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Tran Dinh Cuong
Phenikaa University
Anh D. Phan
Keywords Amyloid oligomer, E22K, Italian mutation, REMD, transmembrane CP violation, neutrinos, T2K experiment, NOvA experiment CPA Kondo effect, numerical renormalization group, strongly correlated electron systems, flat band, soft gap Layer dependence LiF:Mg,Cu,Na,Si Nonlocality, nucleon optical potential, R-matrix method. Organo lead mixed halide perovskites, single crystal, CH3NH3PbI3−xBrx Perfect fluid Photonuclear reaction Supersymmetry T-junction microfluidic system. Thermoluminescence Thermoluminescence materials, Dosimetry analysis methodology, beta-delayed neutrons, Monte-Carlo simulation coherent potential approximation density-functional theory, non-equilibrium, Green function, electronic transport, graphene nanoribbon, transmission spectrum, current\textendash voltage characteristics diluted magnetic semicoductors heavy metal elements magnetization optical bistability, electromagnetically induced transparency, coherent optical effects
Nguyen Dai Hung , Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), Viet Nam
Nguyen Ba An, Institute of Physics, VAST, Hanoi, Vietnam
Philippe Brechignac, University of Paris-11, France
Nguyen Duc Chien, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietam
Bach Thanh Cong, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Nguyen Van Do,
Institute of Physics, VAST, Hanoi, Vietnam
Nguyen Manh Duc, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, UK
Natalia Del Fatti, University of Lyon 1, France
Jean-Marie Frère, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Kohz Hakuta, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan
Trinh Xuan Hoang, Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Viet Nam
Vo Van Hoang, Faculty of Applied Science, University of Technology, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Pham Van Hoi, Institute of Materials Science, VAST, Hanoi, Vietnam
Takeo Inami, Nishina Center, RIKEN, Japan
Totaro Imasaka, Kyushu University, Japan
Hideaki Kasai, National Institute of Technology, Akashi College, Japan
Le Hong Khiem, Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Vietnam
Dao Tien Khoa, Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
Dinh Xuan Khoa, Vinh University, Vinh city, Nghe An, Vietnam
Fam Le Kien, University of Vienna, Australia
Seigey Ivanovich Kudryashov, University of Engineering Physics of Moscow, Russian Federation
Nguyen Anh Ky, Institute of Physics, VAST, Hanoi, Vietnam
Dao Van Lap, Centre for Quantum and Optical Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Yong Tak Lee, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, Republic of
Nguyen Quang Liem, nstitute of Materials Science, VAST, Hanoi, Viet Nam
Hanjo Lim, University of Ajou, Suwon, Korea, Republic of
Hoang Ngoc Long, Institute of Physics, VAST, Vietnam
Peter Viktor Nickles, Max-Born-Institute NOSPS, Berlin, Germany
Valentin Antonovich Orlovich, National Academy of Science of Belarus, Belarus, Belarus
Nobuhiko Sarukura, University of Osaka, Japan, Japan
Tran Duc Thiep, Institute of Physics, VAST, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tran Minh Tien, Institute of Physics, VAST, Hanoi, Vietnam
Sergey A. Tikhomirov, B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, Belarus
Jens W. Tomm, Max-Born-Institute NOSPS, Berlin, Germany
Dinh Van Trung, Institute of Physics, VAST, Hanoi, Vietnam
Nguyen Dang Thanh Tung, University of Laval, Quebec, Canada
Fabrice Vallee, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Cao Long Van, Institute of Physics, University of Zielona Góra, ul. Prof. Szafrana 4a, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland
Victor Zadkov, University of Moscow, Russian Federation
Managing Secretary
Nguyen Xuan Giao , Publishing House for Science and Technology, VAST, Vietnam
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Compression Effects on Structural Relaxation Process of Amorphous Indomethacin
Tran Dinh Cuong, Anh D. Phan
Indomethacin is a common nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, but its glass transition behaviors remain ambiguous. Here we present a simple theoretical approach to investigate the molecular mobility of amorphous indomethacin under compression. In our model, the relaxation of a particle is governed by its nearest-neighbor interactions and long-range cooperative effects of fluid surroundings. On that basis, the temperature and pressure dependence of the structural relaxation time is deduced from the thermal expansion process. Additionally, we also consider correlations between the activated dynamics and the shear response in the deeply supercooled state. Our numerical calculations agree quantitatively well with previous experimental works.
compression effects, structural relaxation, amorphous drug, indomethacin
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First, Let’s Start With A Video.
The video below, created by the Long Beach timebank beautifully shows how the place-based, neighbor-helping-neighbor model of timebanking works.
Timebanking Basics
Timebanking is a kind of money. Give one hour of service to another, and receive one time credit.
For one person to earn a time credit, however, someone else has to agree to give it. Timebanking happens when a network or circle of members have agreed that they will give and receive credits for services that other members provide. Those networks are called “timebanks.”
That’s almost it.
To be successful, timebanks need leadership – or perhaps the better word is “governance.” They need agreements around what’s OK and what’s not OK in relation to earning and spending. To guide those, one additional and most important aspect of timebanking is the core values.
The Five Core Values of TimeBanking
Edgar Cahn is the founder of modern timebanking. He noticed that successful timebanks almost always work with some specific core values in place. In his book No More Throw-Away People, he listed four values. Later, he added a fifth. These have come to be widely shared as the five core values of timebanking – and most timebanks strive to follow them. They are a strong starting point for successful timebanking.
Asset
Every one of us has something of value to share with someone else.
Redefining Work There are some forms of work that money will not easily pay for, like building strong families, revitalizing neighborhoods, making democracy work, advancing social justice. Time credits were designed to reward, recognize and honor that work.
Reciprocity Helping that works as a two-way street empowers everyone involved – the receiver as well as the giver.
The question: “How can I help you?” needs to change so we ask: “Will you help someone too?” Paying it forward ensures that, together, we help each other build the world we all will live in.
Social Networks Helping each other, we reweave communities of support, strength & trust. Community is built by sinking roots, building trust, creating networks. By using timebanking, we can strengthen and support these activities.
Respect Respect underlies freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and everything we value. Respect supplies the heart and soul of democracy. We strive to respect where people are in the moment, not where we hope they will be at some future point.
TimeBank Giving and Receiving – Four Kinds
It’s helpful to think of four main kinds of timebank exchanges:
1:1 – One person gives another person a ride to the doctor.
1:Many – A yoga teacher earns credits teaching a yoga class to four other members.
Many:1 – Four members earn credits doing a garden clean-up for a senior.
Many-Many — A whole lot of people earn credits organizing and participating in a community pet-parade.
The Pet Parade
Let’s take a look at that last many-many example again – the Community Pet Parade. Organizing the Pet Parade could quickly burn up 200+ hours of volunteer time. Question: Who pays out the credits?
Answer: An organizational member – like a school, or the timebank itself – could have paid them out.
Or (and this hasn’t happened yet – but it could) a timebank could be created for the primary purpose of organizing a pet parade on an annual basis to benefit various causes in the community.
Since the parade is a public event, no-one spends any credits to attend. The sponsoring organization gets no time credits in return.
But this is not a problem. When community happenings are organized by a sponsoring organizational member or the timebank itself, the time credits paid out to members for their help are seen as a measure of community investment. This time credit “debt” has produced a good for the community!
More Basics
Timebanking was designed by Edgar Cahn to encourage the kinds of giving and receiving that will help to build and support families, neighborhoods and communities – what economist Neva Goodwin calls the “core economy.”
Edgar believed that Timebanking could also play a powerful role in achieving a more equal society. That’s because the “golden rule” of timebanking is this: All hours are equal, regardless of the nature of the act. An hour of baby-sitting earns one time credit. An hour of legal help earns one time credit. An hour of kitchen clean-up earns one time credit.
Timebanks may use paper notes for their time credits.
Many timebanks use on-line timebanking software. The software makes it possible to keep track of who are the timebank members, what are the services they offer or seek, and what services they have actually given or received.
Timebank networks can be wide open to any kind of service.
Currently, the majority of timebanks use the neighbors-helping-neighbors model, where members are free to choose what services they would like to offer – either to other members or to the community at large — and also what services they will request.
Members may be individuals or organizations.
Services offered and requested vary from timebank to timebank – but there are some consistent favorites. Transportation is one. Minor home repair is another. Computer help is a third.
Timebank networks can choose instead to target specific kinds of services.
Targeted TimeBanking
When a school or school district sponsor a timebank for children to earn time credits to tutor younger children, this is a focused, targeted use of timebanking. (The younger tutees also earn credits.)
Another targeted timebank project is in the juvenile justice system. Teens earn time credits for volunteering as teen jurors.
A third example of a targeted timebank or timebank project is the annual pet parade discussed above, where everyone earns and spends time credits in service of making the annual pet parade a grand success!
Small? Big?
Timebanks can be small: as few as 20 people.
At the other end of things, they can include thousands of members.
Most often, they are organized locally. However, a timebank can span continents.
Although the basic rules are fixed (an hour for an hour and the five core values), how each timebank is structured, and what its focus is depends on the choices of its founders, leadership and members.
Who can use Timebanking?
That includes individuals, groups, organizations, government agencies, churches, businesses.
That also includes any organization that is helped by volunteers. Volunteers can earn time credits for the help they provide. They receive one credit for each hour of service.
But it is important to remember that in timebanking, both receiving and giving have equal weight. People cannot give if others will not receive – the two are bound up together. And mutual value is found through both.
You can take up timebanking in two ways: join a timebank that has already been created – and start giving and receiving services with other members; or form a team to create a new timebank and invite people to join.
What Can Timebanking Do?
Edgar Cahn, who founded timebanking, wrote in his book No More Throw-Away People that he was seeking with this new kind of money to foster “decency, caring, and a passion for justice.” That is a huge umbrella, and under it, many things fit.
Currently, the most common model of timebanking focuses on neighbors-helping-neighbors to help the most vulnerable and to build a strong sense of community. But in some places, people and organizations are approaching timebanking as an opportunity to design targeted uses of timebanking to achieve specific goals.
Here are just some of the things that people have done with timebanking:
· Strengthened the sense of community.
· Improved learning at school.
· Reduced the school-to-prison pipeline.
· Helped public housing residents save money.
· Supported hospital patients as they return to regular life at home.
· Brought art and music into a community.
· Helped seniors remain at home as they age.
Giving, Receiving – Is Each As Good As The Other?
The Pet Parade example above demonstrates something about giving and receiving in a timebank.
Depending on the context, Timebanking will often assign equal importance to receiving as well as giving.
The organization that sponsored the parade received hundreds of hours of services from timebank members. It went into “debt.” But this was seen as a plus!
Unlike the money economy, where debt is often considered a bad thing, giving and receiving can both be valued as contributing to the purpose of building stronger ties in community.
Yet consider this: A member gives many services to many other members. She earns a ton of time credits. Then she finds she cannot use the hours that she earned to get help because members don’t respond to her requests. That’s not good. That member will feel that the imbalance between giving and receiving isn’t good: it won’t feel fair.
This example shows how timebanks are always involved with our expectations and experiences around the simple notion of giving and receiving.
We come with different expectations. We see giving and receiving through different lenses of experience. Some want only to give. Others place more value on what they can get. Some feel it’s wrong if giving and receiving don’t balance out.
In real life, the simple equation of 1-1 and that an hour of giving = an hour of receiving can raise deep, unexamined feelings – and when lots of people are involved, that can get complicated!
Tracking Timebank Exchanges and Time Credits
Timebank members in many timebanks keep track of their exchanges using timebanking software. They use the software to enter data about themselves, what they can offer, and what they would like to receive, to record their exchanges, track their hours, and learn about timebank members and events.
Timebank coordinators use the software to:
keep track of the activity in their timebank,
sign up new members,
inform members of events and special projects,
help members when difficulties arise,
make reports for funders,
send out requests for member donations and subscriptions,
keep records of those payments, and so on.
There are numerous timebank software programs available. These include TimeRepublik and hOurWorld’s Time and Talents, and Community Forge.
Here at TimeBanks USA, we have designed Community Weaver 3, to help local neighbor-helping-neighbor timebanks get organized. Users tell us they find CW3 easy for time bank members to use. CW3 also has a host of features to help timebank leaders and coordinators encourage giving and receiving through their timebank. If you are interested to see a short video describing CW3’s features, click here.
TimeBank Funding
Pathways for a timebank’s members and supporters to secure the money that’s needed for the timebank to function long-term may include:
regular payments by members for the value they receive;
direct contributions of money as a good faith gesture;
the saving of costs by members taking on leadership roles and responsibilities;
helping to raise funds through bake sales and other community fundraisers;
becoming a champion and promoting the timebank;
sharing the story of the timebank; spelling out to funders and supporters the value that the timebank exchanges provide to the members and to the community at large.
In a world that is dominated by money, it helps all timebanks to know that their sustainability will depend on their members being sure that the timebank brings them value. To inspire loyalty and passionate commitment by timebank members and champions, what that value is and how it is achieved needs to be clear, relevant, and well understood.
That’s not always easy when people come to relationships of giving and receiving with such different background experiences and varying expectations.
Here is where spelling out and staying true to the five core values of timebanking can greatly help.
There are basically two ways to take up timebanking.
You (or your organization or your project) can become a member of an existing timebank if there is one nearby. Search our Community Weaver Directory for Timebanks near you.
But that may not work for you. If there is no timebank in place, or if the mission of a timebank near you is different from what you want to achieve, a second option is to create a new timebank. Below is a description of a Neighbor helping Neighbor model.
The Neighbor-Helping-Neighbor Model – Key Elements
Timebanking Software
TimeBanks in many cases use timebanking software to manage all the information that members supply and to keep track of exchanges.
The software provided by TimeBanks USA is called Community Weaver. Among the many others versions of timebanking software are TimeRepublik, Time and Talents, and Community Forge.
Many timebanks also use social media and/or a website to complement the timebanking software they use.
This is where members sign up and learn about TimeBanking. Orientations are a key step for new members to become full-fledged members of a timebank.
Strong orientations provide new members with information as to the overriding purpose of the timebank, the core values of TimeBanking, how the timebank software works, how exchanges take place, the responsibilities of membership and more.
Orientations may be group or individual. They may be formal, with a set agenda and planned activities, or more informal: sit in a small group, listen to the coordinator describe what it’s all about, learn about the software, and then ask questions.
In group orientations, the orientation leaders will often try to ensure that each new member has agreed to enter into an exchange that will make the experience real, early on.
Timebank Monthly Gatherings (Usually Potlucks)
Neighbor-helping-neighbor TimeBanks use member potlucks as a way to build up exchanges between members.
Gatherings work best if they are held regularly so that members can plan for them in their calendar. For many TimeBanks, the pot-lucks are a KEY component, because it’s here that people get to meet and become familiar with other TimeBank members and find out who’s exchanging what.
Monthly potlucks help build the relationships that power the TimeBank. They are also useful for outreach, and so they are generally open and inviting to non-members who are interested in joining the TimeBank.
The potluck is the place to celebrate and share. To be reminded of the core values. To announce events. To have fun and activities that will help TimeBank members come to know all the wonderful things that other members do.
TimeBank Projects, Events
TimeBank projects and events bring a life of their own to a TimeBank by calling on timebank members to dream out loud about things they want to do and achieve.
Think of making 300 hundred sandwiches for homeless shelters.
Or painting the underpass where the local farmers market gathers every weekend.
Or a wellness day that celebrates and teaches the many ways to remain healthy and strong.
On this front, we are limited “only by our imaginations!” Two great sources of ideas are the Timebank Coordinators Idea Exchange facebook group for timebank coordinators, and the TimeBank Knowledge Commons.
You can also go to our TimeBank Directory to explore what different TimeBanks offer.
TimeBank Handbooks
TimeBanks have policies and information they need to share. These include membership requirements, guidelines on conducting TimeBank exchanges, leadership roles and so on.
Even to say “we will have as few policies as possible” is a policy!
TimeBanks vary greatly in the level of formality of the policies and the procedures they put in place. For example, some require new members to provide references, a background check, and to attend an orientation before their membership is approved.
The Handbook is where to find that information. It may be printed. Or your TimeBank may prefer to have that available online, either on the timebanking software, or through a website or facebook group.
Organizing a Timebank
We have described the things that a Neighbor-Helping-Neighbor Timebank does. But to do those things it also needs some structure.
All timebanks share some key elements— but how they put those elements together will depend on the timebank’s purpose, who the members are, and what they do to achieve that purpose.
As an example, the Dane County TimeBank in Madison, WI is a Neighor-to-Neighbor timebank. But it also includes a youth court! In contrast, the former DC Youth Court in Washington, DC, (sadly defunded at this time, but seeking to be reborn) was a stand-alone, special purpose timebank. To see a Timebank Youth Court in Action, watch this video.
TimeBank Leadership
TimeBanks need leadership. They cannot be sustained without it. They need leadership that operates on different levels.
There’s the day-to-day making-it-happen leadership that helps with membership exchanges which is carried by timebank coordinators. Coordinators may be unpaid members of the timebank. They may, alternatively, be paid staff.
Then there is the leadership that establishes the policies, practices and key decisions that shape a timebank. This, too, is essential. It can operate at different levels of formality. The leadership may involve:
an informal leadership team that is open to any members ready to step forward
an advisory board that is established by the founders and holds regular, posted meetings, or
more formally, a board with by-laws whose members are elected or appointed according to the rules laid out in the by-laws.
Which of these levels of formality applies will often depend on how long the timebank has been going. The longer a timebank has been in existence, the more formal the leadership is likely to be.
The TimeBank Start-Up Team
It takes a range of skills and capacities to get a timebank going.
It takes at least one “people-persons” who will be passionate about connecting people.
You will also need a person who loves order and structure, and will keep orderly records, write up meeting minutes, and so on. Regular meetings, and clear expectations for leaders and members are helpful. At the same time, too much focus on policies, rules and procedures can get in the way of the spirit of giving and receiving that is characteristic of a strong timebank.
Very rarely, a single individual creates and builds up a new timebank. More often, it takes a dedicated start-up team to achieve the right balance between leaders with relationship-building and structure-building skills and outlooks.
Costs of TimeBanks
Timebanking exchanges stand outside the money economy.
Because of that, there is a widely shared belief that timebanks should not need money. But costs inevitably arise, even when members to do the work of running the timebank for time credits. Phones, computers, spaces to meet, fuel, food. The occasional professional help. All these cost money.
For example: Member-led Neighbor-Helping-Neighbor timebanks with no paid staff may still find costs rising to $20 or more per member per year. Adding a part-time staff person can quickly lift that amount closer to around $80 per year. And a fully-staffed timebank with a specific focus may cost far more – up to several hundred dollars per member annually.
There is also the cost of the overarching infrastructure that supports the timebanking movement: websites (including this one), online timebanking software, materials for information, training and technical advice and support. At a rough estimate, they add $10 per timebank member per year for generalized support.
Sustaining TimeBanking
For timebanking to be truly sustainable, the costs of building timebanks and the larger infrastructure should be carried mostly by the movement itself. But at the local level, many timebanks struggle to achieve their goals with too little money, and at the overarching movement level, organizations like TimeBanks USA also face a sustainability challenge. For example, the software, communications, and training that timebanks rely on is mostly free, and there is an easy and widely shared expectation that this is the way it should naturally be.
So the question is: who will bear those costs, and why?
This means taking a real hard look at every level. Who receives value, and who will contribute? Will the members of the timebank step forward and contribute annual dues? Will timebank leaders support the infrastructure in a larger sense? Will others, not directly involved, make contributions?
Reasons To Support a TimeBank
The question will always be: Why? The fact is, all involved will be constantly figuring out how much value they receive for the effort they put in and the money they might contribute.
Here’s a short list of reasons that members and others will contribute towards the funding of a timebank:
For the idea, and the core values embodied by the timebank and its members.
To have meaningful relationships and the opportunity to meet individuals they would be unlikely to meet any other way.
For services that members could not afford with money.
To build a stronger sense of self and community.
To fulfill their own sense of mission and purpose.
Specifics – The Key To Sustainability
The five value propositions are a good start. But they’re too broad and general by themselves to be more than a rough guide for sustainability purposes.
At all levels – from local to regional to national to international – it’s the specifics that count.
Whether by social media, in person, or by phone, this means that the work must be done of reaching out, and learning, and then confirming,:
What are the specific kinds of relationships that members want and seek out?
What specific services do members seek to give and receive and just how much do they value them?
In what specific ways is their personal and their community’s development supported? And how, specifically?
How, specifically, is their own sense of mission and purpose supported?
If these are being activated, the people who receive value through your timebank will willingly become the best ambassadors for ongoing sustainability. But budding ambassadors have to be asked and invited to take that on! And then they must be recognized and thanked.
This is true for all levels of the timebanking movement. And yes, it is a challenge. But a good challenge – because, luckily, that’s what timebanking is all about!
Summing Up: The Timebank Tree
The tree can be a useful metaphor for a timebank.
Rooted in community, the timebank’s mission, its members’ desires and passions, and the core values of TimeBanking, timebanks develop in organic, diverse ways.
Above the roots, the trunk stands for the rules and roles, the policies, and activities needed to keep the timebank running day-to-day and evolving and growing.
And then there’s the fruit-bearing crown – and all the good things that come out of the members’ actions: potlucks, the exchanges, the orientations.
The metaphor draws attention to the question of sustainability.
Like trees, timebanks must grow in proportion. Growth means deeper roots; a thicker trunk; a larger crown. Growth also means dynamically interacting with the natural environment.
These are things to think about and act on.
To end, here is the hope that this (somewhat lengthy!) introduction has been helpful, and that your timebanking endeavor – whatever it will be – is beneficial to you and to others, and that over time, it will grow and prosper.
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Philadelphia apologies for Jackie Robinson racist treatment
Sunday, April 17 2016 by SNTV
The city of Philadelphia apologised on Friday (15th April) for its racist treatment of Major League Baseball's first black player Jackie Robinson.
SOUNDBITE (English) Helen Gym, Philadelphia City Council
"And I want to start with the words of a great man Dr Martin Luther King who said that the time is always right to do what is right. Seventy years ago Jackie Robinson came to the great city of Philadelphia. But the times were very different from what they are today and he faced tremendous racism in our city. He had racial slurs thrown at him, he was kicked out of a hotel, he was treated horribly in the history of the times from then, and it was something he never forgot. He often spoke about it being one of the most virulent places where he had experienced racism. It almost broke his spirit and it had him question whether this fight for integration was worth it. Seventy years ago that meant Jackie Robinson didn't forget it, but neither should we. And that means that we don't just live in a place of shame or a misunderstading but that we move ahead, and one of the ways we can do that is by honouring the great man with an apology."
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June 28, 2014 by -J. Leave a Comment
Alex and -J. did such a good job picking the 16 teams to make it past the Group Stage, we brought them back to predict the Round of 16.
(That said, “good” is a relative term here, as they each picked 10 of 16. If a 62.5% success rate is good, these guys are solid.)
To the picks!
Brazil vs. Chile
-J.: Every team in these first two games is from CONMEBOL, which means we’re guaranteed to have a South American team in the semi-finals. As the home team, it’s really difficult to pick against Brazil. They’re getting favorable calls from the refs, they’re one of the best teams in the world, and Neymar is scary-good. Chile had a great group stage, but couldn’t beat strong Dutch team. Chile also has yet to beat Brazil in the last 18 months, and I don’t see it happening here. Can you find a reason to pick against Brazil here, Alex?
Alex: Sadly, I cannot. I really liked watching Chile spank their old colonial masters out of the tournament last week. They looked young, aggressive, and confident; who could ask for anything more from a South American side? Well, you could ask for a history of complete dominance and a stupefying home-field advantage. Brazil hasn’t lost a competitive match within its borders since the 70’s. The 70’s! They will win here.
Colombia vs. Uruguay
-J.: James Rodríguez is having his World Cup coming-out party for Colombia, and his goals are making up for the absence of Falcao. Uruguay, on the other hand, is suddenly missing (arguably) the best player from South American, now that FIFA has banned Luis Suárez. While Uruguay’s federation is pissed, I find myself lacking sympathy. Suárez is the same player who cynically committed a handball to prevent Ghana from being the first African team to advance to the semi-finals in the 2010 World Cup. Now he’s bitten a dude (again). No Suárez, no win for Uruguay. Would you agree on Colombia winning this one?
Alex: Viva Colombia! I have throughly enjoyed watching Colombia’s team storm back into the world’s consciousness. They look like a very real threat to reach the semi-finals, even at Brazil’s expense. Suffice to say, I think they will romp over a Suarez-less Uruguay. The latter will probably be playing with a lot of anger and passion, but they didn’t look like the better side even before The Bite Seen Round the World. Los Cafeteros move on.
Side note: the Colombian team is nicknamed “The Coffee Growers.” I love soccer so much.
the Netherlands vs. Mexico
-J.: Damn. I really want Mexico to win this game. After a disastrous CONCACAF Hex, Mexico qualified for a play-in game thanks to Team USA’s victory over Panama. Their new coach, however, has them playing above their level — they didn’t lose a single game in their group, even against Brazil. But… the Netherlands are looking like a steamroller. My heart cheers for Mexico, but my eyes can’t see them beating the Dutch. What do your eyes yell you, Alex?
Alex: I’m actually sort of unsure about this one. The Dutch absolutely plastered Spain two weeks ago, but “La Roja Wedding” looks less impressive since the Spainards were never going to win in hindsight. They did handle Chile quite well, too. But I have a Dutch friend who has been bemoaning their play so consistently that I now doubt my own eyes. On the other hand, El Tri have looked really impressive. Their draw against Brazil was thrilling and unexpected, and their wins over Cameroon and Croatia were both solid. I’m gonna roll with CONCACAF here and pick Mexico to reach the Quarters. The power of Super Saiyan Herrera compels me.
Costa Rica vs. Greece
-J.: AAAGGGGHH! Greece made it to the knockout round. Remember my threat to invoke unholy powers if Greece advanced? I fully believe that it took an unexpected form: the Grim Spectre of Costa Rica. Los Ticos were notoriously good in favorable climates during CONCACAF qualifiers, and they schooled a “group of death” in this World Cup which included England, Italy, and Uruguay. Fueled by supernatural power, I expect Costa Rica to sink the cursed pirate ship of Greece. They damn well better.
Alex: Fuck this Greek squad. The penalty that advanced them was some hot bullshit and they play such awful football. Ugh. Good thing Costa Rica has played like dynamite so far. I expect them to whip the Greeks and make this the most CONCACAF-ey of Quarter-Finals.
France vs. Nigeria
-J.: I’m glad for the Super Eagles, but it feels like they’re here because of karmic balance more than anything. Ivory Coast was on its way to the knockout stage, but the refs handed the victory to Greece instead. Conversely, Bosnia & Herzegovina got utterly hosed by the refs in its game against Nigeria, which gave the Super Eagles this spot. France is one of those storied World Cup teams that: a) hasn’t imploded this time around, and b) tends to get favorable calls from refs. Besides, I would hate to deprive you of La Marseillaise, Alex.
Alex: This is the easiest pick of the round. As I prophesied, this has been a redemption tour for the French side. Like you said, Nigeria got rather lucky just to be in this round. Considering that, I just can’t imagine Nigeria giving Les Bleus much trouble. Vive la France!
Germany vs. Algeria
-J.: It was great to watch Algeria break out of the cupcake Group H. They finally displayed the capability to challenge and beat European teams at the World Cup… only to draw Germany in the Round of 16. I can’t see them defeating die Mannschaft. Germany won a “group of death,” and they looked badass doing it. Honestly, this looks to be the easiest matchup for the Germans so far, and the hardest for Algeria so far. Are you also expecting Germany to advance into a face-off against rival France in the quarters?
Alex: Yeah, this should be an easy win for Germany. I’m thrilled that the Desert Foxes advanced to the Round of 16, but I’m not convinced they’re losing again for quite a while. They’ve got flaws, but true to stereotype, they are so well-organized that it hardly matters. The Algerians will give it their all, might even prompt a scare or two, but it won’t be enough. Thus dies my friend Luke’s dream of a Quarter-Final wherein the two African teams can decide once and for all which “-geria” is greater.
Argentina vs. Switzerland
-J: I’ve said it before, but the Swiss just seem to underwhelm at World Cups. Despite an utterly embarrassing loss to France at the start of group play, they showed plenty of quality to get out of the group stage. Argentina, meanwhile, has also underwhelmed; they won every group game, but Messi almost had to carry them on his back to do so. That’s where I think the difference lies: Switzerland doesn’t have Messi, and we’re in South America. La Albiceleste advances.
Alex: My thoughts exactly. I’ve never been sold this Swiss quad. They seem over-ranked by FIFA and got a very easy group draw. Then they did exactly as expected in the Group and my thoughts didn’t change a bit. By contrast, Argentina has probably underperformed to this point, but I still like them a lot. Messi has been their motor, obviously, but the squad hasn’t fallen apart around him a la Ronaldo and Portugal. He’s an unselfish superstar, and while I no longer think he can propel them all the way to the Finals, the Argentines should advance here.
Belgium vs. USA
-J.: I know, I know, I’m a homer. I’m going to pick the USA here, but hear me out. The USA has faced Europe’s best team (Germany), the team with best player in the world (Portugal), and their arch nemesis (Ghana). Despite the worst travel schedule of all 32 teams, despite losing Altidore, despite being in the most difficult group, the USA moved on. Belgium looked inconsistent while easing through the fluffiest of cupcake groups in this World Cup. Are you with me, Alex?
Alex: Oh, hell yes. Why would we not be homers here? No one really gave the U.S. a shot at advancing from Group G, yet here we are. That gauntlet you described was daunting, and I am quite sure the team is exhausted beyond compare at this point. But I don’t think their journey is over yet. For all of the hype about Belgium being a dark horse contender before the tournament, they have not played like one. Not to say they cannot, especially since they were beating the tar out of the American team as recently as last year, but I like the moxie (yes, moxie), organization, and determination of the Von Trapps. We still aren’t talented enough to beat the best, but we are well past crumpling. The U.S. matches 2002 and reaches the Quarter-Finals, at least. #NoSleepTilSalvador
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Cancellation – The Victory Show, Cosby nr Leicester
Due to the sudden and unusually persistent heavy rainfall, a decision was made by the organisers of the The Victory Show to cancel the event on both Saturday September 6th and Sunday September 7th.
As with any cancellation of any event the very difficult decision was taken following discussions between the organisers, exhibitors, police and other safety services. It was based on concerns for the visitors and the disappointing conclusion was that we could not fully safeguard them or provide an event in these conditions deemed worthwhile for them to visit.
Despite a huge effort by everyone involved to improve the conditions of the waterlogged public car parks and ground display sites, it became clear that significant areas of the fields and of the battleground were unusable. For further information please visit www.victoryshow.co.uk where further updates will be published in due course.
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by tmartin on July 4, 2012
THE NAUSET REGIONAL High School graduation ceremony in Eastham appeared to be pretty much the same traditional event it has been for years, reported multiple astute observers, until suddenly the diploma granting process stopped in mid-stride.
A senior arose from his seat. There was a pause and then, with one mouse click, a digital bridge replaced 6,000 miles of separation.
As the ceremony re-commenced the entire Morris family – from Cape Cod to a military base in Afghanistan – proudly watched their son receive his high school diploma via a simple Skype connection … while everyone else got a heartfelt reminder that the world truly is Thomas Friedman flat and digitally interconnected.
Skype (http://www.skype.com), for those of you who might not be familiar with it, uses broadband and the Internet’s framework to let people share voice and video directly with each other. The company launched in 2003; in 2011 Microsoft acquired it. It costs nothing to use, unless you opt into more complex service offerings. Some 700 million people hold registered accounts within the system.
In many circles “to Skype” has become a verb, as in “I’ll Skype you” or “I’ll be on Skype from 9-12 tomorrow – ping me when you get a chance.” Or, as Nauset High School principal Tom Conrad told me, “We Skyped the graduation so his Dad could watch it live in Afghanistan.”
I’ve happily worked with clients in multiple locations where Skype becomes the equivalent of the hall between our offices. We can send a message, talk, or “pop in” via video, with no special equipment other than our basic computer and a broadband connection – and, really, no difference in function than if were literally sitting down a hall from each other.
So Skype – as a tool for real time video, voice, and messaging – hardly constitutes news by itself. The moment at Nauset, though, delivered a take-pause reminder this year’s crop of graduates belongs in a new dimension, a world of changed expectations, habits, an interactions.
It isn’t just that that a tool like Skype lives in mainstream consumer consciousness. Rather, for the class of 2012 and indeed for us all, mainstream consumer consciousness has passed through a collective door to a non-linear world.
If you blinked away the past year, you’d better open your eyes quick because the transition is a done deal. Over. Happened. Past Tense.
Digital, global, anytime, anywhere communication. Ubiquitous access. Multi-source, multi-media, multi-person synthesis. A couple of years ago, they were bleeding edge. Today? Business as Usual.
I don’t know what it was like during the relatively short period when autos changed the dynamics of distance or when the telegraph and telephone changed the notion of communication, but I do know that between today and a mere five years ago stands a doorway. We’ve been headed to that door for decades, but now it lies behind us. We’ve crossed it for good.
In the spirit of Independence Day, I did a way-back machine moment to the US Bicentennial year 1976 … On that US Independence Day, Microsoft was a year-old company finding its way in the world. One of the founders of Skype merrily kicked and screamed in his Copenhagen nursery, a nine-day old baby. Meanwhile his co-founder did what 10-year old boys did in 1976. Hint: it was not using Google.
Speaking of Google, 3-year old Sergy Brin was toddling around the Soviet Union, which still created nuclear nightmares for the world, including, perhaps, scary bedtime tales for his future partner, who was a 3-year-old toddling around his parent’s home in Michigan.
Out on the west coast, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak launched Apple Computer. Bob Metcalf created Ethernet. Data routinely began moving over SATNET, the mutli-country satellite network. The US Department of Defense started experimenting with TCP/IP, moving it to ARAPNET, paving the way to a global network standard.
The Polaroid SX-70 camera was selling like hotcakes – from the camera to your eyes with no wait for film processing! The Concorde took its first flight. In just a few short weeks, Nadia Comaneci would leap into gymnastics gold and global TV fame in Montreal.
Meanwhile, the Bicentennial Train traveled across the US, carrying history from town to town. Trains were almost history themselves. Conrail had just been formed by the government from 13 bankrupt major railroads, titans of the last generation, but most of the tracks still worked. (Confession: I still have my ticket stub from the New London CT stop!)
With gas at 59 cents a gallon and the Ramone’s new (first!) album blasting a decidedly different sound from the cassette player, the car and the open road had a bountiful future. The 60s were well in the rear view mirror behind us and we were on the cusp of … well, something.
I pick this Bicentennial Moment because if you peer extra closely at it (while channeling your Dorothy Hammill wedge hair cut and Diane VonFurstenberg Big Look eyeglasses!) you can spot the beginnings of the world in which the class of 2012 lives as natives and into which the rest of world has largely stepped with gusto.
As recently as 2005 our world remained solidly linear, despite a few cracks in the foundation as the Internet’s roots grew more deeply . In our psyches, we measured distance in time and miles. We moved from one page to the next, from one idea to the next, in a fairly tidy line with clear inputs and outputs.
But, but … the (now retired) Concorde changed the distance across the pond. Microsoft and Apple began the desktop revolution that led to the mobile era. Polaroid changed the way we thought about visual communication. The last generation’s transformative technology chugged down the track and showed that titans don’t dominate forever.
For the next 30 years, all those seeds you can spot in our Bicentennial summer kept on growing. And growing.
Like Jack going up the beanstalk and seeing a little tiny village below, our world view shifted until some place over the past five years, we rolled out into a world that is no longer linear.
In this world, “the page” is a quaint concept. Time and distance no longer constrain or define. Our interactions and expectations overlay, overlap, merge, mash, and meld. The hubs and institutions have changed. Sure, the old players still hang around, but one has to wonder how long until they either reinvent themselves or become re-purposed as bike trails or inky garden mulch.
I’m not talking about wicked-cool-technology, cutting edge applications, or anything at all in the realm of rocket science. Nope, I’m talking about stuff we use every day, the stuff that is just The Way Things Are.
Stuff like, well, Skyping a graduation. Connecting Cape Cod to Afghanistan with the click of mouse — and without a blink of surprise.
Welcome to the class of 2012. Take a nice clear look at the non-linear world of … Today.
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“LIVING WATER” from Max Pratt
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In Ghana West Africa water is very scarce. So many people suffer from lack of good drinking water. I recently read a monthly newsletter from a Mission work that has been...
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Our Bibles have many references to weights and measures. Most of the ancient ways of figuring volume and weight is foreign to my mind. I need things in pounds, ounces and...
RESCUING THE LOST: by Max Pratt
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RESCUING THE LOST Jesus said, “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give Himself as a ransom for many.” Matt. 20:28 The religious leaders among...
Max’s Page 9-16-20 “REMEMBERING HISTORY”
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According to the information that popped up on my computer today, 400 years ago on this date the Mayflower set sail. This historical event led to many more ships traveling to...
Max’s Page 8-1-2020 “BLIND GUIDES”
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Jesus said, “Woe to you, blind guides!” An accusation to some religious leaders among the Jewish people. They were teaching the people things that the Word of God did not...
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#ThrowbackThursday Final Fantasy IX playthrough part 41
03/09/2020 02/09/2020 Duane Weatherall #throwbackthursday, Final Fantasy IX, Gaming
Kuja stands on a rockface and complains about returning to Terra, however, he says its only temporary as
“Soon, the power will be mine alone Mwahahahaha… Just you wait, Garland! And you too, Zidane! I’ll exact my sweet revenge upon you both for insulting me! I’ll make the people of both Gaia and Terra know who rules over all of them! Ha Haha…ahahahaha”
Zidane is slumped on a throne
I don’t know anything… I cannot think at all.”
A voice calls out
“Zidane!”
“Yeah… I was called that once. Many people called me that.”
Eiko appears in Zidanes mind
“You always have to show off, don’t you?”
“Yeah, maybe I do”
Then Steiner appears
“Why, you worthless mendicant!”
“Yep… Sounds about right”
Freya has her say
“How very becoming of you.”
“Becoming of me…?”
Then its Vivi’s turn
“I really learned alot by travelling with you, Zidane”
“Yeah, right. I have nothing to teach…”
Quina backs Vivi up
“You teach me manymany things more important that tasty munchies”
“No! I don’t know anything”
Next up: Amarant
“You call that friendship?”
Friendship…?”
Finally, Dagger tries to get through
D: “Zidane!”
Z: “I don’t know… who am I?”
D: “You were always there for me, Zidane…”
Z: “I’m so… tired…”
D: “How come you’re always so…?”
Z: “I… i am… an… empty… vessel…”
“Wake up, Zidane!”
“Come on, Zidane, wake up!
Zidane awakens and sees Eiko and Vivi stood before him
V: “Zidane!”
Z: “Vivi… Eiko…”
They feared he was dead, when asked why they’re here Vivi says he came to save Zidane. Eiko tells him that it wasn’t easy. Zidane gets up, struggles past them and orders them both to leave him alone, saying this has nothing to do with them
V: “Oh, come on!”
E: “There he goes, being the tough guy… Look, Zidane,… it’s not just about you…”
But Zidane continues to stagger away
V: “Come on, Zidane… Don’t be like that. Lets…”
Z: “Shut up! Just shut up, you stupid brat!”
He staggers through a gate which slams shut behind him blocking Eiko and Vivi off/ They plead with him to stop and wait, telling him he needs rest, he continues to demand that the paid shut up, telling them “there are some things kids can’t understand”. Off screen a dragon roars and a battle against a blue winged horse liked creature called Amdasias begins, with Zidane fighting alone. After a couple of hits though, Freya appears
“Looks like you could do with some help”
Amarant joins the battle too
“Can’t you even take care of yourself?”
The three of them see off the creature easily
F: “How foolish of you to go alone”
Z: “…”
A: “Damn hypocrite.Always talking about friendship when you’re nothing but a selfish loner”
Z: ” I can take care of myself”
F: “Come back, Zidane!”
Zidane continues to struggle away, another beast makes a noise off screen and Steiner comes flying backwards towards Zidane with Quina not too far behind. Another battle begins, though this time against a rather hench looking praying mantis like creature. Blows are shared between Quina, Steiner and the monster before Zidane eventually joins them and Steiner lambasts him for being late. This fight lasts a little longer than the previous one but is still rather easy.
S: “Hmph! What an unworthy opponent!”
Q: “Zidane, you can no leave us! I still want you take me places have lots good food!”
S: “And I have not yet concluded whether or not you are the right man for Her Highness, mind you!”
Z: “Just… leave me alone, I don’t want to trouble you anymore”
Again, he walks off
“You’re all a bunch of babysitting bastards! But trust me, I know that I’m the worst bastard here”
Once again he goes into battle alone, against a huge spiked tortoise with a David Coulthard like chin. It’s called “Shell Dragon” and uses earth attacks which are useless as Zidane was already equipped with Auto-Float. However, it does swipe Zidane with one of its front claws, nearly wiping him out, at which point Dagger appears
“Dagger!”
“Is this how you want to solve the problem?”
Shell Dragon is also easily beaten
Z: “Dagger…”
D: “You try to do everything by yourself, don’t you?”
Z: “Try to understand… I don’t want to cause trouble to anyone”
D: “Aren’t we your friends?”
Z: “I want to think so! Thats why I always… Look, I’m not from Gaia, I was just a hairs breadth from becoming the destroyer of Alexandria! I can’t accept your friendship so easily!”
D: “you’ve always protected us. But you don’t understand that we looked out for you, too! We watched your back while you watched ours. And we believed in you, same way you believed in us! Just like you protected us… We want to protect you.”
Z: “Dagger..”
Q: “You say it! My master tell me, somebody give you tasties, you give them tasties too! Is good manners! I still not cook you succulent frog yet, Zidane!”
Z: “Quina…”
S: “Chivalry requires a knight to look after his comrades-in-arm. I will not abandon you! And I shall follow you to kingdom come if I must. you remember that!”
Z: “Steiner… Ha… What am I gonna do wit you?”
S: “That feeling is mutual!”
D: Alright, let’s go! Wait… Where are the four others?”
Z: “You don’t think… they’ve been trapped?”
Q: “It possible…”
S: “You should not have left them!”
D: “That’s right! I mean, really…
Z: “Aww… I’m sorry. Lets head back… Together this time!”
After tracking back we find Freya, Amarant, Eiko and Vivi all together. They’re surprised to see Zidane and Eiko demands to know why he left them. Zidane apologises and tells her they were all right and that he needs everybody’s help. They have to stop Garland.
Eiko introduces them to a Moogle that is stood at the back of the group, she says it followed her from Bran Bal, after resting Zidane says its time to find their way out of “this depressing castle”.
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Aug 21 2019 · Episode 92
92: By the Time We Got to Woodstock
By the Time We Got to Woodstock
This week, we take a trip back to the 1969 Aquarian Exposition, aka, the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair, held in Bethel, NY. Through three days of rain, mud, bad trips, no food, traffic jams, and more mud, nearly a half million young people from all over the US made their way to this legendary festival. One such person was Jeff’s father-in-law, Larry, who hitched his way from New York City on Saturday morning, arriving just in time for the day’s music. In this episode, we learn all about Larry’s experience and memory of this incredible event in a special ‘setbreak’ interview. Since this is a Widespread Panic podcast, though, we chose Panic’s versions of nine songs that were performed at the festival. From Joe Cocker and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band to Creedence and The Band, we got it all. Enjoy!
Links below go to the tracks from Relisten (just this one time, we promise!).
27 April 1997 - Burlington, VT - Memorial Auditorium
Jingo Jam
10 August 1993 - Antioch, TN - Starwood Amphitheater
Turn on Your Lovelight (w/ Col. Bruce Hampton)
07 September 2013 - Arrington, VA - Interlocken Festival
Susie Q (w/ John Fogerty)
24 August 2018 - Arrington, VA - Lockn’ Music Festival
Piece of My Heart (w/ Margo Price)
31 December 2016 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena
With a Little Help From My Friends (w/ The McCrary Sisters, Randall Bramblett, and the Megablasters)
24 October 1995 - Columbus, MS - Mississippi University for Women
15 June 2008 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music Festival
Chest Fever (w/ Randall Bramblett, Kevin Hyde, Tom Ryan, and Wayne Postell)
31 July 1998 - Live Oak, FL - Spirit of the Suwanee Music Park
06 July 2011 - Eugene, OR - Cuthbert Amphitheater
Born Under a Bad Sign (w/ Ian Neville, Ivan Neville)
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2014 Auto Shows Featured Industry News Mercedes-Benz Top Stories
2014 Beijing: Mercedes-Benz finally responds to the BMW X6 with the Concept Coupe SUV
April 20, 2014 April 21, 2014 Chris Chin 2014, 2014 Beijing Auto Show, 2014 Mercedes-Benz Concept Coupe SUV, Auto China 2014, Auto Shows, BMW X6, Concept Cars, Concepts, Crossovers, Luxury, Mercedes-Benz Concept Coupe SUV
As if we couldn’t get enough of this niche-filling, Mercedes-Benz seems to finally have stepped up to the plate in response to BMW’s rather successful SAV known as the X6.
The result is the 2014 Mercedes-Benz Concept Coupe SUV, which is the Silver Arrow’s interpretation of a lifted and sporty four-door coupe for the affluent urban masses. Designed with a high shoulder line, a low-slung and raked roof, and a hatch-like back, the Concept SUV also incorporates a little bit of a shooting brake profile as well.
Power is provided by a 3.0L twin-turbocharged V6 good for around 328hp and 354 lb-ft of torque. The concept also features Benz’s new Active Curve System, which is the automaker’s next generation of adaptive air suspension.
Production is slated for sometime later this year into 2015. Check out the press release after the jump.
Mercedes-Benz Concept Coupé SUV: Sporty Coupé at the highest level
With the Concept Coupé SUV, Mercedes-Benz is raising the standard to a new, higher level in literally multiple respects. This extremely sporty study impresses as a typical representative of the long-standing coupé tradition at Mercedes-Benz, with a flowing side line, stretched greenhouse and striking radiator grille with central chrome louvre. At the same time the Concept Coupé SUV stands out with its muscular wings, large wheel arches, imposing 22-inch wheels, high beltline and generous ground clearance. Its dynamic handling on the road is also on a superior level. Not only thanks to air suspension, but also to the networking of the powertrain, suspension and interior that it realises. The variable dynamic control system “Dynamic Select Control” provides four fundamentally different transmission modes and an individually programmable setup.
“Sensual as a coupé – visionary as an SUV,” is the succinct choice of words used by Gorden Wagener, Head of Design at Mercedes-Benz, to describe the physiognomy of the Concept Coupé SUV. The four-door, all-wheel drive Coupé has a length of almost five metres, and an imposing width of a good two metres thanks to its broad shoulders and flared wheel arches. At the same time it has a modest height of around 1.75 metres, exhibiting the flat, extended roofline that is typical of a sports coupé. “The Concept Coupé SUV stands out thanks to its extreme proportions and in doing so interprets our hallmark Mercedes coupé design idiom perfectly. With its superior sportiness it conveys a sense of modern luxury and aesthetic aspirations of sensual clarity”, continues Gorden Wagener. Like the recessed door handles, frameless side windows blend perfectly into the vehicle flanks to accentuate the coupé-like character even
further. In line with a tradition and like all recent study vehicles, the Concept Coupé SUV is painted in the “ALU-BEAM” paint finish, which is also reminiscent of the technically ground-breaking Silver Arrows of the 1930s and 1950s.
The upright sports grille with single louvre, framed by the three-dimensionally designed modern, all-LED Multibeam headlamps, is the major feature of the front end with its short, stylish overhang. Soft cubes dominate the grille insert, and the forward-sloping bonnet with its typical Mercedes power domes underlines the membership of the Concept Coupé SUV in the line-up of particularly sporty Mercedes-Benz models. A discreet reference to the SUV genes of this study is provided by the harmoniously integrated, illuminated side sills, which are reminiscent of the running boards found on classic SUVs or off-roaders. Indicators have always pointed the way in the best sense of the word, however in the Concept Coupé SUV they take on a new form. The direction indicators operate with a moving digital light band whose lighting elements light up sequentially from inside to outside, indicating the change in direction in two ways.
Elegant rear end: in the style of the S-Class Coupé
The coupé-like nature of the Concept Coupé SUV is also emphasised by the design of the rear end with its obvious elements of the design line first presented with the S-Class Coupé, which will be followed by all coupé models from Mercedes-Benz in future. The styling characteristics of this include the slim band of rear lights with their ruby-like, three-dimensional look and the registration plate now incorporated into the rear bumper. Another feature that has for generations distinguished the large coupé models from Mercedes-Benz is the typical shape of the rear window which is rounded off at the top. A discreet SUV reference is made by the simulated underguard into which the tailpipes of the dual-flow exhaust system are integrated. Polished aluminium predominates here, as on the integral door handles, the side sills, the front air intakes and the edging of the greenhouse.
Wide, flush-fitted 22-inch wheels with tyres in size 305/45 R 22 make the vehicle sit squarely on the road, and leave no doubt about the passion of the Concept Coupé SUV: at very first glance this trailblazing study signals its sporty, dynamic ambitions.
Haute Couture: the Mercedes-Benz coupé range
Developing and creating new model families and vehicle classes has traditionally been one of the strengths of Mercedes-Benz, the inventor of the automobile. This is particularly obvious in the history of its coupés, and most especially in the very recent past. Models such as the four-door Coupés or the Shooting Brakes in the CLS-Class have not only created completely new vehicle classes, but have also had a lasting influence on the model policies of different manufacturers, found numerous imitators and proved to be an outstanding sales success. The same can be said of the CLA-Class, which has been able to transfer the success of the CLS into the compact class and is also extraordinarily popular with customers. With the Concept Coupé SUV, Mercedes-Benz is now taking a similar approach. The study follows this coupé theme within the SUV sector consistently and demonstrates how a four-door, all-wheel drive series production coupé might look.
Concept Coupé SUV – pilot project for new SUV worlds
As a compact all-rounder, the GLA has already translated the suggestion of a coupé-like design idiom into an SUV format, thereby giving indications of a new SUV line from Mercedes-Benz which the Concept Coupé SUV now fully brings to perfection. With this concept car, Mercedes-Benz is announcing the possible expansion of the previously uniform SUV off-roader family:
The Concept Coupé SUV illustrates the possibilities of a more sporty and dynamic “on-road line”.
The model families of the GLA, GLK, M, GL and G-Class stand for a versatile and superior “off-road line”.
This presents customers with definite advantages, as they are able to order a vehicle specifically meeting their needs and wishes.
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August 31, 2015 • News [New York Post Editorial Board] • Don't Steal Possible
A tale of two school systems — and the obvious way out
New York’s public-school system is an ongoing horror — one that traps hundreds of thousands of kids in schools that don’t work, “tracked” into dead-end “promotions” to equally bad schools that lead to worthless diplomas and limited economic opportunities for the rest of their lives.
August 31, 2015 • News [Susan Edelman] • Don't Steal Possible
City’s worst-performing schools are also its most segregated
The city’s worst performing schools are the most segregated.
At 283 schools in the bottom quarter of Common Core test scores in Grades 3 through 8 this year, an average 96 percent of kids are black and Hispanic, 2 percent white and 2 percent Asian, city data show.
August 25, 2015 • News [Lisa L. Colangelo, Ben Chapman] • News
Young children in troubled public schools face narrow odds of moving into better ones
A report from a pro-charter group says that students who attend poor-performing elementary schools moved up to high-performing middle schools just 1.6% of the time.
August 25, 2015 • News [New York Daily News Opinion] • Don't Steal Possible
Schools for scandal: The city’s school system is actually two systems, offering dramatically different quality to different students
Sometimes the least surprising news is the most depressing. Reported exclusively Tuesday in the Daily News are the findings of a new report: The nation’s largest school district is effectively two separate systems — one for Asians and relatively well-to-do white children, the other for mostly low-income black and Hispanic children.
August 25, 2015 • White Paper [Families for Excellent Schools] • Don't Steal Possible
Tale of Two Schools
In New York City, children are sorted into two vastly different public school systems, condemning low-income minority students to unequal and inferior schools.
June 5, 2015 • White Paper [Families for Excellent Schools] • News
In Central Brooklyn, a Strong Case for Lifting the Charter Cap
For decades, Central Brooklyn families have been forced to live with educational dysfunction in their district schools. Today, public charter schools are offering entire communities a way out. From Bed-Stuy to Brownsville to East New York, more than 2 out of 5 families with kindergartners want their child to attend a charter school.
May 20, 2015 • Letter [Dave Levin, Jacob Mnookin, Eva Moskowitz, Brett Beiser, Ian Rowe, Dacia Toll] • News
Open Letter to Mayor de Blasio
Dear Mayor de Blasio: You have called New York a tale of two cities, and we could not agree more. Read More
April 22, 2015 • Press Release [Families for Excellent Schools] • News
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015** Contact: Khan Shoieb, [email protected] (347) 596-6389 FAMILIES ON CHARTER WAITLISTS CALL ON ALBANY … Read More
April 21, 2015 • Media Advisory [Families for Excellent Schools] • News
Dozens of Waitlisted Parents to Call on Albany to Lift Charter Cap
Contact: Families for Excellent Schools – Khan Shoieb, [email protected] (347) 596-6389 DOZENS OF WAITLISTED PARENTS TO CALL ON ALBANY … Read More
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2015** Contact: Families for Excellent Schools – … Read More
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Otto Luenig & Vladimir Ussachevsky
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One of the very earliest and most important examples of electronic tape music to be pressed on to vinyl (alongside the Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française musique concrète compilations in France and Jim Fassett’s comedic Strange To Your Ears novelty record) this privately pressed 1955 LP was released on a one-off label owned by businessman Gene Bruck to document a custom made performance at the New York Museum Of Modern Art back in 1952. This facsimile edition of this important LP archives remastered versions of the first recorded unison of Otto Luening and Vladimir Ussachevsky and a partnership that founded the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center at Columbia University in 1959, which would later count Ilhan Mimaroglu, Wendy Carlos, Dariush Dolat Shahi and Alice Shields as its graduates.
The October 28th 1952 performance showcased the debut of the seminal Fantasy In Space based on resampled flute recordings which were manipulated on magnetic tape to create an otherworldly melodic composition, stylistically begging comparison with the early recording of Kraftwerk (made some twenty years later) and bringing a palatable and tuneful alternative to the stark avant garde experiments of their French counterparts. The mechanical construction of the track was even “performed” on prime time American television to celebrate this groundbreaking approach to modern music. Alongside four other tracks the full programme comprises further experiments with manipulated recordings of bells and woodwind instruments subjected to mechanical “augmentation, diminution and retrograding” to create pieces that “cannot be played with conventional instruments.” In the following years labels like Folkways and Desto would also plunder this important session as a milestone in electronic music.
For the purpose of this release Cacophonic have also included the seldom heard 14 minute track A Poem In Cycles And Bells For Tape Recorder And Orchestra which was recorded using the same techniques with the Royal Danish Radio Orchestra in 1956 and released via the Composers Recordings Inc. label founded by Otto himself in 1954 (employing Vladimir in an advisory capacity) and operated for forty-nine years – releasing records by Harry Partch, Alwin Nikolais, John Cage and Alice Shields. Also included on this edition is an expansion of the rare 10″ original artwork by legendary graphic designer Ronald Clyne, an early example of his work made before he became in-house designer for Folkways Records rivaling the likes of Blue Note’s Reid Miles for some of America’s most iconic record sleeves.
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Younger generation urged to get out and vote
September 22, 2014 November 6, 2014 Meagan Falcon 0 Comments
Lexy Garcia / Reporter
In 2010, just 27 percent of registered voters in Texas cast ballots. Statistics show people younger than 30 are the least likely to vote. Del Mar College Professor James Klein said there are many reasons for this.
“Motivating people to vote is difficult,” said Klein, assistant professor of history. Common excuses from students include that they don’t know the issues, and all politicians are crooks. “We live in a participatory democracy; it can only operate if people participate,” Klein said.
Del Mar College student Thomas Stevenson, 18, said he is unlikely to vote this November. “I don’t much like politics. Politicians argue about pointless things. My vote won’t achieve much within such conflicting parties,” Stevenson said, adding that political party gridlock discourages him the most.
As a deputized voter registrar, Klein registers and encourages students in his class to cast their vote. Recognizing that identifying with a political party is tough, Klein suggests students find party platforms and use these as guideposts to agree or disagree on issues. According to Klein, not voting makes it easier for “crooks” to be elected into office.
“Honestly, I probably won’t vote. I’m just not that educated in politics,” said 19-year-old Del Mar student Ashley Rodriguez. “It’s confusing stuff. I guess it’s a little boring sometimes. I’m also kind of a lazy person.” Rodriguez said she does not plan to register to vote.
“I was never really interested until recently, as you grow up, you realize how much it affects you,” said 20-year-old Del Mar College student Ashley Sandoval. Sandoval was just recently registered in her Texas government class. Sandoval says she understands the importance of her vote.
“You want to vote for someone who will really make the best choices for you,” she said. “No one is ever going to know everything, but it is important that we always try our best. The terrible trend can be reversed,” Klein said. “I would hope that Del Mar students are more likely to vote.”
The last day to register to vote in the Nov. 4 election is Oct. 6. Early voting begins Oct. 20.
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Arts & Culture Events for Preschoolers
Baby Got Bach: interactive music event for kids
November 20, 2011 jlin
Sponsored by the Centene Corporation, Baby Got Bach in St. Louis is an interactive concert series for kids age 3 to 6. Experience this free, entertaining program praised by the Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, and hundreds of parents, on Saturday, November 26 at 10:30 am, Centene Plaza, 7700 Forsyth Boulevard. Orli Shaham, a local musician, internationally known pianist, and busy Mom of twins is the founder and artistic director of Baby Got Bach. She will be joined by a quintet of wind players from the St. Louis Symphony.
Although free tickets for this event have already all been distributed as of Sunday, November 20, you may add your name to the Baby Got Bach mailing list to receive information about other upcoming St. Louis concerts on February 18 and April 21, 2012 at 11 am (note the April date is tentative), also at Centene Plaza in Clayton. If your kids are flexible, you can still go to the Saturday, November 26 event without a confirmed reservation and possibly be admitted as space becomes available. I’m sure that not all the people who have confirmed reservations will actually show up (the initial maximum capacity on the event was approximately 200 people). Such is the nature of last minute life with kids, holidays, and of course when tickets are free.
Parking is available for $2 per hour at the Centene Plaza garage. Street parking is another option and is free on Saturdays.
The first 30 minutes of Baby Got Bach gives kids an opportunity to visit four musical activity stations where they can meet musicians, play with instruments, conduct, and explore music concepts. This portion is followed by a ten minute “jam session” in which the musicians perform songs like “Twinkle, Twinkle” and “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” while audience members have a percussion instrument to play. Musical terms such as forte and piano will be taught (if your child watches the Disney Jr. show, “Little Einstein’s,” or is a Kindermusik student, she/he will be in the know!). Baby Got Bach concludes with the main stage concert program featuring the following brief pieces:
Bach: Invention in C Major
Berio: Opus Number Zoo (first movement)
Beethoven: Variations on “La ci darem” (selections)
Schumann: Fantasy Pieces (no. 3) for clarinet and piano
Mozart: Quintet for piano and winds (third movement)
Ligeti: Bagatelles No. 1 & 3 for wind quintet and piano
Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee (transcription for wind quintet and piano)
Baby Got Bach brings much joy, fun, and a quality musical experience for the preschool set and their caregivers. If you are able, feel free to make a tax-deductible donation of any amount to this worthwhile nonprofit organization.
About Orli Shaham, Artistic Director, Host, and Pianist
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“It’s not something I want to ever experience again,” Dancer told the Hook. “Obviously, it's not just about the hockey side of things. It's just about everybody's life and situation."
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Sean Dancer says he and his panel are raring to go as the Irish women’s team kick-start Olympic year in Murcia this week with a five-game uncapped following a terrible 2021.
The side face Spain each time – no live stream available for the time being – with the coach delighted to put 2020 deep into the rear-view mirror.
“It’s not something I want to ever experience again,” Dancer told the Hook this week. “It was a terrible year. Obviously, it’s not just about the hockey side of things. It’s just about everybody’s life and situation.
Irish coach Sean Dancer. Pic: Adrian Boehm
“Touch wood, everybody within our environment got through it okay which is the most important thing. And then after that, you think about hockey.
“There is certainly not a lot to reflect on positively from the year. The only thing that you can probably really reflect that we did well is we had a bit more time do was understand ourselves. It also allowed us to spend a bit more time working on some specifics for each individual.”
For the coach himself, travel restrictions were particularly rough. He spent a total of 42 days in isolation as he had to attend to personal issues in both Australia and New Zealand before returning to Ireland without his family as originally planned.
“14 days in Sydney, 14 days in Auckland. And when I got back to Ireland, I had the 14 days here. I spent six weeks of the year locked up in a room; certainly not an experience I want to do again. I am lucky to get through it and happy everyone in our group is safe and secure.”
He jokes that he passed the time watching Derry Girls on Netflix, partially to help understand Megan Frazer’s accent a little better, partially to get some of the team’s jokes.
But, while it did give plenty of time to pore over coaching elements, he says solitary confinement was something “he did not enjoy one bit and didn’t get a lot out of”.
“From August onwards was difficult without that personal support network with family on the other side the world, and not be able to really connect.
“It took a big strain on me personally. Probably what helped me get through was the support of the [Irish] squad. The motivation that I got when I turned up to training to see people that wanted to be there. It certainly helped me and it made it worthwhile for the last four months.”
As such, he is relishing getting back into action for a loaded year with June’s European Championships now doubling up as currently the sole scheduled 2022 World Cup qualifier – a top six finished required – before Tokyo comes into view in July. As such, the Spanish series a welcome one.
“The reality is we haven’t played an international game since January [last year]. We need the games now; we can train all we want, but progress will be when we are tested against good opposition and Spain are very good.
“Facing the Under-19 boys and senior men [in challenge matches] are a great way for us to push ourselves and practice a few things but it doesn’t replace the competition that you’re going to get from a European and world bronze medalist.”
In the travelling party, Niamh Carey was a late addition to the 23-player panel named in December for the 2021 campaign. The current plan is to relocate to Belfast for part of February to use the heat chamber to boost the ability to acclimitise to Tokyo conditions which is set to be the hottest Olympics on record.
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Then, restrictions permitting, there is a potential trip to Japan and the Olympic venue in March, though a recent ramp up in cases in Tokyo could put paid to that.
Carey joins her twin Michelle on this trip and is among six development panel players in addition to the carded squad and will be part of the wider panel throughout the year. The others are: Sophia Cole, Ellie McLoughlin, Caoimhe Perdue, Sarah Macauley and Ellen Curran.
On the flip side, World Cup silver medalists Gillian Pinder, Ali Meeke and Emily Beatty have taken a step back for the time-being.
“We had some very good conversations, honest conversations about where they are in their lives and how things are playing out with the team,” Dancer said of the trio.
“In the end, they made the decision to concentrate on the work side of things. The door is always open but, with their experience, they are hard players to replace.”
The short turnaround between the Euros and the Olympics means it is a tough-task to manage the panel with little room for experimentation which might have happened with a different order of competitions and the added importance of the Euros.
“In essence, we have to be 100% ready now for euros. Previously, we had a second bite at the cherry of the World Cup if we weren’t 100% on our task. Now we have to make sure we’re ready, which means instead of having a timeline for the start of July, we need to have a timeline for June.
“The Euro squad will ideally be pretty much the same team as the Olympics. That’s probably the reality of where we sit but injuries will probably be a concern in that period so we do need to have enough flexibility to cover a few of those things.”
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the eminent US writer, activist and academic
http://rajpatel.org/2011/06/16/sustainable-tourism-a-rare-example/
All Caravan Information is together here for download
Gender and
Food Sovereignty Caravan 2011
Bangladesh Kishani Sabha
20 Days duration
North to South Bangladesh
12 Districts, 18 Sub-districts
Various kinds of activities, like: Exchanges of views, workshops, Mobilizations, discussions,
rallies, processions, visits
Opportunity to accommodate in real peasants and indigenous families in remote villages and
observe their life closely
Opportunity to eat some meal in real peasants, landless and indigenous families
Do you want to join us?
Cost for participants from enriched (developed / Northern) countries (also includes covering
in-country costs of one Bangladeshi and one South Asian participant): US $ 1500
Dateline for registration:
24 August 2011.
Extended ragistration dateline : 24 September 2011
Registration fee: US $ 500. It will be deducted from the aforesaid total cost.
Still we have 22 slots (25-09-2011) for developed countries delegates/individuals. So we are extending our registration time again. Final extended registration deadline: 24 October 2011.
Confirmation of participation:
Please confirm your participation in the caravan before 25 October 2011.
One-day pre-caravan cross-cultural training, basic Bengali lesson, & individual locally-appropriate clothes shopping/ tailoring assistance: approx US $ 70 (depends on type of accommodation & clothing that you choose).
Receiving you in person at the airport and organizing the transfers (both ways) US $ 20
Because:
Climate change is disproportionately affecting low-lying, vulnerable countries like Bangladesh.
