loss of usual self-care activities (e.g., gym, going out to eat, time with friends), being a high-risk provider, having special events cancelled, and talking to kids about COVID-19.
Additional COVID-19 Information and Resources
Our educational programs give medical students, residents, fellows, and clinical psychology students the opportunity to participate in patient care in an array of settings that reflect all the economic, racial, and ethnic diversity of Dallas, as well as the full range of psychiatric diagnoses. The Department's Research Track for Psychiatry residents is supported by the National Institute of Mental Health. Grand Rounds are held at noon on select Wednesdays throughout the year.
Perhaps the most exciting area in psychiatry is in the translational research between the basic sciences and the clinical domains. Our Department's work in the neuroendocrinology of mood, brain imaging of addictive disorders, the neurobiology of sleep and appetite, and the cognitive neuroscience of stress produces a picture of disorders and treatments that spans psychiatry's disparate domains.
The Department's outstanding patient care is carried out in diverse hospital and clinical service settings, including UT Southwestern University Hospitals, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Children's Medical Center, Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, and Terrell State Hospital. Outpatient and specialty clinics extend our services to the community. We also collaborate with several local community agencies to provide care for the greater Dallas/Fort Worth area.
COVID-19 Virus Pandemic Stress Management for Health Care Providers
COVID-19 Mental Health Resources from the Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care
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Pro gradu -tutkielmat ja diplomityöt sekä syventävien opintojen opinnäytetyöt (kokotekstit)
A census analysis of the 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase and EPSP-associated domains
Tall, Tuomas (2020-08-11)
Tall_Tuomas_opinnayte.pdf (3.877Mb)
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Tall, Tuomas
Glyphosate is one of the most used herbicides against weeds that targets the enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS). EPSPS is the central enzyme in the shikimate pathway to synthesize 3 essential amino acids in plants, fungi, and prokaryotes. Although this pathway is not found in animals, herbicide may affect the biodiversity of environmental and host-associated microorganisms.
In this master thesis I will survey the distribution of the EPSPS enzyme in thousands of microorganisms and I will analyse the evolution of the multi domain structure of the EPSPS enzyme in fungi.
Data was gathered from public databases of proteins (e.g., Pfam and COG). The analysis of the distribution of the EPSPS was performed using Excel functions and a bipartite network was analysed with the program Cytoscape. The Count program was used to assess evolutionary scenarios by Dollo’s maximum parsimony, and the phylogenetic trees were visualized with iTOL.
The EPSPS enzyme is widely distributed in archaea, bacteria, plants, and fungi. The multi domain structure of the EPSPS in fungi is strongly associated with six other genes of the shikimate pathway. The most common multi domain structure is composed by a group of five enzymes (HQ synthase, EPSPS, SKI, DHquinase I and Shikimate DH), which I call in this thesis the “Major 5”.
The EPSPS multi domain structure in fungi ranges between two to eight domains. The evolutionary analysis shows that the ancestral of fungi had a multi domain structure of six domains. Thus, there have been domain gains and losses throughout the evolution of the EPSPS in fungi. Further investigations are needed to determine the effect of the EPSPS-associated domains to glyphosate resistance. A scientific article that includes data from this master thesis is publicly available as a preprint at biorxiv and submitted to a peer-reviewed Nature Methods journal.
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Vail Daily column: Fighting for our natural heritage
Garett Reppenhagen
You could say that serving my country is in my blood. As a third generation veteran, I always knew that I would follow in the footsteps of my father and grandfather. You could also say that speaking out for the causes I believe in is also in my blood. Because with military service comes a deep love and respect for our country, and all that makes her great.
A big part of what makes America so special is our public lands. They are our natural heritage — an iconic patchwork of beauty dotting the country from coast to coast. They are lands that serve as home for wildlife, a recreation haven and an economic powerhouse. Our lands and waters are also a place where veterans can go to find strength and healing after coming home from tours overseas.
Recently, Rep. Jared Polis introduced legislation to safeguard roughly 58,000 acres of public land in Eagle and Summit counties. The Continental Divide Wilderness and Recreation Act came after years of hard work and cooperation from different stakeholders including mountain bikers and snowmobilers, hunters and anglers, local elected officials and small business owners, and veterans like me.
The legislation will protect key watersheds which provide drinking water for local communities along the Front Range. It will also safeguard local streams and blue-ribbon trout fishing opportunities. And it will preserve healthy wildlife habitat by limiting road building, new mines and other development that would degrade watershed values. Speaking of wildlife, these areas are home to black bear, elk, mule deer, bighorn sheep, moose, lynx and wild turkey.
People come to the central Rocky Mountains to hike, camp, ski, kayak, raft, hunt, fish, mountain bike, horseback ride, ATV and snowmobile. Those adventures translate into big business for the outdoor recreation and tourism industries and the hotels, restaurants and grocery stores that support the visitors. Across Colorado, these activities generate $13.2 billion in consumer spending and are responsible for 125,000 jobs that pay $4.2 billion in salaries and wages.
It seems like everyone has their reasons for wanting to safeguard these natural treasures for future generations. For me, it is because that is where veterans like me go to be with family and friends and heal from the traumas of war. These are the places where we reconnect with our loved ones and learn how to be civilians again. It is where we go to be with other veterans to share our experiences and leave them behind.
A 2013 poll by Vet Voice Foundation found that over 70 percent of Colorado veterans support protecting public lands like the ones in Eagle and Summit counties so future generations can enjoy all that these lands have to offer.
I want to thank Rep. Polis for his leadership on protecting public lands and introducing the Continental Divide Wilderness and Recreation Act, and I hope Congress listens to our voices and moves this legislation forward. Fighting for our country does not always end when we come home. For me it means now fighting for our shared natural heritage.
Garett Reppenhagen is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He lives in Denver.
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Vail Daily column: Help us shape proposal
Jason E. Glass
I became superintendent of Eagle County Schools in the summer of 2013. Now, approaching three full years in this role, I’m very proud of the progress we’ve been able to make.
We established a forward-looking vision for our schools based on feedback from our community and research the district has done to evaluate the best performing education systems.
Our strategic plan is focused on four simple concepts: One, support and empower teachers; two, engage the learner; three, teach all kids to high standards; and, four, aggressively confront student poverty.
Our community has played an important role in helping the district identify and prioritize our operating and facility needs, and develop cost-effective solutions. Multiple town hall events, community leader meetings, district and school accountability meetings, roundtable discussions with civic and business organizations, and other important outreach efforts have supported the development of our long-term plans.
In the community outreach meetings I have attended, most district residents have been surprised to learn that state funding for our schools has been cut by more than $40 million in the past five years. They know that state funding has continued to shrink, but not by this much. Many district residents are also unaware of the magnitude of the staffing, safety, school building capacity and facility maintenance challenges we face, given our current budget.
Many of our residents are also surprised to learn that Eagle County Schools has yet to receive any marijuana tax monies. These funds are put into a state-level grant fund. The money is distributed to selected schools and districts around the state and areas with lower property values get a bigger slice of the available dollars, competing with over 170 other school districts in the state. We are not counting on these dollars to address our growing operating and facility needs.
Fortunately, what I have also learned is that our community understands the importance of quality schools — both for our kids and our community. Our community understands that our world is changing. Jobs are evolving. Our children face a new level of competition and other complex challenges. Sitting on the sidelines and hoping for the state to solve our local funding challenges is likely not a winning strategy for our community’s children. There is simply too much at stake.
In 2006, a voter-approved bond funded facility improvements districtwide. At that time, a special focus was placed on facility needs in Edwards. Bond projects included Battle Mountain High School, June Creek Elementary School and Red Canyon High School (Edwards).
Ten years later, there is again a need to address critical building improvement projects districtwide. However, at this time, the greatest facility needs are on the west end of the district where schools are operating well beyond capacity.
To address Eagle County Schools’ highest priority educational and facility needs, the Board of Education is considering placing a mill levy override and bond measure on the Nov. 8 ballot.
The decision to place these questions on the ballot will be made by the Board of Education this August, providing time for additional community input on this decision. Nothing is set in stone at this time.
In the next few weeks we will be sending out mailers to inform the community and conducting a public opinion mail survey to gather more insight. I hope that you will participate. Your thoughts and recommendations will help us shape a proposal that is right for both our students and our taxpayers.
As a preview, the Board of Education is considering two possible tax questions for the November ballot. One question is called a mill levy override and is used for ongoing expenses like teacher salaries. Another question is called a bond and is used for one-time efforts like school building construction and major renovations.
On the mill levy side, we’d like to direct funds right into the classroom. We would use these funds to attract and retain quality teachers and staff with more competitive compensation. We want to restore many of the programs and services (things like music, art, and counseling) that we lost during the recession. And we would provide for things like curricular purchases — as well as keeping our buildings and transportation fleet safe and up to date.
We know our community wants accountability for where its funds will go. That’s why we’re adding in a sunset provision that enables voters to decide if the funds remain available at a defined point in the future. We would also create a citizen oversight committee to evaluate the use of the funds.
On the bond side, we’re looking to make improvements to every district school including critical safety and security upgrades to make our buildings state-of-the-art in that area. We would improve energy efficiency and instructional technology in our buildings. We would also be looking at some specific building construction and improvements for schools in Gypsum, Eagle and Vail.
You’ll be getting a lot more detail about these proposals over the next few weeks. I hope you’ll take the time to learn about them and provide us more feedback on how we can make this the right fit for our community.
