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Jah’Shawn Johnson Remembers His Worst Red Raider Moment
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There's a new trend going around with the old Michael Jordan Hall of Fame speech meme. It's honestly amazing how many different applications this Crying Jordan meme has.
That being said, the latest one struck particularly close to home when former Red Raider Jah'shawn Johnson shared some Texas Tech heartbreak as a moment that made him feel like Crying Jordan.
Johnson, who saw his fair share of heartbreak as a Red Raider, recalled the 2015 TCU tip drill touchdown late in the game at Jones AT&T Stadium as the moment that made him feel like he was crying inside the most. Here's a clip of that moment:
Here's another angle with a little bit more of the action:
After an epic back-and-forth matchup, the Texas Tech defense had the Horned Frogs in their grasp, up four points with a 4th & goal from the four-yard line. Trevon Boykin lofted a ball into Josh Doctson, who couldn't control it after Justis Nelson made contact. Johnson closed on the play, but only in time to see the ball fall into the arms of running back Aaron Green.
TCU took the lead with the score. Former Red Raider and current Miami Dolphin Jakeem Grant would get Texas Tech back to the other side of the field, but with less than 30 seconds left in the game, it was too little, too late. Just another heartbreaking loss in the Mahomes/Kingsbury era.
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Meek Mill Teases New Album Before the End of 2019
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2019 is winding down and it looks like Meek Mill is planning to end things with a musical bang.
On Thursday (Nov. 14), he responded to a fan's #AskMeek question about the possibility of him dropping a new project before the end of 2019. In his response, he hinted that he could be dropping a new album this year.
"I'ma set this shit straight just to be in the convo of the 2019 albums," Meek wrote in a tweet hinting at plans to drop an LP that could be talked about as one of the year's best.
If Meek is being serious about this, the Philly-native will be returning with a follow up to his 2018 LP, Championships, this year. The album, which features artists like Cardi B, Jay-Z, Rick Ross and Drake, quickly earned critical acclaim for hard-hitting lyrics that depict Meek's internal battles both before and after his release from prison.
"I used to be a honor roll student, damn, then I turned to a beast/The first time I seen a nigga get some blood on his sneaks," Meek raps on the title track for his latest album. "He had on Air Max 93s but was slumped in the street/His mama cryin', that did somethin' to me, oh Lord/The shit I'm doin' for my hood I won't get an award/I used to sell Reggie, damn how' I get to the Forbes."
While fans are ready for Meek to grace them with some new music, there is no guarantee that the Dreamchaser will actually unload a new project this year. Back in August, Meek promised to drop a pack of music before the summer ended while responding to similar tweets from a fan. However, once summer ended, there was no music from the Dreams and Nightmares rhymer.
Here's to hoping Meek drops off a new LP soon.
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RFK Jr. Sues Facebook, Zuckerberg and So-Called ‘Fact-Checkers’ for Vaccine Censorship
August 19, 2020 By NEWS WIRE Leave a Comment
Washington, DC – Children’s Health Defense (CHD) filed a lawsuit on Monday in San Francisco Federal Court charging Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, and three fact-checking outfits with censoring truthful public health posts and for fraudulently misrepresenting and defaming CHD.
According to CHD’s Complaint, Facebook has insidious conflicts with the Pharmaceutical industry and its captive health agencies and has economic stakes in telecom and 5G. Facebook currently censors CHD’s page, targeting its purge against factual information about vaccines, 5G and public health agencies.
Facebook acknowledges that it coordinates its censorship campaign with the WHO and the CDC. While earlier court decisions have upheld Facebook’s right to censor its pages, CHD argues that Facebook’s pervasive government collaborations make its censorship of CHD a First Amendment violation. The government’s role in Facebook’s censorship goes deeper than its close coordination with CDC and WHO. The Facebook censorship began at the suggestion of powerful Democratic Congressman and Intelligence Committee Chairman Representative Adam Schiff, who in March 2019 asked Facebook to suppress and purge internet content critical of government vaccine policies. Facebook and Schiff use the term “misinformation” as a euphemism for any statement, whether truthful or not, that contradicts official government pronouncements. The WHO issued a press release commending Facebook for coordinating its ongoing censorship campaign with public health officials. That same day, Facebook published a “warning label” on CHD’s page, which implies that CHD’s content is inaccurate, and directs CHD followers to turn to the CDC for “reliable, up to date information.” This is an important First Amendment case that tests the boundaries of government authority to openly censor unwanted critique of government
Attorneys Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Roger Teich, and Mary Holland represent Children’s Health Defense in the litigation.
The lawsuit also challenges Facebook’s use of so-called “independent fact-checkers” – which, in truth, are neither independent nor fact-based – to create oppositional content on CHD’s page, literally superimposed over CHD’s original content, about open matters of scientific controversy.
To further silence CHD’s dissent against important government policies and its critique of Pharmaceutical products, Facebook deactivated CHD’s donate button, and uses a variety of deceptive technology (i.e. shadow banning) to minimize the reach and visibility of CHD’s content. In short, Facebook and the government colluded to silence CHD and its followers.
Such tactics are fundamentally at odds with the First Amendment, which guarantees the American public the benefits to democracy from free flow of information in the marketplace of ideas. It forbids the government from censoring private speech—particularly speech that criticizes government policies or officials. As Justice Holmes famously said, “the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market.” The current COVID pandemic makes the need for open and fierce public debate on health issues more critical than ever.
Mark Zuckerberg publicly claims that social media platforms shouldn’t be “the arbiters of truth.” This case exposes Zuckerberg for working with the government to suppress and purge unwanted critiques of government officials and policies.
The court will decide whether Facebook’s new government-directed business model of false and misleading “warning labels,” deceptive “fact-checks,” and disabling a non-profit’s donate button, passes muster under the First and Fifth Amendments, the Lanham Act, and RICO. Those statutes protect CHD against online wire-fraud, false disparagement, and knowingly false statements.
CHD asks the Court to declare Facebook’s actions unconstitutional and fraudulent, and award injunctive relief and damages.
NOTE: An online press conference will take place Wednesday, 8.19.20 at 3:00 p.m. ET with the legal team and a key witness whose online content Facebook falsely disparaged. During the press conference, lawyers will take questions from the media and concerned citizens. Register below to receive a link to the press conference. For more information on this event visit CHD website.
CHD is a non-profit watchdog group that roots out corruption in federal agencies, including Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and exposes wrongdoings in the Pharmaceutical and Telecom industries. CHD has been a frequent critic of WiFi and 5G Network safety and of certain vaccine policies that CHD claims put Big Pharma profits ahead of public health. CHD has fiercely criticized agency corruption at WHO, CDC and FCC.
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To millions of YouTube viewers and Jimmy Kimmel fans, Paul “Bear” Vasquez was simply the over-the-top Double Rainbow Guy, a viral video sensation. But to William Ulrich, Vasquez was an inspiration. An original member of Ulrich’s The Rainbow Movement, Vasquez is the reason this group is focused on raising awareness and money for worthwhile causes. Vasquez passed away in May 2020 from COVID-19.
The Rainbow Movement is dedicated to facilitating miraculous results. The initiatives it supports, called Rainbow Projects, vary from an online Miracle Film Festival to provide a venue to filmmakers, and various programs including The Haven, which serves individuals with disabilities.
Rainbows Brought Them Together
Ulrich first discovered Vasquez after having a powerful experience. “I was retired and trying to figure out what to do with my life when I saw the most incredible rainbow I have ever seen,” Ulrich recalls. “It started miles away, and as I watched, it moved toward me, eventually stopping a couple hundred feet from where I was standing. I had never seen a rainbow move before, so I started looking around on the Internet to see if there was information about what I had seen.
“I discovered links to Paul Vasquez. I hadn’t heard of him before or seen the video that made him famous. So I decided to contact him.” The two met in person and became good friends. “I asked him if he would like to come to Florida for a while and help me figure out what I’m supposed to be doing, based on my belief that the rainbow I saw might be some sort of message from a higher power. He agreed and said God sent the rainbow to me so we could do things together."
“I was in the middle of trying to figure out how to put another business together to make money. He had no interest in money. He only wanted to live life. He taught me that money is not as important as I thought. I believed this was an opportunity of a lifetime for both of us: to work together to make the world a better place.”
Their conversations inspired The Rainbow Movement, created to raise money for worthwhile causes. And although Vasquez ultimately returned to his home in California, his impact on Ulrich’s life remains strong. “Knowing him and spending a few months with him changed my life forever. He helped set me on a path of simply doing good things in the world. This very gentle person was destined to change people’s lives for the better, especially mine.”
Carrying Vasquez's Message of Hope and Inspiration
Through The Rainbow Movement, Ulrich is determined to honor Vasquez’s legacy. “Rainbows are purposeful, meaningful proof we are being guided in the right direction, and Bear inspired me to move forward and do good in the world,” he reflects. “We want to open people’s consciousness. Rainbows give you the power to make good things happen.”
One such initiative currently supported by The Rainbow Movement is the grassroots National Health Insurance Plan, a proposed option designed to save billions of dollars; and more importantly, to save lives.
Another is The Haven, an organization that enhances quality of life for people with disabilities by encouraging independence, championing inclusion and advocating for their individual rights.
“The Haven was one of the first organizations The Rainbow Movement tried to get behind,” says Ulrich. “Bear would be pleased that we are raising money for The Haven in his honor.”
Visit TheHavensrq.org to honor Vasquez’s legacy with a donation, and follow The Rainbow Movement to get news about all of the organizations they are trying to help.
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I have goosebumps! I had not seen this video or heard of Bear. But wow, what an incredibly emotional and passionate person. I saw a rainbow similar to this one not too long ago, over Lake Michigan. It moved me deeply. I'm so sorry to hear that he passed away. His memory will live on through all these wonderful projects. Thank you for sharing this!
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Kick back and listen to satisfying tunes at these must-see live shows and concerts around Houston from Monday, January 13 through Sunday, January 19, 2020.
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This week, Houston plays host to a number of notable singer-songwriters, as well as superstars from South Korea and a Swedish heavy metal group.
Top 10 Live Shows & Concerts in Houston This Week
Seventeen at Smart Financial Centre | Wednesday, January 15 – The K-pop boy band embarks on a world tour that stops through Sugar Land, after releasing their third studio album, An Ode, in September 2019. Tickets range from $55 to over $175, but you may find better or cheaper seats using the TicketNetwork online marketplace. 8pm.
Jason Boland & The Stragglers, with Leftover Salmon at White Oak Music Hall | Wednesday, January 15 – The Texas Country band led by Jason Boland teams up with the Cajun sounds of Leftover Salmon for a national tour that’s sure to deliver good vibes and a rockin’ time. Tickets are $25. 8pm.
Kym Warner at McGonigel’s Mucky Duck | Thursday, January 16 – From Australia, the bluegrass vocalist and mandolin player makes a stop at one of his favorite venues, the Mucky Duck, for which he secured a Grammy nomination with his homage, “Mucky the Duck”. Tickets are $20 in advance; $22 at the door. 7pm.
Big Freedia, with The Suffers at House of Blues | Friday, January 17 – Appearing on Beyoncé’s “Formation” and “Nice for What” with Drake, the Queen Diva remains the leading voice of New Orleans hip-hop. Local favorites The Suffers open her set at House of Blues. Tickets are $25, but you may find better or cheaper seats using the TicketNetwork online marketplace. 7:30pm.
White Denim at Satellite Bar | Friday, January 17 – Based out of Austin, this four-piece rock band crafts chill riffs with jangly guitars, groovy bass lines, and smooth vocals. They’ll stop by the East End venue in support of both of their 2019 releases, In Person and Side Effects. Tickets are $16, but you may find better or cheaper tickets using the TicketNetwork online marketplace. 9pm.
Josh Rouse, with Chuck Prophet at The Heights Theater | Friday, January 17 – For over twenty years, the folk-pop singer-songwriter has carved a critically-acclaimed career path that sends him through Houston to play fan favorites and recent cuts from 2018’s Love in the Modern Age and his 2019 holiday album. Tickets range from $22 to $136. 8pm.
Dar Williams, with Seth Glier at McGonigel’s Mucky Duck | Saturday, January 18 – Hailed as one of America’s very best singer-songwriters, Dar Williams lands at the Mucky Duck for two evening performances of her moving and evocative song catalog. Tickets are $30 in advance; $35 at the door. There will be performances at 6pm and 9:30pm.
Matoma and Two Friends at House of Blues | Saturday, January 18 – The Norwegian DJ teams up with dance-pop duo Two Friends for a North American co-headlining tour that features work from Matoma’s 2018 release, One in a Million, as well as new singles by Two Friends. Tickets are $26, but you may find better or cheaper seats using the TicketNetwork online marketplace. 8pm.
Lucifer, with Savage Master, Overdose at The Secret Group | Saturday, January 18 – From Stockholm, the heavy metal five-piece makes an appearance at the EaDo venue, currently touring the globe in support of their upcoming March release, Lucifer III. Tickets are $20. 8pm.
Sean McConnell at The Heights Theater | Sunday, January 19 – Having written songs for country superstars like Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, and Brad Paisley, the singer-songwriter Sean McConnell hits the road in support of his 2019 album, Secondhand Smoke. Tickets range from $22 to $34. 8pm.
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Certified Platinum Tour Review!
By Jacklyn | February 22, 2015
Opening up the Platinum tour is RaeLynn, a voice you may recognize from The Voice season 2 Team Blake. Since then she’s worked on her craft and locked in her signature dance moves. Experiencing her performance live was incredible, I’d compare her to other powerhouse worshiped artists but that would be an insult to her individuality and uniqueness. At only 20 years old, I guarantee you by 25 she will become a household name. Unlike most artists today, RaeLynn co-wrote her entire album which she performed. After God Made Girls went gold, there’s no telling what the selfie queen will accomplish next.
Justin Moore is heard all over the radio today, and after hearing his raw vocals I can understand why. He was so grateful to the audience and told us numerous times how much he appreciated the support. I didn’t realize how many songs I enjoyed were his creation. I’m pretty sure he could sing the alphabet and find a way to make us want to buy it.
My first time seeing Miranda Lambert live was such an experience and adventure. Her stage is in the shape of an M and glitters, who else can say that? In true Miranda fashion she comes out to smoke wearing a rhinestoned bandana, black skinny jeans with sequins, and a Rolling Stones shirt. At first glance you would think you were at a rock concert. Miranda bring elements of different genres to country which is something I greatly admire. She also made note of interacting with her band, something few solo artists do now a days.
At one moment during the fourth song Miranda told the audience how much she appreciated her fans spending their hard earned money on her concert. I’ve never heard that from an artist before and it made me fall in love with her even more. I couldn’t help myself from rocking out and watching everyone sing back almost all of the words to every song with her. I would like to point out that her guitar skills and pitch are seriously underrated. I found my mouth dropping over ten times throughout the night watching her in awe. This was definitely in the top 5 concerts I’ve ever been to. Miranda-I’m highly impressed and will definitely be buying tickets next time you’re in the Windy City.
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Watch ABC7 News Inauguration Day coverage
Trump slams California forest management during 1st debate as wildfires rage on
57% of the state's forest land is "owned or managed" by the federal government, according to State Sen. Mike McGuire, who represents California's North Coast.
By Kayla Galloway
CLEVELAND, Ohio (KGO) -- President Donald Trump took aim at California's "forest management" during Tuesday's presidential debate, saying every year he gets a call that the state is burning, and that just isn't something that should continue to happen.
"You know, at some point, you can't, every year, have hundreds of thousands of acres of land just burned to the ground," Trump said.
California firefighters are battling nearly 30 wildfires in the state, including the Glass Fire in the Napa Valley and the Zogg Fire in Shasta County which have burned more than 100,000 acres, collectively, according to CAL FIRE.
RELATED: Glass Fire live updates: Napa County communities threatened as Red Flag Warning is issued
The latest wildfires to ravage the state come on the heels of some of the largest fires in California's history, including the LNU Lightning Complex and the SCU Lightning Complex fires, both of which burned in the San Francisco Bay Area.
A question during Tuesday's debate from moderator Chris Wallace prompted the president's claims on fire and forest mismanagement in California.
"Do you believe that human pollution, gas, greenhouse gas emissions contributes to the global warming of the planet?" Wallace asked.
"I think a lot of things do but I think, to an extent, yes. I think, to an extent, yes. But I also think we have to do better management of our forests," the president answered.
RELATED: Bay Area braces for extreme fire conditions and intense heat wave as Glass Fire continues to rage
The president said if the forests were cleaned, the annual wildfires in California wouldn't happen.
"If that was cleaned, if that were - if you had forest management, good forest management, you wouldn't be getting those calls," Trump said.
Fifty-seven percent of the state's forest land is "owned or managed" by the federal government, according to State Sen. Mike McGuire, who represents California's North Coast.
.@realDonaldTrump talks about the need for “real forest management” in California.
Fact: 57% of the 33 million acres of forest land in the state is owned or managed by the Feds.
Get to work, Mr. President.
— Mike McGuire (@ilike_mike) September 30, 2020
That statement mirrors what the president said in August on California wildfires.
"And I see again, the forest fires are starting," Trump said Aug. 20 at an event in Pennsylvania. "They're starting again in California. And I said, you've got to clean your floors. You've got to clean your floors."
At that time, the president blamed the "years" of leaves and broken trees for the fires.
RELATED: President Trump calls Oakland 'violent' during 1st debate, claims democrats are to blame
The president also referenced Gov. Gavin Newsom during Tuesday's debate.
"I spoke with the governor about it. I'm getting along very well with the governor," Trump said.
The Associated Press reports nearly 70,000 residents are under evacuation orders due to the Glass Fire
Four people have been killed in Shasta County's Zogg Fire, as of Wednesday.
Much of the land burning in the latest round of California wildfires resides under federal ownership.
RELATED: First presidential debate: Chaos as Trump, Biden lash, interrupt each other
The state's largest wildfire, the August Complex, is burning in the Mendocino National Forest and the Creek Fire in the Central Valley is burning in the Sierra National Forest.
The North Complex Fire in Butte County has burned nearly 315,000 acres in the Plumas National Forest.
Watch the president's full statement in the media player above.
VIDEO: Photos show scope of Bay Area wildfires' devastation
See scenes from the LNU Lightning Complex Fire and other fires burning in the Bay Area this month.
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Horror / Suspense
THE READER opens in post-WWII Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discovers that Hanna loves being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from “The Odyssey,” “Huck Finn” and “The Lady with the Little Dog.” Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken. Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life – this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna’s past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives. 3.0 out of 5 based on 24 reviews
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Director Steven Daldry
Cast Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Lena Olin Kate Winslet
Studio The Weinstein Company
Release Date January 2009
THE READER opens in post-WWII Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discovers that Hanna loves being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from “The Odyssey,” “Huck Finn” and “The Lady with the Little Dog.” Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken. Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life – this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna’s past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives.
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Derek Malcolm
“There is a certain sense, perhaps, that it is going for the glory of award recognition. It is possibly too polished on occasion. But Winslet’s intricate performance and Daldry’s skills of persuasion make it a worthy memorial to its producers, Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella, the values of whose own films it faithfully replicates.”
Allan Hunter
“Director Stephen (Billy Elliot) Daldry makes The Reader a film that appeals to the intellect rather than tug at the heartstrings. He drains the movie of false melodrama. It has the feel of testimony that is obliged only to record the facts and let the viewer supply their own emotions. The result is thought-provoking and beautifully acted, especially by an Oscar-worthy Winslet. Ultimately, it asserts that the power of love is stronger than the power of hatred and that’s not a bad lesson on which to start the year.”
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Neil Smith
“Thanks to David Kross's fine performance as Michael and Winslet's terrific one as Hanna, the first half of Daldry's drama is full of charged sensuality and compelling mystery... Visually The Reader is a treat, twin cinematographers Roger Deakins and Chris Menges steeping the film in nostalgic sepia tones that give way to a bleak, elemental austerity. In a way, though, their painterly control only creates additional distance between the movie and the viewer, making it hard for us to respond emotionally to material that always feels aimed at the head, not the heart.”
“The book, published in 1995, struck a chord with its link to the Holocaust. It is a sensitive subject, but screenwriter David Hare and director Stephen Daldry have done a terrific job giving us a story that is engrossing, moving and thought-provoking... The Reader is a thoughtful and absorbing film, which is packed with delicately-structured twists and punctuated with truly impressive performances.”
“Pleasingly adult material powered by elegant, muscular performances. A strong adaptation of a slippery novel.”
Richard Schickel
“The story dares to hint at a certain smugness in the attitudes of its victims, which is something we are not at all used to in movies of this kind. And as a romance, at times feverish and at other times grim, the film works surprisingly well. There's something gripping about the relationship between this ill-assorted pair, and something touching about the way events beyond their control or understanding reach out to blight their lives.”
Dave Calhoun
“David Hare’s unshowy, thoughtful screenplay, Stephen Daldry’s unfussy direction and Roger Deakins and Chris Menges’s impressive cinematography are faithful to the detail and tenor of Schlink’s novel, which is a complex beast in simple clothing. ‘The Reader’ has been called a Holocaust film but that’s not entirely accurate. It would be better tagged a post-Holocaust work as it pitches itself between the known facts of that cataclysm and the unanswerable philosophical questions of its fallout relating to responsibility, law, justice and forgiveness; all the while considering education, and literacy, as crucial to those debates.”
Kenneth Turan
“It's taken this long to get "The Reader" to the screen in part because of the exigencies of the movie business and in part because it is not the simplest story to film. Though it has a potent story, "The Reader" is easily as philosophical as it is melodramatic, as deeply involved with what goes on in the mind of its narrator as it is in what he does. In attempting to solve this problem, screenwriter (and accomplished playwright) David Hare and director Stephen Daldry ("The Hours") have in part frittered away the story's emotional force. It is only, frankly, the strength of Winslet's performance that rises above conventional surroundings and makes "The Reader" the experience it should be.”
The Daily Mail
Chris Tookey
“Kate Winslet is the reason to see the sombre, understated, literary The Reader, which has touching moments but never delivers on its early promise... The failure of the film is that it never lives up to her performance. It refuses to grapple with the issues, preferring instead to mope around and gaze into space, while the plaintively obtrusive score tells us how classy and important it all is. Daldry's direction is one-paced and lacks flair, but the big problem is the thin screenplay. Hare's poor adaptation makes unnecessary leaps forward and backward in time, and never draws a strong dramatic link between its four main themes - illicit sex, Nazism, illiteracy and guilt.”
“You could argue that the film isn’t really about the Holocaust, but about the generation that grew up in its shadow, which is what the book insists. But the film is neither about the Holocaust nor about those Germans who grappled with its legacy: it’s about making the audience feel good about a historical catastrophe that grows fainter with each new tasteful interpolation.”
Philip French
“The Reader is an exemplary piece of filmmaking, superbly acted by Kate Winslet, David Kross and Ralph Fiennes, beautifully lit by two of Britain's finest cinematographers (Roger Deakins and Chris Menges) and sensitively directed by Stephen Daldry from a screenplay by David Hare... Scene by scene, we're gripped, but the metaphor is elusive, the narrative unconvincing and the overall effect vague and unpersuasive. The key clicks smoothly in the lock but no doors of perception open up. ”
Scotland on Sunday
Soibhan Synot
“Hoarders of large narrative signposts can also add The Reader's to their collection, because the film does like to flag its ideas in advance in a manner that is rather reductive... It's still an involving film, with none of the crassness of The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas earlier this year. It's also provocative... well worth seeing; the kind of film you're bound to chew on for days afterwards. It's just that you're likely to wonder why the impact of its monumental issues of crime, guilt, complicity, and conscience don't resonate even more.”
Kim Newman
“Stephen Daldry’s third film as director seems as calculated as Billy Elliot and The Hours to figure in awards nominations — the performances are outstanding and the subject matter demands respect — but it’s a cold fish of a film, and slow enough to leave audiences time to ponder its gaping plot-holes once the central mystery is solved... The epitome of middle-brow ‘quality’ drama — admirable within its limitations, but Bernard Schlink’s Oprah Winfrey Book Club-approved book wasn’t exactly literature, as this isn’t exactly cinema.”
Jonathon Romney
“What happens to Michael is more a political and philosophical matter: a young German's realisation that he needs to look beyond his cushioned post-war world, and to ask questions about history and the nature of law. The Reader hooks you with sex in order to get you thinking about ethics...The trouble is, though, that this doesn't leave the film with a great deal to show us... the result is honourable, studious, a little flat.”
Nigel Andres
“The film sets out to track the scent of guilt to its lair, the human heart, and to re-map the verities of crime and innocence. Yet as soon as this new agenda begins – such are the hazards of the didactic – life and spontaneity start exiting the screen. When Ralph Fiennes, as the older Michael, takes the baton from Kross, the handover is fumbled. “This isn’t even the same character!” we think. One moment he was a kid with Galahad glow and out-there pout. Ten years later he is creepy-lovable Ralph, with his sly, evasive lips and air of hibernated timelessness.”
Todd McCarthy
“Stephen Daldry’s film is sensitively realized and dramatically absorbing, but comes across as an essentially cerebral experience without gut impact. Classy package will appeal to upscale specialized auds and the bookish set but pic will have trouble crossing over to the general public Stateside. Offshore prospects look stronger.”
Mike McCahill
“Schlink was writing a love story as dead end: difficult to adapt, even harder for anyone actually to have to sit through. Late on in the film, the adult Michael (Ralph Fiennes, at his most remote) encounters a Holocaust survivor (Lena Olin) who insists 'nothing good came out of the camps': that's the film's thesis, too, requiring the suppression of any and all emotions. The revelation of evil not only confounds the characters here; it numbs the film, stifles whatever wayward life it once had in it.”
Sukhdev Sandhu
“It also refuses to package itself as an outraged, emotion-tugging drama about the Holocaust. None of the characters represents either good or evil; the way they recall and speak about the past is functional almost to the point of banality. The ending offers no catharsis or moral lessons that the audience can take home... The characters rarely face off. They rarely confront or challenge each other. And because the film never risks disrupting the all-pervasive mood of stately good taste it struggles to shift into second gear. And if its makers can’t get animated by such a powerful story, what chance that we will? ”
Wendy Ide
“It's to the film's detriment that so much time is dedicated to this late period of the story. Winslet's fierce, intensely felt performance is obliterated by an unsuccessful make-up job that fails to age her and instead just makes her look weird and flaky. Fiennes's awkward, buttoned-up version of Michael is difficult to reconcile with the younger, more open characterisation delivered by David Kross. And it becomes increasingly unclear what the film is actually about: personal and national guilt? Romantic trauma? Or the transformative power of the written word?”
Cosmo Landesman
“Its main problem is that it simply fails to come alive dramatically. We never really get to know these characters and come to care for them. They are generic figures — young man in love, beautiful woman with a secret. The film never shows us what is lovable about Hanna, so we cannot share Michael’s ambiguity about her and thus care about her fate. Despite being a love story, The Reader is a cold, cerebral work, a moral debate dolled up in the fancy dress of film.”
Anthony Quinn
“Can a single performance redeem a whole movie? Heaven knows Kate Winslet does her damnedest to wrestle with the contradictions of The Reader, adapted from the novel by Bernhard Schlink, and it would be no great injustice if she carried off an award for it. But there comes a point in its contorted narrative when even her noble efforts fail to conceal the dramatic cracks, let alone the moral ones. These flaws are the inevitable result of film-making that privileges tastefulness over truthfulness.”
“This is one of those narratives that, I suspect, would like to think of itself as the sort that embeds deeply complex moral questions into a highly personal story, but I wonder. I wonder not that these questions, most of which relate to post-second world war German guilt and shame, are there — after all, Bruno Ganz, playing Michael’s law professor, is on hand to remind us clumsily every now and then — but whether the answers, as posited, aren’t just too fatuous for words. At various points we are asked to pity Hanna; to pity her as a victim of the Nazi regime, as well as a victim of her own particular secret. Well, I didn’t, just as I don’t pity unrepentant SS operatives generally.”
Anthony Lane
“The British director Stephen Daldry made a splash with “The Hours,” and this new film is no less worthy, ambitious, and exasperating. The screenwriter, once again, is David Hare, who fillets the bestselling novel by Bernhard Schlink. For all Hare’s expertise, however, we are stuck with the unsavory pretensions of the original tale... Daldry takes things painfully slowly, not helped by a sappy score, and we are encouraged to muse upon the cultural shortcomings, or improvements, in the life of an aging member of the S.S. This is not an issue that most of us feel the need to worry about.”
“Kate Winslet thus participates in the Hollywood tradition of having the Nazi played by a Brit; she is very good, and in fact no purely technical objections could conceivably be levelled in any direction. But I can't forgive this film for being so shallow and so obtuse on such a subject, and I can't accept it as a parable for war-guilt-by-association suffered by goodish Germans of the next generation. Under the gloss of high production value, under the sheen of hardback good taste, there is something naive and glib and meretricious. It left a very strange taste in my mouth.”
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William Sales Gratwick1
William Sales Gratwick lived at Sussex, England.1
Child of William Sales Gratwick
Marion Gratwick2
Marion Gratwick is the daughter of William Sales Gratwick.2 She married Henry Michael Whitfield, son of John Henry Christopher Whitfield and Louisa Farren, on 11 July 1919.1
From 11 July 1919, her married name became Whitfield.
Phoebe Stella Riland-Bedford1
Phoebe Stella Riland-Bedford is the daughter of Reverend William Campbell Riland-Bedford and Eleanor Phoebe Chance.1 She married Beaumont Albany Fetherston-Dilke, son of Theodore Henry Percival and Edith Isabella Fetherston, on 8 December 1917.1
From 8 December 1917, her married name became Fetherston-Dilke.1
Children of Phoebe Stella Riland-Bedford and Beaumont Albany Fetherston-Dilke
Mary Stella Fetherston-Dilke1 b. 21 Sep 1918, d. 23 Aug 2020
Captain Charles Beaumont Fetherston-Dilke+1 b. 4 Apr 1921, d. 2 Apr 2007
Catherine Elizabeth Fetherston-Dilke+1 b. 27 Mar 1924, d. 30 Aug 2018
Lt.-Cdr. John Timothy Fetherston-Dilke+1 b. 4 Feb 1926, d. 30 Dec 2003
[S40] L. G. Pine, editor, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 17th edition, (London, England: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1952), page 665. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Landed Gentry, 17th ed.
Sophie Madeline Howard1
F, #489744, d. 23 August 1961
Sophie Madeline Howard was the daughter of Ernest Walters Howard.2 She married Ernest Albert Whitfield, 1st Baron Kenswood, son of John Henry Christopher Whitfield and Louisa Farren, on 13 December 1920.1 She died on 23 August 1961.1
From 13 December 1920, her married name became Whitfield. After her marriage, Sophie Madeline Howard was styled as Baroness Kenswood on 27 June 1951.
Children of Sophie Madeline Howard and Ernest Albert Whitfield, 1st Baron Kenswood
Hon. Ann Sophia Madeline Whitfield+3 b. 14 Feb 1928
John Michael Howard Whitfield, 2nd Baron Kenswood+3 b. 6 Apr 1930, d. 2 Jul 2016
[S6661] Frances Flack, "re: Miller Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 2 May 2013. Hereinafter cited as "re: Miller Family."
John Michael Howard Whitfield, 2nd Baron Kenswood1
M, #489745, b. 6 April 1930, d. 2 July 2016
John Michael Howard Whitfield, 2nd Baron Kenswood was born on 6 April 1930.1 He was the son of Ernest Albert Whitfield, 1st Baron Kenswood and Sophie Madeline Howard.2 He married Deirdre Anna Louise Methven, daughter of Colin Malcolm Methven, on 16 June 1951.1 He died on 2 July 2016 at age 86.3
He was educated at Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ontario, Canada.1 He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, EnglandG.1 He was educated at Grenoble University, Grenoble, FranceG.1 He graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1952 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)1 He succeeded as the 2nd Baron Kenswood, of St. Marylebone, co. London [U.K., 1951] on 21 April 1963.1 He lived in 2003 at La Gavotte, Rustrel, FranceG.1
Children of John Michael Howard Whitfield, 2nd Baron Kenswood and Deirdre Anna Louise Methven
Michael Christopher Whitfield, 3rd Baron Kenswood2 b. 3 Jul 1955
Hon. Anthony John Whitfield2 b. 13 May 1957
Hon. Steven James Whitfield2 b. 9 Aug 1958
Hon. Benjamin Matthew Whitfield2 b. 15 Jun 1961
Hon. Anna Louise Whitfield2 b. 6 Jun 1964
[S379] Leigh Rayment's Peerages, online http://www.leighrayment.com. Hereinafter cited as Leigh Rayment's Peerages.
Catriona Lucy Cromarty1
Catriona Lucy Cromarty was born on 23 July 2003 at County Durham, England.1 She is the daughter of Reverend Andrew Robert Cromarty and Joanna Hilary Vaughan.1
[S7683] Patrick Vaughan, "re: Vaughan Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 12 August 2015. Hereinafter cited as "re: Vaughan Family."
Beaumont Thomas Fetherston1
Beaumont Thomas Fetherston is the son of John Fetherston.1
Mary Stella Fetherston-Dilke1
F, #489748, b. 21 September 1918, d. 23 August 2020
Mary Stella Fetherston-Dilke was born on 21 September 1918.1 She was the daughter of Beaumont Albany Fetherston-Dilke and Phoebe Stella Riland-Bedford.1 She died on 23 August 2020 at age 101.2
She gained the rank of Nursing Sister in the Royal Navy, during the Second World War.1
[S7786] Christopher Horne, "re: Horne Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 11 November 2015. Hereinafter cited as "re: Horne Family."
Catherine Elizabeth Fetherston-Dilke1
F, #489749, b. 27 March 1924, d. 30 August 2018
Catherine Elizabeth Fetherston-Dilke was born on 27 March 1924.1 She was the daughter of Beaumont Albany Fetherston-Dilke and Phoebe Stella Riland-Bedford.1 She married John Lancelot Rolleston, son of John Davy Rolleston and Mary Edith Waring.1 She died on 30 August 2018 at age 94.2
Her married name became Rolleston.1 She graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, EnglandG, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)1
Children of Catherine Elizabeth Fetherston-Dilke and John Lancelot Rolleston
Catherine Olivia Rolleston2 b. 1950
Teresa G. Rolleston1 b. 1953
Humphrey D. Rolleston2 b. 1955
John Lancelot Rolleston1,2
M, #489750, b. 1919, d. 30 November 2006
John Lancelot Rolleston was born in 1919 at Kensington, London, EnglandG.3 He was the son of John Davy Rolleston and Mary Edith Waring.1,3 He married Catherine Elizabeth Fetherston-Dilke, daughter of Beaumont Albany Fetherston-Dilke and Phoebe Stella Riland-Bedford.1 He died on 30 November 2006.2
Children of John Lancelot Rolleston and Catherine Elizabeth Fetherston-Dilke
[S466] Notices, The Telegraph, London, UK. Hereinafter cited as The Telegraph.
[S5798] Geri Podskalny, "re: Rolleston Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 4 January 2012. Hereinafter cited as "re: Rolleston Family."
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DOCUMENT: Celebrity, Crime
Sal The Shlockbroker
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/sal-shlockbroker-0
Governale Resume
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/governale-resume
Search Warrant Excerpt, Governale
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/search-warrant-excerpt-governale
Harper's Excerpt
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/harpers-excerpt
The Smoking Gun usually takes aim at bigger fish than Salvatore Governale, but the Howard Stern Show regular is such a pompous, colossal ass that he merits our special attention.
Known on-air as "Sal the Stockbroker," the 29-year-old Governale delights in ridiculing and harassing Stern producer Gary "Bababooey" Dell'Abate via a barrage of prank phone calls and parody songs. And while Dell'Abate doesn't need us defending him, well, we just can't help ourselves.
So, Sal, this is your life:
*Before he became the odious "Sal the Stockbroker," Governale was "Sal the Sandwich Maker" and "Sal the Paperboy." Those are just a couple of the amusing entries on Governale's resume, according to documents he has filed with the National Association of Security Dealers. Because Sal works for a brokerage firm (Millennium Security Co., 150 E. 58th Street, NYC), NASD regulations require him to disclose his prior employment history (10 years' worth). Click here for Governale's sorry resume, so that you can marvel at: Sal's stellar education (Suffolk County Community College); his work as a waiter (Houlihan's in Smithtown and Gilbert & Robinson in Lake Grove); his paperboy position with the Daily News; and his stint making subs (J&J Heros in West Islip).
But we are interested in three of his more recent gigs, all of which surely involved Sal's highly refined telephone talents:
*According to the NASD records, Governale worked for almost four years (January 1990 to October 1993) at American Interconnect, a notorious Long Island telemarketing firm. He claims that his employment there ended on October 1, 1993. A month later, in November 1993, American Interconnect's offices were raided by federal agents as part of a large telephone fraud investigation. As this search warrant excerpt shows, criminal probers charged that American Interconnect ran a fraudulent "boiler room" operation where employees solicited donations by falsely claiming they were DEA agents and police officers.
Governale was not charged in the probe, which led to the criminal conviction of American Interconnect's six top officials (the scam's two ringleaders were found guilty at trial in late-1998, according to New York federal court records). We'd wager that Sal was still working at American Interconnect when the feds kicked in the door. But that wouldn't look so hot on his resume. And we're sure Sal claims that he had no idea that the firm was engaged in such rampant criminality--all of which involved duplicitous telephone tactics.
*Not long after Sal left American Interconnect, he landed at Investors Associates, Inc., a sleazy stock brokerage. The now-defunct firm was charged with improper sales practices by several states (Florida and New York to name a few) and was sanctioned by the NASD. We're sure Sal had no idea what was going on at Investors Associates. And he would never have used the kind of deceptive telephone script described in this December 1998 Harper's Magazine story. Poor Sal must have been an innocent bystander as telephone scams flourished around him--again.
*Governale then landed at Duke & Co., a New York brokerage firm that--amazingly!!--was also involved in a wide variety of questionable business practices, including high-pressure telephone sales. Some guys just have the worst luck. After fining a Duke principal $5 million in 1997, the NASD last year suspended the brokerage company.
*Sure, that's a tawdry employment trail. But here's something even more troubling: Sal turns 30 on October 8th and remains a proud member of the Kiss Army (we're not sure if he wears makeup to shows). Click here or here for some pathetic Governale prose on two Kiss performances. But if you want some real douche chills, check out this bizarre game Sally Boy invented.
*Finally, Governale is running a side business selling rock video bootlegs on eBay, the online auction site. Sal, that shit is illegal! Frankly, we think Kiss and Beastie Boys would be mighty pissed were they to find out. Governale's eBay handle is [email protected]
Sal the Stockbroker, Sal Governale, Howard Stern
.44 Magnum Moron
The Birdman Of Alcatraz
Cops: Video of illicit romp was uploaded to porn site
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CMO Strategy
P&G's big re-org: Peltz wins (some), marketing stays largely intact
By Jack Neff. Published on November 09, 2018.
Credit: Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble Co. has a new simplified organizational structure coming next July, the company announced Thursday. It's still fairly complex, but partly addresses the differences management had with new board member Nelson Peltz last year when they fought to keep him off the board.
Among the key updates announced during P&G's investor day: Newly minted CEOs of P&G's new Sector Business Units will oversee most of their sales departments, product development and manufacturing in most of the world, and 60 percent of central corporate staff will now report to these business leaders in parts of the world representing 80 percent of P&G's sales and 90 percent of after-tax profits (which includes North America, Western Europe, China and Russia.) While this reorganization doesn't directly involve headcount reduction, it does aim at eliminating duplication of effort. Chairman-CEO David Taylor called it "the most significant organization change we've made in the last 20 years."
Here are five key takeaways from yesterday's announcement.
Nelson Peltz got much of what he wanted
As he battled for a board seat last year, Peltz proposed breaking P&G into three semi-autonomous units reporting to Taylor, with a lean central corporate staff. Yesterday's move creates six semi-autonomous units, with more emphasis on the semi.
Nelson Peltz
For example, Peltz wanted R&D given to the business units, but corporate R&D will continue working on projects that span multiple categories or move into new ones. The sector units will be responsible for sales people in most of the world, but even there "market leaders" from P&G will still work directly with top executives at such retailers as Walmart or Tesco.
Last year, Taylor described Peltz's plan as a prelude to a company breakup. Under the new organization, breaking up is still hard to do. The six sectors share multi-category manufacturing and distribution centers, plus integrated sales and corporate functions across Central and Eastern Europe and most of the southern hemisphere.
Marketing and media won't be affected so much
Peltz wanted his semi-autonomous business units to control media buying. That isn't happening, as those duties will still be handled by corporate market operations, a spokeswoman says. Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer Jon Moeller, answering a question yesterday about why P&G's scale still mattered given the organizational breakup, pointed to how Chief Brand Officer Marc Pritchard's push for more accountability from digital media last year wouldn't have been possible without P&G's combined buying clout.
That said, business units already have some say in choosing their media agencies, as P&G's North American hair-care business showed in switching from Omnicom's Hearts & Science to Dentsu's Carat earlier this year. And P&G is letting brand managers do more self-service buying in digital and social media. Peltz wanted P&G brands to have more flexibility to hire and fire ad agencies, and the "fixed and flow" model P&G adopted earlier this year makes that easier for many projects.
The dispersal of corporate staff to business units won't be as pronounced in Pritchard's brand group as in other parts of the company, says spokesman Damon Jones, since most marketing already is handled by the business units, and corporate marketing, such as P&G's Olympics sponsorship program, will continue.
CFO's power grows
Jon Moeller adds to his power, taking on the additional duties of chief operating officer and overseeing sales and corporate functions in all of Latin America, India, Australia, and Central and Eastern Europe. He'll also oversee some corporate functions like information technology globally.
P&G has a bunch more CEOs
Leaders of the new Sector Business Units get CEO titles and report to Taylor, including Stephen Bishop, 54, in Health Care; Gary Coombe, 54, in Grooming; Mary Lynn Ferguson-McHugh, 59, in Family Care & Ventures; Fama Francisco, 49, in Baby & Feminine Care; Shailesh Jejurikar, 51, in Fabric & Home Care; and Alex Keith, 50, in Beauty.
CEO succession prospects clarify some
Moeller, 54, moves into a chief operating officer role that puts him second in line to Taylor, 60. Except for Ferguson-McHugh, all the new CEOs also are six or more years younger than Taylor, putting them in line to move up in P&G's traditional promote-from-within model.
Whether that happens depends on how well the company does. P&G's board considered outside candidates when Taylor was appointed in 2015, and could look outside again when he leaves. And if these new pieces of P&G ultimately do get broken off, all bets are off.
Jack Neff
Jack Neff, editor at large, covers household and personal-care marketers, Walmart and market research. He's based near Cincinnati and has previously written for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Bloomberg, and trade publications covering the food, woodworking and graphic design industries and worked in corporate communications for the E.W. Scripps Co.
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New Zealand in Brief
Nation and government
Story: Nation and government
The origins of nationhood
From colony to nation
System of government
The electoral system
The state sector and Crown entities
Nationhood and identity
New Zealand in the world
The three articles of the Treaty of Waitangi
Most Māori chiefs signed the Māori-language version of the treaty at Waitangi on 6 February 1840 or later in the north and at Auckland. A recent translation of the articles of the Māori version follows:
The chiefs of the Confederation and all the chiefs who have not joined that Confederation give absolutely to the Queen of England for ever the complete government over their land.
The Queen of England agrees to protect the chiefs, the subtribes and all the people of New Zealand in the unqualified exercise of their chieftainship over their lands, villages and all their treasures. But on the other hand the chiefs of the Confederation and all the chiefs will sell land to the Queen at a price agreed to by the person owning it and by the person buying it (the latter being) appointed by the Queen as her purchase agent.
For this agreed arrangement therefore concerning the government of the Queen, the Queen of England will protect all the ordinary people of New Zealand and will give them the same rights and duties of citizenship as the people of England.
As the following official English version of the treaty shows, there were some important differences between the two versions, especially in the terminology of the first and second articles:
‘Article the first
The Chiefs of the Confederation of the United Tribes of New Zealand and the separate and independent Chiefs who have not become members of the Confederation cede to her Majesty the Queen of England absolutely and without reservation all the rights and powers of Sovereignty which the said Confederation or Individual Chiefs respectively exercise or possess, or may be supposed to exercise or to possess over their respective Territories as the sole sovereigns thereof.