The people of Bangladesh are already experiencing crop failure, devastating cyclones and unseasonal flooding (amongst many other climate change impacts), leading to deaths and malnutrition.
This is an opportunity to learn, share, participate, increase solidarity networks and strengthen local movements.
You can take the rich experiences and stories back into your own campaigning.
Not only that, but the cost for participants from enriched (developed/Northern) countries covers the costs of one Bangladeshi and one South Asian participant.
It'll be fun!
Opportunity to accommodate some night with real peasants and indigenous families in remote villages and observe their life closely
We, the peasants of Bangladesh, are cordially inviting you!
Caravan Objectives and Expected Results
The Caravan will be organized by the Bangladesh Krishok Federation and Bangladesh Kisani Sabha who will be the host movements in Bangladesh.
The broad aim of the caravan is to address the key issues of climate change, gender and food sovereignty, because there is an ongoing and urgent need to (i) inform and mobilize vulnerable peasant populations throughout Bangladesh in order to respond to the threats of climate change: (ii) increase awareness about gender discrimination and the disproportionate impacts of climate change upon women; and (iii) build upon international solidarity networks concerning climate change and food sovereignty, such as those nurtured within La Via Campesina of which the BKF is a participant.
In particular, the purpose of the caravan will be to deepen and extend networks of grassroots movements in South Asia and build international solidarity around specific campaigns concerning issues of climate change, gender and food sovereignty. Food sovereignty is one of the most important practices that enables peasant communities to both mitigate, and adapt to, the effects of climate change. Moreover, it also represents one of the most important solutions to the threats that climate change poses for the planet. The caravan will include a gender perspective on these issues throughout its duration. It is expected that there will be participation from grassroots movements from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The focus of the caravan will be on (i) movement to movement communication, learning, and the sharing of experiences, skills and strategies, for example concerning sustainable farming practices, and traditional and indigenous knowledges; (ii) education of communities about the effects of climate change; (iii) holding trainings and workshops; and (iv) conducting rallies. For example, it is expected that along the route of the caravan, seeds will be planted as a key symbol of food sovereignty.
Caravan Activities:
1. Sonarhat
Caravan commences in Sonarhant in Bhurungamari sub-district in Kurigram district.
2. Nageshowari
Rally and workshop with local peasants around the issue of food sovereignty, gender and climate change. Movement to movement communication, learning, and the sharing of experiences, skills and strategies.
3. Ghogadha
Landless rally concerning food sovereignty demands of peasant farmers.
4. Rangpur
Indigenous rally and discussion with indigenous people about the impacts of climate change. Movement to movement communication, learning, and the sharing of experiences, skills and strategies. Cultural programme: Visit Rangpur Rajbari (Royal Palace), a historical place.
5. Nilfamari
Peasant rally and education workshop with farmers about gender, climate change and climate justice. Visit Tista Barrage, a barrage which partly accounts for local desertification processes.
6. Dinajpur
Workshop with peasants and workers about climate change and its impacts on women and their lives. Cultural programme: visit Ram Sagor Lake and Raj Bari (Royal Palace).
7. Hilli
Indigenous rally and sharing experiences with indigenous community about adaptations to climate change. Movement to movement communication, learning, and the sharing of experiences, skills and strategies.
8. Bogura
Workshop training with transport labourers and labouring sector about climate change and impacts on food supply in Bangladesh.
9. Narayangonj
Peasant rally and educational trainings with farmers about climate change, gender and climate justice. Movement to movement communication, learning, and the sharing of experiences, skills and strategies. Visit handloom small industries and talk with handloom workers.
10. Sariotpur
Peasant rally and discussion with sugarcane farmers about climate change and food sovereignty.
11. Sathkhira
Workshop with shrimp cultivators and transgender people involved in land occupations and demands for food sovereignty.
12. Munshigonj
Visit shrimp enclosure and Cyclone Aila affected people. Educational training with saline affected people about responses to climate impacts. Movement to movement communication, learning, and the sharing of experiences, skills and strategies. Culutral programme: visit to the mangrove forest of Sundarbon.
13. Khulna
Peasant rally and discussion with farmers about climate change, gender and food sovereignty. Movement to movement communication, learning, and the sharing of experiences, skills and strategies. Visit organic farms.
14. Patharghata
Visit Cyclone SIDR affected area. Workshop with SIDR affected people and fishing communities about climate change, gender and food sovereignty. Movement to movement communication, learning, and the sharing of experiences, skills and strategies.
15. Barguna
Landless people’s rally. Visit Small Island and workshop with fishing communities. Workshop about food sovereignty. Movement to movement communication, learning, and the sharing of experiences, skills and strategies.
16. Amtoli
Visit Cyclone affected people. Training and education workshop with landless people about food sovereignty.
17. Patuakhali
Workshop with SIDR affected people about climate change and adaptation.
18. Barisal
Culmination rally with landless, peasant, labourers, fishing communities and workers.
Caravan Route:
The caravan will commence in Kurigram District in Northern Bangladesh and proceed to the south of the country. It will be twenty days in duration. The route can be seen on the map (1 to 18).
Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change and sea level rise. Flooding due to tropical cyclones constitute a devastating hazard through storm surges and accompanying water logging and salinity. For example, in 2007, Cyclone Sidr, caused 3500 deaths and in 2009 Cyclone Aila, destroyed homes and inundated the land of southern Bangladesh with salt water. The coastal areas of Bangladesh comprise low-lying and poorly protected land which supports a large population. The majority of this population are poor and dependent on agriculture, and are thus more vulnerable to tropical cyclones, storm surges, floods, and droughts. For example, in 2004 severe floods destroyed over three quarters of food crops, and left 10 million people homeless. There is also a desertification process occurring in the northern districts of the country. Finally, the coping capacity in Bangladesh remains limited due to the relatively poor physical infrastructure.
These trends were confirmed by the Bangladesh Krishok Federation (peasant farmer’s organisation, BKF) and Bangladesh Kishani Sabha (peasant women's organization, BKS) who organized 31 workshops in different parts of Bangladesh from 17th December 2009 to 27th January 2010. Those workshops were organized to asses the impact of climate change. Peasant communities commented on the increasing length of hot dry periods; decreasing water table levels; increased incidence of flooding; changes in weather (such as cold periods and fogs) causing failure of crops; increased cyclone activity and high tidal inundation causing salination of rivers and soil; and changes in the frequency and character of the Monsoon disrupting traditional farming practices.
Further, the impacts of climate change are felt most strongly by women, who already face gender discrimination for example through insecure rights to land. Amongst the most vulnerable and marginalized people in Bangladesh, women have the least capacity or opportunity to prepare for the impacts of a changing climate or to participate in negotiations on mitigation. They have less access to vital information on climate change mitigation or adaptation strategies, not least because they are too busy with child caring and other domestic responsibilities. Drought and water salinization seriously impact women who are responsible for water collection and who frequently must travel long distances to find water. Heavy rainfall and more frequent floods increase women’s workloads, as they have to devote more time to collecting water and to cleaning and maintaining their houses after flooding.
Climate change threatens the food security of peasants that has already been undermined by issues such as unequal land distribution (especially landlessness); the lack of credit; and land grabbing by corporate and state interests and corrupt local officials, which displace the poor from their means of survival. As a result, there is an urgent need for both education concerning climate change and gender amongst the peasant population, and mobilisation of the population around key issues such as access to land and food sovereignty.
Food sovereignty has been recognised by peasant communities and movements as one of the most important practices that enable peasant communities to both mitigate, and adapt to, the effects of climate change. Food sovereignty implies control over territory and biodiversity; self-governance; and ecological sustainability and has acted as a point of encounter, common interest and solidarity. As a result, the BKF has been actively involved in the international farmer’s network, La Via Campesina (LVC), whose opposition to dominant responses to climate change has combined a commitment to the importance of localized forms of agriculture, and food sovereignty. Important here are ideas of agroecology concerned with the productivity, stability, sustainability and equitability of agricultural systems, frequently utilising indigenous systems of agricultural knowledge.
The BKF and BKS are planning to organise a Climate Change, Gender and Food Sovereignty Caravan during late 2011, in order to begin to address these pressing issues, and seeks funding in order to support such an important initiative. Representatives from the BKF participated in the ‘Trade and Climate Change’ caravan that preceded the COP15 mobilisations in Copenhagen in 2009 and also participated in those mobilisations as a member of LVC.
24 August 2011 is the dateline for registration. Registration fee: $ 500 USD. It will be deducted from the aforesaid total cost.
Frequent Asked Question:
This is frequent question about Caravan that people ask to us and we put answer below. If you have any other question please ask to us in any time to pathaklal@yahoo.com or in our blog : http://bkf-bks.blogspot.com
Question: Will there be translators available for non-bangla speakers?
Answer: Translator will be available English to Bangla. Main language of the Caravan will be English. If there are any participants speaking in other language like Spanish, she/he should bring her/his own translator. Voluntary translator should be appreciated.
Question: What information on booking flights to Bangladesh?
Answer: Information on flight booking is available in online.
http://airlinesthatflyto.com/http:/airlinesthatflyto.com/airlines-that-fly-to-bangladesh/
Air Asia also flies to Bangladesh.
This is participants own responsibility.
Question: Do I need a VISA to enter the country?
Answer: Many countries require VISAs, it is usually easy to get tourist visas. Some more information is here:
http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/faq/pass.html
Question: I cannotattend all the caravan. Can I join it half-way through?
Answer: People can join even half-way. But participation in the whole event is advisable.
Question: Can I stay on after the caravan is finished?
Answer: You are most welcome to stay – there is always plenty for people to help out with! Also it is a great opportunity to travel personally and see more of our beautiful country. India, Nepal and Bhutan are within easy reach too.
Question: I have a low-income and have difficulties with the cost involved – is there a chance of reduction?
Answer: The price goes to helping Bangladeshi peoples attend the caravan, and all the organizing for it. However, in cases of special financial need it may be able to be reduced. Contact us in this case.
Question: What should I bring?
Answer: Logistic arrangement will be confirmed closer to the date. But Participant can bring along mosquito preventive lotion (though there is no malaria germ available in the route of entire Caravan) including first aid box, personal medications which may not be available in Bangladesh, light warm cloths, personal torch light, toiletries, sleeping bag, travel mattress, medical health insurance who needs, etc. Camera also.
Question: I cannot attend but would like to make a donation to help?
Answer: We would best like you to come, but if you cannot, a donation will help local Bangladeshi attend the caravan. Please contact us if this is the case.
Arrangements for Evaluation:
There will be feedback sessions organized in the communities visited during the caravan. Members of participant movements will also be asked for feedback on the caravan, through the use of a questionnaire survey.
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Ranchi ‘ready’ to host Ind-SL T20 tie, shows DDCA how to do it
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Qaiser Mohammad Ali
@AlwaysCricket
By agreeing to host a relocated India-Sri Lanka T20 International in Ranchi at a short notice, the Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) has not only grabbed the opportunity with both hands but has shown the mismanaged DDCA how to organise big matches.
JSCA has not only happily agreed to host the match on 12 February, but within a few hours of the BCCI intimating it about the relocation of the match from Delhi, booked 135 rooms in two hotels in Ranchi for the two teams and officials.
JSCA secretary Rajesh Verma said that even the pitch at the JSCA International Stadium Complex would be ready for the match, which was shifted after the DDCA failed to secure all the required permissions from government agencies.
“We were sounded out a couple of days ago that there were chances that the match might be shifted from Delhi to Ranchi. We said ‘okay’. If we are given an opportunity we would host it,” Verma told jantakareporter.com from Ranchi.
“In fact, all the infrastructure is ready. We have also been told that the senior Indian and Sri Lankan women’s teams are coming to Ranchi. So, we have started the preparations, after being told only three days ago [about hosting the match]. But we are ready for the match,” he said.
Asked if he would be able to find hotel accommodation for the two teams and the accompanying match officials, besides the dignitaries, Verma informed that he had already booked enough rooms.
“We have already blocked around 75 rooms at Radisson Blue and 60 rooms at Capitol Residency,” he said.
And what about the pitch as it has to be in top condition for an international match?
“Now-a-days, you water the pitch and roll for about two days before a match and it is ready. The pitch will be ready. Also, because the zonal matches were being played here [in Ranchi]. So it will not be a problem,” he said.
Ranchi’s JSCA International Stadium Complex has so far hosted three One-day International, the last of which was played on 16 November 2014.
Ranchi is the home town of India’s ODI and T20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Who knows, the 12 February match could well be the last time Dhoni’s home fans would see their hero in action in an international match. JSCA can be virtually assured of a full house.
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Carolyn's clients benefit from her deep roots in the north (but with a national practice), extensive networks and knowledge of local and national government operation. She plays an active role in the community and was a governor of Leeds Trinity University (2009 – 2018) and is now a director of Leeds College of Music.
Since 1999 because of her knowledge of local authority matters she has served on several independent advisory panels to make recommendations on local government and on allowances schemes for elected members (including the West Yorkshire Combined Authority). She has been chair of the Standards Committee of West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority/Integrated Transport Authority and is now ‘Independent Person’ for the Combined Authority in relation to Standards.
Carolyn is involved in the wider Yorkshire business community. She is co-founder of Leeds Fashion Works and Yorkshire Textiles, two initiatives that aim to promote the region's fashion and textiles industries internationally and catalyse innovation and economic growth. She regularly promotes and fosters schemes for learning and skills training for local people when opportunities arise with clients or other contacts; see for example the CEG Forging Futures Campus.
Having been identified in Legal Experts and Legal 500 from her earlier career with Wilbraham & Co, Chambers & Partners Directory and Legal 500 both recognise Carolyn as a ranked lawyer in planning law for the region.
Leeds Law School
Leeds Fashion Works
Yorkshire Textiles
Kate Butterfield
Kate studied law in Leeds after completing a degree in Economics. She achieved honours in the Law Society’s final examination and like Carolyn went on to train at Hammond Suddards (now Squire Patton Boggs). She joined Carolyn at Wilbraham & Co, where she became a partner. In 2005, when the firm merged with Cobbetts, Kate remained a partner before moving to Gordons LLP in 2010. Here she developed and grew the planning practice, became a partner, and led on a range of significant retail and residential projects.
Over the years, Kate has advised on numerous and diverse high-profile proposals, both in Yorkshire and nationwide. She has acted for both national house-builders and smaller specialist housing developers on stand-alone residential sites and mixed use development schemes. Kate has an extremely wide knowledge of the planning system and development projects including the conversion of listed buildings; advising on and undertaking planning applications, infrastructure agreements, appeals and judicial reviews; leisure projects, enforcement matters and objections to Compulsory Purchase Orders and Transport and Works Act Orders on behalf of landowners. She is a highly respected specialist planning lawyer in the region and consistently recognised as a ranked solicitor in legal publications such as Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.
In January 2015, she joined Carolyn at LB & Co in order to take advantage of the undoubted synergy which arises from their long-standing association. Working in a specialist planning law practice means she can offer clients better value for money and a service specifically tailored to their needs.
As well as legal expertise, large projects involving significant infrastructure call for strategic decision making and the ability to co-ordinate a complex series of procedural building blocks in order to bring the project to fruition. Both Kate and Carolyn have particular experience in managing or working as part of the teams involved in complex planning projects which are often overlaid with highway and rights of way matters.
Clay Cross, Derbyshire
Travelodge Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Teesside Retail Scheme
Doncaster Lakeside
Since 2015 the firm has coordinated the legal planning process for CEG’s city centre Temple district £350 million mixed use development where on-site work has started in Leeds South Bank. The planning permission granted in October 2018 (supported by a complex Section 106 Agreement drafted by LB & Co) was acknowledged as one of the largest mixed-use permissions in the country in 2018 and involved a team comprising some 30 consultancies. LB & Co have now been instructed by CEG on the same basis to promote a wider regeneration scheme, centred on funding the stabilisation of and bringing back into use internationally important but ‘at risk’ Grade I Listed Temple Works. This will be one of the most significant city centre regeneration schemes in the country, comprising some 27 acres adjacent to Leeds train station and the terminus for HS2. The 2020 budget announced funding to catalyse the potential for a new British Library North to be located at Temple Works.
The firm undertakes work for national and local housebuilders including Persimmon Homes, Countryside Properties and Strata Homes and developers including CEG, GMI, Litton Properties and Sterling Capitol as well as SMEs, charities and heritage organisations. The firm advised the vendors on complex planning legal aspects of a city centre site which attained a new city-wide high in purchase price for a brownfield redevelopment site.
Over the last few years, LB & Co has increased its role as planning legal adviser to a major rail freight operator, DB Cargo (UK) Limited, including extensive advice relating to rail freight facilities in the London Boroughs and input to the New London Plan. In 2019 the firm completed long-running advice on Herten Triangle, a significant extension to Lakeside sub-regional leisure park for Willmott Dixon and Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council. The firm is instructed on a strategic mixed-use development for over 43 ha of employment land and around 1700 new homes and supporting infrastructure in South Yorkshire, and by another developer for a significant office development on a site at an M1 Junction.
Carolyn and Kate’s combined experience covers the entire spectrum of planning and related areas of law, and includes:
A long-standing involvement (from 1995 and continuing) with the complex land assembly and public/private sector partnership for the Clay Cross town centre regeneration scheme in North East Derbyshire. This CPO scheme is anchored by a 60,000 sq ft (5570 sq m) Tesco and includes a medical centre, retail parade, new bus station and innovative public art. It also involved obtaining consents to clear the site of 100,000 cubic metres of colliery spoil.
Co-ordinating the strategic direction of securing Yorkshire Water Services’ planning permissions for all coastal and estuarine waste water treatment works needed by 1998 for compliance with the first round of the 1991 Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.
Obtaining the suite of some 40 planning, environmental and infrastructure consents required to bring forward the White Rose Centre, Leeds – a major out-of-town mall – involving specialist aspects of minerals, highways and rights of way law, and formulation of innovative Highways Act agreements.
Acting for the British Wind Energy Association to promote pre-renewable energy policies in UK development plans.
Obtaining planning permission and dealing with consents required for the first proposed commercially operated biomass power station, including drafting and co-ordinating its Environmental Statement.
Obtaining planning permission for Bridgewater Place which was, at the time, Yorkshire’s tallest building
Obtaining planning permission for Thorpe Park Leeds, a 1.8m sq ft business park in the green belt; negotiating (with the Treasury Solicitor) the complex highway agreements required for all associated motorway and trunk road junctions, and co-ordinating the implementation process from 1994 to 2008.
Negotiating planning permission and highway agreements for Redhouse Interchange in Doncaster, a prime 81 hectare employment site on the A1.
Promotion of contentious food and non-food based retail schemes with ‘enabling development’ dimensions.
Resisting a claimed Byway Open to All Traffic through World Heritage Site, Fountains Abbey and Studley Park, on behalf of the National Trust, including a three-week public inquiry.
Acting for national house-builders and smaller specialist housing developers on stand-alone residential sites and mixed use development schemes, including the conversion of listed buildings to residential use.
Advising on leisure projects, including obtaining planning permission for a motor racing circuit and for cinema development (both on appeal).
Retained to advise on planning applications, infrastructure agreements, appeals and judicial reviews for a national retailer.
Objecting to Compulsory Purchase Orders and Transport and Works Act Orders on behalf of landowners – and successfully negotiating settlement agreements for a number of landowners in relation to the Leeds Trolley Vehicle System Order and advising on the operation of the Crichel Down Rules.
Successfully defending judicial reviews of the grant of planning permissions, as well as promoting claims for judicial reviews.
Promotion of extra care apartments and retirement villages, including a continuing community retirement village in the green belt which was the subject of a public inquiry.
Advising landowners and local residents on Town and Village Green law and practice.
Advising on planning sensitive development of listed buildings and in Conservation Areas; protection of heritage assets.
Advising on enforcement of planning control and Certificates of Lawfulness
Smaller projects can also often involve complex questions of planning law and we are often asked to advise smaller-scale developers. After taking legal advice clients need to determine whether the cost of continued advice and support will be justified by the smaller project’s returns. Please note that although we may provide informal initial advice without charge so that clients referred to us by known intermediaries can assess whether a project is viable, we do not provide any pro bono planning law services.
I have known Carolyn for many years and have always found her to be the consummate professional, an expert in her field.
Most recently, I engaged Carolyn to represent the Club (Walsall FC) in a particularly demanding and unique case, which involved the achievement of an Advertising Consent for Europe’s largest digital screen situated on the M6 motorway, and I can say with real conviction that she faced the challenge head-on, leaving no stone unturned and ultimately pursued the matter to a successful conclusion.
Carolyn has an in-depth working knowledge of Planning Law and coupled with a tenacious and determined approach makes her a leading authority in her discipline. What makes Carolyn stand out from the crowd is her ability to ‘think outside the box’ to achieve a positive outcome.
I would have no hesitation in engaging Carolyn to act on my behalf again in future.
— Jeffrey William Bonser, Chairman and Owner Walsall FC
The fact that Carolyn Lord is still working with us after 25 years of dealing with mainly very long running complex planning appeal/applications is testament to our view of her skills, personality and dogged determination to deliver planning consents.
— Peter Gilman, Chairman, GMI Construction Group PLC
As extremely practical and pro-active lawyers, LB & Co have added value by ensuring compliance and project delivery from their first involvement on Doncaster’s long-awaited leisure scheme at Lakeside. They have been an invaluable resource and sounding board for the project. They have helped the Council navigate through the whole development process, identifying issues and providing practical solutions.
— Simon Maxton, Regeneration and Development Manager at Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
We have had a difficult time with this … and it has really taken its toll …, we truly believe that your input has had a massive impact or resolving things that at times seemed impossible and we greatly appreciate it.
— SME client
Thanks for all your support and amazing input. I wish all the planning teams I work with had you in them!!”
— Technical Director
Carolyn Lord is well versed in advising on major development projects. Sources say she is an "excellent strategist" and "formidable operator" who is "good at dealing with complex planning applications."
— Chambers and Partners 2020
Their attention to detail and ability to derive a project is terrific. They have a really pro-active approach – they identify problems but also suggest solutions.
— Chambers Client Testimonial
Kate Butterfield assists clients with planning applications, appeals and compulsory purchase orders. Sources note that "she reacts to situations promptly."
Kate’s strength is being able to explain complex planning legal arguments to clients and helping clients understand the legal requirement, putting their mind at ease.
They are superb. They provide quality, clear, expert legal advice and are always on hand to respond promptly and efficiently.”
Both Kate Butterfield and Carolyn Lord have been involved in a large number of significant projects in the region for many years and are well known to the key regional developers. Their insight and expertise is well renowned in the region – there are few scenarios they haven’t seen before and they are well connected.
— Legal 500 Client Testimonial
LB & Co has excellent knowledge of planning law, strong experience and attention to detail coupled with a strong client and team ethic‘.
The team has unrivalled experience in planning matters and delivers pragmatic and focused advice. It doesn’t overly focus on the narrower points in a transaction.
Carolyn Lord and Kate Butterfield are first-rate planning lawyers with strong planning experience coupled with an understanding of how to make things happen. They take a thorough and careful approach to all applications and legal matters and have a strong track record of success.
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SPEECH DELIVERED BY THE PRESIDENT, (ACDA) DURING THE INAUGURATION OF NEW EXCOS BY THE AGWATYAP ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 13, 2021
Dunio Mabushi 7:14 am NEWS Edit
Protocols....
We note with extreme joy that we are part of this history making epoch to have witnessed the inauguration of the new Executive Committee of the Atyap Community Development Association (ACDA), which the Almighty God and the entire Atyap race has bestowed on us.
Glory be to God first for making us to be found worthy of being reposed with so much confidence by our people.
Realising the challenges posed by the insecurity in Atyapland, bedevilled by conflicts and crises, one would say we need the total orbit of God's light to be able to weave through the complex situation we find ourselves in.
However, we are glad that our paramount Ruler, the Agwatyap 3, Sir Dominic Gambo Yahaya, in consultations with well meaning sons and daughters of Atyapland as well as the state government and other patriotic Nigerians have already shown us the way to go by taking the gauntlet of the search for peaceful coexistence amongst the belligerent groups in our land.
We are going to tow this line by concentrating first and resolving to change this narrative of bloodletting and war to that of peaceful coexistence for development and progress of our people.
Eforts at peace building have been difficult and will continue to pose very grave challenges because of internal contradictions and placed by human blockade.
In the first place, we as a people are finding it difficult to accept that the only solution to the carnage is to attune our minds to the search for peace, yet no one has come out with any meaningful alternative to to the peace efforts initiated by the Palace some months ago.
It is this effort that we are presently enjoying the litlle understanding we have at the moment. While commending all parties thar have made themselves available as change agents for peaceful coexistence, especially the Agwatyap himself and other patriots of our land.
Those who are yet to appreciate the need for peaceful coexistenxe need to queue hehind the efforts initiated by the Palace.
Another problem that is acting against a quick return to peace is that the main belligerents, the primary parties in the comflict, have not been faithful to some of the terms of the peace summit held to broker peace in our land as parties have not refrained from incitements and actual altercations which have put some doubts in the minds of doubters that the summit was a failure.
While we show extreme objections to these breaches leading to loss of lives through skirmishes occassioned by guerilla tactics, we hasten to call on all parties to sheathe their swords as conflict is an ill wind that blows no one any good.
We hasten to note that another hindrance to the peace efforts is the dangerous aspect that these primary parties involved in the conflict are being controlled by secondary parties whose interest in the conflict is more sinister with economic and political undertones but standing aloof and pretending not to be part of the conflagration.
This has further exacerbated the problem at peace building. With interests that are very different from the main belligerents but more sinister to our brotherliness, this almost intractable problem needs to be taken headlong by identifying these shadow parties to the conflict and in order to stem the killing and maiming of our people.
We can no longer continue to pretend that the best form of leadership we can give to our people, Atyap, Hausa, Fulani and all is to continue to allow blood flowing in the land, with deaths dotted here and there, houses and other property being burnt, while the sponsors of the conflict or merchants smile to the bank and feasting on the blood of our people
As new Executive members of the Atyap Community Development Association (ACDA), we intend to roll out strategies, in conjunction with the peace committee set up by the Palace, our brothers and sisters that we have been together for years; the Hausa and Fulani communities amd other ethnic nationalities in our land alongside government agencies and the state government to find lasting peace in our land.
We reject the impression that our land is a land that devours its inhabitants and shall work hard to reverse the trend to make it a land flowing with milk and honey.
This is achievable within a very short time if all hands are on deck in the search for peace. And this can actually be escalated first at our level of understanding of the problems that brought about the problem and get the conflict enterpreneurs out of our land for good.
Accordingly, we call on all well meaning sons and daughters of our land, Atyap, Hausa, Fulani and other nationalities both within Nigeria and the diaspora to support every effort at reconciling, rehabilitating and reconstructing our people and land for genuine peace.
In conclusion, we wish to commend the efforts of our paramount ruler, the Agwatyap 3, Sir Domimic Gambo Yahaya in holding high the torch of peace and wish to complement his efforts for a quick return to peace.
In the same vein, the Kaduna State Government, under the leadership of His Excellency, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, has continued to give us tremendous support in the search for peace and very soon, our new executives shall further strong bonds of consultations in this regards for a quick return to peaceful relations amongst the ethnic groups who have lived peacefully for years and created good economic-political environment that led to the growth of so many flourishing individuals that have had their mark in the progress of our people and the state in general.
We commend the efforts of the out-going Executives led by Professor Lucius Bamaiyi that has done so much to hold the thin threads of unity and peace together and we hope to tap from your wealth pf experience in moving our people to the promised land.
The efforts of the security agents so far is very commendable towards maitaining law and order and we appeal to all our people to remain peaceful by eschewing violence.
Long live ACDA
Long live AGWATYAP
Long live Kaduna State
Comrade (Dr.) Silas Adamu
President ACDA
SPEECH DELIVERED BY THE PRESIDENT, (ACDA) DURING THE INAUGURATION OF NEW EXCOS BY THE AGWATYAP ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 13, 2021 Reviewed by Dunio Mabushi on 7:14 am Rating: 5
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2020 / My Journey (A – G)
Peggy Ahlgren
As I neared “retirement” age I always thought that I would live in Spring Green and be a potter forever. As I aged, I would just do less. Then late one fall afternoon I decided a large branch needed to be removed from a tree in front of my pottery shop. Set up my 6’ step ladder – climbed up, saw in hand and a few minutes later picked myself up off the ground and wandered into the house and called my neighbors. They came quickly because I didn’t make any sense. I have no memory of the accident or the transport to 2 hospitals, but did wake the next morning in intensive care – broken wrist, five broken ribs and bleeding in the brain. So it slowly dawned on my fragile brain that it was time to sell the business and move back to Madison. Living alone in the country was not perhaps one of my best plans.
Two lovely gals from the Chicago area heard that my shop was for sale and decided that they wanted to live in the country and be potters. So the business sold.
My criteria for moving back to the Madison area was that I wanted to live where I could see the sun set. So presently am in a condo that looks west over the Pheasant Branch Nature conservancy. Probably the only drawback is the stairs.
Decided I had a chance to reinvent myself so dreamed of three places that I would like to volunteer. The first on my list was the Alzheimer’s and Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin. My mom had Alzheimer’s and I’d really benefited from their support groups in the 90’s. They seemed grateful for the offer and I have spent almost 10 years helping with office work two days a week. (The Historical Society and Middleton Public Library lost out)
Joined a nearby athletic club and participated in warm water aerobics, tai chi, and a little yoga until Covid-19 brought most of that to a temporary? halt.
Since my condo borders a Conservancy these days I entertain myself my removing some of their invasives and other plants that I don’t like. That includes garlic mustard, thistles, burdock, nettles, giant ragweed, buck thorn and a few other little burry things. Fortunately we have sand hill cranes – and a mom/dad with their two offspring are often wandering near my unit. Nights, I still knit mittens for RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) for Madison’s needy grade school kids, I also keep in touch with the “Collaborative” of the schools on the West side of Madison that are providing food for about 375 families with kids attending all our grade schools, Cherokee and West that are needy during the pandemic. (You can read a little about this in our “Recent News” section)
And lastly as many of you know I am the keeper of the records for our class. Out of a class of about 500 there are only about 18 of our classmates that I have not been able to locate.
I am really looking forward to hearing from each one of you and learning what you are doing during these retirement/Covid-19 years.
We are cautiously still planning our 60th Reunion on August 6-8, 2021.We have reserved the Nakoma Country Club for our Saturday night dinner.
Robin Allin, Jr
Almost 60 years since walking out of West High…a meandering journey since with many physical moves (WI to CA to TX to MO to IL) and career moves (all within the Grocery industry on the manufacturing/sales side). Some of the brands you have probably bought at some time (and saved my job!)…Carnation Co, Sunshine Biscuits (Cheez-its), Everfresh-LaCroix, Snapple, Nantucket Nectars, IZZE and now, my last stop…Dave’s Gourmet (pasta sauces/hot sauces).
Have been running my own business since 2009, serving in various sales management roles for small to mid-sized grocery products companies as an independent contractor. This has proven to be rewarding and a lot less stress…no 8 to 5 or suits or ties!
Married to Sheila for 44 years, with three sons and two grandsons…hoping for a couple more. We have lived in the Chicago area since 1980 and, of course became fans of the Cubs/Bears and Bulls…just in time to see some history making performances.
My sales positions have enabled me to travel to every state in the US and into Canada…and has been a great opportunity to see the sites, meet the people and taste the varied foods of this marvelous country. At our 50th reunion, I was fortunate to hear that the late Jack Hickman had an extra Badger football ticket…I jumped at the chance to join Jack, Ralph Farmer, Dave Gerfen and Terry Johnson in their tailgate group. Many classmates would stop by and visit…Denis Hansen, Peggy Ahlgren, Pete Bruhn, my sister (Nancy) among others. Those home games will be sorely missed this year.
I have kept busy working (but no travel), emptying the basement on ebay and catching on genealogy, making DVDs from all the family films…along with watching our 5-year grandson, Wyatt, a couple of days a week. We finally wrapped up the Class of ’61 Education Fund…what a wonderful achievement for our Class – over $100,000 raised to provide important programs for the students. Thanks to many who helped get it off the ground…Sue Nelson Goldsmith; Jeff Bartell; Ralph Farmer; Donna McDowell Beestman and, of course, Peggy Ahlgren.
And, thanks to all of the West High Class of ’61 for your contributions!
Michal (Micky) Artzy
Michal Artzy during the Liman Tepe Excavations, Turkey
I am a professor emerita at the University of Haifa in the Departments of Maritime Studies and Archaeology. I was and still am involved in coastal excavations and gave up underwater excavations. I taught BA, MA and PhD students and have been the advisor of many some of whom have continued as academics or working with the Israel Antiquities Authority.
While no longer involved in frontal teaching, I still have a few PhD and Masters students and am running a laboratory, trying to understand coastal morphological changes bearing on ancient habitations patterns and trade networks, both maritime and terrestrial of coastal sites, especially north of the Carmel Ridge and the Carmel Coast. I am involved in publications of previous excavations and scholarly studies (papers an books). I have just been presented with a book in my honor which includes numerous articles of scholars from the US and Europe. An international zoom meeting followed.
While the lockdowns are not pleasant I have been fortunate to be able to continue work, both at the university and home. My husband, Prof. Daniel Hillel, is not in the best of health, so work outside is very welcome.
My daughter, Yael, is teaching at the University of Amsterdam so unfortunately, Covid-19 has left us with Skype as the one form of communication. No long weekends in Amsterdam, at least not for now.
Since Scholarly meetings are only by Zoom or the other methods, no trips to the US or Europe either. I miss those trips and meetings!
Mike Bunch
Since I retired from consulting Engineering (Bunch Engineering) I’ve been busier than when working. First the medical, as we of a certain age tend to talk about. Last summer was my repair summer. Hernia surgery, rotator cuff surgery (still hurts) and both eyes cataract surgery.
I’ve continued my Engineering work in a few ways. We live in Washburn, WI and I met the chemistry professor who teaches organic chemistry at Northland College in Ashland. We talked once and I wondered to him if his students knew the practical aspects of molding plastics. He said no and we agreed I should lecture them in plastic molding since my career was spent in that field. It was very successful and I gave the talk again to a local group in Ashland. There were always lots of questions about plastic disposal and reuse so that became an emphasis. That led to discussions of the gyres of plastics floating in huge swirls in every ocean in the world. The most predominant is the one in the Pacific swirling around Midway Island. That led to discussion of the Albatross who spend their lives flying and only land to lay eggs and raise their broods. They eat floating bits of plastic and many die. So that led to a talk to the Ornithology group in Washburn WI. My talk now includes all that.
My other passion has been writing about racism. Mostly editorial letters but also essays on the general topic. We live near Duluth and there is a memorial park there dedicated to three blacks who were lynched in 1920. I go to Duluth for some medical appointments and I always stop there to sit and take pictures.
The park is across the street where the three were hung from lamp posts.
In 2018 Paula and I visited the Legacy Museum in downtown Montgomery Alabama. It’s the museum of slavery and lynching located in a former warehouse where slaves were held before sale. It is said that more slaves were sold from that building than anywhere else in the US. The Legacy Museum was where we learned of the lynchings in Duluth. It’s a stunning and sobering experience to see all that.
As an aside, I’ve also learned from Ancestry.com that I’m a descendent of John Punch, the first black slave in the 13 colonies, and from Cameroon, Africa. I’m from the 1st biracial family in the 13 colonies, a great source of pride. That was before the state of Virginia began passing laws that ultimately led to our horrible discrimination.
One more thing. When we lived in Verona I worked with Karen Daggett’s Dad Ron. Ron talked me into playing the French horn again in a community orchestra. I continued that up North in Ashland playing in the Chequamegon Symphony and several ensembles sponsored by the Ashland Chamber Music Society.
Thomas & Suzanne Henkel Deans
Since our retirement, Tom from 32 years as an FBI agent and Sue from teaching, we have found many things to do to keep busy. For a few years Tom worked for the State of Wisconsin assessing potential terrorist targets, as well as teaching police science classes at a local technical college. Sue continued as a sub in the Burlington Area District often taking long term, 9 weeks to semester, assignments in several disciplines at the secondary level. Sue also was a member of the Gateway Technical College board for 4 ½ years. Our family of three children has expanded to include their spouses and a total of 7 grandchildren and one great granddaughter.
Together we have continued to enjoy water sports such as sailing, kayaking, swimming and other boating as well as bike riding and exploring interests such as bird watching and photography. Tom, as always has been a car enthusiast and has managed to collect 1998 and 2000 Corvettes which he still has. The last 10 years we have headed to Florida as snowbirds for several months in the winter. Can’t say we miss the cold and snow in Wisconsin.
We have also managed to take some exciting trips a most extraordinary a river cruise down the Mein, Rhine & Danube Rivers, the Galapagos Islands & Ecuador, Costa Rica, Paris & a river cruise on the Seine River, Hawaii and Alaska. Lately we are enjoying watching our local grandchildren in sports and a couple of the older ones driving a small whaler, fishing, knee boarding, etc. At this time we have no plans to travel during the fall of 2020 or spring of 2021. We plan to stay put and enjoy our local lake and social distancing activities as become available.
Ron DeGolier
Regarding “My Journey,” the highlights of my chosen career occurred in some 8-1/2 years after grad school (hospital administration, Washington U., St. Louis) from 1973 through 1981. I contracted kidney disease in 1976 shortly after skiing the American Birkebeiner 4 from Mt. Telemark to Hayward, That gradually advanced to end-stage kidney disease while working as long as I could–and I had a successful transplant in August of 1985. During the above years I was administrator of Hess Memorial Hospital & Nursing Home in Mauston, WI. It was plagued by problems from the start–financial, old facility, shortage of physicians. It wasn’t going to be around much longer without some major changes.
The challenge boiled down to building a new facility that would attract more docs (which couldn’t be done without new facilities), securing affordable loans, conducting a successful capital campaign, designing new facilities, etc. Well, we put together a team that got all that done over several years, tripling the number of docs and moving into new facilities (including a clinic) on the south end of town in late 1980 at the base of a beautiful bluff–and named the complex “Mile Bluff Medical Center.” By late 1981, my health had deteriorated to the point where I had to move on and focus on that. My first marriage had likewise deteriorated, and we split in early 1983 after 16 years together and two children.
I moved to Kenosha in 1983 to manage a nursing home until my kidney transplant in August of 1985. The best luck of my life happened shortly after that move. The senior pastor at my local Lutheran church set me up on a blind date with a gal named Linda (“Lin”) from the church who was going through divorce proceedings just as I was doing. He saw us as a perfect match–and he was right on! We got married in March of 1985, and have been loving life together ever since. Lin has three daughters, and I have a daughter and a son. Unfortunately, they’re scattered from California to Great Britain, But we have 11 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.
The slow and frustrating progression of my illness kind of soured me on healthcare management, so I spent the remainder of my working years with several local non-profit organizations in both management and fund-raising functions, My last nine years were with the Kenosha YMCA, where I got to be involved in planning and building a new facility to replace a very old one (familiar territory).
Kenosha is quite a cycling city, partly because it has the oldest operating outdoor velodrome (banked oval racing track) in the country. I did some road racing around the country in the U.S. Transplant Games (10 times over 20 years), and once in the World Transplant Games in Vancouver. My son Eric got much deeper into racing, eventually participating in the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, piloting a tandem bike for a blind rider from Colorado (both track and road racing). I organized a large local bike race and directed it for 17 years as one stage of a multi-stage race series mostly along Wisconsin’s east coast (known as SuperWeek, or the International Cycling Classic).
We sold our home in 2005 and moved into a senior living complex overlooking Lake Michigan (3rd floor facing east and south to catch the sunrises/moonrises over the lake and sunshine all day long). I retired in the fall of 2006, and Lin did the same in early 2008. On Valentine’s Day of 2008 we took delivery of a new 24′ Winnebago View motorhome, and started touring the country several times over (individual trips, not full-time). Besides visiting family, we explored 19 national parks plus several national monuments, seashores, etc. (The enclosed photo of us was taken in Olympic National Park, Washington.)
New health issues led to selling the motor-home after seven years of travel fun–much sooner than planned.. One form of heart disease (atrial fibrillation) led to two other forms for me–one of them progressive, plus pleural effusion (fluid around the lungs)..We still did some long-distance traveling by car for a while, but now we’re pretty much confined to staying around home–and quite sedentary. The bikes are long gone, including our own tandem bike. We’re so thankful for the lake view and sunlight provided by our apartment, so we don’t get plagued by cabin fever very easily.
My years in Mauston were put into perspective when a cycling friend and I rode the GReat Annual Bicycling Adventure Along the Wisconsin River (GRABAAWR) from Eagle River to Prairie du Chien over a week in July of 1999. One of the stay-over nights was in Mauston. I had pre-arranged a late afternoon tour of the recently-updated facilities by the director of nursing, whom I knew well from my days there. I was so impressed with the expansion and improvements they had made to our base facility that I told her that she and everyone there deserved a huge compliment for what they had accomplished. But she looked at me and said, “If you hadn’t come to Mauston, none of this would even be here. We wouldn’t even be having this conversation.” That just about blew me away. That was the best compliment I have ever received. It went way back into my pre-Kenosha past, digging up some hard-fought battles to achieve what we did, and put enough pride back into my life to carry me through the rougher times of aging.
I sure hope you’re able to have a 60th class reunion next year under these crazy times. Not too likely we’d be there, but you guys have worked so long and hard that you deserve to succeed. Thanks for all you’ve done on behalf of the class.
Best wishes to you all,
Tom Dunn
(Editor’s note) Tom’s note responded to a question asking if because of the virus had he stopped working on carnival rides. He seems to sum up what some of us are feeling.
You are so right! The merry-go-rounds have all stopped this summer. No fairs, no carnivals, no work, no phone calls, and, no traveling. My phone has been so quiet that I call myself just to be sure that it’s working.
No virus cases among friends or family. No riots in the streets here. Of course, there are no streets here. Just The State highway and farmer’s dirt roads. Mostly, the dirt roads are in better condition. Only in California can they re-pave a road and preserve every bump.
Can’t complain about the weather. It’s high 100 degrees – low 65 deg. Lots of sunshine. Lots !!!! of sunshine!!
Can’t complain about work. There is none. That leaves me with lots of time to go kayaking, gold panning, and playing with my dog, Sigi.
The only thing I can complain about is not having anything to complain about.
My journey:
I have journeyed in all 50 United States, all of the Canadian Provinces but two, Panama, and Puerto Rico. And, I believe that I have worked in all of them. I rarely travel with the carnivals anymore.
My only health issue, that I’ll admit to having, is shaky hands. Since I have to let younger people do the finer electrical work, I mentor engineering students. We upgrade the electronics on an amusement ride, which gives them some hands-on experience to add to their theoretical learning. We also provide maintenance on the Futuristic Monorail Ride which is located, permanently, at the California State Fairgrounds. Well, it was futuristic in 1973, when it was built. Several amusement safety seminars allow me to teach electrical safety and maintenance.
Mike Foye
Went into the Navy from high school. When discharged I moved to Corpus Christi, Texas and attended Texas A&I College. After college I moved to Houston where I met my wife (Alice) and started my career in sales then management for a Steel Distribution company. The company moved us to Cincinnati and then to Philadelphia.
I took early retirement and founded a medical equipment sales and service company in Philadelphia. I sold that business and retired to Austin, Texas. My wife and I have 3 children and 5 granddaughters all living close to us in Texas (3 hours is “close” in Texas!!).
Had a bit of a rough go from 2010 to 2013. Had neck fusion surgery in 2010 and 3 months later had emergency quadruple by-pass surgery. Okay until 2013 when I lost my lower jaw to cancer. 14 surgeries left me with after-effects to overcome but I am doing really great now. Since I have to liquefy all my food, traveling or going out to dinner has been a challenge but not impossible. I have spent these last 7 years mentoring others that are fighting or have had difficulty surviving this disease. I turned a hobby of making pens and other lathe turnings into a small business (PensForTheCure) and I donate all labor and all profit to fighting cancer.
We live on a lake in a community with 2 golf courses and enjoy boating and fishing with the kids and grandkids. I play a lot of golf, particularly now with Covid. With our own golf cart it is very easy to social distance! We are hunkered down and trying to ride it out as is everyone else our age. Our local grocery stores, drug stores and most all remaining restaurants offer on-line ordering and contactless curbside pick-up. It has worked really well. We have been doing “Driveway Happy Hour” with our friends and neighbors. The hardest is doing the same thing with the kids and grandkids. Really miss the big hugs – but we are all making it work. It is going to be a different world for our grandkids but we have to stay positive and upbeat. We have a great deal to be thankful for and we really try to stay laser focused on that. Hope this finds all of you well. Prayers are with the whole class for a healthy future filled with joy in continuing to make great memories. Special thanks to Peggy, Robin and Libby for keeping us going!!
John Greisen
Retiring. A dream envisioned since 1961 when faced with an endless list of unanswerable fears. So let’s accelerate the timeline and get married with children immediately. Rush blindly into adulthood and a family with the special one you pledged to be with forever. From a Shoe salesman in white collar Madison to the no collar City of Green Bay to finish manager training.
With 6 years and two children behind us we moved to the industrial gulag of Rockford, Illinois, birthplace of the John Bircher Society. Wow! Not anything like Mad City! We loved our freedom and brokedness which brought closeness and unadorned happiness. At the height of my 6-year shoe career and with Katie’s urging she encouraged my uprooting to Madison to earn a college degree. Back to Mad City. The seed of facing fear with change was ignited.
After that, change and adventure took hold and we moved from Mad City, to Pittsburgh during the Terry Bradshaw Iron Curtain era, to Windy City and the Home of former Madisonians like Katie’s best friend and confidant, Jessica, Tia Nelson, and Jim Martin among others.
Chasing my career in Banking we moved to Connecticut for eleven years. New York, Boston and all of New England became our new playground. We had found our oyster! We thought. The mid-forties brought a crumbling of our castle having been built on a foundation of alcohol and prescription drugs. A dark period of our lives ensued for 4 years followed by a California awakening.
Katie and I parted with continued get-togethers sharing our new lives. She unfortunately passed 10 years ago. She will always be missed for her engaging wit and humor. Me and the children often swap Mom stories with laughter and dampened eyes.
Finished the career with 17 years employed by a Minneapolis investment banking firm stationed in California where I have lived for 30 years, 5 in San Diego and 25 in Huntington Beach.
My wife Mary is a beautiful person devoted to helping others and showing the way to this wearisome traveler how to enjoy life by working with lost brothers and sisters. We are committed to helping others dealing with addiction using our combined 45 years of sobriety. Very rewarding.
We enjoy traveling and have taken numerous cruises and overseas adventures. Over 60 nations in total.
Presently recovering from stroke and major heart surgery. However, we just completed last month a corona virus 3000-mile South-Western Canyon & Native American auto trip. Mary was the driver and carries an Assiniboine Sioux heritage, her Mother having been born on the Fort Peck reservation. Oversea adventures have been suspended for the moment. However the quarantine gave us time and a desire to be productive at home. We started with a spring cleaning then rolled into a remodel and then a refurbishing of our home in preparation for our new born grand-daughter. (See picture below.)
Just another old timer in line at Costco and Home depot. My oldest daughter is a Nurse Practitioner near Boulder and celebrated her 58th birthday; Patti the youngest is 57 years old and a Portfolio Manager for a Sumitomo Bank subsidiary; oldest grand-daughter, April is a CPA; Alley is finishing her Schooling as a Physical Therapist and is always at attention to catch Grandpa should he fall; Aspen just graduated from University of Washington; my two sons inherited from Mary (who has two sons at 70 years old?) starting their own adventures, and two grand-daughters, 6 years and 6 weeks old who live with us!!
This is nothing like I envisioned how the journey of life would happen, but looking back I would change nothing. Thank you God for a wonderful life! When encountered by a desert I was given the strength to find a new oasis!!
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The 2020 Ed Kinney Speaker Series presents
An Afternoon or Evening With...
Dear Ed Kinney Patrons,
This letter is an update on the postponed 2020 Ed Kinney Speaker Series. For those who have tickets, and even those who don’t, we hope the following information is useful to you as you plan your 2021 calendar. First, I want to thank you all for your patience throughout this last year as we navigated how we would handle rescheduling the 2020 Ed Kinney Speaker Series in 2021. We have delayed as long as we can, hoping for a change in the situation, but unfortunately, we have had to make a final decision on how to proceed. We are moving forward with our plan to make the series virtual in 2021.
This will mean participants will join a Zoom Webinar from the comfort of their home, watch the Chautauqua scholar do a pre-recorded monologue along with the rest of the virtual audience, and then, using Zoom Webinar chat features, ask the character and actors questions live. Although we know this format will not be the same as an in-person performance at the Firehouse, we hope you all will give it a chance and still join us for this virtual season. We would like to note, that if we are able to be back in the Firehouse with a full audience before the end of the season, we will go back to the in-person performances.
As you can imagine moving from in-person performances to virtual Zoom performances brings up a whole host of logistical issues and questions. Below we will attempt to address some of the questions you likely have.
1) How will we get access to the Zoom event each month?
We will need you to email or call us and give us your email. You can email Sarah Schaefer at education@museumonmain.org. We will then send you a confirmation with more information about the Zoom webinars and how to use Zoom. We are also always an email or phone call away to help with tech questions during this transition. You will receive an email the day prior to the scheduled performance with the Zoom link.
2) What days will the shows be held?
The performances will be on the same date they were scheduled for in 2020. So, for example, Lady Bird Johnson was scheduled for Tuesday March 24th, 2020. Now she is scheduled for Wednesday March 24th, 2021.
3) Will there still be 2pm and 7pm shows?
Yes. There will be two Zoom Webinars scheduled for each performance date. One that begins at 2pm and one that begins at 7pm. As long as the events remain virtual you can change what performance time you are signed up for.
4) Are all the characters the same?
All but one of the characters from the postponed 2020 schedule are performing again on the date they were previously scheduled. In April, the performance date will remain April 14th, but we will no longer be visited by General Fremont. Instead, we will be hearing from famed television screenwriter and producer Gene Roddenberry. Chautauqua scholar Doug Mishler will be portraying the Star Trek creator for our April 14th performance. Although we do not anticipate any more changes to the schedule, in these still uncertain times, we do want to warn you that it is possible. So, we recommend that you connect with us on social media and check our website periodically for the most up to date schedule.
5) What if I can no longer attend a certain date or I don’t want to attend the series virtually?
Email or call us and let us know which shows you can’t attend or if you do not want to attend virtually. The cost of the tickets can be donated to the museum or we can issue a refund.
6) What if I bought tickets for friends or family? Can I send you more than one email address?
Yes! If you purchased tickets for friends or family, be sure to give us their emails too.
7) Since the series is virtual this year, can more people attend our sold-out performances?
Yes, we will be selling “tickets” at the regular ticket price so if you have friends and family from near and far who would want to attend, please have them buy tickets on our website. As of right now, we are only selling additional tickets through June. If in the coming months it becomes clear we will not be returning to in person shows by July, we will open additional months for ticket sales.
8)What if I threw away my tickets?
No problem! Just email or call us and we will get you signed up for the virtual programs and when and if you need physical tickets, we will provide replacements.
We are sure you have more questions, so please feel free to email or call us. As we have stated, we know this will be not be the same and it will be a challenging transition for some, but again, we hope you will give the virtual series a try. We miss seeing you all in person, but can’t wait to welcome you back to the series in March on Zoom!
Museum on Main
The Ed Kinney Series is a monthly program of historical character portrayals and speakers. Spend an evening with historic characters such as Mark Twain or Babe Ruth and hear from speakers who are experts in their fields.
Many of the speakers in the series are Chautauquans, a type of historical character performance originating in Chautauqua, New York. The Chautauquan is in character from the moment they step onto the stage, through a Q & A portion, and finally will step out of character to answer questions that the historic character they portray could not address.
DVDs of select lectures are available for purchase at the Museum on Main Gift Shop. Special thanks to Michael Bruner of Brogan Video for recording services.
Who Was Ed Kinney?
Museum on Main’s annual series is named in honor of former Pleasanton Mayor Mr. Ed Kinney.
Mr. Kinney was a resident of Pleasanton for many years and was a wonderful advocate for the city. His involvement and service to the city inspired both the Ed Kinney Series and the Ed Kinney Community Patriot Award. He also served as a Vice-President for the Amador-Livermore Valley Historical Society (Museum on Main).
Mr. Kinney is warmly remembered as the emcee of the parades in the downtown where he would broadcast from the balcony of the Pleasanton Hotel.
Location and Tickets
TICKETS ON SALE DEC 16!
All lectures in the Ed Kinney Series take place at either :
The Firehouse Arts Center
4444 Railroad Avenue
The Amador Theater
1155 Santa Rita Road
Member Benefits!
Members of Museum on Main receive discounted ticket rates and passes for free tickets! Find out more about Membership Benefits.
Please note: All ticketing for the "An Evening With..." Series is through Museum on Main.
The Firehouse Arts Center Box Office does not handle our ticketing.
$20 General Admission
$15 Seniors (65+) / Students (with valid ID)
*MEMBERS WITH LECTURE PASSES: Please note, Member lecture passes MUST be applied to your ticket order. You may call us at (925) 462-2766 or come to the Museum on Main in person to order your tickets and apply your passes. Your lecture passes do not guarantee tickets.
Many of the shows in the An Afternoon or Evening with... series sell out. Tickets may be available at the event subject to availability. Cash, check, Visa and MasterCard accepted.
Click Here to Purchase tickets Online
Tickets purchased online will be available for pick up at Will Call in the lobby of the venue on the evening of the event.
Charge tickets by phone at (925) 462-2766.
Tickets purchased by phone will be available for pick up at Will Call in the lobby of the venue on the evening of the event. Visa and Mastercard accepted.
Buy your tickets At Museum on Main during regular operating hours. Cash, check, Visa or Mastercard accepted.
Ed Kinney Speaker Series Sponsors
Community Sponsors:
City of Pleasanton,
Civic Arts Commission Grant Program,
Cellar Door,
Best Western Plus Pleasanton Inn
Purchase Tickets:
Buy Virtual Tickets
An Afternoon or Evening with... Lady Bird Johnson
Wednesday, March 24, 2pm and 7pm
Virtual Event- Zoom Webinar
Claudia Alta Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson, wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson, served as First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969. She was both an American socialite and a shrewd investor and manager. She expanded the role of First Lady by interacting with Congress directly and advocating strongly for beautifying the nation’s cities and highways. The First Lady will be portrayed by actress Gay Storm.
An Afternoon or Evening with... John C. Frémont
Wednesday, March 14th, 2pm and 7pm
Firehouse Arts Center
AFTERNOON AND EVENING PERFORMANCES ARE SOLD OUT!!!
John C. Frémont was an American military officer and an early explorer and mapmaker of the American West. He was one of the principal figures in opening up the west to settlement and was instrumental in the U.S. conquest and development of California. Frémont will be portrayed by Chautauqua scholar Frank Mullen.
An Afternoon or Evening with... Che Guevara
Firehouse Arts Center
EVENING PERFORMANCE IS SOLD OUT!!!
Che Guevara’s name invites controversy. To many he is seen as a savior but to many others he is seen as a violent revolutionary and murderer. Che’s story is complex and driven by an unwavering commitment to economic and educational equality and a relentless pursuit for meaning. The Communist leader will be portrayed by Chautauqua scholar Joey Madia.
An Afternoon or Evening with... Thomas Edison
AFTERNOON AND EVENING PERFORMANCES ARE SOLD OUT!!!
Thomas Edison is one of America’s greatest inventors. Known as the Wizard of Menlo Park, he was most famous as the inventor who brought us the light bulb, phonograph, and motion pictures. Actor Peter Small will be depicting the famed American inventor.
An Afternoon or Evening with... Erma Bombeck
Erma Bombeck captured with poignancy and humor the ups and downs of a new American phenomenon: the suburban housewife. She brought to American awareness the struggles of women whose lives otherwise felt invisible and taken for granted. The beloved author and columnist will be portrayed by Chautauqua scholar Susan Marie Frontczak.
An Afternoon or Evening with... Jacques Cousteau
AFTERNOON AND EVENING PERFORMANCES ARE SOLD OUT!!!
Jacques Cousteau was a French naval officer, ocean explorer, and coinventor of the Aqua-Lung. He is known for his extensive undersea investigations and his iconic red hat. He brought marine biology to the masses through his many TV specials, and his name remains connected to oceanography and ocean conservation. Chautauqua scholar Doug Mishler will portray the famed marine biologist.
An Afternoon or Evening with... William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, and is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon." Despite having his work known and celebrated around the world, Shakespeare’s personal life remains largely a mystery. Actor J.T. Turner will bring the beloved and mysterious William Shakespeare to life.
An Afternoon or Evening with... Audie Murphy
Audie Murphy, America’s most decorated WWII combat soldier and Hollywood star, is coming back to Pleasanton by popular demand! Award winning actor Duffy Hudson will portray the war hero in his moving one-man show about Murphy’s life, entitled “To Hell and Back.”
For more information on the Ed Kinney Series or speakers taking part in the series, contact
the Director of Education at (925) 462-2766 or education@museumonmain.org.
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Lennox BERKELEY (1903-1989)
Symphony No. 1 (1940) [30:59]
Symphony No. 2 (1956-57 rev. 1976) [1957 rev. 1976]
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Norman Del Mar (1); Nicholas Braithwaite (2)
rec. 1975-76. ADD
As he grew older Berkeley became increasingly sophisticated. Hearing his excellent music of the 1930s and 1940s this trend was not always to the good. While orchestral textures became lucid and transparent the emotional rewards became more slender as the years passed - more ascetic than passionate. Elegance and lucidity are there in quantity as you may find them in the later works of Walter Piston but majesty and the power to move operate at a distance. This may be the way you like your music - or the way you like it at times - but be aware.
The First Symphony is from the second year of WWII. Its first two movements while full of incident are busy and their lyricism partakes of that of Rawsthorne rather than the more emotionally upholstered voices of the British musical renaissance. Only in the long searching lines of the Lento does one feel the undertow of tragedy. For the finale the composer returns to a neo-classical busy-ness of the type we know so well from the Serenade for Strings. It leaves little impression behind.
The Second Symphony was commissioned by the Feeney Trust for the CBSO. The premiere was conducted by Andrzej Panufnik during his brief tenure in Britain's second city. This symphony too suffers from a certain opacity of expression and despite his revising ministrations in the 1970s an occasional thickness of voicings, a ponderous gait. This leaden weighing down is lifted by rhythmic material particularly to the fore in the allegro vivace which here seems to go less than vivace. The third movement is again a Lento - untouched by the 1970s adjustments. This has a sombre majesty that is most impressive - listen to the glowering brass chorale at 2.10 onwards - redolent of Rubbra's Eleventh Symphony. Once again the finale is more athletic and celebratory though ending with the feel of a sinfonietta rather than a grand symphony.
The Third Symphony in a single movement is also on Lyrita and is a fine concentrated piece where emotion and style are in ideal equipoise.
These two Berkeley symphonies derive from Lyrita Recorded Edition LPs: SRCS-80 Berkeley Symphony No. 1 Op. 16; Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra Op. 30 (Beckett, McDonald - pianos/Del Mar, LPO) and SRCS-94 Berkeley Symphony No. 2 Op. 51; Piano Concerto in B flat Op. 29 (Wilde (piano) Braithwaite, LPO, NPO).
These are fine and handsomely recorded performances though I wonder whether things would have been better if a more winged mercurial approach had been evident in the second movement of the Second Symphony.
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Mark Shepherd’s Upcoming Album Examines ‘The Grand Scheme Of Things’
Posted On December 17, 2018 April 20, 2020 In No1 Music Blog News
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Mark Shepherd is one of the artists whose music stays with you for hours after you first listen. His lyrics explore the darker side of life in a way that can be arresting, yet incredibly relateable. Featured on the album are themes such as loss, regret, relationship breakdown and even death, capturing a good chunk of the troubling parts of the human experience.
Our favourite track from his upcoming album is the titular ‘The Grand Scheme of Things’, a song that we feel best demonstrates the complexity and passion which impact on his music and his lyrics. The track muses upon the end of someone’s life and questions what it means to have made a difference, asking if making a positive impact on a small number of people isn’t just as worthwhile as grander gestures. He speaks in terms that are ambiguous and universal enough to refer to anyone, encouraging the reader to examine their own actions and attitudes.
His sound cannot easily slot into a single genre, and contains elements of folk, blues, Americana, country and straight-up rock, making ‘The Grander Scheme Of Things’ an album that will transcend demographic boundaries and likely appeal to a broad range of music fans, especially those who appreciate understated guitar and quality story-telling.
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PRABHAKAR BARWE
Born: 16 March 1936
Died: 6 December 1995
Known as a symbolic abstractionist, Prabhakar Barwe's paintings seemingly came from the unconscious. The junction of form and space in his work creates new associations and meaning while giving the observer a chance to perceive the image subjectively. Influenced by the esoteric tradition of Tantric painting, Barwe is considered as part of the Neo-Tantra movement.
Prabhakar Barwe was born on 1936 in Maharashtra to a family closely related to art. In order to carry out the family tradition, he studied at Sir JJ School of Art, Mumbai and received his diploma in 1959. As he was starting out, he was deeply inspired by Paul Klee, a Swiss-German artist. It was reflected in his early watercolors and works with floating motifs on a transparent surface done in a mostly symbolic mode. After his graduation, he experimented on the canvas by placing every kind of material that could be held unto it in an attempt to search for his individual identity as a painter.
From 1961 to 1965, Barwe stayed and worked in Varanasi, during which, he got the opportunity to work in the Weavers Service Centre developing modern Indian textile design. Here he came across the tantric symbolism that set the tantric-oriented abstract format of his life's work. He also made use of the conceptual devices of surrealism by placing simple objects and ephemeral shapes in his representations. With the introduction of the Pop Art Movement, banal everyday objects was made into fine arts and Barwe applied this showing great skills in creating intimacy between these objects and life. He later began reading horoscopes that eventually turned into a hobby. The pieces of writing containing astrologer's calculations and predictions eventually found place on Barwe's canvas.
Despite belonging in the twentieth century, an era preoccupied with modernism and materialistic tendencies, he tried to give emotional touch to the impassive surrounding and developed a metaphysical dimension in his art. His work present ordinary objects having emotional and mystical associations, vibrating with poetic sensibility. Literal and conventional definitions were lost in his canvas, his paintings are subjective rather than objective.
Apprehensive of losing his creative freedom, Barwe restricted himself to two dimensional and graphic possibilities; always guarding his individuality and freedom as an artist. He rejected both the British
academic tradition in Indian figurative art and the Indian miniature form to evolve a universal, abstract visual language that explored inward spaces and transient realities. His phallic forms of the 1970s, isolated heads of the 1980s, and the dead pendulum clocks and abandoned staircases of the 1990s, were always structured around central themes.
He became a well exhibited painter in India and outside, accolades followed including the National Award from Lalit Kala Akademi in 1976 and the Yomiuri Shimbun Award from Japan in 1969. He was as accomplished in written words as well, his book 'Kora Canvas' completed a few years before his death, contained much of his jottings on the creative process and his musings about life.
Barwe held several solo exhibitions including one at Wisconsin, U.S., in 1963. He also participated in 'Indian Painters', Zurich, 1970; Grey Art Gallery, New York, 1975; International Biennale, Menton, France, 1976; 'Modern Indian Painting' Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, 1983; 'Six Indian Painters, Washington & Istanbul, 1983 & 1985 and International Biennale, Chile in 1989.
Barwe lived and work in Mumbai. He died prematurely in 1996.
Text Reference:
Indian Contemporary Art: Post Independence published by Arun Vadehra, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, 1997, page 90.
https://www.deccanherald.com/content/579542/thinking-artist.html & www.artblogazine.com/2012/03/feeling-presence-in-absence-remembering.html
Residency Fellowship Grant at Yaddo, New York, 1983-85
National Award, Lalit Kala Award, New Delhi, 1976
Maharashtra State Award, 1971
Yomiuri Shimbun Award, Tokyo, 1969
Award, Annual Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, 1968
Award, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, 1963
Yomiuri Shimbun Award, Tokyo, 1961-65
Thinking Artist
A View of India's Modern Tantric Art
Feeling the Presence in Absence! Remembering Prabhakar Barwe
Prabhakar Barwe's Blank Canvas
"Sans Titre", Prabhakar Barwe
Past Forward
The Blank Canvas: Prabhakar Barwe, Bodhana Arts and Research Foundation, India, 1992
कोरा कैनवस: Kora Canvas, Prabhakar Barwe, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 2016
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Top Retailers Recognized and Honoured at Retail Asia Expo 2015 Gala Dinner
Hong Kong, 10 June 2015 – The three-day Retail Asia Expo 2015 was joined by more than 10,000 of its retailing professionals to showcase innovative solutions and new ideas on how to excel in this fast-moving marketplace.
After a spectacular opening on 9 June, the Retail Asia Expo 2015 Advisory Committee members announced the winners of the Hong Kong Retail Industry Trade Awards (HKRITA’S) and the 2015 Top 10 eCommerce Website Awards at the Gala Dinner yesterday evening. The Awards celebrate innovative leaders and their contribution to Hong Kong’s retail sector. Please see below the list of winning companies and individual.