As always, you have the final word.
Jason E. Glass is the superintendent of Eagle County Schools. He can be reached at jason.glass@eagleschools.net.
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"Un théâtre pour le plaisir", voilà le projet qui sous-tend la création du théâtre Le Public par Patricia Ide et Michel Kacenelenbogen dans les années 1990. L'équipe veille à entretenir ce qui caractérise l'esprit du théâtre : une véritable rencontre entre spectateurs et artistes au cours de chaque représentation. De cette interaction jaillit émotion et réflexion dans un même mouvement. Le Public "divertit intelligent" et nous interpelle sur le monde dans lequel nous vivons, sur ce qui fait "mal dans la société" et sur les inégalités.
Après des années d'autofinancement, le Public bénéficie désormais de subventions de la Communauté française. C'est notamment dans le cadre d'un préfinancement de subsides mais aussi d'un crédit d'investissement pour l'achat de matériel que le théâtre bruxellois est devenu un fidèle client de Triodos.
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Space provides affordable studio space for artists working in and around London. They also host gallery space which allows artists to showcase their work and fosters connections with local communities.
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Praxis Art Research
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Out of the Blue Arts and Education Trust
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Komedia Bath
A Triodos Bank loan helped Komedia Bath with the conversion and refurbishment of the Beau Nash Picture House in Bath. Komedia offers a varied programme of comedy, music and cabaret. Triodos also supported the organisation to transition into community ownership.
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Crediton Community Bookshop
Crediton Community Bookshop is independent and community-owned - a unique entity in Mid Devon. The social enterprise exists not only as a place to buy books, but as an inspirational hub for all things literary. Through investing in local projects and working with partners from schools and libraries to famous authors, the bookshop acts as a strong and vibrant community resource. Local community members volunteer at the shop in a range of roles, including providing tourist & local information for visitors and residents.
The Blackheath Conservatoire of Music and Arts
The Conservatoire has been welcoming music, art and drama education students to its home in Blackheath, South London, for nearly 140 years. Famous alumni include Kate Bush, Gary Oldman, Jools Holland and Daniel Day Lewis. Central to the organisation's ethos is the sense that the arts are genuinely transforming: they not only enrich lives, but also offer opportunities to build social and creative capital. The Conservatoire works closely with local schools, charities and children's centres to identify and support people of all ages to access the creative arts and is increasingly involved in outreach projects for disadvantaged individuals and communities in Greenwich and Lewisham.
Chloe Classics
Violinist, Chloe Hanslip, is an established international artist performing with some of the world's leading orchestras. A loan from Triodos has financed Chloe's contribution towards a Trust set up to secure her use of a Guarneri del Gesu violin for the next ten years.
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Giza Necropolis
The Giza Necropolis in Egypt. This ancient necropolis includes six pyramids (three of which constitute the Great Pyramids) the Great Sphinx, and several cemeteries. The Pyramid of Khafre looms large in the foreground. [Egypt, 2014]
The Gate of Divine Prowess
The northern gate of the Forbidden City in Beijing, a.k.a. The Gate of Divine Prowess, as seen from the entrance gates to Jingshan Park, just north of the Forbidden City. [China, 2015]
Victoria and Alfred Waterfront
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City of Dreaming Spires from Magdalen Tower
Oxford, as seen from Magdalen Tower. [England, 2013]
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Big Ben and traffic
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Elephant ride up to the top of the majestic Amber Fort in Amer, Rajasthan state. [India, 2012]
Dom Luiz I Bridge
A couple embraces on the Dom Luiz I Bridge, which spans the Douro River between the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia. At the time of construction its span of 172 m was the longest of its type in the world. [Portugal, 2014]
Auschwitz-I
Barbed wire and electrified fencing in the Auschwitz-I concentration camp in Oświęcim. [Poland, 2011]
A tourist regards the Forbidden City of Beijing from Jingshan Park. [China, 2015]
The imposing Hungarian Parliament Building - Országház - as seen from the Danube. [Hungary, 2011]
Arthur's Seat II
Sunset over Edinburgh, as viewed from Arthur's Seat. [Scotland, 2014]
The iconinc Christ the Redeemer statue towering over Rio, as seen from the Cemitério São João Batista. [Brazil, 2013]
Monk, Entoto Maryam Church, Ethiopia
A monk and a Western visitor at the Entoto Maryam Church on Mount Entoto in Ethiopia. [Ethiopia, 2015]
Venetian twilight
Twilight on the Grand Canal in Venice. [Italy, 2006]
Cristo Redentor II
The iconic Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio - the world's largest Art Deco statue. [Brazil, 2013]
Cairo marketplace
A square near the Khan el-Khalili marketplace in Cairo's Islamic district. [Egypt, 2014]
No swimming
No swimming allowed at Strandhill Beach in County Sligo! [Ireland, 2014]
Chinatown, SF
Chinatown, San Francisco: the oldest Chinatown in North America, and the largest Chinese community outside of Asia. [United States, 2012]
A man admiring the sunset over Edinburgh from Arthur's Seat, the highest vantage point in the city. [Scotland, 2014]
Double Rainbow over Lago Grey
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Travelator at the Dubai International Airport. [United Arab Emirates, 2012]
Serra do Pilar
Rain before a thunderstorm at sunset, on the Serra do Pilar - a hill on the Duoro River, home to a 16th century monastery. The man with the umbrella is a backpacker spending the night on the hilltop. [Portugal, 2014]
Lifeguard tower near Venice Beach, Los Angeles. [United States, 2012]
Turin from above
Turin seen from 150m in the air. [Italy, 2015]
Lao Ban Zhai Restaurant
Chef at the Lao Ban Zhai Restaurant in Shanghai. [China, 2015]
Venetian twilight II
The Taj Mahal on a misty morning. [India, 2012]
Kensington Market, Toronto
Street scene in Kensington Market (Oxford & Augusta), a distinctive multicultural neighbourhood in Downtown Toronto. [Canada, 2015]
Hot air balloon seen at sunset. [Italy, 2015]
Addis Mercato
Khat (or chat) chewers and coffee drinkers relax on a Sunday afternoon at the Addis Mercato in Addis Ababa - the largest open air market in Africa, covering several square miles. [Ethiopia, 2015]
Dom Luiz I Bridge II
A train crosses the Dom Luiz I Bridge, which spans the Douro River between the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia. At the time of construction its span of 172 m was the longest of its type in the world. [Portugal, 2014]
Hosteria Pehoe, Lago Pehoé and Cordillera del Paine
Avenida de Mayo
Avenida de Mayo as seen from the Palacio Barolo in Buenos Aires. [Argentina, 2013]
De Grote Markt, Brugge
De Grote Markt in Bruges, with the Belfry (Belfort) of Bruges towering over the market square. [Belgium, 2014]
Paulista skyline
Skyline of the Paulista Avenue region of São Paulo - one of countless such skylines in a city that makes New York City feel downright tiny. [Brazil, 2015]
The road flanking Lago Pehoé
Jaipur rickshaw
On a tuk-tuk ride through Jaipur. [India, 2012]
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Best Western Reveals First-Ever Aiden Hotel and Sadie Hotel Locations
Bangkok (Thailand) – November 21, 2018 (travelindex) – After recently launching its two new boutique brands, Best Western Hotels and Resorts today announced its first Aiden Hotel and Sadie Hotel locations. The first-ever Aiden Hotel opened last month in Seoul, South Korea, and the next is set to open in December near Paris, France. The first three Sadie Hotel properties are coming to Tampa, Florida; Fredericksburg, Texas; and New York, New York in 2020.
Sadie Hotel and Aiden Hotel are designed to creatively use space and technology by giving guests a unique experience. Each hotel will feature local flair with a thoughtful design, addressing the demands of today’s travelers. Sadie Hotel and Aiden Hotel will fill a void in the upscale hotel segment by giving developers the chance to be creative and incorporate local flair into their designs, retrofitting or rebranding an existing hotel with a modern, spirited aesthetic.
The first-ever Aiden Hotel opened this month in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea. The 151-unit boutique hotel, pictured on the right, offers travelers not just a place to stay but a fun and adventurous experience. With modern signature seating, a multi-functional public area, convenient mobile check-in, and locally inspired designs, the hotel has a fresh and innovative approach that truly stands out from the competition.
“We’re thrilled with the early interest we’ve seen in both Aiden Hotel and Sadie Hotel brands, and are excited to have our first Aiden Hotel open in a key global market like Seoul, just weeks after launching,” said David Kong, President and Chief Executive Officer at Best Western Hotels & Resorts. “Aiden Hotel is a sophisticated boutique hotel brand that perfectly aligns with the pulse of Seoul, bringing a sense of style and adventure to our guests. As these brands grow, it will become evident how different Aiden Hotel and Sadie Hotel are than any other brands, as they intertwine technology with art, bring innovation and colorful, locally inspired design to each location. Whether a conversion or new build, we set owners up for success with dedicated teams to help these hotels ramp up quickly and efficiently in their market.”
The second Aiden Hotel is set to open in mid-November of this year just north of Paris, France. The 90-room boutique hotel will offer a variety of amenities for guests to enjoy, including a multi-functional space, bar, restaurant, pool, and three meeting rooms for business travelers. Guestrooms will feature local designs with chic and sophisticated décor.