Article the second
Her Majesty the Queen of England confirms and guarantees to the Chiefs and Tribes of New Zealand and to the respective families and individuals thereof the full exclusive and undisturbed possession of their Lands and Estates Forests Fisheries and other properties which they may collectively or individually possess so long as it is their wish and desire to retain the same in their possession; but the Chiefs of the United Tribes and the individual Chiefs yield to Her Majesty the exclusive right of Preemption over such lands as the proprietors thereof may be disposed to alienate at such prices as may be agreed upon between the respective Proprietors and persons appointed by Her Majesty to treat with them in that behalf.
Article the third
In consideration thereof Her Majesty the Queen of England extends to the Natives of New Zealand Her royal protection and imparts to them all the Rights and Privileges of British Subjects.’
Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Reference: IA 9/9
This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence
The Treaty of Waitangi
Tino rangatiratanga flags at Parliament
John Wilson, 'Nation and government - The origins of nationhood', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/document/4216/the-three-articles-of-the-treaty-of-waitangi (accessed 21 January 2021)
Story by John Wilson, updated 16 Sep 2016
Mike (not verified)
Hi All, I am a proud Maori, Tamoko, Reo, and two sons, I am the great, great grandson of Pairata Matenga a paramount chief of Te Aupouri, North land. the Treaty is to me a great founding document that from the beginning was contravened and dishonored by British greed and christian religious Hippocracy, unbeknownst to the crown of the time at 1840 hence the NZ wars.then the creation of a corrupt government and police force and their pro settler/ anti Maori law, which in fact is the reason for inequality in our supposed proud bi- cultural nation who to this day use the treaty when it suits them and then not when it doesn't. (the all blacks..... classic example) Well that is the price of democracy and evolved development/indoctrination however it could have been worse it could have been america that decided to colonize little NZ back in the day and look what happened to the Native Americans.
It just sucks how the British
taylor (not verified)
It just sucks how the British couldn't translate the English version to Maori. The brits just took advantage of the Maori
Wow! Where to begin, I agree
Panetuku (not verified)
Wow! Where to begin, I agree with Whetu so long as it was the Waikato people doing the eating.... Okay Emma it is not difficult to see the impact of the injustices of the treaty. You will agree it was very much one-sided but try telling tauiwi that! For evidence of maimai/pain, anguish check the deficit figures for incarcerated Maori, Maori health statistics, violence, self abuse etc. The maiming and killing of tamariki and mokopuna is a total national disgrace. To make amends and improve our lot, we have started but there is still some way to improvement/kapai tena.... so long as we don't lose our identity and forget the old ways......Nga mihi.
Hi everyone! I have an exam
Emma (not verified)
Hi everyone! I have an exam soon and just want to know how others or their families have been affected by the treaty. Anyone have any input? :)
So our chiefs signed a
Whetu (not verified)
So our chiefs signed a document(sorry) piece of shit paper while they stared down barrel of her majesty army,it might of been better been eaten by our neighbours at least our whenua will be governed by maori.
Mmn: so we as Maori can take
Bruce (not verified)
Mmn: so we as Maori can take comfort from the struggles our dear tupuna endured... be still... and know that so many are walking beside us all today to awhi to encourage, to empower... I'm eternally grateful for all those passed on and for me being here today and to be a voice for our kindred dead.... Kia kaha te whanau O Aotearoa.....
Decieving,colonising
tarryn (not verified)
Decieving,colonising document. Intended for sole ownership and Governship instead of Soveignty for Maori. So when comments are made about Maori being money hungry bludgers remember the culture shock culture stripping and ownership rights that were taken not given in mostly all circumstances.
tui (not verified)
go maoris
eve (not verified)
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Master Plan for Traditional Neighbourhood
Ibrahim M. Jaidah’s latest book, Qatari Style, launched at Msheireb Museums
‘Qatari Style’ is a compilation of various interior spaces showcasing the warmth of Middle Eastern hospitality resonating with the sound of the local culture. Selected interiors celebrate the personal and local dispositions reflected in the spaces, but also the breadth of foreign influences on the local culture.
The press conference and book launch saw Ibrahim M. Jaidah speaking to the audience about the inspiration behind the book. At the end of the event, the author also signed special copies for the attendees.
As advocates of knowledge sharing for sustainable development, Msheireb Museums supports initiatives and efforts that enrich cultural dialogue by shedding light on the past to understand the present and make the future a better place for all.
Dr Hafiz Ali, Msheireb Museums Director, said: “We are very happy to host the launch of this artistic book and are proud to be a platform that gives a voice to established and emerging Qatari talent. Ibrahim M. Jaidah is a notable figure in the field of architecture, and this compilation of his thoughts on elements and designs that speak of Middle Eastern hospitality with distinct Qatari traits, are concepts that we have been keen on reflecting here in Msheireb Downtown Doha.”
Ibrahim M. Jaidah, author of the book and Group CEO of the Arab Engineering Bureau, said: “This is the first ever book that provides insights into unique Qatari places. Qatar is a small peninsula in the Arabian Gulf, but it was also a crossroad to many trading and migration routes, resulting in the development of the distinctive local style. Rich in colour and detail, Qatari style is rarely minimal and noteworthy for its depiction and fusion of various influences. I am inspired by my national identity that is constantly recalling the past to honor its modern development.”
Qatari Style, by Ibrahim M. Jaidah, is available for purchase online and various book shops internationally. Locally, the book is sold at Sogha, the souvenir shop at Msheireb Museums.
Photos by: Geraldine Menezes
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Home | Commodities | Chinese Commodity Prices Pushed Higher By Robust Imports, Speculation
Chinese Commodity Prices Pushed Higher By Robust Imports, Speculation
by Jeff Yoders on December 21, 2016
Commodities, Ferrous Metals, Global Trade, Investing Hedging, Metal Prices
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In recent weeks the Dalian and Zhengzhou commodity exchanges and the Shanghai Futures Exchange have all toughened trading requirements several times.
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The measures imposed include raising trading margins, hiking transaction fees and imposing trading limits in attempt to tamp down speculative trading. Reuters’ Clyde Russell referred to the situation as China having “thrown the world’s commodity producers and traders a massive party.”
HRC and CRC prices in China rising through November. Source: MetalMinerIndX.
This year saw most analysts surprised by the strength of both China’s coal and iron ore imports, which led to rallies in the prices of both commodities. Chinese imports of iron ore jumped to the third-highest on record in November with 91.98 million metric tons up 13.8% from the previous month, taking the year-to-date gain to 9.2% compared with the same period in 2015, according to Reuters.
The coal import picture was even more robust in November. Coal imports of 26.97 mmt were the most in 18 months, and were more than double the imports recorded in November last year, according to preliminary Chinese customs data reported by Reuters. Coal imports have risen 22.7% in the first 11 months of 2016.
Steel Output… What Cuts?
Prices are increasing on the exchanges as many analysts didn’t really believe that China would cut its domestic coal output, but did believe that it would close excess steel capacity as it has repeatedly promised … and promised some more. Capacity is down, but actual production? Those cuts haven’t really materialized, either.
China seems to have made an effort to cut back on the excess steel exports but — as often happens with commodities — trying to curtail production didn’t have the desired effect. Before November, China’s coal output was down 10% year-on-year, and steel capacity was cut by close to the government target. This did not lead to a corresponding drop in steel production, which was up 1.1% in the first 11 months of the year. The remaining steelmakers simply picked up production.
A similar thing happened with coal. Authorities in Beijing have made their desire for increased domestic coal output cuts clear, but the miners have struggled to deliver on said output cuts because they, reasonably, are making more money off of the high prices.
China is the world’s largest consumer of commodities and the increases felt in the People’s Republic are felt globally in the supply chains of most products Americans and other nations’ citizens consume.
One longtime, U.S.-based sourcing professional who works with suppliers in China told MetalMiner that his company is seeing prices for raw materials it sources from there up 70% for zinc, its Chinese steel prices up 60%, packaging costs up 50% and plastic resins such as polypropylene up 30% this year.
Some of those increases have to do with rising oil prices and the November Chinese imports surge is seemingly hiking prices across the board. Imports of crude oil to China recovered strongly in November to 32.35 mmt, according to Reuters, the equivalent to about 7.87 million barrels per day, which is above the year-to-date average of 7.53 million bpd.
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Crude oil imports to China are about 14% higher so far this year, which represents an increase of around 925,000 bpd. Chinese imports of copper also surged, rising 31% to 380,000 mt in November from the previous month, the highest since June and a recovery from October’s near two-year low.
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Zinc Price Forecast, December 2016: Total Inventories Decline
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About airfocus
- Senior Product Manager
Justin Luk
Justin Luk is currently a product manager at Facebook. He made his name as a senior program manager at Microsoft Azure, managing the Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) as well as Azure Container Instances and Azure Cloud Shell.
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Who is Justin Luk?
He studied computer science at the Georgia Institute of Technology and has worked in product management at a number of high-level, prestigious companies including Coca-Cola and McKinsey.
His time at Microsoft Azure instilled in him a passion for software containers, the cloud, and great user experiences. His current role at Facebook is the perfect outlet for his skills and experience.
What is Justin Luk known for?
While Facebook is a more widely-known brand name, Justin is arguably better known for his work at Microsoft Azure.
During his time as program manager for Azure Kubernetes Services, the team grew fivefold, and he was responsible for defining and executing the product roadmap that led to AKS leadership in Gartner Magic Quadrant.
He was the lead program manager for Azure Cloud Shell and led it from ideation to delivery, iterating a global service running on Kubernetes with both Linux & Windows containers. He also led the integration of Azure Container Instances and Azure Cloud Shell with Azure PowerShell, Microsoft Docs, VS Code, and Terraform.
Where can you learn more about Justin Luk?
Justin writes about his experiences and ideas on his Medium site: https://medium.com/@justinluk.
We particularly enjoyed his essay, "If I could relearn product management". But his thoughts on "Forks, Spoons, and Knives" is also a witty exploration of business inefficiencies, comparing the misaligned state of his cutlery drawer to the consumer tech scene.
He also posts regularly on Twitter (follow him at @whoisjluk).
Justin Luk is a product manager at Facebook. Before that, he was a key figure in the development and launch of Microsoft Azure Cloud Shell, and also worked on Azure Kubernetes Services, Azure Cloud Shell, and Azure Container Instances.
Microsoft Azure is a cloud platform and service, part of the Microsoft suite of applications. It is designed for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services through Microsoft-managed data centers. Retail businesses, like ASOS, use Azure to make content hyper-relevant to site visitors. And manufacturers, like Rolls-Royce, use the cloud to connect stakeholders with relevant data.
What is the Azure Kubernetes Service?
The Azure Kubernetes Service is a fully-managed service that allows you to run a continuous integration and delivery experience in Azure without having to manage your own clusters. AKS manages all the complex elements of managing Kubernetes, allowing teams to concentrate on their own containers and scale with confidence.
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Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements: How Can They Combat Child Malnutrition?
Kathryn G. Dewey & Mary Arimond
http://www.mendeley.com/research/lipidbased-nutrient-supplements-combat-child-malnutrition
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Home Business Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce join a push for digital vaccination credentials.
Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce join a push for digital vaccination credentials.
Airlines, workplaces and sports stadiums may soon require people to show their coronavirus vaccination status on their smartphones before they can enter.
A coalition of leading technology companies, health organizations and nonprofits — including Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, Cerner, Epic Systems and the Mayo Clinic — announced on Thursday morning that they were developing technology standards to enable consumers to obtain and share their immunization records through health passport apps.
“For some period of time, most all of us are going to have to demonstrate either negative Covid-19 testing or an up-to-date vaccination status to go about the normal routines of our lives,” said Dr. Brad Perkins, the chief medical officer at the Commons Project Foundation, a nonprofit in Geneva that is a member of the vaccine credential initiative.
That will happen, Dr. Perkins added, “whether it’s getting on an airplane and going to a different country, whether it’s going to work, to school, to the grocery store, to live concerts or sporting events.”
Vaccine passport apps could fill a significant need for airlines, employers and other businesses.
In the United States, the federal government has developed paper cards that remind people who receive coronavirus vaccinations of their vaccine manufacturer, batch number and date of inoculation. But there is no federal system that consumers can use to get easy access to their immunization records online and establish their vaccination status for work or travel.
A few airlines, including United Airlines and JetBlue, are already trying out Common Pass, a health passport app from the Commons Project. The app enables passengers to retrieve their coronavirus test results from their health providers and then gives them a confirmation code allowing them to board certain international flights. The vaccination credentialing system would work similarly.
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True but Forbidden 36: No Old Hippies and No New Hippie Reading Circles Either
by Vanderleun on August 6, 2019
Oh, there is no human more arrogant than a “woke” 19-year-old – except that same man or woman 50 years later who never grew up, never learned a thing. (And still has the same ponytail, now in grey and far far back on his bald empty head…)
For me, mass shootings are a symptom of the rejection of morality, ethics, family, decency and citizenship that were among the bedrock principles that built this nation. So it’s no coincidence that for the past 50 years, feminism, free love, do your own thing, moral relativism, and a rejection of traditional family values among other things morphed into open warfare on those people and institutions identified with the aforementioned. (i.e. white, Judeo-Christian, monogamous, heterosexuals). And who led the charge? The Left. And why? To destroy America as founded and replace it with “paradise on earth” for which the Almighty and All-Powerful State would make you eternally happy, or grind you into the dust trying.
We have reached the point now where the judges no longer feel that have any need to respect the spirit of the laws and the system that created them. Every case that goes to the Supreme Court has four votes for or against it, regardless of the issue. The four Progressive fanatics are so predictable, it is just assumed they will rule in favor of their tribe’s wishes. The only question is which “conservative” judge will be selected to fink on his team and side with the orientalists on the bench.
God is not glib. As evidence, let me cite the extent of the universe, and the complexity of its parts. Yet to the mind of a Darwinist, or other tomfool, God is imagined as a random, non-teleological process; as movement with no end in view. God is conceived as if He were glib.
Ditto on the moral, and legal, planes. We appropriate the divine; declare ourselves authors of goodness and truth; draught standing orders and legislation. We legislate “progress” by intellectual oversight, replacing what is changeless with things that are changing. It is interesting that not only the Christian but the ancient pagan traditions were free of this arrogance, in which we assume that chance and destiny lie within our power. But all human power is illusory. In the end every one of us is dead.
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Best Ice Cream Sandwich Recipe Roundup – Matcha Ice Cream Sandwiches with Vegan Ginger Molasses Cookies??? No. Just No.
On leaving the circle dance – Milan Kundera’s novel The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, which he wrote in the late 1970s:
Circle dancing is magic. It speaks to us through the millennia from the depths of human memory. Madame Raphael had cut the picture out of the magazine and would stare at it and dream. She too longed to dance in a ring. All her life she had looked for a group of people she could hold hands with and dance with in a ring. First she looked for them in the Methodist Church (her father was a religious fanatic), then in the Communist Party, then among the Trotskyites, then in the anti-abortion movement (A child has a right to life!), then in the pro-abortion movement (A woman has a right to her body!); she looked for them among the Marxists, the psychoanalysts, and the structuralists; she looked for them in Lenin, Zen Buddhism, Mao Tse-tung, yogis, the nouveau roman, Brechtian theater, the theater of panic; and finally she hoped she could at least become one with her students, which meant she always forced them to think and say exactly what she thought and said, and together they formed a single body and a single soul, a single ring and a single dance.
Crocs Gloves Are Here, Someone Save Us – Crocs are everything that is wrong with this country.
Crocs have the silhouette of a sperm whale carved out of Swiss cheese, the same design complexity as a 1970’s Barbie shoe, are essentially made out of dense packing peanuts, and come in a selection of colors inspired by the paint chips at Home Depot that make you go, “who the fuck is painting their kitchen this color?” Crocs are a symbol of humanity’s weakness. Remember when they first emerged, and everyone collectively agreed that they suck? Everyone. We all agreed on this. But we have allowed them to not only remain in our society, but to thrive. They stayed with us like a fat house fly we were too lazy to swat at, and now there are Crocs for every occasion. Sports Crocs, formal Crocs, Crocs with feathers, platform Crocs, wedding Crocs, goth Crocs, Crocs without holes, which are somehow worse. They have won.
Social media is addictive by design. The companies involved put enormous amounts of thought and effort into making it that way, so that people will be glued to their screens. As much as they’re selling anything, they’re selling the “dopamine hit” that people experience when they get a ‘like’ or a ‘share’ or some other response to their action. We’ve reached the point where there are not merely articles in places like Psychology Today and The Washington Post on dealing with social media addiction, but even scholarly papers in medical journals, with titles like The relationship between addictive use of social media and video games and symptoms of psychiatric disorders: A large scale cross-sectional study. One of the consulting companies in the business of making applications addictive is even named Dopamine Labs, making no bones about what’s going on.
In America, where the smart fraction gets smaller and the average IQ declines, the process will be different. These tools exist. They were created and made functional by our ancestors. As we run short of people capable of operating these tools, they will either be abandoned or stripped down, so they can be operated by a population no longer able to run a complex society. The Democratic presidential field is a good example of what happens when human capital is in decline. The Diverse War Machine |
Ernst Haeckel: The Man Who Merged Science with Art Haeckel spent his life researching flora and fauna “from the highest mountaintops to the deepest ocean.” He not only discovered, described, and named thousands of new species, but captured their forms with his incredible illustrations. Rendered with graphic precision and delicate shading, Haeckel’s work embraced the Darwin theory of evolution and helped to educate the world about microscopic organisms that were previously unseen.
Can Journalists Discern Fact and Opinion? | Ricochet
New York Times releases a second edition with a different headline after Twitter backlash and liberals announce they’re canceling subscriptions. pic.twitter.com/fxLav5pQHP
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) August 6, 2019
The first headline read “Trump Urges Unity Vs. Racism” while the second said “Assailing Hate But Not Guns.” The journalists of Twitter would not stand for the Times not editorializing their news coverage of the President and his response, and it’s telling how incapable the mainstream media and those who work in it are to tell the difference between fact and opinion.
Being smart, black, connected, and leftoid will not save you from the Mob, Tyson: ‘F*ck Off’: Smash Mouth Bashes deGrasse Tyson for Minimizing Shootings Tyson apologized on Monday saying in a lengthy Facebook message:
My intent was to offer objectively true information that might help shape conversations and reactions to preventable ways we die. Where I miscalculated was that I genuinely believed the Tweet would be helpful to anyone trying to save lives in America. What I learned from the range of reactions is that for many people, some information — my Tweet in particular — can be true but unhelpful, especially at a time when many people are either still in shock, or trying to heal — or both.So if you are one of those people, I apologize for not knowing in advance what effect my Tweet could have on you.
Chick-Fil-A Becomes America’s Favorite Fast Food Restaurant, Dethroning In-N-Out
400-year-old shark found in the Arctic could be the oldest living vertebrate determining the exact age of the Greenland shark is a tricky business. Researchers used a technique called eye lens radiocarbon dating. The eye lenses of all vertebrates continue to grow with the animal through its life, adding layers like an onion. In the late 1950s, atmospheric tests of thermonuclear weapons caused a big and easily detectable spike in the amount of radiocarbon that eventually made its way into the sea. Scientists call this bump ‘the bomb pulse’, and it has become a handy way to verify the age of marine organisms. If the amount of radiocarbon in a shark’s lens represents post-bomb-pulse levels, that’s a pretty clear indicator that the animal was born after 1960. Researchers found that the eye lens proteins of the two smallest of the 28 Greenland sharks had the highest levels of carbon-14, suggesting that they were born after the early 1960s. The third smallest shark, however, had carbon-14 levels only slightly above those of the 25 larger sharks, hinting that it was actually born in the early 1960s.
Bill Maher merely said what is on the minds of his bosses in the executive suites of Time-Warner. They want Americans to lose their jobs and suffer as punishment for having the audacity to elect a capitalist as president instead of a socialist like Hillary. Don’t kid yourself. Maher remains on the payroll as long as he says what they want to hear.
Raconteur Report: Democracy is a mob, always has been, and the Founders knew this in their bones. We’re a republic, not a democracy, and tinkering with the original blueprints has only fucked us harder and faster, and it gets worse every time they tinker with a successful original blueprint. Persisting in the delusion that something needs monkeying with, by people 60-80 IQ points stupider than the original authors, gets you craptastic Hollywood movies, and the abomination that is our current Leviathan government. But if you really want the guns, you’re going to get them. Bullets first. Hand to God on that.
Technological Despotism |This new ruling elite will be defined by the fear it instills in the public. In the technological age, fear of the oligarchs will be the supreme public virtue. Fear will be ruthlessly and creatively inculcated by a ruling elite that is wholly disconnected from the people over whom it rules. This stage of America will be the age of technological despotism.
How (and Why) to KISSASS – All those upper-middle-class professionals who edit the nation’s most prominent publications permit only one narrative when it comes to the toiling masses. Their lives are nasty, brutish, and short, and must always be portrayed as such. To publish a story about a person who enjoys working at Wal-Mart or Starbucks or Georgia Pacific or Amazon is considered tantamount to white-washing the horrific crimes (whatever those may be) of oligarchs such as the Walton family, Howard Schultz, the Koch brothers, or Bezos.
When a state or city cannot borrow money then all of those pork-barrel projects disappear. No more 27 people paving a hundred meters of street. No more Americorps. No more artist-in-residence. No more old hippies getting paid to read to kiddies at the library. No more cops working second and third shift; you will have to file your own crime reports on-line. No more free stuff.
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Casey Klahn August 6, 2019, 8:13 PM
Keep this one fully in front of your mind: red flag laws. If you live under such an egregious law, you aren’t really in America anymore. Oh yeah, you get due process! You get it after they take your guns away at 2:30 AM in the morning, endangering your life and the lives of everyone around you. They do it because Mrs. Fucking Cravitz, the next door snoop, declared you a danger. They do it because a chief cop wants your guns, and we all know how reliable those fuckers are. (I am a police advocate, but not every last one – we have cops in the NW who’d as soon sell you down the river as protect you).
The details are moot. This is de-facto registration, and a toe in the water of how to confiscate guns. It actually is gun confiscation. You argued for years that we don’t need this or that but we do need to watch out for mental illness. OMFG: you never read the Gulag Archipelago? You seriously want the feds overwatching your mental character and your guns?
My only solace is of course that all of the firearms I ever bought and the ammo for same have been lost in fires, theft, and water-crossings where they were sank. No such shit her at my house.
A cold wind blows. A knock is heard at the door…
Dr. Jay August 7, 2019, 3:50 AM
Anthony Newley finally gets his wish: “Stop the World – I Want to Get Off” (first performed, July 20, 1961) . . . “New Study Shows Wind Turbines Stopping Earth’s Rotation.”
ghostsniper August 7, 2019, 3:54 AM
A “mass” shooting includes 3 or more victims and it happens a lot more than the media is telling you.
“If you don’t listen to the media you are uninformed but if you do listen to the media you are misinformed.”
Just because you didn’t have to shoot a criminal in the head last night is no indication that you won’t have to shoot a criminal in the head tonight. got guns?
http://www.unz.com/sbpdl/between-july-16-and-july-28th-2019-there-were-36-mass-shootings-across-the-united-states-a-black-shooter-committed-34-of-them/
Between July 16 and July 28th, 2019, There Were 36 Mass Shootings Across the United States: Blacks Were Suspects in 34 of Them
PAUL KERSEY • AUGUST 4, 2019 • 700 WORDS • 86 COMMENTS • REPLY
The great Colin Flaherty (buy his book if you haven’t) documents the truth no other journalist would dare publish (or investigate). Who/whom commits mass shootings in America? Mr. Flaherty documented mass shootings over a two week period between July 16th and July 28th, 2019. [After Gilroy: Mass shootings a white thing? Oh, hell, no, American Thinker, July 30, 2019]:
Even before the final butcher’s bill was presented for the Sunday-night mass shooting in Gilroy, the blue checkers and talking heads were filling their platforms with fairy tales that most mass shooters are white.
But in the two-week run-up to Gilroy, there were 36 other mass shootings from coast to coast — and 34 of those shooters were black. One was white and one Hispanic. These results echo a New York Times story from 2016 that stated, much to the surprise and chagrin of the reporters, that whenever there are three or more victims of gunfire, 75 percent of shooters in America are black.
Today, that number looks a bit generous to black sensibilities.
But numbers from the New York Times and ten stories from good ol’ Colin this year documenting hundreds of black mass shootings did not do much to remove the blinders of those who insist mass shootings are a white thing.
Anyone up for a magical mystery tour of mass shootings over the last two weeks where black people shot three or more people? (You can follow along on my video; just click here.
Let’s start in Brooklyn on Saturday night and let the headlines tell the stories:
1. As many as 12 people shot in Brownsville, Brooklyn: Police.
2. In Philadelphia on July 28: 1 dead, 5 wounded in shooting during rap video production.
3. In Philadelphia on July 28: 6 shot in Southwest Philadelphia.
4. In Uniontown, Pa. on July 28: Multiple Uniontown shootings injure 4 people.
5. In Chicago on July 20: 7 shot in Lincoln Park near Fullerton Beach.
6. On Wichita on July 27: Wichita shooting, victim and suspect identified.
7. In Pembroke Park, Florida on July 27: 2 dead, 2 hospitalized after shooting at Pembroke.Parkauto shop.
8. In Memphis on July 24: Three people shot in Highland Heights.
9. In Baltimore on July 20: three injured in dice game shooting in Southwest Baltimore.
10. In South Bend, Indiana on July 21: Police identify man killed on Niles Avenue.
11. In Kansas City, Missouri on July 20: Police are investigating a triple shooting.
12. In San Antonio on July 16: 4 wounded in shooting.
13. In Fort Worth on July 17: 3 people shot on Berry Street in east Fort Worth.
14. In Racine, Wisconsin on July 28: Triple shooting overnight in Racine.
15. In Modesto, California on July 24: Triple shooting at Modesto Park leaves one dead.
16. In St. Louis on July 23: Police investigating triple shooting in North City.
17. In Chicago on July 28: Four shot in North Lawndale.
18. In Jersey City on July 20: Three people shot, one killed.
19. In St. Louis on July 26: Triple shooting leaves one in critical condition.
20. In Detroit on July 24: Persons of interest sought in Detroit triple shooting.
21. In Washington, D.C. on July 28: Early morning triple shooting in Shaw.
22. In Kansas City, Kansas on July 21: Neighbors found teen mortally wounded in triple shooting.
23. In Tulsa on July 18: Police identify 2 killed in shooting outside fitness center.
24. In Flint, Michigan on July 21: One woman dead, two hurt.
25. In Baltimore on July 21: Nine shot overnight in separate Baltimore shootings (one quadruple shooting).
26. In Essex, Maryland on July 28: Two men dead in triple shooting.
29. In Paterson, New Jersey on July 28: Three men shot on Saturday night.
30. In Washington D.C. on July 28: 4 shot near Howard Theatre.
31. In Chicago on July 18: Woman killed three others hurt on Garfield Park porch.
32. In North Charleston on July 22: Three people dead, one injured after shootings.
33. In Birmingham, Alabama on July 28: Three people shot near Ensley club.
34. In Chattanooga, Tennessee on July 25: 3rd suspect arrested in deadly Douglas Heights apartment shooting.
The day after the Gilroy shooting, Mayor Bill de Blasio was fielding questions from reporters about whether the Gilroy shooting resembled some of the recent mass shootings in New York, such as Brooklyn Saturday night.
Not all, said de Blasio. “We don’t really count them that way.”
As Colin Flaherty notes (buy his book if you haven’t), 94 percent of the 36 mass shootings between July 16 and July 28, 2019 across the USA were committed by blacks.
Amazing reporting from Colin! From a methodology standpoint, it wouldn’t be hard to track ALL mass shootings across the nation and break them down by race of suspect(s) on a yearly basis.
Definitely the type of data the Violence Prevention Center isn’t too keen on seeing publicized.
Harvey August 7, 2019, 4:19 AM
That NYT headline debacle still gets me. For a long time, I wondered “why can’t they write just one headline about Trump that isn’t an attack or a smear?”
And now I think, “Oh…”
Larry Geiger August 7, 2019, 5:47 AM
If you want to dance in a circle dance around a big fire just stop by a Rainbow Gathering (or perhaps a Burning Man festival, which is coming up soon?). Lots of fire. Lots of drums. Lots of circle dancing. Lots of young millenials in tie-dye shirts. Might be fun. But I doubt it.
John the River August 7, 2019, 6:03 AM
So many links to follow, so many depressing ledes.
What’s it say about America in the 21st Century that the most important impact of a mass shooting is that it knocks the trinity of Trump, Illegals, and the perpetual Presidential Election to below the fold?
I don’t like this Century.
Donald Sensing August 7, 2019, 6:27 AM
“… In America, where the smart fraction gets smaller and the average IQ declines… .”
There is a scene in the opening sequence of the movie Idiocracy that says that evolution does not favor intelligence. It favors simply and nothing but reproductive success. The movie’s premise (it is a comedy) is that America reached a point when the smart people were reluctant to have children while the dumb people continued to have them by the score. Eventually, America was populated by nothing but morons.
But that is not actually comedy. Harvard biologist Ernst Mayr pointed out that since life first appeared on Earth, there have been an estimated 50 billion species. And yet only one, us, has developed high intelligence. Mayr says that such intelligence does not obviously offer a species survival advantage (consider the cockroach) and hence may be so rare that homo sapiens-level intelligence may be a “one off” in the universe.
Why are we on average getting dumber? Because we have achieved such a level of production that intelligence no longer confers the survival advantage that it did in the Stone Age all the way to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Higher intelligence enabled people to acquire scarce resources more quickly than their dumber species-peers. And for males, that meant they got mates easier, and smarter mates on average, too.
That is no longer the case. Everything we had to fight, claw, and scrape for in our evolutionary ages is now provided in overflowing bounty. Smarter people do not get more than dumber people – at least, not more of what it takes to enable bearing children, which is what evolution is all about.
ghostsniper August 7, 2019, 2:42 PM
“Why are we on average getting dumber?”
Convenience leads to laziness.
Overly lazy people have a very narrow thought process and are easily led.
Very narrow thought process is a polite way of saying stupid.
There are plenty of people now that are not even aware how stupid they are.
This includes arrogant people.
Convenience has caused a large percentage of the US adults to be arrogant lazy asses.
How arrogantly lazy?
Many of them routinely choose other arrogant lazy assed criminals to represent them in some way.
If you explain to them that their behavior in this regard damages them irreparably they turn violent against you and their lazy brain will not allow them to see the wisdom in your words. It’s a self genociding individual loop. You can’t help them if they are unwilling to help themselves. The best you can do is stay away from them.
Grizzly August 7, 2019, 8:02 PM
I generally don’t have much respect for Mr. Neil Been-Smokin’-de-Grasse Tyson, but I will say that I enjoyed reading his “apology”. His way of saying, “Everything I said was true; too bad you can’t handle that in your currently addled state of mind.” I applaud that.
Anonymous August 7, 2019, 11:05 PM
This is so brilliant and on point that I copied most of it:
“No-One’s Life Matters. That’s Why There Are Mass Shootings” by David P. Goldman on August 7, 2019
https://pjmedia.com/spengler/no-ones-life-matters-thats-why-there-are-mass-shootings/
Why are there mass shootings? Mass shootings are a special form of suicide. The shooter never expects to survive. But the shooter combines self-hatred with group hatred. Hate becomes so melded with the shooter’s identity that he determines to take as many people as he can with him. …
Emil Durkheim’s 1897 diagnosis of “anomic suicide” describes the Columbine perpetrators as well as the 2016 San Bernardino attack by Muslim fanatics, the “right-wing” shooter in El Paso and the “left-wing” shooter in Dayton. They are individuals cut off from society, destabilized by change and despairing of their own place in the world. Such monsters always have been among us. But now we are cultivating such monsters by destroying the ties that bind us to each other, to our past and to our future.
Everyone used to matter. No-one matters anymore, not at least in the postmodern dystopia of invented identity. In the good old days we mattered because each of us was radically unique. We were unique as members of a congregation standing before the God who made us, and unique as parents watching over the children we had brought into the world. We knew that each of us had a singular purpose, first because God does nothing in vain. We hoped to make the previous generation proud of us, and the next generation worthy of its predecessors. Each of us had a mission that no-one else could carry out for us, and that mission was to raise children who were uniquely ours, and with whom we had a unique rapport through bonds of intimacy that no master’s degree in psychology could replace.
Everyone used to know who they were. We did not shop for an identity in the alphabet soup of postmodern sexuality, but bore the identity we inherited. We honored the aged and raised the young. Life was tragic but triumphant. We might grow frail and die but our children, our community, and above all our country carried something of our mortal existence into an indefinite future. Our brief time on earth had purpose. We could expect a modicum of joy among all the tears.
No more. The liberal consensus now tells us that we are free to invent our own identities–not only free to do so, but required to do so on pain of public shaming, because the entirety of the past is polluted by racism, colonialism, misogyny, Islamophobia, and so forth. Our past supposedly is a Black Museum of abuses by the white patriarchy, and no stone may be left atop another in our fervor to raze it. Like the Taliban in Afghanistan, the Left seeks to destroy every recollection of the past, not because our ancestors were so wicked, but rather because it wants to clear the ground for its Frankstein-like experiments in the creation of a New Man. That is what Mao did in the 1960s during China’s horrible Cultural Revolution. A Chinese acquaintance comments, “Now America is having its own Cultural Revolution.”
Yet we also are told that we are irrelevant specks of carbon circling one star among billions in our galaxy, which is one galaxy among billions in a universe which cares nothing about the brief flickering of our existence. Our brain is a machine whose functions soon will be mimicked by artificial intelligence. The brain scientists and evolutionary biologists tell us that our freedom is an illusion. Our lives don’t matter, because there is nothing we possibly might do that could matter. We have nothing but the illusion of freedom, directed towards arbitrary whims.
The ruling liberal dogma tells us that the past was an unrelieved pageant of oppression against people of color, women, and other victims. We are the first “woke” generation, and everything that preceded us is to be abominated. If we abominate our ancestors, why should we bear children who will invent their own identities by abominating us? Nothing will be left of our mortal existence when we die, but there is worse: Long before that we will grow old and irrelevant, with nothing to do in the absolute loneliness of old age except to wait for death. We fear the waiting as much as we fear death itself. …
We peruse the alphabet soup of sexuality and wonder which app to swipe to find a moment’s respite from abysmal, aching loneliness. We look in the mirror with contempt for our own illusions. We know that we aren’t fooling anyone, and we know that everyone who sees us laughs behind our back at our pretensions. The harder we try to construct an identity, the greater our fear of being found out for a fraud. That is why we require identity politics. That is why we require identity politics. What we cannot possibly achieve as individuals we hope to do as a collective, by censoring any utterance that might call into question our counterfeit identity. This censorship goes to extremes of absurdity, for example, the case of Access Hollywood host Mario Lopez who was fired for advising parents not to make a determination of preferred gender for their children at the age of three. …
If our identity is an arbitrary choice, life has no meaning. A randomly chosen “meaning” is no meaning at all. “Meaning” implies a unique meaning. If we can pick a letter, any letter on the LGBTTTQQIAAPAGPGB spectrum (not my invention), or any intersection of gender and ethnic combinations, our life has no meaning in particular, and we are condemned to a wraith-like existence in a perpetual present with neither past nor future. That is a formula not just for misery but for despair, not “woke” so much as a waking nightmare. Our lives don’t matter, and neither do those of anyone else. It’s no surprise that the occasional lunatic fed on the identity politics of left or right decides to put himself out of his misery and take other meaningless lives with him.
High suicide rates in failed cultures are common. Neolithic peoples that encounter the modern world suffer from extreme anomie. Members of Brazil’s Guarani tribe have a suicide rate 34 times the national average, the highest in the world. The crisis of Muslim cultures has produced a fearfully large number of individuals willing to kill themselves in order to kill civilians of another Muslim sect, not to mention Americans or Israelis. Our Cultural Revolution has the same effect: We have hollowed out the sense of purpose in life that formerly sustained us and reduced large parts of our population to atomized lost souls. It’s not surprising that individuals with severe psychological problems lose all restraint and turn into killers.
I find it especially loathsome that the liberal ideologues who have done everything in their power to undermine family allegiance, congregational devotion and patriotic loyalty now blame the problem on guns.
Joan Of Argghh! August 9, 2019, 3:26 PM
Re: “God is not glib,” the cited work by Josef Pieper, “Leisure the Basis of Culture” is a tremendous book. I’m following it up with, “Poetic Knowledge” by James Taylor. Such a lovely way to exit from politics for better thoughts.
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Impeachment Inquiry Focuses On 2 White House Lawyers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House impeachment inquiry is zeroing in on two White House lawyers privy to a discussion about moving a memo recounting President Donald Trump’s phone call with the leader of Ukraine into a highly restricted computer system normally reserved for documents about covert action.
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Deepening their reach into the West Wing, impeachment investigators have summoned former national security adviser John Bolton to testify next week. But they also are seeking testimony of two other political appointees — John Eisenberg, the lead lawyer for the National Security Council, and Michael Ellis, a senior associate counsel to the president.
The impeachment inquiry is investigating Trump’s call in which he asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for “a favor” — one that alarmed at least two White House staffers who listened in on the July 25 call.
Trump asked Zelenskiy to investigate Democrats in the 2016 election and former Vice President Joe Biden, a potential 2020 rival, as the Trump administration held up millions of dollars in military aid for the Eastern European ally confronting Russian aggression.
The lawyers’ role is critical because two witnesses have suggested the NSC legal counsel — when told that Trump asked a foreign leader for domestic political help — took the extraordinary step of shielding access to the transcript not because of its covert nature but rather its potential damage to the Republican president.
Trump has repeatedly stressed that he knew people were listening in on the call, holding that out as proof that he never would have said anything inappropriate. But the subsequent effort to lock down the rough transcript suggests some people in the White House viewed the president’s conversation as problematic.
Tim Morrison, outgoing deputy assistant to the president who handled European and Russian affairs at the NSC, told impeachment investigators on Thursday that military aid to Ukraine was held up by Trump’s demand for the ally to investigate Democrats and Joe Biden.
Morrison testified that he was “not concerned that anything illegal was discussed” on the July 25 call, but he said that after listening to what Trump said he “promptly asked the NSC legal adviser to review it.”
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a Ukraine expert at the NSC, had the same reaction. He and Morrison were both in the Situation Room in the basement of the West Wing listening in on Trump’s conversation with Zelenskiy. Vindman told impeachment investigators that he was alarmed by what he heard, grabbed his notes from the call and went to see Eisenberg.
“I did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen, and I was worried about the implications for the U.S. government’s support of Ukraine,” Vindman said.
Vindman said Eisenberg, who’s known inside and outside the White House as a meticulous, deliberate lawyer, suggested moving the document that recounted the call to a restricted computer server for highly classified materials, according to a person who familiar with Vindman’s testimony. The person was not authorized to publicly discuss it and spoke only on the condition of anonymity.
Ellis, the other White House lawyer being asked to testify, was with Eisenberg when he made the suggestion to move the document into the more secure server. Ellis is no stranger to White House controversies. The New York Times reported in March 2017 that he allowed his former boss Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., then the chairman of the House intelligence committee, to review classified material at the White House.
The material was to bolster Trump’s claim that he was wiretapped during the 2016 campaign on the orders of President Barack Obama’s administration. The intelligence reports consisted primarily of ambassadors and other foreign officials talking about trying to develop contacts in the inner circle of then President-elect Trump. The report was not confirmed by The Associated Press.
Eisenberg and Ellis, both part of the White House legal staff, declined to comment through an NSC spokesman.
“Consistent with the practices of past administrations from both parties, we will not discuss the internal deliberations of the White House Counsel’s Office,” deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said.
Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, has declined to discuss how the White House handles classified materials, but he denies that moving the memo about the call into the highly restricted NICE server — which stands for NSC Intelligence Collaboration Environment — amounted to a cover-up.
“There’s only one reason people care about that, right? And it’s because they think there’s a cover-up,” he told reporters at a recent White House briefing, adding, “There must have been something really, really duplicitous, something really under-handed about how they handled this document, because there must be a cover-up.”
Mulvaney said if the administration had wanted to cover anything up, it wouldn’t have called the Justice Department after the call to have them look at the transcript and wouldn’t have publicly released the memorandum of the conversation.
The so-called “memcon” is close to a verbatim transcript, although no audio recordings are made.
Individuals familiar with Trump White House procedure say one Situation Room staffer, using voice-to-text software, repeats each word the president says and another listens and repeats what a foreign leader says. The spoken words are rendered as text and a rough draft is produced.
The draft, which in this case included a few ellipses, is circulated to several people, including NSC subject matter specialists who listened in on the call. They edit the draft for accuracy. Each version is separately preserved on the T-Net system, forming an archive that documents various edits.
Vindman told investigators that the call included a discussion of Biden and Burisma — a reference to the gas company where Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, served on the board. Vindman said Trump also mentioned that there were audio recordings of Joe Biden discussing corruption in Ukraine, according to individuals familiar with Tuesday’s closed-door testimony.
Vindman said he tried to suggest changes to the five-page “memcon,” but was unsuccessful, according to the individuals, who were not authorized to discuss the testimony and spoke only on condition of anonymity.
White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham pushed back on Thursday, saying Vindman “never suggested filling in any words at any points where ellipses appear in the transcript.” She added that because Vindman testified behind closed doors, the White House “cannot confirm whether or not Lt. Col. Vindman himself made any such false claim.”
Like most presidential calls with foreign leaders, the Trump-Zelenskiy call was put into the T-Net system where certain individuals are granted permission to read it based on their need to know, according to two individuals with direct knowledge of the system. NSC officials working on African issues, for example, would not routinely have been given access to the Ukraine call.
Taking it off T-Net would involve systems specialists, according to the individuals, who were not authorized to discuss the systems publicly and spoke only on condition of anonymity. They would have to identify every person who accessed the document and then wipe any trace of the memcon off the T-Net server. After that, other NSC workers would have had to place the material onto the N.I.C.E. system, which is physically housed in the NSC intelligence directorate.
According to one of the individuals familiar with the White House classified computer systems, Eisenberg couldn’t have actually moved it to N.I.C.E. by himself. That raises a question, the individual said, as to what reasons were given for needing it to be moved.
Associated Press writer Alan Fram contributed to this report.
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New whatsapp features will blow your mind
Whatsapp, World’s most popular and addictive messaging app. It has 450 million monthly average users. While you may use it every day, you might be unaware of some features. There are several features under testing in beta mode, and I’m going to describe few features that were found in beta and are most likely to be introduced in the next version of WhatsApp.
WhatsApp today has more than a billion users who are actively sending messages and communicating over voice around the globe. Facebook acquired the company, and the messaging app is completely free to use. WhatsApp developers had initially released the phone number-based messaging app for simple communication; however, it took to the internet like a storm. The popularity of the free messaging app has got the developers to keep upgrading more and more features on WhatsApp. Each feature is rolled out after thoroughly testing for efficiency, data saving, and performance.
YouTube Videos Will Play Directly In WhatsApp
The iOS beta version of WhatsApp had added a feature of YouTube integration. The will enable users to view YouTube videos within the app without making them leave WhatsApp or open the YouTube app. The feature is not available for the Android, but we believe that WhatsApp will soon roll out this feature for Android users.
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UPI (Unified Payment Interface) is another most expected feature that could reach millions of WhatsApp users in India. This UPI based money transaction feature will let users transfer money without any trouble.
Message Recall Feature
This feature first noticed in December 2016 on iOS (Beta version). However, the feature is yet to arrive. Users will get a five-minute window to reverse the sent messages. Users can recall text messages, images, videos, GIFs, and even status replies.
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You can share your live Location
The live location feature will allow users to share their live location with their contacts just like we do on Facebook and Instagram. Well, this feature is advantageous concerning security because it will allow your contacts to track your location in real-time.
You can edit ‘sent’ messages
Here is the most advantageous and most awaited feature expected to roll out soon. That is similar to ‘recall’ functionality. However, this will let users edit sent messages. We have seen the unsend option on the Instagram. But there we can unsend the message even when the user on the other side read it. Here in WhatsApp, we can edit the messages before the receiver reads it.