Hong Kong Retail Industry Trade Awards
HKRITA’S Industry Super Retailers of the Year: Land Crawford
Founded in 1850, Lane Crawford is recognised as an industry benchmark for innovation and its authority on physical and digital store environment to optimise customer experience. With its “Connected Commerce” strategy, it introduces an online omnichannel luxury lifestyle experience for customers in China. Hence, it is exposed to all parts of China and customers, bringing wide selection of fashion and lifestyle products to China. Andrew Keith, president of Lane Crawford and Joyce, received the prestigious award at the Gala Dinner, and presented to the attending professionals on how the successful launch of Lane Crawford’s omnichannel retail platform created a seamless experience for both online and in-store customers.
HKRITA’S Small Business Retailers of the Year: Museum CONTEXT
With a focus of quality natural materials, Museum CONTEXT has been offering a wide variety of products that customers cannot find elsewhere. Only four years of experience in Hong Kong, it had showcased its product selection in different locations, where local customers, foreign travellers and expats residents can experience its story and value behind.
HKRITA’S Community Retailers Award: Banyan Tree Gallery
As a marketing channel for traditional village handmade crafts in various of Asia, Banyan Tree Gallery do more than showcasing craftsmanship. The gallery shows great support to environment conservation by designing earth-friendly products. It also helps to sustain the craftsmanship and livelihood of local artisan through gainful employment.
China Daily Asia Pacific Retail Leadership Award: Bang & Olufsen
Founded in 1925, Danish consumer electronics company Bang & Olufsen (B&O) opened an Asia Pacific Regional office in Singapore in 2003. The company has since then designed and manufactured a highly distinctive and exclusive range of televisions, music systems, loudspeakers, telephones, and multimedia products with a strategic focus on Asia.
The 2015 Top 10 eCommerce Website Awards
Organised jointly between GS1 Hong Kong and Retail Asia Expo,the 2015 Top 10 eCommerce Website Awards serve to recognize online platforms for delivering continuous and exemplary standards in promoting user experience and business sales via digital portals or websites. Ten eCommerce websites were rewarded with this prestigious honour.
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zuji.com.hk
For more information and to register for Retail Asia Expo 2015 and the Gala Dinner, please visit www.retailasiaexpo.com.Mr. Stuart Bailey, General Manager of Diversified Communications Hong Kong, commented: “The success of retail industry in Hong Kong is not possible without these innovative retailers. These awards are a token of respect and recognition to these leading practitioners for their outstanding efforts and tireless dedication to the industry. We are glad to kick-start the three-day Expo with such this important moment witnessed by industry leaders, and we trust the Expo would serve as a valuable platform for Asian retailers to understand innovative tools and technologies and embrace the global trends.”
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MTV Entertainment Group Launches “Culture Code,” a Comprehensive DE&I Orientation for Its Entire Creative Community, Including Staff, Talent and Production Partners
The Museum of Tolerance, Color of Change, GLAAD, Anti-Defamation League, The Jed Foundation, MPAC, RAINN, RespectAbility and Storyline Partners inaugural partners to help develop the program The employee-led initiative’s goal is to construct a communal set of values, understanding and baseline cultural norms to create a more inclusive and welcoming creative community
ViacomCBS’ MTV Entertainment Group (formerly Entertainment & Youth) today announced “ Culture Code ,” a comprehensive DE&I immersion initiative that will offer best-in-class training through a multidisciplinary approach.
In collaboration with social justice partners – The Museum of Tolerance , Color of Change, Anti-Defamation League, The Jed Foundation, MPAC, RAINN, RespectAbility, Storyline Partners and GLAAD – this pioneering endeavor will expand beyond employees to also include ViacomCBS’ MTV Entertainment Group projects, production companies and talent.
“We live in an increasingly divisive world and yet as storytellers, we believe in the power of content to give the gift of empathy and understanding,” said Chris McCarthy, President, ViacomCBS’ MTV Entertainment Group (formerly Entertainment and Youth). “We’re developing our Culture Code to nurture our creative community and outline a communal set of values, respect and mutual understanding that centers around the celebration of inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We are humbled to be doing it in partnership with an incredible set of organizations who have dedicated their own lives to changing the world for good.”
Partner quotes Museum of Tolerance: “Simon Wiesenthal Center and its Museum of Tolerance have long believed that storytelling is a powerful way to engage hearts and minds for positive change. As partners of ViacomCBS, we share in the vision and commitment that America needs to move away from a cancel culture to a counsel culture. We are honored to join as a Culture Code partner to collaborate with others in advancing cultural competency and social justice in the entertainment industry. The best way to defeat hatred is to go beyond stereotypes and put a human face on the ‘other,’ said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean and Global Social Action Director.
Color of Change: “Color Of Change is proud to join ViacomCBS’ MTV Entertainment Group in its new initiative to provide the entertainment industry with a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary and inclusive education,” said Rashad Robinson, president of Color Of Change . “It will take partnerships like this to transform the media landscape and create a more humane, less hostile world for Black people, in which they are empowered to create their art and thrive. The legacy of racism in Hollywood is long and unforgivable: excluding Black talent, silencing Black voices, derailing Black careers, and using the economic power of the industry to prop up police departments in the very real world. The work of Culture Code is an important step in challenging and eliminating racism within the industry and the content it produces.”
Anti-Defamation League: “We are thrilled and grateful to join ViacomCBS’ MTV Entertainment Group in its launch of the Culture Code initiative,” said Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL Chief Executive Officer and National Director. “The importance of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the workplace and with powerful companies like ViacomCBS will contribute to racial and social justice in media and society. We look forward to working together to make meaningful change.”
The Jed Foundation: “The Jed Foundation has been working with MTV and ViacomCBS to expand the conversation around mental health for nearly 15 years, so we know firsthand the organization’s commitment to creating stories, campaigns and an internal environment where everyone feels seen, heard and understood,” said Courtney Knowles, The Jed Foundation. “We’re living in a time where taking care of our mental health, supporting each other and exploring the intersection of mental health and the other issues Culture Code addresses, is so important. We’re proud to join such an amazing group of partners for this work.”
MPAC HOLLYWOOD BUREAU: “For decades, Muslims have been vilified by stories that were inaccurate, racist, and careless. Harmful, yet successful TV series and films were written about Muslim communities, many of which went unchecked by people of conscience. Our presence and voice in the writers’ room has been missing for the longest time,” said Sue Obeidi, Director, MPAC Hollywood Bureau. “ViacomCBS’ MTV Entertainment Group’s Culture Code is a welcomed initiative that is being launched at the perfect time. America is on the cusp of a new era and so is the entertainment industry. Underrepresented communities have been eager to see their deep and rich stories told authentically, fairly, and in a nuanced manner, and Muslim communities are high on that list. MPAC Hollywood Bureau is proud and honored to be part of the Culture Code initiative where we can work in tandem in telling better stories about and by Muslims. Here’s to a new beginning.”
RESPECTABILITY: “RespectAbility is honored to join ViacomCBS’ MTV Entertainment Group in support of the Culture Code initiative. By ensuring a comprehensive look at DE&I, the Culture Code initiative will ensure that diversity and equity-focused conversations are intersectional in nature,” said Lauren Appelbaum, Vice President, RespectAbility. “While one-in-five people in the U.S. has a disability, which includes nonvisible disabilities such as mental health and learning disabilities, most initiatives historically did not include disability. Disability cuts across every other demographic and in order to ensure full inclusion for all races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations and more, disability needs to be part of the conversation. We applaud ViacomCBS for recognizing the importance of this.”
STORYLINE PARTNERS: “The current moment supports our calls to have media, content, and cultural production be anti-racist, intersectional, and ecologically considerate,” said Sanaz Alesafar , Program Director, Storyline Partners . We are thrilled to partner with ViacomCBS’ MTV Entertainment Group to ensure authentic representation and equitable practices to support their content and creative community.”
GLAAD: “Our participation in Culture Code builds upon decades of partnership with ViacomCBS and brings an intersectional, best in class collection of organizations to collaborate with,” said Rich Ferraro, GLAAD’s Chief Communications Officer and Executive Producer, GLAAD Media Awards. “So many of the most powerful early media images of LGBTQ people appeared on MTV and ViacomCBS’ brands. With Culture Code, the MTV Entertainment Group is once again raising the bar for how the industry should work with and include our community. The overdue conversations on diversity, inclusion, and intersectionality happening across the industry often leave out the key step of behind-the-scenes education. When content creators and staff truly understand diverse identities, it leads to more authentic stories and projects. This new initiative will no doubt lead to culture-changing media projects that entertain, inspire, and enrich audiences.”
The MTV Entertainment Group plans to pilot internal training by the end of 2020 with the larger rollout kicking off in early 2021.
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Regeneron antibody ‘cocktail’ wins emergency-use authorization from FDA
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U.S. health officials Saturday agreed to allow emergency use of a second antibody drug to help the immune system fight COVID-19, an experimental medicine that President Donald Trump was given when he was sickened last month.
The Food and Drug Administration authorized use of the Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. drug to try to prevent hospitalization and worsening disease from developing in patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms.
The drug is given as a one-time treatment through an IV. The FDA allowed its use in adults and children 12 and over who weigh at least 88 pounds and who are at high risk of severe illness from COVID-19 because of age or certain other medical conditions.
Emergency-use authorization allows use of the drug to start while studies are continuing to establish safety and effectiveness. Early results suggest the drug may reduce COVID-19-related hospitalization or emergency room visits in patients at high risk for disease progression, the FDA said.
Regeneron said that initial doses will be made available to roughly 300,000 patients through a federal government allocation program. Those patients will not be charged for the drug but may have to pay part of the cost of giving the IV.
Initial supplies will likely be vastly outstripped by demand as the U.S. has surged past 12 million reported cases, with the country facing what health experts say will be a dark winter due to uncontrolled spread of the virus.
Antibodies are proteins the body makes to target and help eliminate viruses, but it can take weeks for the best ones to form after an infection occurs. The drugs are concentrated versions of ones that proved best able to do this in lab and animal tests, and in theory help the body start to fight the virus right away.
The Regeneron /zigman2/quotes/203149337/composite REGN +1.57% drug is a combination of two antibodies to enhance the chances it will prove effective. Earlier this month, the FDA gave emergency authorization to a single-antibody drug from Eli Lilly /zigman2/quotes/200106384/composite LLY +1.34% that also is still being studied.
Market Pulse (Oct. 8, 2020): Regeneron’s stock rallies after company announces EUA request for antibody treatment
There’s no way to know whether the Regeneron drug helped Trump recover; he received a host of treatments, and most COVID-19 patients recover on their own.
FDA regulators authorized the Regeneron drug using their emergency powers to quickly speed the availability of experimental drugs and other medical products during public health crises.
In normal times the FDA requires “substantial evidence” to show that a drug is safe and effective, usually through one or more large, rigorously controlled patient studies. But during public health emergencies the agency can lower those standards and require only that an experimental treatment’s potential benefits outweigh its risks.
The emergency authorization functions like a temporary approval for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. To win full approval, Regeneron will have to submit additional research to fully define the drug’s safety and benefit for patients.
Don’t miss (Oct. 11): Regeneron CEO cautions Trump’s results are ‘a case of one,’ and coronavirus drug needs more testing
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The White House cast the decision as a victory for Trump’s efforts “to deliver cutting-edge treatments with highly promising results to protect the health and safety of the most vulnerable Americans,” according to a statement from spokesman Michael Bars.
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Birthday Treats vs. The Happy Returns
Fitzwilliam College
The Birthday Treats (101/4 in 13 eight-ball overs)
The Happy Returns
drew.
Left: the opening shot of Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon; right: the scene at Fitzwilliam College's playing fields this evening.
After the Remnants season ended last week it rapidly became clear that nobody was ready to say goodbye just yet. By evening's end the vague talk of a birthday game for our scorer, Sally Hales, had become a plan; and by 5:30pm tonight it had become reality. The Birthday Treats (led by Joe White's avatar, known as An'dy Ow'en) and The Happy Returns (led by Russell Woolf's bowling coach, Daniel Mortlock) attempted to rush through a Fourteen/14 game, although everybody had one eye on the ominous clouds approaching from the west.
Geoff Hales, bathed in glorious sunshine that didn't last nearly long enough, thumbs through his Little Blue Book one last time, all while savouring the delicate melange of flavours that combine to make Leffe Blond the cricket club secretary's tipple of choice..
The Happy Returns, who'd chosen to field first, had the upper hand initially as Daniel Mortlock (0/8), Les Collings (0/12), Ferdinand Rex (1/17) and Julius Rix (1/11) gave away precious few runs. The innings got a necessary injection of momentum when the dubiously attired John Gull (41 off 33 balls) arrived at the crease and, together with Paul Jordan (32 off 39 balls), put on a superb "pinky and perky" partnership. Together they pulled The Happy Returns back into the match, only for their comeback to falter in the face of some incredible winds and slashing rain. The former triggered a succession of crazy shots and dropped catches, the most amusing of which saw Les position himself under a spiralling top-edge, only to jump out of the way at the last minute when he saw the massive bulk of Ferdi bearing down on him. Aside from giving John a life, this also ended Dave Williams's last-minute charge towards the bowling averages: he had 7 wickets at 7.85 coming into today's game but hadn't bowled enough overs to qualify; what he needed was a couple of overs and a couple of cheap wickets. And he might have had them if that catch had been taken, but in the end Dave had to make do with rather unfair figures of 0/19 but a superb season's return of 7 wickets at 10.57 leaving George Speller (11 wickets at 7.18) top of the pile. At the other end Dave Norman (2/11) was also experiencing mixed fortunes: on the one hand his captain grassed a fairly simple chance of his bowling; but on the other he managed to get John out "hit wicket" when he let go of the bat in his follow-through and sent it crashing into the stumps. This inglorious end notwithstanding, John had at least done enough to give The Happy Returns' bowlers something to defend . . .
What Dave Norman thinks about Remnants' fielding skills.
Ferdinand Rex sends down the ball that might have dismissed Tom Jordan. Daniel Mortlock (in the background, at mid-wicket) and Geoff Hales (in the foreground, at mid-wicket) prepare to pounce whilst Paul Jordan (at left) elects not to back up.
. . . an opportunity that never arose, as the rain continued to fall during the inter-innings break and didn't really let up until well after sunset.
The end of the 2009 Remnants season.
Game over. From left: Oliver Rex; Paul Jordan; Maximus Rex; Joe White; Tom Jordan; Dave Green (in 'keeping pads); John Moore and Geoff Hales.
Despite the bright light coming from the south it was too wet to play.
That this sunniest of cricket seasons ended with only our third wash-out was either ironic, or poetic, or frustrating - or just was. Whatever, it meant there was plenty of time for a final few post-match pints for the year - or, in Sal's case, her first Pimm's and lemonade, kindly supplied by Andy. There was also a cake, and plenty of merry-making which extended all the way to the third post-cricket curry in as many weeks.
Happy 60th birthday, Sally.
Sally cuts into her cake with what appears to unusual enthusiasm, at least judging by the way the blade is blurred.
Birthday girl Sally Hales.
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Murder Mystery, Cozy Mystery
Meet David Wagers, a cool, collected and incredibly handsome Private Investigator in the New York City area. David is hired to investigate the unsolved murder case of Courtney Tabbin, a popular, young woman with a promising future. Along the way, David encounters some interesting and suspicious characters and a complex office drama. Was Courtney’s murder just a random act of violence, or something more personal?
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David could already hear the phone ringing as he unlocked his office door. “I guess I really need to get someone in here,” he acknowledged to himself, knowing that he should have hired an assistant a good month ago. Business was beginning to pick up and no longer consisted of just background checks and unfaithful spouses.
His office suite was in a mid-rise building and consisted of two rooms; a small waiting room and his even smaller private office. It really wasn’t a bad trade off considering he had a view – or a snippet of a view – of the New York City skyline.
Sitting at his desk, David snapped his laptop into its docking station and turned it on. He would need to weed through his voicemail messages but that would have to wait for the time being.
One call that he had received the evening before was from Walter Huffs, a respected local attorney. Walter’s niece had been murdered and the crime remained unsolved. Concerned for his sister’s mental health and not wanting the case to go cold, Walter had hired him to investigate further. It was a case that David really wanted to handle, for a number of reasons.
“Courtney Tabbin,” he typed into the search engine on his sluggish computer. Page after page of search results came up. David began to comb through each and every one of them.
He remembered the incident very well. No more than a year ago, Courtney Tabbin’s body had been found in a secluded wooded area in Northern New Jersey, savagely beaten and left in a nearby stream. There had been no sign of sexual assault. Stolen items including a necklace and a wallet containing cash suggested a robbery, but the nature of the wounds suggested something more.
“I will have to speak to your sister, Joanne, about your niece,” David had said to Walter at the time, “and in doing so she will have to relive the crime and the loss of her daughter all over again. Will she be up for it?”
“Yes,” Walter had replied. “I discussed this with my sister before contacting you. It will be hard for her but not as hard as not having closure.”
According to past news articles, the night that Courtney disappeared she was supposed to meet with some co-workers for dinner. At first, when it appeared that Courtney was running late, a couple of the girls had tried to reach her on her cell phone. When she completely failed to show up, one of her co-workers had called Courtney’s house and had spoken to her mother. Her car had eventually been discovered on a desolate road, not far from where her remains had been found.
David’s concentration was broken into to when the phone rang. “David Wagers,” he quickly answered.
“Hi, David, did you get any of my messages?” It was Penny Irvines, a spousal surveillance client. Penny was in her mid-forties and well preserved, but was not the teeny bopper that she thought herself to be.
“Hello, Penny. Yes, I did,” David replied. Penny had left a message yesterday evening. “I just got into the office a few minutes ago.”
“Did you find anything out last night?” she asked sweetly. He could almost hear her batting her eyelashes.
“No,” David admitted. “I didn’t. It seems as if Troy was just working late.”
“Ohhh, how could that be?!” Penny exclaimed. “Are you sure about that?’
“There hasn’t been any evidence of infidelity so far,” he stated.
“You know he still has that business meeting outside of the office at the end of the week,” Penny continued.
“Yes, I’m prepared for his meeting on Friday,” David answered.
“David, dear, I didn’t mean to suggest that you weren’t prepared,” Penny said innocently. “It’s just so hard for me to be home alone all the time when I know he’s out gallivanting.”
“We’ll see what his meeting on Friday turns up. I’ll give you a call at the end of the week,” David said, eager to get her off the phone.
“Thank you, David,” Penny purred. “I’ll be waiting.”
David was getting the distinct impression that Penny just wanted an excuse to get out of her marriage, but he didn’t want to jump to any conclusions.
Picking up the phone, he dialed in his voicemail passcode. Now was as good a time as any to go through the rest of his calls.
After picking up records on the Tabbin case graciously supplied by Detective Woods at the local police department, David was on his way to meet with Joanne Tabbin.
Joanne resided in a prestigious area in Northern New Jersey with her husband, a senior accountant and owner of his own CPA firm. Courtney had been their only child, which had made their loss that much harder to bear.
Arriving right on time, David pulled into the driveway of the attached, oversized two-car garage, as Joanne had advised. As he made his way up the front walk, the sun shined down brightly in the quiet, serene neighborhood, attempting to conceal the anguish that he could feel lingering underneath.
David rang the bell and waited for just a couple of minutes, hearing soft footsteps on the other side of the door.
Joanne answered the door looking haggard. In her early fifties she appeared older, with her salt and pepper hair and deep, dark circles beneath her eyes. She quickly extended her hand.
“So nice to meet you, Mr. Wagers,” she said, her gaze meeting his with unexpected determination. “Please, come in.”
“Nice to meet you, too, Mrs. Tabbin,” David responded. “Your home is lovely.” The center hall colonial opened to a two story entry foyer which delivered a dramatic first impression.
“Thank you so much,” Joanne said. “Come, make yourself comfortable.” She led David to a formal living room where he took a seat on a small sofa. A framed picture of Courtney, a pretty brunette, sat on a nearby end table.
“Would you like anything?” she asked.
“No, thank you,” David said.
Joanne sat down in an armchair across from him. “So, where do we begin?”
“Well,” David said, taking a pad and pen from out of his briefcase, “We could start with that night.”
“Yes, a night I will never forget,” she stated.
Joanne then proceeded to rehash the events of that fateful evening. How Courtney had come home right after work and changed to go out to dinner for a girls’ night out with her co-workers. They were set to meet at the restaurant at seven thirty that evening, and Courtney had left at approximately five forty-five.
“Why did she leave so early?” David asked as he jotted down notes.
“She was probably taking into consideration the rush hour traffic,” Joanne speculated. “I know she was planning to stop for gas and the bank before it closed.”
“Could she have been planning to meet up with someone else before going to dinner?” David questioned.
“Courtney never mentioned that, but I supposed it’s not out of the question,” Joanne said.
“What about boyfriends? Was she seeing anyone at the time?” he continued.
“She did have one boyfriend but he was away in Connecticut for his last year of college,” Joanne answered.
“I’m sure you’ve been asked all of this before, but I need to ask again,” David commented.
“I understand that,” she nodded.
David hesitated for a moment. “Did Courtney have any enemies that you know of, any jealousies or dramas occurring in her life at that time?”
“Not that I know of,” Joanne stated. “Courtney was a popular girl and always had a lot of friends. She was beautiful and outgoing so, yes, there were some jealousies from time to time but nothing drastic.”
“I understand that Courtney was working at a major corporation in the area,” David said, “What was her role in the company?”
“Courtney was working for Well Metro, a health insurance company,” Joanne said, “She worked as a paralegal in their legal department. She was considering going further and becoming an attorney.”
“How long was she working at Well Metro?” David asked.
“She had just started. Maybe six months,” she recalled.
Tapping the pad with his pen, David asked, “Was Courtney having any problems at work?”
“No, not at all,” Joanne answered. “She loved the work she was doing. Her co-workers seemed like a nice group of girls. They were very concerned for her the night she went missing. I actually still talk to one of the girls. She’s very upset about Courtney’s murder and has been very supportive.”
“Could I have her name?” David asked.
“Pam Jobley,” she said. “She’s a very nice girl. In fact, I know she’s looking to move and I was actually considering offering her our lower level suite. It’s been so quiet in the house since Courtney has been gone. Pam is very cooperative and I’m sure she would answer any questions you might have about Courtney should you want to speak with her.”
“Maybe I will,” David said, looking up from his notes.
After speaking with Joanne for a little while longer, David left with a list of names of friends, classmates and co-workers of Courtney’s. Although none of the information he obtained was anything new from what was already on record, he was hoping that a different approach would bring forward different results.
It was obvious that Joanne leaned toward the idea that the murder was the result of a robbery gone wrong, some random person that, hopefully, someone would remember seeing Courtney cross paths with that night. David wasn’t so sure, however, and planned to leave no stone unturned.
Sherrie Sushko is the author of three books, Remain, Lost Love, and Work & Wagers. When not writing or reading, Sherrie enjoys spending time outdoors with her dog. Sherrie currently resides in the United States.
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Did Rafa Get Stiffed by the Draw Gods in Australia?
By Chris Oddo / Friday, January 10, 2014
Who got the tougher draw, Rafael Nadal, or the poor guys that have to face him in the first week at Melbourne?
Photo Source: AFP
Did Rafael Nadal get stiffed by this year's men's singles draw at the Australian Open? Please, don't make me laugh, because when you're the No. 1 player in the world, and you can basically beat anybody on your most average of days, it's really kind of impossible to get stiffed by the draw.
See the Australian Open Men's Singles Draw Here
The ones who really got stiffed are the guys that will have to play him in the first week.
But with that said, Rafael Nadal, in search of his second Australian Open title and his 14th career Grand Slam title, may have to work more than usual to get to the final four.
And that could become a factor that works in his opponent's favor come week two in Melbourne. Emphasis on “could.”
After drawing Bernard Tomic in the first round (horrible draw for Tomic, who is generally in excellent form in Melbourne, and who has beaten everybody he has faced not named Nadal or Federer in his last three Melbourne campaigns), Nadal could possibly face Gael Monfils in round three, Lleyton Hewitt in the round of 16, and Juan Martin del Potro in the quarterfinals.
Not to worry, disciples of the school of Rafa.
Other than Del Potro, who appears to be in fine early-season form, Nadal is virtually a lock to defeat any of the aforementioned characters, and the only real drama awaiting us is whether or not Nadal is in seek-and-destroy mode from the get-go. If he is, odds are he won't lose a set in the first week, and his opponents will be laid to waste like so many have before them, all signs will point to another run at the title for Nadal.
If Nadal falters in the early going, however, things could get complicated for the 13-time Grand Slam champion. If the forces of nature are truly conspiring against him, Tomic could summon all his prowess, confidence and home-soil swagger to push Nadal into a grinding affair, possibly stretching him to four or even five sets (unlikely, given the chasm of talent between the two). Monfils could do the same thing against Nadal, but even if he does, will the challenges faced by Nadal actually hurt his chances, or will they just stiffen him for the battles to come in the second week?
In other words, will Rafa's knees hold up over a seven-match grind, or is he fragile, coming off of a long layoff?
The true question about Nadal, then, is the bigger picture: Has he truly mastered the knees, or are the knees still his master? Because this question lingers like a haze in the sky, imperceptible yet present, whenever Nadal competes, there will always be mystery and shreds of doubt surrounding Nadal.
Not his talent mind you, but his health.
Still, all signs point to a healthy, happy, title-hungry Nadal in the early goings of the 2014 season. He won the Doha title just a week ago, and while he didn't play the invincible tennis that we know he can during that title run, he's gotten the practice he needs.
So before we panic about Nadal and his so-called tough draw, let's remember that this is the player that turned in the best hard-court tennis of his career in 2013, and he's also a player that has seemingly become the master of his knees—at least for now.
With all that in mind, it looks to me like Tomic, Monfils, and everybody else who has to come up against Rafa in a Slam got the bad draw.
They got stiffed.
For Nadal, at this juncture of his remarkable career, there really can't be a bad draw. There are just degrees of difficulty. The higher the difficulty, the more relentless Rafa's resistance is likely to be.
Rafa will be fine. It's those other guys we need to worry about.
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Sean Payton’s daughter grills him about playoff loss
Getty Images Even when he’s trying to relax with some pre-training camp golf in Lake Tahoe, Sean Payton can’t get away from what happened in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
The Saints coach was doing an interview with the NFL Network, when they brought in network intern Meghan Payton (his daughter), who asked about the playoff loss to the Vikings.
Specifically, she asked if there was a play he wished he had over, other than the Minnesota Miracle, Stefon Diggs‘ game-winning touchdown pass.
“For someone who is really studying that game, there was a third-and-1 before we kicked that field goal [to go up 24-23],” he replied, via the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
“We weren’t able to convert that third-and-1.
We kicked a field goal with 20-some seconds left in the game.
Had we been able to just get the one yard, we would have easily been able to run the clock down to 3 seconds and hopefully kick the field goal and not give the Vikings another possession.
“So I would say that would be a play I beat myself up over, or we think about a lot and that mattered in that game a lot.” He also joked that he appreciated his daughter bringing that back up.
And since it’s Monday morning and we’re in a good mood, we won’t even rail on the nepotism angle at the league’s own network, because it’s not like he hired her as an assistant coach on his staff or anything.
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Even when he’s trying to relax with some pre-training camp golf in Lake Tahoe, Sean Payton can’t get away from what happened in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
“For someone who is really studying that game, there was a third-and-1 before we kicked that field goal [to go up 24-23],” he replied, via the New Orleans Times-Picayune. “We weren’t able to convert that third-and-1. We kicked a field goal with 20-some seconds left in the game. Had we been able…
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Well Go USA unleash a Sushi Typhoon
This is fantastic news in my opinion. Well Go USA have secured the rights to 5 Sushi Typhoon movies; Helldriver, Mutant Girl Squad, Deadball, Yakuza Weapon and Karate-Robo Zaborgar. All of which I have been eagerly awaiting, so I will be all over these when they get released starting in the Fall this year. Another good thing about this news is that Well Go USA's recent releases, such as Ip Man 2, Legend of the Fist, Man From Nowhere and Blood have all been given pretty damned decent releases, quite often 2 Disc affairs.
WELL GO USA ACQUIRES NORTH AMERICAN DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS
TO FIVE FILMS FROM THE SUSHI TYPHOON LABEL
Mutant Girls Squad, Helldriver, Yakuza Weapon,
Deadball and Karate-Robo Zaborgar
PLANO, TEXAS. (July 18, 2011) -- Well Go USA has acquired DVD, Digital, VOD and Television rights for the North American market to Mutant Girls Squad, Helldriver, Yakuza Weapon,
Deadball and Karate-Robo Zaborgar from Nikkatsu Corporation’s leading genre film label, The Sushi Typhoon. Launched in 2010, The Sushi Typhoon was created by Producer Yoshinori Chiba andaims to bring the best talent from Japanese cult cinema to worldwide audiences. Well Go plans to make its initial roll out on VOD, DVD and Blu-ray starting in Fall 2011.
“We are very excited to have secured rights to these ‘neo action gore’ titles, a genre which has seen tremendous growth here in the U.S. and has such passionate and dedicated fans,” said Doris Pfardrescher, President Well Go USA Entertainment. “We continue to look for interesting and compelling product from Asia to introduce to the North American market.”
“Nikkatsu Corporation is so delighted to have built up a solid business tie with Well Go USA to release The Sushi Typhoon titles in the U.S. market,” said Akifumi Sugihara, Executive Producer of The Sushi Typhoon, “We are more than certain that our strongest partner Well Go USA will leave no stone unturned through all media to deliver our product to those consumers who are so covetous of powerful and highly thrilling entertainment.”
Karate-Robo Zaborgar and Yakuza Weapon recently screened at the New York Asian Film Festival and will next be screened at Montreal's Fantasia International Film Festival, the Puchon Fantastic Film Festival in South Korea, and events around the world throughout the summer and fall.
Karate-Robo Zaborgar, written and directed by Noboru Iguchi, stars Itsuji Itao, Yasuhisa Furuhara and Akira Emoto. Karate-Robo Zaborgar is a hilariously over-the-top tribute to the transforming robots of 1970’s Japanese television, and an exciting action/comedy that will stir the heart of anyone who longs for justice dispensed at the short end of a swift robot karate kick! The film had its World Premiere at the Rotterdam International Film Festival.
Yakuza Weapon, co-directed by Tak Sakaguchi and Yudai Yamaguchi, is a wild combination of hard-boiled gangster action, manga-style comedy and splatterific special effects. The film stars Tak Sakaguchi, Shingo Tsurumi, Mei Kurokawa, Akaji Maro and Jun Murakami.
Helldriver, written, character designed, edited and directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura, is an epic, apocalyptic road movie featuring non-stop action and over-the-top splatter. Starring Yumiko Hara, Eihi Shiina, Kazuki Namioka, Yurei Yanagi, Minoru Torihada and Guadalcanal Taka, Helldriver
is Nishimura’s bid to create the ultimate zombie film. It had its World Premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin and is scheduled to be released on DVD and Blu-ray in early November 2011.
Mutant Girls Squad
was directed by Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura and Tak Sakaguchi, who have joined forces to bring three times the heart-pounding action, three times the jaw-dropping comedy and three times the head-exploding splatter of your average action/horror/comedy! It’s a three-times-larger Mutant Action Extravaganza starring Yumi Sugimoto, Yuko Takayama, Suzuka Morita, and Naoto Takenaka.
The hilariously offensive, politically incorrect sports splatter comedy, Deadball is director Yudai Yamaguchi’s follow-up to his earlier zombie baseball classic Battlefield Baseball, and once again features action star Tak Sakaguchi, along with Mari Hoshino, Mickey Curtis, Koichi Yamadera and Ryosei Tayama. A riotous, over-the-top epic of excess, Deadball
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<== previous entry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PHOTOGRAPH. Should be a photo taken at that concert, or a ticket stub scan, or something similarly identifying of the event.
Performance summary
Artist performing: Last Exit
Tour: 1974-1977 Last Exit performances
Venue: University Theatre
Location: Newcastle, England, UK
Support acts: SUPPORT ACTS
Ticket prices: 30p (children, senior citizens and students) - £1.30
On 1975-01-14, Last Exit performed at the University Theatre in Newcastle, England, UK.
2 Recording information
This section needs more information.
This section needs more information. Please note if an official or unofficial recording, or recording(s), is known to exist of this performance.
Last Exit were hired as the pit band for the Rock Nativity musical - additional musicians being Derek Lunn (drums) and Iwan Williams (keyboards). They were not credited as Last Exit in the programme or media publicity.
The musical was written by Tony Hatch / Jackie Trent (music) and David Wood (story). Frances Tomelty was the leading actress, playing the Virgin Mary.
According to Sting's Broken Music they started rehearsing in mid-October 1974. He also mentions that rehearsals began a few days (?) after one of Last Exit 's gigs (the first one was on 1974-10-17).
The musical ran for six weeks - from the 1974-12-18 press performance to 1975-01-25. The only problem for Sting were Wednesday's matinee shows which collided with his job as a school teacher.
Today's performance was a school matinee at 3:00PM - probably followed by a 7:00PM performance.
the first and last date
source: Broken Music, L'Historia Bandido, David Wood
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Earth - Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Typhoons....
Shelgeyr
Re: Birth Of A Tornado
Unread post by Shelgeyr » Mon May 20, 2013 7:38 am
shadowmane wrote: So what's the explanation for tornados at night?
Although I am "very EU"-oriented, I'd like to see this question addressed soundly as well.
My guess - and that's all this is, a GUESS - is that most night-time tornadoes start around dusk, and since (again, I'm guessing) what is important here is a change in electical field as opposed to an increase, perhaps the decreasing field from day to night is just as capable as contributing to a charged sheath vortex spinning up as anything else.
Then again, for those truly full-on-nighttime tornadoes, they're certainly as associated with thunderstorms (same as all the others), and thunderstorms are still part of the connective path between ground and sky, so I guess it may not matter all that much when they happen, day or night.
For the final time, let me stipulate (even though it should be obvious) that I'm speculating here, and my opinions should not be mistaken for scientific fact.
The reason I'm pounding that particular drum so hard is that my #1 bull-moose gold-medal problem with most scientific articles - including the vast majority of things found on sites like phys.org - is all the wild, foundationless speculation written up in a factual manner (not even qualified!) as if announcing a "new discovery", or worse - serves as an unquestioned factual "given"; the foundation upon which yet more speculation is built.
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Unread post by promethean » Mon May 20, 2013 9:26 am
http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2 ... t/2325875/
and from last week...
http://www.thesuntoday.org/current-obse ... d-spitzer/
Why tornadic activity at 30 degrees latitude ( plus or minus ) ?
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"History teaches everything,even the future." Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869)
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Unread post by GaryN » Mon May 20, 2013 7:28 pm
That is a very tragic event promethean, but surely this is not coincidence. A strong, direct CME hit, and then this?
In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model. You create a new model and make the old one obsolete. -Buckminster Fuller
Maol
Unread post by Maol » Tue May 21, 2013 12:03 am
GaryN wrote: That is a very tragic event promethean, but surely this is not coincidence. A strong, direct CME hit, and then this?
Two CMEs hit, one on the 18th and one on the 19th.
Unread post by GaryN » Tue May 21, 2013 11:58 am
The mainstream seems to strongly deny any connection between flares or CMEs with tornados or other extreme weather events, but this chap says he has 3 terrabytes of data that show otherwise. I havent found any data on Geomagnetically Induced Currents for the area, but see there was a spike measured in Sotland on the 18th, the day the first CME hit, and maybe a small spike on the 19/20th. The article here is talking about a 2012 event.
CORONAL MASS EJECTION (CME) CAUSES TORNADO OUTBREAK
http://ruffletheteacher.com/2012/01/22/ ... -outbreak/
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Unread post by dahlenaz » Tue May 21, 2013 10:04 pm
We should also note that the CME's were of such intensity to cause auroral displays as far south as
Colorado, according to space weather.com but there is another pattern that deserves attention.
As a side line to an investigation into patterns of severe weather coincident to orbital orientations of near
neighborhood bodies and occurance of hurricanes, the moon showed an extension of a pattern of influence
which fell in time with a large number of storng tornados, during the moon's stationing from just after
new moon to just before full moon.
I didnn't chart the tornados in the same way as i did hurricanes but the moons influence on the earth's
atmosphere seemed to present a pattern that appeared to involve surrounding bodies such as Venus and
Mars,, but for this tornado outbreak the only bodies in the vacinity was the moon and that big asteroid
which is coming in for a close approach later this month. On the 20th it was drawing closer to the
moon/earth system < .0816AU .. And then there is this point to spark my curiosity,,,, the asteroid
is moving near to an imaginary plane of influence between Saturn, and the moon and the earth.
It makes me wonder if we live in a hypersensitive solar system and the earth is have having
capture-cravings... d...z
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1998%20QE2&orb=1
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Unread post by CharlesChandler » Sun May 26, 2013 10:31 pm
In my study of tornadoes, I found a loose relationship between sunspot activity and the severity of tornadoes. It shows up best in the comparison between tornado fatalities and the sunspot cycle.
http://charles-chandler.org/Geophysics/ ... nadoes.png
The reason why I thought to compare fatalities to the sunspot cycle is that I figured that the statistics would be far more reliable. (A fatality is always reported, but the tornadoes themselves are less consistently reported.)
I don't think that ion beams from CMEs are making it all of the way through the atmosphere, to influence tropospheric airflows, as suggested in previous posts. But an ion beam will increase the degree of ionization in the upper atmosphere, thus strengthening the fair weather field. And I subscribe to the theory that the fair weather field polarizes solid water particles (e.g., hail), resulting in electron transfer on particle collision, which is the fundamental electrification process in the thunderstorm. I'm also of the opinion that tornadoes are electromagnetic, and thus rely on the degree of electrification.
Local factors are much more significant in determining whether or not a thunderstorm will form. For instance, if the humidity just isn't there, no storm forms, no matter the EM environment. But if a storm does form, and the fair weather field is stronger than normal, the storm electrification will be more robust, meaning more lightning, and a greater chance of a tornado.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll spend the rest of the day sitting in a small boat, drinking beer and telling dirty jokes.
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The Electromagnetic Nature of Tornadic Supercell Thunderstorms
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Unread post by ElecGeekMom » Tue May 28, 2013 12:10 pm
I fear this may be a bit OT, but since we're talking about tornadoes and things that influence their formation... here goes:
Many readers may be aware that Moore sustained massive damage from another F5 tornado on May 3, 1999. There have been other Moore tornadoes that were also massive and caused widespread damage. Therefore, many are asking why Moore gets hit with so many big twisters. This video shows a 3D image of the Moore tornado from May 20, 2013:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9S00VYxwBI
I am fascinated by the stair-step appearance of this storm. The live video of it
also displayed an upside down stair-step pyramid appearance.
The shape of the storm, and the direction the stair-steps take makes me think there is something coming from the right (east) that is influencing it. There is a major NWS radar to the right, outside the border of the image. It's
called Twin Lakes and is a WSR-88D. It's pretty much straight east of Moore. I keep wondering if these high-powered radars we have now might be adding to the energy of storms, and might be one reason that Moore keeps getting hit in recent years. The earliest NWS radar was installed there in 1966.
Is it possible that the massive NWS radar east of Moore has an influence on the shape of storms that form to the west, at the edge of the OKC metropolitan area?
Another oddity I must mention is that AFAIK the actual NWS headquarters hasn't ever been hit with a massive tornado. So is it possible that the big NWS radar is in some way protective of that location, but possibly "bending" the power of storms around it, into neighboring areas?
Unread post by CharlesChandler » Tue May 28, 2013 7:20 pm
ElecGeekMom wrote: I am fascinated by the stair-step appearance of this storm.
The stair-stepping is an artifact of how the 3D model was built, using a series of individual scans at various elevations. WSR-88 only produces slices of the storm. The software (i.e., GRLevelX) builds a 3D model by connecting similar features in adjacent 2D scans. So the detailed ridges are the elevations of the actual scans, while the smooth shapes in between were interpolated by the software. It's an imperfect process, but for the first time, we get to see what the storms actually look like in 3D, which tells us a lot. I'm wondering what the MPAR ("Multi-function Phased Array Radar") scans would look like. Instead of one complete scan every 5 minutes, MPAR can be programmed to just focus on one thing, taking many more slices, and finishing faster. The apparent storm structure changes dramatically in 5 minutes, because it's picking up precipitation density that is very transient, leaving us wondering what happened to the features in the last scan, and where the new features in the present scan came from. MPAR shows a much smoother transition. For example, compare the composites for the Shawnee tornado, by WSR-88D and MPAR. But I want to see it in 3D.
ElecGeekMom wrote: I keep wondering if these high-powered radars we have now might be adding to the energy of storms, and might be one reason that Moore keeps getting hit in recent years.
Theoretically, a powerful enough radar could photo-ionize the cloud, increasing the degree of electrification. Radars are certainly hazardous for human beings up-close, for that very reason (i.e., genetic damage due to photo-ionization), so anybody planning to have children someday is advised not to stand next to a radar emitter. But at a distance, I'm not sure if the EM waves are strong enough to ionize anything.
Still, when an area like Moore gets hit repeatedly, there just has to be something to that. Some people think that varying conductivities and capacitances in the oil fields are a factor.
Unread post by promethean » Tue May 28, 2013 7:42 pm
Another thought...the weather people predict more outbreaks this week,
as they did two weeks ago ( before the CME's ) , based on the jet stream's location...
is the jet stream affected by the solar activity we are witnessing ?
The mainstream explanation of the jet stream blames temperature differentials
of adjacent air masses , but couldn't this be a case of the cart before the horse...
I will invoke Miles Mathis' theory of planetary "charge recycling" again ,
Thanks EGM ,for that youtube link and your observation re:NWS radar...
more food for thought.
Unread post by ElecGeekMom » Tue May 28, 2013 9:33 pm
Thanks, Charles and Promethean, for your replies.
I watched the TV coverage in real time during this last outbreak. I was struck by the stair-step appearance of the big Moore tornado as it was photographed by storm chasers. I would say that the rain shroud and/or debris cloud had taken on the stair-step appearance. It was something I don't recall ever having seen before. There weren't as many steps in the storm chasers' footage as there were in the 3D radar sequence, but it was there.
I am a 4th generation Okie and am closer to 60 than to 50. I have been intrigued by tornadoes ever since the first time my family took shelter in response to the police cars racing down our neighborhood streets, with their sirens wailing the warning. That was all we had - just a few minutes' warning. These days, they give us maybe 2-3 days' warning. Things have come a long way, but they have to strike a balance between making sure people get the message versus causing a panic over an event that may well not even take place. It's gotten to the point where, if the weathercasters don't frame their message in dire terms (e.g., "Get underground!"), people will be more likely to gawk than shelter.
False alarms are still frequent enough that most native Oklahomans' reaction to the first notification is to go outdoors and look around, camera in hand. We joke about it. I've done it myself! But I have learned that when the clouds directly overhead start moving in a circular motion, it's better to take cover. I'm not that daring.
Tornadoes seem to strike with surgical precision, wiping out houses on one side of the street, while leaving others untouched or with only minor damage. That, to me, illustrates their electrical nature. Most of them are not mile-wide monsters.
In recent years, though, the idea that weathercasters can put out a warning days in advance has made me wonder if they are also tracking the emissions from the sun, and have been able to factor that activity into their forecasts. Tom Olenio brought to my attention the typical timing of earthquakes in Oklahoma (around 13 days after a spike in the K index to at least level 3, and that spike is typically 2-3 days after a CME is observed on the sun). That timeframe seems to be within reason for the improvements in predictions for timing and locations of tornado outbreaks. And in the last couple of years that I've been paying attention, there have been at least two occasions when we logged not only an earthquake, but also co-located, significant thunderstorms or tornado outbreaks that fit the timeline for Oklahoma to receive impacts from the sun's emissions.
The recent improvements in radar images are also fascinating to me. More often than not, a long-lasting string of thunderstorms gives the appearance of an old-fashioned, curly telephone cord being dragged along the ground. It reminds me of the appearance of filaments on the sun, before they get all tangled up and explode. The curly thunderstorm strings seem to sprout from the ground in a relatively small location, and eventually dissipate many counties away. Sometimes filaments on the sun seem to behave similarly.
I admit I have not studied Charles' tornado article. I need to do that.
Unread post by ElecGeekMom » Wed May 29, 2013 1:43 pm
There is another line of storms brewing. Here is a link to an interactive radar:
http://www.news9.com/category/158742/in ... -esp-radar
The current storms look a lot like a curly telephone cord (it's not all in visible mode, so you have to imagine the rest of the cord).
Unread post by Maol » Wed May 29, 2013 2:04 pm
I find it ironic the iconoclasticism of the EU exclusion principle has such sensitive trip wires with an exclusive set of hot-key buzzwords and forbidden buttons never to be pushed which conjure imagery so powerful as to crowd highly idiosynchronized crania so overwhelmingly there is insufficient elbow room for fine-tuning physical concepts (AKA preconceived notions). The iconoclasm of the EU exclusion principle can’t possibly apply to ionized matter or polar molecules can it? Is it because I mentioned gravity?
I did not imply “that ion beams from CMEs are making it all of the way through the atmosphere”.
That the solar wind and CMEs are ionized particles is well understood. Hydrogen and Oxygen are among the positive ions, and electrons are negative ions. When the twain shall meet in the right circumstances, they join, this is also well understood.
I am so sorry the word “cometary” appears to have conjured a vision of a full blown comet with a tail.
I used the word “cometary” in a context intended to be understood as “comet like” or “similar to comets” simply to provide an image of molecular clouds of water molecules coagulating in discrete masses bound by water’s polar attraction to itself.
I did not intend to imply, nor, as I understand his literature, did Prof. Louis Franks, that the masses of water entering the atmosphere are of the same high density as water and ice we experience here on Earth, or has been found in the comets from the outer solar system we see plunging into the Sun in SOHO images (what do you think happens to that water, by the way – where does it go?).
If you study Prof. Franks several texts, he describes the water comets as “the size and weight of a small house”. Do some math; what would the mass density be with the weight-to-volume ratio of a house? Large or small, a house has a lot of empty volume.
The point is, the masses of water entering the atmosphere are not very dense and Prof. Franks described them as such, in fact he describes them as “a cloud”. His mass reference is “20 to 40 tons”.
Do some more maths; on Earth, water weighs 62.4 lbs per cubic foot. 30 tons is less than 1000 cubic feet, smaller than a 10’ cube. Use some logic people. The “Solar Water” or “Comet (like) Water” is in the forms of diffuse cloud-like masses. Envision them as regions of high humidity within the Solar System. Water’s polar attraction to itself (the reason it has surface tension) results in clumps of humidity, but in the vast emptiness of space the density is low compared to our usual consideration of the terms “humidity”, “comet”, “cloud”, “ice”, “water”, “etc,” in terrestrial conditions we are familiar with.
A substantial amount of the matter entrained in soar wind and CMEs is atoms other than H and He. About 3% of the solar wind is positive ions of the composition shown in this image. About .75% of the solar mass and ejecta is Oxygen.
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/gallery/ ... 1_prev.jpg
A CME can be 20 to 30 Billion tons of solar matter. Again, do the math, .75% of 20-30 Billion is a lot of Oxygen. Do some more maths and postulate how much Oxygen in a CME may fall into the influence of Earth’s magnetic and gravity fields. Assuming Physical Laws are the same throughout the local universe, the positive ions of Oxygen and Hydrogen and the negative ions (electrons) take part in electro-chemical reactions when the conditions are right, such as when they are trapped in Earth’s magnetosphere and cool below their ionization energy in the shadow of the planet. The other positive ions besides Oxygen are taking part in chemical reactions of their own when their conditions are right, but this particular discussion is about H and O and the necessary electrons to = H2O.
When the Solar Wind and CME mass enters the Earth’s magnetic field, as described in the links below, what do you think happens to the H and O and electrons? The Solar Wind giveth, and the Solar Wind taketh away, is obvious.
Sorry to cut and paste, but I think some here need to study some information about this.
First, if you haven’t partaken of Dr. Pollack’s lecture about water’s electrical properties, this is it … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd614bK3 ... re=related
… and it should be enjoyed first to make it easier to understand this conjecture that water is entering the atmosphere and with it the associated energies of electrical charge and inertia of mass in motion.
This is the CME that hit us on the 20th-21st of May. http://www.thesuntoday.org/thesuntoday/ ... im-den.gif Click the link to see a graphic of the Sun’s and the solar wind’s electromagnetic properties and mass ejecta in the Solar System with the solar wind and the CME in motion over several days, and the impact of the CME with Earth.
This is information about the magnetic portals through which solar matter from the Solar Wind and CMEs enters Earth’s atmosphere.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunea ... rtals.html
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A NASA-sponsored researcher at the University of Iowa has developed a way for spacecraft to hunt down hidden magnetic portals in the vicinity of Earth. These gateways link the magnetic field of our planet to that of the sun, setting the stage for stormy space weather. The Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission will study these portals. Credit: Science@NASA
A favorite theme of science fiction is "the portal"--an extraordinary opening in space or time that connects travelers to distant realms. A good portal is a shortcut, a guide, a door into the unknown. If only they actually existed....
It turns out that they do, sort of, and a NASA-funded researcher at the University of Iowa has figured out how to find them.
"We call them X-points or electron diffusion regions," explains plasma physicist Jack Scudder of the University of Iowa. "They're places where the magnetic field of Earth connects to the magnetic field of the Sun, creating an uninterrupted path leading from our own planet to the sun's atmosphere 93 million miles away."
Observations by NASA's THEMIS spacecraft and Europe's Cluster probes suggest that these magnetic portals open and close dozens of times each day. They're typically located a few tens of thousands of kilometers from Earth where the geomagnetic field meets the onrushing solar wind. Most portals are small and short-lived; others are yawning, vast, and sustained. Tons of energetic particles can flow through the openings, heating Earth's upper atmosphere, sparking geomagnetic storms, and igniting bright polar auroras.
NASA is planning a mission called "MMS," short for Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission, due to launch in 2014, to study the phenomenon. Bristling with energetic particle detectors and magnetic sensors, the four spacecraft of MMS will spread out in Earth's magnetosphere and surround the portals to observe how they work.
Just one problem: Finding them. Magnetic portals are invisible, unstable, and elusive. They open and close without warning "and there are no signposts to guide us in," notes Scudder.
Actually, there are signposts, and Scudder has found them.
Portals form via the process of magnetic reconnection. Mingling lines of magnetic force from the sun and Earth criss-cross and join to create the openings. "X-points" are where the criss-cross takes place. The sudden joining of magnetic fields can propel jets of charged particles from the X-point, creating an "electron diffusion region."
To learn how to pinpoint these events, Scudder looked at data from a space probe that orbited Earth more than 10 years ago.
"In the late 1990s, NASA's Polar spacecraft spent years in Earth's magnetosphere," explains Scudder, "and it encountered many X-points during its mission."
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Data from NASA's Polar spacecraft, circa 1998, provided crucial clues to finding magnetic X-points. Credit: NASA Because Polar carried sensors similar to those of MMS, Scudder decided to see how an X-point looked to Polar. "Using Polar data, we have found five simple combinations of magnetic field and energetic particle measurements that tell us when we've come across an X-point or an electron diffusion region. A single spacecraft, properly instrumented, can make these measurements."
This means that single member of the MMS constellation using the diagnostics can find a portal and alert other members of the constellation. Mission planners long thought that MMS might have to spend a year or so learning to find portals before it could study them. Scudder's work short cuts the process, allowing MMS to get to work without delay.
It's a shortcut worthy of the best portals of fiction, only this time the portals are real. And with the new "signposts" we know how to find them.
› MMS Mission site
› NASA THEMIS site
› Polar Mission site
› Magnetic Portals Connect Earth to the Sun
Dr. Tony Phillips
More about the “Portals”.
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/sc ... 0oct_ftes/
Oct. 30, 2008: During the time it takes you to read this article, something will happen high overhead that until recently many scientists didn't believe in. A magnetic portal will open, linking Earth to the sun 93 million miles away. Tons of high-energy particles may flow through the opening before it closes again, around the time you reach the end of the page.
"It's called a flux transfer event or 'FTE,'" says space physicist David Sibeck of the Goddard Space Flight Center. "Ten years ago I was pretty sure they didn't exist, but now the evidence is incontrovertible."
Indeed, today Sibeck is telling an international assembly of space physicists at the 2008 Plasma Workshop in Huntsville, Alabama, that FTEs are not just common, but possibly twice as common as anyone had ever imagined.
Right: An artist's concept of Earth's magnetic field connecting to the sun's--a.k.a. a "flux transfer event"--with a spacecraft on hand to measure particles and fields. [Larger image]
Researchers have long known that the Earth and sun must be connected. Earth's magnetosphere (the magnetic bubble that surrounds our planet) is filled with particles from the sun that arrive via the solar wind and penetrate the planet's magnetic defenses. They enter by following magnetic field lines that can be traced from terra firma all the way back to the sun's atmosphere.
"We used to think the connection was permanent and that solar wind could trickle into the near-Earth environment anytime the wind was active," says Sibeck. "We were wrong. The connections are not steady at all. They are often brief, bursty and very dynamic."
Several speakers at the Workshop have outlined how FTEs form: On the dayside of Earth (the side closest to the sun), Earth's magnetic field presses against the sun's magnetic field. Approximately every eight minutes, the two fields briefly merge or "reconnect," forming a portal through which particles can flow. The portal takes the form of a magnetic cylinder about as wide as Earth. The European Space Agency's fleet of four Cluster spacecraft and NASA's five THEMIS probes have flown through and surrounded these cylinders, measuring their dimensions and sensing the particles that shoot through. "They're real," says Sibeck.
Now that Cluster and THEMIS have directly sampled FTEs, theorists can use those measurements to simulate FTEs in their computers and predict how they might behave. Space physicist Jimmy Raeder of the University of New Hampshire presented one such simulation at the Workshop. He told his colleagues that the cylindrical portals tend to form above Earth's equator and then roll over Earth's winter pole. In December, FTEs roll over the north pole; in July they roll over the south pole.
Right: A "magnetic portal" or FTE mapped in cross-section by NASA's fleet of THEMIS spacecraft. [Larger image]
Sibeck believes this is happening twice as often as previously thought. "I think there are two varieties of FTEs: active and passive." Active FTEs are magnetic cylinders that allow particles to flow through rather easily; they are important conduits of energy for Earth's magnetosphere. Passive FTEs are magnetic cylinders that offer more resistance; their internal structure does not admit such an easy flow of particles and fields. (For experts: Active FTEs form at equatorial latitudes when the IMF tips south; passive FTEs form at higher latitudes when the IMF tips north.) Sibeck has calculated the properties of passive FTEs and he is encouraging his colleagues to hunt for signs of them in data from THEMIS and Cluster. "Passive FTEs may not be very important, but until we know more about them we can't be sure."
There are many unanswered questions: Why do the portals form every 8 minutes? How do magnetic fields inside the cylinder twist and coil? "We're doing some heavy thinking about this at the Workshop," says Sibeck.
Meanwhile, high above your head, a new portal is opening, connecting your planet to the sun.
Author: Dr. Tony Phillips | Credit: Science@NASA
2008 Huntsville Plasma Workshop -- home page
Below: In a presentation at the 2008 Plasma Workshop, Robert Fear of the University of Leicester, UK, presented some alternatives for the magnetic topology of FTEs. Possibilities include ropes (left column), cylinders (middle column), or bubbles (right column): abstract.
Space Weather resources:NOAA Space Weather prediction Center; Spaceweather.com
NASA's Future:US Space Exploration Policy
Unread post by CharlesChandler » Fri May 31, 2013 4:41 am
ElecGeekMom wrote: I was struck by the stair-step appearance of the big Moore tornado as it was photographed by storm chasers.
Do you have a link to the photography? Maybe I'll have an intelligent explanation -- maybe not.
ElecGeekMom wrote: Tornadoes seem to strike with surgical precision, wiping out houses on one side of the street, while leaving others untouched or with only minor damage.
Right -- and even if the "tornado" is a mile wide, the damage path might only be 100 yards wide. So there is a sub-vortex inside the outer vortex. The sub-vortex might do EF5 damage, while the outer vortex only does EF2 damage. Since that just isn't possible in fluid dynamics, it's another one of the proofs that there are EM forces in tornadoes.
ElecGeekMom wrote: Tom Olenio brought to my attention the typical timing of earthquakes in Oklahoma (around 13 days after a spike in the K index to at least level 3, and that spike is typically 2-3 days after a CME is observed on the sun).
If you know of somebody who has found a correlation between CMEs and tornadoes in the data, I'd love to see it. The CMEs have to be Earth-bound to matter, of course. And there are many factors that must be present for a tornado to form. For example, if the CAPE just isn't there, there won't be any thunderstorms, much less tornadoes. But if CMEs are a contributing factor, it should show up in the stats. If I had to guess, I'd say it's there, but nobody ever took the time to do the analysis.
Unread post by ElecGeekMom » Fri May 31, 2013 5:36 pm
OK. I finally found a photo that was posted on Facebook, showing the tornado that came down near Tulsa yesterday. It shows the kind of stair-steps I was talking about. This is very similar to what I saw on TV when I was watching the storm coverage for the Moore tornado.
Tulsa tornado at 81st and hwy 51 - 2013-05-30.jpg (7.48 KiB) Viewed 24217 times
Regarding the predictions--I have been making notations in my Daytimer, first about EQs, and now about storms and EQs, since oftentimes a day that I mark for EQs has severe weather instead. It's not a nice, organized collection of data. I haven't decided on the best way to compile it. I like the monthly tables that the weather service produces. If they would only add columns for EQs and flares and geomagnetic storms, I think it would come together faster.
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PROFILE OF ZAMBIAN WARLORD DAVIES THUKUDZA
¶1. (SBU) Summary: Post is a brief profile of purported Zambian warlord Davies “Shansha” Thukudza along with a risk assessment. End summary.
¶2. (U) Davies Thukudza was born on August 13th, 1984 in Mufulira, a city in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. His father, Mwape Thukudza, worked as a manager at Zambia Minerals Ltd, the largest copper mining company in the country. His mother was a teacher at the Mufulira Primary School, which Davies attended. While not wealthy, his parents were well-off and had an income far above the national average.
¶3. (U) According to his teachers, Thukudza was a very intelligent student and received excellent grades but often had trouble with following directions. He was often disciplined for disrupting class and talking back to his teachers. Thukudza moved on to Mufulira Secondary School where he played on the football team until he was kicked off for vandalizing school property. Although he was constantly in trouble for fighting, Thukudza continued to receive high marks until he suddenly stopped attending in 1999.
¶4. (SBU) According to reports from the Zambia Police Service, Thukudza was arrested on a number of occasions in his youth for charges such as for assault, assault with a deadly weapon, public intoxication, robbery, burgulary, and receiving stolen goods. (Comment: In most cases, no conviction was possible because witnesses and victims refused to testify. It’s unclear if this was due to intimidation on the part of Thukudza or the general hesitancy from the public to get involved – a common occurence in Zambia, often due to civilian distrust of the police. End comment.)
¶5. (SBU) Sources indicate that around the age of 16, Thukudza was recruited by a local militia known as the Peoples’ Defense League (PDL). While the militia attempted to give an outward appearance of a political agenda, it was common knowledge that the PDL was mainly a low-level street gang specializing in violent robberies.
¶6. (SBU) Thukudza rose up the ranks of the PDL, utilizing his strong discipline and aggressive tendencies to gain favor among his fellow militia members. During this time, he was given the nickname “Shansha” which loosely translates in Zambian slang to “Hustle”. Within two years of joining, Thukudza became the second in command to PDL leader Dennis “Mao” Bwalya.
¶7. (S) While no official evidence exists, it is believed that during this time (upon Bwalya’s orders) Thukudza committed several murders – mostly of rival militia members but he is also suspected in the unsolved murders of two police officers.
¶8. (SBU) On February 22nd, 2002 PDL leader Dennis “Mao” Bwalya was killed in a shootout with police along with three other members.
RISE TO POWER
¶9. (SBU) After the death of Dennis Bwalya, the PDL was essentially dismantled. Thukudza recruited several members of the PDL into what he called the Zambia Peace Coucil (ZPC). Rather than going the route of his previous militia with low-level street crime, Thukudza focused his new organization’s efforts on the lucrative mining industry.
¶10. (S) Through several initial acts of violence and intimidation (Ref. #376C), Thukudza forced several of the smaller mining companies to pay protection money. After one company refused, three members of their management staff had their homes set ablaze.
¶11. (S) Seeing the success of the ZPC, several other low-level militias and gangs tried to offer the companies protection from the ZPC at a slightly lower cost. In every occasion, the ZPC neutralized opposition. Sometimes they did so through violent means, but more often than not, Thukudza simply bought out the smaller gangs. He did so by offering militia members more money and better drugs. By the end of the year, the ZPC had absorbed seven other militias and street gangs.
¶12. (C) In order to avoid problems with local police, Thukudza usually paid them off. In the rare case that an officer refused money, more violent measures were taken. On March 7th of last year, one police officer was found in a park near his home – his hands and feet had been cut off, the amputated wounds cauterized by a blow torch. The officer was alive for 37 hours before he eventually died from cardiac arrest.
¶13. (C) According to a report by the Zambian Federal Police – by the end of last year, it’s estimated that the ZPC had more than seventy active members bringing in more $350,000 USD a month from extortion, embezzlement, drugs, and illegal smuggling. (Comment: Actual numbers are probably much larger considering numerous alliances the ZPC has formed with other criminal groups in the Copperbelt Province. End comment.)
DEATH OF MWAPE THUKUDZA
¶14. (S) As his criminal enterprise expanded, Davies Thukudza went after the larger mining companies, including Zambia Minerals Ltd (where his father worked). With constant opposition from federal law enforcement and other militias, gun battles in the Copperbelt Province became commonplace with murder rate increasing by over 300% in a matter of months. While a majority of the victims were militia members and law enforcement, dozens of civilians died in the cross-fire.
¶15. (C) On December 17th at the Zambia Minerals Ltd. corportate headquarters in Mufulira, Davies Thukudza’s father (Mwape Thukudza) was shot to death in his office. Based on witness accounts gathered by federal law enforcement, Davies was seen entering his father’s office upon which a loud screaming match ensued. One witness claims to have heard Mwape telling his son “I wish you were never born.” Shortly thereafter, seven gunshots were heard. Another witness stated that as Davies walked out of his father’s office he was holding a small football trophy – However, authorities were unable to confirm this with any of the other witnesses.
¶16. (S) Federal law enforcement officials have issued a warrant for Thukudza in connection to the murder of his father. Unfortunately, due to local law enforcement corruption, unresponsive politicians, and a fearful public, they have yet to bring him to justice.
¶17. (C) Based on the US Terrorist Risk Assessment Scale (Ref. 28776), Davies “Shansha” Thukudza ranks as a 6 (10 is highest, 1 is lowest). As of now, Thukudza poses no immediate threat to US interests and currently has no ties to any major terrorist organizations. However, as his criminal organization continues to grow it is very possible Thukudza could build relationships with higher value targets – specifically in Congo and Agola. Subject will continue to be monitored and post will be updated as more intel becomes available. End comment.
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Republished from Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), 21 June 2019
POHNPEI, 21 June 2019 – For the first time in the Pacific region, a policy dialogue between the seventeen (17) Forum Fishery Agency (FFA) Members and the European Union (EU) to discuss issues and challenges relating to the sustainable management of marine resources commenced in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia today.
Marine resources not only form the backbone of the Pacific economy, and plays an important role towards their economic development, but it is alsoessential to the livelihood, well-being and prosperity of the Pacific people. Therefore, the sustainable management of marine resources is vital for present and future generations.
FFA Director General, Dr. Manu Tupou-Roosen said: “This policy dialogue is important because it is an opportunity for FFA members and the EU to have an in depth discussion on key issues relating to the sustainable management of tuna in our region, its importance for Pacific Island countries, and our cooperation in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission to tackle issues like Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing. This will further contribute to ensuring the sustainability of this critical resource for our people beyond the lifetime of the programme and that is what we value.”
The two-day meeting, which is organised under the framework of the Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership (PEUMP) Programme- a four-year initiative co-funded by the European Union (EU) and the Government of Sweden will also focus on the cooperation between the EU and FFA Member countries, implementation of regional and international measures aimed at reducing Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) fishing and trade-related negotiations to remove fisheries subsidies.
The Acting Head of Delegation of the European Union for the Pacific, Mr. Corrado Pampaloni said fishery play a key role for many Small Island States, both in terms of food security and economic and social development. The EU is proud to be supporting the rightful development aspiration of small developing island states, while ensuring the overarching goal of sustainable fisheries and improved governance.
Eu delegation at the EU-FFA policy dialogue. Photo: FFA
“As the life force that sustains our planet and every person on it, the EU will continue to support every effort to manage our oceans more sustainably – for the benefit of local communities in the Pacific, and for of many the generations to come. The EU remains the largest fisheries consumer in the world and is a very important export market, particularly for the Pacific fisheries products. For these reasons, the EU has a key interest to maintain healthy fish stocks for future generations. The on-going discussions in an open and transparent manner will benefit both sides, and improve our understanding of main challenges and opportunities. I strongly believe that this first policy dialogue paves the way for increased cooperation between the EU and the Pacific region for the sustainable management of marine resources,” said Mr. Pampaloni.