Aiden Hotel’s sister brand, Sadie Hotel, will be introduced soon as well, making her debut in New York, New York, Fredericksburg, Texas and Tampa, Florida. The 70-room Sadie hotel in Tampa is slated to open in the spring of 2020. The New York City location will follow shortly after with a stylish and edgy design to fit seamlessly into the heart of the Big Apple. The Fredericksburg, Texas property is located in Texas Hill Country which is home to over 45 wineries and vineyards. All three of these hotels will compete in the upscale segments and offer innovative amenities linking state-of-the-art technology with colorful, local flair.
For more information on Aiden Hotel and Sadie Hotel brands, visit BestWestern.com
About Best Western Hotels and Resorts:
Best Western Hotels & Resorts headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, is a privately held hotel brand with a global network of 4,200* hotels in more than 100* countries and territories worldwide. Best Western offers 13 hotel brands to suit the needs of developers and guests in every market: Best Western®, Best Western Plus®, Best Western Premier®, Vīb®, GLō®, Executive Residency by Best Western®, Sadie HotelSM, Aiden HotelSM, BW Premier Collection® by Best Western, and BW Signature Collection® by Best Western, as well as its recently launched franchise offerings: SureStay® Hotel by Best Western, SureStay Plus® Hotel by Best Western and SureStay Collection® by Best Western. Now celebrating more than 70 years of hospitality, Best Western provides its hoteliers with global operational, sales and marketing support, and award-winning online and mobile booking capabilities. Best Western continues to set industry records regarding awards and accolades, including 66 percent of the brand’s North American hotels earning a TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence award in 2018, Business Travel News® ranking Best Western Plus and Best Western number one in upper-mid-price and mid-price hotel brands, and Fast Company honoring Best Western Hotels & Resorts with a spot in the Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in the Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality category. Best Western has also won nine consecutive AAA®/CAA® Lodging Partner of the Year awards, recognizing the brand’s commitment to providing exceptional service and great value to AAA/CAA’s nearly 58 million members in the U.S. and Canada. Best Western-branded hotels were top ranked in J.D. Power’s 2017 North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Index Study – ranking first in breakfast (food and beverage category) for midscale; and second in overall guest satisfaction. Over 35 million travelers are members of the brand’s award-winning loyalty program Best Western Rewards®, one of the few programs in which members earn points that never expire and can be redeemed at any Best Western-branded hotel worldwide. Best Western’s partnerships with AAA/CAA and Google® Street View provide travelers with exciting ways to interact with the brand. Through its partnership with Google Street View, Best Western is the first major company of its size and scale to launch a virtual reality experience for customers, setting a new industry standard and reinventing how guests view hotels.
* All Best Western and SureStay-branded hotels are independently owned and operated.
* Numbers are approximate, may fluctuate, and include hotels currently in the development pipeline.
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The German Death Metal underground brought us some real jewels over the last 25 years and Berlin based GOLEM is one of them. 25 band years and three full lengths later, F.D.A. Records is re-releasing the first two albums “Eternity – The Weeping Horizons” and “The 2nd Moon” of these fine technical underground Grinders to allow also a younger generation and some of the older fans to get those albums in a proper, remastered format and for the first time also on vinyl. Their status in the underground and the re-release was reason enough for us to hook up with main force and only remaining founding member Andreas to examine the bands history with several ups and downs…
Hi Andreas, hope you are doing well and thank you for the opportunity to bring some light in the history of GOLEM, especially while your first 2 full lengths will be re-released now and you celebrate 25 years of GOLEM this year.
"Thanx, I’m fine and yes – indeed a good point in time ; -) "
GOLEM was founded already in 1989. As far as I know, you started as a three piece together with Michael and Max. Can you tell us a bit about how you three guys got together, who had the idea to start up a Death Metal Band, who came up with the band’s name and what your influences have been back then?
"We went to school together and were fans of extreme Metal from the first time we learned about it. Being in a band seemed to be the icing on the cake so we took the first opportunity to actually build one. We did not even play our assigned instruments in the beginning but started to undergo some heavy practicing soon. When PROTECTOR’s “Golem” album came out we also found a proper name even before we really started playing together. The influences reached from Thrash Metal like KREATOR, SODOM and SLAYER to the early NAPALM DEATH who immediately became our big heroes."
Then in 1991 you recorded your first demo “Visceral Scab” which was re-released in 1992 as 7" by Cannibalised Serial Killer, leaving out two tracks. Can you tell us a bit more about the recording session, how many demos you sold back then and how you got in touch with Cannibalized Serial Killer to sign for the 7"?
"The recording was a pretty funny experience. Still underage we had to be brought by an older friend to the studio just beyond the former wall in Berlin. Those guys there had no idea what kind of music we were trying to bring on tape but in the end it was a pretty relaxed session spread on two afternoons. Of course we also had no experience at all, no internet to read about everything and no descent pocket multitrack recorder. But back then also good intentions counted. In fact I have no idea if we sold many copies but with the help of Pluto (Peter Neuber) we got that thing with Cannibalised Serial Killer. Max did all the organizational stuff then and I was only concerned with the music. He went together with Pluto to meet Michael Trengert who worked for Nuclear Blast at that time (I just read that he died last year – R.I.P.) and somehow we found us signed to that 7” release. Unfortunately Max could not see it anymore."
1992 was a tragic year for GOLEM, as young Max died in an accident together with 2 friends. Apart from losing a close friend, which is tragic, you decided to keep GOLEM alive and continue the band history. Did this change your style in any way and how huge was the musical impact of Max?
"I’d say the musical impact was rather marginal. We wanted to keep the spirit and so we continued doing what Max also would have loved to do. The lyrics changed a lot though since the whole former cliché did just not give us anything anymore."
Then you found Jens as second guitarist but Michael decided to leave, so finally you have been the only founding member. Rico Spiller of FERMENTING INNARDS, where you have also been involved in, offered to help out on bass and you found a stand in drummer to help out. A lot of changes. Your musical skills seemed to grow. How do you see your musical development at that time and have you been the only one writing all the material or have Jens and Rico delivered ideas as well?
"GOLEM is more or less solely my baby in any artistic aspect. There were a few contributions by the others but just their advice and differences in taste guided my musical explorations a bit. I do not like compromising too much though. So it became my challenge to come up with stuff good enough that nobody could decline ; -) In that sense frequent line-up-changes can make you grow more as an artist. For instance playing in FERMENTING INNARDS introduced a yet for me unknown musical value system and every other new band member had its influences later too."
Do you think your time in FERMENTING INNARDS has changed your way of songwriting in any way?
"FERMENTING INNARDS focused a lot on “dancability” which I wasn’t aiming for at all. I saw the point though and being able to play complete gigs without being too sober was something that had its merits. I would on the other hand not overestimate the influence on GOLEM’s songwriting. That has always been done with much greater ambition in explorability. But it definitely streamlined the process a bit and some monstrous riff collections got a bit in shape. The Swedish influences and a lot of underground input also came from Rico who was a passionate tape trader and scene fanatic. Without him we’d most likely missed meeting Dan Swanö and OXIPLEGATZ would probably be still unknown to me. And I mention that because I count that as really important facts for our development. Even early AT THE GATES I learned of primarily because of him. So let’s say that FERMENTING INNARDS played an important role in broadening our musical horizon – more by personal reasons probably than just by their music."
1993 had some significant developments and changes for GOLEM. Your fine Demo “Recall The Day Of Incarnation” was released and marked a significant step forward in your history. How were the reactions back then? Did you have a lot of offers for record deals back then? Has the tragic accident of Jens interrupted you then in signing any deals for the band?
"Musically it was definitely a big step from “Visceral Scab”. I mean there are just 2 years between the recording sessions and not all the time was just happy music-making – but back then that meant ages in personal and artistic development. You can imagine not all the reactions were positive about the changes though. Nonetheless it brought us some new audience with a lot of admiration as well. Of course Jens’ death threw us back once more and heavily doing organizational stuff like label search is not the first best thing you do then. On the other hand the experience with Max did show us that we were somehow bound to make music and that this specific genre is more for us than just expressing some unspent teenage anger. So we tried to get back to Nuclear Blast because through Michael Trengert but they weren’t that much interested. So we spent a lot of time just sending tapes around the globe and feeding the underground playing as many gigs as possible. And contrary to some youngsters today we had next to no budget, neither personally nor as a band. In fact we were missing some experienced manager."
Invasion Records seemed to be a good choice back then as the taste of music and the contacts in the scene of Maja seemed to be very well. How did the co-operation work out and was he the one who hooked you up with Dan Swanö to record there? Luckily Michael had returned in the meantime so you were stronger again as band.
"As a band we were much stronger. With Rico we had a lot of new power and positive thinking in the band and Michael was musically much more at home with us than Ruben who had his own completely different musical vision all the time. As said before Rico had massive underground connections and already contacted Invasion quite early for FERMENTING INNARDS to be signed. In the beginning I knew the owner (Maja Majewski) only as the more silent drummer of LUNATIC INVASION with whom we had played a serious number of gigs before. Around that time Rico also made the first contact with Dan Swanö because he absolutely wanted him to record the upcoming FERMENTING INNARDS debut and when that took some form he pushed also the Invasion cooperation. When the whole thing started to incorporate GOLEM I wasn’t that convinced at first. I wasn’t even that excited about recording with Dan Swanö because I thought it would brand us sonically in a far too Swedish way. But then came the FERMENTING INNARDS session and I really liked the guy and his approach. And since there were budget restrictions we had more or less no other choice – but not to forget – it was a lot of fun too!"