So, some of these features found in beta version and they are most likely to be introduced in the next version or any upcoming version of WhatsApp. So, What do you think about this? Share your views in the comment section below. If I came to know about new features, I would publish a new article, subscribe to this blog.
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byMax Eddy Dec 30, 2020
RingCentral Fax offers lots of pages per month and a modern multi-platform experience. However, the upfront subscription cost is high and the service is missing some top features, such as digital signatures.
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Supports large file attachments
No international numbers
Lacks digital signature tool
No two-factor authentication options
Instead of hunting down a fax machine the next time you need to send or receive a fax, consider an online fax service, such as RingCentral Fax. This service is an excellent, if pricey, choice if you're in the market for a vanity fax number or plan on doing a lot of faxing each month. We like its sleek web and mobile apps, too. However, RingCentral does not support international numbers and it lacks digital signature tools. For the online fax category, Fax.Plus and HelloFax are our Editors' Choice picks.
How Much Does RingCentral Fax Cost?
RingCentral Fax offers two pricing tiers. The Fax 1500 plan costs $22.99 per month and lets you send or receive up to 1,500 pages per month. We much prefer services, like RingCentral, that offer a pool of faxes, rather than those that enforce separate limits on how many faxes you can send and receive. The per-page overage fee at this tier is 4.9 cents. Previously, Ring Central offered a more economical $14.99-per-month plan that allowed you to send or receive up to 750 fax pages. Note that you may actually end up paying more than these rates for your fax number. In testing, RingCentral's various fees and charges brought the monthly cost close to $26.
The Fax+Phone+Video (Office) plan costs $49.99 per person per month, but this plan includes corporate-friendly features (such as administration of multiple users, VoIP, and team messaging) that most individuals don't need. There are no limitations on sent or received faxes at this range though.
You can save money by paying annually for these plans. The annual Fax 1500 plan effectively costs $17.99 per month (approximately $216 at checkout before taxes and fees), while the annual Office plan effectively costs $34.99 per person per month (approximately $419 at checkout before taxes and fees). Additional local fax numbers cost $4.99 per month; if you want an additional toll-free or vanity number, you need to pay a one-time fee of $30.
RingCentral's base plan is more expensive than all the other fax services we tested, including eFax, which costs $16.99 a month in addition to its $10 one-time setup fee. Despite that high upfront cost, however, RingCentral offers the best per-page value ($0.015 per page) of any service we tested. That rate edges out Nextiva vFax ($0.018 per page) and MetroFax ($0.020 per page), which respectively charge $8.95 and $9.95 per month for 500 combined pages. SRFax is the cheapest of the paid services we reviewed (in absolute terms); it only costs $3.29 per month for 25 combined (sent or received) pages. Fax.Plus is a more reasonable low-cost option, because you get a pool of 100 pages for only slightly more ($5.99 per month).
(Editors' Note: eFax, MetroFax, MyFax, and SRFax are owned by j2 Global, the parent company of PCMag's publisher, Ziff Davis.)
If you want to send a fax to a location outside the US, Ring Central Fax charges you an extra fee per page. So, for example, sending a fax to Ireland will cost you 3.9 cents per page. HelloFax and Fax.Plus use a system in which a number of extra pages are deducted from your totals depending on the fax destination. We much prefer the latter pricing structure, since it means you don't need to pay more money on top of your monthly subscription for international faxes.
If you are looking to send faxes for free, HelloFax and mFax are good options, though your pool of free faxes to send does not automatically replenish. In other words, once you reach your allocation of sent faxes, you need to start paying. FaxZero is a completely free solution; it is barebones, but the fax limit resets daily. RingCentral Fax offers one of the stingiest free trials; you need to enter a credit card to get access and it only lasts for seven days. Most other services offer 30-day trials.
Getting Started With RingCentral Fax
The RingCentral Fax sign-up process requires more information than any other fax service we tested. Along the way, you need to add your credit card information and a valid phone number. RingCentral uses your phone number to send a verification code.
Despite its length, the process is mostly painless, and the service feels rock-solid, even from this early stage. We're also pleased that RingCentral Fax clearly takes password security seriously. With RingCentral, you not only need to verify your account with an automated code, but also create a PIN and set up a strong password afterward. Unfortunately, RingCentral Fax does not include any two-factor authentication options.
For each plan, you can choose between a local, toll-free, or vanity (that is, a number you choose yourself) fax number. Local and toll-free numbers do not cost extra (apart from the potential taxes and fees we mentioned), but there is a one-time, $30 fee for activating a vanity number. You can also port an existing number to RingCentral Fax, but you must contact their support team to do so. Note that RingCentral Fax doesn't provide fax numbers outside the US, which is something that eFax and MyFax, both offer.
RingCentral publishes mobile and desktop apps that include faxing capabilities, and we discuss those in more detail later. Other fax services, including Biscom 1-2-3, Fax.Plus, and MetroFax, also offer mobile apps, but not all do. We much prefer services with mobile apps as they make on-the-go faxing possible.
A big point in RingCentral's favor is its integration with RingCentral's other business services for calls, meetings, and business messaging. You'll have to upgrade to RingCentral Professional to get all those features, though.
Hands On With RingCentral Fax
RingCentral Fax's interface is modern, with a clean and easy-to-use layout. It rivals HelloFax and mFax in this regard. Other services, such as eFax and MetroFax look like old webmail homepages, which doesn't inspire confidence.
However, it's clear that the RingCentral web interface isn't solely intended for faxing. Instead, it appears to be the regular RingCentral dashboard with fax features shoehorned in. For example, the Overview tab, where you start each time you log in, shows inbound and outbound calls—not faxes. The Messages tab does show the faxes you've sent and received, but you have to download the files manually to see them. RingCentral Fax also features a Call Log section, which replicates much of what's in the Sent Faxes area.
Rounding out the features are a contact book, which works fine for managing your fax recipients, and a settings page, which includes options that don't apply to faxing, such as for Caller ID and Blocked Calls. You can, however, configure the information that appears on the fax cover page, and change notification preferences. By default, RingCentral Fax sends you an email with your received fax attached as a PDF, but you can also opt to receive SMS alerts when you receive a fax. Nextiva vFax can also alert you of faxes via SMS. RingCentral Fax now allows you to cancel your account directly from the web interface.
Yet another sign that the RingCentral Fax interface isn't just for faxing is that the button to send faxes is tucked in the upper-right corner. It's not labeled and is easy to overlook. Click it and you can enter your recipients, select and write a cover page, and attach a file (up to 200 pages or 20MB total). RingCentral Fax supports just about every file format you can imagine. We are disappointed that RingCentral doesn't support drag-and-drop file attachments or show document previews, but we do appreciate that it lets you connect your Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft Office accounts.
Once you're ready, hit the Send Now button to send your fax immediately. Alternately, you can click the Enable box under the Schedule heading and set a time for your fax to send out. That's handy if you issue bills via fax and it's a feature we haven't seen on most other services.
Apart from the web portal, RingCentral lets you send faxes via email, as is the case with most of the other fax services we reviewed. Just enter the recipients' fax number in the format [NUMBER]@rcfax.com and press send. We had no trouble sending and receiving faxes in this manner.
Desktop and Mobile Apps
RingCentral has added faxing capabilities to its main desktop (macOS and Windows) and mobile (Android and iOS) apps, which means you don't have to search for the older RingCentral Phone app. This is a substantial improvement. I tested these apps on a laptop running Windows 10 and a Google Pixel 3 running Android 11. We had no issues sending faxes from either app.
The RingCentral desktop app is quick to install and looks sleek. After you sign in, click the Phone icon on the left-hand menu to find the faxing section. Here you will find all of the same faxing options as on the web interface, including access to a contact book. eFax and iFax also offer standalone desktop apps.
Similarly, RingCentral's mobile app has an intuitive design and is quick to navigate. The app features three navigation icons in a bottom menu: Message, Fax, and Contacts. The Fax section has all the same capabilities as you get on the web interface.
One thing that RingCentral Fax is missing on all of its platforms is the ability to digitally sign documents. Biscom 1-2-3, eFax, Fax.Plus, and HelloFax all offer this capability on at least one platform.
Fax to the Future
PCMag no longer has any fax machines at our office, so we test fax services by sending files between two online services. To evaluate their performance, we test how well each service processes and transmits both a graphics-heavy test PDF and one that is mostly text.
RingCentral Fax had no problem sending or receiving faxes in our tests regardless of the platform we used. RingCentral Fax did an excellent job with the graphics-heavy test document. The text was clear, and the processed document retained all the color gradients, despite some minor artifacting in the background. RingCentral didn't have any problems with the document that was mainly text, either. The text appeared sharp and and all the minor design details were present.
For High-Volume Faxers With Deep Pockets
If you regularly send or receive several hundred faxes over the course of a few weeks, it's hard to beat RingCentral Fax's generous allocation of 1,500 pages per month, despite the high base cost. We appreciate that RingCentral Fax offers toll-free and vanity fax numbers too, even if it lacks the ability to use fax numbers outside of the US. The mobile and desktop apps are intuitive as well. Our Editors' Choice winners are HelloFax and Fax.Plus. HelloFax offers a better user experience and top-notch features, such as digital signatures, while Fax.Plus excels for its cheap monthly price and excellent mobile apps.
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Max Eddy is a Software Analyst, taking a critical eye to Android apps and security services. He's also PCMag's foremost authority on weather stations and digital scrapbooking software. When not polishing his tinfoil hat or plumbing the depths of the Dark Web, he can be found working to discern the 100 Best Android Apps.
Prior to PCMag, Max wrote for the International Digital Times, The International Science Times, and The Mary Sue. He has also been known to write for Geek.com. You can follow him on Twitter at @wmaxeddy.
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Salesforce Wear, What Does That Mean?
Wearable computing hove into view in a big way yesterday when Salesforce.com announced Salesforce Wear, a capability that enables developers to build new apps for teeny tiny screens and devices that you, well, wear. Wearables is a market poised for takeoff. Last year, for instance, Apple cornered the world markets capturing all the copyrights to “iWatch,” which I think was not a coincident. And let’s not forget the things that are not worn but which simply exist through sensors on the Internet of Things (IoT).
But what does wearables as a class of devices mean? It’s time we began asking hard questions because if Say’s Law (supply creates demand) ever had any applicability it will show itself in this still emerging market and we really want to get demand right. There either are, or there will shortly be, wearables for your wrist, your neck, and pocket. Each does something different and each will need software so the question about the killer app, not seen for real since early laptop days, seems to be relevant again.
More importantly, though, you can’t answer that question until you also ask and answer questions about what we’ll be doing with wearables. The long evolution of technology beginning with the mainframe is a story of ever more personal and relevant information. Mainframes automated back office functions, PC’s, laptops, and networks automated rank and file workers and ignited a productivity explosion. Handhelds made us social and computing personal in ways that had never been done.
Wearables is a different kettle of fish. You’ll notice right off that at least this generation of wearables is not intended to do every compute function. Wearables seem to be context specific so a device might monitor your vital signs, but not your golf swing and vice versa. Or something like Google Glass will deliver needed content to your cornea but it won’t help you get into a secure zone.
So very quickly you can see that wearable computing as a class has a great deal more complexity to it than any of the preceding generations of computing. That makes developing for individual platforms challenging and building development tools that can address all of the form factors and their uses, even more so.
Heck, just imagining the potential uses for wearables is a challenge so I was glad to see that Salesforce didn’t just say, come and get it with some half baked developer tool designed to enable you to recreate your GL on your wrist because that would be a complete non-starter.
Instead, Salesforce did some smart things. First, they made available some reference applications based on their developer pack. The apps showcase a number of innovative business use cases that won’t exactly be second nature to you unless you are an oil rig worker needing to fix some complex bit of technology (yes, there’s a reference app for that). Second, they made these reference apps available as code for anyone to see, evaluate and modify in an open source way. This will help speed the adoption of Salesforce Wear and identify missing components and new opportunities.
Finally, Salesforce is not limiting their deployment to a small number of devices, they’re casting a broad net in an attempt to support the fledgling market. Imagine if Microsoft had done the same thing with Office when the iPad was first announced.
There are other things in the announcement that I think are not only cool but needed to make the product take off — like security in the form of 2-way identity flow to keep you from having to constantly re-log-in — what a hassle that would be on a small device. Also it goes without saying that these things all need to connect with one or more mother ships across the wireless web before the internet providers try to chop up this last bit of the public commons.
So that’s that. Now, what does this mean? Are wearables just another kind of hardware that we can use for checking email? I definitely hope not. Wearables represent a new approach to being in the world and as such their applications and the business processes that they support have not been fully figured out yet — and we’ll be saying that five years hence too.
Wearable computing is a new, new thing, a paradigm being born and because it is, its success will be as dependent on a killer app or three, as the laptop depended on Harvard Graphics and later on PowerPoint. Understanding this drives the next question. What kind of world will we inhabit that drives the development of these apps?
Without getting all Kurzweillian on you the permutations can be very interesting. Wearables can deliver content, take your vital signs, prove your identity, and follow your motion just for starters. The implications for me are that wearables will support more independent yet thoroughly connected life styles. If handhelds enable us to be connected from anywhere to anywhere at any time, then I think wearables will enable us to optimize that existence with presence.
So, application development for wearables is a big deal if you ever expect to do more with that fancy watch than tell time and check basic Office functions. But it also marks another turning point in which technology will become a part of your extended life.
Sometime in the not too distant future we will all wonder aloud not only at how we ever got along without wearables, we will also wonder why it took so long for us to fully realize the vision of the 1960’s era Star Trek show.
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Denis,
Interesting announcement by SFDC. I’m still stumped how wearables fit into the CRM world, though I confess I didn’t check out the sample apps. What would be a common CRM wearable use?
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Research on the role of inflammation and initiating pathogens in psychiatric diseases has been increasing in recent years. Borrelia burgdorferi infection is transmitted to animals and humans with Ixodes group hard ticks. Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria cause Lyme Disease (LD). There are over 250 peer-reviewed scientific articles addressing the causal relationship between tick-borne diseases and mental disorders. Infection with LD has been associated with various psychiatric conditions. Studies show that many psychiatric disorders are seen in LD, including schizo-phrenia, bipolar disorder, panic attack, major depression, anorexia nervosa and obsessive compulsive disorder. It is important to identify infectious agents and associated inflammatory and immunological factors in treatment-resis-tant mental disorders. More research is needed, especially in the child and adolescent population. In these case report the relationship between borrelia burgdorferi infection and psychotic symptoms in a child who presented to the emergency department with restlessness, agitation and psychotic symptoms is discussed.
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Image ~ January 10, 2016 May 5, 2020 ~ Bernard The Cunning Artificer
“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen, nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery. The blossom is blighted, the leaf is withered, the god of day goes down upon the dreary scene, and—and, in short, you are for ever floored. As I am!”
~ Mr. Micawber in Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield
Making ends meet was always a problem. Without overtime, which was rationed like water during a drought, a lowly police constable had a very hard time making any end meet, especially if he had children and his wife wasn’t working.
If you were stationed in a town or city then the chances of adding to your income with a bit of judicious moonlighting were slim. Coppers had to declare any other work and get express permission from their ‘governors’ to do anything outside the job, and they really didn’t like doing that. But there were some old and trusted traditions which added a little to the family coffers, if only by subsidising a bit of lunch now and again or easing the burden in some other way, such as a small discount on your children’s shoes or on the servicing of your car. It all made a difference.
It was the old custom of “mumping”, in which the true skill of the hunter-gatherer comes into its own. It is a tradition as old as policing.
For example, a constable on foot patrol might inquire of some market trader or local purveyor of provisions, such as a baker or greengrocer, as to their general well-being and that of their establishment. A brief, genial chat would ensue, after which the merchant would insist on the copper accepting a few tokens of gratitude for the officer’s care and concern.
This would only happen once a week and a careful rota was maintained by the three shifts so their depredations would not overlap. Like tickling a trout, gently does it; the copper who got too greedy could ruin it for the whole station, so the practice was treated with respect. Shopkeepers regarded this mild form of extortion as a sort of civic duty which greased the wheels.
In return a copper would turn a blind eye to the occasional double-parked vehicle while deliveries were made or bets placed. On rare occasions, for a valued provider such as a publican or butcher, indiscretions such as driving home ‘three sheets to the wind’ were dealt with without recourse to any boring paperwork or any other inconvenience, always providing it didn’t happen too often.
The cornerstone of all policing in the olden days was keeping property secure and people safe. And that was done by coppers walking the beat day and night, week in and week out. ‘Shaking hands with door knobs’ was the constable’s lot during a night duty. Ensuring that business establishments under your wing were well-guarded from the attentions of lout or miscreant meant the shopkeeper slept sounder and the cost of his business insurance did not go through the roof. You were doing your job in the cold and wet, warmed by the knowledge that virtue would have its rewards. Done right, it was a symbiotic relationship in which everyone benefited for just a couple of rashers, a nice bit of cake or some other toothsome tribute.
Of course other police departments had their own unique methods of mumping. The CID were possibly the most richly rewarded, although on the downside some of them did end up in jail because of it. Traffic Division*, those self-styled princes of the police service, had a variety of scams involving back-handers from breakdown recovery companies and the like, but the one I witnessed first hand that impressed me with its shear panache was known as ‘The Missed Break‘.
On any given night, from about 7 p.m. onwards, an Indian or Chinese restaurant would be quietly serving its customers. Trays of food would make their fragrant way to the diners, there was the gentle buzz of conversation as people enjoy their meals, and all was calm. Suddenly the front door would burst open and two coppers rush in. They would stand as if ready to do battle with any rotter who might not only be disrupting the Queen’s peace but threatening the lives of all who were in the establishment. These guardians of the law would look round with fearsome intent, stunning all the diners into silence and apprehension.
Then out would come the owner, consternation and worry writ large on his or her features. There then followed a tale of daring-do from the coppers as to how they got an alarm call telling them there was a serious disturbance in this very restaurant and they had rushed from the nick to here. It had, however, obviously been a false alarm.
Breathing huge theatrical sighs of relief, they informed the still-dazed owner that, on account of this establishment being very dear to their hearts, they had dropped everything, just everything, to get there as quickly as they could. Such was their haste and dedication that their own meal, which they had been just about to partake of, had been binned, ruined, or given to beggars on their hurried way out. Comments such as ‘smells so good in here’ or ‘gosh that looks nice’ accompany their sorry tale.
Needless to say, the owner would express his sincere thanks for the promptness of their actions because he knew his restaurant was always liable to get turned over, and having the old Bill arrive double-quick can really save on furniture and windows. He would then insist on replacing the meal these dedicated guardians of the law had missed. He got a bit of a shock when he was told there were two more blokes in the car outside, but very soon a couple of well-filled carrier bags were brought from the kitchen and handed over with effusive if not entirely convinced thanks.
While this charade was being played out, the diners (once they realized there was no real danger) enjoyed the show. If the coppers did a really good job they might even get a round of applause or an offer of a free drink (on one occasion, I believe, an easily impressed young lady slipped a copper her name and telephone number written on a napkin).
Of course this behaviour plays hob with the established pattern of mumping as practiced by the local coppers, which is why traffic division, who cover a huge swath of the county, are as popular with the local police as were the Vikings during Saxon times. Like those earlier invaders, traffic cops come under cover of darkness, loot and pillage, then bugger off to their vast labyrinth of trunk roads and main highways where in some secret lay-by they consume their ill-gotten gains. The bastards.
Now if you had a rural beat the world was much more fruitful (and with vegetables, too, come to that). You didn’t have a variety of shops to mump from, but you did have the whole landscape of your beat from which to forage for your larder.
In the season, there was mushrooming on early turn (6 a.m. to 2 p.m.). The dew would still be fresh in woodland and hedgerow as your morning patrol took in the known places where fungi lurked.
On late turn (2 p.m. to 10 p.m.) you might set a few snares on rabbit runs near convenient lay-bys or field entrances where you could park a police car out of sight and then go back in the morning to check the yield. On a good night you might set six snares and bag a full half-dozen bunnies; some for the pot and a couple to trade with other coppers. One copper I knew in the back end of the county kept bees and was always good for a swap of a dressed rabbit for a jar of honey.
Road kill was not to be sneered at, either. Early turn in the darker days, or at the end of nights (10 p.m. to 6 a.m.) during the summer months one could often find some fresh-killed game birds that were not badly damaged. No hedgehogs though, I never tried those.
Now if you really got lucky, a small deer might ask for a lift and find its way to the oven via the back of your police mini-van. Not often, but occasionally, and you always know a copper who would butcher the carcase for a share of the spoils.
Then there were the rural pursuits of gun and game. All the farms in my manor had shoots during the season but few could afford gamekeepers. So a good rural beat copper would do his bit to keep poachers off their land and, in return, be allowed to do a bit of rough shooting of vermin, just to help keep the balance of nature, you understand. Nothing at all to do with a fine rabbit or pigeon pie; that was just a by-product of local law enforcement and good neighbourliness.
I knew one rural copper whose police house was in a village in the borderlands to the north of the county who hardly had time for policing once the shooting season started. From the beginning of October to the beginning of February all crime stopped in his manor whilst he attended to his keeping duties over the land belonging to one of our noble peers. This copper was a big bloke and had a very short temper so if any miscreant did cause problems during the season he was dealt with in a somewhat ‘direct’ manner, without any paperwork other than a possible sick note he might have need of next day. This copper was as good as gold at other times, however, and had a relaxed view when it came to drinking and driving and other rural pursuits.
Some of the big organised shoots did have keepers and they certainly appreciated the copper who would back them up if it came to mixing it with gangs of poachers. Even if the call came in to the police house when you were off duty, you would put your tunic on and get picked up by the keeper, making sure you had your stave and any other item of ‘personal protection’ you fancied.
In return there was always a brace of the best dropped into the police house after a shoot. And, if you found yourself around the back of the ‘big house’ when the ‘guns’ were readying themselves for a bit of supper prior to a port-soaked drive home and you happened to mention from what roads you would certainly be absent later that night and any other dangers that might lurk in the shape of police patrols you knew of, then a couple of fine plump birds and a bottle of claret were not unheard of.
Many coppers even earned a bit by doing some beating on driven shoots. You didn’t earn much, but you worked alongside the locals who forgot your occupation as the day wore on and you shared in the brambles and twigs and the threat of some bloody fool of a shooter nearly plastering you all with pellets as he missed a low flying bird. You became a countryman then, not a copper, and were more part of the community because of it.
If you were ‘well in’ with some of the local keepers and landowners you would get a day’s shooting on ‘keepers’ day’ at the end of the season. That was a real treat, and once again you were part of the community you served and part of the seasonal traditions of the countryside. Not only but also, you picked up a lot of useful gossip along the way.
The times I am writing about were decades ago, but I can still remember what a joy it was to drive around a beautiful landscape as dawn broke and the birdsong filled the air like a quarrel in a flute factory. Or to walk with measured tread around the empty streets of a town, smelling the wood smoke as people lit the kindling on their fires and the milkman trundled by on his electric cart, the sound of chinking bottles the urban equivalent of the dawn chorus.
The way of the ‘mump’ didn’t just provide an extra morsel on the kitchen table; it was an ancient custom based on mutual trust. British coppers have always been civilians in uniform. Part of the community, we never carried firearms as a normal part of our equipment and relied entirely on our wits and experience to keep the Queen’s peace. Considering all that, what’s a piece of cheese between friends, eh?
* Traffic Division in the UK is a county-based force that have all the fast cars and wear peaked uniform caps all the time — even in bed, or so it’s claimed. They would equate to the state police in America or storm troopers in Europe. They also are the best drivers on the road, deal with all the motorway pile-ups, and are an elite force. There is always a waiting list to join them and the selection process is rigorous, hence their institutional arrogance.
I would like to dedicate these few words to another cop I know. A real sheriff who carries a gun and has kept the peace in his part of America for decades. Ed Tillson, the ‘guv’nor’ to those privileged to know him.
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Peter Everson says:
I don’t claim to have taken part in any of these enterprises but they do have a familiar ring of authenticity about them having shaken hands with door-handles and walked the unlit industrial estates and watched the sun come up over the open fields.
wolffie2 says:
You paint some wonderful pictures. I particularly like “the birdsong filled the air like a quarrel in a flute factory”. Sadly, with my nocturnal nature, I rarely experienced that even by choice.
Dear Bernard – another really good slice of life- love your stories xx
Yvonne Hewett says:
Always a pleasure to read your stories, thank you sir.
Matthew Jenkins says:
I and my daughters met you today in Wincanton. It was good to talk to you and I’m glad I looked you up, as although my intention was to see your artwork, your stories are gold. Please keep writing them down, as stories like these get lost so easily.
thank you so much for that. Hands buggered, can’t paint anymore but can still bash a keyboard.
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Transjugular intravascular ultrasound for the evaluation of hepatic vasculature and parenchyma in patients with chronic liver disease
Andrea De Gottardi1,3,4,
Pierre-Frédéric Keller2,
Antoine Hadengue1,
Emile Giostra1 &
Laurent Spahr1
The evaluation of the hepatic parenchyma in patients with chronic liver disease is important to assess the extension, localization and relationship with adjacent anatomical structures of possible lesions. This is usually performed with conventional abdominal ultrasound, CT-scan or magnetic resonance imaging. In this context, the feasibility and the safety of intravascular ultrasound in the liver have not been assessed yet.
We tested the safety and performance of an intracardiac echography (ICE) catheter applied by a transjugular approach into the hepatic veins in patients with chronic liver disease undergoing hepatic hemodynamic measurements.
Five patients were enrolled in this pilot study. The insertion of the ICE catheter was possible into the right and middle, but not into the left hepatic vein. The position of the ICE was followed using fluoroscopy and external conventional ultrasound. Accurate imaging of focal hepatic parenchymal lesions, Doppler ultrasound of surrounding blood vessels and assessment of liver surface and ascites were achieved without complications.
This study demonstrated that a diagnostic approach using an ICE device inserted in the hepatic veins is feasible, safe and well tolerated. However, it remains for the moment only an experimental investigative tool. Whether ICE adds further information regarding parenchymal lesions and associated vascular alterations as compared to other techniques, needs additional investigation.
Assessment of disease extent is an important process in the management of patients with chronic liver disease and suspected parenchymal or vascular lesions [1–3]. The spatial relationship between lesions and their surrounding anatomical structures - portal vein branches, hepatic veins, bile ducts and liver capsule - is of particular importance for prognosis and choice of treatment.
For instance in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the size and the number of lesions represent the most critical information, impacting therapeutic options, that include surgical or radiofrequency ablation, transarterial chemoembolization, or liver transplantation. Patients with a single HCC nodule can be treated by surgical resection provided that this procedure is technically feasible, that the Child-Pugh stage is A, that the serum total bilirubin level is normal, that there is no vascular invasion and that the hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) is 10 mmHg or less [4]. For the evaluation of these preoperative conditions, precise imaging techniques like abdominal ultrasonography, spiral computer tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are currently widely used and provide excellent results [5]. The measurement of the free and wedged hepatic pressure through the transjugular route represents the gold standard method [6] to assess portal pressure and to decide whether a liver resection is possible [4].
Although surgical resection is the mainstay of curative treatment for HCC, long-term survival remains unsatisfactory, because tumor recurrence is the main cause of long-term death [7]. Clinical predictors of outcome include the presence of satellite nodules and vascular invasion [8]. The currently available imaging techniques (CT-scan, magnetic resonance imaging and external ultrasound) can hardly diagnose small HCC and reach a sensitivity not better than 64% for lesions of less than 10 mm in diameter [9]. The availability of imaging techniques that may identify minor satellite lesions and invasion of small diameter vessels would improve the preoperative assessment of early HCC.
For these reasons, percutaneous transvenous ultrasound may represent a complementary novel technique for the assessment of HCC. So far this technique has been used only for intracardiac echography (ICE), useful during electrophysiological mapping and ablation procedures for guiding interatrial septal puncture, and for the positioning of closure devices in patients with atrial septal defects [10, 11]. The use of ICE through the hepatic veins allows to assess the anatomy of the liver parenchyma and the vessels and to evaluate the vascular flow by using the Doppler technique. ICE has never been reported for the imaging of the cirrhotic liver and HCC.
Consequently, the aim of this pilot study was to investigate the feasibility and safety of this procedure and to evaluate the quality of images that can be obtained with this technique.
Cirrhotic patients addressed to the gastroenterology and hepatology division for the diagnostic work-up of suspected or proven HCC on other imaging techniques were eligible for this study. Transjugular liver biopsy and hepatic hemodynamic measurements were part of this work-up. Participants received a light sedation with 25 mg of meperidine intravenously.
Under sterile conditions, the right internal jugular vein was catheterized under local anesthesia (1% lidocaine) using the Seldinger technique and a 9 French introducer (Maxxim Medical, Europe) was inserted. All procedures were then performed under radiologic guidance using a C-arm X-ray amplifier and controlled by conventional abdominal ultrasound (Figure 1). Hemodynamic measurements in the right or middle hepatic veins were performed by using a 8 French curved catheter (Cordis, Europe) in free and wedged position connected to a pressure transducer. Thereafter, liver biopsy was performed according to a standardized protocol. Clinical vital data including systemic arterial pressure, pulse rate, and oxygen saturation were monitored throughout the procedure.
Imaging of the liver by intrahepatic use of an intracardiac echography catheter (ICE). The position of the ICE catheter, here in the right hepatic vein, was assessed by conventional X-ray (left panel, white arrow) and by conventional abdominal ultrasound (right panel, white arrow).
Next, the single-use intracardiac echography catheter (AcuNav 8 F, 5.5-10 MHz, Acuson) was introduced in sterile conditions in the hepatic veins under fluoroscopic control. The AcuNav catheter tip was steered by the operator into the chosen direction by external control knobs. The middle and right hepatic veins were catheterized in each case and the position of the device was also verified by transabdominal external ultrasound.
The intracardiac echography catheter was then rotated clock- and anti-clockwise to obtain a 360-degree view around. The ultrasound frequency of the catheter was 7.5 MHz for all images and the depth of liver parenchyma explored was adjusted for maximal resolution. The signals from the longitudinal side-fire imaging plane were visualized and recorded using an Acuson Sequoia C512 echocardiography platform. Vessels, parenchyma and possible lesions were also studied using color Doppler mode signals.
At the end of the procedure the catheter and the introducer were withdrawn and the puncture site was briefly compressed for hemostasis. Patients were then asked about pain, discomfort or other subjective problems that occurred during this procedure.
Because this was a pilot study, at the time of ICE the investigators were not blinded to the presence and localization of hepatic focal lesions identified by 3-phase CT-scan or magnetic resonance imaging.
The study protocol was approved by the committee of the University Hospitals of Geneva (protocol approval number 07-063) and patients gave their written consent for the participation in this study.
We report here the data from intravascular ultrasound examinations in 5 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma using the intracardiac echographic technique. The main clinical characteristics of these patients are presented in Table 1.
Table 1 Patients' characteristics
The insertion of the ICE catheter was possible into the right and middle, but not into the left hepatic vein. The parenchyma of the right hepatic lobe was entirely visualized using ICE from the right or middle liver vein. Depending on the anatomy of each single case, parts of the left lobe could also be visualized from the middle hepatic artery. The right lobe of the liver was extensively visualized in all patients and the study of the parenchymal structure and of focal lesions was performed also with the use of color Doppler imaging. The relationship of focal lesions to vascular structures (portal vein, hepatic vein and artery) and to major bile ducts was mapped. Finally, the gallbladder and the presence of ascites were also investigated.
Liver vasculature was studied by ICE with the catheter tip inserted in the middle or the right hepatic vein. After adequate positioning, the hepatic artery or one of its branches was visualized and the flow was assessed using Doppler ultrasound in M-mode (7.5 MHz, peak flow 80 cm/s). Similarly, the portal vein and its branches (7.5 MHz, flow 15 cm/s), as well as the adjacent hepatic veins (7.5 MHz, variable flow) were studied using the same technique (Figure 2).
Doppler imaging of the liver vasculature by intrahepatic use of an intracardiac echography catheter (ICE). The panel on the left shows the typical arterial wave (in this case corresponding to the right hepatic artery). The central panel corresponds to the right branch of the portal vein characterized by a continuous blood flow. The right panel illustrates the typical modulated flow of hepatic veins in the proximity of the confluence into the vena cava.
A selection of lesions that were identified in this study is presented in Figure 3 and data on single procedures and major findings are reported in Table 2. Additional images representing multiple macroscopic focal lesions are shown in Figure 4. All images were obtained with a frequency of the device of 7.5 MHz.
Endovascular ultrasound view of focal lesions in a cirrhotic liver. With high resolution the visualization of small sized nodules (diameter 0.82 cm, left panel, and 1.14 cm, central panel) was possible. The right panel shows a larger hypoechogenic lesion located in the sub-capsular region of a multinodular liver. Arrows indicate in each case the described lesions.
Table 2 Intravascular hepatic ultrasound characteristics
Examples of focal lesions identified by ICE in patients with liver cirrhosis. Without contrast medium for ultrasound, these tumors, which were highly suspect for hepatocellular carcinoma, could not be differentiated from regenerative nodules. The ultrasound device was introduced into the right or middle hepatic vein and the parenchyma surrounding the vessel was inspected over 360 degrees by turning the ultrasound catheter clock- and anti-clockwise. The ultrasound pattern of these lesions was homogeneous (A, B and C) or heterogeneous (D, E and F). No vascular invasion was identified in this study.
The procedure of ICE was well tolerated and painless in all patients and the hemodynamic parameters remained stable during the entire intervention. There were no medical or technical complications during or after hepatic ICE. The catheterization of the right and middle hepatic vein was possible in all patients. Mostly due to unfavorable angle conditions and small diameter, ICE in the left hepatic vein was technically not possible.
Ascites was diagnosed in 3 of the 5 patients. Figure 5 shows an example of ascitic fluid collection in a patient with micro-nodular cirrhosis as suggested by the irregular liver surface.
Ascites in moderate quantity was visualized from the hepatic vein by intracardiac ultrasound technique. The presence of an irregular hepatic border suggests nodular reorganization of the hepatic parenchyma as seen in cirrhosis.
The mean duration of this procedure was 44 minutes from the insertion to the extraction of the catheter.
This pilot study demonstrates the feasibility and safety of ICE for the evaluation of parenchymal alterations in patients with liver cirrhosis and suspected or proven hepatocellular carcinoma.
This technique is a novelty in the field of hepatology, but not in angiology and cardiology, where this tool is frequently used to guide non-surgical interventional procedures and to assess vascular disease [12, 13]. High-resolution portal vein imaging has been the objective of a number of studies for evaluating possible invasion of the venous wall by pancreatic or ampullary cancers [14, 15]. In other studies the liver has been investigated using intravascular ultrasound from the vena cava to guide the placement of direct intrahepatic porto-caval shunts in patients with portal hypertension [16, 17]. However, studies aimed at examining liver parenchymal structure and lesions, as well as portal vein branches and hepatic veins are lacking. In this respect the present study is the first report on the use of this technique.
Beside the assessment of the feasibility and the safety, we also examined the imaging quality performance of ICE. By inserting the ICE catheter into the right and middle hepatic veins it was possible to visualize not only liver parenchyma, focal lesions and vascular features, but also extra hepatic structures such as the gallbladder and the peritoneal cavity to assess the presence of ascites. Due to the specific left hepatic vein anatomy and the size of the ICE catheter, we were not able to place the catheter into the left hepatic vein in order to obtain accurate images from this vessel. The failure to access the left hepatic vein represents an important limitation in cirrhotic patients, because a complete evaluation of the liver is essential for treatment planning. The use of ICE did however not present any other technical drawbacks.
At the end of the procedure patients were asked about the comfort and tolerability of ICE. The procedures were well tolerated, as demonstrated by the absence of pain and the hemodynamic stability throughout the procedure. It must be stressed however that we performed ICE as a complementary investigation following the measurement of HVPG. Hence, the invasiveness of ICE itself was possibly under estimated by the patients. The duration of ICE also represented a negative aspect, because it prolonged the patient's stay in the examination room. Finally, an additional radiation dose was used to guide and to verify the ultrasound catheter position. This supplementary irradiation might be avoidable in further studies by using conventional external ultrasound of the liver to follow the ICE device progression in the hepatic veins.
The performance of ICE in detecting nodules and visualizing blood vessels was tested qualitatively by comparing its findings with those obtained by using other imaging techniques such as CT or MRI in the same patients. Although the number of patients was small and the study was not designed to assess this endpoint, ICE findings were similar to those observed on images obtained by CT or MRI in the right hepatic lobe.
Future studies of ICE should assess the qualitative performance of this technique as a complement to external ultrasound, CT scan and magnetic resonance imaging for the evaluation of satellite small lesions and vascular invasion and/or thrombosis. Nevertheless, these results need first to be replicated in a larger number of patients before being translated into clinical strategies.
An additional point to be considered is the cost of this device, which is approximately 2500 Euros at this time. ICE catheters are for single use and their use must be accurately evaluated and be limited to clinical studies only. Besides diagnostic procedures, this technique might also be evaluated for interventional purposes, for example to assess the placement of transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunts.
This study demonstrated that a diagnostic approach using an ICE device is feasible in the right and middle hepatic veins, safe and well tolerated. However, it remains for the moment only an experimental investigative tool. This technique has the potential of an increased resolution power to image infra-centimetric vascular invasion. Whether ICE, as compared to other imaging techniques, could provide clinically relevant information in patients with parenchymal lesions and associated vascular alterations needs additional investigation.
ICE:
intracardiac echography
HCC:
HVPG:
hepatic venous pressure gradient.
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This study was supported by an unrestricted grant from Novartis (Berne, Switzerland).
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
Andrea De Gottardi, Antoine Hadengue, Emile Giostra & Laurent Spahr
Interventional Cardiology, University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
Pierre-Frédéric Keller
Hepatology Research Group, Department of Clinical Research, University of Berne, Murtenstrasse 35, 3010, Berne, Switzerland
Andrea De Gottardi
University Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, 3010, Berne, Switzerland
Antoine Hadengue
Emile Giostra
Laurent Spahr
Correspondence to Andrea De Gottardi.
ADG, EG, LS and AH designed this study. LS, PFK and ADG performed the procedures. ADG and LS drafted the manuscript. ADG, PFK, AH, EG and LS contributed to the interpretation of the results. ADG, PFK, AH, EG and LS critically reviewed the manuscript. ADG and EG took care of financial support. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
The data set supporting the results of this article is included within the article.
De Gottardi, A., Keller, PF., Hadengue, A. et al. Transjugular intravascular ultrasound for the evaluation of hepatic vasculature and parenchyma in patients with chronic liver disease. BMC Res Notes 5, 77 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-77
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QUESTIONS SUBMITTED BY MR. WELDON Mr. WELDON. Science-based stewardship puts your Administration in the problematic position of certifying the safety, reliability, and performance of critical strategic assets, also the world's most destructive weapon, without ever testing them. What is your assessment of the state of the program? How confident are you, that in the long term this approach can succeed?
General GORDON. The Stockpile Stewardship continues to ensure the continued safety, security, reliability and effectiveness of this Nation's nuclear deterrent. Overall, I am pleased with the significant progress made by the Stewardship program since its inception. The program has identified and solved issues in the stockpile that in the past would have required full scale nuclear testing. The ASCI supercomputers, experiments on DARHT, NOVA, and the Z facilities have done much to improve our understanding of the dynamic nature of the aging nuclear weapons stockpile. We are successfully extending the life of the W87 warhead at Pantex, LANL is making significant progress in pit manufacturing and certification,
the NIF project remains on track at LLNL, subcritical experiments at the Nevada Test Site are yielding important data on aging plutonium and the Kansas City plant is manufacturing all the non-nuclear components needed by the weapons stockpile.
While it is impossible to predict with any certainty, the challenges faced by the weapons complex are likely to increase as the nuclear weapons stockpile continues to age. To succeed over the long term we must be able to recruit, train, and develop highly skilled employees throughout our organizations in a highly competitive employment environment. We must implement plans to renew the physical infrastructure to ensure adequate capability and capacity, as well as compliance with environment, safety, health and security standards. We must deploy the advanced tools and technologies needed by the weapons complex. Consistent with the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) we are working with DoD to determine the optimum test readiness posture for the Nation. This is an extraordinarily difficult scientific and engineering challenge for the weapons complex, but one that I feel we can meet with the continued support of the Administration and Congress.
Mr. WELDON. The committee has heard conflicting reports regarding the security of the defense nuclear complex. The House has authorized over $650 million for NNSA security related activities in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003. What is your overall assessment of safeguards and security? How much security is enough, and don't we reach a point of diminishing returns?
General GORDON. We have increased security at our facilities since September 11, and we believe we are providing the appropriate level of security at this time. Independent reviews conducted by the Office of Independent Oversight and Performance Assurance (OA) continue to confirm this.
The level of protection is based on defined threat criteria and published protection requirements. The Department works to those protection standards to define the appropriate level of security. Threat information is coordinated at the inter-agency level to provide protection guidance based on potential targets. The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is responsible for the protection of what are currently among the most attractive targets.
Mr. WELDON. Your command has the responsibility of executing strategic nuclear missions if so ordered by the President. In a sense, you are the customer” of the defense nuclear complex. How confident are you of the safety, reliability, and performance of the “products” provided by NNSA? What is your assessment of the future efficacy of science-based stewardship? [The information referred to is classified.]
Mr. WELDON. Since the end of the Cold War, there has been some loss of “sense of mission” within the defense nuclear complex, and many of our facilities and capabilities have fallen into a state of disrepair. Some might also say that the priority given to, and the prestige associated with, the operational strategic deterrent has slipped. How would you assess the morale and quality of personnel under your command? Do you feel that the Administration gives sufficient priority to your mission?
Admiral BYRD. United States Strategic Command has a rich and proud legacy built on the tremendous foundation of both Strategic Air Command and the Joint
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African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song
Edited by Kevin Young
10/20/2020, hardcover
A literary landmark: the biggest, most ambitious anthology of Black poetry ever published, gathering 250 poets from the colonial period to the present
Across a turbulent history, from such vital centers as Harlem, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and the Bay Area, Black poets created a rich and multifaceted tradition that has been both a reckoning with American realities and an imaginative response to them. Capturing the power and beauty of this diverse tradition in a single indispensable volume, African American Poetry reveals as never before its centrality and its challenge to American poetry and culture.
One of the great American art forms, African American poetry encompasses many kinds of verse: formal, experimental, vernacular, lyric, and protest. The anthology opens with moving testaments to the power of poetry as a means of self-assertion, as enslaved people like Phillis Wheatley and George Moses Horton and activist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper voice their passionate resistance to slavery. Young's fresh, revelatory presentation of the Harlem Renaissance reexamines the achievements of Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen alongside works by lesser-known poets such as Gwendolyn B. Bennett and Mae V. Cowdery. The later flowering of the still influential Black Arts Movement is represented here with breadth and originality, including many long out-of-print or hard-to-find poems.
Here are all the significant movements and currents: the nineteenth-century Francophone poets known as Les Cenelles, the Chicago Renaissance that flourished around Gwendolyn Brooks, the early 1960s Umbra group, and the more recent work of writers affiliated with Cave Canem and the Dark Room Collective. Here too are poems of singular, hard-to-classify figures: the enslaved potter David Drake, the allusive modernist Melvin B. Tolson, the Cleveland-based experimentalist Russell Atkins. This Library of America volume also features biographies of each poet and notes that illuminate cultural references and allusions to historical events.