Funded by the European Union and the Government of Sweden, the EUR 45 million PEUMP programme promotes sustainable management and sound ocean governance for food security and economic growth, while addressing climate change resilience and conservation of marine biodiversity. It follows a comprehensive approach, integrating issues related oceanic fisheries, coastal fisheries, community development, marine conservation and capacity building under one single regional action. The programme is being implemented in close collaboration by the Pacific Community (SPC), the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), the Secretariat of the Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the University of the South Pacific (USP).
The Policy Dialogue is planned as an annual event under PEUMP.
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Dana Robert: Grannie and the Global Church
Today's blog post is written by Dr. Dana L. Robert. Dr. Robert is the Truman Collins Professor of World Christianity and History of Missions and Director of the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at the Boston University School of Theology.
My Grannie died last year at 102. She was a lifelong Methodist. Born into the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, she spent her adulthood in the Methodist Church, and she died a United Methodist. As a child in a Louisiana logging town, she attended camp meeting every year, and received perfect attendance pins for never missing Sunday School. In 1932, as a young bride and mother, she signed my mother into the Cradle Roll and joined a ladies’ Sunday School class at First Methodist Church in Lake Charles. The “Triple L Class”--Life, Love, and Loyalty--began as a group of young mothers and stayed together for 75 years.
Widowed herself in her early fifties, Grannie became a home care companion and baby sitter in order to survive financially. Into her mid-eighties, she worked as a “helper” in the First Methodist day care. She held toddlers when they cried. She taught pre-schoolers to tie their shoes, and set out the juice and cookies at snack time. Even when babysitting fees were her sole income, she gave her widow’s mite to the church. When at age 98 she could no longer live alone, she moved into a nursing home on Medicaid. The women at First United Methodist visited her until the day she died. Triple L only ended after 2005 when Hurricane Rita destroyed the local infrastructure for the elderly. The last few elderly widows lost their ability to live independently, and the Triple L Class died out.
What would someone like my grandmother think about 21st century Methodism as a “global church”? Even though Grannie never left the United States, she carried a vision of the church as a worldwide community. She attended the summer schools of mission sponsored by the United Methodist Women. She gave her dollar dues to Church Women United. She sewed bean bags and “yo yo” dolls to raise money for outreach. She befriended a retired woman missionary, “Miss Julia,” who returned to Lake Charles after years of missionary work in pre-Castro Cuba. In Grannie’s lifetime, she saw the steady expansion of her church from a regional to a national entity. She knew herself to be part of a worldwide network, particularly of women and children, who followed Jesus.
But other aspects of global Methodism I don’t think she would have understood. Grannie would not have appreciated the violent disagreements and cultural polarization at General Conferences. She would think it wrong to tithe her widow’s mite so that bishops could attend ever-increasing numbers of international meetings. If church leaders had asked her opinion, which of course they never did, she would have affirmed that feeding needy children was far more important than spending time arguing over clerical privileges, and launching global study commissions.
I am sure that were she alive today, my beloved grandmother would support the vision of United Methodism as a global community. But she would see it through the lenses of mission, friendship, and fellowship in Jesus Christ. Power politics, big expenditures for corporate-style meetings, and the accoutrements of status and privilege would be foreign to Grannie. Life, love, and loyalty. . . the church as family. . . this is what it meant for her to be a “global” United Methodist.
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by admin | April 17, 2015 · 11:37 am
McKay Club Beacons 2015 Season Preview
2014 Record: 5-23-2
After winning the Yaz Division and #1 seed to make the playoffs in 2012, the McKay Club has struggled to maintain consistency since. The team has suffered the loss of one top player after another. 2014 was a very difficult season for the Beacons. It seems that once some momentum was reached each of the last 3 seasons – rain came and people evaporated.
There are no excuses in baseball. Flat out this Franchise has not performed well on the mound or defensively for 3 seasons. Both of those areas must improve if the Beacons are to contend in 2015.
Pitching is the key to the success of any franchise in baseball and it is hoped that 2015 will see the addition of quality arms to bring the Beacons back to a play-off caliber team.
New Coach Brian Mylett has worked very hard to establish a solid connection with Wheaton College in Norton and 7 current and former Wheaton College players will be joining the McKay Club this season. Here are some great additions that are hoped to boost the starting lineup and starting/relief pitching staff.
Key Departures:
The Beacons will be without the on and off field antics of LF Drew Tambling. Drew has been not only been one of the best hitters in the Yawkey League over the last 7 seasons but one of the best in the history of the league. He is, however, contemplating commuting from Singapore so stay tuned on that.
Key Additions:
The Beacons will be adding a host of players from Wheaton College. Pitchers Eric Dumas, Jared Clement, Mike Baryski, and Brady Furdon will help a pitching staff that finished at the bottom of the league in most categories last season. RF Matt Lavanchy, LF Kevin Foley, and 2B Justin Peluso have all spent the past 3 seasons in the FCBL and will look to have an impact this season. The Beacons will also welcome back RHP Paul Fahey back after a season in the NYCBL and a solid career at Franklin Pierce.
Key Returners:
The Beacons captain Jack Owens returns in CF for his 12th season. Kyle McKay hopes to return behind the plate and help the young pitching staff with his tremendous game calling talents. Robbie Lerro can play any position on the field and will be a fixture in the middle of the Beacon lineup. Lionel Danielson OF was a silver bat winner in 2014. He is a five tool talent who came up short in the voting for YBL – Rookie of the Year honors. He plans to return to the Beacons and do his thing. Steady and solid in the field and at the plate. Dan Brien will help as a solid veteran on this young team. There is a strong wind blowing rumors of a return by Connor Reinfurt to the YBL. Connor is back in the Boston area and plans to play ball.
Dark Horses: Adam Woodhead has a big bat and a strong arm. This young man is looked upon to work at 3rd base and toss in relief. Luke Barkowski was ill most of last season and we hope he can bounce back and contribute on the bump with a strong showing. C – Reza Javaheri & P/1B – John Thomsen of Roxbury Latin are expected back. These 2 youngsters will be bigger and better in ‘15. Rookie Prospect, P – Matt Kerin of Quincy comes with a solid reputation out of Archbishop Williams.
We plan to stress “commitment and dedication to goals” this spring and summer.We fail to call this a rebuilding year. This is a year in which the McKay Club plans to WIN!
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What's going on in the toy world?
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29/7/10 Updated Logo[edit]
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There will be a new Teddy Troops collection released soon. There’s 12 different figures in this series and two of them are mystery chases. The artists responsible for the awesomeness in this series are Flying Fortress, Mr Jago, KRSN, SEEN, Jeremy Fish, Joe Ledbetter and Frank Kozik.
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Coming Soon!! Eagerly awaited Series 4 of this very popular series, including designs by Gary Baseman, Nico Berry, Jon Burgerman, Dalek, David Flores, Huck Gee, Thomas Han, Shane Jessup, Koa, Frank Kozik, Joe Ledbetter, MAD, Mad Barbarians, Tara McPherson (+ flier graphics), Mist, Michael Motorcycle, Sket One, and Twelve Car Pileup. Due to be released 24th September 2007.
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Post written by RC Murphy at May 30, 2017 10:00 pm
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Tags: Constantin, Milla Jovovich, movies, R.C. Murphy, reboot, Resident Evil, the final chapter, the ZSC, video game, zombie, zombie apocalypse, zombie horde, zombie survival crew, zombies
by R.C. Murphy
One does not simply march into Cannes four months after dropping what was billed as the final film in a franchise and announce a new six-film deal to revive it.
But that’s exactly what Martin Moszkowicz, chairman of the board for Constantin Film, did during the international film festival. With absolutely no plan under their belt, the production company, which already owns film rights to Resident Evil, announced hopes for a six-film arc in an upcoming reboot. Variety scooped the original interview, but couldn’t get any juicy details from the chairman during their chat. Probably because no one was ready for him to jump out and announce something this big so soon.
Days after Moszkowicz’s Variety interview, Deadline dug up more dirt on this poorly-timed revival. According to them, the first film installment will be directed by James Wan (Saw, Aquaman). Wan made a name for himself in the horror industry, delivering films which on the page could become utterly ridiculous, but often end up being at the very least fun thrill-rides for the audience. I’ll never forget the night I sat to watch Dead Silence as a joke and wound up sleeping with the lights on. His work on Saw set the tone for virtually every scary flick released after 2004. It’s almost natural for anyone working in the genre to court Wan, and I don’t blame the RE team for wanting someone solid to lead the charge.
The wildcard in Constantin Film’s plan is the writer slated to bring a new voice to the franchise which earned $1.2 billion in its lifetime. Greg Russo is currently working with Wan on the upcoming Mortal Kombat revival. And that’s about it for his film writing career from what I managed to find. As a RE fan, that’s cause to raise a brow. A seemingly untested writer is handed one of the largest horror franchises with no notice and no plan from the production company besides grabbing Wan and apparently whoever he’s currently tied to professionally. A few articles said the MK script wasn’t half bad. But Constantin Film still demands massive faith from fans if they expect us to forgive rushing the original franchise into its grave, then they hand the lot to someone we’ve never heard of except that he’s working with a well-known horror director.
Wan’s name alone won’t make Resident Evil live again. Constantin Film hung the future for the reboot onto Russo’s ability to capture the magic which made the games so popular and drove the film franchise into horror history. It’s almost too much pressure to put on one person. Like someone simply walked up on Monday and said, “Here, we just told the public this is the last movie, but we’re going to have you rewrite the entire thing from the start. Don’t muck it up.” As a writer, I’d run far from that offer.
Keep in mind, there is no actual script yet. Everything has been announced, but all parties are currently focused on other productions. It’s entirely possibly Constantin Film will never get the Resident Evil reboot off the ground, or they’ll change the main production team before filming begins. These folks want to talk a big game in order to remain relevant, or simply to keep the film rights. There’s no planning behind this announcement; it’s giving me little faith in what’s to come.
Jovovich, the face of the film franchise since its inception, delivered this parting shot for the new Resident Evil team during an interview with ComicBook.com. “I would suggest that you find people that have that same passion for the property before you talk about reboots. I think if you get into this kind of genre, people are very sensitive to fakes. There’s some real fans in the sci-fi/action/horror world, and they’re not idiots. They can smell when something is done because people love it and when something is done just to monetize an opportunity.”
If you were given the monumental task of writing the first Resident Evil reboot film, what changes would you make to the universe, or do you prefer the tale laid out by the original series? Personally, I dig the idea of a reboot because they never did reach the universe’s full potential. However, the timing makes this news like dancing in the cooling ashes of a funeral pyre. It’s the ultimate case of, “Too soon, bro.”
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Nintendo Wii Thread
All things controller driven will be talked about here.
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Would you like to take a Wii?
Oui Wii
Non Wii
Don't care it'll be ass
Don't care it'll be fried gold
by Nachokoolaid on Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:27 pm
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by Chairman Kaga on Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:33 pm
That one is my favorite so far.
If it's good enough for Ned it's good enough for me.
by wonkabar on Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:06 pm
TURBOGRAFIX?!?!?! Fuck yeah!
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by Nachokoolaid on Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:31 pm
by AtomicHyperbole on Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:02 pm
BBC news story on Wii.
Nintendo also says the name was chosen to symbolise the way people play on the machine and the distinctive look of its controllers.
Try not to laugh.
AtomicHyperbole
In another story, Nintendo announced today their new official spokesman for the next generation to be none other than R. Kelly.
by Fried Gold on Fri Apr 28, 2006 6:18 pm
R. Kelly has Wiied in the closet.
by EWS on Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:06 am
Taking things away from the name change at the moment, we have an interesting piece of news from EA regarding one of their flagship titles over there in the big ol USA.
Gamespot wrote: EA brings Madden to Revolution
EA Canada QB details popular pigskin franchise's debut for Nintendo's new console; with new controller, popular football series won't be just about pushing buttons. Exec says EA Rev games won't be straight ports.
By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot
Posted Apr 27, 2006 8:03 am GMT
Electronic Arts hasn't unveiled its full lineup of games for next month's Electronic Entertainment Expo yet, but one title that the publisher has confirmed will make its debut at the show in playable demo form is that of it flagship franchise on a new console. The ever-popular Madden franchise gets the call for Nintendo's next-gen console and is tentatively titled Madden Revolution. It's important to note that the game isn't simply titled Madden NFL 2007 for the Revolution--that's because no gamer has seen a Madden quite like this one.
For the first time in years, development on a major console version of EA's marquee franchise football series is being taken outside the doors of the company's Orlando, Florida-based EA Tiburon studio. The game is instead being handled north of the border, by a special Revolution-focused development group within EA's Burnaby, British Columbia studio.
Given that EA has dedicated a specific group to Revolution development, it stands to reason that the game will take advantage of the console's unique capabilities. While many details will have to wait until E3 kicks off, GameSpot was given an advanced scouting report that said that the gameplay will make extensive use of the Revolution controller's motion-sensing capabilities.
The article also describes how the controller is going to be used in this game, mostly using throwing motions. However, there is also an interview with the lead exec on it, and what I think the most important sentance to take out is this;
John Schappert wrote: However, to make it stand out on Revolution, it's all about control. It's about, "How is this Madden going to be seen as native to this platform and not seen as just a port where it doesn't maximize the power of the machine?" And what we're really proud of is we've truly taken a revolutionary approach to making this game specifically and just for the [Wii].
Let me re-iterate, "not just seen as a port". This, coming from EA, the laziest game makers in the universe talking about completly redisgning a game so it won't be seen as a port, and takes into account the powers of the console. If this isn't seen as a positive step for the console, then I don't know what it is.
I personally believe that developers are interested and intrigued in what the Wii can do, and will be trying their best not to let this fail. I don't think a name change will affect the bare essentials of what Nintendo have here!
The article can be found here
And just to add fuel to the fire, I found this which I think is pretty funny!
CHEETS ON HIS WIFE
by Fried Gold on Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:46 am
It is going to need developers who are positive and enthusiastic about the new system for it to be used to it's full potential.
I just wonder if there will be enough who make the effort or have the resources to develop for the controller.
by AtomicHyperbole on Sun Apr 30, 2006 11:58 am
The development kit is a ton cheaper than either the 360 or PS3 the tech is far less powerul to make up for it. With the proper SDK it shouldn't make much difference.
by Fried Gold on Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:31 pm
Then all will be well.
Vive la Wii
by Theta on Sat May 06, 2006 10:05 am
AtomicHyperbole wrote: The development kit is a ton cheaper than either the 360 or PS3 the tech is far less powerul to make up for it. With the proper SDK it shouldn't make much difference.
A ton=$5000 price difference.
Wii or Revolution, there's no getting around that Nintendo is not dicking around with this "independent developer" thing. That a devkit for a major console costs $2000 is pretty goddamn shocking in of itself. Hopefully that pays off.
EDIT: Oh, wait, I mentioned this shit already. Sorry.
This comment is in no way meant to insist your opinion is wrong or be considered an edict, solely this poster's opinion. That said, you are still a fool and will kneel before me in supplication.
by AtomicHyperbole on Sat May 06, 2006 12:00 pm
You are forgiven, my child. Worship at the altar of Wii.
by Theta on Sat May 06, 2006 1:00 pm
AtomicHyperbole wrote: You are forgiven, my child. Worship at the altar of Wii.
Chaplain: Let us praise Wii. O Wii...
Congregation: O Wii...
Chaplain: ...Ooh, You are so big...
Congregation: ...ooh, You are so big...
Chaplain: ...So absolutely huge.
Congregation: ...So absolutely huge.
Chaplain: Gosh, wii're all really impressed down here, I can tell You.
Congregation: Gosh, wii're all really impressed down here, I can tell You.
Chaplain: Forgive us, O Wii, for this, our dreadful toadying, and...
Congregation: And barefaced flattery and repetitive posting.
Chaplain: But You are so strong and, well, just so super.
Congregation: Fantastic.
Humphrey: Amen.
Congregation: Amen.
by Chairman Kaga on Fri May 19, 2006 4:18 pm
I dumped this in the E3 thread as well but this seemed like the closest thing to an official Wii thread so here it is again.
While stumbling around the web for Wii info and rumors I came across something interesting...
Will the Wii use a portable screen to project naked eye steroscopic images ie 3D?
I stumbled across this from a link to a hands on article describing the Wii controller using Infra Red at E3...interesting quote
As for the 3D projection technology we reported on before E3, it was a no-show. If it does exist, perhaps it was decided to be kept under wraps a while longer considering Sony blatantly copied the use of accelerometers in it's new copycat controller, completing it a mere six days before the show! (It's sad to see Sony also stole the logo home button from the 360 controller as well.) And Sony may not be done copying the Wiimote yet!
In an interview with IGN, Perrin Kaplan was asked (4 minutes in) "Are we gonna see more hardware surprises, are you still hiding stuff? " to which she answered "YES! next question". Matt - "Still hiding stuff? Why are we still not seeing all of the hardware features?" Perrin - "I like question five".
I personally drilled a Nintendo® rep (while waiting for him to fix a Wiimote for the Tennis demo) about what was under the flap on the front of the console (any 3D projection in there?), after dodging like a Jedi knight and acting like he didn't hear me several times he got very nervous and finally said "I can't talk about it or I will get fired".
A mockup of what the poster thinks the W in Wii could stand for...
Aside from the price Nintendo is still supposedly holding back on something about the Wii hardware wise....could this be it?
This seems to be something that was or is in development but will it see the light of day?
by Theta on Fri May 19, 2006 5:53 pm
While I'd love to see this happen, I just have to call bullshit on this one, at least for now. They wouldn't be hiding it if it weren't something Sony couldn't rip off. Every Nintendo system is accompanied by some rumored hardware advance that never materializes (remember the SNES CD-ROM?)
On the other hand, one suspects that whatever it is, it's gonna be cool.
I think it may be something that was in development based on that one scan but it seems doubtful something that would go into production. I hope whatever they are holding back on divulging hardware wise will be something this cool or better though considering the secrecy.
by AtomicHyperbole on Fri May 26, 2006 7:57 am
Wii pricing update.
Reposted cos Gaffers is a power hungry wanker. Don't believe me? We rate at the same Wank scale in the EFBR!
by so sorry on Fri May 26, 2006 8:56 am
allright MasterWhedon, i watched that demo and i got tired just watching those people monkey around with that fucking controller!
and the guy jumping from behind his couch to shoot somebody in that Doom-like game: teh ghey!
Deacon Blues
by ThisIsTheGirl on Fri May 26, 2006 9:10 am
Have Nintendo suggested a definite release date yet? That's the one thing I can't seem to find in all this discussion. If they intend to have sold 6mil by March 2007, surely they need to release the thing by September-ish? Anyone?
Anyway, I'm happy to hear about the price - although it wasn't exactly a surprise, given that competitive pricing has been Nintendo's strategy for about 8 years now...
Just ordered a black DS Lite for release day next month!
ThisIsTheGirl
by EWS on Fri May 26, 2006 9:15 am
They suggested Q4, thats all really.
monorail77 wrote: I officially vote EWS as way fucking coolest guy in the Zone
You know it makes sense!
Remember, your new thread always belongs somewhere else!
Cool - thx EWS!
by TonyWilson on Fri May 26, 2006 9:43 am
130 quid and it could project 3D images???? Holy fuck this sounds amazng.
Elitism is positing that your taste is equivalent to quality, you hate "Hamlet" does it make it "bad"? If you think so, you're one elite motherfucker.
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by athenabodicea on Sat May 27, 2006 11:43 pm
Last edited by athenabodicea on Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:42 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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by Theta on Sun May 28, 2006 12:36 am
athenabodicea wrote:
That is fucking gold. Have you made ones for the Xbox 360 and PS3 yet?
by Lurker Johnson on Sun May 28, 2006 12:37 am
Theta wrote:
Seconded. I actually laughed out loud. Strange, huh?
Lurker Johnson
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EWS wrote: They suggested Q4, thats all really.
The smart money is saying September or October, since despite the price they have no desire to go head-to-head with Sony when the PS3 comes out.
Personally, I suspect that's all still being firmed up.
Seriously, what console war? The PS3 has been priced out if the market.
Only yuppies will be able to afford it (or frat houses - when they aren't banging strippers).
What, did I go there?
Shit, sorry.
by Chairman Kaga on Sun May 28, 2006 2:25 am
Repost from the locked thread.
Just want to point out the top price in Japan is 25000 Yen which is approximately $223 US.....I suspect the price will actually debut at $199 US based on their past track record....They merely state here it won't be over $250 but could be less. Plus Japanese prices are usually slightly higher.
by raasnio on Sun May 28, 2006 4:26 am
Hell yeah. 8)
raasnio
Lurker Johnson wrote:
Try explaining that to ZZS, who still thinks the PSP is doing well and that the XBox 360 tanked. Unfortunately, there are enough idi...I mean, PSX fans who will buy this console even though it's $600 for the good one and there won't actually be any GAMES for it in November (all the "launch" titles are coming out after Christmas. Seriously.)
The question really becomes how each console does in the long term. I think the Wii and the XBox 360 are going to take most of the market, and apparently Sony thinks most gamers are going to buy all three systems...which is a pretty sharp turnaround from "We will crush you with a cock generated by our Blu-Ray Cell Processor gizmo thingie!"
Personally, I think it's a (pardon me) wee bit optimistic to assume gamers are going to drop $1100 on consoles ALONE before any games that might come out (apparently Sony really is going to rape you to the tune of $60.) I think it's more likely that hardcore gamers will get both and the casual gamers will split between a Wii and a 360, with the PS3 coming in third in the market.
by Lurker Johnson on Sun May 28, 2006 12:13 pm
Theta wrote: "We will crush you with a cock generated by our Blu-Ray Cell Processor gizmo thingie!"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
by EWS on Sun May 28, 2006 12:29 pm
Chairman Kaga wrote: Repost from the locked thread.
Going by their track record, the Wii should hopefully be released cheaper then the GC. Every console they have released has been cheaper then the last!
by Bean on Sun May 28, 2006 12:36 pm
What did the GCN start out at? $250?
Location: Space
I don't know. But it was £130 in UK I believe.
by Bean on Sun May 28, 2006 2:32 pm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20060526/bs_nf/43564
Officially $250!!
...Or not. News source looks pretty shitty to me.
by Chairman Kaga on Sun May 28, 2006 11:45 pm
EWS wrote:
If you factor in inflation then yes they are getting cheaper. If you just go by sticker price. The NES when it debuted in the US was $250 with that robot and the game that went with the robot....6 months later they revamped the package by scrapping the robot, adding SMB/Duck Hunt, and added the light gun and dropped the price to $200 (ie $199)....Since then every US debut price for a Nintendo console has been $200...
Bean wrote: What did the GCN start out at? $250?
$200 US....No games with one controller.
by The Garbage Man on Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:55 am
Heads up on the hottest new Wii game - nay, the hottest game, period, exclamation point, semicolon, umlaut.
Because I love you, here's an exclusive preview image:
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by Leckomaniac on Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:58 am
Pure. Comedic. Gold.
Leckomaniac
by Roybertito on Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:53 am
^^Win. And your signature's awesome too.
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by silentbobafett on Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:26 am
ANyone know when WII is to be released in the UK? Any idea of costings?
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Location: In The Night Garden...
by ThisIsTheGirl on Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:32 am
Current rumours are of a global release date on the 6th of November. Even if they don't manage to get a simultaneous release, I imagine it will be available in the UK before Christmas, because they won't wanna miss the biggest time of year for the gaming economy.
DS and DS Lite hardware and software have been coming out in the UK not too long after the US etc, so I think we'll see it this year. Last thing I heard about price was that it will be £150 but I don't know if this has changed
Cheers this is the girl. Doesn't stop the fact that I WANT IT NOW!!!
Cheers duderino
by EWS on Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:59 am
Wii gets a price
by magicmonkey on Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:28 am
How much? I cannae access the site...
BBC.co.uk wrote: he Wii console from Japanese gaming giant Nintendo will cost under 250 euros (£170) in Europe, according to a senior executive at the company.
The figure is the first time the games giant has given a European price.
Bernd Fakesch, head of German operations at the company, mentioned the figure in an interview at the Leipzig Game Convention in Germany.
In May, the company said the console would cost 25,000 yen or lower in Japan and $250 (£133) or less in the US.
When it is released later this year, the Wii console will compete with Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3) and Microsoft's Xbox 360. No exact date for the Wii's launch has been given.
Long wait
The Wii console, formerly known as the Revolution, was unveiled at this year's E3 games expo in Los Angeles.
The console features a controller that looks like a TV remote control and uses motion sensors to allow gamers to use it as a tennis racket, sword or conductors baton, for example.
The price has not been decided yet, but I expect it to be ... less than 250 euros
Bernd Fakesch, Nintendo
Wii controller tested
At its launch no price or release date was set.
In May this year, the company released its financial results and confirmed the American and Japanese prices. It omitted a European price.
On Wednesday, Nintendo held a press conference at the Leipzig Games Convention titled "Wii prove our promise". Many industry observers expected Nintendo to confirm a European price and launch date at the event. It did not.
However, speaking to Reuters at the event Mr Fakesch said: "The price has not been decided yet, but I expect it to be ... less than 250 euros."
The price is considerably less than the cost of Sony's PlayStation 3, which will hit European shelves on 17 November this year.
A basic version of Sony's console with a 20GB hard drive will cost $499 (£266), while a premium model boasting 60GB of storage will sell for $599 (£320).
The exact price in Britain has not been announced but the head of Sony Computer Entertainment in the UK has suggested it could be around £425.
Pre orders of the next generation consoles are on offer for £550 ($1,020) at online shop, play.com.
Prices for Microsoft's Xbox 360, which went on sale last November, start at $299 in the US and £209 in the UK.
Both offerings from Microsoft and Sony boast more gaming power than the Wii.
But Nintendo says it aims to win over gamers with an affordable price and innovative titles.
The Japanese company hopes to sell 4 million consoles by the end of 2006.
This was also taken from Gamespot;
Gamespot wrote:
Wii "launch party" 11/17, details 9/14?
Source: An e-mail "Wii Launch Party" invitation posted on the Gaming-Age forums.
What we heard: Secrets are tough to keep in the gaming industry. Leaks, moles, and cocktail hours generally spill the beans on the juiciest details before they're intended to go public. It's a wonder, then, that the season's biggest secret, the release date of the Nintendo Wii, remains unearthed.
The latest bit of quasi-information on the system's launch comes via the message boards over at Gaming-Age. Melissa from Web show GameLife posted an e-mail (pictured--click to enlarge) she received from Nintendo that invited her to a Wii launch party in Los Angeles...on November 17.
The date is no doubt familiar to gamers as the day the PlayStation 3 launches, but is it also the day the Wii launches? By all accounts, it would appear so. So that's it, case closed, right?
Not so fast. As reported by several gaming sites, including game blog Kotaku, Nintendo is also holding an event in New York City on September 14 which will be hosted by Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. With Nintendo promising to release information on the console's price and release date in September, the smart money is that the NYC event will be the place the final details of the Wii are out of the bag.
But what of the Los Angeles event? Of course it could be the console's release date--after all, it is a launch party. But why would Nintendo make such a blatant error in sending out the information in a simple party invite rather than making an official announcement? The company is too smart to let something like that slip by.
Nintendo has insinuated that it plans to take the console on the road to prove its "Playing is Believing" slogan, so the LA party could be part of that tour and doesn't necessarily need to fall on the actual launch date--it could take place before or after. In fact, the rest of the invitation mentions the following: "These 'secret' parties will be held all across the globe to celebrate the worldwide release of the Wii..."
Something fishy is going on here (including the possibility of a Photoshop monkey hard at work nearby). Looks like we'll all have to wait until September to find out what Nintendo's up to.
The official story: Nintendo was unavailable for comment.
Bogus or not bogus?: Not bogus that Nintendo is planning some mega pre-launch (and launch) events, but likely bogus that November 17 is the launch day.
Microsoft did something similar in Britain with the 360 tour. The toured the 360 around the country, allowing people to play the games before they were relased. It was a great idea, and no doubt got people to finally decide that they were going to buy the game.
Cheers EWS. It costs slighty more than I imagined, but I reckon this console could really go places.
by silentbobafett on Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:48 am
What is wrong with games company's? Do they not udnerstand there market place anymore? WHy won' they give a release date? Sony still has sooo many differen out lets dishing out different prices and Xbox must be reaping the market! Even though I hear problems with its HD capablitites etc (is this true by the way? Does it have true HD coming from it? THe machine is noisy? I know three or four people who have had to get there replaced cos its broken already! And I don't even know that many people! )
I want a WII! As for Xbox and PS3 - its all up to PS3! I've seen Xbox - not overly blown away. Still waiting to se Next GEn graphics! But that might have been a bit much to ask for from a next gen console. I'm sure they're working up to it. So if they do it better than PS3 and have the same games and better exclusive ones (Halo) then I'll go with them!
I've said my piece people!
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Fasten your seatbelt and keep your hands inside the carriage as we take a three-day whirl around some of the world’s greatest theme parks.
Day 1: Knott’s Berry Farm
Kick start your heart at Knott’s Berry Farm, with adrenaline-pumping rides like Silver Bullet and Supreme Scream. And get a mini-tour of Southern California thrown in, with themed areas like Ghost Towns and Indian Trails. Cool off across the road at Knott’s Soak City, inspired by 1950’s surfing culture, then in the evening go much further back in history at the Medieval Times Dinner, where jousting, sorcery, and swordplay are all on the menu.
Day 2: Further Afield
Daytime comes down to an either/or decision. If you’re entertaining younger kids, head south to seaside Carlsbad and Legoland California, where the fun builds up brick-by-brick. Even toddlers will feel like giants walking through the amazingly detailed city scenes, and with over 40 twisting, turning rides this is pint-sized paradise. On the other hand, for more grown-up thrills there’s Six Flags Magic Mountain, north of Los Angeles, home of Riddler's Revenge, the world’s tallest and fastest stand-up roller coaster. At night, all ages can enjoy the interactive Pirate’s Dinner Adventure with its amazing indoor lagoon and a show where no buckle goes unswashed.
Day 3:Disneyland® Resort
Oh, and you may perhaps be interested in something calledDisneyland®Resort? Today is all about the world’s most visited theme park, which has been delighting the young and the young at heart since 1955. Who could fail to get excited walking upMain Street, U.S.A.with theSleeping Beauty Castle Walk-Throughup ahead, as instantly recognizable as the White House. From there the hardest decision will be which “land” to visit first: go back to the future inTomorrowland®, tour the world of the imagination atFantasyland®or see our very own world as never before inAdventureland®.
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He…caught that?
Is “Post-Access Journalism” Coming to American Sports?
In the U.S., we are accustomed to a couple scenes after a game: the first, players/coaches at a podium, often bored out of their minds, answering questions that are rarely interesting and even more rarely results in an interesting answer. The second, players, often half naked and surly, sitting or standing at their locker, microphones stuffed in their faces, while they answer even less interesting questions and give even less interested answers. I have never understood the value of this, personally, because of how rarely we learn anything worth knowing, but the leagues mandate this media access in order to promote the league, its teams, and its players.
As the Ringer’s Bryan Curtis writes, the same is not true in Europe. Soccer leagues and teams do not mandate media availability. Because player discussion with media are not mandated, they are rare, and the results are rather unexpected. When a soccer player or coach does speak to the media, the media companies and reporters realized it was in their collective best interest not to run straight to Twitter with any quotes they might get. Instead they voluntarily agreed to embargo such information. Here’s an example:
After a Saturday soccer match, a club’s manager gives a press conference in front of the TV cameras in the same manner Steve Kerr will this week. What the manager says can be used immediately, on TV or on Twitter. Then, the manager may hold a separate meeting with newspaper writers and answer more questions. What the manager says in that interview is embargoed, by agreement of the writers, until 10:30 p.m. that night. No tweets, no early posts allowed.
Sometimes, the various press conferences contradict one another. As ESPN soccer writer Mark Ogden told me: “The gray area comes when [José] Mourinho says in the open press conference, ‘Paul Pogba isn’t trying hard enough.’ And then in the embargoed section he would go further, saying, ‘Paul Pogba’s not trying hard enough because we’ve had a big row. He hates me.’”
When that happens, a soccer writer has a choice: tell half the story immediately or tell the whole thing at 10:30 p.m. “Embargoes don’t really do any massive harm,” Smith said. “But there are times when you think, ‘Actually, I am almost going to write something that I now know is either incomplete or runs contrary to the full picture, because I have more of the picture.’ That’s a weird thing to do.”
The reasons for the embargoes are many, but the main two are these:
[H]olding news till 10:30 p.m. helps keep the print product alive. If a reader finds a fresh story on the back page of the morning paper, the thinking goes, they’ll be more tempted to buy it. “We willfully function as analog rather than as digital,” Smith said. “But we’re British and we’re a very traditional people.”
Another reason to have embargoes is the idea that readers will drown in the amount of content created by an all-timer like Liverpool-Barcelona. The news and quotes are more likely to be savored if they’re doled out in installments. Yet another reason, Burrows noted, is that holding news gives reporters a chance to write a proper piece instead of a glorified tweet.
As a consumer, some of this I find refreshing. If you check Twitter after a baseball game, the same 4-6 writers all report the same quote from the same players or coaches within seconds of each other. It’s sorta wild. And it makes me wonder if all the Giants beat writers, for example, wouldn’t be better off dividing up the work, so to speak.
But there’s a dark side to all this.
First, the lack of access to players causes reporters to ask questions well ahead of when they normally might, and then ration information they receive. They might not get to speak to that player again for weeks, so they have to get all the answers they can when they can, and then hold that information and slowly divvy it out until the next time they speak.
Second, it has given rise to bad journalism. Players never have to speak to the media, and so they can leverage that power into granting softball interviews, where they (read: their agents/advisors) get to review and edit answers, and where they even get multiple plugs for some god awful product they are endorsing. Instead of an interview, you end up with sponsored content, like this:
First, they might ask for a branded photo to run with the article. Over coffee, Liew pulled out his phone to show me a Daily Telegraph profile he’d written of Manchester United (then Cardiff City) manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in 2014. The interview had been organized by Barclays, a Premier League sponsor. In the photo, Solskjaer was holding a soccer ball with Barclays’ #YouAreFootball hashtag helpfully pointed at the camera. “This is nice and subtle, isn’t it?” Liew said.
Here’s that photo:
LOLOLOLOL. And the plugs continue:
That’s one plug. Players or manager representatives may also ask for a mention in the text of the story. (“Solskjaer seems relaxed now, having taken some time out to field questions from grassroots coaches as part of a Barclays community event.”) Finally, they ask for the coup de grace: another mention of the product right at the end of the article.
“That’s called a credit,” Liew said.
“A credit?” I said.
“A credit, yeah,” Liew said. “Almost like a shout-out to mom and dad.”
And here’s the “credit”:
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was speaking at a Barclays community event. This season Barclays is thanking fans, community heroes, players and managers for making the game what it is. Join the conversation using #YouAreFootball.
Yikes, that’s gross. But what choice do they have?
“That’s why the whole access game is so corrupt, in a way,” said Liew. “It’s vested interests flogging bad copy to extremely pliant sportswriters.”
And I was talking to good writers, who were queasy about these trade-offs, rather than tabloid scufflers, who might accept them without thinking twice. But even the good writers said a level of branding had crept into the paper.
“We would still resist that complete takeover of the copy,” said Northcroft of The Sunday Times. “But realistically we would bend, and certainly articles would have some kind of … branded photo and maybe a mention, either in the copy or at the end.”
Liew said: “If you get an exclusive interview with Messi, and his agents say, ‘Can we look at the quotes before?’—I know we talk about principles, but we’re going to say yes to that. And most people are—and try and keep it quiet. That’s the reality of it.”
So, as little value I had seen in post-game interview, this does sound waaaaaay worse. Curtis writes this as a cautionary tale for American sports, especially as a few NBA players have recently take more agency with regard to that mandated media “availability”. But I’m not so sure, so long as the league mandates remain in place. Still, this was a fascinating read. -TOB
Source: “‘The Bane of My Existence’: U.K. Sportswriting’s Access Crisis”, Bryan Curtis, The Ringer (05/29/2019)
PAL: This was a depressing read. With so many rules and embargoes, what the hell is the point of covering a team?
The Last 50
Loved this story. In 2012, the Major League draft shrunk from an almost unfathomable 50 rounds down to a still astounding 40 rounds. By comparison, the NFL has 7 rounds, and the NBA only has 2 rounds. A hell of a lot of players are needed to to fill the rosters of all the minor league affiliates. The San Francisco Giants have 8 – count them 8 – minor league teams.
This reduction from 50 to 40 eight years ago might seem insignificant, but for Jarrod Dyson. Giants fans remember him as a Royal, but Dyson is now a bench player for the Diamondbacks. More historically significant, Jarrod Dyson is the last standing active MLB player drafted in the 50th round or later. More than a number, as The Athletic’s Zach Buchanan underscores in his story, Dyson represents a bygone era of scouting (and hiding) a gem.
Brian Rhees was a first year scout in Mississippi. Like a hell of a lot of late-rounders, Dyson was noticed by accident. Once Rhees graded Dyson with 80 speed (scouts rate on a 20-80 scale, which I don’t understand), and once he realized no one else was onto Dyson, Rhees kept his discovery a secret. Dyson really couldn’t hit or really throw all that well, but he could run.
So the 2006 draft begins. In the late rounds of the draft – the real late rounds – where the chances of a player actually making it to the bigs is so slim, teams are really trying to fill roster spots on their various minor league squads. Rhees, who was following along on the computer, noticed the Royals had gone into the roster-filling mode and still hadn’t picked Dyson, his late round sleeper.
What follows is what some folks describe as fate. I describe it as my favorite writing from the story. It just zooms.
Deric Ladnier was going to give the last pick of the 2006 draft to scout Johnny Ramos.
It was going to be some high school pitcher from Puerto Rico, as far as the former Royals and current Diamondbacks amateur scouting director can remember. Named Pérez, maybe? The exact details elude him. After all, there’s not much at stake that late in the draft. “The 50th-round pick in the draft never plays in the big leagues,” Ladnier says. “So, I’m going to do a favor.”
Ladnier had that pitcher’s draft file in his hand, ready to give to Stewart to announce the final pick, when Rhees called into the draft room. The scout was worked up, sounding like a man frantically trying to wake someone asleep inside a burning building. All draft, his nerves had been fraying.
Rhees was following the progress of the draft at home on his computer. With about five rounds to go, Dyson’s name still hadn’t been called. “It just kind of appeared to me that we were drafting for the sake of pulling names out of a hat,” Rhees says. “I know we weren’t, but that was the feeling you got. There were times when you’d hear a name and go, ‘I saw that guy! He’s terrible! What are we doing?’” He bemoaned to his wife what he predicted would be the premature death of his scouting career. “She’s a bench player, so she knows how to rag,” Rhees says. “She just shrugged her shoulders and looked at me and said, ‘There’s always Home Depot.’”
He wouldn’t go so quietly. He picked up the phone and dialed the draft room, alerting them to the fact that Dyson remained on the board. He was given the brush-off. The selections ticked by, the 47th round, the 48th, the 49th. “At this point, I’m mad,” he says. “I’m like, ‘C’mon, that’s the groundkeeper’s nephew. What are we doing here?’” Once again, he dialed the draft room in Kansas City. Vizcaino picked up. “I had a unique relationship with Junior because I could just kind of yell,” Rhees says. “Like, ‘Junior, what the hell are we doing? Dyson! Dyson!’ Then I heard him go, ‘Deric! Eighty tool! Eighty tool!’”
An 80-grade tool was never available that late. Dyson’s speed was special, and it made sense to take a flyer on special. But what also stood out was how much Rhees cared about the pick. Who gets worked up over a 50th-rounder? “Nobody is fighting for their player in the 50th round,” Ladnier says. “Nobody. We’re looking for warm bodies.” So, Ladnier put down the file of that Puerto Rican pitcher, whoever he was, and handed Dyson’s to Stewart.
There are so many reasons why Dyson shouldn’t have made it, including three failed drug tests (it’s not that cut-and-dry, trust me), yet he’s won a World Series and earned nearly $15MM to date. In today’s world, the idea of a guy with an 80-grade skill still being available in the last round is preposterous. Any cursory ‘prospect’ search of Instagram will kick up a wide range of skill levels.
A treat of a story to read. Cheers, to Jarrod Dyson! – PAL
Source: “The Unlikely – But Maybe Destined – Career of Jarrod Dyson, the Last 50th-rounder Standing”, Zach Buchanan, The Athletic (05/29/19)
TOB: Really good article, and loved Phil how pulled it all together.
Break the NCAA Wheel
RJ Hampton is ESPN’s #5 ranked basketball recruit in the country. He had offers to just about everywhere, including Duke, Kentucky and Kansas. But when he weighed whether to play for an “education” or go and get paid, my dude chose wisely. Hampton opted out of the NCAA’s ridiculous system and instead chose to sign a one-year contract with the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian pro league, the NBL. I loved that Hampton decided to announce this decision live on ESPN, under the guise of choosing between three colleges. Hah. What a bad ass.
The NBL has wisely positioned itself as an NCAA alternative for would-be-one-and-done players. They recently launched the Next Stars Program, allowing teams to invite top caliber American high school seniors and “sign them to a short-term contract without counting against the team’s quota of three international players.” Players in the Next Stars Program get paid $100,000, and are eligible to enter the NBA Draft after one year.
If the NCAA won’t pay players, or at least allow players to cash in on endorsements, it deserves to die, and I hope this is the first of many players who tells the NCAA to pound sand.
As an aside: it came out Thursday that Hampton knew of his decision for a month, but didn’t tell the coaches recruiting him. I would presume this was to allow the contract to be hammered out with his NBL team. But ESPN’s Doug Gottlieb decided this was the height of offense, and (in a tweet he deleted hours later) called Hampton “classless” and what he did a “DB maneuver”. WHICH IS FUNNY, DOUG. Because I recall when YOU were in college and you stole a teammate’s credit card, racked up a thousand dollars in charges, which is CREDIT CARD FRAUD, DOUG, and got kicked out of school.
Is it more or less classless and more or less of a DB maneuver than credit card fraud? https://t.co/eMHUQjaET7
— Thomas O'Brien (@thomas_ob) May 30, 2019
Thought we forgot about that one, DOUG? And as I tweeted Thursday to someone who said “it was 20 years ago and it was only $1,000” (LOL): If there’s anyone in college basketball who should be driving the “Kids make mistakes!” train, it’s Doug Friggin Gottlieb. Instead he calls a guy classless and a douchebag.”
You suck, Doug Gottlieb. -TOB
Source: “Top Recruit Stiff-Arms the NCAA”, Tom Ley, Deadspin (05/28/2019)
PAL: Yeah, I love how an adult ripped a teenager for being classless while also calling the teenager a douchebag. Also, one does not drive a train.
Also, and completely related to NCAA stuff, did you know the Twins are 19 friggin’ games over .500?
TOB: First of all:
And second of all, don’t go suckin your popsicle just yet. The NL Standings on July 10, 2016:
Giants went 30-42 the rest of the season.
Everest’s Graveyard
The traffic jam at the peak of Mount Everest, captured in what looks like a doctored photograph, has been quite the story this week. A cocktail of a corrupt government handing out permits willy nilly, opportunistic expedition companies, and irrational people thick with cash and thin on mountaineering experience has created a Disney-like line of people waiting to summit Everest. In other words, do the thing they will slip into at every bar, graduation party, and wedding reception encounter for the rest of their respective lives.
While there is altogether too many folks trying to summit during the short, May window when the weather breaks enough for the best chance at the summit; increasingly warm temperatures have also revealed reminders of the risk involved for even the most experienced mountaineers. Several dead bodies from previous failed expeditions are being uncovered. They serve both as landmarks and perhaps ominous indicators of global warming at one of the most extreme places on earth.
In the last few seasons, climbers say they have seen more bodies lying on the icy slopes of Everest than ever before. Both the climbers and the Nepalese government believe this is a grim result of global warming, which is rapidly melting the mountain’s glaciers and in the process exposing bones, old boots and full corpses from doomed missions decades ago.
The Nepalese government is struggling with what to do. More than 100 bodies may be lying on Everest, and there is an open debate about whether to remove them or leave them be. Some climbers believe that fallen comrades have become a part of the mountain and should remain so. A number of the bodies are remarkably well-preserved: Sun-bleached parkas outline faces frozen into the color of charcoal.
Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air was my first exposure to the business end of Everest. As enthralling as the objective is, it seems the purity of this pursuit was lost long ago, if it existed much at all (I mean, shouldn’t we be remembering the sherpas?). I can’t think of a more appropriate symbol of that commercializing of an ambition than a traffic jam at the top of the world stepping amongst the frozen dead. – PAL
Source: “As Everest Melts, Bodies Are Emerging From the Ice”, Bhadra Sharma and Kai Schultz, The New York Times (05/30/19)
The State of the NBA
I’m generally not a fan of the Ringer’s Chris Ryan. He’s grates on every Ringer podcast he appears on – always yes-man-ing Simmons, interrupting people who are far smarter than he is, even while they make an interesting point, and he tried waaaaaaaaay too hard to sound like he know what he’s talking about when discussing basketball by using dumb initials or some other crap.
BUT. This was a really interesting piece by Chris Ryan and Justin Verrier, where the two discuss the state of the NBA, how free agency discussions have taken over the entire league’s discourse and rendered the play on the court an almost after thought, how players over the last decade are treating their careers more like European-based soccer players, and what teams face and how they should react to players taking greater agency over their place of employ (sensing a trend here?). Here’s one passage I especially liked from Verrier:
I feel for Giannis….He and the Bucks smashed preseason expectations, earning the league’s best record and him a spot on the MVP ballot along the way, yet a loss in May 2019 is instantly warped into a footnote for his decision in July 2021. Everything moves too damn fast. But the accelerated timeline is as much a product of his peers’ decisions as it is today’s media culture. Davis can’t become a free agent until July 2020, yet he orchestrated his exit strategy in January 2019; Irving asked out of Cleveland two years before he could enter free agency; and so on. It’s in teams’ best interest to get some sort of payout for their damages, so the process of trading a disgruntled star starts way earlier than you’d think. Next season is the Bucks’ proving grounds, whether they want to admit it or not, and they’re heading into an offseason when almost every helpful player is a free agent. There is a good chance that Milwaukee’s window has closed, just days after we coronated them as the NBA’s next dynasty.
It’s a really good read. -TOB
Source: “A Rational Conversation About What Happens When NBA Titles Are Not Enough”, Justin Verrier and Chris Ryan, The Ringer (05/29/2019)
ACHTUNG! NO FUN SHALL BE HAD IN THE NBA FINALS!
During the Eastern Conference Finals, Drake, the rapper (not Drake, the kid from my son’s soccer team who my son and I once saw on BART and tricked my wife into thinking we had seen Drake, the rapper), a Toronto native and Raptors Super Fan, had a lot of fun.
Listen to the announcers enjoy that. It’s fun! What’s wrong with fun! But there will be no joy in the Finals, as Drake has been called to the principal’s office and threatened with suspension for being a very bad boy who has too much fun, young man. Per NBA Commish and hater of fun, Adam Silver:
I think there’s a line too in terms of sitting right on the floor, in terms of engagement whether it’s with the referees and players on other teams. It’s hard to calibrate sometimes exactly where that line is and I think he has a better understanding now of where that line is.
And his manager Future [Adel Nur] who sits with him too, we’ve all talked, all of us together, since then. There’s been conversations that’s taken place. It’s more just, let’s find where that right line is.
Boo. As MLB says: Let the kids play! -TOB
Source: “Drake And The Raptors Both Got A Talking-To From The NBA”, Giri Nathan, Deadspin (05/30/2019)
How Luke wanted to knock his first tooth out😂😂 @RangersFC pic.twitter.com/nLZq76DCQi
— Kilby (@SeanKilby1) May 24, 2019
NCAA Investigating God For Giving Gifts To Athletes https://t.co/uNO6Ih9wwI pic.twitter.com/iFeleIb5uw
— The Onion (@TheOnion) May 29, 2019
MY President with an extremely Presidential bat drop. https://t.co/TTakUt3gLW
— LOLKNBR (@LOLKNBR) May 25, 2019
PAL Song of the Week: Old Crow Medicine Show – “Temporary Like Achilles (Live)”
“You know? I may have underestimated you. You’re not a total ass.”
-Dwight K. Schrute
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Week of June 7, 2019 →
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IZ*ONE’s New Japanese Single “Buenos Aires” Features Some Of Their Most Intense Choreography Yet
IZ*ONE keeps improving with every comeback.
On June 1, IZ*ONE performed their Japanese comeback single “Buenos Aires” for the first time on Japanese Music Show Shibuya Note.
IZ*ONE has been known for their intense and detailed choreography ever since their debut song “La Vie En Rose”.
Their debut Japanese single “Sukito Iwasetai” also featured memorable and stand-out choreography.
They didn’t slow down with the choreography for their Korean followup single “Violeta”.
With their latest single, “Buenos Aires”, IZ*ONE took their choreography to the next level. While it still features IZ*ONE’s signature polished formations, “Buenos Aires” has noticeably higher energy choreography.
“Buenos Aires” blends the delicate, detailed hand motions IZ*ONE has become known for with more hard-hitting, dynamic movements.
IZ*ONE’s dedication to performing has been evident since their time as trainees on Produce 48. With their upgraded dancing in “Buenos Aires” they prove that even now they’re committed to always improving.
Watch IZ*ONE’s full pre-release performance of “Buenos Aires” below.
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The Note: Biden turns to insiders, but COVID relief will have to wait
The insiders are out of power another seven weeks amid a spiraling pandemic.
ByRick Klein andBenjamin Siegel
Presidential transition of power: Examined
President Donald Trump authorized the General Services Administration to begin the presidential transition process. Here’s how it works.
Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images
The TAKE with Rick Klein
President-elect Joe Biden is rolling out a team meant not to inspire so much as bring confidence -- or at least suggest competence.
But the insiders are still out of power for another seven weeks. They will inherit complicated political calculations that leave lawmakers essentially paralyzed amid a spiraling pandemic and a possible government shutdown.
Biden and on Tuesday will introduce a group of economic advisers, led by his treasury nominee, Janet Yellen, and would-be Office of Management and Budget director, Neera Tanden. President Donald Trump's fading chances of upending the election results are mostly background noise now, his promises of further legal action not slowing state certifications, with the transition in full swing.
President-elect Joe Biden speaks during a cabinet announcement event in Wilmington, Delaware, Nov. 24, 2020.
Back in Washington, though, dynamics that predate Trump and will outlast him leave little hope for major COVID-19 relief in the lame-duck session.
Both Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer say they want a bill, as does House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Trump, at times, agrees with the need to act, as the economy suffers and plans a roll out for testing and vaccination distribution.
But with COVID-19 raging even among members of Congress, many of the main legislative players are barely on speaking terms, to say nothing of negotiating. Meaningful input from the president is lacking -- not that it would even necessarily be productive at this stage.
The team Biden has assembled will have its work cut out for it. There's little to suggest Congress will make their jobs any easier come January.
The RUNDOWN with Benjamin Siegel
Facing progressive calls for an inclusive administration, but a narrowly divided Senate that will review his nominees, Biden continues to walk a fine line as he fills out his White House and Cabinet, primarily naming longtime allies or Washington fixtures with relationships across the Democratic Party and both sides of the aisle.
"The Biden team did a good job of picking folks who have not alienated the left," Democratic strategist Rebecca Katz told ABC News.
While Biden's earliest picks are defined by their deep Washington experience, Yellen and economists Jared Bernstein and Heather Boushey, who will join the Council of Economic Advisers, have all been praised by leading progressive activists and lawmakers.
Mel Evans/AP, FILE
Neera Tanden, president of Center for American Progress, speaks during an introduction for New Start New Jersey at NJIT in Newark, N.J., Nov. 10, 2014.
Republicans have offered few specific policy critiques that could derail the nominations of Yellen and other key nominees. Tanden, a former Hillary Clinton aide and Biden's choice to lead the OMB, has emerged as the most controversial pick to date, as Republicans who will likely control the Senate next year criticized her "partisan" Twitter account, which features broadsides against GOP leaders, as well as Sen. Bernie Sanders and other progressives.
Biden's work isn't finished. He has not put forward a pick to lead the Defense Department, along with several other key posts. Michele Flournoy, a leading candidate to run the Pentagon, has been criticized by progressives for her ties to defense contractors, while ABC News contributor Rahm Emanuel, a favored pick for transportation secretary, has been criticized for his response as Chicago mayor to the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald, a Black teenager killed by a police officer.
How he handles the outstanding selections could determine how effective his administration will be at uniting Democrats around his agenda next year.
The TIP with Quinn Scanlan
When Trump and Vice President Mike Pence come to Georgia later this week to stump for Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, they'll be doing so against a backdrop of defiance from two of the state's top Republican officials.
After the president wondered aloud on Twitter why Gov. Brian Kemp wasn't using his "emergency powers ... to overrule his obstinate Secretary of State," and require signatures accompanying absentee ballots to be verified again, a spokesperson for Kemp -- whom Trump said Sunday he was "ashamed" to have endorsed in 2018 -- issued a statement saying that the governor is prohibited from getting involved in elections and that his executive orders can't override the state's top election official.
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger gives an update on the state of the election and ballot count during a news conference at the State Capitol in Atlanta, Nov. 6, 2020.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger again defended the integrity of the general election, as he faces near-daily attacks from the president and other Republicans making unsubstantiated claims that widespread voter fraud is the reason Trump lost in the Peach State.
"Once this recount is complete, everyone in Georgia will be able to have even more confidence in the results of our elections, despite the massive amounts of misinformation that is being spread by dishonest actors," Raffensperger said Monday. "There are those who are exploiting the emotions of many Trump supporters with fantastic claims, half-truths, misinformation -- and frankly, they're misleading the president, as well."
Gabriel Sterling, one of the secretary's top deputies, also blasted two lawsuits brought by Trump-friendly attorneys, saying, "The ridiculous things -- claims in these lawsuits are just that, they're insanity. It's fever dream, made up, internet cabal."
ABC News' "Start Here" podcast. Tuesday morning's episode features ABC News' Bob Woodruff, who takes us behind the scenes at Operation Warp Speed as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention holds a vaccine prioritization vote Tuesday. ABC News Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman explains how California and Florida are taking vastly different approaches to coronavirus restrictions. And ABC News Senior Congressional Correspondent Mary Bruce tees up key Senate battles to come as President-elect Joe Biden announces his economic team. http://apple.co/2HPocUL
FiveThirtyEight's Politics podcast. President-elect Joe Biden's 2020 electoral map was ultimately a pretty good one for Democrats. While several states may have been closer than Democrats would have liked, Biden won back the "blue wall" states in the Upper Midwest and expanded Democrats' map in the Sun Belt. He also won a record breaking 80 million votes nationally. Democrats down-ballot can't quite say the same, though. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses the challenges that the party faced in House, Senate and state legislature races. They also ask whether it was a good use of polling to survey preferences for the 2024 Republican primary before Trump has even left the White House. https://53eig.ht/3moFJDb
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will appear before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs to give a report on the CARES Act at 10 a.m.
Vice President Mike Pence leads a White House Coronavirus Task Force meeting at 3 p.m.
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will each receive the Presidential Daily Briefing. Later, they will introduce their nominees and appointees to key economic policy posts in Wilmington, Delaware.
The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC) will honor National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley and UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore at 8 p.m. in a virtual ceremony.
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SIGACT Annual Report
Submitted by: Harold N. Gabow, SIGACT Chair
Awards that were given out
Significant papers on new areas that were published in proceedings
Significant programs that provided a springboard for further technical efforts
Innovative programs which provide service to some part of your technical community; and
A very brief summary for the key issues that the membership of that SIG will have to deal with in the next 2-3 years.
Updates on volunteers
Knuth Prize (with IEEE TCMFC): Miklos Ajtai. Citation: For numerous ground-breaking contributions to Theoretical Computer Science.
Miki coauthored a landmark sorting network algorithm which exploited the power of expanders in an elegant way. He has developed fundamental tools for deriving circuit complexity and proof complexity lower bounds. He has derived superlinear time-space tradeoffs for branching programs. He has constructed a new class of suspected hard problems where the average case is provably as hard as the worst case. Many of Miki's other results are equally unique and spectacular. Miki is one of the most influential researchers in the theoretical community.
Danny Lewin Best Student Paper Award for STOC 2003: Thomas Hayes, for "Randomly coloring graphs of girth at least five"
Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award (with ACM): Peter Franaszek, for constrained channel coding. Citation: For contributions to the theory and practice of constrained channel coding, creating a revolution in the encoding of digital data for transmission and storage.
This award recognizes Peter Franaszek's seminal and sustained contributions to the theory and application of constrained channel codes for data recording and transmission. These codes enforce constraints on the sequence of signals in order to enable clock synchronization or ensure signal properties such as DC balance. Dr. Franaszek's theoretical work is at the core of several codes that are incorporated in ubiquitous industry standards. His contributions range from fundamental theory to detailed implementation at the physical link layer. He is the co-inventor of the 8B/10B code that is currently used in the Gigabit Ethernet and Infiniband standards, as well as in several standards for data transmission in storage networks including the Fiber Channel Standard, IBM's ESCON architecture and Hitachi's channel extender. His work has led to revolutionary advances in the recording density of digital media and the transmission bandwidth of digital communication systems.
Godel Prize (with EATCS): Yoav Freund and Robert Schapire for ``A Decision Theoretic Generalization of On-Line Learning and an Application to Boosting,'' Journal of Computer and System Sciences 55 (1997), pp. 119--139. Citation: This paper introduced AdaBoost, an adaptive algorithm to improve the accuracy of hypotheses in machine learning.
The algorithm demonstrated novel possibilities in analyzing data and is a permanent contribution to science even beyond computer science. Because of a combination of features, including its elegance, the simplicity of its implementation, its wide applicability, and its striking success in reducing errors in benchmark applications even while its theoretical assumptions are not known to hold, the algorithm set off an explosion of research in the fields of statistics, artificial intelligence, experimental machine learning, and data mining. The algorithm is now widely used in practice. The paper highlights the fact that theoretical computer science continues to be a fount of powerful and entirely novel ideas with significant and direct impact even in areas, such as data analysis, that have been studied extensively by other communities.
Research on problems inspired by the Internet continues. Issues include routing strategies for web traffic, strategies for pricing digital goods and services, and efficiently processing huge data sets. Below are some representative papers from STOC 03 on these areas.
"Management of multi-queue switches in QoS networks" by Azar and Richter
"Quality of service" routing -- ensuring faster routing for higher priority packets, or just ensuring that the fewest number of packets are lost -- becomes more crucial as traffic on the Internet increases. This paper gives a general technique to derive an algorithm for a routing switch with m queues from a (simpler) algorithm for 1 queue. Competitive analysis is used to guarantee the goodness of the algorithm, without any assumptions on distributions of packet arrivals etc.
"Pricing network edges for heterogeneous selfish agents" by Cole, Dodis, Roughgarden.
This paper studies the notion of taxing links in a network in order to ensure that traffic is routed in a globally efficient manner (when routing decisions are made individually by selfish users). It allows the population to be heterogeneous, i.e., a given latency can have a different perceived penalty for different users. The paper shows how to efficiently compute taxes, and gives mathematical conditions under which schemes with moderate tax rates exist.
"Optimal oblivious routing in polynomial time" by Azar, Cohen, Fiat, Kaplan and Racke.
Racke (in FOCS 02) gave a distributed algorithm for routing traffic through an undirected network in close to the optimal congestion ("close to" here means that the competitive ratio is polylogarithmic). Racke's result is surprising in that it is achieved without any knowledge of the current traffic in the network. This paper gives an efficient (polynomial time) algorithm to construct these routings. In fact the algorithm constructs optimal routings.
"Sublinear geometric algorithms" by Chazelle, Liu and Magen.
In the past several years papers have begun to investigate algorithms on massive data sets -- data sets so large that an algorithm cannot afford the time to examine them in entirety. This paper presents sublinear time algorithms for some fundamental problems in computational geomtetry, including intersection of 3 dimensional convex polyhedra and point location in 2 dimensional Delaunay triangulations and Voronoi diagrams.
STOC 03 was held at FCRC. Colleagues from different areas could be seen at STOC sessions, and vice versa. FCRC changes the quality of STOC, and the SIGACT EC strongly supports its continuation.
STOC 03 initiated the STOC Developing Country Travel Awards. These are a new supplement to the ongoing program of STOC Student Travel Awards. The new awards are meant for faculty and researchers from developing countries, who are STOC authors or are otherwise contributing to the STOC conference. A maximum of $5,000 is to be awarded for each conference. Three awards were given this year.
A digital scanning project is budgeted and we are close to signing a contract. Back proceedings of IEEE FOCS conference and others will be scanned and distributed to SIGACT members on DVD, as well as made available on the web.
A review and improvement of PC software was begun this spring. The current software support for our program committees is widely used by the theory community at large, but is not as helpful as it could be. A committee is investigating the alternatives of paying for an upgrade to our own software or using a vendor's.
A new technical column on online algorithms, edited by Marek Chrobak, is being added to SIGACT News. This is an important area of algorithm design.
5 A very brief summary for the key issues that the membership of that SIG will have to deal with in the next 2-3 years.
Last year's report indicated financial difficulties with several conferences that seemed to signal an emerging trend. This year's conferences seem to be coming in as budgeted, so at least this year saw a pleasant change for the better.
The past two years have seen a tremendous increase in submission numbers to our conferences. This seems to be stretching our current PC structure to its limit. In response (to what we think will be a continuing trend) STOC is moving to a slightly larger PC, physical as well as electronic PC meeting, and the above-mentioned review of PC software.
6. Volunteer Updates.
The past 2 years have seen a number of changes in the SIGACT volunteer corps. In December 2002 Ian Parberry stepped down as Editor of SIGACT News, a position that he manned starting with the Summer 1991 issue. Ian created the digital version of SIGACT News, and added features such as the Quarterly Quote. Earlier in 2002 Ian stepped down as SIGACT webmaster. He created the website, which has many interesting and unique features ranging from useful bibliographies and guides for authors to the more whimsical theoretician's genealogy. Ian won the SIGACT Distinguished Service Prize in 1998 for these contributions.
Steve Tate also stepped down as SIGACT system administrator and manager of electronic conference support, a post he held since 1997. Steve oversaw the growth of our electronic conference submission system, which today is typically used by close to 20 conferences each year.
David Haglin is the new SIGACT News Editor. Wolfgang Bein is the new Information Director.
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Inside Jordan
Jordan tops global smoking rates, pushed by powerful tobacco firms: Report
A new study found that 80 percent of Jordanian men smoke or use nicotine products
A young man smokes a traditional water pipe at a cafe in the Jordanian capital Amman (AFP)
Saira Jaffer
Published date: 23 June 2020 18:20 UTC | Last update: 7 months ago
Jordan has the highest smoking rates in the world, The Guardian reported on Tuesday, prompting public health officials in the country to blame the powerful lobbying of big tobacco companies.
According to a collaborative study conducted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Jordanian government in 2019, more than eight out of 10 men in Jordan smoke or use nicotine products.
“The rates are dangerously high and a predictor of a future public health catastrophe,” Firas al-Hawari, a physician and head of the cancer-control office at Amman’s King Hussein Cancer Centre, told the British newspaper.
The recent research shows that Jordan has surpassed Indonesia, which has long been known to have had the highest consumption of tobacco in the world.
Jordanian men who smoke daily consume an average of 23 cigarettes a day, the survey found.
High numbers of both men and women in the kingdom also smoke water pipes - also known as shisha or arguileh.
Shisha madness: Jordan fumes as smoking rates drift ever upward
Public health experts say the rise in smoking rates is largely due to the influence of big multinational tobacco companies that operate with a greater degree of freedom than in the West.
“These companies continue to exercise as much political power as they can in wealthy countries, but they’re more successful in lower-income countries where they face less transparency, can operate more in the dark and overwhelm whatever civic societies exist,” Rima Nakkash, an associate professor of public health at the American University of Beirut (AUB), told The Guardian.
Jordan ranks second in the world for tobacco company interference in its government, according to a study conducted by the international civil rights group Framework Convention Alliance.
International tobacco lobbyists have played a significant role in Jordan’s public health legislation, including being part of government debates on regulations for their products, which anti-smoking activists say is granting them too much power.
The tobacco lobby is also a significant contributor of public funds for various projects, such as refurbishing schools and running programmes for young people, the Guardian investigation revealed.
The WHO survey found that around 45 percent of Jordanian students aged 15 or under have used some form of tobacco.
Last year, the government imposed a 200 percent tax on e-cigarettes, vapes and accompanying paraphernalia.
But the rise in tobacco prices has been moderate over the years in Jordan.
Princess Dina Mired of Jordan: 'There is no time to waste' in fight against cancer
In fact, in 2013, cigarette prices were lowered by the industry to encourage the habit. Analysts say the price point has a great potential to decrease consumption.
Tobacco firms' investments and jobs in Jordan are a boon in a country where unemployment is high.
According to current laws, smoking is banned in most public spaces, but implementation and enforcement are still a challenge.
Even in hospitals, schools and the Jordanian parliament, it has been difficult to eradicate smoking from the premises.