Have you any special memories about your time at Unisound and have you been involved in the layout of “Eternity – The Weeping Horizons” or was it in the hands of Invasion?
"When we went to Sweden to record with FERMENTING INNARDS we stayed at a summer house that belonged to the parents of one of the DEFLESHED guys. Long story short – on a personal level some things did not turn out that well with them. So we just did not want to ask again for the GOLEM session. The great thing then was that Dan Swanö (who knew us already) made an exception and let us stay in the studio. It wasn’t that comfortable but we loved it nonetheless. Dan also invited us to his home to take showers and watch some movies. The other nights we browsed his huge DAT tape collection of his recordings. Rico was quite eager to find out where he was personally involved. When he was singing it wasn’t that difficult to figure out but otherwise it was an interesting game to play. The work itself could become a bit tiresome though. We had only 9 days (strictly 10 to 6) for everything including the final mix. You can imagine how much pressure that means because coming back for a remix is not really an option. I also had some problems with hoarseness and I can still hear it on the record. That made us split the vocal recordings along with the mix and until the last day it was unclear if we can finish everything. Back home then we called Dan to tell him that everything sounds great and that he just should take out a tiny portion of low end. In my opinion the mastering studio overdid that a bit. The cover artwork: there is really not that big a story to tell. That Maja was a difficult person became quite clear a lot earlier already. I’d say latest as him showing up in Sweden during the FERMENTING INNARDS sessions, acting like the CEO of Universal. In that year’s summer I visited Norway and spoke with Øystein of BORKNAGAR, successfully convincing them not to sign with Invasion mainly because of all the lying that just became too obvious then. With the GOLEM cover we had an idea and convinced a friend to draw a painting out of it. We did like it but Maja obviously did not or he did not see the commercial potential so much ; -) He just presented us then with his solution of the problem when the printing was already done – that was pretty fucked up! We got his promise for a different next edition but that never made it. I mean – come on – who puts that kind of naked hairdressers from the eighties on a serious Death Metal album? Sex sells? Still unbelievable!!!"
At that time, around 1997 Invasion disappeared quickly, did this interrupt you in any way in your progress as band?
"When Maja finally lost his mind (literally! he had to go to a mental institution) there already wasn’t that big a connection anymore. We had sued him for some of the money he owed us already since we did not see him doing anything for us at all. We thought that there is nothing else coming anyway and we can also just go full confrontational. Of course the whole Invasion episode did hold us back a bit in our progress since we did not quite know what to expect in any different context. Did we just fail as musicians, as artists or is it mainly the lack of support – all these questions obviously arose. More challenging though was that Rico completely changed his musical and personal focus and had to leave the band (partially because of Invasion but I think some personal stuff had more weight ). I mean – it was also obvious that he could not stay as a real guitarist in the band since he just could not keep up anymore with the instrument’s challenges I wanted to be there. That again left some not optimally used time looking for a complete band that could also present all the new ideas that did show up at the horizon."
It wasn’t a fail of the musicians for sure. You concentrated on writing new material as a 2 piece then and found 2 new perfect fitting musicians in Carsten Mai and Rainer Humeniuk. Can you recall their influences on the material of "The 2nd Moon" or was all already written by you when they joined GOLEM? For me it seemed that you continued with what you started on "Eternity…" but also included influences of technical Death Metal which fitted very well into your sound.
"Again much of their influence came by feeding me with a broader variety of music I would not just have found by myself. Also both their musical history was a bit less Grindcore or Black Metal focused and had some classical Heavy Metal in reserve as well. Not that I ever grew too fond of it but at least it enabled me to have a bit more respect for it. But in the case of Carsten that would shoot far too short. For the first time a really skilled guitarist and devoted musician became part of the journey. It was while I recorded a demo for their back-then band PROGERIA when I got really excited about his abilities. In that time next to no one was available in our area that could actually contribute something profound on the guitar for that specific kind of music. So I asked him first to play some solos on our next record – hoping for it to become a bit more than that with time. And as can be seen easily in the history it became a long and fruitful friendship where he not only contributed to our work by providing fascinating solos and other guitar work but also taught me a lot about the instrument and playing with feeling in general. Rainer on the other hand has to be most acknowledged for his social skills that more than once provided the solid foundation that kept us going together and for always balancing our occasionally difficult personalities. That said it’s also a fact that most of the music was already written when they fully became part of the band. Michael and I kept it going alongside more “Heartwork” and “The Jester Race” influences this time. I wouldn’t call it that technical though. When I recorded some MENHIR material earlier I also learned that you didn’t need to limit your guitar work to SLAYER-style harmony regulations only. And since I was alone first I heavily started incorporating more harmonic techniques within a single guitar then. Just imagine some AT THE GATES riffs (typically split between 2 guitars) that you want to reproduce with the full feeling but have only one guitar available. That might sound challenging a bit but I would definitely not call it technical in the modern sense (NECROPHAGIST). The other big step on “The 2nd Moon” is the solo work which definitely – thanks to Carsten – showed a huge improvement. He played a lot of more advanced stuff on that record – but again – not for the sake of it. I’d say he put a lot of feeling into it while simply being a lot less limited technically."
How did you get in touch with Ars Metalli and have you been satisfied with their label work and the artwork?
"During the mid nineties I recorded a number of bands for Ars Metalli, first in the Blue Art Studio (in our old hometown) and later also in the Soundforge Studio. Over time this became a friendly relationship with the owner – also because he seemed to care a lot more about the artists and in fact he did first. Strict Death Metal wasn’t necessarily his favorite but nonetheless one thing led to another and we joined the label alongside with long-term partners HARMONY DIES. At first everything did work out fine and we also got all the artistic control over the product. Of course we were satisfied. Later Ars Metalli got into a lot of financial trouble by hiring way too many bands without being able to keep all the promises. The owner started hiding then from the problems and the bands. You can imagine how that rang a bell then."
In 1999 "The 2nd Moon" saw the light of day, how were the reactions in the scene and have you been doing any touring for the album?
"We had some more promotional support and we played way more shows then. Some weekend touring you might say – a real tour was not on the menu. The reactions were mainly very positive. The ones that stuck though were criticizing the overall “niceness” of the album and from today’s view they were the most helpful for us to shape what we did later. With the decline of Ars Metalli we were then again pretty much left alone and also Michael lost his interest in the whole scene and its music. So we again had to miss a lot of opportunities but it also left a lot of room for other activities and personal development."
After Michael left, you found a new drummer in Eric Krebs who fits perfect into GOLEM and since then the line-up is stable. You recorded “Dreamweaver” in 2003 and it finally got released by Nuclear Blast in 2004. How did you end up with Nuclear Blast as you hooked up with Grind Syndicate before?
"By sharing a rare love for OXIPLEGATZ I came in contact with DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER through Ars Metalli that eventually led to a still ongoing friendship. After sharing also the downfall of Ars Metalli they later introduced us to Andy Siry (Nuclear Blast A&R, Grind Syndicate) in order to help us to release the new material. Back then we started to pre-produce everything on computer and already had something to show off which made it much easier to get their attention. In the end that made “Dreamweaver” possible as it is."
Musicwise “Dreamweaver” seemed to be the next logical step forward in your musical development and showed your fine abilities in writing technical Death Metal. How was the label support of Nuclear Blast?
"I would not call it overly logical but of course in the end it’s more or less the musical universe of one individual. I could also analyze it to death and from time to time I tend to do that because I honestly think that it finally is something really special but I’d rather leave that for another time now. “Dreamweaver” is something only we could have done and that is cherished by some and definitely appreciated by us. That does not mean that it is easy to consume at all. That said everyone can imagine that a big company like Nuclear Blast has other things to do than to nurture an exotic plant that will never bring much commercial success anyway. It got us some international attention which also led to some very interesting friendships around the globe – being realistic that is rather something! In the end we are also not at all unhappy about the fact that we do not need to sell our music in all possible ways in order to survive. Only teenagers could dream of that without belly aches. It would not even serve as a platform for ideas because I think the whole scene is rather conservative and even partially ignorant. I don’t mean that in a bad way – things are as they are."
What happened since then? I can imagine that you collected ideas for at least one more album? Any chance to get new material released, maybe by F.D.A. Records?
"First we were looking how far “Dreamweaver” could bring us. We played a number of really cool shows and were just bathing in the moment for a while. We also gave us some time to think about where we would go in order not to repeat old recipes. That in the end took a lot longer than we expected. Also the fact that “Dreamweaver” wasn’t that successful did not really speed up the process. “What would we like to say and add musically?” became the big question. Nonetheless I can present some facts: there is a collection of recorded musical ideas – it is roughly about 40 minutes long, without any repetition. From that we could so far extract four fully functioning songs that have been – except for one – presented live already. These are great songs that we’d love to see the light of day and most of the ideas deserve an audience in our opinion. We’ll see what will happen. Eric has left the drums for good already. He will not be replaced easily and it depends on us to overcome the boundaries of long grown habits and amenities which could turn out to be rather difficult. The artistic process itself more and more comes in waves where the peaks again become more and more the exception… they are still there though and maybe there will be something completely different in the end. Who knows ; -)"
F.D.A. is now re-releasing the first 2 albums on CD and vinyl. Are you confident with the co-operation and the re-release, especially when it comes to the artwork? I ordered the strictly limited green vinyl myself and can’t wait to get it. Also I saw, that you have remastered the albums yourself. Tell us a bit about the work on this project.