"It is overwhelming to contemplate the variety and history contained in this volume. The poems gathered here have the force of event. They were written as acts of public mourning, and as secrets; they are love poems and bitter quarrels. They are prized company." --Parul Sehgal, The New York Times
"This vast anthology gathers voices both canonical and overlooked to build an implicit but unassailable case that Black poetry is central to American literature." -- New York Times Book Review
"Young, himself an acclaimed author of poetry and prose, has created a document both breathtaking and inspiring, historical and personal." --TIME magazine (The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020)
"A remarkable anthology. . . . Including more than 240 poets, [African American Poetry] moves through eight periods, illustrating the various movements in this vast canon right up to our present moment." -- Ron Charles, Washington Post
"The giants are well represented in this enormous collection, including Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Lucille Clifton, Rita Dove and Natasha Tretheway. But so are more than 200 other poets worthy of wider recognition." --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (33 Books to Read this Fall)
"New Yorker poetry editor Kevin Young takes on the monumental task of condensing 250 years of African-American poetry into this must-own anthology... Discover it." --THE WEEK (21 Books to Read this Fall)
"This thousand-page collection should be required reading for all Americans." --San Francisco Chronicle
About the Editor:
Kevin Young is Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library and poetry editor of The New Yorker. He is the former curator of the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library at Emory University. His books of poetry include Brown, Dear Darkness, and Jelly Roll: A Blues. He has previously edited the anthology Blues Poems, Jazz Poems, and, for Library of America, John Berryman: Selected Poems. He will be the director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture starting in January 2021.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Universities are endowed by their Donors with certain unalienable Goals, that among these are Strategy, Dynamism, and the pursuit of some sort of Online Degree delivered via the Interwebs,—That to secure these goals, Presidents are appointed, deriving their just powers from the half-baked ideas of idle Billionaires,—That whenever any University President becomes destructive of these Goals, it is the Right of the BoV to institute a new President, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect Strategy, Dynamism, and Strategic Dynamism. Prudence dictates that Presidents only recently established should not be changed for light and transient causes; yet experience hath shewn, that Universities are more disposed to suffer than to right themselves by downsizing obscure departments such as Classics, or German, or—it now appears—Computer Science. F**k.
Anyway, it is nevertheless our right, it is our duty, to throw off such Presidents, and to provide new Administrators for my future security. Yours! I mean, Your future security. Such has been the patient sufferance of this University; and such is now the necessity which constrains us to alter its former Systems of Government. The history of the present President is one of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the maintenance of some sort of financially viable, intellectually robust, nationally respected institution of higher learning. Such goals are so 20th Century. I read that in Forbes recently. Did I not shew it to you all via e-mail? Perhaps I forgot to attach it. Sorry, where was I?
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Dark Horse September 2011 Solicitations
by Jeff June 14, 2011
written by Jeff June 14, 2011
The kind folks at Dark Horse Comics have supplied ComicList with their solicitations for comics and other products featured in the July 2011 Previews, scheduled to ship starting September 2011.
ABE SAPIEN: THE DEVIL DOES NOT JEST #1
Mike Mignola (W), John Arcudi (W), James Harren (A), Dave Stewart (C), Dave Johnson (Cover), and Francesco Francavilla (Variant cover)
On sale Sept 28
FC, 32 pages
Buried in a demonologist’s basement is a deep, dark family secret, where horrific occult practices prove to be life threatening for Abe Sapien.
* An early Abe adventure
* Abe is pitted against demonic family curse!
* From the pages of Hellboy!
ANGEL AND FAITH #2
Christos Gage (W), Rebekah Isaacs (A/Variant cover), Steve Morris (Cover), and Dan Jackson (C)
Following some bad-many would say unforgivable-choices as Twilight, Angel needed to hide away and wallow in his guilt. But with a little TLC-courtesy of his only remaining ally, Faith, Angel is back to fighting the good fight and taking demons down one by one. With the Watcher files at their disposal, Angel comes up with the ultimate plan for redemption.
* Executive produced by Joss Whedon!
* Follows the events of Buffy Season 8!
ARCHIE ARCHIVES VOLUME 3 HC
Various (W/A)
On sale Nov 9
FC, 224 pages
HC, 7″ x 10″
Archie Andrews and his calamitous crew of bosom buddies are some of the best-known characters to ever emerge from the pages of comic books. Now Archie fans of all ages can go all the way back to the beginning of it all with Dark Horse’s beautiful Archie Archives! Collects Pep Comics #46–#50 and Archie Comics #7–#10!
B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH: RUSSIA #1
Mike Mignola (W), John Arcudi (W), Tyler Crook (A), Dave Stewart (C), Dave Johnson (Cover)
A graveyard of mutated horror is uncovered deep inside a Russian mine. With Liz still missing and Abe Sapien lying on his deathbed, the newly international B.P.R.D. sends Kate and Johann to meet the Russian equivalent of the Bureau-which readers first saw in B.P.R.D.: 1946-and face an exploding fungus monster at the Kremlin, and a spreading contagion.
* In the mines of madness!
“Just as in the pages of Hellboy, there’s a strong sense that big things are lurking right around the corner for our heroes.”-IGN
BALTIMORE: THE CURSE BELLS #2
Mike Mignola (W/Cover), Christopher Golden (W), Ben Stenbeck (A), and Dave Stewart (C)
As Baltimore trespasses through a strange chapel he discovers a haven full of human sacrifices, vampire nuns, and their mysterious prophet!
* Based on the novel by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden.
“Mignola and Golden’s refreshing take on the vampire myth features real monsters killing real people. These bloodsuckers don’t whine or glow or try to fit in with the rest of humanity. They kill people and drink their blood, with nary a set of six-pack abs to be seen. Like I said-refreshing.” -Broken Frontier
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 9: FREEFALL #1
Joss Whedon (W), Andrew Chambliss (W), Georges Jeanty (P), Dexter Vines (I), Steve Morris (Cover), Jo Chen (Variant cover), and Georges Jeanty (25th anniversary variant cover)
Season 8 ended with a bang when Buffy cut the world off from the hell dimensions and all supernatural influence. Great, right? Except Buffy has left her best friend, Willow, powerless, and ended the long line of vampire slayers, leaving her hated by the hundreds of girls who recently stood behind her. Newly relocated to San Francisco, Buffy can count on a fresh start, and focus on what she’s good at-slaying.
* Written by creator Joss Whedon, with Andrew Chambliss of the CW’s The Vampire Diaries!
CLASSIC MARVEL CHARACTER #2: THE HULK
On sale Oct 12
5″ tall, limited to 1,500 numbered pieces
Packaged in its own tin box, with a pin-back button and character booklet
The 1960s brought a cultural upheaval in music and art, with a host of new icons entering the scene: The Beatles, Andy Warhol, and of course, Marvel Comics, led by a host of characters that redefined modern comic books. Now, these characters will appear just as they did then, in a new line of collectible statuettes from Dark Horse Deluxe.
Beginning in September 2011 with Spider-Man, the program continues with October’s release of the Hulk.
CONAN: ROAD OF KINGS #8
Roy Thomas (W), Mike Hawthorne (P), John Lucas (I), Dan Jackson (C), and Aleksi Briclot (Cover)
In underground catacombs beneath Aquilonia’s capital, a desperate Conan fights to protect himself-and a young child-from creatures more hideous and deadly than anything he’s ever encountered on the surface.The Road of Kings is no place for weaklings!
* New cover artist Aleksi Briclot!
CRIMINAL MACABRE: NO PEACE FOR DEAD MEN
Steve Niles (W), Christopher Mitten (A), Michelle Madsen (C), and Fiona Staples (Cover)
Cal McDonald and his army of ghouls are pitted in an epic battle against the terrifying female vampire Salem, who has a deep personal connection to Cal, and her horde of monsters. With little hope of victory for either side, Cal must make his final stand to take Salem back to hell!
* 32 pages of hardboiled horror!
* Niles wreaks havoc on his longest-running character!
* Look for more Criminal Macabre this month in Dark Horse Presents #4.
DAGAR THE INVINCIBLE ARCHIVES VOLUME 1 HC
Don F. Glut (W) and Jesse Santos (A)
On sale Nov 16
HC, 6 5/8″ x 10 13/16″
In a time when gods and demons walked the earth as men, a young warrior raises his sword to the skies and declares defiance! Dagar the Invincible is a hero of blade and sandal, and Dark Horse Books uncovers the exciting legend of his journey through the ancient, mystical world! The first of two volumes in this archival series introduces Dagar and tales of his quest, originally published by Gold Key Comics in the 1970s. Collects Dagar the Invincible #1-#9.
* Classic series from writer Donald F. Glut!
* Featuring the extraordinary art of comics legend Jesse Santos!
DARK HORSE PRESENTS #4
Steve Niles (W), Evan Dorkin (W), Jill Thompson (A), Carla Speed McNeil (W/A), Neal Adams (W/A), Geof Darrow (A/Variant cover), Sergio Aragonés (A), Howard Chaykin (W), Fiona Staples (Cover), Michael Kaluta (Ultra variant cover), and others
The hallmark anthology continues with another spectacular eighty-page issue! In this installment, stories by creators Howard Chaykin (The Chronicles of Solomon Kane), Carla Speed McNeil (Finder), and Sanford Greene continue. Joined by exciting new shorts from Sergio Aragonés, Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse, and Filipé Melo, this issue is certain to have something for everyone! Plus, the first chapters of brand-new Beasts of Burden and Criminal Macabre stories! If that wasn’t enough, we’ve included another demented strip by Patrick Alexander and an exclusive interview with Geof Darrow ()!
* No ads!
* 80 pages!
* New material by Steve Niles, Evan Dorkin, and Jill Thompson!
DISNEY COMICS & STORIES CLASSIC CHARACTER #3: GOOFY
4 1/2″ tall, limited to 750 numbered pieces
We now offer the third in the Disney Comics & Stories lineup—it’s none other than Goofy. This is our first-ever depiction of this Disney mainstay.
The Disney Comics & Stories Characters series depicts the cartoon characters as they were in the comics, but they are also somewhat more rough hewn than is common, with features including rough surface textures, visible seam lines, and other slightly “distressed” aspects.
DOLLHOUSE: EPITAPHS #3 (of 5)
Andrew Chambliss (W), Maurissa Tancharoen (W), Jed Whedon (W), Cliff Richards (P), Andy Owens (I), Michelle Madsen (C), Phil Noto (Cover), and Rebekah Isaacs (Variant cover)
While Mag, Zone, and Griff fight to survive the LA apocalypse without killing each other, Trevor and Alpha must take the fight straight to the Rossum Corporation, which started it all. In order to destroy Rossum, they must find Echo-the only person uniquely equipped to destroy the evil corporation from the inside.
* Marks the top secret return of a fan-favorite character!
* Continuing Joss Whedon’s cult-hit TV series Dollhouse.
DRAWING DOWN THE MOON TP
Charles Vess (A)
TP, 9″ x 12″
The fantasy art of Charles Vess is acclaimed worldwide, his rich palette, striking compositions, and lavish detail second to none. Vess has created memorable works for such best-selling fantasy authors as Neil Gaiman, Susanna Clarke, Charles De Lint, and George R. R. Martin, as well as a who’s-who list of publishers and clients. His art is both breathtakingly singular while recalling the golden age of illustration, when paint and brush were the vessels that carried readers to distant lands, bygone ages, and realms of the imagination. Foreword by Susanna Clarke, author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.
* Now available in paperback!
* Foreword by Susanna Clarke, best-selling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.
“The reason that Charles Vess draws such astonishing things, such beautiful things, and such strange things so very well is simple. He draws what he sees.” —Neil Gaiman
DRINKY CROW PARTY LIGHTS AND T-SHIRTS
12-foot strand, 10 lights
Ready to party? Drinky Crow is!
Tony Millionaire’s sobriety-challenged feathered friend, Drinky Crow, is coming forward as a decorative string of electrical illuminations that put the “party” into party lights and a limited line of t-shirts! The lights come in both sober and drunk versions, alternating with a simulated (or is that stimulated?) bottle of adult beverage. The t-shirts are available in yellow, light blue, and gray in men’s and women’s styles.
100% premium quality cotton.
Men’s M-XL
Men’s XXL
Women’s S-XL
FEAR AGENT #31: OUT OF STEP part 4 (of 5)
Rick Remender (W), Mike Hawthorne (P), Tony Moore (P/Cover), and John Lucas (I)
On sale Oct 5
Heath Huston fights the secret rulers of the universe in the wake of the null bang! The countdown to the finale begins.
* Series conclusion next month!
* From Uncanny X-Force and Venom scribe Rick Remender!
“Good sci-fi stories are really lacking in comics today and Fear Agent is one of the best. Grade: A.” -Tim Janson, Comic World News
THE GOON VOLUME 5: WICKED INCLINATIONS 2ND EDITION TP
Eric Powell (W/A)
An ally of the Goon has learned the Zombie Priest’s secret name, turning the tide in the struggle against the undead hordes of Lonely Street and forcing the Priest to create a whole new breed of minion-one that may be beyond even the strength of the Goon to contain. As rival crime families attempt to use the battle as cover to move in on the Goon’s empire, open war breaks out from the docks to Lonely Street!
* Five-time Eisner Award-winning series!
* New cover by Powell!
“The Goon is wildly funny, a Bronx cheer in the face of the genre it mercilessly rags.” -Booklist
THE GUILD: CLARA
Felicia Day (W), Kim Evey (W), Ron Chan (A), Howard Chaykin (Cover), and Greg Aronowitz (Variant cover)
Felicia Day is back with a one-shot spotlighting the Guild’s heart and soul-or at least its dirty mind-Clara!
A mother of three, or maybe five, Clara is the Knights of Good’s most irresponsible and hedonistic member. When Clara’s husband overhears her scheduling seventy-eight hours of game time, he hides the computer until she agrees to help him around the house, leading her to uncover a box of mementos from her past. What follows is a bizarre trip down memory lane for Clara.
* Based on Felicia Day’s hit Internet show!
* Day stars in the Dragon Age: Redemption web series in summer 2011!
HELLBOY: HOUSE OF THE LIVING DEAD HC
Mike Mignola (W/Cover), Richard Corben (A), and Dave Stewart (C)
Devastated over the loss of his luchador comrade to vampires, Hellboy lingers in Mexican bars until he’s invited to participate in the ultimate wrestling match with a vicious Frankenstein monster!
* Eisner-winning duo Mike Mignola and Richard Corben reunite!
KULT #3 (of 4)
Jeremy Barlow (W), Iwan Nazif (A), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Jake Murray (Cover)
The journey beyond the veil of reality continues! Awakened to the true nature of the world, Tomas Zenk faces the ultimate choice: return to his old life or accept his full power and attempt to free the enslaved human race. But with his family in danger and the enemy at last revealed, the decision may no longer be his!
* The cutting-edge horror comic inspired by the classic RPG continues!
* A bizarre tale of the supernatural!
* For fans of The Matrix and Hellraiser!
THE MANARA LIBRARY VOLUME 1 HC
Hugo Pratt (W) and Milo Manara (W/A)
HC, 8 3/8″ x 10 7/8″
Italian comics legend Milo Manara brings a comprehensive collection of his catalog to the United States! The first of nine volumes, The Manara Library Volume one collects two of Manara’s seminal works in a magnificently appointed, deluxe hardcover edition. The sweeping epic Indian Summer, a collaboration with celebrated creator Hugo Pratt, is collected here along with Manara’s The Paper Man, both translated by Euro comics expert Kim Thompson.
* Foreword by Frank Miller!
* Collaboration with Corto Maltese creator Hugo Pratt!
* First comprehensive North American hardcover collection of Manara’s work.
“In the hand of Milo Manara, the Old West is a generous, delicious feast for the eyes.” —Frank Miller
MILO MANARA 12″ STATUE
12″ tall, limited to 950 numbered pieces
Dark Horse proudly announces the start of a new program with Milo Manara, one of the most celebrated and respected graphic-story talents in the world.
He has made a powerful name by producing comics that revolve around elegant, beautiful women and his recent work on X-Women for Marvel Comics. It’s no surprise, then, that we have selected one of his lush renderings of a mysterious lady for our debut statue.
MPD-PSYCHO VOLUME 10 TP
Eiji Otsuka (W) and Sho-u Tajima (A)
b&w, 208 pages
TP, 5 1/8″ x 7 1/4″
“Multiple personality detective” Kobayashi Yosuke seems to live on as a complex personality program inside the young, violent Tetora Nishizono—but the boy is now on a suicidal mission to destroy Japan’s political leaders! This series will appeal to fans of nihilistic parables, like Paranoia Agent, Se7en, and the works of Takashi Miike, as well as other intelligent, adult manga series like The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service and Monster.
* MPD-Psycho charted on the very first New York Times bestseller list devoted to manga!
* The inspiration for Takashi Miike’s television series!
* MPD-Psycho returns!
RAGE: AFTER THE IMPACT TP
Arvid Nelson (W), Andrea Mutti (P), Pierluigi Baldassini (I), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Stephan Martinere (Cover)
TP, 6″ x 9″
The earth has been devastated by an asteroid, with a tiny fraction of the population surviving under the rule of a military dictatorship. But when a scientist studying those mutated by the disaster discovers that the story the new leaders are telling isn’t true, she has no choice but to fight back.
* Collects the three-issue miniseries.
* Written by Arvid Nelson, creator of Rex Mundi!
* An exclusive tie-in to the next hit game from id, the developers of Doom and Quake!
* Reveals secrets central to the story of Rage!
STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS-STRANGE ALLIES TP
Ryder Windham (W), Ben Dewey (A), Mae Hao (C), and Stéphane Roux (Cover)
With so many Jedi Generals occupied with the Clone Wars, assignments that would usually go to Knights or Masters are falling to Jedi in training-in this case, masterless Padawan Nuru Kungurama. Accompanied by his squad of clone troopers and a hulking swoop biker named Gizz, Nuru’s job begins as a routine protection detail but soon evolves to include a mystery massacre, the hijacking of a space freighter, and the kidnapping of a group of orphaned younglings!
* Ryder Windham’s Breakout Squad from the prose series The Clone Wars: Secret Missions come to comics!
STAR WARS: DARK TIMES-OUT OF THE WILDERNESS #3 (of 5)
Mick Harrison (W), Douglas Wheatley (A), Dan Jackson (C), and Pablo Correa (Cover)
Caged fury! Desert raiders have captured Ember Chankeli, only to discover they have a tiger who can’t be tamed! Worse for them: they have a Jedi on their trail!
But Jedi Master Dass Jennir had better watch his back, because a mysterious assassin and Darth Vader both want his head!
* Darth Vader is hunting Jedi!
* War in the wasteland!
STAR WARS: DARTH VADER AND THE LOST COMMAND HC
Haden Blackman (W), Rick Leonardi (P), Dan Green (I), Wes Dzioba (C), and Michael Kutsche (Cover)
Still haunted by the death of Anakin Skywalker’s beloved Padmé in Revenge of the Sith, Darth Vader is tasked with a mission to locate a lost Imperial expeditionary force-led by the son of Vader’s rising nemesis, Moff Tarkin. But the perils of Vader’s journey into the unexplored Ghost Nebula are compounded by traitors among his crew and the presence of the system’s religious leader, Lady Saro. Collects the five-issue miniseries.
* Written by The Force Unleashed’s Haden Blackman!
* Art by Rick Leonardi of Aliens vs. Predator: Three World War!
* A beautiful hardcover edition!
STAR WARS: INVASION-REVELATIONS #3 (of 5)
Tom Taylor (W), Colin Wilson (A), Wes Dzioba (C), and Chris Scalf (Cover)
The Yuuzhan Vong invaders are everywhere!
Queen Nina of Artorias and her stepdaughter Kaye discover that the haven meant for the refugees in their care is actually a work camp run by the Empire-for the benefit of the invaders! But worse than that, Kaye learns a horrifying secret about her adoptive mother-and herself!
* Like mother, like daughter?!
* Set within the time frame of the New Jedi Order novels from Del Rey!
STAR WARS: JEDI-THE DARK SIDE #5 (of 5)
Scott Allie (W), Mahmud Asrar (A), Paul Mounts (C), and Stéphane Roux (Cover)
Civil war has broken out on Telos IV. As the governor rallies his military, Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn struggles desperately to uncover the reason for the planet’s unrest, in hope of stopping the war . . .
But Qui-Gon’s troubled Padawan isn’t helping: his homecoming to Telos has been anything but happy, and the recent events-including the horrific death of a family member-have fueled his growing anger. This time, though, Qui-Gon is the target!
* The final, action-packed issue!
STAR WARS: KNIGHT ERRANT-DELUGE #2 (of 5)
John Jackson Miller (W), Iban Coello (P), Sergio Abad (I), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Joe Quinones (Cover),
Answering a distress call, Jedi Knight Kerra Holt has returned to her Sith-held home planet to liberate as many slaves as possible with a single shuttle. She didn’t expect to meet a squadron of starfighters from the Republic! With the help of the Devil Squadron, Kerra can go on the offensive, and the entire planet will have a chance at liberation!
But there is more to the Devils than it first appears. A scheming Hutt with an evil agenda is infiltrating the planet, and the Sith Lord Daiman is just getting wind of what is happening on his planet!
* Meet the Devil Squadron and their never-before-seen starfighters!
* Look for John Jackson Miller’s Knight Errant novel from Del Rey!
STAR WARS: THE OLD REPUBLIC-THE LOST SUNS #4 (of 5)
Alexander Freed (W), George Freeman (P), Dave Ross (P), Mark McKenna (I), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Benjamin Carré (Cover)
Captured by the evil Sith Empire, Republic spy Theron Shan is about to find out what secret sacrifice brought about the end of the great war. But once the Imperial’s covert activities are revealed, will he be able to act on his devastating discoveries?
The senior writer of the online game The Old Republic continues to weave secrets for game players into this comics saga! Don’t miss a single crucial issue!
TUROK, SON OF STONE ARCHIVES VOLUME 9 HC
Paul Newman (W), Alberto Giolitti (A), Rex Maxon (A), and others
HC, 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″
Join Turok and Andar in their fight against swarms of carnivorous gliding reptiles, fish-riding cavemen, burning black swamp waters, and herds of killer “honkers”! Turok, Son of Stone is man versus beast at its best! Stranded in a lost valley filled with dinosaurs, primitive men, and more strange beasts and beings, two Indian braves struggle to survive.
* This volume collects issues #51–#53, #55–#56, and #58–#59 of Turok, Son of Stone from Gold Key Comics.
Dustin Weaver to draw THE RED WING #1 variant cover
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G Suite Series - Hangouts Chat & Meet
Companies understand the pain of hosting meetings with individuals outside their physical office space. Issues like weak signals, faulty plug-ins, and jammed telephone lines are often culprits for a 'less than pleasant' meeting experience.
Google understands this naturally, and innovated a solution. Their most recent update to Google Hangouts split it into two parts; Chat and Meet. Both consist of new features aimed to make the audio and visual communications between users, more convenient and direct. Chat and Meet, in a way, can be looked at as business counterparts to Google's consumer apps, Allo and Duo.
Here's what you need to know about Chat and Meet:
Hangouts Chat
If you're familiar with Slack, this is more or less Google's version of it but with superior conversation threading. Google Chat makes it easier to bring cross-functional teams together, discuss tasks that need to get done, and share collaborative work. It's designed to allow users to create virtual rooms where they can hold group conversations, and even break off into tangential threads. Available soon on Android, iOS, and web, it's perfect for practically anyone, on any device, anywhere.
Chat’s deep integration with G Suite means shared content from Drive and Docs, or photos and videos, can be viewed directly in conversations. It even includes filterable search to make it easy to find content dating back to the start of a project. The Chat platform supports a wide range of capabilities, from bots to simple scripting using Google App Script. It also integrates with third-party applications so teams can do more right from within the conversation. Chat also features @meet, an intelligent bot built on top of the Hangouts platform that uses natural language processing and machine learning to automatically schedule meetings for your team with Hangouts Meet and Google Calendar.
Hangouts Meet
The purpose of Google’s Hangouts Meet is to ease the process of starting a meeting, essentially eliminating the need for plug-ins and sign-ins. It's meant to kick-start a video conference using nothing more than a browser with a shared link, calendar invite, or an ad-hoc share. Unfortunately it's common to find cumbersome perquisites when simply attempting to join a meeting with other video conferencing software. Meet's primary goal is to make joining meetings effortless so that users can be as productive as they are when they're face-to-face.
Hangouts Meet allows up to 30 participants as opposed to only 10 in the earlier Hangouts version. What's even cooler is that with every meeting, a dial-in number containing a PIN code for instant access is provided for a frictionless experience. It's super easy to dial in from a conference room, laptop, or a mobile device using the dedicated app. Meet is available to all G Suite editions, however, the ability to create meetings with a dial-in phone number is only available in the Enterprise tier of G Suite. Here's how to manage meet for you organization and a handy cheat sheet to help you get started.
It's clear that Google is committed to building communication tools focused on the way teams work, from anywhere, at anytime. More than half of the workforce will contribute remotely by 2020, so businesses require purpose-built tools to help their employees succeed. As to why Google decided to evolve Hangouts into 2 solutions, it's probably an aim to deliver an easier approach for the two main entry-points that customers adhere to; collaborative messaging and video meetings.
Click here to see what you can do with the newest features of Hangouts. To learn more about Hangouts Chat or Meet, get in touch with us today!
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Nearly two years after planning began for a flood wall, dam and detention pond along South Boulder Creek, Boulder is zeroing in on final (local) approval of the design. But however city council votes Tuesday night, it won’t be a done deal. The work is still subject to the politically fraught annexation process.
Standing in the way is vociferous opposition to a future southern campus for the University of Colorado, which owns the land where Boulder hopes to build flood protection, and the ever-present concern over what such development could look like when not run through the city’s exhaustive planning process.
The debate has been raging for years. In the most recent public engagement period, nothing new has emerged, staff said, leading them to conclude that elected officials should reaffirm direction they gave earlier this year.
That path is a flood mitigation design referred to as Variant 1, 100-year. It will include a roughly 2,700-foot-long flood wall with a height of (around) 8.8 feet and detention area capable of containing 467 acre feet of water.
To illustrate: one acre-foot of water is how much water it would take to cover one acre of land in water one-foot deep. One acre-foot of water can dover a football field to a depth of 12 inches. So 467 acre-feet = enough water to cover 467 football fields in one foot of water. (Shoutout to the Water Education Foundation for this helpful visualization).
Variant 1, 100-year is meant to protect against a storm of a size that has a 1% chance of “being equaled or exceeded” in any given year, according to a staff explainer. South Boulder Creek has experienced six significant floods since 1938.
The whole project will cost an estimated $66 million, though staff has noted at this early stage (preliminary design) it’s not uncommon for estimates to be off by as much as 50%. That would result in a $99 million price tag.
The portion most subject to change is the flood mitigation itself, currently estimated at $41 million. The remaining amount reflects the cost to fill in land following flood work so that it can be built on ($10 million) and compensating CU for impacts to existing infrastructure ($15 million), including “damage to or elimination of the university’s existing tennis courts, a warehouse, and South Loop Drive,” according to notes shared with council ahead of Tuesday’s meeting.
In a recent round of board meetings, residents and board members took issue with paying to make the land buildable. Staff countered that the city often undertakes projects on land it does not own, and it routinely pays to offset changes caused by its work.
“Utilities projects typically provide compensation to property owners for project impacts,” they wrote.
Board feedback
Water Resources Advisory Board: 3-2 in favor of Variant 1, 100-yr on April 20 (Dissent: Consider options not on the tablePostponement of a motion, or a vote, find another way to pay for fill since that isn’t related to flood mitigation)
Planning Board: May 7. No vote; discussed finding other ways to pay for fill.
On annexation, discussed traffic impacts, lack of specificity from CU on development and need for conformity to Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan, and “possible future property ownership scenarios at CU South”
Open Space Board of Trustees: 5-0 on June 3 in favor of 100-year design. Wants to look at resident-suggested upstream options again.
Other concerns — including impacts to wildlife and the desire to consider other designs — are nothing new, staff wrote. They have been raised multiple times during the multi-year process by community members with “competing interests.”
“Feedback indicates the community is not in agreement about how to prioritize and balance the various and multiple project elements,” staff wrote, “but did not raise new areas of concern or information that would change previous staff recommendation to proceed with the 100-year flood design.”
Pivots and priorities
The switch to a 100-year design is relatively recent. Council decided to go that route in February, after analysis revealed that, of three options on the table, it was the cheapest, had the fewest impacts to sensitive habitat and was most likely to be permitted by the multiple agencies who have regulatory authority.
For the 18 months prior, the plan — picked by the previous council in August 2018 — had been for a design that protected against larger storm events. Yet that option might not meet a key criteria for approval, staff revealed.
Whatever Boulder builds cannot impact water flows under U.S. 36 as conditions exist today. It was doubtful that Variant 1, 500-year could accomplish that, staff said.
The 2013 flooding event did not result in 500-year flows at any of Boulder’s 16 major drainage ways, according to a runoff analysis provided last month as part of a stormwater and flood management update. But climate changes may make larger storms more likely.
Allowances for climate change are not required for certain portions of the project. The state engineer, which has authority over the dam, does have climate change-related requirements.
“Such an allowance is being incorporated into the South Boulder Creek flood mitigation design,” staff wrote. And “city staff are evaluating if and how a voluntary climate change allowance might be incorporated” into other parts of the design.
A rendering of planned flood mitigation at CU South. (City of Boulder)
Residents and some members of council have sought to decouple flood mitigation from annexation of CU’s 308-acre parcel. The university is giving Boulder 80 acres needed for flood work, free of charge, in exchange for being added into the city so utilities can be accessed.
That idea is driven by concerns that Boulder won’t be able to control what CU builds there. As a state entity, the university is not subject to local development restrictions, though it has agreed to abide by the city heigh limit of 55 feet and build no more than 1,1,00 dwellings there.
Detailed site plans are usually provided before annexation, but CU officials have said it will be years before they know what their expansion needs are — a forecast that may be impacted by the COVID crisis.
CU is facing potential budget shortfalls between $121 million and $651 million, provost Russell Moore told the Daily Camera this week. Thousands of CU employees have taken pay cuts; hundreds were furloughed and more than a dozen laid off in recent weeks.
It’s unclear if that will impact long-term planning. CU has been seeking land use changes to the southern parcel since at least 2000 to allow future development of housing and classrooms. Those changes were eventually enacted in 2017 after the South Boulder Creek master plan was completed and flood mitigation at the site was identified as a priority for Boulder.
City attorneys have said they lack the authority of eminent domain to condemn the property — a frequent suggestion of opponents to development there — because CU is a state government entity. The only other way to acquire the land for flood work is through purchase, which would add tens of millions of dollars to the project cost.
Boulderites will pay for flood protection through their utility bills. At $66 million, monthly bills for the average household will increase by $8.75, according to staff.
The flood mitigation discussion is scheduled for three hours Tuesday night, dependent on how many people participate in a public hearingScheduled time allocated for the public to testify or share commentary/input on a particular ordinan.... Sign up to speak online.
City council meeting: 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 16. Watch online or on Channel 8
— Shay Castle, boulderbeatnews@gmail.com, @shayshinecastle
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BP Logix Announces Process Director 4.5 Update
Published: October 12 2017
New Update Enhances Data Virtualization Analyzer, Modernized UI and Enhanced Compatibility
San Diego, CA –– September 28, 2017–– BP Logix, provider of BPM solutions for enterprise digital transformation, today announced the availability of the latest update to the Process Director platform. This update enhances many of the innovations introduced in version 4.5 of the flagship product, including advances in development methodology, giving organizations more control, more capabilities, and a smoother implementer experience than ever before. The updated release of Process Director 4.5, in both on-premise and Cloud versions, is now available.
Process Director 4.0 transcended organizational boundaries, tying together an organization’s business ecosystem with sophisticated, code-free workflow applications. Featuring smart web forms, advanced graphical analytics, and the unique Process Timeline™ workflow engine, Process Director 4.0 asserted its leadership in BPM-enabled rapid workflow app development.
Process Director 4.5 is positioned to further revolutionize the practice of producing custom applications within the enterprise, supplanting costly programming efforts in favor of configurable, BPM-driven apps that are easier to build, manage, and update.
The new update enriches the implementer’s experience, improving Process Director 4.5’s data flow analysis tools that enable implementers to visualize data flows between objects. Working with an online form designer that permits forms to be created from any browser, digital application developers enjoy with enhanced form styling and visual customization. The modernized UI offers a contemporary look-and-feel, along with a modernized user interface for electronic forms themselves. The update also boasts enhanced web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG) and compatibility with Section 508, enacted to eliminate barriers in information technology for people with disabilities.
Process Director is an easy-to-deploy BPM solution that is business-friendly, allowing business analysts and other non-programmers to create custom, end-to-end digital applications. The product’s no code/low code rapid development environment lights the path for companies engaged in finding their own digital journey in the era of digital transformation.
“Customers will benefit from Process Director’s flexibility and rapid time-to-value,” stated Jay O’Brien, CEO of BP Logix. “Our goal is to provide the lowest time-to-value and the highest utility for the business, while also meeting the governance and oversight requirements of IT. Enabling business analysts to develop applications that address the processes and systems with which they are most familiar will ensure faster time to completion—and a clear competitive advantage—for our customers.”
About BP Logix, Inc.
BP Logix makes innovative and intelligent software that drives digital transformation in organizations across North America and around the globe. Process Director, the company’s award-winning business process management (BPM) solution, is a powerful—yet easy to use—high-productivity, rapid application development platform for building, deploying, and enhancing digital applications.
Customers include Abbott Labs, the City of West Allis, IDEX, Leo Burnett USA, Memphis Light, Gas and Water, MultiPlan, Starwood Hotels and Resorts and Vulcan Materials Company. These organizations—and hundreds of others—rely on Process Director for its unique ability to fuse business groups, customers, and suppliers together into a single efficient, compliant, customer-delighting machine.
The BP Logix name and logo are the registered service and trademarks of BP Logix, Inc.
First Impression: BP Logix Process Director 3.0
Recently the BPM.com team was provided with a comprehensive demonstration of the latest release, version 3.0, of Process Director from BP Logix. This was not a literal introduction, as we have had the opportunity to explore Process Director through prior briefings by BP Logix, as well as through working independently with two key customers. This has allowed us to understand both the potential value and the differentiating features offered by Process Director historically, as well as provide us with a unique appreciation of the critical milestones achieved with the V 3.0 release.
BP Logix Launches AI-Enabled BPM with Process Director 5.0
Process Director’s Patented Technology Supports Digital Transformation
San Diego, CA – July 16, 2018 –– BP Logix, a provider of low-code/no-code BPM solutions for rapid digital application development, today announced Process Director 5.0— an AI-enabled, low-code/no-code development platform that empowers business users to easily develop, deploy, and enhance critical digital applications. Process Director 5.0 leverages a sophisticated suite of AI/machine learning tools, promoting integration with data streams produced by the Internet of Things (IoT), and easy configuration of entire applications—from user interface to process behavior, data transformation, reporting, and more.
Advancements in the product update include employing machine learning and AI for predictive analytics and proactive application behaviors, the ability to capture and express disparate events and conditions as a single state, as well as the introduction of Journals for configurable collaboration.
“BP Logix’s Process Director 5.0 sits at the intersection of two emerging trends that are essential to the digital transformation of the modern enterprise: low-code development and AI. The ability to rapidly develop, deploy and update applications is now an essential enterprise capability that low-code enables. Process Director’s use of AI to not only further speed this process, but also to enable business users to embed intelligence into their applications is an important step forward for the industry,” says Charles Araujo, Principal Analyst with Intellyx.
Process Director 5.0 will allow enterprise companies to:
Proactively manage business processes with machine learning features.
Work within a unified platform for all work styles, including case management as well as applications driven by time, events, rules, human decisions, etc.
Use sentiment analysis to inform and make operational improvements.
Benefit from UI enhancements including Iterative list search, inline text editor, calendar view and knowledge views.
Employ out-of-the-box application, data, and protocol connectors, including SharePoint 365, Exchange and Laserfiche.
Implement robust and comprehensive security and compliance, at every level.
“Both AI and machine learning are perfect complements to BPM and represents a clear competitive advantage to customers who are equipped to achieve unparalleled time-to-value, ensuring their business is responsive to rapid or unexpected changes in the marketplace, the regulatory environment, or their business model,” stated Jay O’Brien, CEO of BP Logix.
Process Director 5.0 is generally available July 16, 2018, on-premise and in the Cloud.
About BP Logix
BP Logix unites IT and business users, enabling them to deploy sophisticated digital business solutions in a fraction of the time and at a fraction of the cost of traditional development. Process Director, our award-winning business process management (BPM) software, powers digital workflow-driven solutions that cross organizational boundaries, embracing the C-suite, operations, sales, customers, and prospects.
Customers including Barclay Damon, the City of West Allis, IDEX, Leo Burnett USA, Memphis Light, Gas and Water, MultiPlan, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, University of Central Florida, and Vulcan Materials Company rely on Process Director innovations such as its mobile capabilities, and its broad integration with SharePoint, MS Dynamics, MS Office, and other enterprise applications and databases. Process Director enables customers to build award-winning applications that deliver clear and measurable improvements in productivity, compliance, and customer engagement.
BP Logix Customer, Johnson & Johnson, Selected As Winner In Gartner Business Process Management Excellence Awards 2014
J&J to Present Case Study at Gartner BPM Summit December 11.
This BPM.com First Impression examines the new capabilities presented the latest release of BP Logix Process Director, a BPMS industry leader recognized by Gartner, Inc. in the “Magic Quadrant for Intelligent Business Process Management Suites 2015”, with unique capabilities for both Case Management and traditional BPM patterns.
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John Oliver Reveals The Donald Trump Question That 'Pisses' Him Off The Most
·Reporter, HuffPost
November 26, 2020, 8:13 a.m. ·1 min read
“Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver has divulged the question he gets asked about the Trump era that probably annoys him the most.
Namely, whether he thinks the comedy about the chaos and division caused by President Donald Trump and his administration over the last four years has written itself.
If those asking it “were trying to hurt you, it wouldn’t matter as much. Then you would internalize, saying, ‘Oh, you want to be mean. You’ve said something you know distresses me. Congratulations,’” Oliver told Seth Meyers on Wednesday’s episode of “Late Night.”
“It’s the genuine question that pisses me off far, far more, and you know it’s coming a lot now,” he added.
Later in the interview, Oliver likened people saying “it must have been fun” to cover the Trump administration to telling the residents of Elm Street that they would miss the fictional serial killer Freddy Krueger.
“No, I’m not going to miss Freddy, you fucking asshole,” he quipped.
Check out the video here:
Washington Post Editorial Board Tears Into Donald Trump: 'A Total Disgrace'
John Lithgow Hits Rudy Giuliani With Another Unhinged Impression, Oozing Face And All
Stephen Colbert Nails Why Biden May Have A Hard Time Reading Trump's Briefings
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Fact check: 'Tiger King' star Joe Exotic did not receive Trump pardon
Biden said he would not share details of the note until he had a chance to speak with Trump.
A viral post on Instagram falsely claims that 'Tiger King' star Joe Exotic was pardoned on Jan. 20 by President Donald Trump.
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The latest Humble Bundle offers battle maps, symbol sets and Profantasy mapping software:
We’ve teamed up with Profantasy Software to offer this bundle for tabletop roleplayers and game developers who want to create stunning fantasy maps. It includes Campaign Cartographer 3+, as well as software for creating overland maps, dungeons and floorplans, plus thousands of art assets you can use with any design package.
https://www.humblebundle.com/software/maps-extravaganza-software
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Chuck Dee
Make sure you look at the default distributions- they have it set so the charity gets a lot less by default with this one.
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Chuck Dee said:
Yea, I noticed that as well. The Devloper distribution seems to be on par with other bundles, but the Humble Tip is really high here, I was wondering how Humble could justify 40% for themselves.
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Monsen said:
I'm just wondering if this is a sign of things to come. I've reached the point where I don't pay as much attention to it, so I'm glad that someone else told me about it.
Not directly RPG related, but if you use Adobe tools like InDesign, PhotoShop or Illustrator to create your content, the Affinity software packages (Publisher, Photo, Designer) that have been designed as alternative solutions are now half off. 90-day free trials are also available:
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted people all over the world, including the creative community. To provide some support during this incredibly difficult time, we’re offering a 90-day free trial of all the Mac and Windows versions of the whole Affinity suite as well as a 50% discount for users who would prefer to buy and keep the apps, including iPad versions.
https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/
The best part is that these packages are not subscription-based, but one time payments. Also available on Mac. Looks like the campaign will be ending today.
Edit: Looks like Microsoft Store will be running this promo a bit longer. Not sure if that applies to Mac App Store as well.
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Thanks for the reminder. Had been thinking about purchasing Affinity Photo for a little while now, and thanks to you I managed to pick it up before the deal ended.
I got all three of them, and haven't regretted it.
I think, this is worth a deal alert: 12 PDFs for $3 total:
JochenL said:
Are you into GURPS and/or do you like a good deal?
Up to 12 PDFs (currently 9) for just $3, i.e. $3 for all PDFs together, NOT $3 per PDF!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/warehouse23/steve-jackson-games-gurps-2020-pdf-challenge
And for $95, you get the PDFs and $125 of credit on Warehouse 23.
The DM's Guild, DriveThruCards, DriveThruComics, DriveThruFiction, DriveThruRPG & Storyteller's Vault Christmas in July sales have started:
https://www.dmsguild.com/xmas_in_july.php (3657 titles)
https://www.drivethrucards.com/xmas_in_july.php (2211 items)
https://www.drivethrucomics.com/xmas_in_july.php (10,672 items)
https://www.drivethrufiction.com/xmas_in_july.php (5334 items)
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/xmas_in_july.php (56,559 items)
https://www.storytellersvault.com/xmas_in_july.php (1284 items)
All this to scour through in 12 days...
I didn't expect to see Pathfinder 2nd edition books so quickly in Humble Bundle:
HUMBLE RPG BOOK BUNDLE: PATHFINDER SECOND EDITION BY PAIZO INC.
Claim your digital copy of the Pathfinder Second Edition Core Rulebook, Bestiary, Lost Omens World Guide, and enough adventures to keep you and your friends entertained for hours of epic gaming around the table or on virtual tabletop.
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/pathfinder-second-edition-paizo-inc-books
The best part is that you can register the PDF books to your Paizo account.
As a new feature, you can purchase the core rules also as a physical book, but shipping kills the deal at least for me.
Humble Bundle: Star Trek Adventures
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/star-trek-adventures-rpg-modiphius-books
Today is the last day for the DNDBeyond 3rd anniversary vouchers:
It's our 3rd Anniversary 🎉 Celebrate together with 20% off all digital books using ANN20, 30% off the Mythic Dice Set with MYTHIC30 and, 30% off the Archmage's Favor Dice Set using ARCH30.
If you already have a full collection (giving you the Legendary Bundle discount), you can get the Rime of the Frostmaiden preorder for $20.39. (This also gives you access to a new digital dice skin, FWIW.)
Recently a number of books in the My Storytelling Guides series by Aron Christensen have been offered as free Kindle downloads. Currently the third book in the series is free:
I’ve written two other books (so far) on my tricks and tools for running table-top role-playing games. But now it’s time to put those tools to the test – making an actual RPG campaign. Right here, right now, on the page. So let’s do this!
I’ll start with the seed of a story idea, go through world-building and character creation, then expanding that basic plot out into scenes, combats and crises. This is an up-close, behind the scenes look at how I make a game.
Then I’ll run the campaign for my group. The second half of this book details what went right, what went wrong, how I kept the game moving and my friends entertained.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K3T2XB4/
These contain conversational GMing advice and are quick reads, but you may be able to pick up some new tricks. Like other Kindle books, these can be read also directly in the browser: https://read.amazon.com/.
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There are some interesting, brief sales going on at DriveThruRPG just now:
Fat Goblin Games is selling most of their titles for $1 apiece during the weekend.
Frog God Games is selling most of their titles for 75 % off until the end of August.
Rogue Genius Games is having a 40 % off sale for a couple of days.
Yet another RPG Humble Bundle:
HUMBLE RPG BOOK BUNDLE: OLD SCHOOL REVIVAL DRAGONS, DUNGEONS, & MAZES
We've teamed up with Frog God Games for our newest bundle! Get RPG books like The Pestilent, Borderland Provinces, and Castle's & Crusades Players Handbook. Plus, your purchase will support Navy Marine Corps Relief Society!
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/old-school-revival-dragons-dungeons-mazes
Bundle of Holding: Goodman 5e Fantasy
Adventurer! This Goodman 5E Fantasy Bundle brings you the complete Fifth Edition Fantasy line of tabletop roleplaying adventures from Goodman Games. Written for character levels from 1 to 12 and playable in one or a few sessions, these 17 standalone modules fit easily into any ongoing campaign using the world's most popular roleplaying game. Each scenario includes new races, backgrounds, monsters, spells, and magical items.