Tobacco taxes make up 18 percent of annual revenues in Jordan - meaning efforts to reduce consumption could have great financial implications.
Jordan becomes first country in the world to vaccinate refugees against Covid-19
Jordan urges participation as Covid-19 vaccination programme begins
Jordan teachers' union threatens escalation after renewed tensions with government
'This year is over for us': Jordan's ailing economy suffers unexpected coronavirus shock
New Saudi taxes on tobacco and soft drinks spark anger
'Dizziness', the super-tobacco hooking UAE teens
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Vayeira 5778
And the days of Sarah were 127 (23:1) – The Midrash tells the story of Rabbi Akiva who saw his students falling asleep in the Shiur. Intending on waking them up, he asked them to explain the merit of Esther that allowed her to reign over 127 nations. He explained that it was in the merit of Sarah who lived 127 years. What is the connection between Esther and Sarah? And why would this connection wake the students of Rabbi Akiva? Rav Asher Weiss Shlita quoted the Chidushei HaRim who explains that Rabbi Akiva was trying to teach them not to sleep when not necessary because each moment left to sleep costs a person an entire city. Rav Chanoch Henoch of Sasov adds that he wanted to raise them meaning he wanted even their mundane activities to be utilized for higher, loftier goals.
The years of Sarah (23:1) – Rashi explains that all her days were equally Tov. Is that really true? How can one compare the time Sarah spent in the company of her husband with the time spent in Avimelech’s palace or Pharaoh’s. Rav Yitzchok Sorotzkin ztl. explained that Sarah Imeinu set a purpose in her life—namely to popularize and publicize the name of Hashem in the world. Anything she did or experienced was part of that mission and as such, the days were all equal in goodness.
The children of Cheit responded (23:5) – The Midrash notes that this section mentions the children of Cheit 10 times paralleling the 10 commandments. The midrash adds that one learns the need to examine his purchases and acquisitions in the same was that one fulfills the 10 commandments. Rav Nissan Alpert ztl. explains that the cycle of life carries ups and downs. One needs to be able to handle that cycle and everyday life with the same grounding that one finds in the Aseres HaDibbros.
Place your hand under my thigh (24:1) – Rashi explains that he wanted Eliezer to hold his Bris. However, that explanation seems strange. The thigh is not a Cheftza Shel Kedusha like the Mezuzah, Tefillin or Sefer Torah. (See Shavuos 47b) What does holding it there do? Rav Mordechai Gifter ztl. explained that Milah is different because it is like a Sefer – the Sefer HaBris – hence one can perform it despite the fact that it causes pain and it can be done on Shabbos in the proper time – for it is an Os --not simply something that you do. Rabbi Dr. Sol Roth Shlita often explained that a Bris is a unique Mitzva for it is the very mark that makes a person into a walking Sefer Torah – by making him Jewish.
And she will say “drink and I will also give your camels to drink” (24:14) – What kind of test is this? What does it prove? Rav Wolbe ztl. explains that the attribute of Chessed is about giving beyond --without boundaries or limits merely because one wants to give. This is what Eliezer saw in Rivka and saw as essential in a matriarch of the Jewish people.
And they send Rivka and her Nursemaid (24:59) – Why point out that they sent her nursemaid? Why was she so important to the trip? Rav Moshe Tzvi Neriah ztl. explains that Devorah was no ordinary nursemaid. Her job was to be the pedagogue who would teach & guide Rivka in spiritual matters. She was the one who possessed the stories and the traditions that guide life and it was she who was to be entrusted with the ability to transmit them. It is for that reason that Rivka later sent her to Yaakov as well.
Yitzchak went out to speak in the field (24:62) – The Talmud tells us that in the Beis HaMikdash, each day they waited until the sunlight was visible over Chevron before offering the Korban HaTamid. The Chassidishe commentaries explain that was the case because we want to utilize the merits of the Yesheinei Chevron. Rav Soloveitchik ztl. pointed out that the Talmud explained Tefillos were established by the Avos. That is the Heter we have to daven in the first place. It is more than just utilizing a symbol – they are the basis of the practice. Rav Schachter Shlita added that Yitzchak had a different experience than Avraham. Avraham was an optimistic person and lived a life like his Tefillah time – at the morning when optimism reigns. Yitzchak lived in more constrained times and had his Tefillah of Mincha whose time is reminiscent of the Tefillah itself as well. It comes at a point of realizing reality, like the way Yitzchak lived. Our Tefillah merely follows their model.
Haftorah: And King David was getting old (Kings I, 1:1) – The description of the trial and challenge of the Haftorah sharply contrast the description of the same period of time in Divrei Hayamim. How do we explain the calm there in contrast to the description here? Rav Yigal Ariel suggests that the 2 works examine the world in two different ways. The description in Divrei HaYamim is from a nationalistic perspective. From that angle Dovid appointed Shlomo and that was the end of the story. However, Sefer Melachim highlights the involvement of Hashgacha in even the individual sections of life. Dovid made a choice – he could have left the throne to be determined naturally but like Avraham and Yitzchak who when they were Ba Bayamim – prepared for the future to make sure that there were no challenges to Hashem’s will, Dovid chose the same ensuring that his Melucha remain strong forever.
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2019 FLW Tour Lake Seminole Day One Leader Braxton Seltzer – photo courtesy FLW – Jacob Fine
BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (March 7, 2019) – Pro Braxon Setzer of Montgomery, Alabama, brought a five-bass limit to the scale weighing 25 pounds, 15 ounces to jump out to the early lead after Day One of the FLW Tour at Lake Seminole presented by Costa. Fellow Alabaman Joseph Webster of Winfield (25-9) and Bradford Beavers of Summerville, South Carolina (25-2) are right behind Setzer in second and third place as the four-day tournament, which features 165 of the world’s best bass-fishing professionals casting for a top award of up to $125,000, heads into Day Two.
“This morning I pulled into a spot near the area where I wanted to start and thought that I would fish my way up to it. I started fishing, then watched Joseph (Webster) idle right over to where I wanted to be, sit down and commence to just whacking them,” said Setzer, a four-year FLW Tour veteran with one previous FLW Cup appearance. “I thought to myself, ‘Oh my goodness, what a stupid call on my part.’ I struggled with that, but then I settled down and just picked apart the area that I was in.
“I caught a limit by 9:30,” Setzer continued. “The fishing was slower than I was hoping it was going to be, but it was a bigger area and took me a long time to pick it apart.”
Setzer said the spot was mainly deeper grass, with his most success coming from an area he described as a ditch that runs up into a flat. He caught seven keepers there – on two different baits – then left the spot around 11 a.m.
“The bite died off, so I ran down to another stretch of grass that I liked and ended up culling two fish there,” Setzer said. “It was very slow and was an hour or two between bites, but when I got bit it was a good one.”
Setzer tallied just nine bass total throughout the day. He said his plan for tomorrow was mainly to keep his options open.
“There is obviously a bunch of fish in my main area, but it’ll be interesting to see what the weather and the boat pressure does to it,” Setzer went on to say. “I don’t know if I’ll stay with it as long as I did today. I may have to run around and fish some new water. I think I’ve got maybe one or two more areas that I can get bit off of.”
The top 10 pros after day one on Lake Seminole are:
1st: Braxton Setzer, Montgomery, Ala., five bass, 25-15
2nd: Joseph Webster, Winfield, Ala., five bass, 25-9
3rd: Bradford Beavers, Summerville, S.C., five bass, 25-2
4th: Sheldon Collings, Grove, Okla., five bass, 23-14
5th: Rob Kilby, Hot Springs, Ark., five bass, 23-3
6th: Kurt Dove, Del Rio, Texas, five bass, 20-5
7th: Tyler Woolcott, Port Orange, Fla., five bass, 19-14
8th: Miles Howe, San Juan Capistrano, Calif., five bass, 19-13
9th: Dicky Newberry, Houston, Texas, five bass, 19-7
10th: Brian Latimer, Belton, S.C., five bass, 19-1
For a full list of results visit FLWFishing.com.
Beavers earned Thursday’s $500 Big Bass award in the pro division after bringing a largemouth weighing 7-pounds, 5-ounces to the scale.
Overall there were 573 bass weighing 1,551 pounds, 1 ounce caught by 154 pros Thursday. The catch included 72 five-bass limits.
In FLW Tour competition, the full field of 165 pro anglers compete in the two-day opening round Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advance to Saturday. Only the top 10 pros continue competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.
The total purse for the FLW Tour at Lake Seminole presented by Costa is more than $860,000. The tournament is hosted by the Bainbridge Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Throughout the season, anglers are also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2019 FLW Cup, the world championship of professional bass fishing. The 2019 FLW Cup will be on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Aug. 9-11 and is hosted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and Visit Hot Springs.
Anglers will take off at 7 a.m. EST Friday and Saturday and 7:45 a.m. Sunday from the Bainbridge Earle May Boat Basin, located at 100 Boat Basin Circle, in Bainbridge. Friday’s weigh-in will be held at the boat basin beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday’s weigh-ins will also be held at the boat basin, but will begin at 4 p.m.
In conjunction with the weigh-ins, FLW will host a free Family Fishing Expo at the Bainbridge Earle May Boat Basin from 2 to 6 p.m. each day. The Expo is a chance for fishing fans to meet their favorite anglers, enjoy interactive games, activities and giveaways provided by FLW sponsors, and learn more about the sport of fishing and other outdoor activities.
Also for youth, the FLW Foundation’s Unified Fishing Derby will be held at the boat basin on Saturday, March 9 from Noon-2 p.m. The event is hosted by FLW Foundation pro Cody Kelley along with other FLW Tour anglers, and is free and open to anyone under the age of 18 and Special Olympics athletes. Rods and reels are available for use, but youth are encouraged to bring their own if they own one. The 1st and 2nd place anglers that catch the biggest fish will be recognized Saturday on the FLW Tour stage, just prior to the pros weighing in.
Television coverage of the FLW Tour at Lake Seminole presented by Costa will premiere in 2019. The Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show airs each Saturday night at 7 p.m. EST and is broadcast to more than 63 million cable, satellite and telecommunications households in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean on the World Fishing Network (WFN), the leading entertainment destination and digital resource for anglers throughout North America. FLW television is also distributed internationally to FLW partner countries, including Canada, China, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and South Africa.
The popular FLW Live on-the-water program will air on Saturday and Sunday, featuring live action from the boats of the tournament’s top pros each day. Host Travis Moran will be joined by veteran FLW Tour pro Todd Hollowell to break down the extended action each day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. On-the-water broadcasts will be live streamed on FLWFishing.com, the FLW YouTube channel and the FLW Facebook page.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the sport’s top anglers on the FLW Tour on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
About FLW
FLW is the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, providing anglers of all skill levels the opportunity to compete for millions in prize money in 2019 across five tournament circuits. Headquartered in Benton, Kentucky, with offices in Minneapolis, FLW and their partners conduct more than 290 bass-fishing tournaments annually around the world, including the United States, Canada, China, Italy, South Korea, Mexico, Portugal, South Africa and Spain. FLW tournament fishing can be seen on the Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show while FLW Bass Fishing magazine delivers cutting-edge tips from top pros. For more information visit FLWFishing.com and follow FLW at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
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The previous Member for Canberra was Ros Kelly (ALP) who represented the electorate from 1980 to 1995. She resigned from Parliament on 30 January 1995 and the writ for the by-election was issued on 17 February 1995.
Demographic rating:
Inner Metropolitan
Seat status following 1993 election: Fairly Safe Labor
Two-party preferred 1993 election:
Labor: 59.56%
LNP: 40.44%
Two-party preferred 1995 by-election:
A total of seven candidates nominated for the Canberra by-election held on 25 March 1995 compared with six at the 1993 federal election.
Joanne Clarke (IND) 2 274 2.70
Sue Robinson (ALP) 25 689 30.48
Joseph Cotta (RPA) 1 003 1.19
Robyn Spencer (AFI) 3 515 4.17
James Warden (GRN) 10 835 12.85
#Brendan Smyth (LP) 39 021 46.29
Jerzy Gray-Grzeszkiewicz (IND) 1 956 2.32
A total of 98 662 electors were enrolled for the Canberra by-election. The Divisional Returning Officer for Canberra declared Brendan Smyth (LP) as the new Member on 30 March 1995.
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APT group: Nitro, Covert Grove
Names Nitro (Symantec)
Covert Grove (Symantec)
Motivation Information theft and espionage
First seen 2011
Description (Symantec) The Nitro Attacks: Stealing Secrets from the Chemical Industry
The attackers have changed their targets over time. From late April to early May, the attackers focused on human rights related NGOs. They then moved on to the motor industry in late May. From June until mid-July no activity was detected. At this point, the current attack campaign against the chemical industry began. This particular attack has lasted much longer than previous attacks, spanning two and a half months.
A total of 29 companies in the chemical sector were confirmed to be targeted in this attack wave and another 19 in various other sectors, primarily the defense sector, were seen to be affected as well. These 48 companies are the minimum number of companies targeted and likely other companies were also targeted. In a recent two week period, 101 unique IP addresses contacted a command and control server with traffic consistent with an infected machine. These Ips represented 52 different unique Internet Service Providers or organizations in 20 countries.
Nitro may be related to APT 18, Dynamite Panda, Wekby.
Observed Sectors: Automotive, Chemical, NGOs, Technology.
Countries: Argentina, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Czech, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, UK, USA.
Tools used Gh0st RAT, PCClient, Poison Ivy, Spindest.
Operations performed Jul 2014 New Indicators of Compromise found
Historically, Nitro is known for targeted spear phishing campaigns and using Poison Ivy malware, which was not seen in these attacks. Since at least 2013, Nitro appears to have somewhat modified their malware and delivery methods to include Spindest and legitimate compromised websites, as reported by Cyber Squared’s TCIRT.
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Information <https://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/media/security_response/whitepapers/the_nitro_attacks.pdf>
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Jacob Olds
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Known to his fans as "Crouton," he is famous as the frontman of the Christian rock band Family Force 5. Before taking over as lead vocalist of the group in 2013, he spent nearly a decade as Family Force 5's drummer. His popular albums with the group include Dance or Die, III, and Time Stands Still.
With The Brothers, the precursor to Family Force 5, he released a 1994 album titled Fact and Reality. A decade later, he recorded Business Up Front/Party in the Back, which was his first album with Family Force 5.
He and his bandmates originally wanted to name their music group The Phamily, but they encountered resistance from Prince, who led a band called The Family.
Raised in Atlanta, Georgia, he and his brothers and fellow Family Force 5 members Solomon "Soul Glow Activatur" Olds and Joshua "Fatty" Olds are the sons of Christian musician Jerome Olds. Jacob and Joshua Olds are twins.
In 2005, Derek Mount, a.k.a. "Chap Stique," became the lead guitarist for Family Force 5.
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Why have a slice when you can have the whole pie?
My lovelies, I’ve had a couple requests (FYI, I love requests. Please make them.): the first being some top picks per genre lists, and the second being some more opinion pieces, since the one on sports anime went over well.
Today, we’re tackling Slice of Life shows! This is one of my favorite genres for relaxing and having a good laugh. It’s the closest thing I watch to reality TV. Slice of Life refers to seemingly mundane or average experiences: working in a book shop, going to school or playing a sport. It basically serves as “a day in the life” snapshot. Within any genre, there are many subgenres and overlapping. SoL is no exception–it includes drama and comedy, romance and tragedy, factoids and fun. Personally, my favorite ones are the comedies, ones without sports because I’ll probably do a whole separate post about those. I should probably mention all of the shows below received 4/5 marks on the Anniemeter. They’re pretty equal, so this ranking list is pretty fluid.
1. Kiss Him, Not Me!
Kiss Him, Not Me (Watashi ga Motete Dōsunda) follows Kae Serinuma is a fujoshi, a female manga and anime geek who loves reading yaoi (boys love) material and imagining men together in romantic relationships, both fictional and real. When one of her favorite anime characters is killed off, Kae is so shocked that she locks herself in her room for a whole week. When she eventually comes out, she discovers that she has lost a lot of weight. She becomes a beautiful girl that catches the eye of four boys at her school: Yūsuke Igarashi, Nozomu Nanashima, Hayato Shinomiya, and Asuma Mutsumi. Despite learning about Kae’s bizarre tendencies, the four boys, along with another fujoshi girl named Shima Nishina, all fall for Kae and begin competing with each other for her affection, much to Kae’s frustration as she wants them to fall in love with each other.
My current top pic for the genre. I can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard at an anime.
Categories: Shojo, Romance, Comedy, Harem
2. Poco’s Udon World
Poco’s Udon World (Udon no Kuni no Kin’iro Kemari) revolves around the complicated but normal life of Souta Tawara, a young web designer from Tokyo who decides to return to his hometown in Kagawa following the death of his father and to take a break from the city. Upon his return, he sadly learns that the family restaurant had gone out of business during his absence; while reminiscing about his childhood, Souta walks inside the closed down restaurant and discovers a blonde haired little boy wearing rags sleeping inside a cooking pot. Then, Souta realizes that this child is a shape shifting tanuki that has been inhabiting Kagawa for many years. Thinking that the boy has been living a lonely life, he decides to adopt him and name him “Poco”. Each episode follows the heartwarming relationship between Souta and Poco, and through the time they spend together, Souta recalls his own past, the place he left behind for the city, and the relationship he had with his father.
Kawaii-factor incoming! This series is adorable, and I think I have a thing for “lost man becomes father-figure for adorable cutie”, seeing as 3/7 on this list follow this trope.
Categories: Comedy, Seinen
3. Recovery of an MMO Junkie
Recovery of an MMO Junkie (Netojū no Susume) follows Moriko Morioka is a 30-year-old successful career woman who decides to quit her taxing corporate job and become an elite NEET and find a more fulfilling life. She joins an online MMORPG Fruits de Mer and creates a male character named Hayashi as her avatar. In the game, Hayashi meets another character Lily, a high-level player who helps him learn the game. Hayashi and Lily becomes close friends and he joins her guild, @HomeParty. Meanwhile, in the real world, Moriko has a chance encounter with a handsome elite company employee, Yuta Sakurai, who may have ties with her online life.
I love video games. I love anime. I love romance. This one has all three. I’d totally quit my job and just game all day if I could. Let me live vicariously through you, Moriko!
Categories: Shojo, Romance, Comedy
4. Sweetness and Lightning
Sweetness and Lightning (Amaama to Inazuma) follows Kōhei Inuzuka, a teacher who has been raising his daughter, Tsumugi, by himself following the death of his wife. Having mostly bought ready-made meals for his daughter since, Kōhei’s encounter with one of his students, Kotori Iida, leads him to take up cooking in order to provide proper meals for Tsumugi.
#LetTsumugiEat2018. This show is so good. Too pure for this world.
Categories: Sienen, Comedy
5. Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid
Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid (Kobayashi-san Chi no Meidoragon) follows Kobayashi, a typical office worker. One day, she is greeted by a large dragon right outside her front door. The dragon immediately transforms into a human girl in a maid outfit, and introduces herself as Tohru. It turns out that during a drunken excursion into the mountains the night before, Kobayashi had encountered the dragon, who claims to have come from another world. Subsequently, Kobayashi had removed a holy sword from Tohru’s back, earning her gratitude. With Tohru having no place to stay, Kobayashi offers to let the dragon stay at her home and become her personal maid, to which she agrees. As Kobayashi has forgotten her drunken offering, she is initially reluctant to allow the dragon into her home despite her previous promise, but a mix of guilt and the usefulness of Tohru’s dragon abilities convinces Kobayashi to accept her. Despite being efficient at housework, Tohru’s unorthodox methods of housekeeping often end up scaring Kobayashi and bringing more trouble than help. Additionally, Tohru’s presence attracts other dragons, gods, and mythical beings to her new home.
A slice of life about dragons. Mic Drop.
Categories: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Comedy, Romance (?: a little bit of romance. a smidgen.)
6. Barakamon
Barakamon follows Seishū Handa, a young professional calligrapher. When the elderly curator of an exhibition criticizes his calligraphy for being too unoriginal (“like a textbook”), Seishū gets angry and punches him. Because of this, his father sends him off for a retreat on Gotō Island, near Kyūshū. There, he meets the colorful villagers, interacts with them, and begins to find his own style. The title of the series means “energetic/cheeful one” in the local provincial Gotō Islands’ dialect. The first episode is also called “Barakakodon/ばらかこどん” which means “energetic/cheeful kid”, which refers to Naru Kotoishi, a very hyperactive kid that comes into Handa’s life.
And the Holy Trinity is complete. Salty calligraphy dad basically adopts small bug-loving girl. My heart. Send help.
Categories: Comedy
7. Blend S
Blend S (ブレンド・S Burendo Esu) follows Maika Sakuranomiya, a high school girl who has trouble finding a part-time job because of how scary she looks when smiling. However, she is scouted one day by an Italian man who is also the manager of Stile, a café where its waitresses are given unique traits such as tsundere and younger sister. Maika is given a sadist trait because of her looks and has to adopt a dominant and cruel persona when servicing customers, particularly masochist ones.
Move over, maid cafes; give me personality cafes! Also give me the little blossoming romances of the work place.
That’s all for this post! Maybe I’ll do more slice of life picks, branching out to some different subgenres. What are your picks? Let me know in the comments below!
Watch on, Annieme-niac!
Posted in Opinion, TopTagged anime, comedy, Fantasy, romance, shojo, shoujo, sienen, slice of life
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KingDylbag13 says:
Kobayashi’s is a great manga, I need to watch the anime
Yomu says:
Me too! I keep hearing great things about it.
anniemeaddict says:
I haven’t read the manga, but the anime is great! Highly recommend!
No Natsume? I vote Natsume’s Book of Friends
I haven’t finished Natusme yet, but it’s so good! There’s definitely a high-rating in its future.
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Earnings per share before and after dilution
Earnings per share before and after dilution (EPS), SEK*
Earnings per share before dilution 12.85 9.85
Earnings per share after dilution 12.80 9.80
See Note 1 for the method of calculation.
The numerators and denominators used to calculate the above EPS are derived as stated below.
EARNINGS PER SHARE BEFORE DILUTION
The calculation of earnings per share for 2019/2020 is based on profit for the year attributable to Parent Company shareholders, totalling SEK 862 million (660), and a weighted average number of shares outstanding during 2019/2020 of 67,123 thousand (67,047). The two components were calculated in the following manner:
Profit for the year attributable to the equity holders of the Parent Company, before dilution (SEKm) 862 660
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING, BEFORE DILUTION
In thousands of shares 2019/2020 2018/2019
Total number of shares 1 April 67,057 66,992
Effect of treasury shares held 66 55
Weighted average number of shares during the year, before dilution 67,123 67,047
EARNINGS PER SHARE AFTER DILUTION
The calculation of diluted earnings per share for 2019/2020 is based on profit attributable to Parent Company shareholders, totalling SEK 862 million (660), and a weighted average number of shares outstanding during 2019/2020 of 67,300 thousand (67,189). The two components were calculated in the following manner:
Profit for the year attributable to the equity holders of the Parent Company, after dilution (SEKm) 862 660
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING, AFTER DILUTION
Effect of share options issued 177 142
Weighted average number of shares during the year, after dilution 67,300 67,189
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27 Jul 2011 - 28 Jul 2011
Seoul (Korea)
ASEF Culture Department
Culture Department
ASEF Cultural Policy Project
The inaugural Experts’ Meeting on Cultural Policy brought together 20 policymakers, researchers and commentators from nine ASEM countries to provide a bi-regional perspective on national priority areas in arts and culture.
The meeting was organised in the framework of WorldCP-Asia, a major new initiative to document the arts and cultural policies of Asia, with specific focus on member countries of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) between 2011-14. WorldCP-Asia is a central component of WorldCP-International Database of Cultural Policies, supported by ASEF.
The gathering served as the ‘first action meeting’ of the project and marked the launch of a series of Experts’ Meetings on Cultural Policy, being co-organised by ASEF.
Participating experts agreed that articulated or implied priorities do exist for national governments, even as the understanding of culture remains complex in various countries and regions. Common priorities in Asia include the protection and promotion of cultural heritage; the development of independent infrastructure for the arts; and, capacity building for arts management. The promotion of multiculturalism, diversity and social cohesion at the regional level were enumerated as key policy priorities for Europe.
The report of the meeting is available in the Documents section of this page.
The second meeting in the series was held in October 2011 in Melbourne, Australia alongside the 5th World Summit on Arts and Culture.
Funded by the European Union
New Cultural Policy Compendium includes Asian Countries
Summary Report: Experts’ Meeting on Cultural Policy
Brochure: WorldCP-International Database of Cultural Policies
Brochure: WorldCP-Asia
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Beyond the Sun: A Review of the Alaric/Atriarch Split EP
Alaric/Atriarch Split EP 20 Buck Spin
Alaric’s 2011 debut was released with much fanfare. One reviewer went so far as to comment that it sounded like the album Amebix should have made. The favorable comparison to the lords of peace punk soon had the dark strains of Alaric’s debut echoing through the bunker and me scrambling to pick up this split.
This EP finds both bands in a transitional phase. Alaric are coming off their previously mentioned 2011 debut and Atriarch find themselves in similar territory following their 2011 release of Forever the End on Seventh Rule. Veterans of several tours together (both bands dedicate their side of the split to the other), this EP seems a logical extension of their relationship and the material contained herein find both bands at their peak.
The Alaric side begins with “Memory Assault”, a powerful combination of Only Theatre of Pain era Christian Death and the dark punk majesty of Amebix and Rudimentary Peni. Shane’s bleak lyrics are enhanced by his vocal style that sounds something like Jaz Coleman projected through a medium. “So Far Down” sees the band infusing deliberate droning bleakness with elements of Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall era Pink Floyd. Alaric end their side with “Weep”, a tune that begins with a bass part which sounds like it is reverberating through water. The drumming slowly builds over Rick’s bass line to merge with Russ’s guitar; all the while Shane’s distorted vocals lament the fate of a friend who has given up.
Atriarch have an undeniable affinity for Christian Death that is evident on the track “Oblivion”. Lenny’s vocals do invoke the late Rozz Williams as he sneers, “but God is speaking to you. They call it instincts and sin.” The death rock vibe eventually gives way to outrage and anger as the track crashes to its end with Lenny screaming “Lies! Lies! Lies!” as his voice fades out. “Offerings” sees the band moving in a different sonic direction. The track begins with a bleak guitar part that seems to struggle up from the murk to be heard. It is eventually combined with clipped drumming and a droned vocal. Lenny’s vocals slowly build until the listener is suddenly treated to a full black metal assault before the track is eventually pulled under by the gathering gloom.
The Alaric/Atriarch receives an unreserved recommendation from the bunker. Alaric will be on hiatus until 2013 but do try and catch Atriarch if you have the chance. 2013 promises new material from both bands and I’m very excited to hear what they get up to.
– Captain of Games
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This countertop machine creates specialty mocktails and cocktails in seconds: 'So simple and fast!'
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2020 has forced many of us to become more closely acquainted with things we often took for granted in our homes — one being the simple task of making a drink on our own. Whether you enjoy a non-alcoholic beverage or prefer something with a bit of a kick, a refreshing drink is something everyone loves.
Now, there’s a countertop appliance that performs similarly to a coffeemaker — but for specialty drinks.
Fittingly called Bartesian, this premium cocktail machine quickly crafts drinks in seconds with just the press of a button. No more guessing and measuring!
Shop: Bartesian Premium Cocktail, Mocktail And Margarita Machine With Push-Button Simplicity, $349.85
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While the charming name is catchy, there’s a specific reason why it was chosen. In fact, Bartesian’s CEO and founder Ryan Close told In The Know just where the idea originated.
“We liked the idea of ‘bar’ in there and then having something that’s ‘artisan’ was important to us,” he said. “We’re all about authenticity in a cocktail so our drinks have to taste authentic, like the experience you would have at a premium restaurant.”
So, how does the Bartesian work? Mimicking the simplicity of a coffee maker, the kitchen gadget requires just a few simple steps to work: fill the water reservoir in the back, insert a capsule into the machine, select the strength (“mocktail” option included), and press “create” on the touch screen. Your drink will be created in about 20 seconds.
Also, the machine serves those who enjoy both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages as the Bartesian capsules, which Close explained has “no artificial colors or flavoring,” and contain no alcohol.
Instead, the user can control the level of alcohol used in each drink (if any at all) by filling the included glass reservoirs with their desired liquor of choice.
Once the bottles are filled and locked into place, you can choose from any of the capsules to create the perfect mixed drink. From margaritas and lemon drops to whiskey sours and cosmopolitans, Bartesian has pre-made cocktail capsules for use at any time.
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LEAP OF FAITH —
Skydiver breaks speed of sound after jumping from edge of space
Jumping 24 miles above earth, daredevil reaches speed of 833 mph, both potential records.
Dan Goodin - Oct 14, 2012 8:35 pm UTC
Red Bull Stratos blog
An Austrian daredevil survived a jump from a balloon more than 24 miles above earth on Sunday morning. In the process, he set a world record for the highest jump and became the first skydiver to break the speed of sound, according to various news reports.
Felix Baumgartner stepped from an enormous helium balloon that, at 128,100 feet above the eastern New Mexico desert, was at the edge of space. He wore a pressurized suit to protect his body from the near vacuum, which because of the extremely thin air, allowed his free fall to reach the speed of 690 miles per hour in the first 40 seconds according to CNN. His highest estimated speed was 833.9 mph, a would-be world record. His free fall lasted for four minutes and 21 seconds, falling a total of 119,846 ft.
It took the 43-year-old Baumgartner two hours and 21 minutes to reach the altitude. The ascent included a critical 4,000-foot stretch known as the "dead zone," during which it would be impossible for him to parachute to safety should something have gone amiss, The New York Times reported. His balloon was made of 40 acres of ultrathin plastic that was described as an inflated dry-cleaning bag big enough to fill the Los Angeles Coliseum. It was the largest balloon ever used for a manned flight.
To prevent his body from spinning out of control during the descent, Baumgartner had carefully rehearsed a bunny hop off the capsule that was attached to the balloon. The maneuver allowed him to rotate into a headfirst position. The super thin air minimized the shock waves that are often experienced when aircrafts break the speed of sound. Scientists had been unsure what the effects might be when a human body reached such speeds. Once Baumgartner reached the ground following the opening of his parachute, he fell to his knees, then lifted his arms in victory.
During his ascent, Baumgartner's suit experienced problems with the heating system in his visor, causing it to fog up. He experienced similar problems during his fall, but they didn't seem to impede his control.
There are many more details available on the official website documenting the mission. Baumgartner spoke at a press conference this afternoon that streamed live on the Red Bull YouTube channel. Ars will update this brief if more information becomes available.
moepArs Centurion
cc bcc wrote:
Has it been determined that he broke the sound barrier?
Yes, the data recorded from the suit indicates mach 1.24.
Something I don’t see mentioned is that Kittinger used a drogue chute to stabilize (and slightly slow) his fall. Whether or not this is true "free-fall" is debatable in my opinion.
CypresSmack-Fu Master, in traininget Subscriptor
moep wrote:
He did not deploy his drogue chute since he was able to stabilize the flatspin on his own. They say so in the press conference.
Edit: formatting
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AleyxSmack-Fu Master, in training
dave.abbott wrote:
What happened to the capsule he rode up in? Or has it not landed it yet?
It was already on its way down when he touched ground again. Ground control remotely detached the balloon and opened its parachute.
I watched it happen live on a news channel. Very impressive...
Dan Goodin Dan is the Security Editor at Ars Technica, which he joined in 2012 after working for The Register, the Associated Press, Bloomberg News, and other publications.
Email dan.goodin@arstechnica.com // Twitter @dangoodin001
cc bcc Ars Praefectus et Subscriptor
Hattori HANZo Ars Scholae Palatinae
Edge of space?
If I am not mistaken the Kármán line is usually taken as the border between atmosphere and outer space. At least the FAI does this, afaik. The Kármán line is at about 100km, though, not "just" a little bit below 40km.
I'd say the edge of space is not within the stratosphere, at least, which, iirc, goes up to about 50km.
So yeah, incredible jump from way higher than ever before. But probably from half the way to outer space...
By this definition of space, we might call weather balloons "the fluffy kind of space ship"
Shannara Ars Tribunus Militum
Yeah, watched the whole thing. I guess Hollywood set expectations high with all those special effects No visual representation of the sound barrier breaking
But AWESOME nonetheless.
2230 posts | registered Dec 9, 2006
moep Ars Centurion
Boskone Ars Tribunus Angusticlavius et Subscriptor
To quote a great movie: Ballsy. Stupid, but ballsy.
I'm glad to see things like this occur. I'm not really sure _why_, but it's just cool to see that people are still willing to jump off the Eiffel tower to test their parachute, so to speak.
Anyone know what happened to the umpteen million cubic meters (30M?) of helium from the balloon? Given that the stuff is getting pretty rare, it would be a shame to see such a chunk of it randomly released into the atmosphere.
dave.abbott Seniorius Lurkius et Subscriptor
39 posts | registered Dec 7, 2009
onix Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
"The super thin air minimized the shock waves that are often experienced when aircrafts break the speed of sound."
Interesting. I wonder how it "felt" when he crossed the barrier. Also didn't realize as written on wikipedia:
"In the Earth's atmosphere, the chief factor affecting the speed of sound is the temperature. For a given ideal gas with constant heat capacity and composition, sound speed is dependent solely upon temperature."
Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_s ... _acoustics
Mortus Moderator et Subscriptor
It was impressive to watch. I can only imagine his first thought when the door rolled open. I know my heart skipped a beat.
32000 posts | registered Feb 18, 2009
Cypres Seniorius Lurkius
Aleyx Seniorius Lurkius
msft0682 Ars Centurion
Is there a reason the headline says he reached 729 mph, but the article says a highest estimated speed of 833.9 mph?
cryptonym Ars Tribunus Militum
Would have been nice to have the metric equivalents in the article as well. For the 95% of us that aren't from the US.
cichy69 Seniorius Lurkius
Ostracus wrote:
I'm glad that breaking sound barriers doesn't involve "breaking" anything else. Australia must be pretty proud now.
Why would Australia be proud here? ...Felix Baumgartner is Austrian, not Australian. Totally different continent ;p
failsavedcan Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
Pretty awesome. Hopefully scientists will learn some new things about the human body and its ability to withstand high speeds.
Last edited by failsavedcan on Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:19 pm
The Cappy Ars Scholae Palatinae
Boskone wrote:
It was the opposite of stupid, in fact. That's why he's still alive. It took a lot of planning and preparation to make this a survivable jump.
astarre Ars Praetorian et Subscriptor
He didn't use his drogue, and frankly, even if he did, what's the BFD? It's still free fall. The man pulled a crazy stunt, broke the sound barrier without the benefit of any sort of craft. Why belittle what he did?
As a former military parachutist and sometimes current civilian parachutist, hats off to Felix! Watching him take that first step off the platform and disappear almost instantly was unforgettable. You've got balls man...I'd like to think I could take that step but in reality I'd probably just puss out.
cichy69 wrote:
Hey, now. Hold on there, hoss. The Australians can be proud if they wanna be.
Sorry, I must have misheard someone else.
Statici Ars Praetorian
Is there a link out there to the full video yet? I wasn't able to see it live
NathanMattise Ars Centurion et Subscriptor
msft0682 wrote:
Good catch—the 833 number was announced in the press conference and the original headline was based on reports coming out from tracking the fall itself. Updating now.
abhi_beckert Ars Tribunus Militum
Shannara wrote:
The visible shockwave and accompanying loud bang you see in "hollywood" when an aircraft breaks the sound barrier is real. The transition often creates a pressure wave that causes sort of a cloud formation that then dissipates right away.
It didn't happen this time because he was in very thin air.
paintersforms wrote:
In the name of science
...also to "break" few world records
paintersforms Smack-Fu Master, in training
Yeah, I guess they'll know what to do the next time an astronaut falls out of the capsule
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Hat Monster Ars Legatus Legionis et Subscriptor
Well no, he didn't use a drogue at least as far as the coverage and live footage showed. He had one which would have deployed automatically on excess G-force (such as an uncontrollable spin or roll), but it didn't deploy. This was mentioned several times on commentary on the live feed.
uhuznaa Ars Tribunus Angusticlavius
Hat Monster wrote:
This was about Kittinger, not Baumgartner.
chigaze Ars Scholae Palatinae
Other than the obvious reasons of being the first to do something there are actually good technical, research reasons to do it. We're sending people to these altitudes reasonably frequently now and research into how to survive a fall from these heights is very important.
Ruefus Ars Scholae Palatinae
"Just 'cause" is good enough for me.
Lord knows I've done less-stupid things with FAR less planning. Had I planned it better, I'd have had rides to the ER waiting.
Last edited by Ruefus on Sun Oct 14, 2012 5:02 pm
Henriok Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
abhi_beckert wrote:
The transition often creates a pressure wave that causes sort of a cloud formation that then dissipates right away.
The pictured effect doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the sound barrier. That's a myth. Clouds form at certain combinations of air pressure and humidity, and aircraft, as a cosequence of the way they operate, change air pressure around the wings and fuselage and water vapor often appear as clouds around them. Most common are the trails forming from the wing tips, but these can occur around other parts as well such as behind the wings at landing. Most pictures and movies of this phenomenon does not picture aircraft riding the sound barrier or passing through it, they are mearely flying in very humid conditions where clouds more easily appear. That's why you often see this around naval aircraft at relatively low altitude. This is a hot and humid area where the shifts in pressure and trmperature caused by a passing aircraft is very severe. And photogenic. I can assure you that the pilots are not allowed to pass the sound barrier where people can photograph them so easily.
Last edited by Henriok on Sun Oct 14, 2012 5:16 pm
Cypres wrote:
Kittinger, not Baumgartner.
(sorry, I just noticed that someone already corrected this earlier)
It matters because Baumgartner missed the record for the longest freefall, held by Joe Kittinger, by just a few seconds.
He could have used a drogue to slow and extend his fall after breaking the supersonic record but chose not to.
source: http://stratocat.com.ar/artics/excelsior-e.htm
Last edited by moep on Sun Oct 14, 2012 5:18 pm
ColinABQ Ars Praefectus et Subscriptor
When the IT Security Editor authors such a piece, should we be concerned?
"Space-Launched Skydivers Attack Facebook Servers!"
Seriously, I had read that his jump had been scrubbed, earlier in the week - Thursday, I think. Glad to read that they/he just rescheduled and went for it. They had apparently hoped to tie it in with the balloon fiesta here (Albuquerque), so the timing still worked, as today is the last day of the fiesta. Can't blame them for wanting that association and exposure.
Ten Wind Ars Scholae Palatinae
I find it somewhat nice that despite all the records that were broken today, Kittinger got to see his own record for longest freefall stand. Kittinger also did a great job talking Baumgartner through the final minute or two, you could see that Baumgarner was almost shitting himself, but he pulled through and did it. All around it was pretty breathtaking to watch.
uhuznaa wrote:
Standing corrected on that one, thanks.
enmity76 Seniorius Lurkius
The Cappy wrote:
We'll claim him and stand proud anyway. Hell, we do it all the time with New Zealanders (apologies to the Kiwis out there).
When I was a kid 'Australian' was often misunderstood to be 'Austrian' internationally . I'm proud that perhaps now it's starting to go the other way.
Mariana trench, Mars Rover landing, and today a supersonic man. Isn't it amazing how humankind still finds ways to push the boundaries of achievement and exploration when the traditional frontiers have long gone. Like attaining knowledge for the sake of it, pulling a stunt like this when no-one has before is worth it for no other reason than 'because it's there'.
Kudos to Baumgartner and his team.
Last edited by enmity76 on Sun Oct 14, 2012 5:35 pm
Sufinsil Ars Tribunus Angusticlavius
Didn't they do this already in Star Trek where the red shirt died?
Toasty27 Ars Centurion
So was his free-fall free as in speech, or free as in beer?
Either way it really is quite impressive
Dravond Ars Centurion et Subscriptor
I'm sure he had fun breaking the sound barrier I know I would've
But WHY keep on with the mph, ft and all the rest silly imperial units that's ridiculously hard to count in any science.. and not the rather easy linear logical Meter, Kilogram and so on... Y'know the metric scale used by most of "modern" world... Sigh..
(And part of it is that I have to count to get what speed you're talking about but it's even worse when it comes to temperature scale...)
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When it comes to vaccination, bad news is contagious
And on Twitter, good information apparently does not bear repeating.
Kate Shaw Yoshida - Apr 10, 2013 5:30 pm UTC
310 with 118 posters participating
In recent years, the controversy about vaccine safety has exploded online. Fueled by pseudoscience, conspiracy theories, and ignorance, a surprisingly large number of people today refuse to vaccinate themselves or their children. According to a 2011 poll, nearly a quarter of Americans have changed their opinion on vaccination in the last five years, and for the vast majority of these people, that change has been in a negative direction.
There’s no better tool than social media to spread information—and misinformation—about controversial topics quickly and efficiently, and there has been speculation that these outlets have played a role in heightening concerns about vaccination. But how do opinions about health-related behaviors spread over social media?
A group of researchers from Penn State used Twitter to answer this question, and their findings were published in EPJ Data Science last week.
During the H1N1 epidemic in 2009, the researchers gathered hundreds of thousands of tweets containing key words like “vaccine” and “vaccination." From this set, they eliminated all tweets that were not related to the H1N1 vaccine. They then recruited Penn State students to judge whether each of a subset of these 318,379 tweets expressed a positive sentiment about the vaccine (such as “Getting the flu vaccine today!”), a negative sentiment about the vaccine (like “Just found out that the H1N1 vaccine causes nerve disease”), or was neutral toward the vaccine. Based on these decisions, a computer algorithm was used to classify the rest of the tweets.
The researchers then modeled the likelihood that a given Twitter user would tweet either a positive or negative opinion about the H1N1 vaccine. The model included various predictors, such as how many positive or negative vaccine-related tweets users saw, the number of people they followed, and whether these people followed them back.
The results were unexpected, and, frankly, somewhat scary from a public health perspective. First, it was clear that negative information is extremely contagious: the more negative tweets a person received about the H1N1 vaccine, the more likely they were to tweet a negative sentiment about vaccination. Oddly, this finding didn’t hold for positive sentiments. In fact, the opposite was true: a high volume of positive tweets about the vaccine also increased the likelihood of negative vaccine-related tweets.
A similar contradiction was found when it came to reciprocal Twitter relationships, in which users follow each others’ tweets. Users who had many reciprocal connections with people who tweeted anti-vaccine sentiments also tended to express a lot of negative opinions about the H1N1 vaccine. But users who had many reciprocal connections with pro-vaccine users were not particularly likely to tweet positive opinions about the vaccine.
So why the asymmetry? If tweets bashing vaccines are so socially contagious, why don't tweets that extol the virtues of vaccines spread quickly as well? Unfortunately, the researchers don’t know yet. It’s possible that there’s something about the way negative opinions are expressed on social media that makes them contagious, or it could be that scary information is especially likely to be passed on.
The big problem here is that negative messages about vaccines are often just plain false. For example, despite many studies that show no relationship between early childhood vaccinations and the incidence of autism, the autism-vaccine rumors refuse to die. This study illustrates how this kind of misinformation may spread so far so fast.
There are, of course, a few caveats to the findings. The study could only assess sentiments rather than actual behavior when it comes to vaccinations; social pressure might cause people to tweet negatively about vaccines, even though they themselves did get vaccinated against H1N1 (or vice versa). Furthermore, the research couldn't capture any information about people who didn’t tweet about vaccinations during the study period, or those who don’t tweet at all.
But if future studies confirm that exposure to positive messages actually increases the incidence of negative messages—at least when it comes to vaccination—public health strategies may need to be revamped. Rather than flooding social media with vaccine-positive information, a better strategy may be to try to limit the spread of negative information about vaccination, or at least try to address what's already out there.
EPJ Data Science, 2013. DOI: 10.1140/epjds16 (About DOIs).
RadarScope1Ars Centurion
I work in local public health communication, and I think I can give you at least one reason for the asymmetry here. It's the same reason why it's so difficult to get almost any public health message through to the masses: It's very, very tough to prove and show what does not happen. A firefighter can prove he saved a life when he pulls a person from a burning building. Preventing disease or death that never occurs in the first place because of a vaccine is much, much harder.
Something that doesn't happen isn't worth talking about for most people. But negative effects - or the myth of negative effects - is much juicier to talk about.
Kate Shaw Yoshida Kate is a science writer for Ars Technica. She recently earned a dual Ph.D. in Zoology and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior from Michigan State University, studying the social behavior of wild spotted hyenas.
Email kate.shaw@arstechnica.com // Twitter @KateYoshida
+Griz Ars Praefectus
If tweets bashing vaccines are so socially contagious, why don't tweets that extol the virtues of vaccines spread quickly as well? Unfortunately, the researchers don’t know yet. It’s possible that there’s something about the way negative opinions are expressed on social media that makes them contagious, or it could be that scary information is especially likely to be passed on.
or maybe it's just that no one wants to argue with crackpots because no good ever comes from that.
dbmarketing Ars Scholae Palatinae
Wow, it is true! When an organism reaches a certain critical population, genes can switch on in individual members to drive destructive behavior, thereby reducing the population and improving the quality of life for healthier organisms! WOOHOO! /sarcasm
Seriously, I actually use the cognitive dissonance of the antivaxxers main spokesperson in a statistics class:
"Vaccines are POISON!" She claims while injecting her face with one of the most deadly neurotoxins known (botox).
reflex-croft Ars Tribunus Angusticlavius
Sadly several family members of mine are anti-vaccination. This means that should I get around to having children I will not be able to permit my children to play with theirs. Its a frustrating situation.
elizibar Ars Scholae Palatinae
When such luminaries as Jenny McCarthy say vaccines cause autism, it must be true.
calson33 Ars Scholae Palatinae et Subscriptor
This is America, the land of conspiracy. If someone says something plausible, but then is proven wrong by the people in charge, it must be because the people in charge are part of some global left/right/up/down network of evil doers.
reflex-croft wrote:
I understand the frustration, and I don't know how to make your choice easier, but be glad you have the foresight to protect your children. Though I am glad I just got my TDAP!
By the way, does anyone know at what point the herd immunity things stop? Aren't their some vaccines that were stopped because of herd immunity? And if so, how do we go about getting those? Can adults get them?
m0k4t2 Ars Scholae Palatinae
Maybe it's because the idiots who use twitter are the same as the idiots who are anit-vax?
Proud anti-twitter & pro-vax.
pliable wrote:
"According to a 2011 poll, nearly a quarter of Americans have changed their opinion on vaccination in the last five years, and for the vast majority of these people, that change has been in a negative direction."
That's totally fine, that means more vaccines for me! Then when I'm healthy, and others get sick, I can laugh at them.
It's win-win, really.
Not really, some vaccines cannot be given to small children and therefor rely on herd immunity. That is, since you are immune thru vaccination, you are unlikely to pass it onto someone else who doesn't have immunity, such as a small child who can't be vaccinated for measles until 2 years old or so. So stupid ignorant people do have an impact on those too innocent to know better yet, and there are no laws out there allowing you to find out who is unvaccinated around your children so you can make an informed choice as to where I can take a young child. Therefore there are instances where lack of vaccination of one person is deliberately putting at risk other people. Ignorant behavior that causes reckless endangerment, and in things like driving and firearms, that's a crime.
Korpo Ars Praefectus
If your child is vaccinated, isn't it relatively safe to let them play with non-vaccinated children? Not as good, mind you, but on a scale of "no risk" to "tons of risk", it's on the no risk end.
RadarScope1 Ars Praetorian
LJ Ars Praefectus
Except that the way most vaccines are effective is through herd-immunity, so your vaccine won't help you, for example, not get polio when fewer than 90% of people the get polio vaccine.
A relatively few people falsely believing they don't need to be vaccinated can literally hurt everyone. That's why there are requirements for public school, for example.
Gibborim Ars Scholae Palatinae
Well, while your child is dying of whooping cough or whatever, please keep it away from whatever pediatrics office my potential children use.
InflictStrain Ars Centurion et Subscriptor
So why the asymmetry?
It's that damn hindbrain. Fear isn't rational; it's an emotional response to a negative situation. We remember what scares us most so that we can avoid it in the future. Neutral and even positive events can be allowed to slip through the cracks since repeating them isn't harmful. So, despite the fact that all of the anti-vaccination rhetoric can be, and has been, logically and scientifically countered, it's going up against a few million years of hardwired survival instinct.
It would be really helpful if the people decrying vaccinations would remember that they themselves are likely thoroughly vaccinated.
Solidstate89 Ars Tribunus Angusticlavius
Few things anger me more in this day and age then the continuation of these vaccination conspiracy nutjobs.
They live in a country affluent enough to make available these medical marvels to the populace at large. But instead of embracing such simple life saving tools, they actively neglect them and even worse they try and convince others to as well.
It just makes my blood boil.
Lostfanboi Ars Tribunus Militum
So frustrating. I'm pro-vaccine for children. My wife believes the hype and is anti. We don't have kids yet, so we've postponed the argument, but still frustrating. Not looking forward to revisiting that when the time comes. Apparently some people have forgotten about polio, thus the complacency.
That being said, I haven't had a vaccine in ages, but it's not due to conspiracies, but rather lack of making it a priority. Then again, I get pretty sick about every year too, so there's that. Back when I was in the military and got every shot in the book on a regular basis, I had a good 6 year run without getting sick outside of allergies. I'm almost positive I was a guinea pig for pharmaceutical companies in bed with the govt, but it WAS awesome being super healthy for so long.
tech010101x Ars Scholae Palatinae
Korpo wrote:
I was thinking this same thing - isn't the point of vaccination such that your kids could be exposed to the disease and not contract it?
I thought one of the public health hazards of not vaccinating is allowing a disease to progress and possibly mutate such that our existing vaccines would become outdated, yes? As well as the higher cost of treatment instead of prevention which means all of us have to pay for it (either directly through free/written off medical care or indirectly through higher insurance premiums).
tech010101x wrote:
There's still the risk of the loss of herd immunity. There are some diseases we no longer vaccine against anymore simply because they've been effectively wiped out. So even those that don't have a vaccination against said disease are still by all counts "vaccinated" as all of the people around them are either vaccinated or also clear of said disease.
Raineer Ars Centurion et Subscriptor
dbmarketing wrote:
Herd immunity works effectively when vaccination levels are above the 85-90% range, it is the mechanism which keeps the remaining 10% (which could, fairly, be comprised of crackpots or those who legitimately should not be vaccinated for other medical reasons) safe.
Vaccines can't be stopped unless a disease is completely eradicated. This doesn't happen much.
Generic42 Seniorius Lurkius et Subscriptor
Just yesterday I was having a "discussion" with an anti-vaccine friend on FB. Their entire argument is basically that "if vaccines work then my un-vaccinated children are a risk to your vaccinated children" I tried to explain herd immunity, that vaccines are 100% and the whole thing about organisms possibly mutating into a novel form but it was all lost on them.
Geeklaw Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
Tangential to the vax/anti-vax discussion I'm surprised to see that this article has none of the lengthy psuedo-science filled comments demanding that we "discuss the controversy" that have appeared in the comments for the climate change article posted on Ars within the past day.
How is it that Ars readers accept the science of vaccination but still dispute climate change?
xdevnull Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
Not a scientific opinion here, but a philosophical one: When one cannot use science to support one's views, one must resort to rhetoric.
Those who trust the science, there's nothing to argue about, no convincing, it's a simple set of facts (and the real difference between truth and fact is whether people argue about it). For people who don't trust the science, they can't use science to convince, they must use rhetoric. Hence they spend a lot of time talking, cajoling, coming up with arguments that are pity or rhyme. Hence....twitter/facebook.
Dilbert Ars Legatus Legionis
I see someone doesn't know what the world looked like before vaccines. Infectious diseases were rampant. Even the simplest of diseases killed a lot of people. Peoples are destined to make the same mistakes over and over, because they are ignorant of history that preceded their lifespans, and sometimes ignorant of significantly newer history. Let's say anything that is no longer being featured in mainstream media. It doesn't exist, right? Never happened.
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kirged Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
While these people are obviously wrong, could it be a good thing that there's a small contingent not getting vaccinated? Please correct me if I'm mistaken/conflating things, but I thought complete immunity from one variant of a virus means a stronger variant would survive and spread, thus making that strain hard or near impossible to cure. Is there a good balance between herd immunity and superbug prevention? Somebody who knows more about this please help.
Obviously this doesn't apply for things like polio, but what about things like seasonal flus? (I really don't know much about this at all, sorry for how stupid this probably is)
Last edited by kirged on Wed Apr 10, 2013 1:05 pm
Muther Seniorius Lurkius
I have a 1 year old and just went through this with the wife. She was apt to listen to the warnings that are everywhere, especially here in the San Francisco area. Its the affluent that tend not to vaccinate their kids. Young, "educated", white suburban mom's.
After a lot of reading, I pushed us to vaccinate our child and get the whooping cough vaccine ourselves. But, I am not one to get a flu shot every autumn and I do think there is ample motivation for Big Pharma to pedal unnecessary vaccines for profit.
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zneak Ars Centurion
There are studies from Sweden, Finland, Denmark that do show that the adjuvant used in the H1N1 vaccine distributed in the European Union, Pandemrix, increases the likeliness of narcolepsy for children by around 15%. It's still a small number, but considering the number of people who received the vaccine, this means thousands of additional cases across Europe, and possibly Canada and Brazil since a very similar vaccine was used there. (No influenza vaccine with adjuvants are authorized in the US, so you guys are safe.)
There's no doubt that vaccines, in general, are good for people. But since they're distributed on such a wide scale, any undesirable side effect is sure to affect a lot of people, and this is undoubtedly a problem when they have to be authorized in a hurry. Most vaccines distributed to newborns have been tested for several decades now and there's no reason to fear them, but vaccines for episodic diseases don't go through that much.
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ardent Ars Praefectus
Solidstate89 wrote:
It makes an interesting case study of natural selection, though. Whether knowingly or not they are increasing the likelihood that their contribution to the gene pool dead ends with their (dead) children.
The unfortunate side effect is that the children who are allergic to vaccines lose the benefit of herd immunity and also die, but that's arguably a good thing. (Children dying through no fault of their parents or their own is not a good thing, obviously, but from a species survival perspective the elimination of poor mutations is a positive trend.)
Frankly I wouldn't mind more anti-science, anti-intellectual groups adopting similarly terminal behaviors.
idealego Ars Praetorian
Negative vaccine reactions are very noticeable, but nothing obvious happens when a vaccine protects us from getting a disease. If there was a flashing sign over you that your vaccine had just protected you from getting disease X then it would give you something to tweet about. "Wow, I didn't get polio today because my vaccine protected me! This is awesome. I can't believe anyone would skip this vaccine!". Everyone has probably either had an arm that was sore for a week after a vaccination or at least heard of someone else complaining about it. Vaccine reactions worse than this, although uncommon, do occur. When someone does have a bad vaccine reaction they tend to let everyone know about it. Also, if someone has something happen to them just after getting a vaccination they will often associate the two, since people are very quick to make associations between two events that may or may not be related.
There's also the evolutionary mechanisms in place that cause people to be extra cautious of anything that could possibly be dangerous. Running away because a rustling in the bushes could be a lion doesn't have significant negative consequences if it's just the wind. Avoiding vaccines certainly might.
Kazper Ars Tribunus Militum et Subscriptor
Vaccines for seasonals like the flu are IMO stupid, unless you are in a particularly exposed segment (elderly, immune system deficiency, etc.). But the rest - the vaccines for the really dangerous diseases? They should be mandatory. I don't care about freedom of choice, when that choice puts others (and more importantly my children) at risk. It's reckless endangerment - plain and simple.
sidg11 Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
and for the vast majority of these people, that change has been in a negative direction
Would it have been so hard to give us the actual number here?
JumpNDesign Ars Centurion
The findings aren't confusing at all. The internet simply brings out the troll in all of us.
Its also a case of major vs minority opinions. And on the internet the minority opinions ring out the loudest, and cause the most furor. And since twitter is basically a one-liner messaging board contest, the minority opinions are even louder.
If a more in depth study was done I would bet that, those that look to twitter for 'news' also don't tweet majority opinions they agree with as much as those they disagree with. And those that do tweet majority opinions on are subjects that the user has a big personal connection with.
brodie Ars Legatus Legionis
Negative vaccine reactions are very noticeable, but nothing obvious happens when a vaccine protects us from getting a disease. If there was a flashing sign over you that your vaccine had just protected you from getting disease X then it would give you something to tweet about. "Wow, I didn't get polio today because my vaccine protected me! This is awesome. I can't believe anyone would skip this vaccine!"
LOL. I'm picturing a pop-up blocker in my head right now
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wvmikep Ars Tribunus Militum
InflictStrain wrote:
This deserves many +.
Car Analogy Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
People will sit in traffic, suck down fumes all day, eat preservatives for years, eat all sorts of nasty shit for decades straight, smoke, drink - then say "hmm, that one time 50 mcg dose of vaccine is definitely the cause of something bad".
bojesphob Ars Centurion
Lostfanboi wrote:
I would agree with being pro vaccine for kids. Though, I fall on the opposite extreme, I haven't had a vaccine since I was in grade school (around 20 years ago), and I haven't had the flu in almost 15 years, and have only had a cold 3 times in that amount of time. I also don't sanitize my hands (I do wash them when going to the restroom, cleaning chicken, ect, though not with anti-bacterial soap)... I don't know how that would affect others around me, but the people I work closely with don't get sick very often, either, so I'm not sure if they get the shots or not. So, I guess I'm saying I don't get vaccines, rarely get sick, and don't know if that helps or hinders other people's attempts to stay healthy...
Workaround Ars Praefectus
Kazper wrote:
I always have to weigh my decision carefully when flu season rolls around. I've gotten the flu vaccine about 50% of the years that i've been an adult, and every time I get serious flu symptoms for 4 days or more.
That's the only vaccine I ever question though.
Muther wrote:
As someone who takes mass transit, it wasn't until I started getting the vaccines that I stopped getting the flu. Before then, it was an annual thing for me. If you're around a lot of people, things we all grab onto, etc., get your flu vaccine and let the knuckleheads suffer.
Two principal causes for the spread of negative "information" about vaccines, both fueled by ignorance:
(1) individuals try to demonstrate that they're not chumps, so they spread negative disinformation;
(2) cognitive dissonance created by the scientific fraud of one scientist who made $750K testifying as an expert witness that childhood vaccines cause autism. We still live (and many people have no doubt died) in the aftermath of this jerk.
You should do what is best for your children medically. Which is, almost certainly, what your doctor says to do.
You could also lose the genetic lottery and have a kid who can't handle some or all vaccines. In which case he'll depend on herd immunity, which is declining because of this anti-vax business.
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Coyote Tracker: San Francisco’s Uneasy Embrace of a Predator’s Return
by Kim Todd
Ecologist Jonathan Young holds a coyote skull in the Presidio, San Francisco. (Photo by Sebastian Kennerknecht, Urban Coyote Initiative)
One night a little more than a year ago coyote 02M took off into the dark.
He’d been born in the Presidio, San Francisco, likely a year and a half before, in an earth den dug under a log and hidden by English ivy or in the pit left by a windfall cypress. For months he wriggled in a mass of brothers and sisters, playing and fighting, waiting for his parents to show up with a nice dead rat. Then, a bit older, he scampered through the landscape of palm trees and cream-colored buildings with red-tile roofs, the smells of ocean and hot pavement, learning to listen for the scratchings of gophers underground and to catch his own. But for the past while, he’d been restless. Pale, with stilt legs, enormous ears and an anxious expression—the picture of a gangly adolescent—he was old enough to want his own territory and a mate. The unease pushed him down to Lands End and back, long-distance pacing.
And now it was time to go.
Heading south, 02M left the restored meadows and eucalyptus forest for the habitat of Home Depot and In-N-Out Burger. During the day he’d hide and sleep, then at night he continued on, parallel to the highway, poking around Millbrae and San Mateo, exploring the manicured fantasy of the Stanford campus. But he kept moving, sniffing around the backyard pools of Los Gatos, until he ended up at Highway 17. Loping along the edge of the road, as he’d done for miles already, would take him into the Santa Cruz Mountains, with its acres of tall redwoods and deep shade, a larger stretch of wild land than he’d ever seen.
Maybe mountain coyotes chased him off. Or maybe he just felt more comfortable with the tinge of exhaust and mowed lawns that reminded him of home. Either way, he circled back and gravitated toward a swirl of off-ramps and on-ramps where 280 met 85, living off mice and voles he found in the dry grass and trash on the side of the freeway.
When Jonathan Young, the Presidio Trust ecologist who’d been watching satellite data from 02M’s GPS collar trace across his computer screen in the Presidio, saw where the coyote was hanging out, he had a sinking feeling. Sure enough, a few days later, California Fish and Wildlife called: “We’ve got your animal.” 02M had been hit by a car and killed.
Coyote 02M was one of seven coyotes living in the national park that Young and others radio-collared in 2016, hoping to see how they interact with each other, avoid or approach humans, navigate city life. In the spring, they trapped the alpha female and a one-year-old—02M. Then, in the fall, they caught five pups born that year. They took blood samples, tissue samples, hair and whisker samples, and anal, ocular, and nasal swabs, collecting a wealth of information about DNA, dietary habits, overall health. Then they attached a tracking collar, so the animals could be followed, and a colored tag in each ear, so they could be identified through binoculars.
Though coyotes have been back in San Francisco since at least the early 2000s, this is the city’s first radio-collared population. And ecologists like Young hope that in addition to providing a trove of scientific data, the collars will help two toothy, intelligent species share the dense streets of the city. “My goal as a manager here is to minimize, to the extent possible, conflict between humans and coyotes,” he says. It’s not the easiest task.
All over the country, predators are returning. The 20th-century government campaign to rid the country of large carnivores by shooting, poisoning, and trapping has, for the most part, stopped. The results—exploding prey populations, species on the brink of extinction—were deemed too damaging, the philosophy of predator extermination misguided. In some cases, carnivores are escorted back in cages in planes or trucks, like the wolves brought to Yellowstone in the 1990s, or swift foxes released on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana. In still others, though, they invited themselves in.
But none has made itself as welcome as quickly—and as deep in the urban core—as the coyote.
In New York City, they scavenge outside the jail at Rikers Island. They birth pups in concrete dens by Chicago’s Soldier Field. They lope down streets at night in Los Angeles, skyscrapers glowing in the background, and trigger home security cameras in Houston. And in the Bay Area, one cocks an ear and lets a car pass near Telegraph Hill. Another paddles in the pool ruins of the Sutro Baths. Estimates suggest a San Francisco population of between 50 and 100.
As Dan Flores argues in his 2016 book Coyote America, human alterations of the landscape may benefit coyotes in all kinds of unexpected ways. Perhaps, he writes, coyotes are not in the city despite humans but because of them. In this, they are like house sparrows and starlings, who don’t just tolerate a landscape of stoplights, strip malls, and potato chips. They like it. We aided coyote expansion of their range over the past 500 years, Flores argues, from the core in the interior West as they went south to El Salvador, chasing flocks of domestic sheep; north to the Arctic Circle, following miners; then east to the coastal states that we’d graciously cleared of coyotes’ main competition: wolves. We constantly create more habitat for an animal known for being curious and adaptable. And now they are following bridges, highways, and railroad tracks into the downtown shopping district.
And the question arises—now that they’re back and predator slaughter is out of fashion—how do we live with them?
A young coyote living at Telegraph Hill completes her morning patrol of the neighborhood. She has become adept at avoiding cars in the high traffic area. (Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch, Urban Coyote Initiative)
In Young’s office at the Presidio Trust, a coyote pelt hangs on a coatrack, along with a ranger hat. A poster lauding “weevils of the micro wilderness,” a shed snake skin, and a taxidermied bat in a box decorate the walls. Sitting in the midst of this miniature natural history museum, Young shows me 02M’s plastic radio collar, battered and gnawed.
Young, who has black shoulder-length hair and black plastic-rimmed glasses, wears a ranger beige Carhartt jacket and pants. A Southern California drawl, a bit of the surfer, belies the intensity with which he talks about coyotes. He grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles, near the Angeles National Forest, where coyotes never left. Neighbors knew coyotes lived close and they took precautions: “if you leave your cat outside and it doesn’t come home, you know it either got hit by a car or a coyote or a raccoon.”
But San Francisco is different. Before the recent resurgence, coyotes had been absent for decades, and most residents, unaware of their presence, don’t expect one might show up in their garden or along a favorite jogging route. Those who want their city wild-animal-free and those who work for organizations like Project Coyote, whose mission is to “promote coexistence between people and wildlife,” live next door to each other. And while coyotes are considered pests in many places, here Young is charged with their protection. This relies on the good opinion of a public who doesn’t know much about them. One bite, and it could slip away.
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Almost immediately, radio collars helped dispel rumors that swirled around the coyotes like morning fog. Before the tagging, no one had any idea how many lived in the park. But the collars showed the Presidio didn’t host hundreds, only one breeding pair and their offspring. The coyote hordes that observers reported were often the same animal, seen over and over. A coyote out mid-day didn’t mean it was sick, only that it might be prime time for sunning oneself.
The collars also allow researchers to see where the coyotes are and head off trouble before it starts. During the day, Young tracks the collared animals on foot or in his truck by following the radio signal. At night, he uses the GPS and follows them remotely. Their wanderings leave bright lines all over his computer-screen map, covering the park so completely, the map looks like a kid scribbled all over it with a crayon.