"I’ve been working with Rico for a long time already since I recorded all the GOREGAST releases. I’m pretty confident that he knows what he is doing. And in the end it’s not a big risk for us since there are no strings attached. We know what people think about the music already. Maybe the younger generation will have difficulties but I hold no grudge against that – it’s just natural. That leaves us with the pleasure to give something especially to collectors. And for them we also not go with any semi pleasing artwork. We liked it from the moment Rico did reveal the offer. From my perspective the renovation of the sound is still more important since I’m more interested in acoustics than in visuals. In 2009 there was a limited re-release of “Dreamweaver”. For that one I had all the sources and I forced myself through a full remix and re-master. For “Eternity…” and “The 2nd Moon” all the original multi-tracks are long gone or could not be properly recovered. Nonetheless I spent a decent amount of time to get the best out of the old masters. The aim was to create something that sounds modern enough to compete with today’s standards but at the same time keeps the memories of that past time alive. So I did stay away from full “Death Magnetic” as far as possible while still pushing the wide and interesting and damping the narrow and annoying stuff a bit. That I’m still satisfied with the result could either be a good sign (I did a good job ; -) or a bad one (I just do not care enough anymore ; -). Let’s just say – I still do care ; -)"
Last but not least I want to thank you for your patience in answering our questions. Any last words you want to address to the Voices readers??
"Well – thank you too for the opportunity to talk about all of this. And thanks also to whoever is taking the time to read all this. I wonder if anyone can see the waves produced by the wine that was part of all 3 sessions (always starting pretty sober ; -)… And yeah – don’t forget – that was a different time… no internet on my side at all back then… try being without it today… – simply impossible – for me as well. It gives us all the insight, all the talent, all the creativity all around the world… not getting lost in it might be today’s challenge. But don’t dare to think that I do not welcome that… it pretty much brought me all the music I was looking for my entire life… maybe that’s where some of the laziness comes from ; -) So… embrace the opportunities! And still… never take anything for granted!!! I’m totally convinced that the history of music is still far away from having a final chapter – discover it! It’s not necessarily our task though ; -) But Death Metal is in general better today than it was 20 years ago and that’s something I’d like to say in 20 years from now also… keep on rotting!!!"
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A SCARA robot is an assembly machine that installs parts or carries items. It is designed to mimic the action of a human arm and can be used in jobs from automobile factories to underwater construction. This tool is frequently utilized because of its speed, efficiency and low cost.
SCARA robots may be beneficial tools for work sites that pose hazardous to humans.
SCARA stands for Selective Compliant Assembly Robot Arm or Selective Compliant Articulated Robot Arm. A SCARA robot has a full range of motion on its X and Y axis but is bolted down and unable to move in the Y axis. It can be programed to perform precise jobs repetitively, such as installing a pin or carrying items from one location to another within its range of motion. In the field of robotics, the SCARA is considered more affordable than many of its competitors and is one of the most popular methods of automated assembly.
Automating manufacturing through SCARA robots and other tools eliminates assembly line jobs, which can lead to an economic crisis in areas where unemployment is high.
A SCARA robot is primarily used for assembly. They are used by manufacturers of everything from bulky automobiles to minuscule electronic items. It can be programmed to handle very precise installation work and cannot carry a great deal of weight, so the arm works best when handling small parts. These robots also can have their joints waterproofed in order to function in underwater construction. A SCARA's ability to be controlled remotely makes it a common feature of work sites that can be hazardous to humans, such as working with chemicals, or in environments with extreme conditions, such as a steel mill.
Considered to be relatively old in the constantly evolving world of robotics, the SCARA robot was developed in 1981 by the manufacturing company Sankyo Seiki. Since that time, it has become one of the most popular types of robots on an assembly line. Its closest competition is the Cartesian style robot. The Cartesian takes up much more space than a SCARA but can handle a heavier payload. The SCARA robot clearly does not excel at every job, but it gets high marks within its own niche.
SCARA robots are considered one of most important developments in assembly line technology because of their range of motion, speed and precision. By imitating the construction of the arm, elbow and wrist, the SCARA performs many tasks in a fraction of the time it would take a human. Whether constructing something intricate, such as a computer motherboard, or large and hulking, such as the frame of an 18-wheel semi truck, this tool helps increase production and lower costs because of its efficiency.
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@allenJo - That’s a good point. Industrial robots can also work in outer space as well. Think of the Space Shuttle and the operations to fix the Hubble Telescope. That was a precision task aided by robot technology in addition to the astronauts’ own skill and training.
Ultimately robots can be used to assemble entire bases on the moon as well. Just as with underwater operations, they can work just fine in an environment that would otherwise be inhospitable for humans.
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@everetra - I think one of the most useful applications of robotic arms and robot technology is their ability to aid in ecological disasters. Robots have been used in some major oil spills to go down where no human being could descend into the ocean, and fix broken rigs or close up holes that had leaked oil.
I’m convinced in fact that some of these underwater operations would be near impossible to complete without robots that can operate night and day and shovel through tons of sand to perform delicate mechanical procedures.
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Robotics engineering is a fascinating study and one that is constantly evolving. Although most implementations of robots are still the industrial kind and not the kind we see in science fiction movies, I think we are getting closer and closer to one day building robots that mimic human behavior and intelligence.
My first exposure to robotics, oddly enough, was not inside of a plant, but in a school. Lego has their famous robot kit for K-12 schools and it allows you to build customizable robots with USB, blue tooth communications and an easy to understand programming language.
Kids were fascinated with how easily they could build these little machines that responded to their every command. I hoped that someday some of them would become engineers as a result of these early influences. It didn’t matter to me whether their creations would ultimately build cars, or speak French.
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UVA’s Sam Hauser named to NABC Division I Player of the Year Watch List
by: David DeGuzman
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WFXR) — Sam Hauser hasn’t played a single minute for Virginia basketball yet but the Cavaliers senior forward continues to gain national attention with the season set to tip-off this week.
The Stevens Point, Wisconsin-native was chosen among 20 players on the 2021 Division I Player of the Year Watchlist, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced on Monday.
Hauser sat out last season after playing three seasons at Marquette. As a junior in 2018-19, Hauser averaged 14.9 points and 7.2 rebounds en route to All-BIG EAST second-team honors. Hauser shot 45.9 percent from the field, 40.2 percent from 3-point range and led the BIG EAST in free throw percentage at 92.4 percent. Hauser averaged 14.1 points and 5.7 rebounds in 35 games as a sophomore in 2017-18 and 8.8 points and 5.0 rebounds as a true freshman in 2016-17.
The winner will be announced on the same weekend as the NCAA Final Four during the 2021 AT&T NABC Guardians of the Game Awards Show.
No. 4 Virginia opens its season against Maine on Nov. 25. Tipoff at Mohegan Sun Arena is set for 2 p.m. on FloHoops.com.
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9 debut stereo amplifiers from iconic hi-fi brands
By Becky Scarrott 03 March 2020
Probably the best inaugural amps in hi-fi history
(Image credit: Audiolab)
It's the pulsating heart of your hi-fi system and, as anyone who's read this publication knows, to ignore its sonic relevance in your setup would be foolish in the extreme.
Several long-established and highly revered audio firms of the moment started out when one or two individuals shared a common goal: to release a decent stereo amplifier – something better than whatever was currently powering (and colouring the sound of) their system.
The following nine excellent amps are the fruits of their labour. More than that though, these little power houses have left indelible marks in hi-fi history, paving the way not just for the brands that blossomed in their wake, but the for the agile, transparent and joyous music systems we enjoy today.
Naim NAP 200 (1973)
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Once the undoubtedly brilliant Julian Vereker chose to switch from building his own cars to building his own amplifiers and loudspeakers (for London's Capital Radio, no less) in the late 60s, Naim Audio officially became a thing in 1973. With both Julian and his co-founder Shirley Clarke as directors, their shop in the centre of Salisbury, UK, was the birthplace in that same year of Naim Audio's first consumer product for home use: the NAP 200 power amplifier.
Vereker originally designed the NAP 200 in 1971 and, although its descendants differ greatly, (the line continues to evolve with products like the excellent NAP 100 to this day) Naim still shoots for the same performance goals of pace, rhythm and timing.
Cyrus One (1984)
The Mission Cyrus One – back when Cyrus was a part of Mission – was a piece of kit very much aimed at audiophiles, despite its budget-friendly price tag. It had no tone or balance controls and carried plenty of inputs for sources. Early examples had a plastic case to eliminate the distortion effects of eddy current, but later versions switched to a cast metal case – sophisticated for a budget amp.
Under review, we concluded that the inaugural One communicated a precise soundstage, but it was also capable of handling low-level details that other amplifiers "repressed or simply rendered messy". Combine that sound with the superb build quality, and you had an amp whose performance could rival pricier options.
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Cambridge Audio P40 (1968)
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Cambridge Audio's first ever product, the P40 integrated amplifier, was also the first ever amp to use a toroidal transformer – a significant innovation at the time. These days, it's a standard component inside high-end amps; a sure sign that what the firm tried back in 1968 worked out really rather well.
The follow up to the P40 arrived just a few years later in 1970 with the P50, a much more powerful amplifier with a unique active volume control. However, one glance at the lines and craftsmanship on the P40 is to know that this is a stunning debut amp.