For just US$12.95 you get all eight adventures in our Low-Level Collection (retail value $56) as DRM-free .PDF ebooks, including three introductory modules for 1st-level parties (Fey Sisters' Fate, The Forgotten Hive, and Beneath the Keep); three for 3rd-level ( Glitterdoom, The Cave of the Unknown, and The Pillars of Pelagia); and two 4th-level adventures ( Raiders of the Lost Oasis and Mystery Under the Monastery).
And if you pay more than the threshold price of $27.24, you'll level up and also get our entire High-Level Collection with nine more modules worth an additional $63, including three for 5th-level parties (War-Lock, The Castle in the Sky, and Secrets of Mistcutter Isle); a gauntlet of increasingly formidable challenges for 7th- through 12th-level groups (Eye of the Leviathan, The Archmage's Lost Hideaway, The Fallen Temple, The Drowning Caverns of the Fish God, and Into the Dragon's Maw); and a collection of smaller encounters for many levels, Fantastic Encounters.
This offer also includes a discount code good (through October 31) for 20% off any purchase at the Goodman Games online store.
https://bundleofholding.com/presents/5EFantasy
This week's Bundle of Holding focuses on Fudge and contains some RPGs that are not available in PDF form anywhere else.
Adventurer! This new Fudge Bundle presents the rules-light tabletop roleplaying game engine Fudge and many of the RPGs that use this fast-paced, easy-to-play system. Fudge, the precursor of Fate, is a customizable toolkit that supports every setting you can imagine. Its word-based trait scale and simple action resolution make it ideal for novices and flexible enough to satisfy experienced roleplayers. Just Fudge It!
https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Fudge
The Endless RPG dungeon map generator is currently half off on Steam:
Endless RPG is a random dungeon and map generator for 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons.
The Random Dungeon Generator is not a game. It is is a tool for playing D&D 5e alone, in a small group without a dungeon master, or with a dungeon master as either a standalone adventure or an easy way to get into the game. The tool can even be used for running full campaigns as an easy way to fill a tower with gobins or some ruins with the undead. Endless RPG is also available for mobile platforms, but on Windows you get the benefits of a big screen.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1268380/Endless_RPG_Random_Dungeon_Map_Generator_for_DD_5e/
The tool is not expensive, but check out the user reviews for some caveats.
Goodman Games are selling their D&D 3rd edition compatible products for $1 a piece at DriveThruRPG:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse...bcategory/187_4930/3E-Products?page=1&sort=3a
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Oakland U Launches Varsity Esports Program
Michigan's Oakland University is starting up a Division I varsity esports program this fall. The inaugural teams will compete in League of Legends, Super Smash Bros. and Rocket League.
Community College Researching Use of Online Discussion Tool to Engage Underrepresented Students
Through a partnership with online discussion platform Packback, Ivy Tech Community College is exploring the potential of discussion activities to help address equity issues.
New England Institutions Streamlining Student Transfer Process
The New England Board of Higher Education is partnering with CollegeSource to offer students access to the company's transfer solutions: Transfer Evaluation System and Transferology.
Microsoft Teams Adds New Data Insights for Education
Microsoft is expanding the features of the Education Insights app in its Teams collaboration platform.
ASU Initiative Aims to Redesign Higher Education
Arizona State University has announced a new initiative focused on accelerating innovations in higher education that expand access and empower learners. Coordinated by ASU's University Design Institute and supported by the Stand Together philanthropic community, the initiative is kicking off with nearly $12 million in donor gifts and an overall campaign to raise a total of $30 million.
University of Cambridge Joins EdX
The University of Cambridge is partnering with edX to launch a new MicroMasters program in Writing for Performance and Entertainment Industries — the university's first offering on the online learning platform.
Columbia Partners with 2U on Artificial Intelligence Program
Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science is working with 2U to launch the Columbia Artificial Intelligence Program, an online executive education offering aimed at advancing the next generation of technology leaders.
More than Half of Students May Lack Reliable Access to High-Speed Internet
According to a new survey from Visual Objects, 51 percent of high school and college students do not have consistent access to high-speed internet and WiFi.
Ivy Tech CC Providing Students Free Access to Textbooks Through Cengage
Indiana's Ivy Tech Community College has partnered with Cengage to provide all its students — numbering 90,000 across the state — with textbooks and digital course materials through Cengage Unlimited.
New Emory Tech Bootcamps to Train Aspiring Tech Workers
Emory University, in partnership with Fullstack Academy, is launching online coding and cybersecurity training programs to help develop tech talent in the Atlanta area.
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The Other Madisons
For more than 200 years, Bettye Kearse’s family credo “Always remember—you’re a Madison. You come from African slaves and a president” has served as a source of pride and inspiration. But Kearse doesn’t know why the credo should make her proud. For her, it resounds with the abuses of slavery. In 1990, when her mother turns over to her the old box of family memorabilia, Kearse becomes her family’s eighth-generation griotte, the oral historian. To confront the discomforting parts of her family’s story, she begins a journey of discovery—of her ancestors, her country, and herself. She travels to Lagos, Portugal, where the transatlantic slave trade began; to Ghana, West Africa, where her family’s first African ancestor in America, and their first griotte, was born; to Baltimore, Maryland, where a replica of a slave ship sits in a museum; to James Madison’s plantation where three generations of her family lived in bondage; and to Bastrop County, Texas, where her enslaved family resided when Emancipation came. Kearse learns that wherever African slaves once walked, history had tried to bury their footsteps and silence their voices. She also learns that slaves possessed hope and inner strength, by which they survived, and talents, by which they contributed mightily to America. Then they passed down those same qualities to their descendants, including those alive today. Kearse decides to give voice to the stolen Africans and to encourage African Americans to embrace their slave ancestry so that they, too, to contribute mightily to America.
Bettye Kearse, a descendant of a slave and President James Madison, is a writer and retired pediatrician living in Santa Fe, NM. Her commentary “Our Family Tree Searches for Branches” appeared in the Boston Herald. “Destination Jim Crow,” a personal narrative published in the fall 2013 issue of River Teeth, was listed as a notable essay in The Best American Essays 2014 and nominated for the 2015 Pushcart Prize. In March 2020, TIME Magazine published her article "I Feared My Enslaved Ancestors Had Been Dishonored in Death." Her essays "Slavery on Wall Street" and "America's Hidden Stories: The Other Madisons" appeared in May 2020 issues of Image Makers and Influencers Magazine. She is the author of the memoir, The Other Madisons: The Lost History of A President's Black Family (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. March 24, 2020). Her website is www.bettyekearse.com. .
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Becoming The Family Griotte
Our credo, 'Always remember--you're a Madison. You come from African slaves and a president,' has guided my family, especially the griots and griottes (oral historians), for more than 200 years.
Though four inches taller than my mother, I felt small next to her. We sat on the sofa, the box between us. Mom leaned back into the pillows, her slender hands delicate, their joints and veins forming intricate angles and planes in her translucent skin. The woman at my side was much more than my mother: She was a woman of ancient times passing on a legacy for future generations. As she spoke, I reached for her hand and held on to it.
“Always remember—you’re a Madison. You come from African slaves and a president,” she said. Her thin, high-pitched voice resonated through my living room, repeating the words I had heard so many times, each word lingering with a hint of a Texan drawl.
“Exactly thirty years ago,” she said, “when my daddy was very ill, he made me the griotte. It tired him out, but over three days, he told me all the stories, the ones passed down to him and the ones about his own life. Then, at the end of the third day, he reminded me that our history goes well beyond America’s boundaries. What we believe in and what is important to us come from the vastly different beliefs and values people hold in Europe and Africa. And this,” she said, searching my eyes, “is very important, Bettye: Each griot in our family has to understand that the Other Madisons might struggle sometimes to know how to live our lives, but when we share our stories, we build a sense of togetherness, and we learn who we are.”
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Kristin Loughran Reviews
Theatre Review: ‘Bunnicula’ at Theatre of Youth
By Buffalo Theatre Guide on October 1, 2017
Celebrating it’s 46th season, Theatre of Youth presents “Bunnicula,” a whimsical, only slightly frightening tale, of a rabbit with long fangs and a suspicious fear of garlic. Based on the children’s books by Deborah and James Howe, “Bunnicula” tells the story of the vampire rabbit of the same name, who wreaks havoc on the household vegetables, as well as the family cat. No plump, colorful vegetable is safe from Bunnicula’s thirst for juice, and Chester the cat is convinced that soon the rabbit’s appetite will turn into a hunger for blood.
. . .a lighthearted, easy to follow horror-comedy that is perfect for children. . .
Meet Harold the dog (Rich Kraemer) and Chester the cat (Annie Roaldi), pets of the Monroe family, who live a quiet and content life inside the safe four walls of their master’s home. One fateful day sees the family come home from the cinema, where they had been watching “Dracula,” with a new addition to the household that instantly causes Chester’s fur to stand on end.
The adorable bunny found at the cinema is not what he seems, for at night he grows fangs, shines his bright red eyes, and is able to escape his cage without any limitations to feed on the vegetables in the Monroe’s fridge, draining the juice from them and turning them white. The family, Mr. and Mrs. Monroe (John Profeta and Jenn Stafford, respectively) and their two children, Toby (Tyler Eisenmann) and Pete (Ayden Herreid) discover Bunnicula’s first victim the morning after his arrival: a white tomato. With some over-the-top acting that reminisces a Shakespeare play and dramatic lighting, the family leads the audience into thinking they may suspect something truly heinous is happening… but to a gag reveal that “Oh, I’m sure it’s nothing…” proceeding to come up with the most blissfully ignorant excuses as to why the tomato (and subsequent vegetables) are dried up and white.
The play proceeds with Chester the cat nearly losing his mind over attempting to convince both the humans and Harold the dog to understand that Bunnicula is a blood thirsty vampire, and their lives are in danger. With some superb acting by Roaldi, the cat jumps onto every conceivable surface with ease, paws at a suspicious white zucchini, and sits and speaks with a confident swagger that hilariously resembles how real cats behave. Harold, either by choice or because he just wants a new friend to play with, is on the fence with his kitty counterpart, wanting to believe that there’s nothing wrong with Bunnicula, insisting Chester reads too much. Kraemer also shines as Harold the dog, prancing around the stage excitedly or in fear, twitching his head at every sound, and generally reflecting what dogs do best, being loyal and silly.
Bunnicula himself is controlled by the talented Christine Cooke-Macvittie, who brings the puppet to life in how she moves him around the stage, turns his head cutely (or menacingly) and wiggles his ears, among other acts. Eisenmann and Herreid also impress as Toby and Pete, able to bounce off of their co-stars smoothly and effectively, and perhaps giving the best projection during the musical numbers.
“Bunnicula” really shines in its music (Chester Popiloand) and lighting (Todd Proffitt), matching a comical rendition of creepy organs blaring (like you’d hear in classic vampire flicks), with focused spotlights and flashes of lightning from the set’s tall, ominous windows.
“Bunnicula” is a lighthearted, easy to follow horror-comedy that is perfect for children on Halloween (I mean, October). It’s frightening Dracula inspiration is downplayed by the adorable pets and the silly humans who think they know better. There’s many laughs and thrills to be had, recommended for ages 6 and up.
Running time is 2 hours and 20 minutes with one 10 minute intermission.
“Bunnicula” runs until October 29, presented at Theatre of Youth. For more information, click here.
Categories: Kristin Loughran Reviews
Tagged as: Bunnicula, Theatre of Youth
Theatre Review: ‘Steel Magnolias’ at Desiderio’s Dinner Theatre
Second Generation Theatre Company Announces Theater Workshops and Classes
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The user of the Service, regardless of whether they registered as a user described hereunder, shall use the Service after fully understanding and agreeing the follow the terms of this TOS, and whenever a user uses the Service, the user shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound to the this TOS.
The following terms shall be used with the following definitions within this TOS.
shall mean individuals and corporation that performed the user registration procedure, and Sprout has accepted their registration.
“Corporate Member”
shall mean a Member who is a corporation or other judicial person.
“Individual Member”
shall mean a Member who is an individual. When also referring to ones who use the Site without registration, alongside Corporate Members, they shall be referred to as “Member/Users”.
shall mean information that a Member provides/shows to other Members.
“Vulnerability Information”
shall mean bugs and other vulnerability information related to websites, software, application, hardware product and provided by Corporate Members (hereinafter, “Corporate Member Service”) to Corporate Members.
“Site Point”
shall mean points distributed within the Site to Individual Members according to certain conditions set by Sprout.
shall mean rules set by Corporate Members when they request Individual Members to perform research on Corporate Member Services.
Article 3: Amendments to this TOS
Sprout may change the terms and condition of this TOS by modifying this TOS when such change meet either of the following conditions, and it shall be deemed that such change was agreed upon, and no individual agreement with each Member shall be necessary.
When the change of this TOS matches with the general interest of the Members.
When the change of this TOS does not contradict with the purpose of the Service, and such change is reasonable in respect to the necessity of such change, the appropriateness of such change, and other situations relevant to the change.
Whenever Sprout chooses to change the TOS in accordance to the previous paragraph, Sprout set the period of change and notify the (a) fact the the TOS will be changed, (b) the changed TOS, (3) and when the TOS will change at a designated location of the Site.
Whenever there is a change to the TOS not in accordance with the previous 2 paragraphs, the Member must re-agree to such change at the first sign in after such change.
Article 4: User Registration
User registration shall be performed by the one who shall be the Member themselves (In case of a corporation, its representative or other person with authority to execute agreements with third parties), and registration through agents shall is not accepted.
The one who preforms the registration process (hereinafter, “Registration Applicant”) shall warrants that all registration information they enter is true, correct and up-to-date, and shall assume all responsibility arising out of any information being not true, incorrect or not up-to date.
An Registration Applicant who is an individual shall qualify with all the following conditions. A Registration applicant who is a corporation shall qualify with the following conditions (III) to (V)
be age 18 or older.
if a minor, has received a comprehensive permission of their statutory agent.
hold a valid email address.
is not already a Member (unless specifically granted exception by Sprout)
agree to and accept all terms of this TOS.
has never belong to any organized crime group, and have to relation with such group. In case where a Registration applicant is a corporation, its major investors such as stock holders, and its officers are not a member of organized crime group.
Sprout may reject to register a Registration Applicant as a Member if they qualify to one of the following conditions. Sprout may also suspend or cancel Membership, or cancel part or all of the rights associated with a Membership. In such case, Sprout may reject the use of the Site by that party in the future.
Applying for membership with false or confusing content.
The Registration Applicant has breached contractual duties in relation to deal with other users within services Sprout has provided in the past.
Has breached laws, regulation or this TOS.
Illicit activities in relation to the use of the Service.
Lost qualification to become a Member after registration, or found to have not been qualified.
Troubles with other Members (regardless whether there is intent or fault or not) and third parties exceeding the level acceptable to Sprout.
Complaints from other Members and third parties (regardless whether there is intent or fault or not) exceeding the level acceptable to Sprout. Such complaints include complaints that Sprout employees receive from Members regarding the the service level, speed of service, and service quality.
There was not a certain amount of sign in during a period set separately by Sprout.
An attachment, a provisional attachment, provisional disposition related to this TOS, a compulsory execution, bankruptcy, civil rehabilitation, special liquidation, corporate reorganization is filed against a Member, or a Corporate Member dissolves.
A promissory note bounced, suspension of transaction with banks, or other reasonably equivalent financial state.
When Sprout judges that there is a serious impediment in pursuing business.
Whenever a Member qualifies to any of the item of the previous paragraph, Sprout may, at its reasonable discretion, suspend any payment to a Member for a reasonable period of time, or settle the account by other reasonable means and not perform the payment, or simply not perform the payment.
Sprout shall handle registration information and other information of Members/Users it learned through the use of the Service in accordance with the privacy policy set separately.
Members may withdraw from membership by initiating the procedure at a designated page of the Site if they choose to do so.
Article 5: Managing ID and password
Members shall properly manage their ID and password that they registered in the Member Registration process stipulated in Article 4 under their own responsibility and take steps to prevent the misuse of their ID and password.
Members shall not let third parties use or lent, grant, move title, sell, etc., their ID/password.
Members shall be fully responsible for any damages caused by mismanagement, mistaken use, third party use of the password or ID of the Site, and Sprout bears no responsibility.
Whenever Member finds that their password or ID is stolen or used by a third party, the Member shall immediately contact Sprout and follow the instruction from Sprout.
Article 6: Obligations of Sprout
Sprout will, within the Site, provide an online platform to match Individual Members who investigate contents provided by Corporate Members for security diagnosis, and finding vulnerabilities.
It is confirmed that Sprout is not a party to communication and agreements performed Corporate Members and Individual Members, and Sprout is not an agent, broker or in any legal position granted authority.
Article 7: No Warranty
Sprout does not check the contents, accuracy, legality (hereinafter, including the infringement of Intellectual property and other third party rights), usefulness, credibility of the information provided by Members (regardless of whether or not the information is public. Includes, but not limited to, Contents and Vulnerability Information. Hereinafter, “Member Produced Information”), nor has the obligation to check, and provides no warranty.
Sprout does not provide any warranty contents, accuracy, legality (hereinafter, including the infringement of Intellectual property and other third party rights), usefulness, credibility of the material provided by Members and does not bear any responsibility.
In addition to the previous paragraphs, Sprout does not provide any warranty to the content, quality or standard of the Service, stable availability, or any results from using the Service. Even if inaccurate, inappropriate, or unclear content, expression, or acts within provident the Site cause direct or indirect damage to Members or third parties, Sprout will take no responsibility regarding the damage unless there is intentional violation or gross negligence, or a violation of the Consumer Contract Act against an Individual Member.
Article 8: Intellectual Property
Sprout does not claim any copyright over Member Produced Information. However, Members shall provide Sprout a non-exclusive license to use the copyright (including the rights stipulated in Article 28 and 29 of the Copyright Act) of the Member Produced Information for to use within the Service and business related to the Service. Members shall not claim any moral right over the Member Produced Information against Sprout.
Sprout shall have the right to, at Sprout’s discretion, modify, edit, move or edit Member Produced Information without notifying the Member in advance, but shall have no obligation to do so.
It is confirmed that copyright over information that constitute the Service, except for Member Produced Information, belongs to Sprout or the copyright holder that licensed Sprout.
Sprout does not support, approve, endorse, confirm or agree to any of the Member Produced Information. Member Produced Information shall be provided at the responsibility of the Member relevant to the Member Produced Information. Even when a Member gets in a dispute with a third party regarding Member Produced Information because of defamation, privacy violation, etc., Sprout will bear no responsibility unless there is intentional violation or gross negligence, or a violation of the Consumer Contract Act against an Individual Member, and will provide no assistance in such dispute.
Article 9: Responsibility of Corporate Members
Sprout does not warrant that the Vulnerability Information provided to the is complete, true or reliable. Corporate Members accept that Vulnerability Information provided by Individual Information may be inaccurate or inappropriate, or include inappropriate information such as slander towards the Corporate Member.
Sprout shall never bear responsibility to the content of the Vulnerability Information or for any damages caused by the Vulnerability Information. Such damage includes, but is not limited to damage caused by Individual Member disclosing the Vulnerability Information.
Corporate Members are recommended to pay rewards (hereinafter, “Reward(s)” to Individual Members whenever an Individual Member provides Vulnerability Information to a Corporate User. Corporate Members agree to bear 100% of the Reward paid to Individual Members, and shall pay equivalent to 25% of the Reward (hereinafter, “Handling Fee”) to Sprout.
Corporate Member shall pay the Reward stipulated in the previous paragraph by wiring to Sprout together with Handling Fee (hereinafter, “Fee”). Sprout shall bear the responsibility to pay the Individual Members, and Sprout will not refund any Fee paid by Corporate Member. Depending on the address of the Corporate Member or the address of the Individual Member, the Fee may be subject to national, state, or local taxes, consumption tax, VAT, property tax or other equivalent tax.
Sprout does not wish to receive information that is not necessary in providing the Service. Whenever Sprout receives information that is not necessary to provide the Service, Sprout will not treat such information as confidential unless there is a separate agreement with the Member.
Article 10: Obligation of Individual Members
Individual Members shall understand that Sprout will handle personal Information in accordance to Sprout’s privacy policy and agree to this. Individual Members shall review the terms of this TOS regarding personal information and the privacy policy.
Individual Members shall provide Vulnerability Information to Corporate Members under its own responsibility. Individual Member shall be take full responsibility for the content of the Vulnerability Information and effect they may arise from Corporate Members or other Individual Members using the Vulnerability Information.
Individual Member express and warrants that they hold all necessary rights (including, but not limited to, copy right) to provide the Vulnerability information to Corporate Members.
Individual Member shall use to vulnerability report form designated by Site when reporting Vulnerability Information to a Corporate Member, and reporting in any other manner will not be the subject of reward.
Individual Members shall not disclose, publish, or leak any dealings with Corporate Members (including, but not limited to, Vulnerability Information reports) to any third party, by whatever means, except when authorized by the Corporate Member.
Upon the vulnerability report has been validated and considered eligible for reward payment (hereinafter as “bug acknowledgement”), Individual Member shall promptly provide bank information including the full name, a current physical address and bank (wire) transfer details to Sprout. Failure to provide the bank information required within 90 days of the bug acknowledgement may result in ineligibility for receiving the reward payment.
Article 11: Damages and Lack of Warranties
Sprout does not provide any warranty to the following matters, and all responsibilities of Sprout regarding the following matters shall be waived unless there is intentional violation or gross negligence, or a violation of the Consumer Contract Act in the part of Sprout. Even in cases where Sprout is obliged to pay damages to Corporate Members, such damages shall be limited to the amount such Corporate Member has paid Sprout within the previous year.
Integrity, accuracy, availability, timeliness, safety and reliability of information (including Vulnerability Information) provided by Members.
Damage caused to computer systems, loss of date and damage caused by using the Vulnerability Information.
Deletion, failure to save, and failure to transmit Vulnerability Information and other information provided by Members.
Inability to access the Service.
Slander and other comments and act within the Service by third parties (including Members) who are not Sprout.
Unauthorized access, unauthorized modification and other act to the Service by third parties.
Members shall compensate Sprout and all damage (direct and indirect, including extended damage, attorney’s fees and other court costs) caused by misuse of information they obtained from the Service, breach of this TOS or act that uses the Service.
Sprout shall have the authority to monitor whether Members are using the service in accordance with the TOS, and whether there a violations or fraudulence.
The dealing between the Corporate Members and Individual Members provided by Service can only be viewed by sender and receiver of such dealing and by Sprout. Sprout may, including the surveillance stipulated in the previous paragraph, may view such dealing when necessary, to the extent necessary in providing the service, and take measures Sprout finds necessary against Members’ breach of this TOS or other fraudulent activity, as well as delete part or all of the dealings if Sprout finds it an issue in the light of this TOS.
This TOS constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement between Sprout and Member regarding the Service (excluding separate agreements with this site added to or stipulated in this TOS), and supersedes all prior agreement regarding the Service made before this TOS is executed.
Article 12: Personal Information
Sprout shall handle personal information and similar information appropriately in accordance with related statutes and its privacy policy.
Article 13: Notice
Whenever Sprout needs to notify Members, it will do so by either email or telephone. Whenever a Member needs to notify Sprout they shall do so by email or telephone. Sprout does not accept notice by visitation unless Sprout specifically approves its necessity.
Article 14: Jurisdiction
Whenever there is a conflict between between Sprout and Members, the Tokyo District Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
Article 15: Governing Law
This TOS shall be governed by Japanese Law.
I accept the contract above.
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Talent Network Privacy Policy
CareerBuilder, LLC and its subsidiaries and divisions (collectively, “CareerBuilder”) provides the Talent Network on behalf of the employer customer whose career and employment opportunities are promoted on this Talent Network. We have drafted this Privacy Policy to provide you notice of the Talent Network’s data and security practices and policies as you use the Talent Network. This Privacy Policy describes the types of Personal Information the Talent Network collects, how the Talent Network uses the information, how the information is shared through the Talent Network, and the choices you can make about the Talent Network’s collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information. The phrase “Personal Information” refers to information that may be used to personally identify you, such as your name, address, telephone number, email address, credit card number or other billing information. We also describe the measures the Talent Network takes to help protect the security of your Personal Information. Please do not provide the Talent Network with highly sensitive information such as Social Security Numbers, financial information or health records. When you visit the Talent Network or provide information to the Talent Network, you consent to the use and disclosure of the information collected or received as described in this Privacy Policy.
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The Talent Network may obtain information about you that you upload to the site or that may be provided by the employer customer whose career and employment opportunities are promoted on this Talent Network. The types of information obtained may include:
Your Personal Information. You do not have to give the Talent Network any Personal Information in order to perform job searches or to read the content portions of the Talent Network.
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Username and password for the account you may establish on the Talent Network.
Your demographic information (such as zip or postal code, occupation, education and experience, and if you choose to provide it, age, gender and race or ethnicity).
Job search behavior and preferences, and a record of the searches that you make on the Talent Network in order to present you with job recommendations based on your interests as expressed previously through your searches.
Other details that you may submit or that may be included in the information provided by the employer customer.
In addition, when you visit the Talent Network, certain information may be collected by automated means, such as cookies and web beacons, as described in more detail below. The information collected by automated means may include:
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Operate, evaluate and improve the Talent Network.
Analyze and enhance the Talent Network’s marketing communications and strategies (including by identifying when emails sent to you have been received and read).
Analyze trends and statistics regarding visitors’ use of the Talent Network and the jobs viewed or applied to on the Talent Network.
Protect against and prevent fraud, unauthorized transactions, claims and other liabilities, and manage risk exposure, including by identifying potential hackers and other unauthorized users.
Comply with applicable legal requirements and industry standards and Talent Network policies
The Talent Network also uses certain technical information about your computer and your access of the Talent Network (including your internet protocol address) in order to operate, maintain and manage the Talent Network. We collect this information by automated means, such as cookies and web beacons, as described in more detail below.
When you join the Talent Network or apply for a job through the Talent Network, the employer customer who has hired CareerBuilder to create and operate this Talent Network on its behalf receives your Personal Information and may use your information to contact you directly.
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The employer customer for whom we act as a service provider to operate this Talent Network will receive reports that contain non-personally identifiable information about its Talent Network. Non-personally identifiable information and certain technical information about your computer and your access of the Talent Network (including your internet protocol address) is used in order to operate, maintain and manage the Talent Network.
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Specific user information may be disclosed when a determination is made, in good faith, that such disclosure is necessary to comply with the law, to cooperate with or seek assistance from law enforcement, to prevent a crime or protect national security, or to protect the interests or safety of the employer customer, CareerBuilder or other users of the Talent Network.
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The Talent Network uses cookies and other similar technologies for the convenience of its users. Cookies enable the Talent Network to serve secure pages to its users without asking them to sign in repeatedly. The Talent Network also uses cookies to store information about you such as past Talent Network jobs viewed and job searches within the Talent Network conducted by your computer in a cookie that it places on your computer in order to present you with job recommendations based on your interests as expressed previously through your searches. Lastly, cookies are used to ensure the proper functioning and efficiency of the Talent Network. Most internet browsers enable you to erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. Please be aware, however, that some Talent Network features or services may not function properly without cookies.
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In addition, the employer customer that uses this Talent Network may place cookies on your computer through their job postings and may use such cookies to distinguish your web browser uniquely. Often, employer customers use such information to track the effectiveness of their job postings by measuring how many users who view their postings later became job applicants.
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2 edition of Check list of the incunabula in the William Allan Neilson Library. found in the catalog.
Check list of the incunabula in the William Allan Neilson Library.
William Allan Neilson Library
by William Allan Neilson Library
Published 1975 by Friends of the Smith College Library in Northampton, Mass .
Incunabula -- Bibliography -- Catalogs.
Contributions King, Dorothy, 1914-1974
LC Classifications Z240 .S64 1975
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An update from GlobalData Epidemiologist Bahram Hassanpourfard:
The total number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 passed 3,529,408 globally, and daily confirmed recoveries reached a new peak of 65,151 on 1 May. The global mortality rate of Covid-19 is now over 7%, with the total death count at 248,025. Since the outbreak, over a third of confirmed Covid-19 cases have recovered.
Spain, Italy, France and Germany, along with many other European countries, eased up restrictions further. However, the UK experienced an increase in daily confirmed cases on 30 April and 1 May, which might be a sign that the country is not ready to reduce the restrictions.
The US appears to have passed the transmission peak, though more time is needed to monitor the situation, especially with parts of the country reopening. For Russia, the daily confirmed cases has been increasing sharply over the past week. Iran’s confirmed cases show a slight increase, which might be as a result of the government’s decision to open up public places in certain regions of the country.
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Two UMD Teams NASA BIG Idea Challenge Finalists
Two University of Maryland (UMD) aerospace engineering student teams have been selected as finalists in NASA's 2017 BIG Ideas Challenge. Out of 29 submissions, UMD's "SMo-FLaKE" and "Terrapin SEP Space Tug," rounded out the five selected teams representing six universities that will go on to compete at NASA Langley February 15-16, 2017.
According to the competition's website, "The Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-changing (BIG) Idea challenge is an initiative supporting NASA’s Game Changing Development Program (GCD) efforts to rapidly mature innovative/high impact capabilities and technologies for infusion in a broad array of future NASA missions. This year's GCD-sponsored engineering design competition seeks innovative ideas from the academic community for in-space assembly of spacecraft – particularly tugs, propelled by solar electric propulsion (SEP), that transfer payloads for low earth orbit (LEO) to a lunar distant retrograde orbit (LDRO). Reuse of the SEP tug provides a cost-efficient method of transferring payloads between LEO-to-LDRO, LDRO-to-LEO, and for transit to deep-space locations such as Mars."
About the UMD Teams:
Terrapin SEP Space Tug (TSST)
A Reusable Modular Solar Electric Propulsion Space Tug (SEP) to Transfer Payloads from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to Lunar Distant Retrograde Orbit (LDRO)
Faculty Advisors: David Akin and Andrew Becnel
Team Members: Angel Benedicto, Erich Robinson-Tillenburg, Victor Meszaros, Nacho Viciano Semper and Jerry Zhang
All members of the TSST team are graduate students in the Department of Aerospace Engineering's graduate course ENAE 788D, Advanced Principles of Space Systems Design.
SMo-FLaKE
Team Members: Leandre Jones, Shaheer Khan, Hermann Kaptui, Ryan Ernandis and Rounak Mukhopadhyay
All students on the SMo-FLaKE team are seniors in the Department of Aerospace Engineering's ENAE 483, Principles of Space Systems Design course.
“These teams brought forth innovative approaches and impressive technical analysis for the design of modular solar electric propulsion orbit-transfer vehicles,” added Keith Belvin, principal technologist for structures, materials and nanotechnology in NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate and a judge for the challenge in a NASA press release. “NASA plans to work with the students and their faculty advisors in development of their concepts to support space exploration beyond low Earth orbit.”
To reach this point, the UMD teams each had to submit a 10-page paper with design details of a 200 kW modular space-assembled tug vehicle using solar-electric propulsion, along with a two-minute video.
During February's event, held at NASA's Langley Research Center, the teams will present their final concepts to a panel of NASA experts and compete with fellow students from the University of Colorado, Tulane University, Georgia Tech, University of Texas (Austin) and New York University.
Members of the winning team may have the opportunity to receive summer 2017 internships at NASA Langley in Hampton, Va.
For more information about the 2017 Big Idea Challenge, please visit: http://bigidea.nianet.org/
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Filling Out the Work Place Relations Complaint Form
Completing the application form to the workplace relations commission can take a bit of work and attention to detail is required.
Firstly, you can find the complaint form here https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/e-complaint_form/ and you can complete this online and submit the Workplace Relations Commission once competed.
You can email it to the WRC at submissions@workplacerelations.ie You will get an automated response via email which includes a very important reference number.
You can also post it to the following address:
The Director General, Workplace Relations Commission, O’Brien Road, Carlow.
The complaint form is thirty pages long in total and you will firstly be asked to fill in the complainants particulars, such as name/address, employment details and pay details. It is very important to put in the correct employment details such as commencement date, date of notice of termination, and end date.
The next section requires the complainant to complete the Respondent/Employer’s full ‘Legal Details’.
This is page 4 of the application form. It is imperative that the correct legal name is specified on the form.
If this is incorrect, it is very unlikely the other side will inform you of this. Necessary checks such as reviewing the contract, payslip review, and checks conducted with the Companies Registration Office must be done.
There are strict deadlines in employment law cases, so this checking process must be done with haste.
If the wrong name of the employer is specified on the form, and it becomes out of time, ones claim could be what is termed statute barred.
Pages 5 – 29 of the complaint form require the applicant to specify the relevant complaint they have to the facts.
There is a huge body of employment law in Ireland and employees generally speaking will come to a solicitor with one complaint in their mind that they want resolved.
What occurs often after examining the facts is that more than one complaint can be made against the employer arising from the various legislative rules.
Each complaint then can be specified on the complaint form to be dealt with by the appropriate person.
If an employee’s complaint relates to Discrimination-Equality in the workplace, which is Section G, an employee not only has to tick the box complaint type, but then has to give the circumstances surrounding the discrimination.
The complainant must then provide a full statement to the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission, which details the facts, details of the link between the grounds and the alleged discrimination, the dates of the alleged discrimination, the details of the allegations, the parties names, the date of dismissal and any other information that is needed to set out the full facts of the complaint.
You should also include any legal points you may wish to make.
This is a very important part of the application process and it is this statement which the mediator or adjudicator will first review to gather an understanding of the facts and case presented.
This document is also furnished by the Workplace Relations Commission to the respondent being the employer, who will then prepare its defence based on the statement previously provided by the complainant.
On Page 30 of the application form, the employee must choose whether they will engage in the WRCs mediation service.
Mediation can be affective mechanism for the resolution of disputes and should be chosen as a preliminary mechanism for the resolution of disputes, in our opinion.
A solicitor can assist you completing this form, should you wish to engage one.
Please be advised that the above-mentioned material is intended as an overview and as a broad out-line of the topic discussed.
It should not be considered as complete and comprehensive legal advice, nor act as an appropriate substitute. Legal advice should be sought from a solicitor prior to relying on anything in this article.
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NEB- Grade XII 2075 (2018) Principles of Accounting – II (226 ’A’)
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Subject Code: 226 ’A’
NEB- Grade XII
Principles of Accounting – II
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable. The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Time – 3 hrs
Full Marks – 100
Pass Marks – 35 (Only for partial students)
(Group ‘A’)
(Short answer questions)
( Attempt all the questions)
1. (Define prospectus and mentions any two contents to be stated in prospectus.) [1+2=3]
2. (Give the meaning of Debenture.) [2]
3. (State the parties interested in Financial statement.) [3]
4. (Write the meaning of Radio Analysis.) [2]
5. (Briefly, explain any three objectives of Cost Accounting.) [3]
6. (With suitable example, write the meaning of fixed cost.) [2]
7. (Define time rate system of wages payment. How is it determined? [3]
8. (Give the meaning of apportionment of overhead.) [2]
9. (A company forfeited 80 shares of Rs. 10 each, issued at 10% discount, for non-payment of final call of Rs. 3 per share. Out of these shares 60 shares were re-issued at Rs. 8 per share as fully paid.)
(Required): [1+1+1=3]
(Entries for forfeiture, re-issue and transfer of share)
10. A company issued 4000 shares of Rs. 100 each at a premium of Rs. 10 per share payable Rs. 20 on application, Rs. 50 on allotment (including premium) and Rs. 40 on final call per share.
Application were received for 6000 shares. These shares were alloted on prorata basis to the applicants for 5000 shares and remaining were rejected. Excess application money were untilized towards on allotment. All money were duly received.
(Entries for application, allotment and final call)
11. P Company Ltd. issued 5000 shares of 100 each at a premium of 20% to purchase the following assets and liabilities of Q company ltd.
(Fixed Assets): Rs. 600,000
(Loan): Rs. 100,000
(Current Assets): Rs. 200,000
(Creditors): Rs. 50,000
(Required): [2+1=3]
(Entries for purchase of assets and liabilities.)
12. A Company Ltd. issued 4000, 10% debentures of Rs. 100 each at par. These debentures were redeemed after 7 years at 10% premium.
(Entries for issue and redemption of debentures)
13. The Trial Balance of a company is given below:
(Additional information):
a) Commission earned but not received: Rs. 3,000
b) Prepaid rent Rs. 6,000 was expired.
i) (Adjustment Entries)
ii) (Work Sheet)
14. Trial Balance of Ganesh Company Ltd. as on 31st Dec. 2017 is given below:
a) (Depreciation on Furniture): by 10%
b) (Outstanding wages): Rs. 2,000
c) (Closing stock): Rs. 18,000
d) (Proposed dividend): 10%
e) (Create a provision for bad debts 5%)
(Required): [3+4+1+4=12]
i) (Trading Account)
ii) (Profit and Loss Account)
iii) (Profit and loss Appropriation Account)
iv) (Balance Sheet)
15. Following information are provided:
(Stock): Rs. 200,000
(Sales): Rs. 700,000
(Net Profit): Rs. 100,000
(Creditors): Rs. 125,000
(Cash): Rs. 50,000
(Debtors): Rs. 150,000
(Inventory Turnover Ratio): 5 times
(Fixed Assets turnover): 2.5 times
(Required): [1+1+1+2=5]
i) (Current Ratio)
ii) (Liquid Ration)
iii) (Debtors Turnover Ratio)
iv) (Fixed Assets)
16. Following information are given:
a) (Dividend paid 2nd year): Rs. 25, 000
b) (Depreciation charge): Rs. 15, 000
c) (Fixed assets purchase during 2nd year): Rs. 70, 000
i) (Funds from operation)
ii) (Funds flow statement)
17. The Balance Sheet of a company for two years are as under:
a) (Sales Revenue): Rs. 13,00,000
b)(Cost of goods sold): Rs. 700,000
c) (Administrative expenses): Rs. 130,000
d) (Purchased of fixed assets): Rs. 300,000
(Cash flow statement)
18. The following transactions were taken from the store for the month of poush:
(Poush 1): (Opening balance): 400 units for Rs. 2000
(Poush 3): (Purchase): 600 units @ Rs. 6 each
(Poush 6): (Issued): 800 units
(Poush 15): (Return from department): 70 units
(Poush 22): (Purchase): 800 units @ Rs. 7 each
(Poush 25): (Issued): 830 units
(Poush 28): (Store verification surplus): 10 units
(Required): [5]
Store ledger under First In First Out (FIFO) Method.
19. The following information are given:
(Annual requirement): 36,000 units
(Ordering cost per order): Rs. 60
(Cost per unit): Rs. 100
Carrying cost per unit 10% of inventory cost
(Economic Order Quantity)
20. Standard output in a day of 8 hours is 56 units. Rate per unit is Rs. 100 and a worker worked 180 hours in a month.
(Monthly wages of a worker)
21. The details of manufacturing and other costs are as follow:
(Direct material): Rs. 1,00,000
Direct labour): Rs. 80,000
(Factory overhead): Rs. 60,000
(Administrative overhead): Rs. 50,000
(Selling overhead): Rs. 30,000
Following estimate costs were made for submitting tender:
(Direct material): Rs. 60,000
(Direct labour): Rs. 40,000
Factory overhead based on direct labour and other overhead based on works cost and factory wants earn 25% profit on sales.
(Required): [3+7=10]
i) (Cost sheet)
ii) (Tender sheet)
22. Net profit as per financial account was Rs. 60,000. On reconciliation, the following facts were noticed.
a) Factory overhead under recorded in cost account Rs. 8,000.
b) Interest expense recorded in financial account Rs. 3,000.
c) Over valuation of opening stock in financial account Rs. 6,000.
d) Income tax paid Rs. 8,500).
(Reconciliation between cost and financial account)
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Bachelor star Michelle Money thanks neighbours who found teenage daughter following shock skateboarding accident
By Christine Estera| 10 months ago
US The Bachelor star Michelle Money has reflected on her nightmare week following the shock skateboarding accident that left her teenage daughter in a coma.
The reality TV star shared an emotional video from Brielle's hospital beside in Utah, where the 15-year-old has been for the last week. In the clip, Money thanked her neighbours who found Brielle after she took a fall in their home town of Salt Lake City.
"I just realised that exactly one week ago, my neighbour was on the phone with 9-1-1. Exactly one week ago, 6pm., the call was made, and it truly saved her life," a teary Money said in an Instagram Story video on Monday. "I am so eternally grateful for my neighbours who found her."
Michelle Money's daughter Brielle Money was in a skateboarding accident last week. (Instagram)
Although Money is heartbroken that Brielle remains in intensive care at Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital, she is trying to stay positive.
"I cannot believe that this is happening, but I am just so eternally grateful for all the good things that have happened this week," Money said. "There's been a lot of blessings, and I cannot believe a whole week has gone by. Crazy, you guys.
"I just can't believe this is my life right now. I can't believe it. It is so amazing how things can change in a second and your whole life is thrown upside down."
Money shared this confronting image of Brielle receiving in treatment in hospital. (Instagram)
Brielle may still have an uphill battle ahead but she's fighting, said Money, who explained that her daughter's vitals appeared to improve compared to the previous night.
"I'm sitting next to her right now, holding her hand. She's doing great, she's at an 11, just went down to 10. She's doing good. She's a fighter," Money shared. "We're gonna get through this. Thank you for all the love and support and prayers."
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CenLamar | Established 2006
The True Story of CenLamar
A Call for Superintendent John White To Resign
by Lamar White, Jr
For what it’s worth, over a year ago, many of us attempted to warn Scott McKay and his team at The Hayride about the serious issues with the New Living Word School in Ruston, Louisiana. As Barbara Leader and others at The News Star reported exhaustively at the time, the largest voucher school in the State of Louisiana appeared to have some major issues that were either swept under the rug or completely ignored. For what it’s worth, I published a few things on my own website about the school, arguing rather forcefully that the school should not have been included in the program and raising several concerns about the school’s capacity, its resources, its experience, and its qualifications. A month prior, Tom Bonnette and Scott McKay published a couple of full-throated defenses of the New Living Word School, going so far as to label it a “model” for the program.
Last Friday, Superintendent White and the Department of Education published the findings of an independent auditor who was tasked with reviewing and evaluating the financials of participating voucher schools in order to determine their compliance. As it turns out, the New Living Word School– the Hayride’s cause celebre– had to be removed from the program for misappropriating nearly $400,000 in taxpayer subsidies. As I’ve mentioned repeatedly, we had been sounding the alarms bells against that particular school for months, and for good reason: Not only was New Living Word the largest voucher school in the program, it suffered from enormous institutional, infrastructural, and academic challenges, all of which should have raised major red flags when Superintendent White and the Department of Education considered which schools to qualify.
Then again, as I’m now learning, the ways in which schools applied for voucher funding were almost comically deficient– more often that not, it amounted to nothing more than a hand-written five-page checklist. Even though participating schools were required to submit an independent audit, it appears these specific audits were never actually produced.
I’m not trying to be purposely evocative or confrontational here, though I recognize I’m doing precisely that. Either way, Superintendent John White provided a stunningly naive understanding of these issues, a reflexive and patently dishonest reaction to his own negligent laissez-faire escapade on school vouchers: All they had to do was apply. No real auditing. No accountability or transparency. The mission was simple: Attract as many schools as possible, accept them into program, and answer questions later.
Which brings me to this: Superintendent John White should resign.
There is absolutely no excuse for his lack of oversight. Hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars have been fraudulently utilized, and the buck stops with him. Try as he might to spin the Auditor’s report as a sign that he values transparency, the unvarnished truth is: It’s not your typical auditing report. The program itself is now diseased and corrupted by cheaters, fraudsters, and a toothless bureaucracy.
More later….
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Thaddeous Stevens says:
The voucher program was promoted and passed on premise something must be done to enable poor children to escape failed public schools .However critics of the program felt just another tactic to undermine public education in favor of elitest ideological agenda best advanced in mostly far right “academies”. Surprising that it was not thought of and tried during efforts of segregationists to circumvent integration of public schools in the 1950s and 1960s.
Lee Barrios says:
I sent the following request to all legislators on June 30. Not one has responded to me personally. Time for a follow up mail and then phone calls.