Ecologist Jonathan Young holds up an antenna that helps him track radio-collared coyotes at the Presidio Golf Course in San Francisco. (Photo by Sebastian Kennerknecht, Urban Coyote Initiative)
One morning in March, Young winds through the Presidio in a pickup truck, past trails and bike paths, past a fresh restoration project, muddy and raw. He’s let me tag along. The alpha female is pregnant, and the dens are potential sources of tension; coyotes, shy at other times of the year, chase off dogs who come near, snarling and frightening their owners. If Young can find the den, he can warn visitors away by posting signs. He’s gathering clues—tracks in the dirt near a good water source, a promising lack of raccoons—but for now, it’s still a mystery.
Scrambling down a slope of downed eucalyptus, footsteps squeaking on the carpet of ice plant, we move through a forest bound together by blackberry, checking on a former den site. Several years ago, as Young was searching for dens, he was walking this trail when a pup tottered right in front of him. Behind it, he saw the birthing den—the hole left by the roots of a toppled tree. Young points out a camera trap strapped to a dead trunk. It’s one of many in this area, and when the den was active, his phone was blowing up with constant text message pictures of pups: tumbling over each other, eating a gopher, gnawing a deflated football. But today all is quiet; the coyotes hatch their plans elsewhere.
Like denning, dispersal is another fraught activity, as 02M’s story shows. As young coyotes strike out on their own, moving through unfamiliar terrain, the likelihood of encountering humans increases, often with fatal results. One radio-collared young male died in Daly City in a backyard full of trash. Another ended up dead in Golden Gate Park and, like 02M, probably got hit by a car.
Young and I stop at the base of a hillside covered with wet grass and wild iris, to listen for the radio signal of another itchy young male, 04M. The sun is just coming up over the eucalyptus at the crest, as Young puts the antenna out the truck window and turns on the tracking radio. In a dispersal attempt a month before, 04M wound up at a Russian Hill apartment complex, cowering in a backyard, under a bush. Animal control caught him and brought him back to the Presidio. Now 04M often spends his days hanging out on this slope, lounging or hunting gophers, keeping to himself, maybe waiting for another chance.
Faint pings from the telemetry equipment indicate 04M is still in the park. He’s close, just not right here. After a night of roaming, coyotes often rest during the day, making them hard to see. We back the truck down the path and park nearby, in a neighborhood of small houses. Young takes out his binoculars.
“You would probably not notice that guy right there. He looks like a rotten log,” Young says and points to a patch of grass by a telephone pole. Nearby, kids scramble over a pile of wood chips; a man in jogging shorts sprints down a hill. Then a coyote, 04M, materializes, curled in a ball in the shade of a nearby acacia. The telemetry equipment has revealed him, not far from the sidewalk. He’s mottled gray and brown with a black-tipped tail and long snout. At the pinging, he lifts his head, ears flat, and lazily opens one eye. Spending a lot of time on his own, separate from the main pack, he might be still hankering to disperse. But this morning, he’s just biding his time, hidden in plain sight.
A neighborhood coyote, known for stealing newspapers off porches to play with, befriended the paper delivery man; he started throwing the coyote her own morning copy, keeping them both out of trouble with the customers. (Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch, Urban Coyote Initiative)
In September of 1917, a notice appeared on the house of colonel Charles H. Blinn on Edgewood Avenue:
“Owing to the reappearance of the ‘Lone Wolf of Sutro Forest’ in our neighborhood, and to allay the fear of parents in safeguarding their children and chickens, this call is issued to the men of this district. You are ordered to report at this post Sunday, September 9, at 4 a.m., prepared to capture this wild animal. Bring your arms and ammunition.
Hunt Committee”
Then, nine years later, on the day before New Year’s Eve, the police got a predawn call from a woman who said “Timber wolves!” Then again, “Timber wolves from Sutro Forest!”
“You better go back to bed, lady,” the officer answered and added, for good measure, “There are no wolves in Sutro Forest.” But her call brought a sergeant to Seymour Avenue in the Western Addition, where a man guarded his basement door against whatever was snarling inside. The police officers opened the door, fired into the dark, and removed the corpse of the coyote, which, the paper speculated, had been searching for a “holiday dinner.” The headline in the Examiner, no less astonished in tone than one that might appear a hundred years later, blared: “Wild West Yet! Coyote Is Shot.”
Coyotes persisted for years in San Francisco, even as it burned and was rebuilt, bridges stretched to Oakland and then Marin, the human population doubled. Throughout the early 20th century, city officials and concerned citizens shot them in Golden Gate Park for preying on deer and near Potrero Hill for eating chickens from backyard coops. They were always there, worrying the fringes of the city, worrying the people who cast a suspicious eye on patches of parkland. And then, eventually, after a sustained campaign of hunting, trapping, and poisoning, they weren’t.
But the city remade itself, cleaning up hazardous waste sites and restoring wet meadows and tidal marshes, and persecution eased in surrounding areas. The goal wasn’t to welcome coyotes back to the city, but that was the result. They came and made a home, without the permission granted our favored predators—dogs and cats—and beyond our control.
A Telegraph Hill resident who likes to watch the sun rise over the Bay each morning at Coit Tower often crosses paths with the neighborhood coyote. (Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch, Urban Coyote Initiative)
When I next saw Young, he was staring at his phone in horror. It was early June, pupping season, and we were at the International Urban Wildlife Conference in San Diego, supposed to be attending panels on “Landscape and Socioeconomic Predictors of Urban Coyote Distribution: New York Versus Chicago” and “Diet of Coyotes in Southern California at the Urban-Wildland Interface,” but Young was pacing in the courtyard. The Presidio coyotes had chosen a den right near the crowded Bay Area Ridge Trail, and several surrounded a dog. Social media was on fire. Tweets included “Coyote Aggression on Rise, Presidio Dog Owners Claim” and “Snarling coyotes charge dogs, force closure of two trails in SF’s Presidio.” NextDoor app users spread alarm and bad information. The rumors Young spent so much time extinguishing—about hundreds of coyotes haunting the park, about their bloodthirsty nature—flared back to life.
The Wild West crashed into the electronic frontier, and people demanded something be done across all available platforms. The dog owner wanted the coyotes removed. A commenter on a CBS report wrote, “By ignoring the threat of these vermin, these rattlesnakes with legs, City of SF are endangering public safety and putting dogs, cats and children into harm’s way,” and suggested a lawsuit. If that wasn’t enough, not long after, a coyote in Ingleside snatched a Shih Tzu off someone’s front steps.
But the response wasn’t as simple as it would have been a hundred years ago: calling the police or forming a posse. Moving a coyote is illegal in California; no one wants anyone else’s rejects. Animals that are trapped have to be killed. And while throughout the state coyotes can be shot in any season and number, the Presidio is a national park. As native animals, coyotes have as much protection as bison in Yellowstone or bighorn sheep in Glacier. And in the city of San Francisco itself, even beyond the Presidio’s protective boundaries, hunting and poisoning coyotes is prohibited.
Even if the Presidio coyotes could be killed, more would move in to take their place. Radio collars have shown how far they travel, with 02M’s sojourn in the South Bay as only one example. When a coyote popped up in the Presidio in 2003, a researcher took a DNA sample and traced it to a northern population. And Marin County, across the Golden Gate from the Presidio, has an endless supply. They would just need to saunter across the bridge—as coyotes have clearly done before—and settle in.
Cities throughout the country are scrambling to come up with solutions for coyote/human conflict. In Denver, Colorado Parks and Wildlife tries to gauge the most aggressive individuals in a population and shoots them. Austin, Texas, adopted a resolution to promote hazing—making loud noises, hurling sticks, spraying them with a garden hose—so the coyotes stay wary of humans.
For Justin Brown, an ecologist with the National Park Service who tracks coyotes in downtown Los Angeles, the willingness of people to warn off coyotes is key. The collars revealed how close they pass to humans, thriving on tiny habitat patches between construction sites and office buildings.
“Don’t let them get super comfortable with us,” he says. “Most coyotes, even if you do that, they’re not going to become a nuisance, but with the subset of them that are, that’s how we allow them to get that way.”
Many coyotes that turn to trouble have been lured to coyote-lovers’ yards by those who leave out dog kibble, either by accident or intentionally, so one option is increasing fines and enforcement for feeding wild animals. As of now, the fines in San Francisco are $196 in city parks and $1,000 elsewhere. But the challenge, according to Deb Campbell of Animal Care and Control, is catching the feeder in action.
For now, the Presidio has closed trails near the den and posted signs warning dog walkers to stay away during pupping season. As in Austin, the Presidio encourages residents who find coyotes on their lawns to scare them off. Using the collars, Young keeps an eye on their roaming, an uneasy truce.
But the radio-tracking also serves another purpose. In addition to information about behavior, the collars offer a deep look into coyote lives. “There’s all kinds of drama going on,” Young says. “There’s all kind of really crazy, interesting stories that are happening that just otherwise go unnoticed.” Without the satellite data, 02M’s 144 miles up and down the Peninsula and to the edge of the Santa Cruz Mountains would have gone unrecorded: “If this individual wasn’t collared or tagged, it would just be another dead coyote on the side of the road.”
To further shed coyotes’ anonymity, Young and the Presidio Trust use iNaturalist, a web platform where users can make and share observations of wildlife and plants, to encourage the public to submit photos of coyote sightings. With the different colored ear tags for identification, a user can see shots of, say, 06F, 04M’s toast-colored sister, with her double purple tags, as she streaks across the road or lounges on a hillside with her family. Combined with radio collar data, iNaturalist shows she, too, is on the cusp of dispersal, venturing into Golden Gate Park some nights.
Or 04M, the young male who got lost in Russian Hill and had to be extracted from the apartment complex. A photo posted to iNaturalist in late summer showed three coyotes on a street winding up Telegraph Hill: one glancing up at an apartment from the sidewalk, the other loitering in the middle of the road, and a third emerging from yellowed grass. Young recognized 04M among them. The young coyote finally ended up with a female and pups (that may or may not be his) near Coit Tower.
We sort animals constantly: wild/tame, useful/useless, those welcome in the house/those evicted, food/pets. One of the most powerful groupings is those that make us marvel/those that do not. The collars and digital platform offer technology-aided empathy, a way to follow a coyote’s story without chasing or feeding it. As residents mull how coyotes fit into their vision of “San Francisco,” these are potent tools for redefinition, taking coyotes from the category of “vermin” (the place they occupied for most of the 20th century) and edging them into the category of wonder.
Kim Todd
Kim Todd's essays and articles have appeared in Orion, Sierra, and Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015. Her most recent book is Sparrow.
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Illegal Entry If you entered the United States illegally (as opposed to overstaying), you cannot apply for a green card from inside the United States.
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Here’s a basic question we often come across: why can’t undocumented immigrants just “get in line”, “get legal”, “get right with the law” — i.e. obtain the legalization and citizenship that would allow them to become full-fledged Americans and protect them from deportation? The short answer is: they can’t.
The following must be accepted as sufficient documentary evidence of citizenship: … (4) A valid State-issued driver’s license if the State issuing the license requires proof of U.S. citizenship, or obtains and verifies a SSN from the applicant who is a citizen before issuing such license.
The cost involved with obtaining a green card through marriage varies depending on your age and immigration circumstances. The USCIS lists the green card fee cost as: $535 for the I-130 petition. $85 biometrics services fee.
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What Your Bachelorette Destination Says About You
By: Rachel Varina / January 30, 2020
There’s one event every little girl dreams of from the moment she waltzes out of the womb. Her dress, her friends by her side, and all eyes in the vicinity on her. She pictures the photo ops, the food, and the painfully tacky matching outfits that she’ll force her girls to wear.
I’m talking, of course, about her bachelorette party.
Let’s be clear, whether it’s a weekend full of wine and whining about exes or a week-long drug fest in the middle of the desert, there’s no right or wrong way to say goodbye to your single life. And while the party is ultimately about what *you* want (and how much you can afford to spend), the destination you choose might say a little more about who you are than you (or your carefully curated Instagram) would have thought.
Disney World/Land
The only thing worse than a bachelorette party in Florida is a bachelorette party in Florida that doesn’t involve going to the beach. Enter: The Disney-obsessed bride. Whether you make the trek to Orlando or Anaheim (at least it’s Cali), having your *gag* last fling at a place designed for CHILDREN is the epitome of a nightmare for most. Not, however, to your friend who will INSIST that everyone gets matching ears and Mickey ice cream bars for a picture that screams more “sober sorority sisterhood retreat” and less “this is my last chance to get truly ratchet that’s all about me.”
Sure, the bride who grew up with princess syndrome and a thirst for waiting in longgggg lines for infant rides will be in heaven. Her friends, however, will be in an overpriced hell that doesn’t serve nearly enough vodka. But come on, what else would you expect from a bride who plans to enter her wedding venue on a horse and carriage and calls her fiancé Prince Charming?
Bridal Personality: What personality? KIDDING! When she’s not wishing upon stars and singing with woodland creatures, she’s having missionary sex with her high school sweetheart-turned-fiancé.
Charleston’s more exciting southern cousin, Savannah, has recently become a go-to destination for the less-ballsy of brides. Don’t get me wrong—thanks to the lack of open-container laws, there is still plenty of drinking to be done here, but the girl who chooses Savannah for her party is more of a “bless your heart” and less of a “let’s do f*cking lines in the bathroom” kind of bride. She tends to turn her nose up at shots, specifically stated that strippers were a no-go, and wanted either a day of exercise or sight-seeing to be a part of the itinerary. Fun!
Savannah, like the bride, is cute. Safe. Fun, but not overly so. A big fan of brunch, cocktails, and getting some solid sleep and sober bonding time, the girl who chooses this Georgia town is the epitome of normal. Not cliché, not lame, but not wild. Just your standard, in the middle, could-be-anyone kind of bride.
Bridal Personality: Her bridesmaids will be in blush, she’ll be in an A-line, and her first dance will be something sung by either Ed Sheeran or John Legend.
Napa Valley, CA
It takes a special kind of bride to forgo the traditional weekend of debauchery and sleazeball flirting for free drinks in exchange for a quiet weekend of memory making and merlot. Whether this bride is officially over her crazy streak or she never had one at all, the fact that she’s choosing to rock maxi dresses instead of bikinis and wine glasses instead of shot glasses says it all—for better or for worse.
While no, you might not feel like the grand or so you dished out (more if you’re flying from the East Coast) to sit around a cheese-filled table, drink wine, and talk sh*t is worth it, the bride, while generally a nice-enough girl, doesn’t really care. A true bitch on the inside, she’s not going to go to a party destination just because it’s expected of her. She’s happy to force her friends to travel far and wide to do the same thing they could do literally anywhere else in the country, but this time in sun hats.
Bridal Personality: After getting married at her parents’ country club and honeymooning in either Paris or going on a week-long cruise, the bride and her run-of-the-mill hubby will immediately get working on popping out their 2.5 babies before she opens up her Etsy shop and spends afternoons at the local barre class.
A Cruise (Most Likely To The Bahamas Or Equivalent)
For the bride who doesn’t actually want to go somewhere, but still expects her party to shell out way more money than anyone can afford, I give you: The Cruise Bride-to-be. With her captain’s hat, mouthwash bottles full of green-colored vodka, and matching shirts for her group that say either “last sail before the veil” or “let’s get ship faced,” she’s hoping a weekend boat ride to f*cking Cancun will give her enough Insta content to last until her wedding photos come in.
While it might not seem like it, the bride who chooses a cruise is possibly the most attention-seeking one of them all. Not only will the bach organizer (most likely the bride in this case because, hello? Not much planning goes into a cruise other than, you know, getting ON the cruise, and this bride probs didn’t trust her MOH to do even that) avoid any chance of last-minute cancelations that leave her with the bill, but she’ll feel like a little celebrity on the ship until she realizes just how small a giant boat can feel, especially if there’s a competing bride onboard.
While sure, sharing an inside cabin for 72+ hours with four other people who tend to be insufferable when drunk is the definition of hell, the bride honestly couldn’t care less. She just wanted to avoid arguments over splitting dinners and Ubers, work on her tan, and ensure no one can tune out her drunken ramblings while scrolling through Instagram because the odds of your wifi working are slim to none. Sneaky bitch.
Bridal Personality: Slightly insufferable. Chill—I said slightly! Sure, she loves a good daiquiri and beach day, but instead of keeping it low-key and going to Florida or some sh*t, she’s literally holding you and your frenemies hostage for a weekend that will involve hula hoop competitions and *shudders* cruise-planned group activities.
The Luke Bryan-loving, boot-wearing, cowboy-hat-with-a-veil-rocking friend of yours is INSISTING that all of her best bitches meet her in the land of hot chicken and honky-tonk: Nashville. While sure, it’s not the most original place to visit, let’s be real, the bride has never been a “think outside the box” kind of gal. She’s more of a “chug a whiskey, ride a mechanical bull, and almost cheat on her fiancé the first night out” sort of bride.
Still, what she lacks in originality (and sobriety), she at least makes up for in the fact that you’ll be visiting a city where getting sh*tfaced and wearing Daisy Dukes is a requirement. If you’re not a fan of country music (unlike your bridal bestie, of course), you’ll be in a twang-talking hell, but this bride? She DGAF. She’s here for three reasons only: flirting with Southern boys, blacking out on Lower Broadway, and coming back completely bloated on fried food.
Bridal Personality: She has at least one item of non-ironic camo clothing hanging in her closet.
Honestly, from the moment we learned what Las Vegas even was, almost all of us have dreamt of throwing our last hurrahs (ugh, hate that term) there. Still, as bills, life, and other bachelorette parties ensued, the idea of making everyone we know travel to the middle of f*cking nowhere, Nevada to party in the desert seemed like a little too much. But not, of course, for the bride who still insists on a Vegas bachelorette.
The epitome of a “no sh*ts given” bitch, the Vegas bachelorette bride isn’t looking for a low-key weekend of yoga and bonding. She’s looking for an “all eyes on me, drinking ’round the clock, soul-crushing hangover” kind of party. She doesn’t care that a Vegas bachelorette is the epitome of cliché. She’s throwing on her biggest pair of hoops and flipping off anyone who has a problem with her party destination of choice. Whether it’s because she’s the hottest, the loudest, the richest, or all of the above, in your group, she’s used to being the center of attention. So, naturally, a place where bars literally BEG you to come drink for free and take thirst-trap Instagram pics and where pool parties are meant to put your relationships in question, is the definition of a good time for her. Enjoy throwing your money away at the slots and pulling the bride away from the hot bartender before she crosses a line she can’t uncross.
Bridal Personality: “Jenny, I don’t give a F*CK if you’re tired. It’s only 4-f*cking-am. Did we come to party or did we come to be a little bitch?”
As someone who lived in Austin for five years post-grad, it’s easy to see why this is quickly becoming one of the best bach party destinations. With lots of bar areas, tons of painted murals for validation-hungry gals to take pictures in front of, and an absurd amount of tacos, it truly has something for everyone, and the bride who chose this spot knew that 100%. A people-pleaser, she chose the destination that will make all of the bridesmaids happy (or at least not totally pissed off for having to shell out money on Disney apparel).
Between the non-stop food trucks, the nature-friendly activities, and the debauchery that takes place on Dirty 6th street, this one is a smart political choice for the girl who isn’t looking to ruffle any feathers. Sure, the girl picking this is a little weirder and more out there (as goes along with Austin’s motto) than your average Vegas bitch, but at the end of the day, she wants a party that’s well-rounded, liked by all, and juuust wild-enough. Yes, she’s playing the popularity game, but at the end of the trip, she’ll be the least likely to lose friends over a bachelorette-induced fight.
Bridal Personality: A night out for her college friends, mural posing for her blogger friends, a hike for her outdoorsy friends, and a bomb-ass brunch for the foodies, this bride is the epitome of a “make everyone else happy even if I hate my own event” kind of girl.
Between the lack of an open container law, the plethora of strip clubs, and the abundance of absinthe, the bride who chooses NOLA for her bach is not. here. to. mess. around. Most likely she was the party girl in college and despite toning it down a bit post-grad, she’s still usually the first to suggest doing shots on a casual night out. While it’s not exactly original and you’ll see at least three other bachelorette parties as you parade (literally) down Bourbon, it makes up for it in the sense that you can stock up on cheap alcohol and carry it in the street as you go from bar to bar (or po’ boy place to po’ boy place).
And this bride? She’s not looking to be completely original. She’s looking to have a Vegas-caliber party in an Austin-type town, with Charleston-esque food, and Nashville-level hospitality. Plus, you know, with some voodoo sh*t thrown in. There’s a 0% chance the bride will leave until she’s flashed a stranger, been face-first in some titties, gotten tangled up in some voodoo sh*t, and gone up two sizes due to her constant diet of beignets. It’s not for everyone, but this is a bride who knows exactly what she wants.
Bridal Personality: If it’s not fried, flirting, or freaking her tf out, it’s not for this bride.
Rich? Extra? Has had at least one major plastic surgery? Say hello to your Miami bachelorette bride, the friend who has no idea what the concept of money or packing light is. As soon as she rolls up to the overpriced Airbnb or sketchy hotel where you sleep four to a room with her four suitcases in tow, you’ll know you’re in for one of the most exhausting bachelorette parties in wedding history.
Sure, every bach party is expensive, but the Miami party girl brings it to a whole other level. From the pool parties that come with $1,000 food and drink minimums to single dinners that cost more than your weekly grocery budget, it’s easy to rack up a hefty bill, even with all of the spots on South Beach bribing you to come into their bars so they can fill them up. So, why did she pick this place for her pain-inducing party? Three words: She’s a babe. And the best place to show off her meticulously toned muscles, expensively highlighted hair, and “paid for by her fiancé” boob job? You guessed it. Mi-f*cking-ami. Pro tip: if your group isn’t up for Miami, go the chiller (and cheaper) route of Fort Lauderdale.
Bridal Personality: Is she rich? Yup. Is she hot? Yup. Do you kinda hate her? Yup! Still, it’s better to be miserable and be friends with her than to not be friends with her at all.
Somewhere Out Of The Country
You all tried to talk your friend out of having her bach party abroad the same way you tried to talk her out of getting bangs in college. But now, like then, it fell upon deaf ears. Too good for what everyone else does, the bride who makes a whole bunch of her friends fly across the world in order to get some IGs is not only to be feared, she’s not to be messed with.
As soon as you get the “make sure your passports are up-to-date, ladies” text, take a few deep breaths and accept the fact that you’re already in too deep. This friendship is in charge of your life now, and you’re just along for the ride. Anyone who would willingly make her friends get drunk abroad instead of at any of the zillion locales they could do the same thing at in the U.S. is officially the bridezilla we’ve all been warned about. From insisting you all get matching passport-holders, luggage tags, and side-by-side first-class tickets, to getting pissed when someone dares to suggest she’s being a little too extra, this bride is officially too far gone to be reckoned with. Hold on for dear life and report your credit card stolen for fraud when you get back t0 the states—this one’s going to be a doozie.
Bridal Personality: Have a problem? She doesn’t want to hear it because she’s the f*cking bride and by God, she’s going to get EXACTLY what she wants.
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Readings for the Saturday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
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Optional Memorial of Saint Anthony Mary Claret, bishop
Below are the readings suggested for today's Memorial. However, readings for the Memorial may also be taken from the Common of Pastors: For Missionaries, #719-724.
Is 52:7-10
How beautiful upon the mountains
are the feet of him who brings glad tidings,
Announcing peace, bearing good news,
announcing salvation, and saying to Zion,
"Your God is King!"
Hark! Your sentinels raise a cry,
together they shout for joy,
For they see directly, before their eyes,
the LORD restoring Zion.
Break out together in song,
O ruins of Jerusalem!
For the LORD comforts his people,
he redeems Jerusalem.
The LORD has bared his holy arm
in the sight of all the nations;
All the ends of the earth will behold
the salvation of our God.
Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8, 10
R. (3) Proclaim God's marvelous deeds to all the nations.
Sing to the LORD a new song;
sing to the LORD, all you lands.
Sing to the LORD; bless his name.
R. Proclaim God's marvelous deeds to all the nations.
Announce his salvation, day after day.
Tell his glory among the nations;
among all peoples, his wondrous deeds.
Give to the LORD, you families of nations,
give to the LORD glory and praise;
give to the LORD the glory due his name!
Say among the nations: The LORD is king.
He has made the world firm, not to be moved;
he governs the peoples with equity.
Mk 1:17
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Come after me, says the Lord,
and I will make you fishers of men.
Mk 1:14-20
After John the Baptist had been arrested,
Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the Gospel of God:
"This is the time of fulfillment.
The Kingdom of God is at hand.
Repent, and believe in the Gospel."
As he passed by the Sea of Galilee,
he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets into the sea;
they were fishermen.
Jesus said to them,
"Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men."
Then they abandoned their nets and followed him.
He walked along a little farther
and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John.
They too were in a boat mending their nets.
Then he called them.
So they left their father Zebedee in the boat
along with the hired men and followed him.
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22. The Sacrifice
21. The Cost of Discipleship
20. Stay in the Race
19. Wait, O Thou Weary One, A Little Longer
18. Great Gain(s)
17. Our Trial
16. His Way Is Best
15. Give In … (and Know That I am GOD)
14. Consolation
13. Do Not Rush In – (…Where Angels Fear to Tread.)
12. He Restoreth My Soul
11. A Little While
10. Just a Word
9. Gratitude & Courage
8. The Expanse of Divine Love – 3 poems
7. Why Eternal Life?
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Tag: psalm 63
Saviour, Help Us – Hymns of Dawn No. 26
“(1) Come, let us shout joyfully to Jehovah! Let us shout in triumph to our Rock of salvation. (2) Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; Let us sing and shout in triumph to him” (Psalm 95:1,2).
“My mouth shall praise Thee with joyful lips” (Psalm 63:5).
“Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense” (Song of Solomon 4:6).
Note: “ ‘Myrrh’ is bitter experience and the wisdom gained through such experience. ‘Frankincense’ represents praise and thanksgiving. Hymns of praise often include the Christian’s gratitude for deliverance from suffering that is beyond human endurance. Such help usually evokes praise and thanksgiving. Of course pleasant experiences also bring forth praise, but the type of praise that arises from suffering is on a higher level than praise from pleasure. Verse 6 alludes to praise that arises from suffering.
‘Until … the shadows flee away.’ The shadows of the nighttime experience of the Church will ‘flee away’ when the Church is complete. These are the shadows of the gospel night, the Passover night. Why is myrrh a ‘mountain’ and frankincense a ‘hill’? Two different Hebrew words are used. Our praise can never reach the mark of perfection. What Jesus offered at Calvary far transcends anything we can offer” (Br. F. Shallieu, Notes on the Song of Solomon, pages 37-38).
Here is a recording of Hymn No. 26 from the “Hymns of Dawn” to aid God’s people in singing and making melody in their hearts unto God.
By thy birth, and by thy tears;
By thy human griefs and fears;
By thy conflict in the hour
Of the subtle tempter’s pow’r—
Saviour, look with pitying eye;
Saviour, help us, or we die.
By the tenderness that wept
O’er the grave where Laz’rus slept;
By the bitter tears that flowed
Over Salem’s lost abode—
By thy lonely hour of prayer;
By thy fearful conflict there;
By thy cross and dying cries;
By thy one great sacrifice—
By thy triumph o’er the grave;
By thy pow’r the lost to save;
By thy high, majestic throne;
By the empire all thine own,—
By thy kingdom promised long;
By thy pow’r to right each wrong;
By thy church upon thy throne,
Thou will seek out all thine own;
Saving all of those who cry,
Saviour, help me, or I die.
Bible Scriptures Associated With This Hymn
Psalm 18:6 (ESV) — “In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears” (Psalm 18:6, ESV).
Psalm 34:17, 19 (ESV) — “(17) When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. (19) Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.”
Psalm 50:15 (KJV) — “And call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me.”
Psalm 102:1, 2, 16, 17, 19, 20 (NAS) —
“(1) Hear my prayer, O Lord! And let my cry for help come to You.
(2) Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress; Incline Your ear to me; In the day when I call answer me quickly.
(16) For the Lord has built up Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
(17) He has regarded the prayer of the destitute and has not despised their prayer.
(19) For He looked down from His holy height; From heaven the Lord gazed upon the earth,
(20) To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to set free those who were doomed to death…”
Psalm 121 (ESV) —
(1) I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
(2) My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
(3) He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.
(4) Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
(5) The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.
(6) The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
(7) The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.
(8) The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.
Matthew 9:36 (NLT) — “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.“
Matthew 15:25 (ESV) — “But she came and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, help me.'”
John 16:24 (KJV) — “Hitherto have ye asked nothing in My name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.”
Romans 10:12 (ESV) — “For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.”
Hebrews 4:16 (KJV) — “Let us, therefore, come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”
The History Of This Hymn
Author — Robert Grant (1779-1838).
Composer — No information.
The words below are from Reprint No. 4311-12, from the Original Zion’s Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence as documented on “Harvest Truth DataBase Version 9: http://www.htdb.one
OUR year text for 1909 is, “MY HELP COMETH FROM THE LORD.” (Psa. 121:2.) We have just received a large importation of most beautiful cards bearing this text and supplemented with a Calendar, the top leaf of which records “The Vow,” [see below this article] which can be torn off by those who so prefer… We trust that this beautiful text will be very impressive and helpful to all of us throughout the year. It is full of meaning, from whatever standpoint considered. If we mistake not, the Lord’s dear people never needed help more than at the present time. The difficulty with some, however, is that they do not realize their need. “When they are strong, then they are weak.” “Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall.” “Let us fear, lest a promise being left of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.”—Heb. 4:1.
The text reminds us further that those who need help and who realize it should look to the Lord for it—not relying upon their own strength or wisdom nor upon the assistance of their fellows. We are not to despise assistance from any quarter, but our chief reason for receiving any assistance should be our conviction that it has come from the Lord, whether through the ear or through the eye and the printed page or however. We are to remember that we are contending against a great Adversary and wily foe, and that we are not sufficient of ourselves to conquer, but that our only hope is in abiding in the Lord’s love, by seeking to do those things which are pleasing to him and heeding the counsel of his Word and the leadings of his providence. A little carelessness along these lines, and the Adversary might readily entrap us and ensnare us and then lead us captive at his will. Ah, yes! we have the assurance of the Lord that there is but one place of safety at this time—into which more and more deeply we penetrate day by day. This place of safety is under the shadow of the Almighty, which figuratively signifies very close to the Lord. “No harm can come nigh that dwelling place,” so far as the New Creature is concerned.
Trials, tribulations, slanders may be exercised against us according to the flesh, but these cannot harm us as New Creatures, nor even disturb our peace of soul, while we are close to the Lord.
WE ARE NOT IGNORANT OF SATAN’S DEVICES
Recently we called attention to the fact that the evil spirits, the fallen angels, are to be permitted special liberties in this “evil day”; and that we might expect from them intrusions and deceptions from materializations. But while guarding that point we omitted to note another, perhaps equally dangerous, or more so, because more subtle. This we must consider now. Undoubtedly the fallen angels have had more or less power throughout the past, not merely to obsess or physically possess those who yield their wills, but power to measurably influence the minds of those who would resist them, and always by putting darkness for light. As a notable illustration of this, remember Judas, who, after brooding over the fact that our Lord’s cause was not bringing him great honor and wealth, premeditated shaking matters up, incidentally gaining thirty pieces of silver and arousing our Lord to practically assert himself and take a stand, in harmony with his power.
It was after this brooding that he was still further offended, while he ate at the Lord’s table and said, “Is it I?” And when the Lord had intimated that it was he who would betray him, he became more determined to do so. We read, “Satan entered into him.” His does not seem to be the case of obsession, but rather of domination of the mind. Satan, who had been striving to gain control, got the mastery when Judas was angry with the Lord’s reference to him as a traitor.
Our thought is that the evil spirits have been restrained in considerable measure from intruding upon the minds of men. Otherwise the world would have become Bedlam long ago. But our thought now is that their liberties with the saints will be increased, with a view to the closing test or decision in respect to character, which is now due. “Judgment must begin at the house of God,” but it is to extend in this hour of temptation or trial to “all them that dwell upon the face of the whole earth.” That which will begin with the Church will end with the world, producing the most awful state of affairs imaginable, “A time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation.” (Dan. 12:1.) This power of intrusion will contain, we believe, evil suggestions, promoting slanders and back-biting and temporarily, at least, derange the judgment and lead to violences of various kinds, of which the same person, under other circumstances and conditions would not have thought. In a word, the difficulty will be a dementia of passion, strife, hatred and unreason.
We see evidences along this line at the present time and it is our duty to sound the warning for the benefit of those not already so twisted as to be unable to appreciate the situation. Such manifestations of evil spirits—malice, hatred, envy, strife, evil-speaking, back-biting, slanders, etc., circle around the VOW and those who have taken it, with violence and opposition for which we cannot otherwise account. Those under this influence seem impervious to argument, to reason, but open to every imaginable suggestion of evil. They seem to lose entirely the spirit of love, the spirit of Truth, the spirit of a sound mind. At first we were dazed by such conditions, affecting some whom we had highly esteemed, but at last the solution above stated has come. In the light of it the whole situation is clear. It bids us have sympathy for the deluded ones and be on guard for ourselves.
To illustrate: One dear Brother, to whose violent letter of opposition we adverted in our issue of October 15, afterwards came dangerously near a mental collapse, in connection with which he received spirit messages by raps, yet was so off guard that it did not occur to him to question the source. His mind, though previously humble, was led to aspire to the management of the WATCH TOWER, and he found types and evidences in the Bible which led him to assume that God purposed a change in the management of the Harvest Work. It was under the influence of this erroneous sentiment that this dear Brother, whom we have dearly loved, and still love, wrote us a terribly bitter letter, for which he has since apologized in most kindly terms. He now freely acknowledges that he was under demoniacal influence and inspiration. He has recovered his balance; praise the Lord! But we regret that he has not yet taken the VOW or RESOLUTION to God; that he apparently does not yet see that it was this very item by which the Adversary gained an entrance to his mind. Ah! if the dear Brother had taken the VOW, how it would have proved a power of the Lord for his protection, along the very lines of his besetment:—
(1) Desiring God’s rule more and more in his own heart, he would have asked God to keep him humble and in fear lest he should attempt to grasp something which the Lord had not put into his hands.
(2) Would not the Resolution to more carefully than ever, if possible, guard every thought and word and deed have helped this dear Brother to avoid every high imagination and have kept him from saying with his tongue and writing with his pen the acrimonious words which he has since retracted?
(3) Would not the declaration of the VOW to remember daily the harvest laborers and to consider his own privileges in the harvest work have helped this dear brother, by filling his mind and hands with the work the Lord had already committed to him, and thus have kept him from hankering after, and endeavoring to grasp, what the Lord had not committed to him?
(4) Would not the Resolution to be on guard against Spiritism and Occultism in every form have warned the brother against the spirit-rappings, visions, etc., which almost worked his ruin? We believe that it surely would have done so and we are hoping yet that the Brother will heartily put himself under that VOW to the Lord—whether calling it a VOW or a RESOLUTION.
Dear brethren, we cannot express to you our deep love for you all, and interest in your welfare, nor can we express our sorrow that our endeavor to help you by suggesting the VOW, or RESOLUTION, to the Lord should be so unkindly received by some, and awaken in them such opposition and animosity. The more often we read the VOW, the less do we see in it to cause offense to any sound-headed or sound-hearted brother or sister—the less do we see that any one could reasonably oppose, unless his judgment were misguided by the evil spirits, as in the case above cited. We are not, by any means, condemning those who have not taken the VOW. That is a matter of their own business. And if otherwise they are children of God and manifest his spirit, we should recognize and treat them and love them in every sense of the word as brethren. If they do not yet see the importance of this safeguard, we believe that they will see it later. Our urgency on this subject is similar to that of the Apostle, when he says, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.” (Rom. 12:1.) And “Make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way.”
After what we have witnessed of the power of evil operating in the minds of some and producing characteristics which the Apostle denominates “Works of the flesh and the devil,” we can scarcely be surprised at anything which the Adversary might accomplish along these lines. But while we fear lest we should come under any such influence ourselves, and while we watch and pray lest we enter into temptation, we should not be cast down, nor hindered in any measure or degree, in respect to the service of our King. He [R4312 : page 15] is able and willing to keep in perfect peace those who are trusting him, those who are following his leadings and coming close to him, even “under the shadow of the Almighty.” The VOW has helped many to take this stand, thank God! And in proportion as it is taken, we believe that it will still further help, not only those who have taken it, but also those who have not taken it, but have heard and appreciate, in a measure, its warning voice. The words of the Apostle, “Who shall be able to stand in that evil day,” never seemed more full of meaning to us than now, and never have we felt more than now our need of every piece of the Divine armor, and of every cord at our disposal to bind the sacrifice securely to the altar.
So then, while still expecting the attacks of the Adversary along the lines of materialization, hypnotism and occultism in general, we perceive that from inoculation of our minds with evil surmisings, saints have probably the most to dread. An important question is, How can we be on guard against this insidious snare? The reply is, By keeping very close to the Lord.
Apparently the least deviation from the principles of righteousness in our thoughts, the least violation of justice or love in our thoughts, would open the way for the enemy to inject poison, leaven, malice, envy, hatred and strife.
We still urge the VOW as a great help in this time of stress, and one that you will appreciate more and more as you discern how the Lord is using it for your blessing and protection. But if, for fear that you cannot keep it, or for any other reason, you fail to take it, we counsel that you at least have its various provisions in mind, and seek to shape all of your various affairs day by day along those lines. But do not forget that our help comes from the Lord and that the VOW is of assistance to us only as it helps us to approach near to him, and to abide in his love, and in harmony with his divine Word, in thought, in word, in deed.
A Vow Unto the Lord
Our Father which art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. May Thy rule come into my heart more and more, and Thy will be done in my mortal body. Relying on the assistance of Thy promised grace to help in every time of need, through Jesus Christ our Lord, I register this Vow.
Daily will I remember at the Throne of Heavenly Grace the general interests of the harvest work, and particularly the share which I myself am privileged to enjoy in that work, and the dear co-laborers everywhere.
I vow to still more carefully, if possible, scrutinize my thoughts and words and doings, to the intent that I may be the better enabled to serve Thee, and Thy dear flock.
I vow to Thee that I will be on the alert to resist everything akin to Spiritism and Occultism, and, remembering that there are but the two masters, I shall resist these snares in all reasonable ways as being of the adversary.
I further vow, that with the exceptions below, I will at all times and in all places, conduct myself toward those of the opposite sex in private exactly as I would do with them in public—in the presence of a congregation of the Lord’s people.
And, so far as reasonably possible, I will avoid being in the same room with any of the opposite sex alone, unless the door to the room stand wide open.
Exceptions in the case of Brethren—wife, children, mother and natural Sisters: in the case of Sisters-husband, children, father and natural brothers.
Our Saviour — Christ Jesus
Here are some free online articles in relation to the Heavenly Father — Jehovah, and his Son — Christ Jesus — “a ransom FOR ALL … to be testified in due time” (1 Timothy 2:6), as well as, about the holy Spirit (the invisible power and influence of God) with clear explanations about why the anti-Christ false teaching of “the trinity” — introduced by the Roman Catholic Church system (the “Beast” in the Book of Revelation) — is not what the Bible teaches. The Bible Student Movement does not support the teaching of purgatory nor does it support the Roman Catholic System’s teaching about people being sent to a place where they burn up forever, which certainly does not reflect the perfect love of God — the Almighty Creator of all things.
Hence, for the interested Reader, we urge you to consider the following articles and posts:
The Doctrine of the Trinity – Mystery or Confusion by Br. David Rice.
http://www.heraldmag.org/1999/99nd_3.htm
The Origin of the Trinity – From Paganism To Constantine by Sr. Cher-El L. Hagensick.
http://www.heraldmag.org/olb/Contents/doctrine/The%20Origin%20of%20the%20Trinity.htm
Facts About the Trinity
http://www.heraldmag.org/olb/contents/doctrine/FACTS%20ABOUT%20THE%20TRINITY.htm
God and the Trinities
http://www.heraldmag.org/literature/doc_42.htm
Development of the “Trinity Doctrine” by Br. Tom Gilbert.
http://www.beautiesofthetruth.org/Archive/Library/Doctrine/Mags/Bot/90s/2010d.pdf
Understanding John 1:1 by Br. Richard Doctor.
https://biblestudentsdaily.com/2016/06/23/father-son-and-holy-spirit/
What Is the Heavenly Father’s Name
https://biblestudentsdaily.com/2017/06/27/gods-name-what-is-the-heavenly-fathers-name-that-we-are-to-hallow-and-why/
https://biblestudentsdaily.com/2017/07/05/jesus-the-name/
The Doctrine of Christ – Booklet
http://www.biblestudents.com/docs/DoctrineChrist.pdf
Hymn Book Purchase
The Hymns Of Dawn (hymn book) can be purchased at:
The Chicago Bible Students Online Bookstore: https://chicagobible.org/product-category/books/page/4/
The Dawn Bible Students Association: http://www.dawnbible.com/dawnpub.htm
Acknowledgment & References
Br. Charles Taze Russell
Br. Charles Russell—the founder of the Bible Students movement, who is the compiler of “Poems and Hymns of Millennial Dawn” which was published in Allegheny, Pa., in 1890. This Bible Students’ devotional originally contained a total of 151 poems and 333 hymns.
The following prefatory to the 1905 publication of Hymns of Millennial Dawn may be of historical interest to many of our readers.
We published in 1890, with several more recent editions, a volume entitled “Poems and Hymns of Millennial Dawn” without music. The same collection of hymns with the music is now urgently needed, and therefore appears in this volume. The poems, although highly prized, are omitted for greater convenience in size. We have preserved the same alphabetical order, because so many of our readers have the older book; and where a different tune is given from that originally suggested the latter is indicated by Alt. for alternative tune, with the number where that tune can be found.
Both words and music are credited to the same class to whom the work is dedicated-to the Lord and His faithful people, “the Saints.” The authors of many of the best of them are unknown to us, and, besides, slight changes have been made in the phraseology and sentiment of quite a number, which we could not be sure their original authors would approve, and to give personal credit to less than one half would seem invidious. To all of these dear “Saints” of all ages we therefore give united and hearty thanks for the blessings which they, as the Lord’s servants and handmaidens, have bestowed upon their fellow-members of “the Church of the Firstborn, whose names are written in Heaven.” Most of them died long ago: their abundant reward will be of the Lord in the resurrection.
That the collection is thoroughly undenominational, unsectarian, will be manifest to those recognizing the fact that it includes the choicest old hymns and tunes used by all denominations.
Although we have gathered far and near and winnowed carefully we cannot hope to have gotten all the golden grains, though we do hope that no chaff can be found. The collection is for the Church, for “believers” “reconciled,” and hence contains none of the “sinners” hymns, such as “Come, ye sinners poor and needy,” because willful sinners are in no sense members of the “Body” of Christ, nor are those who have not yet accepted the Lord as their Savior.
Those who will feel the deepest interest in this collection, and whose sentiments will be most fully voiced in its verses, will undoubtedly be those in fullest degree of sympathy with the divine plan of the ages, as set forth in the several volumes of Millennial Dawn—the eyes of whose understanding have been opened to the clearer, purer light now shining from our great Redeemer’s cross, showing the fulness and the completeness of his salvation.
In fact, this volume, while not numbered as one of the volumes of the Millennial Dawn series, is designed to be a companion volume, a melodious accompaniment to the “new song,” “the song of Moses and the Lamb” (the grand harmony of the Law and the Gospel), as presented in the regular Dawn series.
Let the music of God’s good and great plan ring through your hearts and lives, dear fellow-pilgrims and fellow members of the “royal priesthood,” so that every day and every hour shall be filled with joy and praise and thankfulness! And that this little volume may assist in deepening the work of grace in your hearts is our hope and prayer.
– Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, July, 1905, Allegheny, PA, USA
Later on, the hymns from this book formed a basis for the hymnal titled “Hymns of Dawn” which was published by the Dawn Bible Students Association in East Rutherford, New Jersey (USA) and the 1999 edition contains a total of 361 hymns.
Suggested Further Reading
A Special Calling by Br. David Rice. The Herald of Christ’s Kingdom. July /August 2016.
https://herald-magazine.com/2016/07/01/the-bride-class/
The Bride and the Bridegroom by Br. Carl Hagensick. A Verse-by-verse Study of Psalm 45. The Herald of Christ’s Kingdom. July/August 2004.
http://www.heraldmag.org/2004/04ja_4.htm
THE BIBLE — The World’s Best Model. Here is Why.
https://biblestudentsdaily.com/2017/07/26/the-bible-the-worlds-best-novel-here-is-why/
A Chaste Virgin. The Herald of Christ’s Kingdom.
http://www.heraldmag.org/literature/chliv_38.htm
Christ and His Bride. BIBLE Students DAILY.
https://biblestudentsdaily.com/2017/06/25/christ-and-his-bride/
His Loving Kindness – Hymns of Dawn No. 19
https://biblestudentsdaily.com/2018/06/19/his-loving-kindness-hymns-of-dawn-no-19/
https://biblestudentsdaily.com/2016/12/20/nehemiah-810-the-joy-of-the-lord-is-your-strength/
Water From the Rock
https://biblestudentsdaily.com/2017/12/11/water-from-the-rock/
He Restoreth My Soul
https://biblestudentsdaily.com/2016/08/23/he-restoreth-my-soul/
The Expanse of Divine Love
https://biblestudentsdaily.com/2016/07/21/the-expanse-of-divine-love-3-poems/
Hope Beyond the Grave. A Dawn Bible Association Publication. http://www.dawnbible.com/booklets/grave.htm
Who We Are. BIBLE Students DAILY – https://biblestudentsdaily.com/category/who-we-are/
Our Beliefs — What Does the Bible Teach Us?
https://biblestudentsdaily.com/category/beliefs/
Bible Students’ Links and Bible Study Resources
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The Year of Jubilee – Hymns of Dawn No. 24
Blow ye the trumpet, blow
The gladly solemn sound;
Let all the nations know,
To earth’s remotest bound:
The year of Jubilee is come,
Returning ransomed sinners home,
Returning ransomed sinners home.
Jesus, our great High Priest,
Hath full atonement made;
Ye weary spirits rest:
Ye mournful souls be glad:
Extol the Lamb of God,
The all atoning Lamb;
Redemption thru his blood,
To all the world proclaim:
Ye who were sold for naught,
Whose heritage was lost,
May have it back unbought,
A gift at Jesus’ cost:
The seventh trumpet hear,
The news of heav’nly grace;
Salvation now is near;
Seek ye the Saviour’s face:
Leviticus 25:8-17 (NASB) — ‘(8) You are also to count off seven sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years, so that you have the time of the seven sabbaths of years, namely, forty-nine years. (9) You shall then sound a ram’s horn abroad on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the day of atonement you shall sound a horn all through your land. (10) You shall thus consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim a release through the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, and each of you shall return to his own property, and each of you shall return to his family. (11) You shall have the fiftieth year as a jubilee; you shall not sow, nor reap its aftergrowth, nor gather in from its untrimmed vines. (12) For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You shall eat its crops out of the field. (13) ‘On this year of jubilee each of you shall return to his own property. (14) If you make a sale, moreover, to your friend or buy from your friend’s hand, you shall not wrong one another. (15) Corresponding to the number of years after the jubilee, you shall buy from your friend; he is to sell to you according to the number of years of crops. (16) In proportion to the extent of the years you shall increase its price, and in proportion to the fewness of the years you shall diminish its price, for it is a number of crops he is selling to you. (17) So you shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the Lord your God.’
Ezekiel 40:1 (KJV) — “In the five and twentieth year [25th] of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.“
Luke 4:18-19 (KJV) — “(18) The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, (19) To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.”
Author — Charles Wesley (1707-1788). In the Hymns of Dawn, the original third verse is omitted, while the words of the last two verses (verses 4 and 5) have been changed from the original.
Charles Wesley
Charles Wesley was an English leader of the Methodist movement, most widely known for writing no less than 6,500 hymns. He was the youngest son and 18th child of Anglican cleric and poet Samuel Wesley and his wife Susanna Wesley, and the younger brother of Methodist founder John Wesley.
In 1749 he married Miss Sarah Gwynne who accompanied him on his evangelistic journeys until the year 1756 when he mainly devoted himself to the care of the Societies in London and Bristol. Since 1771, he devoted himself much, as he had done in his youth, to the spiritual care of prisoners in Newgate. He had long been troubled about the relations of Methodism to the Church of England, and strongly disapproved of his brother John’s “ordinations.”
Composer — Lewis Edson (1748 – 1820) composed this tune “LENOX” in 1782.
When Does the Year of Jubilee Begin?
The Jubilee was a time of release.
There are four points from the Jubilees to a period of release.
(1) 1874 — the beginning of the Times of Restoration. This was the year when Lord Beaconsfield was elected Prime Minister of England, from which position he was able to subsequently effect a restoration of rights to the Jewish people to own land in Palestine again.
(2) 1878 — Land is opened to Israel again as a result of the Berlin Congress of Nations. “The first signs of Israel’s regathering appeared in 1878. The Berlin Congress of Nations assembled to resolve the Russo-Turkish War of the previous year, and among their agreements was a provision extending equal treatment of law to all the people of the Ottoman Empire. Notably, this included the Jewish people, who took advantage of the opportunity to found the first new [Hebrew] settlement of modern times in the land of Israel — Petah Tikvah” (“The Stream of Time,” by Br. David Rice, page 21).
(3) 1948 — Nationhood was restored to Israel.
(4) The Millennium — Life will be restored to mankind.
All of these are relevant. There is a time pointer to each one.
(A) Adam to 1874 — 7 x the whole cycle of 17 Jubilees. That is, 7 x 833 = 5831 years, from 3958 bc to 1874 ad.
(B) 50 Jubilees (of 49 years each) is 2450 years, followed by the 50th jubilee, year number 2451. Taken from the last Jubilee of Israel (Ezekiel 40:1), that brings us to the year of autumn 1878 — during that time the right to buy and own land in Israel was restored to the Jewish people, and the first Jewish colony was begun.
For Pentecost we count 50 days, for jubilee we count 50 years, so for the antitype we count 50 jubilees — which brings us to the fulfillment, marked by the year 1878.
(C) 2520 years (national punishment), from Ezekiel 40:1 brings us to the year autumn 1947 to autumn 1948 — during that time Israel became an independent nation again.
(D) Ezekiel 40:1 (Israel’s last Jubilee) was the time of giving of the vision of the Kingdom. Ezekiel 46:1 tells us the gates permitting man to access God would be opened on the sabbath day — 2043. That will be a time of restoring life.
Four dimensions — all correct.
For the interested Reader, please consider reading further about the Jubilees in Section 3 (pages 15-20) and Section 4 (pages 21-24) of “The Stream of Time” by Br. David Rice.
Here is a direct link to this reference material:
http://2043ad.com/streamoftime.PDF
Br. David Rice (www.2043ad.com) — Content and editing.
Br. Frank Shallieu (www.revelation-research.org) — referenced information.
Harvest Truth Data Base — http://www.htdb.one
Hymnary.org.
Israel Marks Tenth Anniversary, The Herald of Christ’s Kingdom Bi-monthly Magazine, June 1958, page 95.
http://www.heraldmag.org/archives/1958_6.htm#_Toc36393376
Israel at Sixty, The Herald of Christ’s Kingdom Magazine, July-August 2008 issue.
http://www.heraldmag.org/2008/toc_july08.htm
Harvest Timing Clarifications — Br. George Tabac’s, 2016 Bible Students’ General Convention Discourse — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqa_GT2QSVA
Click on the following link to download Br. George Tabac’s 2016 Script Version of “Harvest Timing Clarifications” — https://biblestudents1.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/harvest-timing-clarifications-7-9-2016-general-convention-34-page-han.pdf
[Note: Br. George Tabac’s 2016 discourse is almost identical but not the same as his 2015 discourse where it had been concluded that 6000 years from Adams creation would be up in 2042. However later, like Br. Charles Taze Russell, Br. George too came to realize the need to clarify his understanding by one year in his 2016 General Convention discourse, where he concluded the 6000 years from creation would be up in 2043, which concurs with Br. David Rice’s chronology (www.2043ad.com). Note the distinction in the final charts of these two discourses.]
The Song of Solomon, by Br. David Rice, in the Beauties of the Truth Periodical. http://www.beautiesofthetruth.org/Archive/Library/Doctrine/Mags/Bot/90s/BOTMAY02.PDF
Notes on the Song of Solomon (1988 and 1994 Studies) by Br. Frank Shallieu.
https://www.revelation-research.org/pdf/Song%20of%20Solomon.pdf
ISRAEL — No Longer Dry Bones!
https://biblestudentsdaily.com/2017/05/02/israel-no-longer-dry-bones/
Epoch Periods In God’s Plan
https://biblestudentsdaily.com/2017/08/16/epoch-periods-in-gods-plan/
Debtors To His Marvelous Grace, by J.J. Blackburn. The Herald of Christ’s Kingdom Magazine, July/August 1986.
The Foreshadowing of Grace, by F.A. Essler. The Herald of Christ’s Kingdom Magazine, January/February 1986.
Awake My Soul — Hymns of Dawn No. 20
https://biblestudentsdaily.com/2018/06/27/awake-my-soul-hymns-of-dawn-no-20/
The Truth About Hell. A Dawn Bible Association Publication. http://www.dawnbible.com/booklets/hell.htm
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Full Surrender – Hymns of Dawn No. 14
And can I yet delay
My little all to give?
To wean my soul from earth away
For Jesus to receive?
Tho’ late, I all forsake;
My will, my all resign:
Gracious Redeemer, take, O take,
And seal me ever thine
Come and possess me whole,
Nor hence again remove;
Settle and fix my wavering soul
With all thy weight of love.
My one desire be this,
Thy love to fully know:
Nor seek I longer other bliss,
Or other good below.
My life, my portion thou;
Thou all sufficient art:
My hope, my heavenly treasure, now
Enter, and keep my heart.
This Hymn’s History
Author — Charles Wesley (1707-1788) was the original author of the lyrics to this hymn. The “Hymns of Dawn” Hymnal contains four of the original five verses of this Hymn (“Full Surrender,” No. 14), with some word modifications.
Composer — Unknow (in relation to the melody of “Full Surrender” (No. 14) in the “Hymns of Dawn.”
Psalm 37:4 (KJV) — “Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.“
John 6:38 (KJV) — “For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.“
Psalm 40:8 (KJV) — “I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.“
Romans 12:1-5 (KJV) — “(1) I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. (2) And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. (3) For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. (4) For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: (5) So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.”
Ephesians 4 (ESV) — “(22) to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, (23) and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, (24) and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
The following words are from a “Reprint” (No. 1839-1840) from “The Original Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence:”
“Trust in the Lord and do good: so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thy heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him, and he shall bring it to pass; and he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for him.”—Psa. 37:3-7.
WHILE the Word of God abounds in precepts and admonitions, in warnings and instructions, and while it lifts high the standard of moral excellence—so high that in our weak and fallen condition we cannot attain unto it, and in our efforts to do so in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation we must of necessity encounter the wrath of all the powers of darkness strongly entrenched in the hearts of fallen fellow-men, this same blessed Word comes to the faithful children of God in the very midst of this battle of life with sweet and refreshing consolation [comfort, solace].
Consolation! What is it?
Oh, you who have never enlisted under the banner of the cross, you who have never made an honest endeavor to withstand the powers of darkness, to fight the good fight of faith, to stem the current of your own fallen nature’s tendencies, or to contend earnestly for truth and righteousness in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, what can you know of the sweets of divine consolation?
It is the balm for wounded spirits on the battle fields of time;
the cooling draught for fainting souls hard pressed by the relentless foe;
the soothing caress of a loving hand upon the fevered brow of a noble contender for truth and righteousness;
the gentle whisper of hope and courage when the heart and flesh begin to fail—
that is consolation, divine consolation, the only consolation that has any virtue of healing and refreshing in it.
But it is reserved only for those noble souls who are faithfully bearing the burden and heat of the day; while those who listlessly drift with the current of the world’s favor, and of the downward tendencies of the carnal nature, can never have an intimation of its sweetness.
It is to the faithful soldiers of the Lord that the above words of the Psalmist are addressed—to the persecuted, tempted and tried. Hear them, tempest-tossed and fainting souls: they were long ago penned by the Lord’s prophet for your edification—“Fret not thyself,” but “trust in the Lord and do good, so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.”
How strong is the Lord, how wise and good! His promises have never failed to those that put their trust in him.
We may feel that our efforts to be good and to do good are very unproductive, and that the opposition from within and without is very strong; but it is when we are weak—when we thus realize our own incompetency—that we may be “strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.”
Let us endeavor to make straight paths for our feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way, and then lay hold of the Lord’s strength to help us pursue our course in the narrow way of difficulty and trial. The fact that we are weak and lame does not separate us from the love and power of God; for “he knoweth our frame, he remembereth that we are dust.” He knows that we have the treasure of the new nature in earthen vessels, and therefore it is that, while we strive to overcome, we have his proffered sympathy and aid and the imputed righteousness of Christ for our all-sufficient covering.
“Trust in the Lord and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land; and verily thou shalt be fed” (Psalm 37:3).
Our food and shelter will be sure: he will never leave nor forsake his own, but will make all things work together for good to them [Romans 8:28].
“Delight thyself also in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart” (Psalm 37:4).
This delight in the Lord is a still more advanced step in the Christian life. It is a blessed thing to learn to trust in the Lord; but it is when continued trust and responsive providences have ripened into personal acquaintance and fellowship with God that we learn to delight in him. Yes, it is when heart answers to heart, when pleading prayer brings recognized answers of peace, when the divine care and love are specially seen in the guidance of our way: in a word, when we come to feel that the Father and the Son have so clearly manifested themselves to us that we can recognize their abiding presence with us.
Ah! then it is that we begin to delight ourselves in the Lord.
Then, however dark may be the way, or however heavy may be the storm that rages about us, the balm of divine consolation is always there, so that the child of God, though often troubled on every side, is not distressed; though perplexed, he is never in despair; though cast down, he is not destroyed; and though persecuted, he is never forsaken.
To delight thus in the Lord is to have the affections centered in him; it is to have the heart in such sympathy with righteousness and truth as to see in God the fountain of all goodness and truth, the one altogether lovely.
The Psalmist expresses such an attitude of heart when, personifying our Lord Jesus, he said, “I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.” And again, “O how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.” And again, when he says, “O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land where no water is….Because thy loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee….My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips when I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.”—Psa. 63.
Such an experience springs only from the felt consolations of divine grace in times of sore and pressing need, and however great the afflictions or the trials of faith, patience and endurance that lead to such an acquaintance with God, there is great cause for rejoicing in them; for—
“E’en sorrow, touched by heaven, grows bright
With more than rapture’s ray,
As darkness shows us worlds of light
We never saw by day.”
When the heart has been thus centered in God, it is its most natural impulse to commit its way to him. As one has beautifully expressed it—
“We’d rather walk in the dark with God
Than go alone in the light;
We’d rather walk by faith with him
Than go alone by sight.”
And how precious is the promise to those who thus learn to trust in the Lord and go on doing good, no matter how obstinate or fierce may be the persecution it may excite, and who delight in the Lord and confidently commit their way to his loving wisdom. Surely they shall have the desires of their heart, and no good thing will he withhold from them. Their fervent prayers avail much, and in his own good time their righteousness, however misrepresented and evil spoken of now, shall be brought forth as the light—clear, cloudless and widely manifest; and their judgment, the justice and righteousness of their hearts, as the noonday. And even while we remain here as aliens and foreigners in the enemy’s land, verily we shall be fed, both with the temporal bread and with the bread of heaven for our spiritual sustenance.
“Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.”
But the Psalmist adds one more important word of counsel to the Lord’s beloved children. It is this—
“Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him.”
Do not make the mistake of expecting him to give you the desires of your heart at the very instant of your request; to make your path peaceful, easy and pleasant as soon as you commit your way to him; and at once to bring forth your righteousness as the light and your judgment as the noonday. He has not promised to do that. Time is necessary for the working out of his kind providences in our individual affairs; for God works on philosophical principles and for lasting and blessed results. So—
This waiting, under severe trial or affliction, will indeed be a blessing in disguise, if the soul be rightly exercised unto patience, endurance, faith, hope, meekness, long-suffering, kindness and true Christian fortitude. And it will be in the darkness of these waiting seasons that the blessed stars of hope will shine the brightest, and the bright Morning Star, the harbinger of day, will shed his beams into the deepest recesses of our hearts. “They that wait upon the Lord,” says the Prophet (Isa. 40:31), “shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint.”
Blessed promises! and, to the praise of his abounding grace, his saints of the past and present all bear ample testimony of their fulfilment.
“Who need faint while such a river
Ever flows our thirst to assuage?
Grace, which, like the Lord, the giver,
Never fails from age to age.”
Harvest Truth Data Base
Hymnary.org
What Does Being Consecrated To The Lord Mean?
https://biblestudentsdaily.com/2017/01/01/romans-121-what-does-being-consecrated-to-the-lord-mean/
How Is Your Zeal?
https://biblestudentsdaily.com/2016/10/06/how-is-your-zeal/
Are You In The Little Flock?
https://biblestudentsdaily.com/2016/12/03/are-you-in-the-little-flock/
Worthy To Be Praised
https://biblestudentsdaily.com/2016/05/15/worthy-to-be-praised/
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:1, 2, 16; 4:5 — The Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valleys. https://biblestudentsdaily.com/2017/12/15/song-of-solomon-21-2-16-45-the-rose-of-sharon-the-lily-of-the-valleys/
The Lord Is My Shepherd, (R.1396) — Reprints of the Original Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.
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Let us begin with the words from the Reprints of the Original Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence, reprint 5802, entitled “The Ministry of Sorrow” which reads in part as follows:
“In every experience of sorrow and distress, and when the strain of the jarring discords and the stinging vexations, and wounds that make the heart bleed, threaten to overwhelm the spirit, let the child of God remember that “He knows, and loves, and cares,” and that His ministering angel is ever near us, and that no trial will be permitted to be too severe. The dear Master is standing by the crucible, and the furnace heat will never be permitted to grow so intense that the precious gold of our characters shall be destroyed, or even injured. Ah, no! If by His grace the experiences may not work for our good, they will be turned aside. He loves us too well to permit any needless sorrow, any needless suffering.”
Our Heavenly Father is the God of all comfort and whatever difficulties His children encounter, because we are under His peculiar care, His compassion and watch care are ever present and he is most worthy of our praise.
Psalm 63:3 reads: “Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.”
What are some of the means God uses to comfort us?
Here are several, including: conventions, the ecclesia arrangement, prayer communication, God’s overruling providence, Hymns and Psalms, Scriptures that provide doctrinal instructions, scriptures that contain precious promises for our meditation, guardian angels that intervene on our behalf when necessary and of course the Holy Spirit which enables us to appreciate and comprehend the Father’s tender mercies.
Ultimately, praise also will be an integral part of the human family’s make up, when they realize in the Kingdom the scope of what the Heavenly Father has done for them through the magnificent sacrifice of Jesus as well as the part we the body of Christ will have to play in helping to restore mankind back into heart harmony with God during that glorious Millennial reign.
We would like to suggest the 24th Chapter of Isaiah speaks of the judgments that will end this present evil order and then comment on what follows in Isaiah 25:1-9 which we feel pictures the expressions of humanity as a result of that glorious Kingdom in operation and mankind progresses up the Highway of holiness. So we will read each of these verses followed by a brief comment as to how we view these matters.
Isaiah 25:1 — “O Lord, thou art my GOD; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.”
Here we would suggest Israel would desire to praise Jehovah especially for bringing them through Jacob’s trouble and ending the oppression they have endured at the hand of others. Similarly, others who fear God and recognize the restraint of evil and the opportunity for blessings will echo heartfelt worship to the Almighty and his Christ as they recognize the reign of righteousness that has commenced.
“2For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.”
The may well refer to the destruction of Mystic Babylon. Those who were once blinded under the influence of the adversary and the dogmas that vilified God’s character will worship the God of love and demonstrate a similar attitude towards their fellow creatures.
“3Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.”
The iron rule that will be in force.
Every knee must bow and every tongue must confess and accept the gracious provision on their behalf made possible through the redemptive merit of Christ in order to gain everlasting life.
“4For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.”
This might refer to the downtrodden in this present life who were insignificant nobodies, but when Christ reigns in equity and justice, when the Spirit and the Bride say “come” all who have been athirst will be able to partake of the water of life freely.
“5Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.”
“6And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.”
Throughout the reign of sin and death the human family has been starving for blessings and a ray of hope that things might be better for them. What joy they will have as they see the work of restitution in progress. The wine of pure doctrine will bless them abundantly.
“7And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.”
This seems to speak about the eradication of the death sentence and the removal of the blindness that has covered the eyes of the human family, thus preventing them from seeing the glory and goodness of the Father.
“8He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.”
This would be a fulfilment of Revelation 21:4,9 — “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”
“9And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
When the kingdom is established the human family will begin to comprehend his attributes and as they prosper under that arrangement how much they too will increase in their ability and desire to praise our Creator.