A&R A60 (1976)
Amplification & Recording Cambridge was founded back in 1976. Now known by a far snappier moniker, Arcam (see what they did there?), the company’s success was built on its first amplifier, the A60. Pictured above is our review from August 1981, though the product was launched five years earlier.
Back in the early 1980s, this slimline integrated amp would set you back £190 and was considered the go-to middle-market amplifier, comparable to the Crimson 510/520 pre/power combination (£198) in our review. It proved the ideal upgrade from budget champions such as NAD’s original 3020 (listed below).
It was a functional unit with a decent array of line-level inputs plus a capable moving-magnet phono stage – hardly a surprise considering vinyl was still the dominant quality media of the day.
The tone controls were subtle in their action and as such could, on occasion, prove useful when any recording or partnering kit wasn’t quite balanced. The A60 also had a filter switch which progressively rolled off frequencies above 7.5kHz in a bid to reduce hiss from a tuner or the impact of a pop from vinyl.
NAD 3020 (1978)
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A power output of 20W per channel was hardly earth-shattering but, at £85, the 3020 could drive speakers better than pretty much any of its rivals. The 3020 amplifier put NAD on the map, such was its impact.
The story goes that when NAD’s managing director, Marty Borish, hired a quiet audio engineer called Bjorn Erik Edvardsen, the pair noted a space in the market. Edvardsen got the bit between his teeth. Initially headquartered in London, UK, NAD’s growing team, led by Edvardsen, obsessively experimented and refined the electronic designs, seeking a eureka moment which finally came with arguably the best-selling hi-fi amplifier in history, the NAD 3020.
It had a balance that was smooth and full-bodied, delivering a good, coherent sound which worked well with the some of the less–refined budget kit of the time.
The cult-like following generated by the 3020 was so great that NAD would have been foolish to shelve it. In 2013, some 35 years after its initial release, we gave the latest NAD D 3020 iteration a coveted five-star review and a What Hi-Fi? Award.
Burmester 777 (1977)
The original (and quite beautiful) Burmester 777 (Image credit: Burmester)
As a musician, Dieter Burmester (founder of Burmester Audiosysteme) always wanted to make his sound system reproduce music as naturally and purely as possible, and it was the malfunction of a faulty preamp that led to him fashioning the first Burmester product. Preamps on the market couldn’t satisfy Dieter Burmester’s high demands, so he built his own from parts of medical machines, the Burmester 777.
According to the firm, the 777 – so named because it was released in the seventh month in the year 1977 – remains a core element of Burmester's products today.
In 2007, Burmester even released a 30th anniversary update in its honour, a preamp called the Burmester 077. Did we like it? You could say that. In our review, we concluded, "If you can afford it, buy it right now."
McIntosh 50W-1 (1949)
McIntosh 50W2, c. 1951 (Image credit: McIntosh)
Before you write in, the amp pictured is the 50W2, (two pieces, which form one 50W-per-channel mono amp) McIntosh's fourth amplifier, circa 1951 – think Elvis and Frank Sinatra territory. Why are we not showing you the original 50W-1? Well, photographs of hi-fi separates from 71 years ago are quite hard to come by, it turns out.
In 1946 Frank McIntosh, a design consultant for broadcast and TV stations, hired Gordon Gow to help him design a high power, low distortion amplifier for his clients. This amplifier would be the 50W-1. It included McIntosh’s first patented circuit, the Unity Coupled Circuit – still used in current products.
Musical Fidelity Dr. Thomas Power Amplifier (1982)
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Musical Fidelity chose to keep the naming of its inaugural product simple with The Preamp. It was released in '82 and quickly racked up rave reviews. Evidently, the designer of its shoebox-style power partner, Dr. Martin Vincent Thomas, didn't like the idea of designing The Power Amp, and chose to take matters into his own hands when it came to establishing a moniker for Musical Fidelity's first power amplifier. Thus, the Dr. Thomas was born.
With its black acrylic casework and name (what a name!) illuminated in red on the fascia, the 100W+ Dr. Thomas power amplifier cut a fine figure – a great visual match for the similarly-styled Preamp. It was also surprisingly powerful. Sadly, this casework design was dropped quite quickly – but what a lovely-looking setup it must have been.
Audiolab 8000A (1983)
Audiolab's 8000A caused quite a stir in the early 1980s thanks to its "superb finish and styling" – just take a look at our review (below).
Admittedly, today it looks a lot like a grey-tinged box with lots of dials, but it offered excellent sound and features, including bass and treble controls, a stereo balance control and a separate record selector, so you could "listen to one source while taping another". And the sound was smooth with "plenty of presence and detail".
Audiolab was formed in 1983 by Philip Swift and Derek Scotland, quickly earning worldwide acclaim in that same year with the 8000A – an integrated stereo amp that was both a natural ‘step-up’ from budget models of the time and, latterly, a classic hi-fi component. Thanks to its fine build and features, the 8000A was great value for money too.
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DREADZONE 03 March 2020 21:12
I have an Audiolab 8000S from that era - part of the 8000 series family - and still sounds great today. Recently sidelined the 8000S though, with a new Audiolab 6000A with digital in/outs . . . and I can report it's just as good - great in-depth sound quality when streaming 24bit/96kHz tracks from Amazon Music HD and Tidal.
millennia_one 04 March 2020 18:07
Think the Sugden a21 should be added to that list which are still made today with only a few design iterations along the way.
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Google and JBL partner for Android TV and Google Assistant soundbar
By Becky Roberts 08 May 2018
The JBL Link Bar is “the first in a series of hybrid devices that delivers a full Assistant speaker and Android TV experience,” according to Google.
Got a dumb TV? (By which we mean one that doesn’t have smart apps, like Netflix, built-in.) If the answer is ‘yes’, the JBL Link Bar soundbar may be one to keep your eye out for.
Ahead of Google’s annual I/O developer conference, which kicks off later today, Google has unveiled a smart soundbar resulting from its collaboration with JBL.
Essentially, the JBL Link performs soundbar duties just like any other - but it has additional, more unusual benefits.
Firstly, the soundbar also doubles as a smart speaker thanks to built-in Google Assistant voice control. That means you can simply ask it to, say, open YouTube or select a TV channel; you can connect it to another Assistant-powered smart speaker (like the Google Home), or speakers with Chromecast Audio, for multi-room sound.
Secondly, it can turn any TV ‘smart’ by gifting it apps provided by the latest Android TV platform.
The JBL Link Bar comes with three 4K/HDR-supporting HDMI inputs and an ARC HDMI output to connect your sources, such as a Blu-ray player or games console. There's also optical and 3.5mm inputs, an Ethernet socket providing an alternative to a wi-fi connection, and a subwoofer pairing button for connecting a yet-to-be-announced JBL sub.
The JBL Link Bar will be available later this year, with further details, including pricing, to be announced nearer the time.
The Link Bar will be the latest addition to Link line, which JBL launched at IFA last year with a series of smart speakers, and has since expanded with the Link View display-toting smart speaker. However, with Google stating this is “the first in a series of hybrid devices that delivers a full Assistant speaker and Android TV experience”, it might not unique by the time it hit shelves - especially if Sonos is readying a smart soundbar.
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Right after finishing the eighth grade, Fisher shot the movie, Eighth Grade, in which she plays the socially uneasy protagonist. Fisher got rave reviews, as did the film’s writer and director, Bo Burnham.
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After he leaves office, Trump should pay — literally — for what he has done
President Trump disembarks Air Force One at Valley International Airport in Harlingen, Tex., on Tuesday. (Matthew Busch/Bloomberg)
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Jan. 13, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
The soon to be “former president” Trump wants to waltz off the scene without having to account for damages done by the mob he incited to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. To be sure, Congress — or at least the House — will, in one form or another, take action against Trump for egging on his riotous supporters to subvert and obstruct the joint session of Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election.
But there’s more to consider beyond Trump’s interference with the peaceful transition of power and his imperiling an equal branch of government. There is an actual cost.
The MAGA mob left an abomination in their wake: the loss of at least five lives, many injured bodies and a vandalized and desecrated symbol of American democracy.
In the pursuit of Trump’s stated desire to disrupt the congressional proceeding, the mob attacked police, and ransacked the historic building, damaging furniture and office equipment, battering office doors, ripping out light fixtures, smashing windows and defacing hallways and walls with obscene graffiti.
Restoring the Capitol to its 19th-century grandeur will be costly. As matters stand, Trump is primed to skip town, leaving it to the American taxpayers to bear the cost of cleaning up after his supporters’ dirty work.
And rather than keeping his head down and his big mouth shut — as should someone who has disgraced himself — Trump continued to fly high on the public’s dime Tuesday by treating himself to an Air Force One excursion to a Texas town to see a section of the far-from-finished border wall that he falsely claimed Mexico would pay for.
It costs about $200,000 an hour to operate Air Force One, CNN reported. Four hours from D.C. to Texas? Do the math.
Does anyone think he’s done traveling to Mar-a-Lago? In 2019, the Government Accountability Office estimated that four presidential trips to his Florida club from Feb. 3 through March 5, 2017, incurred costs of about $13.6 million. His latest trip there in December — do the math.
Trump may be through with Washington at high noon on Inauguration Day, but at the rate he’s spending in the final few days, Washington should not be through with him.
The Architect of the Capitol, who maintains and preserves the Capitol complex, including the Supreme Court, ought to keep a record of costs incurred to bring the building and grounds back to pre-riot conditions. With the joint support of House and Senate leaders, the architect should present Trump with a bill for services rendered. The American taxpayer ought not to get stuck with the bill.