What more will it take for those of you with the influence and position needed to call for a full investigation of John White, Patrick Dobard, LDE, RSD and BESE?
At some point and as a result of overt support of the continued bilking of taxpayer dollars and the resulting theft of our children’s educational opportunity, all will be held accountable. It is not possible to put one’s head in the sand while passing legislation that promulgates this corruption while maintaining one’s reputation with your constituents.
Many join me in asking for any one or more of you to pull the trigger on a full and impartial investigation and audit of these parties and a special legislative hearing with full testimony and questioning by and to highly qualified educators and researchers who continue to work hard to raise the veil of corruption and lies being perpetrated – those who have no political or financial gain to look forward to but who revere public education and the opportunity it affords the future of our democracy. How many more millions of dollars will have to come from your pockets and the pockets of Louisiana citizens and into those pockets of these crooks.
Please respond to this formal and public request as to your position. The public deserves to know that you are listening.
geauxteacher says:
Wow – just as I posted this comment I got my first response.
Lee:
Thanks for your hard work on this matter. I remain opposed to the voucher program and believe that the significant problems (academic and monetary) are widespread. We need more transparency.
John Bel
I think every citizen in Louisiana should follow suit and write similar letters.
Has anyone heard of a petition from north Louisiana asking for White’s resignation?
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Cody Culture Club: The Ecology of Migration
April 8 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm MDT
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Are We There Yet? The Ecology of Migration
With Nathan Doerr and Corey Anco
At the Buffalo Bill Center of the West
720 Sheridan Avenue, Cody
Join Cody Culture Club on select Thursdays, January – April. Appetizers and cash bar at every program.
With health and safety precautions in mind, we may need to limit attendance at 2021 events. Please consider purchasing tickets in advance here. Each program is $20 per person.
For thousands of years, wildlife and people have seasonally moved throughout the Cody area and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, navigating a diverse landscape and facing perils along the way. From Plains Indians and 21st century travelers to fauna of land and sky, Draper Natural History Museum Curator Nathan Doerr and Assistant Curator Corey Anco explore the history and ecology of life on the move.
Pronghorn buck and doe at dusk. MS 301 Gabby Barrus Slide Collection, McCracken Research Library. SL.301.A.29
Nathan Doerr
Nathan is the Draper Museum’s Willis McDonald IV Curator of Natural Science. He came to the Draper with a background in science, natural history, education, and museum studies. Nathan earned his Bachelor’s degree in environmental studies—with a focus on science and a concentration in biology—from Carroll College in Helena, Montana, and his Master’s degree in non-formal education from Prescott College in Prescott, Arizona. Through various internships, residencies, and prior positions, Nathan further developed his environmental science knowledge and gained experience in environmental education and natural history interpretation.
Nathan joined the Draper Natural History Museum in fall 2019, and is now combining these past experiences and utilizing science and natural history to further connect people to nature, with a focus on public programming, both within the Draper’s exhibits and in the living classroom that is the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Corey Anco
Corey joined the Draper’s staff in 2017 as an Assistant Curator. He earned a Bachelor of Science from Lewis University, Master of Environmental Management from Duke University, and Master of Science in Biology from Fordham University. He also holds certifications in geospatial analysis and chemical immobilization of wildlife.
Corey’s fieldwork experience ranges from tallgrass prairies of the Midwest and tundra of the Alaska Peninsula, to immersion in Neotropical rainforests in Belize and the concrete jungle of New York City fostering a comprehensive exposure to wildlife responses following habitat disturbance. He also has extensive experience in teaching ecology and communicating science to youth groups, high school, and undergraduate students, and has worked with museums and their collections to inspire and promote understanding, appreciation, and conservation of wildlife and wildlands. His approach to the long-term preservation of wildlife interweaves themes of ecosystem rewilding, partnership building, and responsible land stewardship.
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Steen Jones’ The Door Keeper
March 27, 2017 / xeyeti
When I’m not busy writing, or drawing, or playing music, I’m busy reading. Or sleeping. There’s only so many hours in a day, after all, and I love to take naps.
But the book I’m here to tell you about! I read fellow Royal James Publishing author Steen Jones’s contemporary fantasy book The Door Keeper last week, and I’m gonna tell you all about it.
First and foremost, you should read it. The Door Keeper is a pleasant, heartwarming novel, filled with believable characters, an intriguing mystery, and clever fantasy elements. It never feels trite or cliche, even when dealing with well-worn tropes of the genre (the main character has a mysterious past she knows nothing about and a great destiny! Here’s a brooding man who starts off somewhat combative but comes around and becomes a boon companion and love interest!). It’s a testament to Ms. Jones’ abilities that the character don’t feel flat or their arcs unearned. She excels at the little character moments that make their feel real: the way the protagonist’s daughter, Gabby, goes on and on about filming Youtube videos with her best friend, or the way Eden, the protagonist herself, decides to hide information from her daughter to protect her. It feels natural, as do almost all the character interactions and moments.
I’m not going to go too deep into the plot, as revealing too much does give away some of the twisty surprises Steen Jones has cooked up for her reader. Folks in this book have ulterior motives sometimes, and not everyone is on the up and up like they pretend to be.
What I enjoyed most about The Door Keeper was the way Ms. Jones played with developing exciting and unique worlds for her characters to visit. See, there are all these doors scattered across the earth that act as portals to other worlds, if you happen to have a key to the doors. We see three other worlds in this novel, though the next two books (it’s a planned trilogy) promise visits to other worlds, I hope, because Steen is pretty creative when it comes to these exotic locales.
All of this isn’t to say I didn’t have a couple of issues with the novel. Ms. Jones has a habit of creating a potential obstacle for Eden, then immediately removing that obstacle without any effort on Eden’s part. The not-too-conflicting-conflict makes for some resolutions that are a bit too pat, a little unearned. Eden has all of this internal struggle that we get to see because she’s our narrator, but we don’t really have any external conflict because as soon as she thinks about something being a problem, someone ambles into her path and provides the exact solution she was looking for. There’s also a few bits where the prose isn’t as polished as it could be, though I’m certainly willing to forgive a typo here and there (lord knows I’ve made plenty of my own).
All in all, The Door Keeper is a solid start to a series. Steen Jones creates a wonderful world full of sparkling details and then goes on to create several more worlds with even more details. Her world building is excellent, her character moments are spot on, and the book resolves its central plot in a fairly satisfying way while also setting up the next book in the series. I’m looking forward to whatever is in store for Eden and company next!
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20 Black Comic Book Creators on the Rise, Part Two
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again -- black comics are enjoying a renaissance right now. As black creators permeate the comic book world with independent series and web comics, black characters are making headway onscreen and on the page.
Power Man and Iron Fist #1, which was released last week from a black creative team, received rave reviews ahead of Luke Cage's upcoming Netflix series later this year. D.M.C., of Run DMC fame, has been flexing his comic creating muscles in his series, DMC. And black creators have been tearing up Kickstarter with their creations.
In order to celebrate work by black comic creators, ComicsAlliance is highlighting some of the artists and writers who are bringing diverse characters and their own stories to the pages. Check out part two of our list below --- and if you haven't already, check out part one here.
Myisha Haynes
What happens when three roommates find magical weapons that weren’t meant for them? They become substitute superheroes — hence the name. In The Substitutes, Myisha Haynes creates a hilarious and engaging world that’s building up for a full-on adventure. Catch up to the ongoing series here as it’s updated bi-weekly.
Nilah Magruder
Nilah Magruder draws “cute animals and zombies” according to her website. But the comic creator is also making an impact with her series M.F.K., which follows Abbie, a “social recluse,” who just wants to complete a simple journey to scatter her mother’s ashes. But nothing is ever easy for Abbie. With a Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity, under her belt Magruder is definitely an artist to be on the lookout for. Catch up with M.F.K. here.
Stephane Metayer
There’s no doubt that Nas’ debut album, Illmatic is influential and Stephane Metayer’s series is a testament to that. Metayer's fresh manga series Tephlon Funk debuted last year after a successful Kickstarter campaign. Set in Queensbridge, the series takes its four main characters on an adventure inspired by Illmatic. The first issue is available for free here. Issue two was just released this week and is available for purchase here.
Micheline Hess
Micheline Hess has established her name as a colorist at the legendary Milestone Media, but now the comic creator is releasing her own series, Malice in Ovenland. It follows a tenacious young girl, Lilly Brown, who while trying to finish her chores gets pulled into another world through her oven. In the series, Hess creates a fun and interesting ride for the young character and readers. Snag the first issue here.
Robert Jeffrey II
At first glance, Robert Jeffrey II’s Route 3 may seem like a classic coming-of-age superhero comic, but the comic creator takes it a step further. The series follows Georgia teen Sean Anderson, who gains a number of powers including telekinesis, but finds himself targeted by the government. There’s also a love story for the romantically inclined. Jeffrey’s second issue won the 2014 Glyph Award for best cover. Snag the first three issues here.
Chuck Collins
Chuck Collins struck gold when he took his real life experience as a bouncer and turned it into a comic series. Bounce is funny and real with a lot of heart. Not to mention, Collins makes sure to throw in a lot of sci-fi and movie references as his two main characters geek out in front of New York’s not-so-finest patrons. Keep up with the series here.
The Immortal Nadia Greene is dope — and we have Jamal Campbell to thank for bringing it to fruition. The vibrant series follows Nadia Greene as she successfully continues to cheat death. Campbell’s series is a breezy and enjoyable read with fierce and lovable characters to boot. No wonder it was nominated for Best New Webcomic in ComicsAlliance’s Best of 2015 Awards. The Immortal Nadia Greene is also available to read for free. Catch up to the series here.
Amandla Stenberg
Many may know Amandla Stenberg as the actress who played Rue in The Hunger Games, but the young star also created and co-writes a comic series, Niobe. The series follows an orphaned wild elf teenager on a quest to find her purpose in life — while also battling her demons. With illustrator Ashley A. Woods and co-writer Sebastian A. Jones, Stenberg creates a series full of wonder. The first issue dropped last November and issue two is due on March 2. Get a copy of the first issue here.
Sharean Morishita
If you’re having fantasies about falling into a South Korean drama, Sharean Morishita’s Love! Love! Fighting!, about an expat living in South Korea, is definitely the series to get lost in. And with love in the title (twice!), it’s safe to bet that there’s a story to swoon over. Morishita also hits a few serious notes in another one of her series, Rescue Me, which follows a woman battling depression in a seemingly inescapable situation. Check out the two series here.
Loyiso Mkize
Loyiso Mkize’s Kwezi has been gaining a lot of traction lately and for a good reason. The fresh series created by the South African artist follows the title character who discovers that he has superpowers and must save the world from extinction. Mkize, who is the creator and illustrator for Kwezi, definitely developed a fun read with his series. Read the first issue here and get updates on the next issue here.
Remember to check out part one here if you haven't already. There are many more great black comic creators out there, and more emerging all the time, so if you have any suggestions for future lists, let us know in the comments!
Filed Under: Amandla Stenberg, Bounce, Chuck Collins, Jamal Campball, Kwezi, Love! Love! Fighting!, Loyiso Mkize, M.F.K., Malice in Ovenland, Micheline Hess, Myisha Haynes, Nilah Magruder, Niobe, Rescue Me, Robert Jeffrey II, Route 3, Sharean Morishita, Stephane Metayer, Tephlon Funk, The Immortal Nadia Greene, The Substitutes
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Sprawl Continues With Illiana’s Inclusion In The Regional Plan
Elliott Hartstein defends the regional planning process which he says the Illiana Tollway harms. Hartstein is a member of the CMAP Board and represents CMAP on the MPO Policy committee.
The Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Committee, part of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning’s governance, poked a billion dollars worth of holes – the estimated amount of public subsidy ranges between $400 million to over $1 billion – in the GO TO 2040 regional plan today by voting to list the Illiana Tollway as a “fiscally constrained” project even after staff found it to be highly incompatible with the plan’s focus on development near existing communities and IDOT and analysts said taxpayers would have to pay the private operator for 35 years until the toll revenues can pay the operator.
Virginia Hamman presents the 4,000 signatures against the Illiana and speaks in support of farmland that once paved cannot be farmed again.
The 19-member committee vote ended up being 11 to eight. Pace suburban bus, as expected, voted to support the greenfield highway, while Chicago Mayor Emanuel’s appointees, CTA president Forrest Claypool and transportation commissioner Gabe Klein, voted against it. Metra also supported the tollway while the Regional Transportation Authority voted against. McHenry and Cook counties were the only ones of seven to vote for regional planning integrity and against the project.
IDOT’s next steps include preparing a financing package for which to receive bids, which the state legislature and governor will have to ultimately approve, and finishing the environmental review.
Greg Hinz has more insight on the vote before and after to the meeting. We will have more details tomorrow.
Filed Under: Beyond Chicagoland, Events, Infrastructure, News, Policy & Planning, Transportation, CMAP, IDOT, Illiana Tollway, public meeting, vote
Will Transit Reps Repeat Their Misguided Support for the Illiana Tomorrow?
By Steven Vance | Oct 16, 2013
Funding for major Chicagoland transit projects will be at stake tomorrow, when regional representatives convened by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning vote on whether to move forward with the Illiana Tollway. Even though approving the Illiana will jeopardize CTA and Metra improvements by adding competition for the same pot of funds, all four Chicagoland […]
Metra and Pace Vote For Transit-Crushing Illiana Tollway in Advisory Meeting
By Steven Vance | Oct 8, 2013
Chicago-area transportation organizations are poised to shoot themselves in the foot and harm the region by allowing the Illinois Department of Transportation Department to squander limited transportation infrastructure funds on the $2.75 billion Illiana Tollway. On Friday the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning’s transportation committee voted to recommend moving forward with this wasteful, destructive project, […]
Illiana Forced Into CMAP Regional Plan By Springfield, Suburban Reps
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning’s MPO Policy committee today approved the Illiana Tollway, among other projects, as part of GO TO 2040, which the agency calls “the comprehensive regional plan… for sustainable prosperity through mid-century and beyond.” Committee members representing Chicago, Cook County, and McHenry County, which together are home to almost two-thirds of Chicago […]
CMAP Board, Voting Down Illiana, Tells How IDOT Is Witholding Funds
After discussion that was heated at times, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning board voted ten to four yesterday against including the Illiana Tollway as a fiscally constrained project in the GO TO 2040 regional plan. This advisory vote precedes the MPO policy committee’s deciding vote, which was supposed to take place yesterday, but was pushed […]
Getting Closer to the End: Judge Nullifies Federal Approval of Illiana Tollway
By Steven Vance | Jun 17, 2015
It’s looking like the nightmarish vision of a totally unnecessary, 47-mile highway cutting through prime Illinois farmland is not going to become a reality. A federal judge ruled yesterday that the Illinois Department of Transportation failed to provide a proper Environmental Impact Statement for the Illiana Tollway. U.S. District Court Judge Jorge Alonso wrote that the […]
Metra and Pace Maintain Support for Illiana at the Expense of Transit
Yesterday, 11 members of the Metropolitan Planning Organization policy committee, including Metra and Pace, voted to add the Illiana Tollway to the GO TO 2040 regional plan. This enables the Illinois DOT and Indiana DOT to move forward with the project approvals necessary to receive federal funds. It also sets the stage for huge sums to […]
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Wyrd Sisters
Tuggeranong Arts Centre‘s Women’s Theatre Forum is creating some great opportunities, and it’s encouraging to see regular performances in Tuggeranong’s magnificent theatre. My opinion is that in terms of space, acoustics and relationship between stage and auditorium, this remains the single best theatre space in Canberra, and it’s unfortunate it’s been such a struggle to see it used more. The set for Wyrd Sisters is one of the best I’ve seen in this space, so I was very pleased to see the auditorium so near to full for tonight’s performance.
They were a very responsive audience too. The sisters of the title did a great job with Stephen Briggs’ very clunky script, and attracted plenty of laughs with the one-liners scattered through it. Briggs really hasn’t given any of Pratchett’s characters much to work with, and a few moments fell flat on the back of his spartan and somewhat filmic dialogue and scenography.
The play has a huge and diverse cast of characters, and director Kerrie Roberts did very well at casting performers with complementing multiple characters, which can often be a confusing task. Overall it’s an impressive cast, although comic timing may not have been everyone’s forte.
As a play for the Women’s Theatre Forum, I am not sure it quite gives adequate focus to the witches, or to Duchess Felmet. The action and plot really centre on the ineffectual Duke and his fool, played by Tony Cheshire and Jonathan Sharp, both of whom I’ve had the pleasure of directing in other productions. Despite the strength apparent here, I would certainly have enjoyed seeing greater depth and greater attention for Janine O’Dwyer’s lovable Nanny Ogg, Elaine Noon’s forthright Granny Weatherwax, and Tracy Thomas’s young and idealistic Magrat.
Nonetheless, Wyrd Sisters is a funny and enjoyable show with an enthusiastic cast intent on engaging with their audience. You’ve got two more performances if you want to see it.
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Kendrick Bros, ‘WAR ROOM’ Cast to Reunite for Livestream Event
Home » Kendrick Bros, ‘WAR ROOM’ Cast to Reunite for Livestream Event
The “WAR ROOM” cast and producers will reunite on May 8, and livestream the popular film. Cast members will include Priscilla Shrier, T.C. Stallings, Karen Abercrombie and Alex Kendrick.
“Our hope is to greatly encourage people in these challenging times and remind them to go to God in prayer – knowing our world needs it so desperately,” said director Alex Kendrick in a press release. There will be a time of prayer during the event.
The 2015 film was written by Kendrick and his brother Stephen. The story is about Elizabeth and her husband Tony in what appears to be a wonderful life to anyone who looks at them. They both have great jobs, a home and a devoted daughter. But appearances can be deceiving.
The livestream will begin on May 8 at 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM PST on both YouTube and Facebook. The press release doesn’t say which cast members will tune in for the livestream event the day after the National Day of Prayer. #WarRoomWatchParty
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Oppose Your Enemies, or Look for Common Ground?
Randall Holcombe • Monday March 27, 2017 10:01 AM PDT •
On a few occasions I’ve used my privilege as a blogger on The Beacon to write in support of viewpoints held by people that some readers of The Beacon view as the opposition. For examples, I supported the Black Lives Matter movement for protesting police brutality, and more recently, the Resist! movement for opposing overreach by the executive branch of government.
I’m confident that most readers of The Beacon oppose both police brutality and executive overreach; yet I received some pushback from readers, both in comments here and in emails sent to me privately, making the argument that both the Black Lives Matter and the Resist! groups, overall, do not support the pro-freedom and limited government values that underlie The Independent Institute and The Beacon, and therefore my posts were misguided.
The pushback I received made the argument that I should not have written in support of the positions of those groups, not because their positions were wrong on those specific issues but because overall, the groups are left-leaning supporters of bigger government.
My thought was (and still is) support anyone in cases where I share common values, even if in most cases I don’t agree with them. When I do agree, I’ll speak out in favor. Some readers think that if, overall, the group’s ends don’t correspond with their own, the group should be opposed across the board, even on issues where there is common ground.
I do not know whether these readers are a small minority who read The Beacon or a majority, but I am interested in any comments and insights readers might want to share on the issue.
What do you think? Should we look for common ground with all groups, including those with whom we have ideological disagreements on most issues? Or should we always refuse to support their ideas, even when we have common ground, if on most issues we disagree?
Randall G. Holcombe is Research Fellow at the Independent Institute and DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics at Florida State University. His Independent books include Housing America: Building Out of a Crisis (edited with Benjamin Powell); and Writing Off Ideas: Taxation, Foundations, and Philanthropy in America .
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Businesses that have had to close due to the current lockdown can now apply for new government grants. This latest grants are called ‘Local Restriction Support Grant (Closed) Addendum: 5 January onwards’ (LRSG) and Closed Businesses Lockdown Payment (CBLP). The grants cover the six-week period of lockdown from 5…
Supervised play to continue at two adventure playgrounds for 2021
Crawley Borough Council has announced that two of its adventure playgrounds will remain open for supervised play this year following a one-off grant from the government. The government has given every local authority a Lower Tier Services Grant so the council has decided to use this to keep Cherry Lane and Millpond…
Major gas leak at Milton Mount Flats
Emergency services have been responding to a major gas leak next to Milton Mount Flats in Pound Hill this morning. The leak was reported at 12.21am today (Wednesday 6 January) and declared as a major incident. A cordon was set up that included Milton Mount Community Centre and Ridleys Court. Residents were…
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Businesses that have had to close due to tier 4 restrictions can now apply for government grants. This latest grant, called Local Restriction Support Grants (closed businesses), are for the period 26 December 2020 until 8 January 2021. The grants are based on rateable value and the rate of payment for…
Crawley Local Plan consultation
Crawley Borough Council is launching the next stage of consultation on its Local Plan. The six-week consultation, which begins on Wednesday 6 January, is for residents, businesses and other interested stakeholders to make formal representations on any policy or allocation in the Local Plan. If you previously…
Crawley moves to tier 4 – council services update
With Crawley being placed under tier 4 restrictions from Boxing Day, several Crawley Borough Council buildings and services will close or operate differently. The Town Hall, which is now closed for the Christmas and New Year holiday, will remain closed from Monday 4 January until further notice. Despite this,…
Council services over Christmas and New Year
Crawley Borough Council closes for the Christmas period at 4pm on Wednesday 23 December. Our staff and services will be available from 10am on Monday 4 January 2021 but the town hall will remain closed due to Tier 4 restrictions. , The Contact Centre will close at 5pm on 23 December and will reopen at 8…
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Crawley Borough Council is urging business owners to apply for the grants that they are entitled to. There are four grants currently available but the number of applications has been extremely low. The government has given the council more than £3.7m to distribute but any money that isn’t spent will be sent back. …
Budget savings agreed – and weekly bin collections stay (for now)
Councillors have agreed a range of significant savings to mitigate the impact of coronavirus on Crawley Borough Council’s budget. Despite grants from central government helping to cover part of the council’s costs tackling Covid-19 this year, the council’s main sources of income have been hit hard by the economic…
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📅 Aug 28, 2019 · ☕ 7 min read
Transparency International recently published their latest annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), laid out in an eye-catching map of the world with the least corrupt nations coded in happy yellow and the most corrupt nations smeared in stigmatising red. The CPI defines corruption as “the misuse of public power for private benefit,” and draws its data from 12 different institutions including the World Bank, Freedom House, and the World Economic Forum.
Warning of mass extinction of species, including humans, within one decade
📅 Aug 7, 2019 · ☕ 3 min read · ✍️ Carlos Dagorret
On February 10, 2017, 18:00 UTC it is forecast to be 0.1°C or 32.1°F at the North Pole, i.e. above the temperature at which Click to enlarge water freezes. The temperature at the North Pole is forecast to be 30°C or 54°F warmer than 1979-2000, on Feb 10, 2017, 18:00 UTC, as shown on the Climate Reanalyzer image on the right. This high temperature is expected as a result of strong winds blowing warm air from the North Atlantic into the Arctic.
6 Interesting Old Interviews
Back before the age of 24-hour cable news and stations dedicated entirely to single sports teams, television was a pretty barren medium dominated by the three major networks. At night, families would gather around the tube to watch early TV talk stars like Johnny Carson, Jack Paar, and Ed Sullivan. While those early shows set the tone for late night shows to come, they weren’t limited to sketch comedy and celebrity promotional tours.
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Amsterdam History of the Red Light District
📅 Jul 30, 2019 · ☕ 4 min read · ✍️ Carlos Dagorret
A red light district is a neighborhood where prostitution and other businesses in the sex industry flourish. The term “red light district” was first recorded in the United States in 1894, in an article in The Sentinel, a newspaper in Milwaukee. Other mentions from the 1890s are numerous, and located all over the United States. The famous Red light district of Amsterdam is called “De Wallen”. Tourist Attraction De Wallen is the largest and best-known red light district in Amsterdam and a major tourist attraction.
Denmark a Shame
As reported TruthOrFiction.com, hunting of pilot whales on the Danish Faroe Islands no “reported” threats to the extinction of the species. That’s not the point. All this happens year after year in the Faroe Island in Denmark, primarily involved in this slaughter young people to demonstrate that these same young people have already reached an age “adult” maturity. It is assumed that we are civilized. It is assumed that humans have the responsibility of caring for the planet, and as being “superior” are who we protect all animals and plants of our “civility.
Human Traffic
Is it possible that we as Christians just aren’t angry enough about injustices like human trafficking and slavery? Perhaps, we’ve grown too desensitized, domesticated, and docile. I’m not trying to say this for the sake of the ’shock factor’ but I really believe there are times when the Church needs to have a deep[er] anger about the grave injustices of the world particularly when it involves the exploitation of children. Have we deduced our faith to convenient and self serving pleasantries?
Malcolm X on John Brown
John Brown was a guerrilla fighter, who worked together with Harriet Tubman, and who fought and died for African American National Liberation. This month is the 150th anniversary of militant white abolotionist John Brown’s armed raid on the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, an important moment in the African American Liberation struggle. To mark the occasion, here is a quote from Malcolm X in 1965 (My year of birth): There are many white people in this country, especially the younger generation, who realize that the injustice that has been done and is being done to black people cannot go on without the chickens coming home to roost eventually.
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Active Shooter Quickly ‘Shot To Death By Armed Citizen,’ Police Report
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May 24, 2018 9:37 PM ET
An armed citizen with a pistol stopped a shooter at an Oklahoma City restaurant Thursday, according to police.
The shooting occurred at Louie’s Grill & Bar in Oklahoma City. According to police, a man entered the restaurant and opened fire, shooting two people before an armed man confronted and shot him outside the restaurant.
“Multiple shootings reported in the area of Britton/Hefner Parkway,” tweeted Oklahoma City police. “Roads in the area have been shut down. Avoid area. More updates as available.” (RELATED: ‘You Are My Hero Sir’ — Police And Victim’s Father Praise Man Who Shot Oklahoma City Shooter)
The Oklahoma City police department then tweeted that the shooter “was apparently shot-to-death by an armed citizen.” Two people were shot and both are hospitalized. The shooter was the only fatality.
ALERT: The only confirmed fatality is the suspect. He was apparently shot-to-death by an armed citizen. Three citizens were injured, two of whom were shot. A large number of witnesses are detained. There is no indication of terrorismat this point.
— Oklahoma City Police (@OKCPD) May 25, 2018
Lake Hefner shooting update: A man walked into the Louie’s restaurant and opened fire with a gun. Two people were shot. One person has been taken to a hospital with serious injuries. A bystander with a pistol confronted the shooter outside the restaurant and fatally shot him.
Police later tweeted that the shooter’s identity and motive are so far unconfirmed and unknown.
The incident is under investigation. The shooter’s motive is unknown and his identity is not yet confirmed. The victims are expected to survive. More details will be provided later.
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Two more arrested in January, 2019 bicyclist's shooting death
DAILYKENN.com -- Damon Rothermel, 50, "appeared to have been hit by a stray slug from a shootout between people in two cars," reports say.
Booking photos of Hakeem Robinson, Dominique Barner, Janera Smith, Christopher Brown, Derek Hudson (Jacksonville Sheriff's Office) via news4jax.com
Rothermel was riding his bicycle in Jacksonville, Florida when he was struck by the slug.
The shooting occurred at 1:15 p.m. — broad daylight — according to jacksonville.com.
The crime reportedly occurred January 31, 2019 in the city's San Marco neighborhood. The arrests were reported September 14, 2020.
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The quaint San Marco area centers on its leafy namesake square, a lively hub with indie boutiques and casual eateries serving brunch, pizza and ice cream. Chic bistros and trendy bars dot surrounding streets. The art deco San Marco Theatre shows art-house movies and new releases, and rock bands play at intimate venue Jack Rabbits Live. The neighborhood is also known for its old riverfront mansions.
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The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office on Monday announced two more arrests in the death of a bicyclist who was fatally shot in January 2019.
The shooting happened near in the area of Emerson Street and St. Augustine Road. According to the Sheriff’s Office, it resulted in the death of Damon Rothermel, 50, who appeared to have been hit by a stray slug from a shootout between people in two cars.
On Monday, the Sheriff’s Office announced Derek Hudson, 20, and Christopher Brown, 26, were arrested and charged with second-degree murder. Both were being held in the Duval County jail without bond.
Last Friday, News4Jax learned Dominique Barner was arrested on a charge of second-degree murder in the shooting.
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Phantom Thread - Critic Review
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Daniel Day-LewisReynolds Woodcock
Vicky KriepsAlma Elson
Lesley ManvilleCyril Woodcock
Camilla RutherfordJohanna
Countess Henrietta Harding
Dr. Robert Hardy
Barbara Rose
Lujza RichterPrincess Mona Braganza
Lady Baltimore
Julie VollonoLondon Housekeeper
In the glamour of 1950s post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock’s life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled and planned, he finds his carefully tailored life disrupted by love.
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The whole story is the familiar story of the impression of love and woman, as accompany and partner, on the artistic life of a man; a theme repeated over and over again in the history of cinema. From the latest of the kind they are "Phantom Thread" by Paul Thomas Anderson and "Mother" by Aronofsky- two debatable works of the year. Just by the same reasons I appreciate the work of Paul Thomas Anderson, I disapprove of Aronofsky's Mother. Things are born through their media. The form of each medium does not exists beyond that medium. It is the specific form of each medium that makes it what it is, and the media are inconvertible to each other. The medium for Da Vinci's "La Jocode" and "The Last Supper" is painting. And for "Vertigo" the medium is for sure the exceptional medium of motion pictures- the cinema. The medium for Vivaldi's "Stabat Mater" and Bach's "Cantos" is merely music, which is the peak of form- and art. Phantom Thread is one of the closest of the kind to the medium of cinema as an artwork; the ability which is exclusive to the cinema and visual medium as accomplished by means of mise-en-scene. It is not like that the only things mise-en-scene do are the directing and decoupage. Rather mise-en-scene is the correct/proper visual management; the lighting (illumination) the true recognition and use of colours, composition, and text; it is the scenery, décor, and their setting added to the acting i Paul Thomas Anderson treads this way to create one of the most profound and complex instances of human relationship. Another version (example) of the fine juxtaposition of love and betrayal, and the complex relation between man and woman with a focus on (the dual of) woman and affection as a source of inspiration or the goddess of creativity. A gothic and exquisite romance about special masculine etiquettes and the tendency to rule and observe, even with the language of cinema. The film spins around Reynolds with Alma as the narrator. Alma is a fair woman who seems naive and even clumsy at first with her way of entering the film and her blushed face in her encounter (with Reynolds). But little by little she gets closer to the perilous realm of love and villainy. Reynolds is a famous tailor with peculiar morals; meticulous, melancholic, and engaged in his profession and bemused in his own worlds. Loving his late mother who had bade him this job, he feels her presence everywhere beside himself and has sewed her name in closest distance to his heart- in the warp and woof of his coats. Through weaving strings and sewing pompous clothes he tries to closes himself to the underworld/the world of phantom and contents his mother (perhaps the title of the film is associated with such end on the side of Reynolds). Now it's the woman's turn to take us, with her desolator and frenzy infatuation, to adventures meant to (better) realize the man and fathom his complex inner self. But the peevish man of our story is as scrupulous and sentient enough to hide his sentiments behind a masque of irritability, then in order to discover his truth one should hold on to receive hints issued unconsciously by him and exposed by the filmmaker (the artist). But how? Through disclosing his relations to other characters, the world around him – like things as shifted within the frames-, and through catching his facial expressions in blowing up a certain feeling usually conveyed through the eyes, the tone of his gaze, gestures (of course the dazzling acting of Day-Lewis), and starts-and-stops and the camera's angles. That is why I claim this- at least yet - unattended product is the closest to the medium of cinema. For its production, Phantom thread neither needs awesome special effects nor continually spinning stories; instead does Paul Thomas Anderson go in the wake of such masters as Max Ophuls, Hitchcock, and David Lynn in masterworks like The Unknown Woman, Vertigo, and Brief Encounter- with a simple language which transcends (unnecessary) complexities- propose profound and complex concepts. The film takes its strength from its form and manages to arouse sensations. In one sequence of the film Alma, herself the reason d'etre of her spouse's patience, has sit by the man's bed to care him, holding a kubln and carefully plunges the needle into the cloth to get colourful threads out. Phantom thread is a film of intuition. We go along with Alma and take patience till the iceberg gets melted and the tough man get tranquilized in the arms of the woman. Like a baby in his mother's arm. The final sequence (don't be afraid, this is not is not going to spoil the film) displays the man and woman in the middle of a frame filled with the colour of blue. The man is knelt down and the woman's stood up. The man who once was taking her sizes to let her into his world, putting on a smile now, after passing a terrible experience, is helping her put off the awkward dress he has made her at the outset of the film.
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Norway’s first battery-powered plane crashed into a lake
Übermittelt vor etwa einem Jahr
Norway's first battery-powered airplane crashed into a lake yesterday, Reuters reports. While no one was harmed in the crash, the incident could be a set back for the country, which hopes to electrify all domestic flights by 2040. It's still unclear why the electric plane, an Alpha Electro G2, lost engine power, forcing the pilot to crash-land on his way back to the airport. The plane is owned by Avinor, Norway's state-run airport operator, and it was being flown by chief… (www.engadget.com) Mehr...
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bbabis vor etwa einem Jahr 15
The Wright Brothers crashed many times. The first turbine and rocket engines had many failures. Things happen. Glad there was no loss of life and it gives us incentive to improve reliability and progress forward.
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Jay Cee vor etwa einem Jahr 6
Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
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Cliff Hammond vor etwa einem Jahr 5
Learn history in public school? JAPAN bombed Pear Harbor!
Never could spell, I know it is PEARL Harbor.
Gayla Maas vor etwa einem Jahr 3
Ever see "Animal House"? It's a John Belushi line. I "got it", and found Jay's comment hilarious.
joel wiley vor etwa einem Jahr 3
Those who do not learn the history of humor, are bound to miss it.
siriusloon vor etwa einem Jahr 2
So if somebody quoted lines from 1920s vaudevillians or music hall comics from the 1890s, you'd recognise them as such? Be glad that somebody pointed out that Japan rather than Germany bombed Pearl Harbor because a lot of people didn't get the joke or notice the mistake.
For a large number of people reading this forum, "Animal House" is an OLD movie their parents saw. Unless you're a total fanatic about old movies, how many lines do you recognise from movies YOUR parents might have seen decades earlier?
Pop culture references rarely mean anything to people for whom that particular part of culture was never popular or relevant.
Easy, grasshopper.
Tommy Boy vor etwa einem Jahr -1
My High School aged grand-daughters have never heard of John Belushi, let alone Animal House or The Blues Brothers!
That's a bit sad, Tommy. Those that have enjoyed Animal House, at the theater or streaming, have a sense of humor. Humor is something that is lacking in the a lot of the "younger" population, IMO, as everyone seems to get offended by everything.
airuphere vor etwa einem Jahr 3
Yup. Plain and simple. To believe in most comments below, “give up it will never work” on the first try? A lot of great technologies would not be here today if that was the attitude. Crew Dragon solid fuel abort engines.. failed.. give up move on?
Falconus vor etwa einem Jahr 11
"The crash debunks the myth that electric engines are necessarily more reliable. What they are is unknown."
No, as Torsten Hoff's comment says, it does debunk a myth that they CAN'T fail. However, to point to a single failure before the final report comes out does not justify the implication that they are no more reliable than a piston (or other types of) engine. The "What they are is unknown" from that quote doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. They are electric motors (not engines...) - we know what they are.
Pipistrel (the manufacturer of this plane) produces these primarily for flight training (staying within the traffic pattern). These are a very new technology, and of course they aren't ready for commercial flight.
For a different electric aviation project, check out the Eviation Alice, which is a heck of a lot more ambitious - maybe too much so, but we'll see.
JMARTINSON vor etwa einem Jahr 4
Any myth that involves humans reaching the point of perfection is not worth our time.
However the "electric engine" myth, now that one needs to be eradicated like the plague that it is. When my grandfather was around we could drink, fight, and swear like sailors, but we did not call an electric motor an engine.
Martie Williams vor etwa einem Jahr 8
...and I was taught not to call an engine a motor.
I have to admit, though, I still call my enginecycle a Motorcycle ;)
AABABY vor etwa einem Jahr 1
You're ok, Martie. A motor is the basic assembly. (Think short block.) An engine is the completed, ready to operate, device with all accessories installed.
I read about that definition many years ago.
Chris B vor etwa einem Jahr 4
Success only happens when you fail to give up.
William Pearson vor etwa einem Jahr 4
"General aviation is estimated to contribute less than one percent of all GHG emissions. Piston powered general aviation aircraft contribute an even smaller amount; slightly more than one-tenth of one percent (0.13 percent) of total GHG emissions". AOPA
It is generally accepted that commercial aviation contributes about 2% of carbon emissions.
While Norway gets most of its electricity from hydroelectric sources that is not the case in most counties. The last hydroelectric dam built in the US was in 1942. It most cases electric powered vehicles just change carbon emissions from a mobile to a stationary source.
The basis for the development of electric aircraft should be justified on other than greenhouse emissions.
Yes, "It is generally accepted that commercial aviation contributes about 2% of carbon emissions", but you forgot or chose not to include what is also generally accepted, and that is that aviation's portion is growing and so is the total. Even if commercial aviation manages to hold steady at 2& of the global total, the size of that 2% is growing.
But since you feel that being responsible for just 2% means aviation is not the problem, what are YOU doing about your use of any of the other causes?
AndreV vor etwa einem Jahr 2
Of course, there are multiple reasons besides greenhouse emissions like lead poisoning from 100LL fuel, reduced noise emissions (which is the number one complaint of airport neighbors), less chance of burning to a crisp on an otherwise-survivable crash, reduced flight training costs, etc.
Ricky Scott vor etwa einem Jahr 4
I wish them lots of success, they are trying to push into the future. My biggest hope is they some day discover the Magic combination for batteries that would give High Power for a long long time with a very short recharge time. It will happen, its just going to take the right mind. After all, look how far batteries have come in a short time.
bbabis vor etwa einem Jahr 1
What you’re asking for may be truly magical. The answer may come first with a safe light weight fuel cell that can provide the needed power and range. However it happens, I hope that I get to fly one.
Greg Zelna vor etwa einem Jahr 0
Another option to work around recharging time, would be swappable battery packs.
James Bruton vor etwa einem Jahr 3
Promoting electric driven aircraft appears to have some merit, but the proponents of this technological "advance" always fail to mention the environmental impact of producing, recycling, and the human exposure of these rare earth mineral devices that can be quite harmful, perhaps more than the carbon released by a fossil fuel engine. Norway's population is relatively small for its' s size (about 7 million) and is very oil rich. The amount of air traffic criss-crossing Norway is not what you see in more populated areas. I've flown into Stavanger, Bergen, and other cities in Norway and compared to other areas, the airports are generally not very busy and often empty. The gain from electric aircraft here may not be a good fit.
Wolfgang Prigge vor etwa einem Jahr 0
1). There are no rare earth minerals in lithium-ion batteries.
2). Rare earth minerals are not rare at all.
Typical reply from those who don't know the complete composition of these batteries, including lanthanum, neodymium, and other rare earth alloys. They also are composed of cobalt and nickel, which may or may not be considered rare earth. Rare earth is a term for these minerals. Their rarity is not a question or comment here.
"When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”
A rare-earth element (REE) or rare-earth metal (REM), as defined by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, is one of a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_element
James Wilson Jr vor etwa einem Jahr 2
Get the "Power of the Rabbit" next time and will keep going and going and going......
Mike Williams vor etwa einem Jahr 2
I like the boss was flying that plane.
I heard a long time ago the guy who invented the electrical device GFI called a demonstration and his young daughter was in a swimsuit and dropped a live working plugin radio into the bathtub with his daughter. The GFI worked.
There are videos where the guy who demonstrated a bulletproof vest. He did shoot himself and lived.
Were any swimmers or fish electrocuted? ;-)
The problem with electric aircraft (and I'm not saying it's going to prevent their success) is that they weigh the same at takeoff, at altitude, and when they land. The stored electricity in the battery doesn't weigh anything (no nit-picking physicists chiming in, please) unlike a conventional aircraft that uses up its fuel and gets lighter throughout the flight. IIRC, a transatlantic flight uses about half of its fuel getting to its cruise altitude and the majority of the flight uses the rest (less reserves).
Not getting lighter during the flight will affect how much total "fuel" it requires, as well as the physical structure of the aircraft. Think how different conventional aircraft would be if they always had to land at their takeoff weight.
Again, I'm not saying that this is an insurmountable problem and that electric aircraft can never be practical, but I do think it will be a long time before they are as common as electric cars will become. The amount of liquid fuel carried by cars, buses, etc is nowhere near as high a percentage of its all-up weight compared with an airliner, so not losing weight during the journey just doesn't matter very much. With an airliner or cargo aircraft, it's very important. For general aviation, training aircraft, "news chopper 5", and other short-range flying, I think electric aircraft could be practical someday.
Albert Sauerman vor etwa einem Jahr 1
Better it crash into a lake where it can be retrieved and inspected than to have it hit the ground and become so much crumpled metal and possibly a loss of life.
John Yarno vor etwa einem Jahr 1
Those cheap HF batteries may not have been the most cost effective choice in the long run.
crk112 vor etwa einem Jahr 1
The writer sure seems to have a bias against electricity..
If we don't know the cause of the crash, how can it prove or disprove a dang thing?
Just what exactly do editors do these days?
Torsten Hoff vor etwa einem Jahr 2
They reported that the event happened.
Would you prefer that they wait until the formal investigation is complete and the cause is known, or that they speculate with little or no evidence to go on?
Did you read the article? They did more than report, they claim the crash"debunks a myth" about electric powered flight. If that isn't speculation, I don't know what is.
To answer your question, I prefer they report what happened, where it happened, when it happened and who it happened to. I also prefer they let the experts draw the conclusions or give me enough information to draw my own.
Yes, I read the article. They reported that the aircraft lost engine power. They did not speculate about the cause.
I think most people will agree that a electric motor is simpler and more reliable than a reciprocating internal combustion engine with its many mechanical parts. What this accident proves is that despite the inherent reliability, the system as a whole can still fail — it might even have been the electric motor itself that failed, we just don’t know yet.
If there is a widely held belief that electric airplane propulsion systems can’t fail, that certainly would be a myth.
Well, ok, I guess I just tend to assume the vast majority of people are rational enough to realize no system is 100% reliable.
So anyway, I agree that would certainly be a myth, but I would hope it's one not widely held... either way though it's not worth justifying with a response (by us or by the media).
Robert Kochman vor etwa einem Jahr 1
It was probably cloudy.
James Driskell vor etwa einem Jahr 1
Maybe they forgot to remove the charging cord before takeoff.
mbrews vor etwa einem Jahr -2
Is this is anything more than a Tesla car with wings ? Note that Bill Boeing's first wooden planes had pontoons, and carried the mail around Puget Sound. Hey chief executive -- any hubris ? You and good old Icarus have a lot in common.
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How fast is 283 kilometers per hour in miles per hour?
283 kilometers per hour equals 175.848 miles per hour
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Conversion formula
The conversion factor from kilometers per hour to miles per hour is 0.62137119223783, which means that 1 kilometer per hour is equal to 0.62137119223783 miles per hour:
1 km/h = 0.62137119223783 mph
To convert 283 kilometers per hour into miles per hour we have to multiply 283 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from kilometers per hour to miles per hour. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 km/h → 0.62137119223783 mph
283 km/h → V(mph)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in miles per hour:
V(mph) = 283 km/h × 0.62137119223783 mph
V(mph) = 175.84804740331 mph
The final result is:
283 km/h → 175.84804740331 mph
We conclude that 283 kilometers per hour is equivalent to 175.84804740331 miles per hour:
283 kilometers per hour = 175.84804740331 miles per hour
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile per hour is equal to 0.0056867279151898 × 283 kilometers per hour.
Another way is saying that 283 kilometers per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0056867279151898 miles per hour.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two hundred eighty-three kilometers per hour is approximately one hundred seventy-five point eight four eight miles per hour:
283 km/h ≅ 175.848 mph
An alternative is also that one mile per hour is approximately zero point zero zero six times two hundred eighty-three kilometers per hour.