We have attempted to describe why the church now and the world during the Kingdom reign will have much reason to praise our Heavenly Father.
I would like to conclude with something that appeals to me by sharing the following concerning a well-known hymn — “All The Way My Saviour Leads Me.”
This great hymn was written by Fanny Crosby (1820–1915).
When Fanny was 6 weeks old, she caught a slight cold & had inflamed eyes. The family physician was away. Another country doctor was called in to treat her. He prescribed hot mustard poultices to be applied to her eyes, which destroyed her sight completely! It was later learned that the man was not even qualified to practice medicine. Fanny never felt any resentment against him, but believed it was permitted by the Lord to fulfill His plan for her life.
This is what Fanny Crosby said to her mother one day:
“Mother, if I had a choice, I would still choose to remain blind … for when I die; the first face I will ever see will be the face of my blessed Saviour.”
And another of Ms Crosby’s quotes:
It seemed intended by the blessed providence of God that I should be blind all my life, and I thank him for the dispensation. If perfect earthly sight were offered me tomorrow I would not accept it. I might not have sung hymns to the praise of God if I had been distracted by the beautiful and interesting things about me.
Fanny’s spiritual development came from her grandmother who cared for her while her mother worked as a maid. A landlady, Mrs. Hawley, helped Fanny memorize the Bible. Often she learned 5 chapters a week! She entered the New York City Institution for the Blind around 1835, completed training, and taught there from 1847 to 1858. In 1858 she married a musician, Alexander Van Alstyne, who was also blind.
Under her own name, as well as under a curious assortment of initials and pen names, she wrote over 8,000 hymns, including: “I Am Thine, O Lord,” “Praise Him, Praise Him,” “Sweet Hour of Prayer,” “Blessed Assurance,” “Safe In The Arms Of Jesus,” “To God Be the Glory.”
Fanny needed five dollars one day and she just knelt down and told the Lord about it. Soon after a stranger knocked at her door as he just wanted to meet her. As he left, he pressed a five dollar bill into her hand. “I have no way of accounting for this” she said, “except to believe that GOD put it into the heart of this good man to bring the money”. “My first thought was that it is so wonderful the way the Lord leads me, and I immediately wrote the poem”.
In 1874, Fanny Crosby wrote the hymn “All The Way My Savior Leads Me”.
All the way my Savior leads me;
What have I to ask beside?
Can I doubt His tender mercy,
Who through life has been my Guide?
Heav’nly peace, divinest comfort,
Here by faith in Him to dwell!
For I know, whate’er befall me,
Jesus doeth all things well;
Jesus doeth all things well.
I do not know whether Fanny Crosby was a spirit begotten child of God, but as I reflect upon her life, I can only hope that each of us will be more appreciative of the blessings we have today in Christ and will desire to live a life of praise daily for all our Heavenly Father has done for us. AMEN.
ALL THE WAY MY SAVIOUR LEADS ME
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Year — Nisan 14 as first stars appear, 7:30 PM*
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“The Herald of Christ’s Kingdom” Magazine, March-April 2018.
“Beauties of the Truth,” Volume 19, Number 3, August 2008;
The mediatorial reign of Christ with the saints, shall bring righteousness and peace
STUDY 10: The Furnishings in the Holy of the Tabernacle – THE LAMPSTAND.
Dawning Day – Hymns of Dawn No. 29
All To Thee – Hymns of Dawn No. 28
Always Rejoicing – Hymns of Dawn No. 27
One Here, One There
Hope’s Consummation – Hymns of Dawn No. 25
Christian Fellowship – Hymns of Dawn No. 23
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Nine-tenths of Jesus’ persecutions came from professors of religion. R374:3 Are we willing to bear the hatred and scorn, which loyalty to the truth brings? If so, we can go forth in his name, rejoicing as we go. R5441:6 If any man suffer as a Christian—for the truth’s sake, for righteousness’ sake—let him not be ashamed. (1 Pet. 4:16) R2782:1 An evidence of our faithfulness and sonship. R5544:3 Especially has this been true of these last days. R5773:3 The path to glory, honor, and immortality, in the footsteps of Jesus, is a very rugged one. R5465:6 If any of us is escaping persecution, he should feel fearful of his condition and make careful examination as to whether or not he is faithful to all the privileges and opportunities he can find. R4407:2, 5227:5; OV438:1*; Q740:4, 361:6 The Lord’s followers in the present time are called to suffer persecution for righteousness’ sake, not because it is either reasonable or proper, but because the Lord, wishing to test, prove, and polish his people, is willing to permit the evil. R4813:6, 2415:2 If we know that we are suffering for righteousness’ sake, then we know the spirit of God rests upon us. R5395:5, 5227:5 We are still in this time of persecution; the great Adversary is not yet bound. R2437:3 In proportion as he receives the truth and faithfully declares it. R1467:5 Those faithful to God during this age will have more hardship than have those who are unfaithful. R5294:5
“For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:3).
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Hebrews 12:1-2 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
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the scenes of misery and woe, degradation and sorrow that yet prevail on account of sin, and picture before your mental vision the glory of the perfect earth.
Not a stain of sin mars the harmony and peace of a perfect society; not a bitter thought, not an unkind look or word; love, welling up from every heart, meets a kindred response in every other heart, and benevolence marks every act.
There sickness shall be no more; not an ache nor a pain, nor any evidence of decay-not even the fear of such things.
Think of all the pictures of comparative health and beauty of human form and feature that you have ever seen, and know that perfect humanity will be of still surpassing loveliness. The inward purity and mental and moral perfection will stamp and glorify every radiant countenance. Such will earth's society be; and weeping bereaved ones will have their tears all wiped away, when thus they realize the resurrection work complete. - Revelation 21:4
Aim to listen as if to the softest whisper from GOD – as if you are hypersensitive to sound – and then you will walk closely to GOD and follow GOD – it will lead to the springs of the most refreshing water of GODLY TRUTH for your thirsty flesh after that which is PERFECT and shall give you JOY forevermore!
"The Little Flock will serve the Lord with such Delight they will scarcely know how to cease their Efforts." - Charles T. Russell (R. 5413)
ALL for JESUS ALL for JESUS ALL our days and ALL our hours!
Let fearful saints fresh COURAGE take! The clouds ye so much dread, are big with MERCY, and shall break in blessing on your head...
Share with your children the WORDS of the BIBLE as often as you can! Lead them to CHRIST in any way you can. They are gifts from GOD and your gift is to present them to the Heavenly Father as pleasing offerings of your work to HIM through CHRIST. Spend every moment you can on their development while you are blessed to lead another to the living waters of LIFE. They will remember your works and bring the Heavenly Father JOY – as is this not our MOST GLORIOUS DESIRE of ALL DESIRES OF this existence — to BRING OUR HEAVENLY FATHER the greatest JOY that we are able as carnal beings, to strive to bring through our attempts to BE RIGHTEOUS like our Lord Jesus! May YAHWEH be praised for all HIS blessings!
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TRUST GOD FULLY by studying the Holy Bible and praying to the one who is PERFECT IN ALL and from whom comes PERFECT LOVE, JUSTICE, WISDOM and POWER!
"Each of us has his ‘day’ of service; it will soon be over. How important to fill it up rightly! " - Michael Nekora
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Repeat “I AM SO THANKFUL” – now say it over and over again praising GOD for every experience that shall work out for good to those who love GOD!
JESUS is the WORLD’s SAVIOR!
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Our Heavenly Father has the perfect answer and a perfect plan so surrender YOUR WILL into GOD’s hands and wait patiently with cheerfulness patient endurance in the spirit watching and praying to our Heavenly Father through CHRIST while HE works out HIS perfect plan through the lives of those HE is preparing now to belong to HIS BELOVED FIRSTBORN SON – CHRIST JESUS… Seek the Father’s will in ALL YOU do as often as you can fixing your eyes on the author and perfecter of our FAITH. May GOD’s will BE DONE forevermore!
"If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory."
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THIS IS MY WILL FOR THEE
JUST to hear my dear Master say, "This is My will for thee;" Then to whisper the dark night through, "This is His will for me." Just to keep in the narrow way, Painful how'er it be, Just to follow Him day by day,-- All shall be well with me. Just to joyfully bear the pain, All that He sendeth me, Just to suffer the scorn and shame,-- Trust where I cannot see. Just to hear, when the day seems long, "This is My will for thee;" Then shall my faith and love grow strong, Knowing His will for me. Oh, to hear, when the work is done, "This is My will for thee,-- Faith and Patience and Love have won,-- Sit in My throne with Me!" (from: Poems of Dawn)
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2013 - Online public hunting maps and public hunting areas. High resolution topographic maps and Google Map aerials. Also other types of recreation maps. Maps are displayed by Gmap4. View these interactive public hunting maps with the browser in your iPhone, iPad, Android phone, or other mobile device.
The public land management layer was formerly called the public ownership layer. This shows land ownership/management for public entities, Federal, Tribal, State, and Local. The base linework was derived mostly from the BLM Landlines (Public Land Survey & Jurisdiction) layer and from ODF ownership layer.
Aug 14, 2019 · Private lands accounts for just over half of Oregon’s land base and include farms, range lands, wetlands, forests and stream corridors. To improve landowner-hunter relations and engage landowners in the conservation of fish and wildlife, the Oregon Legislature created the Access & Habitat (A&H) Program in 1993.
The table is ranked by the total public land available to hunt. Note that numbers are reported in thousands, so the 365,210 (x 1,000) acres of total land area in Alaska means 365,210,000 acres. Table 1. Total Public Hunting Land Acres Available by State
Washington state whitetail hunting needs to be on your radar! Larry D. Jones with a great late season The Northeastern Corner of Washington state has long been known as a deer hunting hot spot. Thousands of public and private land to hunt on! Excellent trophy quality potential with bucks...
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The United States is experiencing a split-screen moment: Vaccinations are underway, offering hope of an end to the pandemic, but infections, hospitalizations and deaths have reached record numbers. The pandemic stayed far away until October. Then cases surged to four times the state average.
Choose a State. Find maps of DU projects that are open to public hunting across the nation. Click on the state to view each map. Washington.
State Game Lands Number 232, Washington County, Pennsylvania. State Game Lands Number 232 is a cultural feature (park) in Washington County. The primary coordinates for State Game Lands Number 232 places it within the PA 15323 ZIP Code delivery area. Maps, Driving Directions & Local Area Information
With 35 million acres of public land, including 4.5 million acres of protected wilderness, it’s pretty easy to find a great camping spot in Idaho. Visitors come from around the world to get back to nature, hike our trails, raft our rivers and climb our mountains. When you’re camping, you may choose to be close to the action or tucked away into Idaho’s serene wilderness. RV resorts with ...
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Mar 24, 2020 · Washington is a state in the northwestern portion of the United States. It is divided into 39 counties and it's capital is Olympia. Washington was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state on 11 Nov 1889.
Use the toolbar located on the lefthand side of the map to modify the maps appearance and access tools for measuring, drawing and printing. Using the checkboxes, you may turn on and off layers of administrative boundaries, land management overlay, trails, campgrounds and wildfire activity.
U.S. Goverment Land Office : Title/Description: Part of the State of Alabama Showing the position of the Cherokee Land that State acquired under Treaty of 29th Dec. 1835 : Publication Info: Public Lands - Vol. VIII No. 1540 : Date: 1836 : Scale: 1:760,000 : Original Source:
Alabama Public Fishing Lakes (PFLs) The Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division manages 23 Public Fishing Lakes (PFLs) in 20 counties throughout the State. These lakes range in size from 13 to 184 acres for a total of 1,912 surface acres.
Sep 07, 2018 · Alabama. All hunting requires permission of the landowner. There are no requirements for posting by property owners. Alaska. Trespassing notices must be printed legibly in English, be at least 144 square inches in size, give the name and address of the person under whose authority the property is posted and the name and address of the person who is authorized to grant permission to enter the ...
Sep 19, 2017 · It is a detailed property owner and boundary book. Shows all land public and private. Shows how much acreage in each section. Whatever county you are planning to hunt, check the county gov't website.
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Texas Public Hunt Locator Map Краткая информация об элементе недоступна. Добавьте краткую информацию об элементе. Dove and Small Game Leased Areas are privately owned land that is leased for public hunting access, while Public Hunt Areas are public lands providing hunting...
Dec 22, 2020 · Contact Information. Forest Supervisor's Office 5162 Valleypointe Parkway Roanoke, VA 24019 1-888-265-0019 540-265-5100. Customer Service Desk Open Tuesday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and all federal holidays.
A Premium State Membership costs $29.99/year. Get the same great features of the free onX Hunt App but with the additional benefits of: • Public land like Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM maps), Wildlife Management Areas, County and State land hunting/fishing maps, Timber Lands, QUADS and more!
Jun 12, 2018 - Explore Karen Stephens's board "Rock Hounding in the Pacific NorthWest", followed by 200 people on Pinterest. See more ideas about rock hounding, rock hunting, rocks and minerals.
State Land Boards; These leases generate substantial revenue through grazing, development, recreation, timber, and energy resources. Grazing leases are only offered by the BLM, USFS, and State Land Boards. Recently, Mirr Ranch Group authored an article for the Rocky Mountain edition of The Land Report explaining public lands’ role in ranching ...
Plenty of Washington duck hunting information to learn and share from the Pugent sound to the open plains of eastern WA. Discuss all of the Washington duck hunting topics here. Moderators: h2ofowlr , washingtonmuley , brokerbyduck
Mule deer occupy the western two-thirds of the state and in fact are the dominant species (more mule deer than whitetails) in 20 counties. Hunters who do their research and either pinpoint a public land area worth hunting or wear out some shoe leather earning an invite to hunt private land will have a decent hunt.
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Changes to federal land (1990-2013) The map below details changes to federal land ownership between 1990 and 2013. Iowa saw the largest percentage increase in federal land—a 72.8 percent increase from 1990, though the state has fewer federal acres than most other states.
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Map - Brookhaven State Park Cooperative Hunting Area (PDF). 430 acres of Southampton town owned land cooperatively managed with the state for hunting, consisting of five properties (Southampton Hills, Noyac Preserve, Tuckahoe Swamp, Great Swamp and Barrel Hill).
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We maintain the spatial datasets described here in order to better describe Washington's diverse natural and cultural environments. As a public service, we have made some of our data available for viewing and downloading. Our geodatabase's standard projection and datum are in Washington State Plane ...
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Jan 08, 2016 · 10 States with Fossil-Hunting Sites for the Public. BY Virginia Claire McGuire. ... The state also has a number of other quarries and rivers where marine fossils can be found. 4. Texas
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Tax Forfeited lands are held by the Public Lands Division for sale. These lands represent properties that have been forfeited to the state of Mississippi for non-payment of ad valorem taxes. Individuals, corporations, and state agencies may apply to the Secretary of State’s Office for the acquisition of these lands.
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Over 7,000 acres of public hunting lands are available for Tennessee’s hunters. This is a cooperative effort between the TWRA and landholding companies to provide public hunting with the landowner setting, collecting and administering permits, and the TWRA enforcing the rules and regulations governing these areas.
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Feb 04, 2015 · The public lands quadrangle maps are part of a series of 50 maps that DNR publishes. The maps are available for $9 each, plus sales tax, for Washington state residents. The maps can be purchased ...
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7. Public Examination and Analysis of the Land Market Values. The preliminary land value assessment, estimated for each site, could then be displayed on a land market map. Public examination and analysis of the land market values for land sites would help to clarify any errors in assessments.
Washington Minerals is an educational resource providing information about Washington state's mineral occurrences and their associated geology. Webauthor: Jeffrey M. Schwartz.
Aug 07, 2019 · e-Bikes On Federal Land [Updated on August 29th – New Order allows eBikes on all department land – Full Order can be reviewed at the bottom of the post] The lands owned by the federal government in the United States are called “federal lands”. These are mainly in Alaska and the Western United States.
With thousands of properties and rural land for sale in the state, these land listings account for a combined 127,438 acres of land for sale in Washington. The average price of rural properties, ranches, hunting land and other rural acreage for sale in Washington is $494,889. With about 175,000 acres of apple orchards in the state, Washington ... Photo Map. Satellite. Directions. Overview. Map. Lake Hallie is a village in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States. Lake Hallie is situated 6 km west of Hallie State Public Hunting Grounds.Official MapQuest website, find driving directions, maps, live traffic updates and road conditions. Find nearby businesses, restaurants and hotels. Explore! About Washington State. Nature went into overdrive when it worked its magic in Washington. Wild beaches, verdant rainforests, snow-sprinkled volcanoes For all its epic scenery though, the state's star attraction is Seattle. The birthplace of grunge, the city is a laidback hub of creativity that entices...Feb 14, 2014 · But public lands such as parks, state forests, national forests and wildlife-management areas are yours to search. Pat Reeve, avid hunter and television host, offers this advice: “Many people don’t bother shed-hunting on public land because they feel it’ll be picked over.
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Eighty-five percent of the state is privately-owned and over 90 percent of all hunters will hunt on private lands during the hunting seasons. See "Hunting on Private Lands" below for more information. Get Maps of Public Lands. View a list of DEC Wildlife Management Areas and other State Lands and conservation easements by DEC region and county ... Free camping in Washington. Maps, photos and user reviews of free camping areas in Washington. Use our trip planner for your next camping vacation. Public Hunting - Maps and location of public hunting land in Wisconsin. Get size, location, what type of habitat and principal wildlife. Also find out other types of recreation land is used for. Lake Maps - It's easy to fall in love with Wisconsin's 15,081 lakes. Enjoying the peaceful atmosphere, fishing, boating, swimming, or just relaxing are ... Maps and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data play an important role in DNR's ability to manage more than 5.6 million acres of state lands. They also are useful tools for businesses, governments, emergency workers, community planners, scientists, recreationalists and others who want to know more about Washington state and its unique geography. Map - Brookhaven State Park Cooperative Hunting Area (PDF). 430 acres of Southampton town owned land cooperatively managed with the state for hunting, consisting of five properties (Southampton Hills, Noyac Preserve, Tuckahoe Swamp, Great Swamp and Barrel Hill).Apr 19, 2019 · 2019 Hunting Season, Episode 1. If you like what you see, SUBSCRIBE for more content! The long-awaited spring turkey season is finally upon us here in Washington State! David and I teamed up once ...
Oct 11, 2018 · 2019 Deer Hunting Season Rifle Ordinances* (This information was last partially updated on October 11, 2018). As we hear from the municipalities we will update this page. If you have a question, please contact the town hall or village hall directly. If table does not appear immediately following this sentence, please scroll down. Map Disclaimer These public hunting areas have been compiled by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. While all attempts are made to insure the correctness and suitability of information and to correct any errors brought to our attention, no representation or guarantee can be made as to the correctness or suitability of that information ...
Dec 03, 2010 · This applies only to land the U.S. government owns and the National Park Service manages. It does not apply to the portions of the Appalachian Trail located on land owned or managed by other federal, state, or local agencies. State law and regulation apply to those portions of the Appalachian Trail that pass through state-owned parks and forests. BrantNeam's profile - Pho.to Community - A photo geek or just a photography beginner? Ask, discuss, explore!
Washingtontribes.org is a public education program sponsored by the Washington Indian Gaming Association (WIGA) to raise awareness about how tribal government investments benefit everyone in Washington. WIGA is a nonprofit organization of tribal government leaders of federally recognized tribes in the state of Washington. A 2013 report by the Center for Western Priorities, a Denver-based think tank, identified 4 million acres of Forest Service, BLM, state and other public lands, in six Western states, that were ... Game land users should identify boundaries on the ground before hunting, trapping or fishing. Game lands are posted with signs to aid sportsmen in locating each tract. Be sure to refer to Hunting/Trapping regulations to identify regulations and exceptions specific to game lands. Hunting land locations: Since hunters often ask about land ownership information, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has compiled a list of suggestions for finding public and private land ownership, including maps showing the boundaries of wildlife management areas, state and federal forests and national wildlife refuges.
Finding the perfect hunting land is an exciting and passionate process, and The LandLeader® is here to help you. We specialize in promoting rural land across the country, much of it offering excellent hunting for big game, waterfowl, upland birds, turkey, predators, and more. The best deer hunting properties for sale can be found here, depending on the species of pursuit. We offer hunting ... The wildlife district for North Central Texas comprised of 43 counties. This site will allow you to find useful information for each county. Click on any county in the map below to find out which wildlife biologists and technicians are responsible for your area ... Feel Free to Hunt Private lands where WDFW has a management agreement with the owner to provide public access for hunting. Hunters are not required to gain additional permission when hunting lands posted with a Feel Free to Hunt sign. Asotin Grade (Asotin) Beacon Road (Whitman) Biscuit Ridge Road (Walla Walla) Blacksnake Ridge RD (Walla Walla) The Annual Public Hunting Permit (also known as walk-in) provides nearly year-round hunting on nearly one million acres of land. Hunt white-tailed deer, feral hogs, dove, quail, turkey, waterfowl, rabbit, squirrel and more on more than 180 hunting areas, including wildlife management areas, state parks and approximately 120 dove and small game areas leased from private landowners.
The table is ranked by the total public land available to hunt. Note that numbers are reported in thousands, so the 365,210 (x 1,000) acres of total land area in Alaska means 365,210,000 acres. Table 1. Total Public Hunting Land Acres Available by State Drupal-BiblioPamphlet <style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sevier County Solid Waste Disposal Study</style> Drupal-Biblio3 Використовуйте Google Hangouts, щоб спілкуватися з однією людиною або цілою групою. Цей сервіс працює на мобільних пристроях і настільних комп'ютерах. Здійсніть перший відео- або голосовий виклик уже сьогодні!
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Commercial hunting or fishing outfitter activities on the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests require a permit from the National Forest. This program opens additional private lands for public wildlife-related recreational use. Through the cooperative private/public POWRR (PALS)...State Land Boards; These leases generate substantial revenue through grazing, development, recreation, timber, and energy resources. Grazing leases are only offered by the BLM, USFS, and State Land Boards. Recently, Mirr Ranch Group authored an article for the Rocky Mountain edition of The Land Report explaining public lands’ role in ranching ... Marco Springmann, a public health expert, tells Anushka Asthana why cutting out animal products is the best route to a healthy diet - and why veganism is good for the planet.Public Hunting Atlas - New & Improved version of the Hunting Atlas released October 2019! The Hunting Atlas is an interactive map that shows all lands open to Iowa Shooting Ranges Several shooting ranges across the state offer hunters a place to practice shooting safely and conveniently.Find maps and information about public hunting areas in Connecticut. Maps and hunting information for State Forests, Wildlife Management Areas, State Parks, Permit-Required Areas, Waterfowl Closures, and other areas managed or leased by DEEP.Jun 05, 2015 · Choosing a hunting location can be very overwhelming. Washington's Department of Fish and Wildlife has outlined six regions and 17 wildlife districts. There are so many options that narrowing the possibilities down may seem impossible. If you are having difficulty deciding where to go, here is a list of the best places to hunt in the Evergreen ... Oct 25, 2017 · Let's take a look at some of the top hunting opportunities for outdoorsmen in Oregon and Washington and what hunters can expect this season. OREGON Many elk in the central part of the state are found on private lands, but there are also good-sized herds on public forest lands and private timber holdings.
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Mar 25, 2019 · Even as his district contributes well to the region’s overall highest-in-the-state take, the knock is the decided lack of public land. “As for almost all hunting in District 2 some of the best spots are on private ground,” Atamian says, “so I would highly recommend hunters secure private land access if they want to increase their odds.” { "dataType": "Constellation", "ark": "http:\/\/n2t.net\/ark:\/99166\/w6rn3swh", "entityType": { "id": "700", "term": "person", "uri": "http:\/\/socialarchive.iath ... Oct 16, 2020 · Hunter parking located at the end of Stakepole Road. Walk-in access only; hunt area is most easily accessible from parking area either via walking the shoreline of Willapa Bay or by using the Yellow Trail (Bearberry Trail) from the Green Trail (Bay Loop Trail). Hunting is allowed 150 yards north of the Yellow Trail (see map). From our classic Backroad Mapbooks, tried, tested and trusted by outdoor explorers for decades, to our state-of-the-art GPS Maps and mobile maps for smartphones and tablets, BRMB offers a wide range of products for every type of outdoor recreationist. Nov 23, 2020 · The Public Lands Inventory Web app displays more than 18.8 million acres of public lands used for recreation or wildlife habitat in Washington. Information also is displayed about the type of use, owner, legislative district, year of acquisition, purchase price and acreage.
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The maps clearly delineate public and private lands, he said, and provide satellite imagery so you have a bird's-eye view, which can help you Zepp recommends checking with state wildlife agencies for a guide to public-hunting areas. Many such areas attract deer, pheasant and other hunters who...Buy BLM and Forest Service Maps for western public lands. Maps for Washington Hunting Units Select a hunting unit from the dropdown menu or click a unit on the map below.(Clickable areas may appear inaccurately on mobile devices) Select a Hunting Unit Washington Hunting Unit 101 Washington Hunting Unit 105 Washington Hunting Unit 108 Washington Hunting Unit 111 Washington Hun (1)(g) Lands owned by the state, exclusive of the improvements erected by the state, in the Smithtown Central School District, in the County of Suffolk, constituting lands in the Town of Smithtown within the following tax identification number: district 0800, section 0040, block 0002, lots 0011, and lands in the Three Village Central School ... Tax Forfeited lands are held by the Public Lands Division for sale. These lands represent properties that have been forfeited to the state of Mississippi for non-payment of ad valorem taxes. Individuals, corporations, and state agencies may apply to the Secretary of State’s Office for the acquisition of these lands.
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Regulations & Permits. We oversee many state and federal laws designed to protect Washington's land, air, and water.. See our laws, rules, & rulemaking page for more information about our current rules and rulemaking. Washington State's Five Land Regions. Washington State is divided into five regions, based on natural land features. These regions are: the Coastal Range, the Puget Sound Lowlands, the Cascade Range, the Columbia Plateau and the Rocky Mountain region.Map - Brookhaven State Park Cooperative Hunting Area (PDF). 430 acres of Southampton town owned land cooperatively managed with the state for hunting, consisting of five properties (Southampton Hills, Noyac Preserve, Tuckahoe Swamp, Great Swamp and Barrel Hill).Nov 16, 2006 · Washington hunting map feature. ... the state's best county for ducks and geese. ... Of course, easy public lands access always means more hunter competition, particularly on weekends, but get out ...
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Public hunting areas are open to any licensed hunter and are often marked for public hunting on state and regional maps. If you have trouble finding public hunting areas in your region, seek out local hunters, the local rod and gun clubs in your area, or contact the Department of Natural Resources/Bureau of Land Management for your area. The fall wild turkey hunting season, which has been by permit only in the past, will now include seven game management units in northeast Washington's Spokane, Stevens and Pend Oreille counties which will be open to all hunters with valid turkey tags. Dec 24, 2020 · Muzzleloader Hunting. Hunting and topics about front stuffers. 22572 Posts 2841 Topics Last post by Machias in Re: CVA QRBP Question on December 26, 2020, 12:46:41 PM Out Of State Hunting. Show off your "out-of-state" hunt photos and discuss draws and opportunities. 23373 Posts 1929 Topics Last post by metlhead in Re: 2021 AZ Coues (1)(g) Lands owned by the state, exclusive of the improvements erected by the state, in the Smithtown Central School District, in the County of Suffolk, constituting lands in the Town of Smithtown within the following tax identification number: district 0800, section 0040, block 0002, lots 0011, and lands in the Three Village Central School ... Public hunting areas are open to any licensed hunter and are often marked for public hunting on state and regional maps. If you have trouble finding public hunting areas in your region, seek out local hunters, the local rod and gun clubs in your area, or contact the Department of Natural Resources/Bureau of Land Management for your area. There are around 2.5 MILLION acres of land open to public hunting in the state of North Dakota. The Private Land Open to Sportsmen program continues to strive towards opening 1 million acres every year; you can view a map of these areas and more public hunting grounds here. You’ll see all PLOTS areas are marked by triangular yellow signs.
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Maps. From the White Mountains in Alaska to the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse in Florida, map and geospatial products inform our management decisions. A growing selection of those maps are available for your public lands adventures and business. Explore BLM lands with the National Data map viewer: Other featured map products: Georeferenced PDF Maps
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Public Hunting Atlas - New & Improved version of the Hunting Atlas released October 2019! The Hunting Atlas is an interactive map that shows all lands open to public hunting in the state, totaling 721,806 acres. The Hunting Atlas also gives basic information about those areas such as: acres, general habitat description, expected species and ... Hunting land locations: Since hunters often ask about land ownership information, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has compiled a list of suggestions for finding public and private land ownership, including maps showing the boundaries of wildlife management areas, state and federal forests and national wildlife refuges.
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La La La: A Story of Hope
Kate DiCamillo (Author) Jaime Kim (Illustrator)
Conceived by Kate DiCamillo and featuring enchanting illustrations by Jaime Kim, this nearly wordless graphic story follows a little girl in search of a friend.
"La la la . . . la." A little girl stands alone and sings, but hears no response. Gathering her courage and her curiosity, she skips farther out into the world, singing away to the trees and the pond and the reeds -- but no song comes back to her. Day passes into night, and the girl dares to venture into the darkness toward the light of the moon, becoming more insistent in her singing, climbing as high as she can, but still there is silence in return. Dejected, she falls asleep on the ground, only to be awakened by an amazing sound. . . . She has been heard. At last. With the simplest of narratives and the near absence of words, Kate DiCamillo conveys a lonely child's yearning for someone who understands. With a subtle palette and captivating expressiveness, Jaime Kim brings to life an endearing character and a transcendent landscape that invite readers along on an emotionally satisfying journey.
Candlewick Press (MA)
8.4 X 8.1 X 0.5 inches | 1.0 pounds
Imagination & Play
Concepts - Sounds
Kate DiCamillo is the beloved author of many books for children, including Flora & Ulysses and The Tale of Despereaux, both of which received Newbery Medals. A former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, she lives in Minneapolis.
Jaime (Jimyung) Kim was born and raised in Korea before moving to the United States at the age of eighteen. She works in gouache and acrylics to create her beautiful, tender, and dreamlike landscapes and characters. Jaime Kim lives in North Carolina.
Kim ('Take Heart, My Child') has created sumptuous images, especially several pages awash in deep, rich purples, that suggest an expansive dreamscape where anything is possible. At the same time, DiCamillo's barely-there text gives the art space to breathe, leaving room for children to fill in the silences with their own boundless imaginations.
--The New York Times Book Review
Kim's spreads form a long, almost cinematic sequence. The girl is adorable, though the night world she moves through is dazzling rather than cute--it takes bravery and audacity to sing to that beauty. DiCamillo's story, told with a single word, is one even youngest readers can understand. Everyone wants to be seen, and everyone wants someone to sing back to them.
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
DiCamillo and Kim combine their considerable talents in this almost wordless picture book that speaks to a universal longing: the hope that we are not alone...Kim's gouache-and-acrylic artwork, graphically strong and full of heart, illuminates DiCamillo's concept. Adults could almost use this as flip-book with children, so full of movement are the pictures. But the best use will be as a springboard for discussion about loneliness, life, and love.
--Booklist
In a nearly wordless book, DiCamillo delivers an inspiring, powerful story beautifully realized through Kim's mixed-media illustrations...The square format contains soft colors that contrast with strong geometric design elements, subtly underscoring the push and pull of emotional tension. The limited palette of comforting, complementary purples and yellows along with the character's expressive body language evoke both her loneliness and determination to overcome it. For a dreamer, it's easy to imagine a singer in the benevolent face in the moon--here it's a symbol of hope.
--Kirkus Reviews
This low-key, visually striking exploration of loneliness and friendship may resonate with adults and some introspective children, but broad appeal seems unlikely. Educators could use it as a writing prompt or discussion starter or for encouraging children to express their feelings in some kind of visual medium--painting, collage, clay work...Kim has taken DiCamillo's "small, tentative song" and turned it into a chorale. .
--School Library Journal
Some books are striking because of their content. Some stand out because they are unlike anything that creator has made before...This one is a little of both. It's a fully-realized story (with sizable assistance from Jaime Kim) written by a Newbery winner containing one word consisting of two letters. Also, it's about a girl striking up a friendship with the moon.
--100 Scope Notes (blog)
Two-time Newbery Medalist DiCamillo, one of Minnesota's favorite authors, and best-selling illustrator Jaime Kim collaborate to tell a simple and sweet story...This book fits DiCamillo's theme when she was National Ambassador for Young People's Literature -- Stories Connect Us.
--Pioneer Press
While leaving space for creativity and idea sparking, both DiCamillo and Kim have included their own perspectives on the story...It is touching to make the realization that, when all else fails, one will never be alone while there exists a moon.
--New York Journal of Books
The casual reader might thumb through this nearly wordless story and dismiss it as overly simple or otherwise inadequate. This would be a mistake. DiCamillo, a household name, shines by purposefully placing strikingly sparing text alongside stunning illustrations that tells a complex and optimistic story of overcoming loneliness with the help of the moon...Followed up with heartfelt author and illustrator notes, this seemingly simple book truly is "a story of hope."
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This beautiful book by author extraordinaire Kate DiCamillo and talented illustrator Jaime Kim depicts a little girl finding her voice in a big, big world...Reading the author and illustrator's note at the end of the book will also provide a beautiful insight into the background of the story and how ultimately all of us desire companionship and to be heard.
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The energetic illustrations make hope come alive in this mostly wordless picture book.
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The text of this book is one word: La. But the story is abundantly clear.
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The Mini-Guide to Effective Leadership in the Workplace
Shrad Rao
In the world of business, effective leaders are critical for harnessing the power of those around them. There are so many pitfalls that leaders need to avoid — trying to be an effective leader can be a daunting task. Critical employees can chip away at self-confidence, while margins for error can be nonexistent.
Huge corporations require leadership that synchronizes thousands of individuals’ efforts into one common goal, while startups require leadership that inspires employees to value what their leader values.
Justin Bariso, founder of consultancy company Insight, defines leadership as, “A process of social influence that works to increase the efforts of others in pursuit of a common goal.” These processes can be vastly different, ranging from the extremely effective to the disastrous.
Leadership is a skill you’ll continue to learn and develop throughout your lifetime. To help you navigate, here’s a mini-guide to effective leadership in the workplace.
Assess Your Own Abilities
Before you can be an effective leader, you must take a critical inventory of your strengths, weaknesses, and personality. People can easily spot a leader who is unaware of his or her own presence in the workplace. In order to gain their full respect and cooperation, you must engage with them completely by learning the most effective ways to connect.
The first and most important part of assessing your own abilities is determining your emotional intelligence. The Mind Tools Editorial Team defines emotional intelligence as, “The ability to recognize your emotions, understand what they're telling you, and realize how they affect the people around you. Emotional intelligence also involves your perception of others: When you understand how they feel, it allows you to manage relationships more effectively.”
Essentially, emotional intelligence can be boiled down to the people skills you use and how in-tune with those skills — and yourself — you are.
Coined by psychologists John Mayer and Peter Salovey, and made popular in Daniel Goleman’s book Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ — emotional intelligence has five components: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skill. Each facet contributes to a well-rounded leader and enables him or her to excel in the workplace. Here are the qualities of each:
1. Self-awareness
According to Harvard Business Review contributor Anthony K. Tjan, “There is one quality that trumps all, evident in virtually every great entrepreneur, manager, and leader. That quality is self-awareness. The best thing leaders can do to improve their effectiveness is to become more aware of what motivates them and their decision-making.”
Self-awareness affects every aspect of a leader’s life, from social interactions and decision-making to self-discipline and integrity. Seeing yourself as you truly are — your strengths and weaknesses — is essential to effective leadership.
Highlighting its importance, Goleman states, “Emotional self-awareness is a leadership competency that shows up in model after model. These are the leaders attuned to their inner signals, recognizing how their feelings affect them and their job performance.”
A self-aware leader also uses his or her moral compass to make decisions. “[Self-aware leaders] integrate their guiding values into their work. They can deduce the best course of action. They see the big picture and they’re genuine.” Self-awareness gives leaders the vision to lead and the discretion to know their strengths and weaknesses, allowing them to work well with all members of their team.
Self-regulation is the ability to manage emotions in a tumultuous environment and the quality of emotional intelligence that, in Goleman’s words, "Liberates us from living like hostages to our impulses.” Leaders who show self-regulation, have three qualities: 1. They have an “inclination toward reflection and thoughtfulness;” 2. They have accepted uncertainty and change; and 3. They possess integrity and the ability to resist their impulses.
Self-regulation is critical in keeping a positive outlook on life. According to the Mind Tools Editorial Team, “Self-regulated people can calm themselves down when they're angry or upset, and cheer themselves up when they're down. They are also flexible, and adapt their styles to work with their colleagues (no matter who they are), and take charge of situations when necessary.” Self-regulation allows a leader to act independently, without needing someone else to pull them out of a slump or give them direction in their goals.
The Mind Tools Editorial Team suggests 8 steps for attaining self-regulation:
Lead with integrity — By identifying your values and sticking to them. Refusing to compromise your values and treating everyone fairly will go a long way toward gaining respect. Similarly, self-regulated people don’t change their opinions or act hypocritically.
Be open to change — It’s important for leaders to view change in a positive light, seeing it as an “exciting opportunity for self-development.” Those who cope with change well also experience less stress.
Identify your triggers — Self-regulation and self-awareness go hand-in-hand. Knowing what makes you lose your self-control is evidence of this. The Mind Tools Editorial Team suggests listing all the times when you’ve caved to your negative impulses and working to exchange those negative behaviors for positive ones.
Practice self-discipline — Since much of self-regulation is reigning in your emotions, having the discipline to do things when you don’t feel like doing them is crucial to success. Self-discipline is one of the key determining factors in accomplishing long-term goals, according to Thomas Bateman and Bruce Barry’s study in the Journal of Organizational Behavior.
Change negative thoughts into positive thoughts — “Consider using affirmations and visualizations to manage your negative thoughts and control how you react to similar situations in the future,” says the Mind Tools Editorial Team. “By rationally assessing the facts, you can undo the damage that negative thinking may have done.” Positive self-talk will reprogram your thinking to achieve your desired attitude, which in turn will produce desired results.
Keep calm under pressure — This is easier said than done, but practicing useful relaxation techniques often will create a habit that will kick in when you need it.
Visualize consequences — Thinking through your choices before you make them is an essential quality in self-regulation and in being an effective leader.
Believe in yourself — As defined by Positivepsychology.org, self-efficacy is the “optimistic self-belief in our competence or chances of successfully accomplishing a task and producing a favorable outcome.” It is critical to success. Failure begins in the mind. Refusing to fail mentally will allow you to succeed in reality.
Being an effective leader means being able to motivate people. Since many employees only do what they’re told because the alternative is worse, truly motivating your subordinates can be a challenge.
Jeremy Marchant, writer for Emotional Intelligence at Work, submits the idea that it’s impossible to motivate anyone to do anything. “People motivate themselves,” he says. “However, a successful leader will be able to do something, or be something, which, when it is experienced by the other person, enables them to motivate themselves.”
The key aspect in motivating others is to make them more important than you. According to Marchant, this is the best way to empower people because it promotes an attitude of service.
4. Empathy
Being an empathetic leader is an extremely valuable quality, since it adds to your emotional intelligence and makes fostering genuine and meaningful relationships much easier.
According to the Mind Tools Editorial Team, “Empathy is the ability to identify with and understand the wants, needs, and viewpoints of those around you. People with empathy are good at recognizing the feelings of others, even when those feelings may not be obvious.” Having empathy is a key component in being an effective communicator.
When a leader lacks empathy, he or she lacks the social graces needed to navigate troubled waters in the workplace. A strong leader must know what to say and do in any situation that may arise. This can be difficult to do without feeling empathetic towards others. Being empathetic doesn’t mean that you can’t be the calm leader in a crisis — instead, it means that you’ll be a human leader in a crisis, rather than a cold detached robot.
5. Social Skill
Having the social skill to be an effective leader has nothing to do with popularity or being silver-tongued. Instead, as Goleman says, social skill includes having the ability to “tune into another person’s feelings and understand how they think about things,” in order to be an effective collaborator, team player, and negotiator. It requires active listening and constant communication.
“Socially savvy, engaged leaders share a set of skills that help protect their organizations from the havoc of sudden, devastating change,” says Meghan M. Biro, founder of talentculture.com. When leaders lack social skill, the workplace tends to fall apart. It’s essential for leaders to interact with everyone and engage in productive conversations about work-related matters.
“How can you expect your organization to be cohesive internally or build a coherent brand externally, unless everyone shows up to ‘represent’?” says Biro. “You don’t need to tweet or send email round-the-clock, but you must be comfortable connecting in person and on social channels.” This makes the leader more socially aware of what is going on within the company, which is invaluable.
Why Emotional Intelligence is Relevant
Emotional intelligence, while a relatively new concept in the business world, has had a huge impact on the way businesses think about the workforce.
According to Entrepreneur contributor Mariah Deleon, “Workers with high emotional quotient are better able to work in teams, adjust to change, and be flexible. No matter how many degrees or other on-paper qualifications a person has, if he or she doesn’t have certain emotional qualities, he or she is unlikely to succeed. As the workplace continues to evolve, making room for new technologies and innovations, these qualities may become increasingly important.”
John Mayer and Peter Salovey's work with emotional intelligence has transformed the way leadership is measured. Learning how you measure up will help you become a more effective leader.
Emotional intelligence is a fairly thorough measurement to use to find how effective a leader you can be, but there are a few other considerations as well.
The greatest leaders are the ones with honesty and integrity. A team cannot function at its best if there is no trust.
“In leadership, honesty is an important virtue, as leaders serve as role models for their subordinates,” says boundless.com. Leadership lacking in integrity breeds duplicity in the workplace, which leads to ineffective communication, low morale, and low productivity.
Honesty lends credibility to the person who has it. If a leader lacks credibility, it will be difficult to guide and manage a team. Employees respect an honest leader, and respect will carry a person a long way — without it, a leader cannot lead.
“Leadership experts Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner find honesty to be the most important trait of effective leaders,” says boundless.com. “In its absence, leaders lack credibility and their ability to influence others is diminished.”
In effect, honesty, being a part of integrity, is the most important trait a leader can possess.
A great leader is a confident leader. No one will freely choose to follow someone who is unsure of themselves and every decision they make. When a leader lacks confidence, it tells others that the leader doesn’t know what is going on or that he or she is incompetent. It’s demoralizing for workers when they have no confidence or faith in leadership, which leads to the destruction of productivity in the workplace.
After taking a calculated look at your own strengths and weaknesses, also consider that there are many different leadership styles. Effective leaders with a high amount of emotional intelligence, honesty, and confidence will still find several different pathways to leadership success.
Robyn Benincasa, writer for Fast Company, outlines six different, effective leadership styles you might gravitate towards.
1. Pacesetting Leader
“The pacesetting leader leads from the front,” says Benincasa. “Rather than mothering employees, the pacesetting leader expects employees to keep up and go above and beyond. The pacesetting style works best when the team is already motivated and skilled, and the leader needs quick results. Used extensively; however, this style can overwhelm team members and squelch innovation.”
There's a time and a place for this type of leadership. The pro is productivity, but the cons are extremely high and sometimes unrealistic expectations.
A great example of a pacesetting leader is the late Steve Jobs, founder of Apple. He had the drive and energy necessary to make Apple what it is today, demanding excellence from his employees because he exuded excellence.
2. Authoritative Leader
An authoritative leader has a keen ability to focus his or her team while lending them the freedom to achieve the ends by their own means.
Benincasa says, “The authoritative style works best when the team needs a new vision because circumstances have changed, or when explicit guidance is not required. Authoritative leaders inspire an entrepreneurial spirit and vibrant enthusiasm for the mission. It is not the best fit when the leader is working with a team of experts who know more than him or her.”
Authoritative leaders inspire by casting the mission in terms of a vision to be achieved. They are hands-off, giving more inspiration than guidance.
A great example of an authoritative leader is Virgin’s CEO Richard Branson. A rock-star persona and an unquenchable spirit for adventure and entrepreneurship have been his defining style.
3. Affiliative Leader
Affiliative leaders above all create a sense of community. “The affiliative style works best in times of stress when teammates need to heal from a trauma, or when the team needs to rebuild trust,” says Benincasa. “This style should not be used exclusively, because a sole reliance on praise and nurturing can foster mediocre performance and a lack of direction.”
Every team needs positive reinforcement now and then, and affiliative leaders excel at this.
A great example of this style is embodied in New York Yankees manager Joe Torre. During their 1999 championship season, Torre e offered his players the emotional support needed to guide the team through a troublesome year of stressful games and team personnel issues.
4. Coaching Leader
The coaching leader fosters a future powerhouse team. According to Benincasa, “The coaching style works best when the leader wants to help teammates build lasting personal strengths that make them more successful overall. It is least effective when teammates are defiant and unwilling to change or learn, or if the leader lacks proficiency.”
The coaching leader is a transformative leader, bringing out the best in team players who can’t see their full potential.
Great examples of this style can be seen in its namesake: athletic coaches. Athletic coaches show athletes their full potential, pushing them to heights they could not realize by themselves.
5. Coercive Leader
The coercive leader has one way of doing things, and all employees must follow this way or get out. Benincasa states, “The coercive style is most effective in times of crisis, such as in a company turnaround or a takeover attempt, or during an actual emergency like a tornado or a fire. This style can also help control a problem teammate when everything else has failed. However, it should be avoided in almost every other case because it can alienate people and stifle flexibility and inventiveness.”
Coercive leaders are people of action who demand that others follow exact instructions.
Great examples of this style can be seen in great military leaders such as Napoleon Bonaparte and George Patton. Their quick decision-making skills were crucial to their success on and off the battlefield.
6. Democratic Leader
“The democratic leader gets everyone involved and in agreement,” Benincasa says. “The democratic style is most effective when the leader needs the team to buy into or have ownership of a decision, plan, or goal, or if he or she is uncertain and needs fresh ideas from qualified teammates. It is not the best choice in an emergency situation, when time is of the essence for another reason, or when teammates are not informed enough to offer sufficient guidance to the leader.”
Big decisions are often met with success from this style of leadership, since the leader has garnered a great deal of support and input from subordinates.
A great example of this style is John F. Kennedy. His style was laissez-faire, letting experts in their respective fields offer quality input and run their own spheres of influence.
More Factors for Success
Emotional intelligence has five different components and there are six different types of leaders. Between them, the type of leader you are can be a very specific plot on a vast plane. Keep in mind that no one style is inherently better than the other.
Now that you’ve identified your own qualities and determined which style of leadership fits you best, consider the following skills and qualities, and adapt them into your repertoire.
Practicing Effective Communication
A leader can’t lead others to success if he or she cannot communicate effectively and clearly. “Effective communication is an essential component of professional success whether it is at the interpersonal, intergroup, intragroup, organizational, or external level,” says Forbes contributing writer Mike Myatt.
There is a difference between speaking and communicating. If the message is not heard, then communication has failed.
Great communicators understand that in order to get the message across, you must know how to reach your audience. Many business meetings have fallen on deaf ears because the speaker did not know how to connect with the audience.
Begin with building trust with your peers and subordinates. “When people have the sense that a leader is worthy of their trust, they will invest time and take risks in ways they never would if their leader had a reputation built upon poor character or lack of integrity,” says Myatt. If your audience has no reason to believe you, they won’t bother to listen to you.
Engage your audience in a personal manner. Get emotional about what you’re speaking about. Emotion invites people to listen and creates strong feelings toward the subject matter. If a speaker is droning on with distanced disinterest, the audience will pick up on that and have no interest themselves.
Good leaders know how to convey important information to their subordinates. Good leaders have open channels of communication and foster sincere relationships with those that they work with in order to maintain effective communication.
Embracing Humility
Being humble means being open to feedback and openly listening to others’ views and opinions. A humble leader is a good leader. According to the Harvard Business Review, showing humility is "one of four critical leadership factors for creating an environment where employees from different demographic backgrounds feel included.”
Humble leaders don’t shy away from their mistakes, but rather use them as tools for teachable lessons. They don’t talk down to or act condescendingly toward others. Instead, they openly converse with their subordinates. In doing this, the leader shows that it’s okay to be human, and that they are relatable.
According to Inc.com contributing writer Jessica Stillman, “One study of Fortune 1000 executives found that one important factor that lifted leaders from 'good to great' was modesty.’”
Great leaders know when to give others the chance to lead and step up to the plate and are never too prideful to let their fellow employees’ skills shine. Humbleness in leadership creates a more close-knit team environment and encourages others to branch out of their comfort zones, which is important to the success of a group that works together.
Leading by Example
Leading by example is arguably one of the most important things a strong leader can do. A leader that does what he or she asks of others, is a leader that holds respect in the eyes of their peers and subordinates. When a leader does the opposite of what is being asked of others, it creates dissension in the workplace and productivity plummets.
“Good leadership takes strength of character and a firm commitment to do the right thing, at the right time, for the right reason,” says Mindtools.com contributing writer Bruna Martinuzzi. “This means doing what you say when you say it. If your team can't trust you, you'll probably never lead them to greatness.”
A great leader naturally has the work ethic that is expected of others and won’t lower his or her standards. Leaders that are lazy, or don’t exceed expectations, usually don’t stick around for very long. If the team is failing, the leader is failing.
Being Productive
It is essential for you to be productive. There is no such thing as a great unproductive leader — the two terms are contradictory. Productive leaders do many things, but most importantly they are focused. A productive leader is aware of what problems need to be solved and has a plan in place for how to solve them.
“If you keep the problem front and center, you exponentially increase your effectiveness,” says J.D. Meier, author of Getting Results the Agile Way. “It helps you prioritize. It helps you focus. It helps you bring in the right help. It helps you ask the right questions.”
Strong leaders know that their time is priceless and that in order to achieve the best results, they must fully maximize their productivity.
Productivity is intentional and structured. In order to maximize productivity, leaders delegate in order to avoid burnout. They also know that employees should be directing most of their time and energy toward their strengths. Natural passion and talent will always achieve better results than a struggling, disinterested worker.
"Know your purpose and what the desired outcome is,” says Meier. “By keeping these two things in mind, you will avoid wasting time on menial tasks that won’t make an impact on the bottom line. Share your ‘why’ with others. It’s contagious. The most unproductive teams I know have no purpose. They have no juice. They have no joy. They do work, and every bit of work is a chore.”
Knowing and sharing your why with others is an effective and powerful way to stay productive.
Keeping Employees Focused
Keeping employees focused can be a challenge, especially during difficult times, and strong leaders know just how to do it. People lose focus when they stop caring and emotionally check out. It’s not enough for employees to show up on time every day — if they are not emotionally invested in their work, then they are not serving a purpose.
“The secret of getting people more engaged in their work is for their leaders to become more engaged with them,” says Forbes contributor Lisa McLeod. “That means being willing to show up emotionally as well as intellectually.”
Take the time to acknowledge people in a personal way. Consider adding a personal approach: “I really appreciate you (insert name) and the way you brighten up the place with your good attitude.” This is something meaningful that you can say that won’t sound like the typical workplace edict.
Employees are not machines that can function without human interaction. Engaging emotionally fills every human’s innate desire for connection. “Meaningful connections provide people with the internal fortitude they need to stay productive during tough times,” says McLeod. Good leaders have the emotional intelligence to provide this for their people.
Relying on the Experts in Your Team
No one is an expert on everything, and every great leader knows this. “Recognize and know your limitations,” says decision-making-solutions.com. “Having experts work for you frees you to spend your time where you can best add value. Allowing the professional to make the decisions where they have the knowledge leads to greater productivity. Shared decision making enables you to get what you paid for — better results at a lower overall cost.”
Good leaders know their weaknesses and seek the help of experts to counterbalance them.
Relying on experts doesn’t mean you pass responsibility onto somebody else, it means you know your limits and are willing to seek guidance. Decisions and outcomes will always be the leader's responsibility, no matter what qualified person may have advised them. Strong leaders are informed, ask questions, and take responsibility.
Delegating When Needed
In order for a leader to be successful, it is vital to know what and when to delegate. “Delegation is assigning responsibility and authority to someone in order to complete a clearly defined and agreed upon task while you retain ultimate responsibility for its success,” says ncsu.edu. "Delegation incorporates empowering your teammates through effective leadership, and may be directed in any direction and used in any organization.”
By delegating, you ensure that everything will operate smoothly and efficiently.
Efficiency is created when a task is delegated to someone with the relevant skills for the job. When everyone on a team is assigned a task that is well-suited to their skills, they operate more effectively as a whole, allowing leadership to focus on the bigger picture and what the next move for the team will be.
It may be tempting for those who like to control everything to continue to micromanage their team and responsibilities, but a strong leader knows that the key to succeeding at the job is allowing others to manage the little things. Proper delegation also helps to relieve pressure and stress on the leadership position, which is an invaluable benefit for such a taxing job.
Giving Positive Feedback
Giving positive feedback is one of the most important things an effective leader can do. Providing positive feedback is an excellent tool for coaching and motivating others. Take the time to let someone know that they are doing a good job. This not only shows that you care, but that you are paying attention to their performance and that you appreciate their hard work.
“Feedback can be a simple yet powerful motivational tool,” says bookboonglobal.com. “Just by praising people for what they have done, leaders can have a galvanizing effect. It’s strange that something so effective, yet simple, is so rarely or poorly done.”
You can give positive feedback in two easy steps. First, look for the actions you want to see from your employees. Then, after you identify those positive behaviors, when you see them being done, point them out and praise each individual for a job well done.
When leadership only provides critical or negative feedback (or no feedback at all), it only serves to lower the morale of the workplace and the employees. This is why it’s so important to provide feedback that praises desirable behaviors.
Got any other tips for being an effective leader? Take the lead and let us know about them in the comments below.
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BBC News: Hamas releases British journalist in Gaza
Paul Martin, the British broadcast journalist detained in the Gaza strip on charges of espionage, has been released by Hamas, the BBC reports today.
Hamas, which runs the enclave, has not filed any charge against him in court but said it was deporting him because it “believed him to be guilty”.
Full story at this link…
This entry was posted in Editors' pick, Press freedom and ethics and tagged Gaza, Hamas, paul martin on March 11, 2010 by Judith Townend.
IFJ / NUJ call for release of detained British journalist in Gaza
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) are calling for the Gaza authorities to release British freelance journalist, Paul Martin.
The arrest and detention yesterday [Monday] of documentary filmmaker Paul Martin came as he was about to give evidence at a military tribunal. His detention was a “shocking violation of journalists’ rights” according to the IFJ, who demanded his immediate released.
Full post at this link…
This entry was posted in Editors' pick, Online Journalism, Press freedom and ethics and tagged Gaza, Hamas, ifj, nuj, paul martin on February 17, 2010 by Judith Townend.
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Helena Liu
Leadership for a divided world
In the 2020 US election, a record 75,401,434 people and counting turned out to vote the incumbent president out of office. This close and protracted race is a reminder that Trump and his base are far from a peripheral minority.
Trump’s rise to power in 2016 signalled a backlash to diversity that all of us around the world still need to reckon with. His presidency was in part a reaction to his Black predecessor and the public perception that so-called ‘minorities’ have gained too much power in the United States. Trump’s rallying cries from “build the wall” to “lock her up” emboldened the racist and misogynistic hatred that had been lurking beneath a veneer of political correctness.
The resistance against diversity could also be seen in the workplace. Famous examples like James Damore at Google reflect the contempt that some workers feel towards a diversifying labour force. Typically (though not always), the backlash comes from cis-gender straight able-bodied white men who believe they have been left behind in a changing world. They accuse corporate diversity as upending the right order of things when in reality, diversity initiatives have made very modest improvements on the material conditions of marginalised workers.
My own country of Australia follows trends in the United States and United Kingdom where a growing number of people insist that diversity initiatives in organisations have disadvantaged white workers. With an amnesia of colonisation and a denial of structural racism, one in three young Australians believe that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are given an unfair advantage by the government.
In the face of such division, can leadership be exercised towards creating a more hospitable world?
In a new book, I confront the ways both political and organisational leadership are by and large about the preservation of prevailing sexual, racial, imperial, and class hierarchies. The 2020 US election was a significant ideological battle, yet neither of the two major party candidates represented radical change.
Like political leaders, organisational leaders are bound within capitalist imperatives of performance, productivity, and profit. The last four decades of leadership theorising have produced endless models from charismatic, visionary, and transformational leadership to authentic, spiritual, and servant leadership. Each new model is touted as the key to employee control and financial success for powerful elites.
Social transformation, or so it seems, is never on the table.
I turn away from the traditional models of leadership in the book and study what leading looks like among those who have historically been marginalised from positions of authority.
I trace what might be described as anti-racist feminist interventions through the complex and varied communities of Black, Indigenous, Latinx/Chicanx, Middle Eastern, and Asian women. The intellectualism, art, and activism of women of colour have developed revolutionary principles for grassroots leadership — principles grounded in solidarity, love, and justice.
Solidarity seeks to build bridges between marginalised people, finding interconnections in our struggles for social justice without presupposing that our experiences of oppression are the same. Popular feminism in our era remains stuck in narrow views of ‘equality’, where many highly privileged white women pursue positions of leadership for themselves, then perpetuate economic and neocolonial exploitation with their power along with heterosexist, transphobic, racist, and ableist harms.
Solidarity as an ethical and political goal means recognising that we all have a stake in dismantling imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist, and patriarchal systems of oppression. Anti-racist feminist leadership is not leadership-as-usual in minority packaging.
How might we then make love the foundation of leadership? Anti-racist feminist movements have redefined love as combining acknowledgment, care, responsibility, and a commitment to human and nonhuman life within the natural environment. This ethic of love is grounded in the need to change the systems of power that enable gender, sexual, racial, and class domination towards a radical engagement with diversity.
Life in the margins has meant that those committed to anti-racist feminist principles have had to develop radical ways to advance the ideals of social justice. Honouring their legacies and learning from their wisdoms may be the first step towards a more hospitable world.
In the wake of the 2020 US election, we cannot be complacent in a false sense of comfort that justice has been won. Trump may be defeated after his first term, but his 70,902,822 voting supporters at the time of this article’s writing represent an important cross-section of the most powerful nation in the world — not an aberration. They are no monolith, but we must recognise and take seriously their fear and anger; sentiments that are also felt within the workplace.
Biden’s leadership faces enormous challenges in a bitterly divided country. With these battles ahead, we need solidaristic, loving, and redemptive possibilities for leadership more than ever.
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This blog post is based on the book Redeeming Leadership: An Anti-Racist Feminist Intervention, Bristol University Press
The post expresses the views of its author(s), not the position of LSE Business Review or the London School of Economics.
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Helena Liu is a senior lecturer at UTS Business School, Sydney, Australia. Her research critiques the gendered, racialised, and classed nature of our enduring romance with leadership. Her first book, Redeeming Leadership, was published in 2020 with Bristol University Press. In her spare time, she blogs about intersectional feminism at Disorient.
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How to make your long-distance relationship work
Helen Brown
Managing Editor, Bisnis Asia
Finding a suitable business partner, like most aspects of doing business, takes effort and time.
It is also the first shift in mindset Australian businesses will need to understand if they are to succeed, especially in an Asian market.
"There is simply no substitute for getting on a plane and meeting someone.”
Finding a good and trusted partner can help a business navigate regulatory changes, better understand consumer sentiment and assist in a competitive market with different cultural and business norms.
A good business partner knows the missteps to avoid when it comes to tricky issues, from the mundane such as cultural practices to the serious such as corruption - while understanding government policy trends.
In my experience, Australian businesses don’t understand how valuable this relationship is and how to go about finding someone. However there are steps they can take.
The first step is to commit to creating a genuine partnership. And again, this takes time and effort.
Businesses should take a curious approach, talking and learning, and seeing where different ideas may work. Learn about the potential partner’s background and the work they have put into their own business.
It would be easy to think you are alone. But for businesses going into a market in South East Asia or China for the first time, resources are available to find people to talk to about possible partnerships.
Reaching out to the Australian government trade offices (Austrade) in the local region creates access to local staff who are highly knowledgeable about industries and key contacts. They can suggest where there could be a business match.
Add to that the many private consulting businesses (with on-the ground experience) which help guide the process and steer parties together in a constructive way.
There is a lot of talk about the value of face-to-face conversations, especially in a country like Indonesia where it is essential.
There is simply no substitute for getting on a plane and meeting someone - especially for traditional industries.
Newer industries, fueled by young entrepreneurs, can kick-start a conversation a different way and are comfortable with distance. However in the end there is nothing more powerful than taking the time and effort to meet someone.
Taking a step into the Indonesian market is a bold move, especially as a first foray into the country. However Pnors Technology was looking for ways to grow the company and a new chairman with Indonesian experience opened the possibility.
CEO Paul Gallo had to overcome his own, and a common Australian perception, that Indonesia was unsafe and dangerous. He has since made many trips to meet potential partners, learn about where the technology could be used, and start to understand a complex nation.
“In Asia, it’s very important to build a relationship," Gallo says. "It’s even more important than having those products. Effective relationship building is very, very important as well as face-to-face interaction.”
Gallo travelled in-country with two Indonesia-based Australian affiliates, an adviser and the chairman to help him navigate the new territory and build an effective relationship. He relied on his affiliates to maintain the business relationship when he could not be there.
After entering the market alone, Pnors has now signed on two customers in the region. Gallo suggests finding a good partner early on was a smart business strategy.
Looking back, Gallo says he would not have gone into the region alone.
“I would find a suitable partner because then you can go to market much quicker," he says.
Although Pnors entered the market with an idea of where its technology would be of most use, they then found it could actually be applied elsewhere, in a sector that was more willing to take it on.
An achievement for a company that committed itself to meeting people and creating relationships.
When considering a move into a new country, it’s helpful to understand the background of a company, its people and its credentials. This is exactly the same for an overseas business looking in to Australia.
This may take longer than expected due to the different complexities of business in the region.
Reaching out to private advisory firms, including legal and financial, can help provide background information and detect possible hurdles, especially in keeping the business aligned with the laws of both countries.
There are also a growing number of Australians who have lived and worked in Asia and have incredible capability and networks, the true value of which many Australian businesses do not yet recognise or understand.
However, it’s important for businesses that have met a potential partner and found what seemed like an enthusiastic opportunity to make sure it doesn’t quickly slide away.
Large and well-organised trade delegations may be great for making initial introductions but not so good on the follow-up. Some extra help may be required.
Once a potential relationship has started and feels right, it is vital not to let it slip. It can take multiple visits and calls to maintain a relationship to the point where the business is actually on the table.
A senior trade official in Asia once remarked, "a third of our time is spent dealing with problems, usually through miscommunication with partners".
This may not always be physically possible but there are other culturally meaningful ways to stay in touch and develop trust and respect.
Finding a partner with a shared intent, who has similar values and a shared vision, can help pave the way to a stronger presence in-country.
For some, this seems like too much trouble; all that time and money on an opportunity cost for an unknown return.
However by getting to know someone, in market, the opportunities will become clearer.
ANZ’s 2017 Opportunity Asia Report indicates 33 per cent of Australian businesses preferred a joint venture method of market entry into Asia.
In the report, about a third of businesses with established Asian businesses entered the market via joint ventures or through direct exporting.
However, 47 per cent of businesses planning to commence exporting list joint ventures for establishing Asian operations as their primary choice.
Joint ventures can lower barriers to entry with lower establishment costs, less hassle and the joint venture partner can provide a better understanding of the local market and customer base.
They also enable Australian businesses to access local finances, human capital and other resources while spreading business risk across other companies in the event the business is unsuccessful.
The 2018 ANZ Opportunity Asia Report is due to be released in October 2018.
Helen Brown is managing editor at Bisnis Asia and a former Indonesian correspondent for the ABC and regular commentator on the region.
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REVIEW: Fujitsu Stylistic Q550
The market is overflowing with consumer tablets, but it’s only recently that IT manufacturers have started to target corporate users with devices more suitable to business use.
Sure Apple’s iPad has made its way in the travel bags of many executives—along with the iPhone—but it’s not the right tool for content creation on the go. This is where Windows 7 and Android tablets are showing their competence, allowing users to work on spreadsheets, databases, presentations, text documents and custom applications almost as comfortably as with a laptop—but without the bulk and lengthy boot times.
Panasonic hopes its Android-based Toughbook Tablet will be the answer for those people seeking a ruggedised tablet alternative, while Lenovo’s ThinkPad Tablet includes several business-oriented features that answers the call for a professional, durable, secure, IT-deployable tablet. Then there’s Dell with its Latitude ST Tablet and Motion Computing with its specialised ruggedised tablets for field professionals.
Not to be outdone by the growing number of devices hitting the market, Fujitsu’s Stylistic Q550 (£624 ex. VAT) exploits the Japanese company’s impressive foothold in the enterprise market by offering most of the features a highly mobile corporate user requires. Sure the company has a water-defying tablet coming early next year, but the soon-to-launch Arrows Tab F-01D has no stylus and runs Google’s Android operating system?a no-no for businesses locked into Windows applications.
Building on Fujitsu’s long heritage of creating tablet PCs for professional and business users, the Stylistic Q550 (275×192x162mm) builds in security from the ground up, so that it meets the most stringent security requirements of governments and businesses. It meets enterprise mobile computing demands and integrates seamlessly into existing infrastructures thanks to the use of Microsoft Windows 7 operating system (32-bit only).