There’s the Trump multimillion-dollar Election Defense Fund, which reportedly can be spent on non-election-defense efforts. He should direct some of those bucks to Capitol Hill.
There’s even money coming from Uncle Sam.
If he has any sense of decency, Trump should voluntarily return his annual pension to the U.S. Treasury to compensate taxpayers for the cost of his deadly Capitol catastrophe.
Whether he is impeached and removed, ousted under the 25th Amendment, or he escapes by the skin of his teeth, Trump still has a debt to pay. His failure to defend the Constitution, and his instigation of acts leading to violence, death and destruction, come with heavy costs. Some of these are quantifiable.
One way or another, Trump should pay. Besides, he should be good for it if his pockets are as deep as he pretends them to be.
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‘Do you expect me to talk?’ ‘No Mr Bond, I expect you to die.’ So says Gert Fröbe’s Goldfinger to Sean Connery’s delicately placed Bond.
In so doing he delivers the defining moment of the entire franchise. The world has suddenly become enough. Enough to want to make it stop.
Because for the first and, some argue, the last time in a 007 movie, we witness a truly monstrous and deadly villain, one of such menace and a moment of such high tension that we believe the threat uttered to Bond means that the spy’s next witticism might well be his last.
‘There is nothing you can talk to me about that I don’t already know,’ Goldfinger brags, which to be fair is how I often feel when I’m breezily answering James Bond questions on a Zoom quiz. Specialist subjects: Sir Sean Connery and Sir Roger Moore.
All the rest, for my money, were pretenders to the majesty of the secret service of these two knights.
Nobody does it better and while this may be a terrible sky fall moment for Daniel Craig devotees, I say live and let die. Because what lives on in all the movies is a passion for marvellous motors and stunning cinematography.
Operation Lockdown might have sounded like the high jinks of an evil Bond mastermind, but it was also – until very recently – the precarious nature of our daily lives. This life hiatus forced us to find ways to both hang on to and explore our inner creativity.
I discovered Amy Shore, a brilliant British photographer following her passions. Her work focuses on the glamour and lustre of classic cars. But it is no elite sport either and the message is a democratic one.
The best camera you can have? The one ‘you can get your hands on’. And her top tip? Love what you do on your own terms because ‘comparison is the thief of joy’.
It inspired me to up my game on taking photographs of my family and, after two months off the road, to get driving again. And while I can’t claim to be whizzing around in a debonair DB5, I am back at the wheel.
For my family it leaves them shaken. Stirred? I have told them that I don’t expect them to talk.
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Origin and Meaning of the Name Cecil
Latin - Male
Cecilee
Cecille
Cecillo
Cicily
Cecil male popularity statistics
1997 972 -88 135
1996 884 +29 154
1993 747 -6 196
1977 409 +3 369
1959 251 -2 1012
1958 249 -16 1008
1954 194 +2 1301
1943 132 0 1697
1930 99 +2 1881
1928 97 -5 2007
1912 76 0 1057
1911 76 +1 560
1910 77 -5 472
1909 72 0 432
1899 77 +10 256
1888 158 -3 96
1887 155 +13 80
1886 168 -14 83
Cecil female popularity statistics
1942 955 -116 67
1936 724 +125 84
1921 587 -122 152
1890 332 +3 58
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Microsoft Teams Voice: Is it Enterprise Ready?
By Alan Shen
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What is the Microsoft Teams Voice Feature Set?
With the announcement of Skype for Business Online’s EOL date, and Microsoft aggressively pushing Microsoft Teams, it’s clear that Skype for Business On-Premises will be facing a similar fate soon enough. But is Microsoft Teams actually ready to take the place of Skype for Business?
Over the years last eight years, Skype for Business has matured into a robust voice and conferencing platform that millions of businesses (especially large global organizations) rely on for 24x7x365 communications. Is Microsoft Teams voice feature set truly at parity with Skype for Business? Or, does Microsoft Teams still require additional burn-in and maturation time before it’s ready to support all power user scenarios for the enterprise fully?
Microsoft Teams Voice Features
In August 2018, Microsoft shared that Teams had evolved to be a complete meeting and calling solution, claiming to be at feature parity with Skype for Business. This left many users questioning how in only a year Microsoft Teams was able to do everything on Teams that which could otherwise only be accomplished using Skype for Business. So, is Microsoft Teams genuinely ready?
Here’s a look at the key voice features which Microsoft lists as being fully deployed on Microsoft Teams:
VoIP calls from Teams client to Teams client
Phone System (formerly known as Cloud PBX) with Microsoft Calling Plans or Direct Routing for PSTN services
Call answering and initiating (by name and number) with integrated dial pad
Call holding and retrieving
Group call pickup
Shared line appearance
Call forwarding and simultaneous ringing
It’s important to remember that Microsoft is constantly releasing new features and functionality (see below) that won’t require a full server-release life-cycle, but which instead will appear as a simple cloud-based software update. That means that while some features might not yet be generally available, they’re likely in early TAP programs, or at the very least on the roadmap. That said, here are three key “missing” features to watch for:
Dynamic 911 (this is supposedly coming to Microsoft Teams in Q4 CY 2019) – Dynamic E911 automatically uses the caller’s current location to route to a public safety answering point (PSAP) call center operated by the local government.
Teams and Skype Consumer Interop (this is supposedly coming to Microsoft Teams in Q1 CY 2020) – This features allows users on the two respective app platforms to communicate using both chat and calling
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What Enterprises Need to Know
Understanding if Microsoft Teams Voice is truly ready for the enterprise is tricky. The reality is, enterprises need to ask if they’re ready for Teams. Microsoft Teams presents a new way to work that is both dynamic and fluid, yet large enterprises struggle with how to embrace this change and lack the agility to change direction on a dime.
Enterprises often have to muddle through legacy requirements and trudge through the long process of updating policies – this can require getting formal approval from different departments for opening the discussion of change, more approval from even more departments on the strategy moving forward, et cetera, et cetera. But the reality is, enterprises need to go through these processes to modernize and remain successful.
Today, it’s important to get to the cloud as quickly as possible from a network configuration perspective. It’s no longer desirable to route everything back to a data center for real-time voice workloads, which is the exact opposite design for Skype for Business and any other on-prem workload. This requires a massive overhaul to connections for internet and WAN and policies related to them. Most of these are governed under long-term contracts, so this requires contract negotiations, changes in connection types, and a lot of engineering work to re-do. This is where enterprises will need to work through the process of modernization to reap any cloud benefits.
Other areas where enterprises struggle? Investment in new platforms, staff training, tooling, automation systems, investments in ancillary technology to make the platform work, etc. Hardware investments in the physical servers and SBCs must also be considered – and much of the hardware may not yet be fully depreciated (i.e., not yet off the books) thus causing additional financial pain prematurely to end of life.
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Does Voice Feature Parity Really Matter?
While there are some issues that enterprises will need to tackle, regardless of the pain to keep up with the modern digital workplace, there are other areas where legacy voice-related features may not be required going forward.
In the past, handsets functioned as intercoms – someone from reception could have the handsets announce that someone had a call on line four if they couldn’t be reached at their desk. Today, instant messaging can easily serve the purpose of letting someone know they have a call.
In the Skype for Business vs. Microsoft Teams debate, an argument can be made that Microsoft Teams is replacing instant messaging with persistent chat. While this is somewhat semantics, the persistence of chat messages creates possible governance and compliance concerns that could be just one small feature that ties enterprises up.
Shared line appearance is something that Teams has carried over from Skype for Business, but this process really happens “magically” behind the scenes. Companies that may have this as a legacy requirement can check the box for functionality, though its modernization in Teams may feel different. Does having this functionality mater for customers?
If not, what other legacy functionalities may not be needed? Some people feel that voicemail could be a legacy feature that disappears. While many people would argue that voicemail is critical to their business, the ability for voicemail to text transcriptions and general persistent messaging could serve the same purpose.
If there’s actually a feature that enterprises can’t live without, it’s likely not the only one, and Microsoft is aware of it. And – if Microsoft still doesn’t “nail it” for some very specific legacy requirements, third-party solutions will swoop in to fill the gap and solve the problem.
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Talking to a dying loved one—or anyone dying you’ve known—is no easy task. Especially if your histories are complicated. What do you do with resentments and hurts? Saying nothing and doing nothing can have consequences for your own life. How do you honor your own feelings as well as the feelings of the other person? What helps with closure, when our goodbyes are not in person? Here are some ideas for a meaningful goodbye.
If you’re not sure what to say …
Say what you feel.
Palliative-care physician Dr. Ira Byock, author of The Four Things That Matter Most, says that dying people typically want to hear and say four things: “Please forgive me,” “I forgive you,” “Thank you,” and “I love you.” These phrases carry the power to mend broken relationships and to honor meaningful ones, so consider building a conversation around them. Whatever the response may be, you have done what you could to address the heart of a relationship.
If you want to feel close …
Do their favorite things.
Not everyone gets a chance to be there when a friend dies, especially someone who was important to us. This powerful, private goodbye can be done if you live apart or after a loved one is gone, for example, to mark a death anniversary. Doing an activity you once did together or something you remember the other person enjoying can help you feel close and hold on to a memory. Go for a bike ride, watch a favorite movie, or visit a favorite spot. You’ll be alone, but together.