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For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from kilometers per hour to miles per hour
284 kilometers per hour 176.469 miles per hour
292 kilometers per hour 181.44 miles per hour
Conversion units
The units involved in this conversion are kilometers per hour and miles per hour. This is how they are defined:
Kilometer per hour
The kilometre per hour (American English: kilometer per hour) is a unit of speed, expressing the number of kilometres travelled in one hour. The unit symbol is km/h. Worldwide, it is the most commonly used unit of speed on road signs and car speedometers. Although the metre was formally defined in 1799, the term "kilometres per hour" did not come into immediate use – the myriametre (10,000 metres) and myriametre per hour were preferred to kilometres and kilometres per hour.
Source: Wikipedia Topic: kilometer per hour
Mile per hour
Miles per hour (abbreviated mph, MPH or mi/h) is an imperial and United States customary unit of speed expressing the number of statute miles covered in one hour. Although kilometres per hour is now the most widely used measure of speed, miles per hour remains the standard unit for speed limits in the United States, the United Kingdom, Antigua & Barbuda and Puerto Rico, although the latter two use kilometres for long distances.
Source: Wikipedia Topic: mile per hour
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Military Historic Context Emphasizing the Cold War Including the Identification and Evaluation of Above Ground Cultural Resources for Thirteen Department of Defense Installations in the State of Georgia
Part of the Avon Park AFR Architectural and General Base History project
Author(s): Kelly Nolte; Mark A. Steinback
Panamerican Consultants Inc. (Panamerican) was contracted by Fort Benning Military Reservation and the Department of Defense Legacy Resources Management Program to develop an historic context emphasizing the Cold War for thirteen Department of Defense (DoD) installations in the state of Georgia, which included the identification and evaluation of above ground cultural resources (e.g., infrastructure, landscape and buildings/structures). The thirteen installations included in this investigation are: Fort McPherson (1885), Fort Benning (1918), Fort Stewart (1940), Hunter Army Air Field (1940), Moody Air Force Base (1940), Fort Gillem (1941), Robins Air Force Base (1941), Fort Gordon (1941), Naval Air Station Atlanta (1941), Dobbins Air Reserve Base (1942), Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany (1952), Naval Supply Corps School Athens (1954), and Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay (1978).
The objective of this study is to establish cultural resource commonalities between these installations to aid in the timely identification of resources and the accurate assessment of their significance in order to reduce or eliminate delays to training or other mission-related activities. It is anticipated that this document will support installation cultural resource managers (CRM) in the identification, evaluation and treatment of historic properties pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, particularly Sections 106 and 110, and in accordance with service-specific cultural resources regulations.
Military Historic Context Emphasizing the Cold War Including the Identification and Evaluation of Above Ground Cultural Resources for Thirteen Department of Defense Installations in the State of Georgia. Kelly Nolte, Mark A. Steinback. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Panamerican Consultants, Inc. 2006 ( tDAR id: 391248) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8VD70DN
A Collection of Multi-base or General Interest Resources for the US Air Force
Heritage Management • Historic Background Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis
Air Force Cold War Building Types • Air Force Cold War Property Types • Air Force Terminology • Army Cold War Building Types • Army Cold War Property Types • Army Terminology • BASEOPS • Cold War • Cold War Area Propoerty • Command Mission • Cultural Resource Management • GA HPO • Georgia Historic Preservation Office • Georgia Military Working Group • GMWG • Historical Reports • Installation Histories • Marine Corps Cold War Building Types • Marine Corps Cold War Property Types • Marine Corps Terminology • Military Landscapes • Navy Cold War Building Types • Navy Cold War Property Types • Navy Terminology
Georgia (State / Territory)
Contact(s): Alison Rubio; James Wilde
Contributor(s): Mark A. Steinback; Amber Courselle; Avon Park Air Force Range
Principal Investigator(s): Kelly Nolte
Sponsor(s): Fort Benning Military Reservation; Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management Program
Prepared By(s): PANAMERICAN CONSULTANTS, INC.
Project No.(s): 03-175
Work Order No.(s): 18
Contract No.(s): DABT10-01-D-0017
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Interrogating Notions of Freedom and Enslavement Through the Representation of Anna Kingsley at Kingsley Plantation
Author(s): Ayana Flewellen
In Scenes of Subjection Saidiya Hartman examines ‘forms of violence and domination enabled by the recognition of humanity’(p.6). The central theme of the text is how ‘emancipation appears less the grand event of liberation than a point of transition between modes of servitude and racial subjection’(p. 6). In this paper, I pull from Hartman’s theory of emancipation and subjugation to analyze the text and pictures on display boards that disseminate knowledge about Anna Kingsley’s life at the National Park Service site Kingsley Plantation. The story surrounding Anna Kingsley, the African enslaved woman who became a land owner, slaveholder and wife of white plantation owner, Zephaniah Kingsley, is a narrative that highlights the complex and ambiguous nature of freedom and enslavement and how those categories are used to shape the experiences of black people during the antebellum era at heritage sites. I call into question the language used to outline Anna’s life and her transition from enslavement to free person of color; in order to interrogate whether the language used at the NPS site adequately explains Anna’s racial subjugation.
Interrogating Notions of Freedom and Enslavement Through the Representation of Anna Kingsley at Kingsley Plantation. Ayana Flewellen. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. 2014 ( tDAR id: 437068)
Theorizing African Diaspora Archaeology
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Since its founding in 1872, Shiseido has pursued unprecedented new value and worked to deliver it across society. The establishment of Japan’s first Western-style private pharmacy, the introduction of the soda fountain, and the creation of the cosmetics business are all examples of how Shiseido has incorporated Western lifestyle practices and culture into Japanese society to realize new value.
The name “Shiseido” comes from a passage in the ancient Chinese divination text Yi Jing. The passage reads, “Praise the virtues of the earth, which nurtures new life and brings forth significant value.” We have always felt that our ongoing business activities are only possible thanks to the abundance of nature and the sustainability of the environment. To that end, we firmly believe that our business activities must place importance on the creation of social value, in addition to economic value. We also believe that a sustainable society is a prerequisite for sustainable business. Guided by these beliefs, we are engaging in a broad range of activities to create a virtuous cycle for a better society.
This virtuous cycle is put into motion by our corporate mission, BEAUTY INNOVATIONS FOR A BETTER WORLD. Our sustainability strategy centers on ESCG. “ESG” stands for “environment,” “society,” and “corporate governance” and is a concept on which modern society places value, while “C” represents “culture,” a unique strength of Shiseido. Accordingly, we are working to promote the Shiseido Sustainable Beauty Initiative, which aims to realize a better world, and has defined the following key areas that require our attention as a beauty company.
Striving for the ideal of a global environment that supports lives of vibrancy.
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Creating new value to enrich culture by transforming beauty.
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while maximizing corporate value over the medium to long term, for all stakeholders.
In regard to environmental areas, we are focusing efforts on establishing targets and timelines for reducing our environmental footprint, such as CO₂ emissions, palm oil, paper, and water resources, as we aim to achieve further sustainable growth. We are prioritizing measures to address climate change, in particular, and promptly expressed our support for the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) in April 2019. In addition, we are strengthening initiatives such as reducing marine pollution through the development of eco-friendly packaging. Also, we continue to protect people’s skin and bodies from the damage of UV rays by leveraging our sunscreen technologies, which have garnered high praise.
For social areas, we are leading the way in terms of empowering women, a major issue facing Japanese society. With regard to our offices in Japan, we are currently aiming to raise the ratio of female leaders to 40% by the end of 2020. In addition, President and CEO Masahiko Uotani has been appointed as the inaugural chair of the 30% Club Japan, a chapteraiming to boost female representation on company boards. Amid the current conditions in Japan, which ranks 121st* in gender equality, we are working together with other companies to resolve issues that impede the empowerment of women. Globally, we will expand activities unique to a beauty company to empower senior citizens and those with serious concerns about their skin and appearance, including changes in skin color caused by the side effects of cancer treatment, through the power of beauty.
In areas related to culture, where the Company boasts strengths, we will pass on our long-cultivated corporate culture and DNA to future Group employees, as we strengthen our unity through shared value and evoke our power to innovate that has enabled us to constantly transform in response to changing times. By doing so, we will explore and discover new aesthetic sensibilities and create new value through collaboration with our businesses.
As for governance, we have adopted a monitoring board structure under which the Board of Directors exercises supervisory functions with respect to the Shiseido Group’s business execution. We have also ensured the diversity of the Board in order to improve the quality of our global management. Moreover, the Board listens carefully to the feedback received from consumers and consistently brings attention to and deliberates issues based on the motto, “bad news fast.” In these ways, our management maintains its transparency.
Positioning these efforts as important elements of its ESCG management, Shiseido will strive to remain vital for the next 100 years and be the world’s most trusted beauty company.
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As a framework for creating social value unique to a beauty company, we defined the Shiseido Group’s material issues in April 2019 based on interviews and discussions with our stakeholders.
Categorizing issues taking into consideration their impact on all our stakeholders(consumers, business partners, employees, shareholders, society and the earth) and their impact on the Company’s businesses, we established an order of priority and selected 18 material issues. In addition, we revised our definition of social value from the perspectives of the environment, society, and culture.
The details and positioning of each issue were reviewed, as needed, through discussions by corporate officers at Executive Committee in 2019 and Sustainability Committee in 2020.
The following process was implemented to define materiality.
Step1>Identify social issues in consideration of all stakeholders based on their expectations and demands along with various perspectives collected from:
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Step2>Shortlist the identified issues based on their relevance to business management and make an advanced analysis by following the process below:
Discussions are held with corporate officers and board members and various divisions to select issues highly relevant to business management. The selected issues are subjected to impact assessment based on two perspectives―importance to all stakeholders (consumers, business partners, employees, shareholders, society and the earth) and Shiseido’s businesses. The assessment scores are used to narrow down the list and finalize the 18 material issues. The details and strategic actions for the 18 issues are confirmed by the board members.
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Shiseido is pursuing and promoting sustainability across the company, including in our brand/regional sales businesses and corporate divisions.
In 2019, the Social Value Creation Division was newly set up to accelerate social value creation by integrating three key functions; Sustainability Strategy, CSR, and Corporate Culture. The new division’s major responsibilities are: (1) Defining areas that need particular focus, (2) Setting company-wide goals and KPIs, (3) Committing to internal and external achievements, (4) Tracking progress and support as necessary, and (5) Educating our employees and all stakeholders.
In 2020, we launched the Sustainability Committee, a dedicated meeting aimed at ensuring timely management decisions and a stronger recognition of this theme. The committee is held at a regular basis to discuss group-wide sustainability initiatives, to decide the strategies, policies, and activity plans, and to monitor progress. The committee consists of the CEO and corporate officers in charge of Corporate Strategy, Finance, R&D, Supply Networks, Corporate Communications, HR, and Brand Holders,as well as corporate auditors. Other corporate officers can be involved according to the matter at hand.
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Tigers Are Not Afraid
Written & Directed by Issa López
Since the involvement of the Mexican government in 2006, the war on Drug cartels and trafficking have torn apart the cultural landscape of South America, surprisingly without much focus from many Western nations. With upwards of 160,000 recorded deaths, with many children being hidden on the fatality list, ‘Tigers Are Not Afraid’ (2017) blends together a mixture of spiritual folklore, horror and dramatic filmmaking to highlight the atrocity of reality, and how this Halloween ghosts and spectres are far tamer than the genuine monsters this world faces.
Flirting with the fantastical, writer and director Issa López has gone on to receive tremendous respect for her piece. A story of Estrella’s (Paola Lara) quest to find her mother, who has been snatched by drug-traffickers, leads to an encounter with a group of lost boys. Here, they steal, laugh and survive in a harsh city district, hiding from the Huascas, a drug cartel, after the boy’s leader Shine (Juan Ramón López) steals a cartel’s phone containing contacts, evidence and a few photos of the both Shine and Estrella’s mothers.
Thankfully, López has the backbone to treat this horror with the required nerve, refusing to hide behind off-screen deaths. Anyone is fair game, a testament to the callousness of Mexico’s drug-feuds. Of course, though, the one person they would never suspect to hold the key, or rather the chalk, to foiling their plans, would be a woman, or better still, a young girl. Estrella receives three ‘wishes’ by her teacher, in a tear-inducing symbolic gesture of the weapon against the drug trade, and patriarchal fear – education.
“López has the backbone to treat this horror with the required nerve, refusing to hide behind off-screen deaths. Anyone is fair game, a testament to the callousness of Mexico’s drug-feuds.”
Arming herself with these wishes, Estrella’s performance from Paolo Lara is a part of the film’s success, with others being López’s concept and the character of Shine. A generic narrative of ‘careful what you wish for’ is in lew put the background, integral but not the focal point. Lara’s wishes result in fear-inducing events; the first, to have her mother return, brings the measure of horror forward. Lara is a natural, naïve but sturdy enough to stand against the boys, becoming a mother figure, in what is a thinly veiled reference of Peter Pan. Her back and forth with Shine, who so desperately wants to be the tiger he dresses is a relationship at the core of the film.
Symbolically, these tigers, these people who desire to move from their storybook princes into stealthy, majestic creatures are far from the animals they idolise. Splattering the streets of Mexico with graffiti, the Huascas are illustrated with claws, teeth and the slit eyes – when in reality, they are anything but. Shine’s ‘cowardice’ keeps him from earing these stripes. Shine himself, noting that as a ‘king of a fucked-up kingdom’ he cannot kill the man who stole his mother. This lack of assertive cruelty somehow equates to masculinity, communicating volumes to the film’s intention.
“Lara is a natural, naïve but sturdy enough to stand against the boys, becoming a mother figure, in what is a thinly veiled reference of Peter Pan.”
Mexico has a diverse, intense relationship with death, horror and the spiritual. Currently undergoing a renaissance of Horror movies, these films created by Latin filmmakers like López or producer Marco Polo Constandse have no fear of the genre like their American counterparts. It’s Spanish title, ‘Vuelven’ translates to ‘Return’, a rather literal, though relating title. As such, spirits exist in the between, making for superbly tense shots from Juan Jose Saravia’s cinematography. Lingering, those who have suffered the Hollywood fake-out or jump scare will be unnerved by how silent this film can be, allowing an uncomfortable unease to do the work. As we close-in on shots, empty and grim, a small movement, or perhaps the sound effect is enough to push your eyes away.
Just as methodically unpleasant, Vicent Pope’s score is uncomfortable, but in that rare manner, only Horror can achieve. It works, you’re not put off by the design of the score, but there’s something which hazes your senses. Together, Pope and López capture the fear these children experience, just how open and vulnerable they are. Bleeding through our reality, folklore weaves around the film, keeping itself to the realm of shadowy imagination. It’s in effect how the blending of genres should work, neither takes a principle role, complimenting one another.
The fairy-tale gruesomeness never diminishes the realism, and the gritty drug-focused horror never detracts from the myth. Treating aspects of legend in reverence, similar to master of the craft Guillermo Del Torro, López’s sense of mystic is two-fold, an escape from the harsh monstrosities of reality and punishment for our antagonist. For the most part, the blending is sublime, a metaphorical sense of horror than a cheap sense of fright, but sadly one or two jump scares, and a peculiar revival of a stuffed animal draws us straight out of the immersion.
“Bleeding through our reality, folklore weaves around the film, keeping itself to the realm of shadowy imagination. It’s in effect how the blending of genres should work, neither takes a principle role, complimenting one another.”
Generalizing a complex social-political issue, López seems unsure of where to draw her focus. Aware to place the children at the heart of the narrative, with the supernatural enveloping the surrounding darknesses, it leaves little room for physical antagonists in the form of The Huascas or Chino, though Ianis Guerrero provides a marvellous climax alongside Lara and Ramon López as the spiritual horror kicks in a gear or two, with a repulsive, somehow sickeningly satisfying punishment for the human-trafficker. ‘Tigers Are Not Afraid’ continues Mexico’s history of tremendous pieces of horror, an example of Hispanic – Latina cinema’s continuing trend to take the chances Hollywood fears to gamble on.
Review originally published for In Their Own League
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biological, Educational, Genetics, guest blogger, Intelligence September 12, 2016 January 16, 2017
It’s now possible, in theory, to predict life success from a genetic test at birth
By guest blogger Stuart Ritchie
For decades, we’ve known from twin studies that psychological traits like intelligence and personality are influenced by genes. That’s why identical twins (who share all their genes) are not just more physically similar to each other than non-identical twins (who share half their genes), but also more similar in terms of their psychological traits. But what twin studies can’t tell us is which particular genes are involved. Frustratingly, this has always left an ‘in’ for the incorrigible critics of twin studies: they’ve been able to say “you’re telling me these traits are genetic, but you can’t tell me any of the specific genes!” But not any more.
With a new method, “polygenic scoring”, behaviour geneticists can now look to see whether people have specific genetic variants or not, and based on this, make some impressively accurate predictions about how they will behave in the future. Particularly in the case of two new studies, this development also means researchers are getting themselves into a whole new set of controversies.
The method is relatively simple. Imagine you’d found in a study that smarter people are much more likely to have one particular version of a gene than people who are less intelligent. You could then, in an entirely new sample, see if people with this “intelligence gene” were doing any better than those without it. The polygenic scoring method is just this, writ large – instead of looking at whether people have one specific genetic variant that’s linked to a particular psychological measure, geneticists look across hundreds of thousands of points on the genome, totting up who has more of the genetic variants that make them susceptible to the trait in question.
Two new papers have applied this technique in the context of educational success – in this case, they built their polygenic scores on the basis of previous gene-hunting studies that had identified the specific gene variants found more often in people who stay in school for longer.
In the first paper in Psychological Science, with the not-at-all-provocative title “The Genetics of Success”, Daniel Belsky and colleagues aimed the education polygenic score at a whole host of life outcomes in the thousand-strong Dunedin Study, a cohort of New Zealanders who have been followed from birth up to age 38. The results are comprehensive, and pretty stunning.
The children with more education-linked genes (that is, higher polygenic scores) learned to read faster. They did better on intelligence tests. They were more likely to go to university, and less likely to have financial problems. They were more likely to leave New Zealand to find job opportunities abroad, and more likely to choose a partner of higher social status. The idea is that the education-linked genes make people smarter, harder-working, and more socially successful—traits that help you lead a more “successful” life. Importantly, all this was predictable from a score that, in theory, could have been calculated on (or even before) the day the participants were born.
All of the above predictions were pretty weak though, in the sense that the polygenic score generally only explained one or two percent of the variance in each of the above traits and outcomes. This is where the second paper published in Molecular Psychiatry comes in. Using an even newer polygenic education estimate from a more recent gene-finding study (published in Nature this year), Saskia Selzam and colleagues found that their polygenic score explained a remarkable 9.1 per cent of the variance in age-16 GCSE results in a sample of 4,300 British teenagers. Because of this impressive effect size, Selzam and colleagues said their study “…represents a turning point in the social and behavioural sciences”. This is a little over the top: I see it more as an incremental (yet vital) step in a long march of studies that are changing the way we think about education.
The polygenic scores are already pretty good predictors: in Selzam’s study, they have just about half of the predictive value of asking about the parent’s socio-economic status, or testing the child’s IQ at age 7 (and the scores are based on DNA variants that are unchanged since birth and can be measured with a simple saliva or blood test). As we discover more about the genetics of education, the predictions will become more and more powerful. Then what? Do these studies usher in a new era of genetic testing to select children for different types of education? Not quite.
First, these results ‘explain variance’ at the group level, and we can’t easily translate this to individual prediction – yet. To do that, we’d need a representative reference panel with which to compare individuals, like the standardization samples used in IQ research. It’s only a matter of time before this becomes a reality for many traits. Second, as the authors of these new polygenic studies note, these results don’t necessarily have clear policy implications: some might argue that we should use the scores to predict who will do best in school and select them into higher-quality education; others may argue we should use the scores to identify those who are likely to struggle. Some will suggest both, some neither.
These varying interpretations – and the quickly advancing science – are why it’s crucial to begin a proper, fact-based debate about the potential uses of these genetic predictors. Is it acceptable to predict people’s educational attainment from a genetic score in practical settings, or should these methods only be used in research? Is it just like giving children an aptitude test, like the 11+, early in life, and if so do the same caveats apply? What if the long-term consequences of this genetic research involve screening and selecting embryos for higher polygenic education scores, as has previously been suggested? The only way to answer these thorny ethical questions is to understand the details and limitations of the genetic research: ignorance and denial are no longer an option.
—The Genetics of Success. How Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated With Educational Attainment Relate to Life-Course Development
—Predicting educational achievement from DNA
Post written by Stuart J. Ritchie for the BPS Research Digest. Stuart is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh. His new book, Intelligence: All That Matters, is available now. Follow him on Twitter: @StuartJRitchie
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I stopped reading at “behaviour geneticists”. You got to be kidding me! For a more update-to-date (smarter) understanding of this topic see:
http://culturewhiz.org/forum/topic/heritability-iq
helenphillips2010 says:
Great article – thanks. It surprises me how researchers still completely ignore the role of the microbiome in gene expression. There may be gaps in the detail of microbial influence but the evidence the influence exists is irrefutable.
Articles like this should be gone within 5 years. See: https://news.virginia.edu/content/shocking-new-role-found-immune-system-controlling-social-interactions The worst bit is none of this is new… before “psychology” was invented, doctors who knew how to cure people would treat anyone with mania/anxiety/depression for digestion health, parasites, and colon dysfunction and cure them of their “mental” disorders. But it is more profitable to “treat” crazy people than it is to cure them.
Grimbeard says:
You should have kept reading Shawn, as you clearly need to learn more about psychology. Your article’s fact-free discussion of autism is evidence of that. I would strongly encourage you to take a psychology degree (a BPS-accredited one if you’re based in the UK) if you’re interested in these issues.
Fact-free? Like this? https://news.virginia.edu/content/shocking-new-role-found-immune-system-controlling-social-interactions I would strongly encourage you to take a interdisciplinary degree/training in a field like cognitive science. Then maybe you would be able to keep up with me 😉
Helen Phillips says:
Try ‘I Contain Multitudes’ Ed Yong for a detailed analysis of the role microbes have on our immune system and behaviour.
JayMan says:
The microbiome is itself heritable. Let’s say microbial factors caused intelligence and other behavioral traits (which actually isn’t complete preposterous), then the traits are still just as heritable as if they were “directly” caused by genes.
Of course, there is little by way of evidence for the causal role microbial factors play in intelligence or behavioral traits. For all we know, any link we see could mean that they’re just along for the ride.
In any case, all human behavioral traits are heritable (indeed, this is First Law of behavioral genetics verbatim), including intelligence. See:
The Behavioral Genetics Page – The Unz Review
Sorry Jayman, your hypothesis is outdated, autistic and silly. First off, the human brain is not intelligence, it’s a survival mechanism optimized for selecting immune and other compatibilities. In other words, cognition is an illusion.. the human brain is just a feedback algorithm, simulator based on the feedback. It’s quite eloquent if you understand feedback loops. Even better if understand the algorithmic pattern programming from the genetic levels, biological differential stability network.
There’s a mutant gene that’s responsible for the growth of Europe, as the military capital of the world… it is a virus hosting human gene that compensates for the autistic damage. It spread throughout Europe thanks to Rome’s conquests and interbreeding with natives. It matters when a particular gene makes it possible for the photographic memory to enhance the autistic dying brain… it prevents it from over pruning by overgrowing the synapses and cells. The viruses specifically target the PKR pathway to increase their replication rates and the byproduct of this dysregulation of the protein replication rates that effect the neural transmitters and synapse formation rates (why memories encode too many details and trigger too easily, creating repeating behaviors). Same thing shows up in PTSD patients…. By the time the black plague comes around, it wipes out most of the people with the gene that allows them to be the virus host, except for the few that are also immune to the plague and hosts to a virus. This slows down the development but the gene is partially everywhere by the end of the 20th century. It recombines in about 1/1000 people but the virus is virtually everywhere by the late 1900s.
The gene isnt for innovation, innovation is more of a problem solving technique applied to available resources and usually that is just time and energy. You can create anything with time and energy. In general the gene for autism failures in healthy individuals result in more inhuman aggression (detached, no empathy) and genocide. When the virus switches the brain to become OCD/autistic, there’s no way to disengage the resulting “will to reproduce” and the brain becomes a slave to go after wealth and power and is pushed into wanting more and more power, whatever that is to the person (learning ever more, getting famous, political power, becoming rich, having power over other people. Business men/bosses who like to boss people around, policemen, domination of people for sexual pleasure, and numerous other sources of a feeling of power). The higher you go in the ranks or the hyper intelligent people, those are the ones you see it in most often.
The virus host gene is a knockout gene, meaning usually it only serves its purpose to disrupt and take revenge for harming the situation… that’s what a photographic memory does along with the anxiety induced chronic virus condition, “something is wrong” mindset. So in other words, you have the activation of “genome” code that is normally suppressed but is more than likely being blocked by an active virus that is attempting to block how the immune system is attacking it but it is helping out one of the most ancient viruses that effected our human ancestors. Again, the genome mutations can alter how the immune system suppresses parts of the genome from generation to generation resulting in this embedded virus being more active in some people as soon as their immune system is slightly compromised vs others require multiple compromising viruses/health issues. Mostly it is the severity of the brain alterations that cause the “disorder” to be diagnosed. The long term impact of how the viruses alter the brain can be huge, i.e. sensory level delusional activation due to regional overactivation and none coherent patterns across the cerebral cortex, which show up when too many different regions of the brain activation simultaneously.
The truth is that if you get a particularly nasty virus when you are young, then you are a prime suspect for developing the overactive brain that is edging towards the schizophrenia brain patterns depending on which proteins are over or under produced once the virus starts operating it’s control functions. So in other words, all human behavioral traits are not heritable based.
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RaceRealist says:
The microbiome is also influenced by diet. Read Allana Collen and Sandra Aamodt.
We know a lot less about the microbiome than you think. And while I suspect that’s probably true, we can’t overlook the heritable component.
We know a lot less about the microbiome than you think
I know that it’s a relatively new field, however we have a good understanding of how the diversity of the microbiome changes with a certain macro/micro split.
And while I suspect that’s probably true, we can’t overlook the heritable component.
I get that. You can’t overlook the fact that one’s diet (which constantly changes I may add) influence the diversity of the bacteria in the biome.
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Interesting but lots of generalisations here about the relative impact of basic Nature vs Nurture. Yep, we are born with a genetic blueprint that limits or enhances our future potential. So, first stop- look at the ‘wolf boy’ studies et al. You can be born with all the genetic potential in the world, but you’ll never realise it if you aren’t exposed to key stimuli (human language, culture etc etc.) at key stages in babyhood and childhood. So, no exposure to humans, no language or pretty much anything else in cognition and socialisation..
Adolescence is another wild melting pot, where more of our intellect and behaviours are further reshaped and reformed. Permanently. I was blessed with Identical twins shortly after getting my Psych. degree, fresh from all the experimental Obs. of staff and student children. As a natural ‘monitor/evaluator’, I was fairly interested keen to validate the main assumptions- or not…
My identical twins were equally sporty and bright, but, then, they had the same upbringing and went to the same schools, so no real surprise. More spookily, they also demonstrated some telepathy in controlled tests. Their aptitudes and attainment overall seemed very similar.
Personality- some likenesses and some differences, not conclusive. In terms of ‘who’ they are in essence; emotions, warmth, sociability, however- massive differences.
Even at playschool the other children ‘saw’ each child as a totally different ‘person’. One made them feel warm, the other was more ‘spiky’. Even I couldn’t tell them apart to look at, but each attracted very different friends.
“More spookily, they also demonstrated some telepathy in controlled tests.” Really? What did you spend the million dollars on? You know, from winning the James Randi Educational Foundation prize for demonstrating paranormal abilities under controlled scientific conditions. How did you feel when you got the Nobel Prizes for fundamentally shaking the foundations of both physics and medicine? More prosaically, could you give us the reference information for the peer-reviewed journal article that details your method and results?
Brian Josephson says:
You can not be serious, Grimbeard! Randi ‘always has an out’, simply blocking applications he doesn’t like — see for example https://weilerpsiblog.wordpress.com/randis-million-dollar-challenge/ to see the process in action.
“To get on a blog and tell people you are psychic is to have skeptics immediately invite you to take magician James Randi’s million dollar challenge. … I will demonstrate here that there is no reason to take this challenge seriously.
MP says:
whenever one of these things makes it to the popular press it makes me sad. the whole thing is meaningless.
for instance, since when is 9% R^2 “pretty good”? polygenic scores can be slightly interesting from the point of view of animal/plant breeding, where they might actually be usable/measurable. but human GWAS is too much of a hot mess for these things to be even slightly interpretable. what conceivable use does a measure have when it maybe sometimes can explain 1% of the variance? recall that polygenic scores are, basically, linear combinations of dozens of features–when there is no plausible reason to believe that these effects are statistically independent–so you’ve basically overfit the crap out of what little signal there is, and gee whiz, turns out the prediction is crap also.
if this is as good as anyone can do, maybe it’s time to think about something other than the genetic basis of these traits, and more importantly something that can actually be fixed with known large effects (nutrition, poverty, teacher quality etc.). the worst part is that we’ve known this for >40 years: http://europepmc.org/backend/ptpmcrender.fcgi?accid=PMC1762622&blobtype=pdf
until we solve the basic problem that heritability measures are near-hopelessly unstable, this kind of study is just more noise harvesting; genetics of behavior is a much worse reproducibility fiasco than other issues in e.g. psychology, because in genomics there might as well not be a statistical significance filter. if you test a gazillion hypotheses, a bunch will pass whatever threshold you might happen to set. some might even be real signal! but if your odds ratio is 1.01, there is no perceptible reason to care.
My thoughts exactly
Philip Brewin says:
Many of these genes are likely to be correlated with visible differences. There is extensive and robust evidence that individuals, and society at large, favour people based on “attractiveness”, height, and, of course, gender and ethnicity. This discrimination ranges from the subtle and unconscious, through to overt and systemic. It is inevitable, therefore, that the level of “success” associated with these genetic factors will be due, at least in part, to the way society treats people with different traits. Even where a gene (eg for Downs Syndrome), may have a direct effect on ability, the extent to which this impacts on “success” depends hugely on how society supports, adapts to and even celebrates such difference.
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Ken Richardson says:
I wonder if Stuart Ritchie fully understands what he’s subscribing to. Polygenic scores may be all the rage, but they are a fudge. A decade’s efforts to identify individual bricks that build the house have failed: let’s just throw a few thousand suspicous bits of material together to see if they at least make a start. In a host of assumptions like additivity and linearity of effects, it entails a highly naïve – indeed outmoded – view of the gene and biological systems (see https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/so-what-gene).
But there is a deeper irony. Educational attainment at age sixteen – however measured – is a promotion ticket to higher status but a very poor predictor of success either in future education or in the world of work. School SATs (or, in the USA, SAT or Grade Point Averages) are poor predictors of college performance. That applies even to A levels. A 2012 review notes that “in U.K. data, a small correlation was observed between A level points and university GPA (r = 0.25), again reflecting previous findings.” As the authors say, that could be due to non-cognitive factors: “self-efficacy was the strongest correlate (of 50 measures)”(1). Elizabeth Kolbert wrote in the New Yorker that “the SAT measures those skills – and really only those skills – necessary for the SATs” (2).
And, like IQ, school grades have little if any statistical relationship with job performance (3). In a chapter in the Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning (2011), J. Scott Armstrong has claimed that the relationship between grades and job performance is low and is becoming lower in recent years. Trudy Steinfeld, executive director of the Wasserman Center for Career Development at New York University, has deplored the focus on grade scores as longer-term predictors of job performance: “Nobody even cares about GPA after a few years,” she says (4).
It is ironic that just as psychologists are claiming to have found genes for predicting success the wider world is eschewing their criteria of success as useless. In an interview with the New York Times (June 13, 2013) Laszlo Bock, a vice-president of human resources at Google said, “One of the things we’ve seen from all our data crunching is that GPAs [Grade Point Averages] are worthless as a criteria for hiring, and test scores are worthless – no correlation at all except for brand-new college grads, where there’s a slight correlation”. In the UK, as reported by the BBC (January 18, 2016), major employers are abandoning reliance on educational attainments because there is no clear link between holding a degree and performance on a job.
So whence that “genetic association” Plomin and colleagues are now proclaiming? The method entails a formidable battery of assumptions, data corrections, and statistical maneuvers. But the most fatal assumption is that human societies can be treated as random breeding populations in randomly distributed environments with equally random distributions of genes.
On the contrary, human populations reflect continuous emigration and immigration. Immigrants with related genetic backgrounds tend not to disperse randomly in the target society. In their flow to jobs they concentrate in different social strata. This creates (entirely coincidental, non-causal) correlation between social class and genetic background persisting across many generations. For example, the Wellcome Trust’s “genetic map of Britain” shows strikingly different genetic admixtures among residents of different geographic regions of the United Kingdom (5).
This is what is called “population structure.” As Evan Charney notes, it is “omnipresent in all populations and it wreaks havoc with assumptions about ‘relatedness’ and ‘unrelatedness’ that cannot be ‘corrected for’ by the statistical methods [devised]” (5). (For further critique of statistical maneuvres see ref 6). The correlation is simply a sophisticated re-description of the class structure of British society, its deeper history and all its corruptions including differential effects on childhood preparedness for schooling (7).
In his recent Edge interview (Sep 24, 2016), Robert Plomin says, “I’m frustrated at having so little success in convincing people in education of the possibility of genetic influence. It is ignorance as much as it is antagonism.”
On the contrary, it could be judicious circumspection. In 2013 Plomin gave evidence to the Government’s Select Committee on Education. The Prime Minister has just announced the return of grammar schools and selection at eleven years. Is there a connection? I doubt Plomin would even wish such a thing. But there are unintended consequences. History shows that anyone committed to a “genes as destiny” narrative, and a mythological meritocracy, based on nothing but mountains of correlations, needs to tread very cautiously.
1. M. Richardson, C. Abraham, & R. Bond, “Psychological Correlates of University Students’ Academic Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” Psychological Bulletin 138 (March 2012): 353–387.
2. E. Kolbert, “Big Score,” New Yorker, March 3, 2014.
3. K. Richardson and S. Norgate, “Does IQ Really Predict Job Performance?” Applied Developmental Science 19 (January 2015): 153–169.
4. Quoted by D. Koeppel, “Those Low Grades in College May Haunt Your Job Search,” New York Times (December 31, 2006).
5. E. Charney, “Still Chasing Ghosts: A New Genetic Methodology Will Not Find the ‘Missing Heritability,’ ” Independent Science News (September 19, 2013).
6. A.V. Rubanovich, N.N. Khromov-Borisov Genetic Risk Assessment of the Joint Effect of Several Genes: Critical Appraisal. Russian Journal of Genetics, 2016, Vol. 52, No. 7, pp. 757–769.
7. SES at some distant time from current sampling, by the way, is a rather poor descriptor of social class (see ref 3).
(Ken Richardson’s new book Genes, Brains and Human Potential: the Science and Ideology of Intelligence, will be published in early 2017 by Columbia University Press).
Randy Moss says:
They have found zero genes. Those studies are not genetic studies, they are simply associations based on assumption. They assume effect sizes and then squeeze out as much as they can get with all kinds of formulas based on more assumptions. They provide zero genetic evidence, they are basically allele counting and making unsubstantiated claims. Thats why they keep asking for higher and higher populations, none of that 9%(in that sample) is actually proven to do anything, it might as well be zero %.
Read up Evan Charney, post genomics research. They entire genetic model these studies are based on is being proven wrong by modern molecular genetic studies, eg: epigenetic/gene expression & environment studies.
empiricalmage says:
The article wreaks of genetic determinism. A bit more research reveals that IQ/SAT type tests are not solid predictors of achievement or accolade.
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THE frame of reference essential for discussion of the world constitutive process is the world social process. The fundamental point emerging from a survey of that process is that today the scientific observer is justified in referring to a "world community": the level of interaction among the inhabitants of the earth has reached a degree of intensity that includes both interdetermination and widespread explicit recognition of the facts of such interdetermination. To interact is to influence and be influenced, whether the influence is recognized or unrecognized. During the centuries when there were practically no contacts between middle and South America and the other inhabitants of the globe, the peoples of the world did not maintain a level of reciprocal influencing (recognized or otherwise) sufficient to justify an observer of global affairs to speak of a world community. Similarly, it would be inappropriate to refer to an inclusive context of interaction when the empires of Rome and China were flourishing. There were few acknowledged or unacknowledged connections between them. To identify a global community today, it may be noted, does not require that one find a transnational exchange of people or goods or reciprocally amiable perspectives. The interflow of such values is not the only index of interaction. Interaction occurs at the level of full subjective awareness when participants take one another into consideration; consideration may involve weighing the other as a potential enemy and remaining aloof from all trade, travel or combat.
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Curling in the Footsteps of History: Part 1
Robin Copland has written about the Canadian curlers' visit to Scotland in 1909. His booklet, Curling in the Footsteps of History, is reproduced here in four parts.
The pioneering Canadian tour took place in January and February 1909. This important tour set the tone for future tours of Scotland from Canada. Like all tours, true stamina was required of the party – especially at the start of the twentieth century when planes and email were but dreams!
I do hope that you enjoy reading of their exploits while here in Scotland. A fuller version of the whole story is available in the 1910 RCCC Annual and that was my primary source for information. (There is a list of all my sources at the end of Part 4)
Robin Copland
CHAPTER ONE – PLANNING AND PREPARATION
In 1903, after many invitations had been sent and rejected for one reason or another, a hardy party of Scottish curling tourists under the captaincy of the Reverend John M Kerr, toured Canada and the USA during a period of two months in January and February.
Five years later, at the Royal Caledonian Curling Club’s Annual General Meeting in Perth in July 1908, it was “resolved unanimously and enthusiastically to invite a team of Canadians to Scotland and return if possible the hospitality shown by Canada to the curlers from the mother country in the winter of 1902-03”. Although the notice was short for such an undertaking, the invitation was sent out specifically to coincide with Lord Strathcona’s Presidency of the Royal Club, his Lordship being “such a link between Scotland and Canada … and had taken such a keen concern with the advancement of ‘Scotland’s ain game’”.
Sir Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
When the message was flashed back that Canada cordially accepted the invitation, the news was received with “unmingled delight” in Scotland’s curling communities although some privately feared that the size of the organisational task that lay ahead would perhaps preclude the tour ever taking place. The doubters should not have worried! Within two months a team, with representatives from as far afield as Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Dawson City, Yukon, had been picked and were making plans for their trip – this, mind you, in a time when the phone was a rarity and the only quick way to get a message cross-country was by telegram.
A small committee was put together in Scotland to organise a programme that mixed competitive curling matches with dinners, hospitality and sight-seeing. The programme extended over five weeks. As a sign of the times, it included no curling on any of the six Sabbath days and indeed, Church Services were organised on each of them, including two at Scotland’s great Cathedrals, St Giles in Edinburgh and Glasgow Cathedral in the west.
There was only one covered artificial rink at Crossmyloof in Glasgow. This had been “very kindly placed at the service of the Royal Club in the event of John Frost not having the decency to provide natural outdoor ice for the occasion”. It was just as well and in the event, many of the matches took place in this wondrous new facility on Glasgow’s south side.
CHAPTER TWO – ARRIVAL AT LIVERPOOL AND THE JOURNEY NORTH
Although by this time, trans-Atlantic liners were driven by steam, there was still uncertainty over arrival times depending on the weather. This was specially the case for winter crossings. The Empress of Ireland was thus listed to arrive at Liverpool on either the 15th or 16th of January. Although she enjoyed a capital crossing from Canada, the tide prevented her docking until the morning of the 16th, so the Scottish welcome party that had travelled down to Liverpool on the 15th had to wait a night before welcoming their Canadian brethren to the shores of their ancestry. They passed “a pleasant evening” in the company of members of the Liverpool Curling Club before marching to the dockside in procession behind Pipe-Major Mackay, carrying their besoms high and wearing their Tam o’ Shanters with pride.
Old friendships from the earlier tour were rekindled and the Canadians, sporting their Dominion heather button-holes, welcomed the visiting party onto their ship where a toast was drunk to the success of the tour. A special train transported the party north directly to Edinburgh’s Waverley station. Interestingly, two ladies accompanied their men on the tour, something that would perhaps not be countenanced in these supposedly more enlightened times one hundred years later!
The train was held up for fully an hour by a fall of snow near Newcastleton on the route north. Meantime “the visitors and their friends thoroughly enjoyed themselves … by singing songs, cracking jokes and spinning yarns”!
During the journey north, a calculation was made: the average number of miles travelled by each of the tourists – just in getting to Halifax to join their ship – was 1200. One hardy soul, the cheery Mr McPherson of Dawson City, would travel something like 14000 miles in total over land and sea during the tour. He used various modes of transport from pony and trap to express luxury liner through trains and automobiles!
CHAPTER THREE – ARRIVAL IN EDINBURGH
The welcoming party of Edinburgh curlers had a long wait at the Capital’s Waverley Station due to the blocked line at Newcastleton. It is not recorded how this time was spent, though looking back over a hundred years, one cannot help but wonder if the proximity of the bar at the North British Hotel might give us a clue!
The stationmaster, Mr Maitland, arranged for fog signals to be placed on the down line to warn of the train’s impending arrival. Sure enough, the loud retorts of their detonation gave the welcoming party due warning and two lines of local curlers stood on the platform. Mr Robert Cousin of Merchiston CC and Mr Mark Sanderson of Duddingston CC had been tourists to Canada and they lead the colourful lines of curlers, both from their own respective clubs, as well as representatives of the Waverley, Northern, Craiglockhart, Balerno, Currie, Corstorphine and Bathgate Curling Clubs.
As the train drew to a halt, the whole party erupted in cheers and each of the tourists was welcomed to Scotland individually and enthusiastically by each of the welcoming party. “A spirit of jollity” prevailed. Pipe-Major Duguid of the Queen’s Edinburgh Brigade struck up on his pipes and soon a large crowd of interested onlookers had gathered to view the procession of curlers as they made their way from the station platform up onto Princes Street and to the tourists’ hotel.
Once in their hotel, a speech of welcome to “the ancient capital of dear old Scotland” was given by ex-Provost Gordon. The Hon Duncan Cameron Fraser, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia and Captain of the tourists gave the first of many “thank-you” speeches on Scottish soil. He finished his first speech thus:
“We, like the Scots, would rather lose every time than win by aught that would lower us in the estimation of the people…”
Brave words that echo down through history to the present day!
Here is a list of the 1909 Canadian tourists:
Captain of the Tour
Lieutenant-Governor D C Fraser
Ontario Members
T J Hamilton, Merchant, Fergus;
Alex Logan, Merchant, Parry Sound;J H Neelands, Merchant, Barrie;
R L Paterson, Manufacturer, Toronto;
Simpson Rennie, Seedsman, Toronto;
J W Ryder, Hotelkeeper, Sarnia;
R S Strath, Real Estate, Toronto;
R M Waddell, Peterborough;
Randolf McDonald, Railroad Contractor, Toronto;
Lieutenant-Colonel McKenzie (Captain), Manufacturer, Sarnia.
Quebec Members
D A Bethune, Contractor, Montreal;
Alex Milne, Contractor, Montreal;
David McGill, Agent, Montreal;
A McAulay, Merchant, St John’s, NB;
James Stewart, Contractor, Pembroke, Ont;
William Stuart, Contractor, Ottawa, Ont;
F S Stocking, Passenger Agent, Quebec;
W L Thom, Merchant, Montreal;
H G Willis (Secretary), Agent, Montreal;
J H Hutchison (Captain), Contractor, Montreal.
Nova Scotia Members
James Dover, Merchant, Truro;
Dalziel Paterson, Customs Department, Pictou;
George E Munro, Merchant, Westville;
Lieutenant-Governor D C Fraser;
H St Clair Silver (Captain), Merchant, Halifax.