Windows 7 isn’t the best operating system for touchscreens?the Stylistic Q550 relies on the tethered stylus?but additional licensing and rollout costs are capped since the Stylistic Q550 uses the same software already deployed in enterprise infrastructures. Software licensing really is a big deal for corporates and shouldn’t be overlooked, nor should the ability to deploy the Stylistic Q550 without having to make changes to existing Windows environment security resources and operations management systems.
Moreover, Fujitsu has engineered the Stylistic Q550 to incorporate a variety of technologies—such as fingerprint authentication, smart card reader, embedded security chip, and encrypted SSD—that enable the development of even more robust security systems, an essential feature for enterprise customers.
The Stylistic Q550 is further distinguished by a full work-day battery runtime of around 10 hours using the optional high-capacity battery (the regular battery lasts around 4.5 hours) and an anti-glare 10.1-inch screen (1280×800) that allows for use both indoors and outdoors.
Furthermore, in terms of maintenance, the battery is removable and the overall unit weighs only 690g when a standard battery is inserted (the high capacity battery raises the machine’s weight to 840g). Connectivity comes through the inclusion of 802.11n/a/g WLAN, Bluetooth 3.0 and optional mobile broadband 3G/UMTS, enabling the sharing of documents and e-mail management on the move.
Entering data onto the Stylistic Q550 is relatively painless as it combines a multiple touch interface with a pressure-sensitive pen input. The Stylistic Q550 automatically recognises when users are working with a pen, allowing them to rest their hand on the screen when writing. Built-in handwriting recognition software converts input to text. When the pen is not in use, the Stylistic Q550 automatically readjusts to touch.
Power of the pen
The Stylistic Q550 isn’t the most powerful tablet thanks to Intel’s single-core 1.5GHz Atom Z670 processor, codenamed “Oak Trail”, and integrated on-die graphics. But it runs typical Windows applications relatively effortlessly, helped along by the silently-operating SSD (32-, 64- or 128GB).
Try to run high-end creative applications like video-editing and CAD/CAM, however, and it struggles. Having just 2GB of non-expandable memory doesn’t help. The back-facing 1.3-megapixel camera comes in handy for product shots and site assessments and the front-facing VGA (640×480) camera is adequate for low-resolution videoconferencing in a bright room.
A major benefit of the Stylistic Q550 is that is houses regular I/O connectivity, allowing users to attach typical PC peripherals. There is a single USB 2.0 port, HDMI-out, smartcard slot, 3.5mm headphone jack and stereo microphones on the left side of the machine, along with an SDHC card reader and fingerprint reader at the back. Noticeably absent from the list of connections is Ethernet.
The right side of the machine accommodates the power button, a dedicated Wi-Fi switch and separate buttons to launch a software keyboard, toggle the screen between portrait/landscape, and launch the Windows log-in screen. There are also two LEDs indicating battery and on/off status. Along the bottom edge (in landscape mode) is the power connector, a speaker grille and a connector for the optional docking station, which doubles as a stand.
Infinity Lounge
Fujitsu has improved the usability of the Stylistic Q550 by providing a graphical overlay for Windows 7 called Infinity Lounge. Sporting the look and feel of an iOS or Android device, Infinity Lounge is accessed by dragging down a tab that sits at the top centre of the main Windows 7 screen, or by clicking the link on the Windows Start Menu. The interface is adjustable to landscape and portrait mode and offers access to e-mails and calendar information (amongst others) without opening Outlook.
Moreover, additional widgets include an RSS reader, note taker, Internet browser and calculator. Infinity Lounge also provides quick access to altering the screen’s brightness and volume levels, checking on battery life and Wi-Fi connection. Users can switch from the Windows Desktop to the Fujitsu Infinity Lounge or vice versa with just one click. Infinity Lounge also offers a toolbox area that allows users to choose a desktop wallpaper, launch the Web camera software, access all the installed applications, and call up the Windows Control Panel.
Unlike Apple’s iPad, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab or the other line-up of tablets found in your local PC World retail store, the Stylistic Q550 is firmly aimed at the enterprise market. Pitched at businesses seeking a rugged tablet device that can effortlessly slot onto their network, Windows 7 is the proven choice for businesses looking for a device that integrates effortlessly onto their network. With Windows 7, users get enterprise manageability, security, as well as the ability to run the applications used within organisations?such as Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer.
However, unlike Panasonic and Motion tablets, the Stylistic Q550 is not suited to ‘challenging conditions’ such as aviation, construction, field service and public safety. And unlike tablets from Panasonic and Motion Computing, the Stylistic Q550 doesn’t support a wide range of work accessories, such as vehicle mounting, ergonomic hands-free holsters, or swipe card readers. On the plus side, the Stylistic Q550 is definitely a well built and well supported (Fujitsu’s enterprise pedigree is renowned) tablet that could find its way into many workplaces due to its well-rounded business design considerations.
The Stylistic Q550 is a robust device, despite being plastic, and is easy to use thanks to the familiarity of Windows and Fujitsu’s Infinity Lounge. Our biggest gripe is that there’s no housing for the stylus?it attaches via a lanyard and hangs perilously when not used. The Windows 7 operating system integrates perfectly with existing IT infrastructures and the Stylistic Q550’s security features such as Fingerprint Sensor, SmartCard slot and optional TPM will protect a business’s valuable information. Overall, the Stylistic Q550 is a good choice for corporates.
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Let’s end racism. Together.
At Modere, we believe that everyone deserves equal opportunity and a chance to succeed. For this reason, it has been all the more deeply troubling to witness the events that have unfolded over the last couple of weeks.
As a global citizen and company, Modere has always strived to lead by example. We believe that any behavior, actions and policies rooted in injustice should be condemned, and we believe in leveraging our platform to help facilitate positive change. In fact, it’s just not enough to condemn such behavior or not tolerate it within our own walls – we must take action to ensure that it doesn’t exist in our world.
To start, we’ve committed to put the following into practice:
Make a significant contribution to nonprofit organizations that champion human rights and fight against racism, police brutality and discrimination.
Evaluate and ensure that our employment practices and compensation structure are free of statistical racial or gender bias.
Establish an Inclusion & Equity Council – both at the corporate level and amongst the sales field.
Create a formal mentorship program for women and minorities, to facilitate career development and leadership positions.
Support black-, minority-, and women-owned businesses as key stakeholders with our company.
At times like these, I am comforted by how aptly our company values and principles serve to guide as our navigational beacon. For example, being Humble requires us to listen to marginalized voices, including black, Hispanic, indigenous and minority communities. It requires us to understand that while the small gestures we make to effect change are important, they’re only the beginning. Being Disruptive calls us to fearlessly speak, act and lead in challenging prejudice and institutionalized discrimination. Being Authentic compels us to uphold the same values with integrity in every context, regardless of visibility or acknowledgment.
Most importantly, being Compassionate inherently obligates us to take action. Mere empathy falls short. What does this mean? In addition to the initiatives outlined above, Modere encourages you to engage in the dialogue, talk about how these behaviors and practices are unacceptable, and discuss what you can do personally to help promote healing and advance change. Seek to educate yourselves and call out injustice when you see it. We can’t remain silent anymore.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had uncomfortable but imperative conversations about racial equity on a daily basis with our teams all over the world. I find the most common questions relate to not knowing what to say, or fear of judgment. We need everyone to participate and take action, not to allow shame or apprehension to prevent them from stepping up. Let’s draw the line in the sand here and focus on working together to eradicate the undeniable racism that still persists. We invite all companies, communities and individuals – especially those who may have neglected to act in the past – to join us in this cause, now more than ever.
I am proud to say that our executive management represents diversity in many ways, standing today at 50% women. We serve a global audience in our salesforce and among our loyal customers. Still, it’s not enough. We can do so much better, and we are committed to doing more, to actively supporting our marginalized communities, and to leveraging our resources and global influence to create meaningful long-term solutions.
As I am currently in Washington DC, I will attend the peaceful protests today in honor of George Floyd, and the countless lives we’ve lost to racialized violence. More than a gesture, it’s a pledge that we at Modere will not tolerate injustice, but will keep listening, learning and striving to create a kinder, safer and more equitable society for everyone.
Asma Ishaq
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Grasse – homeland of the perfume
By France.fr , Published: 29 October 2019, 09:07
© OT Grasse
About 20 kilometers north of Cannes it stretches from 100 meters to 1,000 meters above sea level - Grasse, the capital of the perfume. Welcome!
From the narrow streets of the old city center to buildings from the 17th and 18th century, followed by elegant 19th-century mansions with secret gardens. Or the many vantage points with amazing views, making you understand why Grasse is also known as the Mediterranean balcony.
In spite of its proximity to the French Riviera, you will feel that the city's connection to Provence is much stronger – or maybe it even makes you think about Tuscany when you visit the city with the many exhibitions and rich history that often involves perfume.
It is here, among the international companies that extract raw materials, le "centre de formation des nez" (training the upcoming perfume designers), the International Perfume Museum, Fragonard, Molinard and Galimard's factories as well as the many small concept stores, you will discover the world's history of perfume. In addition, maybe also its secrets and mysteries.
Visitors arriving in summer can relax in sunbeds while enjoying the fragrance from special atomizers. Alternatively, what about finding your new fragrance in one of the many specialty stores under the old glass roof in Fragonard's historic factory - it is a must-try!
A good idea changed everything
This is the place many of the mythical perfumes in history have been created for Rochas, Dior, Chanel ... Today Grasse has become the kingdom of perfume, but in the Middle Ages Grasse's specialty was tanning leather. However, to overcome the strong smell of leather, the local tanner Galimard got the idea of creating scented leather gloves. He offered a pair to Catherine de Médici, who immediately loved the idea.
The new fashion spread quickly at the French court and afterward to the upper class. A lot of orders were made and led to the tanners becoming glove perfumers. And gradually they completely forgot about the leather and concentrated completely on the production of perfumes instead.
The special flowers in the Grasse area such as Lavender, myrtle, roses, orange flowers, mimosas and above all jasmine - the city's mythical flower - became local treasures. From the production of the natural raw material to the manufacturing of extract - all the knowledge and technology can be found here today. Major brands like Chanel even have their very own fields of roses and jasmine in Grasse, which are used exclusively for their own production of extract.
Office du Tourisme de Grasse
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Part III: Pitcher's Duel [by Dean Smith]
The essence of the rivalry between the Orioles and the Yankees revealed itself last night. Tense, cerebral, nail-biting, four-hour pitching duels have defined their contests over the past three decades. Add managers Buck Showalter and Joe Girardi into the mix, two of the game's great tacticians and you're in for a satisfying nine course movable feast.
In a season of decent outings and little to show as far as wins for their efforts, C.C. Sabathia and Kevin Gausman hurled gems last night and the game turned on three plays.
In the 4th, the Yankees loaded the bases with one out. With the count full, Gausman uncorked a mid-80s splitter that dove to the bottom of the strike zone. Starlin Castro couldn't hold up and swung at ball four. The game hung in the balance and Castro had the chance to alter it. Brian McCann hit a fly ball to deep center for the final out.
In the bottom of the inning, an error by the rookie right fielder Aaron Judge on a Chris Davis single allowed Mark Trumbo to score from second base.
Sabathia brilliantly worked the edges last night. He relies on location to confuse the hitters -- extending them little-by-little into his zones. He mixes speeds and locations and then sneaks fastballs by hitters. It's difficult to pick up the ball because of his mammoth presence and his ability to hide the pill. He has great success against Baltimore but he made one mistake. In the fifth with two out, Sabathia left a ball up and in the middle of the plate for Adam Jones, who connected for his 26th home run.
Writers often talk about persona. Pitchers are no different. Since losing his Kent Tekulve spectacles and growing a goatee, Kevin Gausman is on a streak of nineteen scoreless innings. He no longer grooves ninety-five mile an hour fastballs down the middle of the plate. His ball bends and darts as it reaches the hitter.
Both teams played solid defense and O's third baseman Manny Machado once again flashed his prowess on a ball hit by Brett Gardner. Orioles closer Zach Britton notched his 42nd consecutive save in preserving the win.
This series is the exact opposite of what happened last week in New York when the Yanks took the first two games. American League East teams spend so much time trying to beat each other, they often lose touch with the rest of baseball where the Cubs, Giants, Dodgers, Rangers, Mets and Nationals lie in wait.
The Orioles gained a game in the Wildcard hunt and crept closer to the division leading Blue Jays.
Only 30,000 fans showed up last night and much has been written including this screed by Thom Loverro in the Washington Times as to why fans aren't going to Oriole games this year. Was it last year's riots that led to the first Major League baseball game ever in any empty stadium? Are the Orioles bad marketers? Are tickets too expensive? It made me recall a moment in Fenway Park during the 1990 playoffs when the Red Sox pulled Roger Clemens after six innings and a one-run lead. Fans headed for the exits. They knew how bad their bullpen was.
There were enough people there for me to hear the boos directed at Mark Teixeira, the Severna Park native and Mt. St. Joe grad who spurned the Orioles offer in 2009. That's now lasted seven years. It's a fickle city--a place where former Oriole pitcher turned Yankee Mike Mussina is referred to as Judas on message boards.
The last two nights, Oriole pitching has shutout the Yankees. Going back to last Sunday's game, the Yankees haven't scored a run against the Orioles in 27 innings. The last time that happened to the Bombers was in 1973. Oriole starters have been untouchable. The lack of off season moves in the pitching department is a sore spot with O's fans but it's being dealt with.
According to some, Baltimore has always been "a football town with a baseball problem." Legendary manager Earl Weaver was jealous of the city's love for the Colts. Take the poet Moira Egan who hails from Baltimore. Moira and I were born in the same hospital only months apart. Our fathers ran the streets of West Baltimore together during the late '50s. She happens to be in town this weekend from Rome, Italy--attending a wedding and partaking in crab feasts.
"I'm more of a football gal, but when I home, I get the O's report every morning," she writes.
She once told me a story about her grandfather Ed Egan who attended St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys a couple of years after Babe Ruth. He somehow ended up with one of Babe's baseball bats.
"He needed an axe handle, so he took that bat and made one."
That's Baltimore.
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Home » Booker Blog | Booker by Mindbody » How Blo Blow Dry Bar Manages Memberships across 100+ Locations
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When CEO Vanessa Yakobson took over Blo Blow Dry Bar in 2009, the fledgling brand had three locations in Toronto. Yakobson realized that the concept of creating runway-ready blowouts at an affordable price was scalable, and grew the business to over 100 locations in less than a decade.
"We had been imagining all these things that we wanted to be able to achieve with push messaging for marketing purposes. And then all of a sudden, Marketing Suite came along and made all of our dreams come true."
- Vanessa Yakobson
Managing more than 100 locations
While growth to that scale is exciting, it presents a unique set of challenges. For example, Blo franchisees offer memberships to their customers, allowing them to come into the salon for two blowouts a month and other benefits. This Mane Squeeze membership allows Blo locations to have recurring revenue, but it also keeps customers engaged. The challenge: Blo wanted to allow members to access their benefits at any Blo location.
To accomplish this, Yakobson and her corporate team need to ensure that prices across geographic regions are in-line with their guidance and that they had a business system that allowed cross-regional memberships to work.
“If we didn’t have the reports from Booker, I don’t know how we would do it. We probably wouldn’t be able to offer this program.”
– Vanessa Yakobson
Centralizing business management
To make this membership system work, Blo uses Booker. With Booker, Yakobson can not only manage the membership program but also see data about memberships across brand locations.
“In terms of what Booker enables us to do, from a scale perspective, it is enormously helpful to be able to develop a membership program at the corporate level and be able to push that out at the location level,” Yakobson said. “We know that we can push that out to the location level without having to rely on those individual locations to make those modifications themselves.”
Because each location uses Booker for day-to-day operations, the Blo corporate office can log in daily and check on the locations to see their scheduling, appointment volume, capacity management, cost control, and sales numbers. This crucial data helps them see everything that's happening—both on a location level and system-wide—so that they can provide coaching and support to help the franchise partners grow.
“Booker gives us that window into our businesses, which would otherwise be impossible,” Yakobson said. “We'd be relying on self-reporting from our franchisees, which would be a nightmare.”
Automating marketing and feedback outreach
While Booker makes it possible to develop its membership program and inventory at the corporate level, it also helps empower Blo locations to get the critical customer feedback they need to ensure a high-quality customer experience.
Since not all clients are comfortable sharing feedback in person, Blo set up automated messaging after every service through Booker's Marketing Suite. This automated campaign collects real-time feedback from customers lets managers and owners address any unhappy customers and celebrate staff members' positive reviews.
Plus, the reviews are attached to the service, so they don't have to remember who helped them and can quickly post to other review sites. With more reviews, each Blo location can strengthen their competitive advantage with an improved online presence and word-of-mouth referrals.
Having everything in one system means that each franchise location can offer a consistent and excellent branded experience. No matter which Blo someone walks into, they'll get the same elevated experience they expect, plus the flexibility to use their memberships and series at any location. Booker takes care of Blo locations' little things, freeing up the staff to focus on helping their customers look and feel their best.
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World Magnetic Model updated
Compasses have been used for several thousand years to determine direction.
They point in the direction of magnetic force at the user’s location, and the direction it points is, more often than not, in a different direction than geographic north (toward the North Pole), a more precise direction is achieved by knowing the angle between them (magnetic declination).
However, declination changes with location and time, and a geomagnetic model is often used to correct for it.
Since the changes in geomagnetic fields are difficult to predict, timely model updates (every 5 years for the WMM) are required for navigational accuracy.
The WMM satisfies all these criteria and is therefore widely used in navigation.
Examples include, but are not limited to, ships, aircraft and submarines.
Magnetometer based attitude (roll and pitch) control is commonly used in aircraft and satellites.
NOAA and British Geological Survey update World Magnetic Model :
Critical changes made to ensure accurate navigation
NOAA officials announced today the World Magnetic Model (WMM), a representation of Earth’s large-scale magnetic field and an indispensable complement to GPS devices used by NATO, the United States and United Kingdom militaries, as well as civil applications ranging from mineral exploration to smartphone apps, has been updated.
Annual rate of change of declination for 2015.0 to 2020.0 from the World Magnetic Model (WMM2015).
Red –easterly change, blue – westerly change, black – zero change.
Contour interval is 1’/year (sixtieth of a degree) up to ± 20’/year,
thereafter 5’/year, and projection is Mercator
Changes in the Earth's outer core trigger unpredictable changes in its magnetic field, an invisible force that extends from Earth's interior to where it meets a stream of charged particles emanating from the Sun.
For example, over the past few decades the North magnetic pole has been drifting toward Siberia at an irregular speed.
This migration can adversely affect the accuracy of navigation if not compensated for by an updated WMM.
Declination (magnetic variation) from the WMM2015
The WMM2015 is a large-scale representation of Earth’s magnetic field.
The blue and red lines indicate the positive and negative difference between where a compass points the compass direction and geographic North.
Green lines indicate zero degrees of declination.
(Credit: NOAA)
“We know the Earth’s magnetic field is constantly changing,” said Stephen Volz, Ph.D., assistant NOAA administrator for NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service.
“But thanks to the environmental intelligence gathered from a wide array of platforms, including satellite observations, we can make vital updates to the World Magnetic Model and ensure the most accurate navigation for commercial applications.”
Estimated WMM2015 declination inaccuracy
without considering crustal and disturbance field contributions.
Global distribution of the declination error provided by the WMM2015 error model
Updated every five years, the WMM, created using satellite observations of the Earth’s magnetic field, provides accurate magnetic field declination, the difference between true north and magnetic north critical for navigational safety.
Scientists continuously survey the magnetic field and can precisely map the present field and its rate of change and then extrapolate changes into the future.
WMM-corrected magnetic compass readings are not subject to ionospheric disturbances and work everywhere, including under the sea and in deep canyons.
Declination in region of North Pole at 2010. from WMM2010
Red -positive (East), blue -negative (West), black -zeroContour interval is 5° and projection is Polar Stereographic
credit : BGS NERC
"Although GPS is a great tool for navigation, it is limited in that it only provides your position. Your orientation, the direction you are facing, comes from the magnetic field," said James Friederich, a geodetic scientist at the U. S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
"Our war fighters use magnetics to orient their maps. Your smartphone camera and various apps can use the magnetic field to help determine the direction you are facing. All of these examples need the WMM to provide your proper orientation."
The WMM is the standard navigation model for the U.S. Department of Defense, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, International Hydrographic Organization and consumer electronics.
For the last 10 years, NOAA’s National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) in Boulder, Colorado, working with the British Geological Survey in Edinburgh, Scotland, has co-developed the WMM on behalf of the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the United Kingdom’s Defence Geographic Centre.
NOAA’s partner, the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Studies (CIRES), contributed key science to this project.
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The 2016 regular golfing season drew to a close on Sunday with Si Woo Kim’s impressive five stroke victory at the Wyndham Championship. This week sees the start of the annual FedEx Cup Playoffs with The Barclays first up at the magnificent Bethpage Black.
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The **top 125 players** in the standings will tee it up in _Farmingdale, New York_ this coming Thursday before the 25 at the bottom of the rankings, post-tournament, are cut. The second playoff event, the _Deutsche Bank Championship_ outside Boston, will have a field of **100 players** and, for the third leg, The _BMW Championship_ in Chicago, we will see the **top 70 golfers** slug it out to secure a place at the **_Tour Championship finale_**.
By the time we descend to Atlanta, and the **East Lake Golf Club**, the field will have been reduced to the **30 golfers** with the highest number of FedEx Cup points. A reseeding takes place prior to the Tour Championship and each remaining player is allocated a number of points in line with their position in the standings. These points are then added to those gained during the tournament and the **winner** is, of course, the player with the **highest total**. History has shown that almost any of those golfers who make the final cut are in with a chance of taking home the lucrative prize for first place.
**Jordan Spieth**, last year’s champion, produced a dominant display to win the **Tour Championship** on his way to claiming the overall prize but there have been rather more ‘left-field’ winners in recent years.
**Billy Horschel** won the Tour Championship in 2014 (and in turn the FedEx Cup) from 69th in the initial standings. Having been one of the final 30 to make it to East Lake he produced a fine display to usurp an off-song Rory McIlroy and pocket almost double his career earnings in that one tournament.
The current FedEx Cup standings boasts **4 career major winners** in the **top 5**. It may not be overly enlightening for us to suggest that the winner could easily come from the quartet of **Jason Day**, **Dustin Johnson**, **Adam Scott** or **Jordan Spieth** – we’ll do it anyway!
**Rory McIlroy** (always worth a mention) sits at a relatively lowly level of 36th and, as things stand, would miss out on the Tour Championship. Expect the Northern Irishman to find his form and make a late charge for the spoils.
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Contemporary infectious exanthems: an update
An exanthem is a skin rash that may be associated with mucous membrane eruption, fever or other symptoms. It may develop as manifestation of an infectious disease or as adverse reaction to drugs. Beside the 'classical exanthems' commonly occurring in childhood, other exanthems, defined as 'atypical' for the different morphology and causal agents, may occur. Among the atypical exanthems with infectious etiology, viral, bacterial, parasitic and helminth infections are implicated. We describe herein etiology and epidemiology of the atypical exanthems caused by infectious agents. In case of exanthem, to make a correct etiological diagnosis is crucial for both the patient and community concerning issues such as time off school, immunizations and risk in pregnancy and immunocompromised individuals.
Drago, F., Ciccarese, G., Gasparini, G., Cogorno, L., Javor, S., Toniolo, A., et al. (2017). Contemporary infectious exanthems: an update. FUTURE MICROBIOLOGY, 12(2), 171-193.
Citazione: Drago, F., Ciccarese, G., Gasparini, G., Cogorno, L., Javor, S., Toniolo, A., et al. (2017). Contemporary infectious exanthems: an update. FUTURE MICROBIOLOGY, 12(2), 171-193.
Tipo: Articolo in rivista - Review Essay
Titolo: Contemporary infectious exanthems: an update
Autori: Drago, F; Ciccarese, G; Gasparini, G; Cogorno, L; Javor, S; Toniolo, A; Broccolo, F
Drago, F
Ciccarese, G (Corresponding)
Gasparini, G
Cogorno, L
Javor, S
Toniolo, A
BROCCOLO, FRANCESCO (Ultimo)
Rivista: FUTURE MICROBIOLOGY
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/fmb-2016-0147
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Carolina Vaccari osteopathbodytonic clinic blog2020-07-10T15:07:05+00:00
Carolina Vaccari D.O at bodytonic clinic
Registered Osteopath & Massage Therapist
Carolina is an Italian trained Osteopath registered with the General osteopathic Council (GOsC) here in the UK. Carolina graduated in September 2014 after attending a 6 years course at the C.E.R.D.O. (Centre for Education, Research & Dissemination of osteopathy) in Rome, Italy. The course itself was amazing and intense training which gave her the fundamental medical knowledge to approach all musculoskeletal problems. It also permitted her to explore the Visceral* and Cranial aspects of osteopathy applicable on patients of any age, from children to adults.
Carolina’s love for Osteopathy developed when she was a teenager back home in Italy. Knowing that she wanted an active job and one which was hands on and not behind a desk, Carolina was told about Osteopathy whilst attending gymnastics training. Ever since she discovered osteopathy Carolina enjoyed it’s philosophy of considering the whole patient and the ability to address the root cause of the injury or pain rather than the symptoms.
“Since I was a teenager I have always loved the idea of working with people. Being able to help and make a contribution to the community is a big passion of mine.”
After graduation Carolina worked at Fisionet Centre in Rome, with a multi-disciplinary team working with orthopaedic problems and sports injuries predominantly. It was at this centre where she gained vital experience and knowledge in injuries prevention and rehabilitation. In addition to the above Carolina has also collaborated with yoga teachers at the Joy centre in Rome, designing workshops and seminars combining Yoga with Osteopathy.
Carolina gained more experience in the Sport environment working as Gymnastics Instructor at the S.S.D. Minnie Gym in Rome for more than 10 years, which gave her the opportunity to start treating athletes aged between 6 and 18 years old. Carolina has been able to combine her competence in sport activities with her job as an osteopath, giving patients from all ages specific exercises aimed to boost the effect of the osteopathic treatment.
In her spare time, Carolina enjoys traveling and has volunteered as an osteopath in South America in 2015 and 2017, working with International osteopaths and improving her social and cultural sensibility.
Due to her studies, my working and volunteering experiences, Carolina combines all three aspects (Structural, Visceral, Cranial) of osteopathy and this combination allows her to approach the patient from a global and holistic point of view.
“I love working as an osteopath and taking this unique viewpoint allows me to adapt and tailor treatment plans to the individual needs of each patient.”
Carolina’s osteopathic approach is not limited to dealing with musculoskeletal conditions, such as lower back or neck pain, but it is also aimed at contributing to manage chronic conditions such as chronic fatigue or chronic headaches, migraines and digestive conditions. Her osteopathic approach varies from joint manipulations to gentle and soft techniques in order to adapt the treatment to the patient’s need which might be different from one person to another, even if the complaint is apparently the same.
Carolina firmly believes osteopathic treatment being a continuous collaboration between the osteopath and the patient. For this reason she usually likes to combine osteopathic treatments with exercises and lifestyle changes to perform, adapt and follow at home in order to make the osteopathic treatment itself more effective and significantly improve its results.
Carolina has attended many CPD lectures and courses during and after her osteopathic studies and these include:
“Osteopathy in Paediatrics & Neonatology” – Post-graduate course, Italy
First Aid Training – Italy
Whilst Carolina is fluent in her native language of Italian, she is also fluent in English and Spanish as well.
*Visceral osteopathic technique or manipulation is a gentle manual therapy aimed at assessing and treating the relationship between the bodies organs (such as the liver and bladder) and other structures such as the ligaments, fascia and muscles that connect to those particular organs.
Carolina is qualified to provide Sports Massage and Deep Tissue Massage.
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Free permits available for those looking for the perfect Crown land Christmas tree
Michael Franklin CTVNewsCalgary.ca Senior Digital Producer
@CTVMFranklin Contact
The Alberta government has rescinded a five-dollar fee for permits to allow residents to cut down their own Christmas trees on Crown land. (Lauren Krugel/THE CANADIAN PRESS)
CALGARY -- The Alberta government is making it a little easier for residents to enjoy a traditional Christmas by eliminating the fee required to cut down Christmas trees on Crown land.
Originally, it cost Albertans five dollars for a permit to cut down up to three trees and harvest a certain amount of firewood from the province's 87 million acres of forest.
Now, obtaining the documentation is completely free of charge.
Officials say the move will save Albertans almost $100,000.
"I hope Albertans take the time to go out with their families to find the perfect Christmas tree this year," said Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Devin Dreeshen in a statement.
"Alberta has so much to offer and we’re blessed to live in the most free and open place in the world."
The Personal Use Forest Products permit is valid for 30 days and must be held by at least one member of a family who sets out onto one of the province's 10 designated forest areas.
Depending on the options selected by the permit holder, the document allows the harvesting of:
Three Christmas trees (under 2.5 metres in height)
Five cubic metres of firewood (approximately three level truckloads)
Five cubic metres of roundwood (for fence posts and rails)
20 tree transplants
While the permits are free to obtain, the province says it's important to remember it is still required by law to secure a permit before any harvesting can take place.
It is also limited to personal use only, so all timber collected with the permit should not be sold to others.
Anyone caught harvesting trees without a permit or selling Crown timber is considered to be breaking the law.
Penalties range from $50 to several thousand, depending on the amount of timber harvested.
Apply for a Personal Use Forest Products permit
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Kenney's approval rating continues to slide as pandemic progresses: poll
Ryan White CTVNewsCalgary.ca Senior Digital Producer/Digital Lead
@CTVRyanWhite Contact
Published Tuesday, December 1, 2020 10:18AM MST Last Updated Tuesday, December 1, 2020 12:44PM MST
CALGARY -- The recently released results of a new poll suggests the majority of Canadian premiers are being lauded for their performance during the pandemic with noticeable exceptions in Alberta and Manitoba.
According to the Angus Reid Institute's Premiers' Performance Survey, Jason Kenney's approval rating has fallen from the summer of 2019 through this fall.
In June 2019, Alberta's premier had a 61 per cent approval rating. As of November 2020, his approval rating had dipped to 40 per cent.
Kenney's November approval rating bested only Brian Pallister's in the ranking of premiers. The Manitoba premier had a 32 per cent approval rating.
Kenney has been criticized over his government's response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic — including the refusal to mandate mask use in Alberta while other provinces have adopted the practice — and his recent comments regarding the need for South Asians to reduce social contacts that came as hundreds attended anti-mask protests in Alberta's largest cities.
Jason Kenney's approval rating from June '19 through November '20 (Angus Reid Institute)
The poll found the premiers with the strongest ratings are B.C.'s John Horgan and Quebec's Francois Legault, who both garnered 64 per cent approval.
The self-commissioned, online survey was conducted by the Angus Reid Institute during the week of Nov. 24 from a representative randomized sample of 5,003 Canadian adults who are members of the Angus Reid Forum.
The poll has a margin of error of +/- 1.4 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
Premier approval ratings as of December 2020 according to the results of an Angus Reid Institute poll (Angus Reid Institute)
Calgary's South Asian community demands premier apologize after 'wake up call' comments
Kenney: Tougher mask law would create a 'backlash' and cause some rural Albertans to unmask
Approval for Alberta government pandemic response lowest in Canada
Kenney approval rating drops along with COVID-19 concerns
Alta. sets new daily record with 1,733 COVID-19 cases, Dr. Hinshaw 'alarmed' with rise
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Trouble In Toyland
35th Annual Toy Safety Report
A Report by U.S. PIRG Education Fund
Written by Grace Brombach, U.S. PIRG Education Fund
This year marks the 35th anniversary of our Trouble in Toyland report, which helps parents and caregivers spot toy hazards and offers advice to keep kids safer. As we approach the ninth month of the COVID-19 pandemic, many parents and caregivers in the United States still work from home while their kids participate in virtual learning. With siblings of all ages playing and spending more time together and parents juggling responsibilities with limited support, some dangerous toys are more difficult to supervise, and others are better left out of the home altogether.
2020 TOY SAFETY SURVEY: WHAT WE FOUND
Mislabeled choking hazards
Mislabeled choking hazardsclose
We found a VTech Drill & Learn Toolbox at Target, labeled for children 2 to 5 years old. While the screws’ shape extends slightly over the edge of the CPSC test cylinder, it is still a near-small part. According to the CPSC’s 2006 report on toy deaths, three children died from choking or aspirating on toy nails or pegs. Toy bolts or pegs may still pose a choking hazard based on their shape, even if they pass the small parts test.
Flocked animal figures
Flocked animal figuresclose
Calico Critters and their accessories are suspected as the cause of death in at least one case involving a child in New Mexico, according to a court filing, and a near-death incident involving a boy in Utah. Both children were under 3 years old and reportedly choked on the exact same pacifier accessory.
Recalled toys available online
Recalled toys available onlineclose
This year, we found multiple listings for three recalled toys — the 6” Promotional Aflac Doctor Duck, the Step2 Little Helper’s Children’s Grocery Shopping Cart and the Fisher-Price Barbie Dream Camper — all for sale on eBay.
Noisy toysclose
Not only can incredibly noisy toys be a serious nuisance when played on repeat, but they can also damage young children's ears. We tested a toy fire truck purchased on Amazon with both flashing lights and noise features that could damage kids’ hearing while playing.
Items not advisable for children
Items not advisable for childrenclose
In September, a 9-year-old boy accidentally swallowed two small magnets from a Neutronball building set after putting them on his lip, pretending to have a piercing. Four months earlier, in May, another 9-year-old swallowed three high-powered magnets made by Zen Magnets LLC and required emergency surgery to remove them.
In-app purchasesclose
One app called Coin Master is rated for ages 13 and older, but its kid-friendly animations could appeal to a younger age group. The game includes a virtual slot machine where players are given limited spins in a certain time period and are encouraged to buy more if they run out.
A lot of progress has been made, but new problems are emerging
Toy safety has come a long way, thanks to years of work from consumer advocates, public health experts, elected officials and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). But 2020 is unique, and as Americans have worked, learned and played from home to protect themselves from COVID-19, children could be more susceptible to certain toy-related hazards.
We need to advocate for stronger standards and enforcement
The government imposed an outright ban on certain high-powered rare earth magnets that was overturned in court in November 2016. The CPSC said there has been a “statistically significant increase in magnet ingestion incidents and injuries” since then. Still, parents continue to buy magnets for their children, and the CPSC estimates that thousands of children have been treated in emergency rooms because of magnets in the past decade. The CPSC should work with the industry to develop new safety standards requiring reduced strength of these high-powered magnets.
The popular Calico Critters flocked toys are animal figures covered in a thin, fuzzy material with bright accessories that make them appealing to young children. Although these toys are labeled for kids ages 3 years and older because of their small parts, CPSC regulation bans toys with small parts that are intended for use by children under 3 years of age, even if they are labeled with an age restriction by the manufacturer. "Flocked animals and other figures” are included in the list of toys intended for children under three, and the Calico Critters official website clearly describes their product as “animal figures [ ... ] made of a special flocked material that gives them an endearing quality.” The CPSC should recall these toys and their accessories as they pose a dangerous choking hazard to young kids.
We need to more effectively notify consumers of recalls
Since last year’s Trouble in Toyland report, the CPSC announced new voluntary recalls for 10 dangerous toys. We found three separate recalled toys for sale on eBay, and in two cases there were full pages of the recalled products. Our recall system should require companies to directly notify customers whenever possible if a product they’ve purchased has been recalled, both through social media and direct email notification.
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TOY SAFETY TIPS
When toy shopping for the kids in your life, use this guide to help avoid dangerous toys.
What to watch for Excessively noisy toys can cause permanent damage to children’s hearing over time and should be avoided when possible. Lower the volume, take out the batteries, switch modes or place tape over the speaker to muffle the sound.
Toys with small parts
What to watch for Most toys that contain small parts are labeled as choking hazards, but that’s not guaranteed. Parents with young children should thoroughly inspect toys, regardless of what the label does or doesn’t say and make decisions based on how they believe their child of any age will interact with the toy.
What to watch for Never let a child under 3 play with balloons, and monitor any child under 8.
What to watch for Parents with kids of any age should strongly consider avoiding Calico Critters and similar flocked figures, especially if there is a younger child also in the house.
What to watch for When shopping for toys, especially at garage sales and second-hand stores or sites, check saferproducts.gov to confirm the toy hasn’t already been recalled.
Magnets and other items not advisable for children
What to watch for Never allow young children to play with high-powered magnets, and talk with older children about the dangers of being careless and leaving them within reach of their siblings.
What to watch for The best way to make sure that a child doesn’t rack up a large in-game bill is by withholding the account password. Any account with a credit card should not be connected to a child’s fingerprint, so a parent has to approve of any purchase before it goes through.
ATTENTION ONLINE SHOPPERS
Most toys that contain small parts are labeled as choking hazards. But that’s not guaranteed, as we’ve seen. Gift-givers should use care when purchasing online, even if the toy says it’s meant for a 1-year-old or 2-year old. And parents with young children should thoroughly inspect toys, regardless of what the label does or doesn’t say. Parents should make decisions based on how they believe their child of any age will interact with the toy.
Subscribe to email recall updates from the CPSC and other U.S. government safety agencies available at www.recalls.gov.
Report unsafe toys or toy-related injuries to the CPSC at Saferproducts.gov.
Get our toy safety tips in your inbox
Sign up for our email list and get our toy safety tips sent to your email inbox today. U.S. PIRG will keep you up to date with the latest actions, guides and resources.
Download Trouble In Toyland (pdf)
Photo credits—Top Image: Nomad Soul / Shutterstock.com. Highlight boxes (clockwise): CSPC; Public Domain via Pixabay.com; Barbara Rayman via WikiMedia, Dragon Images via Shutterstock; Public Domain via Pixabay.com; Staff photo. Toy Safety Tip (top to bottom): Tatiana Popova / Shutterstock.com; somsak nitimongkolchai / Shutterstock.com; Ink Drop / Shutterstock.com; Anna Mente / Shutterstock.com; Public Domain CC0; Public Domain CC0; staff; Photo Spirit / Shutterstock.com; Oakozhan / Shutterstock.com; Public Domain CC0; staff photo; CSPC.
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RT: America creates its own enemies
Scarecrow / Image: Evgeni Dinev / FreeDigitalPhotos.net *
“Historian Michael Scheuer, an author of “Through our enemies’ eyes”, who worked for the agency for over 20 years till 2004 and at one time was the chief of the CIA’s ‘Bin Laden unit’, says America’s greatest enemy – radical Islam – never existed: neither when Bin Laden was alive, nor now.”
“America lacks common sense”, claims the former CIA officer, maintaining that for the last 20 years, the US has been very efficient in creating enemies and endangering security.” RT
Washington’s enemy ‘doesn’t exist’
Americans are in the crosshairs of terrorists worldwide purely due to Washington’s policy in the Muslim world, not because there is an Islamic enemy whose only aim is to kill Americans for their freedoms and lifestyle, insists a former CIA officer.
Historian Michael Scheuer, an author of “Through our enemies’ eyes”, who worked for the agency for over 20 years till 2004 and at one time was the chief of the CIA’s ‘Bin Laden unit’, says America’s greatest enemy – radical Islam – never existed: neither when Bin Laden was alive, nor now.
Israeli lobby drag America into wars
Actually, “it is America’s relationship with Israel that is causing this war [on Islam]”, and until Americans accept this, “we are not going to defeat this enemy,” the author says.
Michael Scheuer believes it is the Israeli lobby in America that is dragging the US into wars.
“In Israel itself as a country, it is not a problem. The real problem is the leaders of the Jewish American community in the US, who influence and corrupt our Congress to support Israel when we have no interest there,” he states.
“The American political establishment is caught between two things. They are extremely pro-Israel and they are almost Marxist in their belief that the spread of democracy is inevitable in all places, in all peoples, in all time,” evaluates the former CIA officer, adding that in their desire to protect Israel, the US establishment cannot tell what’s real.
Complete article HERE
Ex-CIA Agent: America creates its own enemies RTAmerica
Source: http://rt.com/news/us-muslim-policy-sheuer-895/
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1 thought on “RT: America creates its own enemies”
Jerry Atkinson on 2011/11/11 at 13:04 said:
Yeah but the enemy of the Israeli’s, U.K., U.S.A., and NATO does exist. It is the S.C.O. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
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Lima man charged with felony for theft of marijuana | Police
Last updated September 11, 2020 by C.E. News on September 11, 2020
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LIMA – A Lima man is facing a felony burglary charge after allegedly stealing marijuana from a neighboring apartment, reports the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office.
Ernest E. Lovett, 25, was charged Sept. 3 with second-degree burglary, a Class C felony, and petit larceny.
Deputies had responded about 3:40 p.m. Sept. 3 to an address on East Main Street to investigate a break-in to an apartment. The resident alleged that a person had illegally entered his apartment and stole marijuana, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Lovett was identified as a possible suspect.
The investigation also alleged that Lovett had unlawfully entered the same apartment on four other occasions between Feburary and August.
Lovett was additionally charged with four counts of second-degree criminal trespass, a Class A misdemeanor.
Lovett was turned over to Central Booking deputies at the Livingston County Jail for processing and pre-arraignment detention as the offenses did qualify for pre-arraignment detention under the state Justice Reform Act.
The District Attorney’s Office was contacted in regards to bail due to the felony level charge and requested that Lovett be held on $10,000 cash bail or $20,000 bond.
Lovett was later arraigned at the Livingston County Centralized Arraignment Part at Livingston County Jail before Town of Nunda Justice Emily Stoufer, who remanded Lovett to the custody of the Sheriff on $500 cash bail or $1,000 bond.
The incident was investigated by members of the Patrol Division under the command of Acting Captain Ryan Swanson and members of the Criminal Investigations Division under the command of Captain Brian Applin.
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Carter County Times
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Uncle Jack Fultz’s Memories of Carter County: No place like home
Jeremy D. Wells
When I was in college at Shawnee State in Portsmouth, Ohio, and shortly afterward, there was a running joke that the area was a “black hole” that sucked everyone back in. We watched friends finish school, pack up, leave for a job in another state or region, and a short while later turn around and come home.
Sometimes they had lost jobs, but often they were just homesick. No matter how much they insisted they couldn’t wait to leave, there was something about southern Ohio and northern Kentucky that called them home after a time.
I understand this draw intimately. During my first newspaper job outside the region, on the flat, fertile plains of northwest Ohio I found the landscape too foreign, the people too stand-offish. Without the hills and hollers I had grown up in, I felt lost. Without landmarks to find my way, I often ended up literally lost. While the people weren’t necessarily unfriendly, their method of speech was different. They noticed this and commented on it, often with a touch of condescending mockery to their tone. I remember editing a story about a poetry group and – missing the open mic and poetry community I’d left behind in Portsmouth – reaching out to them to inquire about meetings. They told me they weren’t accepting any new members at the moment, something that would have never occurred with the informal group of friends who organized readings in my college town. It’s also something I could never imagine from our own Carter County Poetry Society.
Then there were the open insults. One family, chiding me for not being able to locate their “farm on the hill” – more of a road cut that I could have peeked over than an actual hill – ended their teasing by making fun of my accent and lauding me for how quickly I learned to wear shoes.
I lasted less than a year in the job before I accepted an offer from my former editor to return home.
Josh Fultz seemed to be suffering from a similar homesickness when he wrote home to the Olive Hill Times in 1908 from Washington state. So did W.F. Fultz, who was running a Kansas paper around the same time. Items in the Times indicated he had left his job there and planned to either join his family in Washington or return home to Kentucky. Eventually Fultz bought an interest in the Times and returned home, coming in time to run a successor of the paper as the Herald.
Others had a better time of it outside Kentucky, like the writer from Oklahoma to the Herald in 1915. That man, F.E. Danner, was having an easier time in the “Wichita” (Ouachita) Mountains of Oklahoma, but this was largely because of the number of other Kentuckians he was encountering.
I have spent a great deal of time in the Ouachita Mountains, on both the Oklahoma and Arkansas side of the border, and the landscape, flora and fauna are remarkably similar to those of the Appalachians, though the Ouachitas, being a younger mountain chain, are somewhat more rugged. The main difference, though, is in the people. My longest stretch of time outside the region was spent in Austin
I have spent a great deal of time in the Ouachita Mountains, on both the Oklahoma and Arkansas side of the border, and the landscape, flora and fauna are remarkably similar to those of the Appalachians, though the Ouachitas, being a younger mountain chain, are somewhat more rugged. The main difference, though, is in the people. My longest stretch of time outside the region was spent in Austin and Texas Hill Country. Though the landscape there was quite different, the people and culture were much closer to Kentucky than the geographically closer western Ohio. The tacos were better in Texas, and the biscuits and gravy were nearly as good, though still not quite up to Kentucky standards. Most importantly the people were friendlier. The clerk at the local grocery remembered your face and said hello. Your neighbors waved and asked about your day. When I eventually visited the Alamo, and saw the long list of Kentuckian names among those lost there, I began to understand why.
Danner’s letter backs up what I had already figured out about eastern Oklahoma and Texas. Still, much as I enjoyed my time there, the magnetic pull of Kentucky eventually drew me home too, and I couldn’t be happier about it. Like the Fultz boys, for me, there is simply no place – no matter how lovely or prosperous – quite like home.
Editor’s Note: This is the 27th in a series of articles drawn from the historical newspaper clippings and documents in the scrapbooks of Jack Fultz. We thank Sally James of Sally’s Flowers in Olive Hill for sharing her uncle’s collected clippings with us and the community. – Jeremy D. Wells, editor, Carter County Times
Local historyUncle Jack Fultz's Memories of Carter County
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Rattlesnake Ridge Water District Meeting February 2, 2021 at 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Rattlesnake Ridge Water District, 3563 State Hwy 1661, Grayson, KY 41143, USA
Carter County Fiscal Court February 8, 2021 at 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Carter County Courthouse, 300 W Main St, Grayson, KY 41143, USA
Grayson City Council February 9, 2021 at 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Grayson City Hall, 302 E Main St, Grayson, KY 41143, USA
Second Saturday February 13, 2021 at 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Grayson Gallery and Art Center, 301 E 3rd St, Grayson, Kentucky 41143
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Color of the year opinion
The tricky thing with a colour of the year is to determine whether it is intended to be a prediction of what is needed for the year ahead, or if it stands as a sort of anticipatory reflection of what already exists.
Clearly, it's easier to conjure the latter as you have a fairly solid basis for speculation, the year past. Plus, most major colour companies annually scour the globe for psychosocial clues or gather together a merry band of international trend forecasters and pick their brains, all for intimations of where the winds of change may collectively take us. But throw in the fact that this process often starts at least two years in advance of the year in question and the potential to get it all horribly wrong is laid bare.
In other words, most major brands would start work on 2021 predictions in Q3 of 2019, with the results are announced as work concludes on 2022 – it's about allowing time for preparation of the requisite PR collateral as well as actual manufacture of any supporting product.
Thus, while musing on 2020 at the end of 2018, I'd wager there were few pollsters wondering which precise shade of puce might best represent the possibility of a global pandemic! Dulux ultimately gave us Tranquil Dawn, a pale greyish green, the US paint giant Behr presented Back to Nature, a more yellowish-green, and Pantone went all misty for a profoundly optimistic Classic Blue redolent of an unblemished Mediterranean sky.
With this as a foretaste of how out of step such things can become, I was hardly holding my breath for 2021's exercise in colour fortune telling. Just as well as in September Dulux launched Brave Ground, a cardboard box brownish beige while talking worthily of the need to have courage.
A few months later trend agency WGSN contrarily plumped for Artificial Intelligence Aqua, all upbeat zing and similar in shade if not tone to US paint company Benjamin Moore's more muted pick of Aegean Teal.
Now Pantone has proffered a down in the dumps Ultimate Grey. But wait, no, it's also bringing to the party Illuminating, a vivacious bright yellow. Talk about hedging your bets! The presentation of such a spectrally diverse colour coupling is to literally cover both sides of the table at once.
According to Pantone executive director Leatrice Eiseman, this year's double-dip gamble – for let's call it what it is – signifies how "different elements come together to express a message of strength and hopefulness that is both enduring and uplifting".
Right. What I see is a bog-standard grey – described accurately as "practical and rock solid" paired with a pretty unapologetic yellow that recalls Mr Happy, the Roger Hargreaves cartoon character.
You can't help but imagine the backstage boardroom debates as the Pantone powers that be plumped for the grey, maybe coming from the same emotional wellspring of mehhr as Dulux. Then at the last minute, they lost their nerve – or came to their senses, depending on how generous you care to be, and recognised that grey alone would be too depressing.
Cue the eureka moment of let's send it out alongside its polar opposite and call it deliberate! Genius. And Pantone has form in this regard. In 2016 it debuted both a pale pink and a light lavender blue in an expression of "societal movements toward gender equality and fluidity"?
It can concede that we're neck-deep in the doldrums while cheerfully suggesting that everything will be absolutely AOK come spring
Consequently, we have its answer to the earlier posited conundrum of what should a colour of the year represent — where we're at or what we need? As far as Pantone are concerned, for 2021, it's both.
This way it can concede that we're neck-deep in the doldrums while cheerfully suggesting that everything will be absolutely AOK again come a sunny spring – or vaccine.
If only it were that simple. Instead, as a species, we've been shown to be largely chaotic, over-cossetted, and possibly evolved to the point of weakness. Gout is on the rise in adults as is rickets in children, both 18th-century diseases re-emerging in the 21st century as a result of increasingly sedentary lifestyles, hunched over phones and screens and not enough time spent outdoors physically engaging with what's left of the natural world.
Our modern sophistication has brought us rising rates of chronic disease, obesity and depression, even before Covid-19 lurched onto centre stage. Arguably, we are already in the midst of grey – or box beige – times, and already painfully aware of just how under-whelming they are too.
After all, grey is nothing more than the thinking person's magnolia. The sophisticate's default when decorative indecision strikes but beige is deemed stylistically verboten. But it is still a colour of submission.
Grey customarily signifies the dull, drab and dreary. It is a watered-down shadow of a stronger hue, a concession to a lack of discernible character. Indeed, who can forget former UK prime minister John Major's damming satirical Spitting Image puppet, depicting him head-to-toe in grey, from skin tone to clothing. Regardless, such shades crept up the popularity charts as pundits raced to declare them terribly à la mode.
Grey is nothing more than the thinking person's magnolia
And yellow? Well, yellow is globally perceived as representative of optimism, creativity and enlightenment, associated as it is with the sun and its life-giving warmth. However, there is a corollary to all that jolly positivity.
In China, adult movies are often referred to as "yellow" films, in Italy "giallo" refers to crime stories, and it is also almost universally used as the colour of caution. Why? Because the human eye processes yellow first, making it perfect for traffic road signs that urge us to slow down.
Historically yellow also depicts cowardice, betrayal and madness, the latter because it's typically the colour of malady — think jaundice, malaria and pestilence, all diseases that render the skin yellow to signal the sickness within. Perhaps it's no surprise too then that many early sources of natural yellow pigments were acutely toxic: cadmium, lead and chromium.
In conclusion then: Pantone's picks for 2021 could be read as heralding a year of anodyne boringness underpinned by a capricious hint of malice and decay. Alternatively, the selected duo says the sun will shine once more but in the interim just mask up and carry-on cowering at the altar of heightened hygiene.
Ultimately, the only thing more irritatingly predictable than the declaration of such an overtly happy clappy yellow to signal hope for the future, is the avalanche of perky lemon things that nobody needs or wants, that will inevitably follow it. No doubt they'll all be set fetchingly against a backdrop of infinitely forgettable greige too.
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Choupette’s Social Musings, June 27 – July 1
By Choupette Lagerfeld
A weekly column on Fashion Unfiltered in which social media sensation @ChoupettesDiary, famed for bringing to life the persona of Karl Lagerfeld’s feline darling, Choupette, offers up her weekly musings. Catch the best of Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and more through this pussy’s baby blues, below.
Goodbye traditional photos and hello stickers and emojis! As if Lucky Blue Smith’s memoir news wasn’t enough to take me back to my tween years, now social media is flashing back to the ’90s, adding stickers and smiley faces to everything. What’s next, glitter flash animation? I shudder to think! Here, for your reading pleasure, is the best of the week in social media (minus glitter flash animation).
Snapchat Becomes a Virtual Changing Room
In honor of National Sunglasses Day (which was on Monday), Michael Kors teamed up with Snapchat to let you try on the brand’s Kendall II style through a filter. Whether you opted for a girly pink, sleek silver, or a bold blue like my eyes, Snapchat become your personal virtual changing room. As Daddy Karl Lagerfeld always says, “Sunglass are like eye shadow: They make everything look younger and pretty.”
Photo: Courtesy of Penguin Random House
From Instagram Star to Author, Lucky Blue Smith Pens a Book
It was only a matter of time before Instagram heartthrob Lucky Blue Smith penned a book. That’s what all 18 year olds do, right? According to Penguin’s website, the book will include “a unique collection of personal photographs, and will put you right beside him as he shares stories about his life, his inspirations, and his passions, and reflects on the daily pressures of being a teenager in the modern world.” Deep. Too bad tweens everywhere will have to wait until November to read his powerful words of wisdom.
Photo: Courtesy of iTunes
Fashion Brands and Publishers Need Their Own Emojis. Duh!
Twitter has stickers and now fashion brands have special emojis. When did traditional photos go out of style? From Iris Apfel’s emoji news to Versace’s V-Day keyboard in February, the fashion set loves to put its stamp on everything, including the tech world. Publications like Cosmopolitan and Esquire have also joined the bandwagon, both releasing emoji keyboards this month. While these publications followed in Harper’s Bazaar’s footsteps, let us not forget that Daddy Karl Lagerfeld did it first – and yes, there was a Choupette emoji.
Instagram Rules and Snapchat Drools (For Fashion Bloggers)
To Snapchat or not to Snapchat? That is the question. Fashion bloggers have taken the leap from Instagram to Snapchat, which has become a new way for their followers to stalk their every move. However, according to Digiday and style blogger Mary Orton, while fashion bloggers embrace Snapchat, Instagram is their natural habitat. Looks like I’m not alone in my loyalty to Instagram. Phew! And all this time, I thought I was going to be Snapchat’s only late adopter.
Twitter Sticks It to Snapchat
It all started on Twitter – for me, at least! Now, the rarely upgraded social platform is sticking it to Snapchat quite literally. Starting this week, users are able to add “stickers” to shared photos. By now, Tweethards have learned that adding a photo to a Tweet increases impressions, but can you imagine the retweets a photo of me with giant sunglasses will get? The possibilities are endless!
Choupette’s Social Musings, June 27 – July 1 Originally Published HERE
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Exclusive: Kushner-backed real estate startup is going on offense after hunkering down in March
by Shaniqua Juliano | Posted on October 13, 2020
Now, Cadre, which uses machine learning and predictive analytics to assess real estate, is back on the prowl.
In an exclusive interview, Williams told CNN Business that Cadre is launching a cash savings account with a 3% reward that is aimed at attracting a herd of new investors. The startup is also making a flurry of new hires and promising to invest in minority-owned properties.
“We’re fully back in growth-and-offense mode,” Williams said in the interview. “We’re not declaring victory, but we are in a strong enough position to move from our back foot to our front.”
A key part of that shift: Cadre is launching a new investment strategy designed to capitalize on opportunities created by the turmoil in the real estate market, people familiar with Cadre’s thinking told CNN Business.
3% savings account…but it’s not open to all
Before Cadre launched in 2014, investors hoping to buy a piece of an office tower, shopping center or an apartment building had to be either very wealthy or have their money with an elite institution. Cadre’s goal is to democratize the commercial real estate market.
“We want to allow more people to participate in the recovery,” Williams said.
Cadre is hoping to lure people who have excess cash but don’t want to stick it in a bank, where interest rates are near zero, or in the volatile stock market, where valuations are approaching two-decade highs.
Cadre Cash, which is being rolled out sooner than Williams anticipated, promises to pay an annualized reward of 3%. That’s well above the highest interest rates that banks pay on savings accounts.
“This is step one for us becoming a one-stop-shop for anyone to build a better financial future. Now we’re focused on not just investments, but savings,” said Williams.
But there’s a catch, as you might expect. Cadre Cash is only open to those who invest in the real estate platform. And you need to plunk down at least $50,000 to invest in Cadre, spread out over 15 different real estate properties. The 3% reward is limited to the amount invested in the Cadre platform.
In other words, Cadre isn’t becoming an online bank like Marcus by Goldman Sachs (GS) or Ally Bank.
Still, Cadre signaled that it plans to continue lowering its minimums, which have already come down from six-figures just a few years ago.
“Over time, we will definitely open it up. This is the first major step towards us going more retail and down market,” Williams said.
Investing during times of stress
Williams, who grew up in a working class Black household in Baton Rouge and worked his way through Harvard University, knows firsthand how lucrative it can be to bet on real estate during downturns.
In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Williams and his partners scooped up single-family homes and multifamily properties in the Atlanta area. Those bets paid off — and paved the way for Williams to eventually launch Cadre, a platform that now has 25,000 investors.
Then again, it wasn’t all that hard to find winning real estate investments during the Great Recession given that the whole market was depressed.
Today’s real estate landscape is much more complex. Housing, particularly in the suburbs, is booming. But retail, hotel and office towers are hurting badly and their outlook is uncertain.
“This is the exact right time to be investing, selectively, in commercial real estate,” Williams said. “During downturns, the right kind of real estate investments have proven to give investors unique upside.”
So how does Cadre plan to navigate the precarious real estate landscape?
Williams said Cadre is “staying away from retail” as well as office buildings in central business districts and full-service hotels, especially ones aimed at attracting international visitors since travel has plummeted since the pandemic began.
But Williams is bullish on apartment buildings, e-commerce distribution centers and even malls that can be converted to industrial uses. Cadre also likes suburban office parks where there is easy access but not much density.
“Pre-COVID, it was all about how many people-per-square foot. Now, it’s how few people can you fit,” Williams said, adding he likes adaptable office space such as buildings that can be converted to life science labs.
‘Incredibly resilient’
Between March and June, Cadre focused on shoring up its existing portfolio instead of making new deals. Williams said Cadre hasn’t been forced to sell a single property and occupancy rates remain strong, coming in at around 97% for multifamily and 94% for offices.
“Our portfolio has been incredibly resilient,” Williams said. “A few markets have actually gone up in pricing and we may opportunistically sell. Frankly, this is the strongest position our business has ever been in.”
Williams credited Cadre’s selectivity as well as underwriting platform, which uses both on-the-ground intel and technology to sift through deals. Cadre says it invests in only 2% of the real estate opportunities it evaluates.
Still, the pandemic delayed the closing of a planned sale of Kushner’s stake in Cadre. A 2019 financial disclosure form by Kushner, the son-in-law of President Trump and a senior White House adviser, indicates his stake is worth up to $50 million.
Williams told CNN Business that the sale is still being finalized and Kushner has not been involved in Cadre, even as an adviser, since 2016. “We’ve had a pretty strict firewall,” Williams said.
Cadre, which was co-founded by Jared Kushner’s brother Joshua, was valued in its most recent round of funding at about $800 million, according to estimates by PitchBook.
Williams on racism and diversity
Williams shies away from talking about politics, but has been outspoken on the need to address racism, inequality and a lack of diversity.
“Our country has to awaken. There are only so many times you can hit snooze on these discussions,” Williams said. “Everyone should go out and vote. My ancestors and family fought hard, bled for the right to vote in Louisiana. It’s not something I take for granted.”
Williams said that more than 50% of Cadre’s management are women or people of color and the startup has pledged to invest a significant amount of capital in real estate properties owned by minorities.
Cadre is also depositing about 10% of its cash with minority-owned depository institutions. Williams recalled how the first bank to ever finance him was Citizens Trust, an Atlanta-based Black-owned lender.
“They were the only bank that gave me the time of day,” he said. “And that set me on the path to Cadre.”
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Emissions from the Brick Manufacturing Industry (Book Chapter)
Guttikunda, S. K.
Abstract - Brick manufacturing is the fastest-growing industrial sector in Bangladesh and among the major contributors to the air pollution and health problems in Dhaka, along with vehicle exhaust, resuspended road dust, and domestic fuel burning. There are about 1,000 brick kilns in Dhaka region from the districts of Dhaka, Gazipur, Manikganj, and Narayanganj. Brick manufacturing is confined to the non-monsoonal months and produces 3.5 billion bricks per year, using energy-inefficient fixed-chimney Bull trench kiln technology fuelled with coal and agricultural waste. The total annual emissions are estimated as 23,300 tons of PM2.5, 15,500 tons of SO2, 302,000 tons of CO, 6,000 tons of black carbon, and 1.8 million tons of CO2. The associated health impacts largely fall on the densely populated districts of Dhaka, Gazipur, and Narayanganj. Using the ATMoS dispersion model, the impact of brick kiln emissions was estimated over Dhaka region – ranging from 7 to 99 μg/m3 (5th and 95th percentile concentration per model grid) at an average of 38 μg/m3 – and provincial cluster contributions of 27 % originating from Narayanganj (to the south with the highest kiln density), 30 % from Gazipur (to the north with equally large cluster spread along the river and canals), and 23% from Savar of Dhaka district. The modelling results were validated using evidence from receptor modelling studies conducted in Dhaka region. An introduction of emerging vertical shaft combustion technology and a possible relocation of the northern clusters to the southeast can provide faster benefits for public health and reduce climate precursor emissions.
Guttikunda, S. K. (2014) Emissions from the Brick Manufacturing Industry, in Dhaka Megacity: Geospatial Perspectives on Urbanisation, Environment and Health Series, Springer Geography (Ashraf Dewan & Robert Corner eds.).
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The Wright face at LAPADA Fair
A dealer will offer what he believes is a Joseph Wright of Derby self-portrait at the LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair this autumn.
Laura Chesters
A Joseph Wright of Derby self-portrait that will be offered at the LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair by The Parker Gallery.
Archie Parker, who founded The Parker Gallery in 2014, spotted the 18th century painting at an auction catalogued as by a ‘Follower of Joshua Reynolds’.
The painting will be offered with a price in the region of £100,000.
Wright of Derby completed a number of self-portraits during his career but this particular version was recorded in Wright’s catalogue raisonné as ‘whereabouts unknown’.
The painting, believed to have been shown in an exhibition in Derby in 1883, is also known through a print that carries a Latin inscription: ‘Joseph Wright the artist presented this painting by his own hand as a gift to his friend T[homas] Gisborne in the year of Our Lord 1793 and 59th of his age’.
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Quick Answer: What Does So Badly Mean?
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They are both definitely correct and there’s nothing wrong with them.
The word bad is an adjective used to modify nouns and pronouns.
The word badly is an adverb that answers how about the verb.
Example: She was hurt badly in the accident..
When a man says “if you want to,” he probably genuinely means it. We’re not saying it to make you feel unimportant, we’re saying it to give you options and not make you feel obligated to do something you don’t want to do. It’s guy speak for “if you want to come through, awesome, but no pressure.
In this page you can discover 72 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for badly, like: crudely, wrongly, damagingly, imperfectly, ineffectively, inefficiently, unsatisfactorily, boorishly, unskillfully, defectively and weakly.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English have a thinkBritish English to think about a problem or question I’ll have a think and let you know. → think.
It means anything between “I very much want to be with you” to “I very much want to have sex with you.” In the first case, the sentence might be: “whenever I think that you might leave me, I want you so bad(ly)” In the second, “I want you so bad(ly) right now.”
The short answer is that there’s no short answer, because usage authorities disagree. Many usage guides say that “want bad” is quite common in speech and informal writing, but it doesn’t belong in formal written English. At least one guide, however, regards “want bad” as standard English.
Generally “I want you”, is used refer to wanting to be around or be with/be in a relationship with someone. This could be as in, “I want to date you”, “I want you to be my girlfriend/boyfriend”. Or “I want to be with you physically”, “I want to sleep with you/have sexual intercourse with you”.
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1. Yes, it means that you really want to be with that person and being away from that person is almost unbearable. There are other uses: I want it so badly; I need it so badly.
The word bad is an adjective and should be used to modify nouns and pronouns. Badly, like most words ending in -ly, is an adverb and is used to modify verbs. The thing that trips most people up is that linking verbs such as to be and to feel take adjectives rather than adverbs.
The word bad is an adjective used to modify nouns and pronouns. … The word badly is an adverb that answers how about the verb. Example: She was hurt badly in the accident. The confusion comes with four of the sense verbs: taste, look, smell, and feel.
Usually, when a guy says this it means he’s extremely attracted to you and excited by you. Something about you fascinates him. He may or may not want a relationship with you too, that you’ll have to clear up with him.
Badly needed means ‘much’ or ‘very much’. If we ‘badly need’ something, it means that we need something ‘very much’.
To feel badly implies that your sense of touch is not right. When you are referring to a sense of touch, then badly is used as an adverb describing the verb to feel or touch. The correct way to say the sentence is, “I feel bad for him because he didn’t make the cut.”
The clause that comes after the word “which” or “that” is the determining factor in deciding which one to use. If the clause is absolutely pertinent to the meaning of the sentence, you use “that.” If you could drop the clause and leave the meaning of the sentence intact, use “which.”
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