If you want to feel connected …
Organize a “secular shiva.”
Shiva is a weeklong, sequestered mourning period in Judaism held in the home of the deceased where family members gather. It’s an opportunity to reinforce the bonds among loved ones left behind. You don’t have to be Jewish to do it. Friends can organize one, too. New York Times columnist Bruce Feiler notes that mourning rituals often served an important community-building function but are fading away. “Like all such traditions, they may not soften the blow of a loss, but they had the unmistakable boon of reaffirming the community itself.”
If you’re afraid to say goodbye …
Remember closure doesn’t mean forgetting.
Society tends to think that closure means putting hurts behind us and getting on with life. But when dealing with grief, that’s not how it works, writes Amy Florian, bereavement expert and author of No Longer Awkward: Communicating with Clients Through the Toughest Times of Life. “‘Closure?’ No, or at least not in the way people usually use that term. Acceptance—yes. Peace—yes. Moving forward—for sure. A future bright with love, joy, and hope—absolutely,” she wrote in Huffington Post. “Healing does not mean forgetting it; it means taking the life, love, and lessons into the future with you.”
If you never got a chance in person …
Write them a letter.
Write down all the things you wish you would’ve said. Bottled-up emotions are unhealthy, but we don’t always get a chance to say what we need to say. So write them down. This is a way to get the words off your chest and manage your mental health without burdening a dying person. According to the University of Rochester Medical Center, journaling can help you manage anxiety, reduce stress, and cope with depression. You don’t have to share it with anyone. Read it out loud at a gravesite. Or just tuck it away.
Bailey Williams is a former audience engagement coordinator for YES!
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Heart and Heat: A History of Fighting Fire in the Mahoning Valley (2001)
On February 2, 2001, the Mahoning Valley Historical Society kicked off the opening of a wonderful six month exhibit focusing on the history of firefighting in the Mahoning Valley. The exhibit, appropriately named Heart & Heat: A History of Fighting Fire in the Mahoning Valley featured photos, fire memorabilia, firefighting books, as well as pieces of modern firefighting equipment. Opening night of the exhibit was enjoyed by many. The Youngstown Fire Department sent several pieces of modern day apparatus for viewing in the Arms Museum’s parking lot. This page is a virtual tour of the exhibit which closed on July 31st, 2001. Many of the photographs of the exhibit used here were taken by Greg Ricker, youngstownfire.com webmaster. Addition photos courtesy of the Mahoning Valley Historical Society/Arms Museum Web Site.
Heart & Heat: A History of Fighting Fire in the Mahoning Valley
This exhibit outlines the history of firefighting from the formation of the earliest companies to the present. Specific areas include changing technology in fire fighting and prevention, dramatic moments in Valley firefighting, the educational role of fire department personnel in the community, and the changing faces of firefighters over the last thirty years. The exhibit includes several child-friendly activities such as artifacts that can be handled and uniforms that may be tried on.
Besides MVHS holdings, the exhibit features artifacts, photographs, and paintings loaned by area fire departments. Many local departments donated much time and information to make this exhibit a success.
Heart & Heat will remain open through August 2001.
Entrance Hallway/Arson Exhibit
1. Heart and Heat: A History of Fighting Fire in the Mahoning Valley exhibit sign with axe. The axe was on loan from the Youngstown Fire Department.
2. Arson Exhibit. The arson exhibit included materials donated by Alvin Ware, head of the Youngstown Fire Department’s Arson Investigation Bureau. In this section were a windbreaker with the arson bureau name on it, an “arson is a crime” t-shirt and matching hat, an arson sign, assorted photos of arson bureau workers and a burnt boombox.
Entrance Hallway/Room 1
1. Thank You Plaque. The plaque reads as follows:
The Mahoning Valley Historical Society would like to than the following people for loaning the many photographs and artifacts featured in Heart and Heat. All the following individuals have also donated time out of their days to making this exhibition so special.
Chief Bob Catchpole and the Liberty Fire Department
Chief James Dorman and the Boardman Fire Department
Eva Doyle
Inspector Leslie Fishel
Lieutenant Inspector Sharyl Frasier
Lieutenant Marcia Harris
Battalion Chief Timothy McGarry
Kenneth W. Mauch, Jr.
Chief Daniel Merwin and the Girard Fire Department
Candace and Brian Morgan
Chief William O’Hara and the Austintown Fire Department
Chief John O’Neill and the Youngstown Fire Department
Chief Robert Tieche and the Canfield Fire Department
Alvin Ware and the Arson Bureau
Youngstown Fire Department Inspection Bureau
Special thanks to Greg Ricker for his dedication to the Mahoning Valley Historical Society and to preserving the history of firefighting in the Mahoning Valley.r of the display was the name plate from a turn of the century fire steamer.
2. Women in the Fire Service. Items in this area include photos of female firefighters. A dress uniform and helmet were also on display.
3. Close Up of Women in the Fire Service part of the exhibit.
4. Close Up of Firefighting Gear and SCBA Air Pack. Here we have a close up of one of a firefighter’s turnout gear. Hanging behind is a SCBA or Self Contained Breathing Apparatus. Many fire department’s refer to these as air packs.
5. Assorted Firefighting Clothing and SCBA Air Packs.
6. Firefighting Families Photo Wall. The photos on the wall in the exhibit are families of firefighters. Many families have has several generations on the fire department. A sampling from Boardman, Austintown, Canfield, Poland, Boardman and Youngstown were shown here.
7. Close Up of a Section of the Firefighting Families Wall. The cover of Ohio Firefighter Magazine shows the late Ret Fire Chief Roy E. Ricker.
8. Fire Department and Apparatus Photos Wall. This wall had photos of horse drawn and other early fire fighting equipment. Old apparatus photos from all over the Mahoning Valley were also included in the mix. In the center of the display was the name plate from a turn of the century fire steamer.
Main Room/Room 2
1. Dress uniform and other assorted fire equipment and memorabilia. In this corner of the exhibit hall were an assortment of fire alarm boxes, a ticker tape machine, nozzles, fire grenades, a pressure gage from a steam fire engine, a fire alarm box indicator and gong, helmets, and a WWII air raid/volunteer fire siren indicator box.
2. Youngstown Fire Department Logbook and Line of Duty Death Section. Items in this area include a Youngstown Fire Department Log book, keys to an old firehouse along with images of who worked there, helmets and a list of names and photos of selected Youngstown Fire Line of Duty deaths.
3. Close up of Youngstown Fire Department Log Book.
4. Firefighter Funeral, Grave Site Marker and Firefighter Memorial. This shot shows a photo of the Youngstown Firefighter’s Memorial, a cast iron firefighter’s gravesite marker and photos of a deceased firefighter’s funeral.
5. Dress Uniform and Toy Assortment. Here we have a Youngstown Firefighter’s dress uniform along with photos. See also image 6. In the cabinet on the right are an assortment of fire toys. See also image 7. An old Fire Chief Petal Car is hanging above the display case.
6. Close up of a Youngstown Firefighter’s Dress Uniform and Photos.
7. Close up of Toy Display. In the toy display are some turn of the century metal fire toys on loan from the Historical Society’s collection. There are a few small children’s books, pogs, candy tins, Matchbox cars, even a firefighter Barbie.
8. Youngstown Photos and Articles and Austintown Fire Department’s Fire Book Display and Assorted Books.
9. Close Up of Austintown’s Book Display.
Close up of the nozzle and alarm indicators in the main room.
The late Sharyl Frasier stands next to the women in firefighting part of the display.
Sorry for the poor quality of the photos. In 2001, I was using a cheap digital camera which didn't take very good quality images. The photos from the MVHS were also small and low quality.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leads rally against Citizenship Amendment Act, pledges to not implement NRC
The West Bengal chief minister said that Trinamool Congress (TMC) will continue its protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act till the Centre decides to withdraw the CAA.
Tanweer Azam
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday (December 16) held a mega rally in Kolkata against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and proposed implementation of nation-wide National Register of Citizens (NRC).
In a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the TMC supremo said that the BJP leaders think that only the BJP will remain in the country and everyone else will be forced to move out of the country but this will never happen. She added that India is for everyone and everyone is the citizen of this country.
"Only BJP will remain here and everyone else will be made to leave-it's their politics. It'll never happen. India is everyone's. Agar sabka sath nahi rahega toh sabka vikas kaise hoga? Who is the Citizenship Act for? We're all citizens. Didn't you cast vote? Don't you live here?" asked Mamata.
The West Bengal chief minister remarked that there was a time when she was alone but now chief ministers of Delhi, Bihar, Punjab Chhattisgarh and Kerala are also against the idea of implementation of NRC.
"Once I was alone. Today Delhi's CM says that he won't allow this. Bihar's CM says that he won't allow NRC, I tell him don't allow Citizenship Amendment Act too. MP's CM said that Punjab's CM said that, Chhattisgarh's CM said that, Kerala's CM said that, everyone has to say it," said Mamata Banerjee.
Ahead of the rally, Mamata paid tributes to B R Ambedkar and administered a pledge to the participants, calling for peace and harmony of all religions. "We are all citizens. Our ideal is harmony of all religions. We won`t let anyone leave Bengal. We will live in peace and free of anxiety. We won`t allow NRC and CAA in Bengal. We have to maintain peace," read the pledge.
Mamata ended her rally in Jorasanko Thakurbari in North Kolkata, where Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore was born.
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