Manitoba Members
Alex Fowler, Merchant, Balder;
Dr W J Harrington, Physician, Dauphin;
Henry T Hurdon, Transportation, Duluth, Minnesota, USA;
A D McDougall, Railway Contractor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA;
Donald McMillan, Accountant, Butte, Montana, USA;
J G McLean, Merchant, Pilot Mound;
C W McPherson, Civil Engineer, Dawson City, Yukon;
J P Robertson, Historian and Librarian, Winnipeg;
William Robertson, Lumber Merchant, Kenora;
A S Ross, Superintendent, Regina, Sask;
W L Parrish (Captain), Grain Merchant, Winnipeg.
Very few of these are the “great and the good”! The tourists were drawn from seven of the Canadian Provinces; almost all were from “middle class” backgrounds. Three of their number were from across the border in the USA and became honorary Manitobans for the duration! We should not be too surprised by this seeming anomaly as the 1903 Scottish Tour to Canada had included some of the northern States of the USA in its itinerary.
Alexander Logan, 1862 – 1944. Parry Sound Curling Club and 1909 Canadian Tourist
• Born 24 May, 1862, South Oakley, Parrish of Saline, Fifeshire, Scotland.
• Emigrated to Canada with his parents in 1883.
• Occupation: Contractor and businessman. He founded Logan's Funeral Home and Furniture Store in 1885. Logan's Funeral Home carries on business in the same location to this day and is managed by Alexander's great grandson, Hugh Logan. He was also responsible for the construction of several commercial buildings in Parry Sound.
• Co-founder, ardent curler and supporter of the Parry Sound Curling Club.
• Corresponded with Andrew Carnegie of Dunfermline, Scotland and was successful in securing his financial support for the purchase of the first pipe organ at Parry Sound's St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church.
• Fire Chief for the Town of Parry Sound, Church Elder and member of local Masonic Lodge.
Posted by Bob Cowan at 17:30 3 comments:
Labels: curling history, Strathcona Cup history
CHAPTER FOUR– AN UNSCHEDULED GAME AT MYRESIDE
by Robin Copland
That there was a rink to play on at Myreside at all was due to a young groundsman called Scott, a keen, keen curler from the Borders. On his own initiative, he had constructed a concrete curling rink that, although smaller than regulation size, was used for curling until, in 1902, it became the floor of an implement shed. For Season 1902/03, Scott had made two pioneering Tarmacadam rinks at the side of the club pavilion and further, had installed gas lighting. For many seasons, the Watsonian CC played matches with neighbouring clubs when frost permitted.
On the Saturday night of the Canadians’ arrival in Scotland, there was a sharp frost in Edinburgh and a member of the Watsonian Curling Club, founded less than ten years earlier in 1898, took it upon himself to invite a number of the tourists to his club, there to enjoy an informal game of curling. For the next couple of hours, a cheery game was enjoyed before all participants adjourned to the pavilion for drinks and high jinks.
History records a victory on the ice for the Scots, though the games were not official and therefore do not appear in the record books.
It thus appears that the Watsonian Curling Club had the privilege of being the first curling club in Scotland to entertain members of a visiting Canadian team. The 2009 tour will have dinner in the Watsonian clubhouse on Thursday 29th January – the second last night that they will have in Scotland. I cannot help but think it is a fitting place at which to end their tour and hopefully, glasses will be raised in honour of the hardy souls who accepted the informal invitation a century ago.
CHAPTER FIVE – SERVICE IN ST GILES
One of the features of the 1909 tour was the importance attached to Worship. Perhaps this should come as no surprise, though it is somehow quaint to reflect from a century on that it was absolutely expected that every one of the tourists would attend church on each of the Sundays that they found themselves in Scotland. No allowance seems to have been made for the possibility that different faiths may have been represented on the tour, although, to be fair, that is probably because there were none!
Thus the party attended a Service in their honour at noon on Sunday 17th January at St Giles Cathedral. The Reverend John White of South Leith conducted the service and gave “a very powerful sermon on the Responsibility of the Empire”. He spoke of the tour as “evidence of a growing friendship between the Mother Country and her daughter colonies”. The official report notes that, “the visitors were much interested in St Giles” and that each met the Reverend White in their hotel after the service. Indeed he became the first recipient of the official tour badge.
CHAPTER SIX – THE TOUR GETS UNDERWAY
Suitably refreshed after a relatively easy Sunday in the Capital and spiritually revived as they must have been after the thunderous sermon given by the good Minister from South Leith, the tourists were entertained by the Edinburgh Council on Monday morning. They visited the City Chambers and Edinburgh Castle before heading for Peebles by train on a line sadly now disused.
Though the weather in Peebles was dismal with rain falling from a leaden sky, the tourists received a warm welcome from local curlers who raised their brooms and shouted in their honour as their train steamed into the picturesque station. Later, they were honoured with a civic reception in the Town Hall. Flags flapped in the wind and handkerchiefs were chastely waved from the upper-floor windows along the main street.
What is striking about the 1909 tour – Peebles is just the first example – is the way that elected officials went out of their way to welcome the Canadians to their towns and cities. The tour was a huge event in Scotland and the tourists seemed to have caused a massive stir wherever they went.
Later that night, the curlers were entertained to dinner at the Peebles Hydropathic (now known simply as the Peebles Hydro Hotel). Sir Henry Ballantyne, a tourist himself on the 1903 tour, presided over the event and spoke of his pride at hosting the first official dinner of the tour. Many were the speeches thereafter and the toast list, looking back a hundred years, was mind-boggling in its length and complexity. These were different times from those we inhabit today!
The next morning must have been an exciting one for the party – many of whom were of Scottish origin, for a visit had been laid on to Abbotsford House, home of Sir Walter Scott – arguably Scotland’s most famous author. The party was joined by several local ladies and gentlemen and was conveyed in eleven motor vehicles, a rarity in those far-off days, and travelled to Abbotsford via Selkirk. After an hour in Scott’s famous old house, the party proceeded to Melrose where again, they received a raucous welcome from the townspeople. Again, there was a civic reception before the Canadians were given some time to explore the ruins of Melrose Abbey. Everywhere they went, they were feted, though sadly any plans that may have been made for curling had to be abandoned because of the weather.
Interestingly, two Canadian Maple Trees were planted on the site of the artificial curling pond in Melrose and another was later planted in the public park at Peebles. The party was then escorted by the town’s curlers to the train station, where they were given a most hearty send-off, “cheers being raised again and again”.
CHAPTER SEVEN – THE MASONIC CONNECTION
There were about twenty Freemasons in the party – that out of a total of thirty-seven curlers. Freemasonry then was a powerful force and movement and there were a number of events organised specifically for them. The first of these took place in the tour’s next stop, Kilwinning, where they were entertained by the Lodge Canongate, one of the most ancient Scottish Lodges, which at the time boasted of having the oldest Lodge Rooms in the world.
Obviously, we cannot go into what was said or indeed done at the Carlton Hotel that faroff night, except to say that Brother Duncan Cameron Fraser, the Tour Captain, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia and Past M.W Grand Master Mason of Nova Scotia was given the singular honour of honorary membership of the Lodge.
Throughout the tour, the Masonic members were spirited away from time to time to private dinners or entertainment. For example, on 16th February, after dinner in Aberdeen, the Masonic tourists were guests of the Provincial Grand Master at a concert.
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CHAPTER EIGHT – THE MAMMOTH BANQUET DAY!
The 20th January was described in contemporary reports as “the red-letter day of the great tour”, for on that day the National Reception was given for the Tourists in the Music Hall, now the Assembly Rooms in George Street, Edinburgh.
The evening started at 5.00pm and, so as the tourists could gird their loins for the marathon ahead, they were given the day off and used the time to send telegrams back to their families in Canada, as well as taking the chance to visit “Auld Reekie” as normal tourists, as opposed to members of a VIP group.
The company numbered some five hundred and the evening was chaired by Lord Strathcona, the President of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club. Suffice to say that there were seven Lords of the Realm present at the evening, as well as the Solicitor-General of Scotland, a number of past-Provosts of Edinburgh, the Moderator of the Church of Scotland and the Reverend J Kerr, the Captain of the Scottish 1903 touring team. Prime Minister A J Balfour sent a telegram of greeting in which he greatly regretted his inability to attend the function.
The toast list was common for the time. Where a curling dinner today contents itself with a guest speaker to toast the health of the club to which a member of the club tends to give a whimsical response, the number of speeches that far-off day was nine. Each of the speakers spoke at some length and the main themes were a warm welcome to the Canadians, the special relationship between Canada and Scotland, the Empire and the Armed Forces.
Looking back, it is strange that the major banquet of the tour was in the first week - before any curling stone had been thrown in anger! A grand night seems to have been had by one and all, mind you and that is all that is important to record.
CHAPTER NINE – JACK FROST DOES NOT PLAY BALL, BUT GLASGOW RISES TO THE OCCASION!
Down through the years, Glasgow has proved herself equal to the challenge that curlers set her. Successful World and World Junior Championships bear testament. Perhaps the first time though, that Glasgow came to curlers’ rescue was in 1909. The Canadian tourists arrived through in Scotland’s largest city on Thursday 21st January. As the RCCC’s report put it in the 1910 Annual, “Other communities in Scotland might arrange to entertain the strangers at their festive boards; but Glasgow, knowing the National weather, had a notion that it would see much of them in the next three or four weeks. In St Mungo’s hand was the magnet that would attract them to the west, and hold them there.”
And the magnet? The newly-built Scottish Ice Rink had been completed in the suburb of Crossmyloof on the south side of the city. By the time the Canadians came to visit, it was already into its second season of business, having opened its doors for the first time in October 1907. Sadly there is no rink on the site anymore. Instead, shoppers walk the aisles of a Morrisons superstore, where before curlers toiled and brushed.
When the Canadians arrived at Queen Street station on George Square in the centre of the city, suffice it to say that they were met by the usual pomp and circumstance to which by now they must have become accustomed. An archway of brushes was formed by the welcoming curlers; pipers led the procession to the square and the party made their way to the North British Hotel beside the station for welcoming refreshments. Speeches of welcome were given and received and pins exchanged with the local dignitaries.
Friday 22nd January was the much-awaited day when the Canadians officially took to the ice for the first time. A series of trial matches was played against local clubs on both the Friday and Saturday and, in fact, let it be reported that the locals gave a good account of themselves – indeed they were up on aggregate, although the games were not “test” matches and therefore did not count in the overall competition. On the close of the first day’s play, the team were entertained to a grand dinner in the city’s St Enoch hotel, a railway hotel beside the station of the same name.
Much was made of the fact that the local rinks won because they were familiar, indeed comfortable with the ice conditions at Crossmyloof. Many ventured at the time that it would have been a useful exercise if the Scottish test teams had practised on the artificial ice before the official test matches later on in the tour.
On the Sunday morning, the party worshipped at Glasgow Cathedral. After the service, the visitors were shown round the Cathedral – a singular honour as it happens. Each of the tour party was presented with a copy of the sermon given by the Reverend Dr Cooper, Professor of Church History at Glasgow University.
CHAPTER TEN - THE 1903 SCOTTISH TOURING TEAM MATCH
Although some members of the 1903 Scottish team were unable to take part, most of them travelled to Glasgow on Monday 25th January so that the two teams could meet together in friendly competition. This time, the Canadians got into their stride – perhaps the practice sessions at the end of the previous week had helped them become acclimatised – and in beating their Scottish counterparts, gave a good account of themselves. The RCCC annual reports as follows, “Each Scot gave a neat memento to his Canadian opponent when they met on the rink, and a pleasant interlude for luncheon, with sundry adjournments to the bar to see if Riddell’s blend was up to the mark, made up a most delightful day.”
That evening, the memory of Scotland’s National Bard, Robert Burns, was celebrated at a dinner at the Windsor Hotel and a lusty rendition of “Auld Lang Syne” brought one of the most enjoyable evenings of the tour to a close.
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CHAPTER ELEVEN – THE TEST MATCHES AND THE STRATHCONA CUP
From the outset, it was understood that although friendly competition against the Provinces and Clubs of Scotland, whether outdoors or in, would provide the tourist with most of his curling, there would be a series of three “test” matches in which “Greek would meet Greek”. These three test matches would decide “who held priority in curling fame” between Canada and Scotland.
Lord Strathcona presented a magnificent Challenge Cup, made by Messrs Sorley, Glasgow, Silversmiths to the Patron of the RCCC, His Majesty King Edward VII. There follows some pictures of the cup and of details thereon.
The Crest of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club
The Coat of Arms of Lord Strathcona
Sir George Harvey’s “Curlers”
As can be seen from these pictures, the Cup is a magnificent example of the silversmith’s art. The slight oxidising of the picture panels really “throws” the pictures out and shows them off to best effect. The Cup is now 100 years old and is still in tremendous condition for its age. Currently, it is housed in the vaults of the famous Edinburgh jewellers, Hamilton and Inches and is only "allowed out” for important occasions.
Interestingly, the records show that the Canadians were allowed to take the cup back to Canada with them after the first tour, and to keep it in Canada until 1st December 1909, by which time it had to be returned to the RCCC for safe keeping. Nowadays, the practice is for the cup to stay in the RCCC’s care at all times.
In order to select the Scottish rinks for the test matches, the Provinces were invited to put forward rinks for consideration. More rinks were offered than were needed, so the simple expedient of the ballot chose who was in and who was out! The following eighteen Provinces sent a rink of four players each to defend Scotland’s honour: Glasgow, Dundee and Perth, Renfrewshire, Lanarkshire, Scottish Central, Caledonian Club (England), Dumfriesshire, Biggar, Stirlingshire, Border, Peeblesshire, Midlothian, Loch Leven, Tenth, East Lothian, Cupar, West Lothian and West of Fife.
It is easy to be wise after the event, but this was hardly scientific and the result, with the benefit of one hundred years of hindsight, was in all probability a foregone conclusion!
In any case, the first Test Match took place at Crossmyloof on Thursday 28th January. The Scots only managed to secure two victories, though Renfrewshire’s James Y Keanie, a late substitute for the indisposed William Logan, scored an emphatic win by 24 – 8 against the hapless Colonel McKenzie of Sarnia, Ontario. The score after this first match was 112 – 70 in favour of the Canadians. The Scotsman newspaper reported that the Rev J Kerr exclaimed almost despairingly, “Mercy on puir auld Scotland if in the succeeding games of this important series we get on no better than this.”
Unfortunately for the Scots, things did not get any better! The second Test Match took place at the same venue on 1st February when the Scottish deficit was 29 and the third Test Match on Monday 8th February resulted in a Canadian triumph by 30 shots.
Needless to report the matches were played in the best of sportsmanship and the services of the umpire were never once required! After each Match there was a banquet when “with the knees under the mahogany, the fight was forgotten, and song and sentiment whiled the social hours away.”
Mr William Henderson, Vice President of the RCCC, presented the Cup to the winning team on the ice at Crossmyloof and, in so doing, paid tribute to the team and especially to its Captain, Lieutenant-Governor Duncan Cameron Fraser, “a man of fine masculine build”, as he put it!
In his reply, Lieutenant-Governor Fraser said something that rings down through the ages. “I never heard a man suggest that his stone ought to be in or out, as the case might be; not a single issue has been raised, not one unkind word, nor, I believe, one unkind thought. I tell you that the game that can educate men up to that point is a game which we should think good.”
CHAPTER TWELVE – THE PROVINCIAL MATCHES
Throughout the tour, the various Scottish Provinces came to Glasgow to play the tourists in the Scottish Ice Rink at Crossmyloof. Each curler doubtless travelled in expectation; by the end of the Canadians’ visit in February, one imagines that the later players travelled more in hope!
In truth, the Scottish curlers were vanquished by what must have been a very talented group of curlers who would, of course, have got better and better the more practice they had and the more they became used to the artificial ice at Crossmyloof. Bear in mind too that many of their Scottish opponents might literally not have had a game all season if the weather in their region had not allowed it.
The die was cast when the Scoto-Canadian team came visiting on 25th January for a match that the Canadians must have fretted about in their quieter moments. The Scots were accounted for by 67 clear shots and that set the pattern. On four other occasions, the Canadians won by more than 60 shots over a day’s play and in the last match of all against the tenth Province, they won by an astonishing total of 91 shots!
The team played a total of twenty six matches (each match comprised a number of individual games – either 6 or 12) and they were on the losing side on only three separate occasions. Many of the individual players remained undefeated throughout the tour.
The overall statistics were as follows:
Matches played: 26 Won: 23 Lost: 3
Shots up on matches won: 947
Shots down on matches lost: 16
Net shots up over the tour: 931
Disappointingly, only three matches were played in total on natural ice. The Scottish Ice Rink in Crossmyloof was a busy place as the balance of matches was played there.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN – PROVINCIAL ENTERTAINMENT
Let it not be said that the tourists did not get out and about in Scotland! Apart from the long-distance journeys to Inverness, Aberdeen and Balmoral – these were the only occasions during the tour when outdoor ice conditions made the journey inevitable – the party did repair to various curling centres, there to enjoy hospitality and, perhaps, share the odd dram and tall tale.
The tourists were obviously based for the large part in Glasgow and there were many formal and informal dinners and occasions in the Second City of the Empire as it then was. For the most part, the Provinces would come to Glasgow, curl and then host a luncheon in the Canadians’ honour.
Exceptions to this rule there were though. For example, on 29th January (not February as the RCCC Annual would have it – the tourists had already departed for home shores by that time), David Gordon, ex-Provost of Bathgate and, much more importantly, a member of the 1903 Scottish Tour party to Canada, arranged for a “special” train to be laid on to take both the tourists and the team members of the West Lothian Province from Crossmyloof railway station at the back of the ice rink directly to Bathgate, there to host a dinner on his “home patch”! The evening was one of the highlights of the tour. Let the scribe in the 1910 Annual take up the story!
“…and what a night they made of it can never be described in the sober pages of the Curling Annual, with its (the West Lothian Province) committee watching its increasing bulk and weighing the question of expenditure.”
The report continues, “The gallery was occupied by a galaxy of ladies” and the local press wrote of “an epoch-making event in the history of Bathgate”! The whole evening seems to have enchanted the tourists and, given the excess of hospitality to which they had already been subjected, it says much for ex-Provost Gordon’s preparations that such a night amongst nights was so memorably enjoyed by one and all.
Other forays furth of Glasgow were made to Perth, to Coupar Angus, to Blairgowrie, to Crieff, to Dunkeld where the famous Cathedral received a visitation, to Blair Castle, to Dirleton in East Lothian and to Lanarkshire.
One supposes that another real highlight of the tour was the swing north from 12th – 15th February to Inverness, then east to Aberdeen and west to Balmoral. By this time, the tour was well underway and the results had all gone Canada’s way – so much so that, when snow began to fall on the games at Balmoral, McPherson of Dawson City, another of the many characters of the tour, remarked, “we have played you indoors and out of doors in all conditions – what we want now to complete this tour is to play you in mud…!”
Overall, the entertainment provided by their Scottish hosts seems to have varied from the sublime set-piece banquets, like the Welcome Reception in the Music Halls, like the luncheons hosted in City Chambers and Town Halls and like the formal evening in Inverness to less formal “smoker” evenings, visits to the theatre, a Curlers’ Court and what seems to have been an uproarious night in Bathgate. There was plenty of singing – indeed various tour songs were published and the Canadians were not scared to rise to their feet and tell a tall tale or two when the occasion demanded!
CHAPTER FOURTEEN – FAREWELL AND SOME FINAL THOUGHTS
These Canadians impressed all with whom they came in contact. They were obviously talented curlers – their record speaks for itself – and although some might uncharitably say that they had the advantage of Crossmyloof as almost their home rink and that they had huge amounts of practice where their opponents would have been rusty and unsure of themselves, the fact remains that they won the first iteration of the Strathcona Cup by a massive margin of 101 shots over 18 games – an average of over 5 shots advantage on average per game played. Overall, including non-counting and Provincial matches, they routed the Scots by 931 shots, an average of just under 4 shots per game played.
But this 1909 tour was about much more than mere statistics. It was about forging genuine bonds across an ocean. It was about setting out some traditions that have travelled down through the years and that still hold true to this day. What shines out to me is the genuine affection that team mates felt for each other as the tour progressed and the real camaraderie of the rink that enabled strangers to get together and over the course of twelve or thirteen ends of curling have such a fine time in each other’s company that, come the lunch or dinner afterwards, they could sit down together and talk as if they had known each other all of their lives.
Many were the tributes paid this way and that by tourist and host alike. The Captain of the tour, Lieutenant-Governor D C Fraser, noted that, “He (the Captain) had never met with a better body of men in his life than those Canadians who came over to Scotland under his charge…”
The party departed Scotland by train on Wednesday 24th February and made its way to Liverpool where R.M.S Empress of Ireland awaited them. Bon Voyage telegrams were forwarded on 26th February by Provost Gordon, Mr Davidson Smith, the Secretary of the RCCC and the Rev J Kerr to the Captain and his party aboard the liner.
In a summary of the tour written by the Honorary Secretary, Mr H G Wills, on board the liner approaching Canada and dated 4th March, he wrote of their Scottish hosts, “It would be impossible to meet with men who could show so much real enthusiasm, and who could cheer just as generously for our own success as for their own…”
Here is a list of all my sources:
· Season 1909 – 1910 Royal Caledonian Curling Club Annual for tour details
· www.clydebuiltships.co.uk for the picture of the Empress of Ireland and for ship’s dimensions and launch date
· 2009 Canadian Tour to Scotland website www.strathconacup100.ca/ for the picture of Lord Strathcona and the picture and details of Alexander
· Malcolm Patrick, member of Watsonian Curling Club and fellow member of the East Team on the 2003 Centenary Scottish Tour to Canada for details of the informal outdoor game at Watsonian CC
· Ahoy – Mac’s Web Log for details of the sinking of the Empress of Ireland
· Ian Mackay for the picture of the tour badge
· Ainslie Smith, Captain of the West Team and team mate on the 2003 Centenary
Scottish Tour to Canada for the copy of the Banquet Menu
· Lindsay Scotland, webmaster of the Centenary Tour to Canada, 2003
www.ccct2003.fsnet.co.uk/ for photographs of the Strathcona Cup
· David Smith, for his ‘Curling Places of Scotland’, version June 2008, which is
available on the Royal Caledonian Curling Club website:
www.royalcaledoniancurlingclub.org under ‘About RCCC > Origin & History’
Curling in the Footsteps of History: Appendix
CHRONOLOGICAL TOUR ITINERARY
Friday 9 R.M.S Empress of Ireland departs Halifax en route to Liverpool.
Saturday 16 Arrival at Liverpool Docks on Empress of Ireland; train journey north to Edinburgh and informal match versus Watsonian CC at Myreside
Sunday 17 Church service at St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
Monday 18 Peebles; dinner at the Peebles Hydro Hotel courtesy of Peeblesshire Province.
Tuesday 19 Abbotsford House and Melrose by car. Masonic Dinner at Lodge Canongate, Kilwinning
Wednesday 20 Free day and National Reception Function in the Music Hall, Edinburgh
Thursday 21 Luncheon in the City Chambers, Edinburgh hosted by the Lord Provost. Evening train to Glasgow and welcome reception.
Friday 22 Practice day against local curlers in the Scottish Ice Rink, Crossmyloof. Dinner as guests of the Scottish Ice Rink Club at the St Enoch Hotel, Glasgow.
Saturday 23 Practice day against local curlers in the Scottish Ice Rink, Crossmyloof.
Sunday 24 Church service at Glasgow Cathedral.
Monday 25 Special Match against the 1903 Scottish touring team at the Scottish Ice Rink, Crossmyloof, followed by dinner in the Windsor Hotel, Glasgow.
Tuesday 26 Match versus Midlothian Province at the Scottish Ice Rink, Crossmyloof. Dinner in Ferguson and Forrester's Restaurant, Glasgow.
Wednesday 27 Match versus Glasgow Province at the Scottish Ice Rink, Crossmyloof. Dinner in Ferguson and Forrester's Restaurant, Glasgow.
Thursday 28 First Test Match at the Scottish Ice Rink, Crossmyloof.
Friday 29 Match versus West Lothian Province at the Scottish Ice Rink, Crossmyloof. Dinner in Bathgate.
Saturday 30 Match versus East Lothian Province at the Scottish Ice Rink, Crossmyloof. Dinner at which Rev J Kerr gave the principal address.
Sunday 31 Church Service.
Monday 1 Second Test Match at the Scottish Ice Rink, Crossmyloof.
Tuesday 2 Matches versus Stirlingshire and Forth and Endrick Provinces at the Scottish Ice Rink, Crossmyloof.
Wednesday 3 Match versus Upper Strathearn at the Scottish Ice Rink, Crossmyloof. Match versus Scottish Central Provinces called off due to thaw.
Thursday 4 Match versus Strathmore Province and Dundee and Perth Province called off due to thaw. Tour in motor cars to Murthly Castle by way of the giant beech hedge, to Birnam, to Dunkeld and finally Blairgowrie.
Friday 5 Perthshire Curling Association
Saturday 6 Scotland v Wales football match.
Sunday 7 Church Service in St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh.
Monday 8 Third Test Match at the Scottish Ice Rink, Crossmyloof.
Tuesday 9 Matches versus Biggar and Peebles Provinces at the Scottish Ice Rink, Crossmyloof. Dinner in the Grand Hotel and a show at the Empire Theatre.
Wednesday 10 Match versus Lanarkshire Province at the Scottish Ice Rink, Crossmyloof.
Thursday 11 Match versus Loch Leven Province at the Scottish Ice Rink, Crossmyloof. Grand Reception and Court chaired by Sir Basil T Montgomerie, Bart.
Friday 12 Outdoor Match versus Inverness Province at Moy. Dinner hosted by Inverness Province.
Saturday 13 Outdoor Match versus the North-East of Scotland Provincial
Curling Association, West Cults, Aberdeen. Dinner in the Palace Hotel, Aberdeen.
Sunday 14 Various church services attended informally in Aberdeen. Rest day.
Monday 15 Visit to Balmoral and outdoor match on the rink in the grounds
Telegrams exchanged with King Edward VII in London.
Tuesday 16 Matches versus Galloway Province. Luncheon in the City Chambers, Glasgow, hosted by the Corporation of Glasgow, Lord Provost McInnes Shaw in the chair. His Grace, the Duke of Argyll, former Governor General of Canada entertained to dinner by the tourists at the North British Hotel, Glasgow.
Wednesday 17 Visit to Burns Country and tour in thirteen motor cars especially provided for the occasion. Luncheon in the Tea Gardens. Afternoon visit to Culzean Castle and dinner in the Council Hall, Ayr as guests of the Corporation. Smoking concert in the Town Hall.
Thursday 18 Matches v English and Dumfries Provinces at the Scottish Ice Rink, Crossmyloof.
Friday 19 Matches v Twelfth Province at the Scottish Ice Rink, Crossmyloof. Canadian Team Presentation Night at the North British Hotel, Glasgow.
Saturday 20 Match v Borders Province at the Scottish Ice Rink, Crossmyloof.
Sunday 21 Church Service at Glasgow.
Monday 22 Match v Ayr District at the Scottish Ice Rink, Crossmyloof.
Tuesday 23 Matches versus Tenth Province at the Scottish Ice Rink, Crossmyloof.
Wednesday 24 Matches versus Scottish Central Province at the Scottish Ice Rink, Crossmyloof. Depart Scotland.
Thursay 25 Sail for Canada on R.M.S Empress of Ireland.
Curling in the Footsteps of History: The Empress of Ireland
When the tourists travelled to Scotland, they did so on the Empress of Ireland, a new trans-Atlantic steamer built in Fairfield’s yard on the River Clyde in 1906 and launched in Govan, Glasgow, on Saturday 27th January that year.
The Empress of Ireland was a large and well-appointed ship of some 14000 tons, 550 feet long and with a breadth of 66 feet. It is not recorded in which class the Canadian curlers travelled, but suffice to say that, as was common at the time, she offered first, second and third class accommodation, the latter situated deep in the bowels of the ship.
A mere five years after her voyage carrying the Canadian curlers to their great Scottish adventure, the same Empress of Ireland had departed Quebec and was on her way down the St Lawrence river towards the open sea and her ultimate destination, Liverpool. The weather was alternatively fair and foggy. It was 2.00am in the morning of 29th May 1914. She had just dropped off the pilot at Farther Point, and was still close to the shore line. Her Master, Captain Henry Kendall spied a collier, the Storstad, laden to her Plimsoll line with coal on an inbound path up the river towards Montreal and also sailing close to the shore.
In Captain Kendall’s judgement, the collier was some eight miles distant, so he ordered his ship to starboard and to the centre of the river. Immediately after making the move, both ships were swallowed by an incoming fog bank – this, mind you, in pre-radar days and in confined waters. Captain Kendall fretted about the lack of visibility so decided to put his engines astern to take the way off his ship, this action taken in accordance with the Rules of the Road at Sea when maneouvering in the company of other ships. When he ordered the engines astern, he sounded three blasts on the ship's siren. (1 blast indicates a ship is turning to starboard; 2 blasts indicate a ship is turning to port, and 3 blasts indicate a ship is going astern).
The Empress slowed almost to a complete stop, but still had some forward way on. Suddenly, out of the murk, two masthead lights appeared to starboard. Storstad was heading straight for the Empress. Captain Kendall quickly ordered a sharp alteration of course to starboard, but alas it was too late to save his ship.
The sharp bows of the Norwegian ship sliced into the Empress amidships between her two funnels. The fully loaded Storstad punched into the Empress below her waterline, entering her for about 25 feet, and opening up a gaping hole some 14 feet wide. Water rushed into the starboard side, and Empress of Ireland quickly took on a list to starboard. Open port holes which should have been closed at sea, allowed the ingress of even more water. The damage precluded the closing of water tight doors, compounding the problems the ship faced. Within 10 minutes the liner lay on her side, some passengers who had managed to escape perched on her hull. One passenger commented, “It was like sitting on the beach, and watching the tide come in.”
There was only time to lower four of the lifeboats. Many of the passengers were trapped below in the lower decks, unable to escape in time.
Within 14 minutes the Empress was gone and she lies to this day 150 feet below the surface on the muddy bottom of the Saint Lawrence River. 1,012 souls perished that night. Strangely, for in those days, the Captain traditionally went down with his ship, Captain Kendall was one of the survivors and, on being hauled aboard the Storstad, was heard to mutter in a masterpiece of understatement, “You have sunk my ship.”
He was exonerated of all blame and later survived a torpedoing in the Great War.
Labels: curling history, Empress of Ireland, Strathcona Cup history
The Prince of Wales's Stones
When David McFarlane, president of Scottish Central Province of the RCCC, asked me during the recent Ramada Perth Masters whether Central Province was the oldest I had to confess that I had not the slightest idea. Moreover, I said, since provinces were permissive when they began and did not form part of the organisation of the Royal Club, that is, groups of clubs could form one if they wished, and organise themselves, there was very little in the Annuals about the early history of provinces.
Anyway, the query set me off on a search through many an early Annual, and I found a number of items of interest which had escaped me in the past.
We all know that the first royal connection with the RCCC occurred when Prince Albert agreed in 1842 to be the club’s patron; and that permission to change the name from Grand to Royal followed the next year.
The agreement of Prince Albert was marked by the presentation to him of a silver-handled pair of curling stones. My rediscovery of the stones after a long search and a description of them are to be found in my article in the Scottish Curler of October 2003.
On the death of the first patron the club solicited the patronage of his son, Prince Edward, the Prince of Wales, and this was readily granted. This honour to the Club was also marked by the presentation of a pair of curling stones.
The Scotsman of 7 February 1863 reported the stones thus:
“…At the same meeting [last AGM] it was resolved to present His Royal Highness with a pair of curling stones, and it was remitted to the Secretary, Mr Cassels, to take steps accordingly. The stones will be forwarded in a few days, and are at present lying at the shop of Messrs Mackay, Cunningham, & Co., goldsmiths to the Queen, Princes’ Street. They are made of green serpentine, found near Crieff, Perthshire, and generally known to curlers by the name of Muthill stone. The handles, the wood of which is of oak from Linlithgow Palace, are richly mounted in silver. The plates which screw on to the stones are elaborately chased with thistles, forming shields in the centres which bear the following inscription:-“Presented by the Royal Caledonian Curling Club to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Patron, 1863”. The handles are wreathed with thistles, engraved, and the mountings on each end of the wooden part have a wreath of oak-leaves and acorns executed in the same style. They have been beautifully designed and executed by Mackay, Cunningham, &Co.”
When I was looking for the 1842 stones, which many royal functionaries were unable to find in any of Her Majesty’s palaces, castles and houses, I was eventually told that a pair of presentation stones had been traced at Sandringham, the Queen’s English summer residence. When I sought to have them photographed I was told that they had been transferred to Balmoral, and when I was next passing the Queen’s summer residence in Scotland I found the 1863 stones in the factor’s office, where they were in use as a pair of bookends supporting some large volumes sitting on a window sill. I was disappointed that I had not found the stones of 1842 but I was pleased to see a pair of considerable grandeur.
So significant were the stones that an illustration of them appeared in the Illustrated London News of 8 April 1863. Her Majesty graciously allowed this pair to be borrowed and displayed at the exhibition, held in Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow, when the Silver Broom Men's World Curling Championship was being played in the Kelvin Hall, in 1985.
The discovery which prompted this article appears in an abstract of the RCCC Treasurer’s Account for 1862-3. It was the bill for the 1863 stones.
“…Paid for Curling Stones presented to the Patron ….£25 13 8”.
This was a very large sum to expend on curling stones.
Almost contemporary with this pair are the earliest surviving financial records of curling stone manufacture. Andrew Cowan made stones at Barbieston near Drongan in Ayrshire, and his account book survives for the period from 1865 until about 1889.
Stones were generally sold by him by the pair without handles. The price depended on the sort of stone and the degree of finish. About the cheapest price was twenty four shillings for a pair of Burnock Water. One can get some idea of what that price represents when one sees elsewhere in Cowan’s account book that he paid workers two shillings per day. The price of his cheapest stones, therefore, was the equivalent of the wages of a working man earned in two weeks of six days. Curling stones have always cost a fairly hefty price – but they did last for ever.
Below is an account from Cowan’s book for stones with handles sold not long after the making of the Prince of Wales’s stones.
Curling Stones Sold
1865 To
Nov. 28th. The Hurlford Curling Club
To 8 pair Marble Polished Curling Stones with handles fitted in
@ 33/- per pair ... £13/4/-
(For the benefit of those not familiar with pounds, shillings and pence, before decimalisation in 1971 there were twenty shillings per pound. The shilling was subdivided into twelve pennies. Thirty-three shillings (33/-) was one pound thirteen shillings.)
In 1876 a special pair of handles of silver and buffalo horn sold by Cowan cost One pound sixteen shillings.
From the above figures it will be very apparent that the stones presented to the Prince of Wales were very expensive indeed.
David B Smith.
Captions:
1. Photograph of the Prince of Wales’s stones.
2. Drawing of the stones from The Illustrated London News.
Labels: curling history, curling stones, Prince of Wales's stones
The Daily Graphic 1890
Despite numbers of curling clubs in England, particularly in the northern counties of that country, the popular press - or, in fact, the press in general - treated the game as a peculiarly Scots pastime and every time there was a considerable frost regaled the readers with anecdotes of the peculiar doings of their northern neighbours.
The Daily Graphic newspaper was founded in January 1890 as Britain’s first, illustrated daily paper. The illustrations were much sketchier than those in The Illustrated London News, The Graphic and some other weekly papers, because the artists had much more time to produce finished work for them.
In December 1890 there was a great frost. The Thames froze over from bank to bank at Twickenham for over a mile from Eel-pie Island to Crossdeep. The curlers of Crystal Palace Curling Club were able to play for the first time for several years. Back home in Scotland the Scots curled too, as was evidenced by the plethora of reports of matches for district medals, and local medals, and provincial medals, in the subsequent Annual of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club.
The new illustrated daily was not to be outdone. Page 7 of the edition of December 25 carried an argument FOR curling in England, and page 14 a small article and a sketch of 'The Roaring Game' at 'Dudingstone near Edinburgh.'
Here is the sketch:
The caption is: CURLING IN SCOTLAND: THE 'ROARING GAME' AT DUDINGSTONE, NEAR EDINBURGH.
The artist obviously knew the place. Not only are the Scots attired like Scots - one is wearing the kilt - but the octagonal curling house, built by the Duddingston Curling Society in 1826, is clearly recognisable. (A scheme for its refurbishment is underway at present.)
And here is the article:
“The frost had long held London in its grasp before being felt in Scotland, but now its spell has been cast over the whole of the north country. In anticipation of the icy touch, curlers and others had made due preparation, and they are enjoying their favourite sport. Several bonspiels of considerable importance have already been played with the enthusiasm which invariably animates the brethren of the broom. The game, which has been sung by the poets and painted by the artists of the land, has drawn all sorts and conditions of men around the sticks. In the excitement which prevails as well-aimed stones dash across the hog-score to the broughs or (culminating triumph!) to the tee, social, political, and other differences all disappear. A story is just told of a nobleman who after a poor attempt was greeted by his skip, the local blacksmith, with the curiously-mixed remark, 'That’s na shot ava ye idiot – my lord.' The utmost good fellowship, however, pervades the ranks of the curlers; and after a dinner of 'beef and greens', their traditional fare, they pledge each other heartily in the white wine of the country."
The other passage argued for the 'acclimatisation' of the game in England, just as had been achieved with golf by 1890.
“CURLING IN ENGLAND
If curling can flourish in Scotland in spite of the fact that sometimes winter passes winter without giving a single chance of playing a really great match, why should it not also flourish in England, where there is a greater chance of frost than in any part of Scotland? For, curious as it may appear, the mean temperature of December and January is lower in the English Midlands, and even in the country between the Thames and the English Channel than in any part of Scotland, except the coldest of the central counties or the tops of the Highland hills. This winter, indeed, the normal difference between England and Scotland has been greatly intensified. It may be that in spite of the continuous winter frost it is not possible to acclimatise the game in England, but, just as the game of golf has found a home in the south as well as in the north, so it ought to be quite possible to carry to the south the game which for generations has been the favourite one of the north when the days are at the shortest and the frost of the keenest.”
Can anyone suggest why, more than a hundred years later, the game has achieved scarcely a toe-hold in England?
David B Smith
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Potential Role for AMP-Activated Protein Kinase in Hypoglycemia Sensing in the Ventromedial Hypothalamus
Rory J. McCrimmon,
Xiaoning Fan,
Yuyan Ding,
Wanling Zhu,
Ralph J. Jacob and
Robert S. Sherwin
From the Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Robert S. Sherwin, MD, Yale University School of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, 300 Cedar St., PO Box 208020, New Haven, CT 06520-8020. E-mail: robert.sherwin{at}yale.edu
Diabetes 2004 Aug; 53(8): 1953-1958. https://doi.org/10.2337/diabetes.53.8.1953
The mechanisms by which specialized glucose-sensing neurons within the hypothalamus are able to detect a falling blood glucose remain largely unknown but may be linked to some gauge of neuronal energy status. We sought to test the hypothesis that AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), an intracellular kinase purported to act as a fuel sensor, plays a role in hypoglycemia sensing in the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) of the Sprague-Dawley rat by chemically activating AMPK in vivo through bilateral microinjection, before performing hyperinsulinemic-hypoglycemic or hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp studies. In a subgroup of rats, H3-glucose was infused to determine glucose kinetics. The additional chemical activation by AICAR of AMPK in the VMH during hypoglycemia markedly reduced the amount of exogenous glucose required to maintain plasma glucose during hypoglycemia, an effect that was almost completely accounted for by a three- to fourfold increase in hepatic glucose production in comparison to controls. In contrast, no differences were seen between groups in hypoglycemia-induced rises in the principal counterregulatory hormones. In conclusion, activation of AMPK within the VMH may play an important role in hypoglycemia sensing. The combination of hypoglycemia- and AICAR-induced AMPK activity appears to result in a marked stimulus to hepatic glucose counterregulation.
AICAR, 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide
AMPK, AMP-activated protein kinase
GIR, glucose infusion rate
HGP, hepatic glucose production
VMH, ventromedial hypothalamus
The importance of glucose as a fuel, especially for the brain, ensures that numerous homeostatic mechanisms have evolved that serve to maintain the blood glucose within a relatively narrow physiological range. In type 1 diabetes, supraphysiological insulin replacement therapy and defective glucose counterregulatory mechanisms combine to disrupt normal glucose homeostasis and significantly increase the risk of hypoglycemia (1). As clinicians strive to lower average blood glucose levels further in an attempt to reduce complications related to chronic hyperglycemia, the risk of hypoglycemia increases further (2).
To intervene therapeutically to reduce the risk of hypoglycemia, a greater understanding is required of the mechanisms that have evolved to detect incipient hypoglycemia and to trigger a counterregulatory response. Hypoglycemia detection is thought to occur in specialized glucose-sensing neurons within the portal venous system (3–5) and brain (6–10), with the brain probably playing a predominant role. Within the brain, neurons whose activity appears to be directly linked to fluctuations in the glucose concentration to which they are exposed have been localized to the ventromedial hypothalamus (11) and to the brain stem (12,13). The mechanisms by which these systems are able to detect a falling glucose remain largely unknown. However, given that neurons, with few exceptions, have no significant energy stores, it is likely that neural output within these sensing regions is linked to either metabolism within the neuron or to some gauge of its energy status. To date, most work has focused on the possibility that glucose-sensing neurons use molecular mechanisms similar to those of the pancreatic β-cell (14).
AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a serine/threonine kinase that has been proposed to function as an intracelullar fuel gauge (12,13,15). Activation of AMPK follows a rise in AMP concentration, as well as phosphorylation by a kinase kinase (AMPK kinase) (16). AMPK then in turn phosphorylates a number of proteins involved in the regulation of cellular metabolism, including hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase (17), acetyl-CoA carboxylase (18), hormone-sensitive lipase (19), and glycogen synthase (20). AMPK is expressed in a wide variety of tissues, including liver, lung, heart, skeletal muscle, and brain (21–25). In the brain, AMPK is widely expressed, with immunostaining revealing a mainly neuronal distribution of all isoforms (24).
To test the hypothesis that AMPK within the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) of the rat brain might play a significant role in the detection of hypoglycemia, we have examined in vivo the effect of localized chemical activation of AMPK, using the agent 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide (AICAR), on glucose counterregulation during systemic hypoglycemia.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
Male Sprague-Dawley rats (weight 250–350 g) were housed in the Yale Animal Resource Center, fed a standard pellet diet (Agway Prolab 3000), and maintained on a 12-h/12-h day/night cycle. The animal care and experimental protocols were reviewed and approved by the Yale Animal Care and Use Committee.
One week before each study, all animals were anesthetized with an intraperitoneal injection (1 ml/kg) of a mixture of xylazine (20 mg/ml AnaSed; Lloyd Laboratories, Shenandoah, IA) and ketamine (100 mg/ml Ketaset; Aveco, Fort Dodge, IA) in a ratio of 1:2 (vol:vol). The animals initially underwent vascular surgery in which chronic vascular catheters were positioned in a carotid artery and jugular vein before being flushed and filled with heparin (942 units/ml) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (1.7 g/ml). The catheters were then plugged, tunneled subcutaneously around the side of the neck, and externalized behind the head through a skin incision. Following this procedure, and while the animals remained anesthetized, microinjection guide cannulas were bilaterally inserted using stereotactic techniques. The guide cannulas were positioned above the VMH, such that when the microinjectors were inserted, the tip of the microinjector was in the VMH. For sterotaxic surgery, the animals were placed in a stereotactic frame and the skull then exposed through a midline incision. Holes were drilled bilaterally through the skull vault through chosen coordinates and microinjection guide cannulas lowered slowly into the brain. The stereotaxic coordinates from bregma were AP −2.6 mm, ML ±3.8 mm, and DV −8.3 mm at an angle of 20° (26). The coordinates were chosen so that the tip of the guide cannulae lie 1 mm proximal to the target area for microinjection. As a further control, four additional rats had guide cannulas inserted bilaterally into the frontal cortex (coordinates AP 2.7 mm, ML ±2.6 mm, and DV −2.0 mm). All animals were then allowed to recover for 7–10 days and subsequently studied in the overnight-fasted state, awake, and unrestrained.
Microinjection.
On the morning of the study, 22-gauge microinjection needles, designed to extend 1 mm beyond the tip of the guide cannula (Plastics One, Roanoke, VA), were inserted through the guide cannula bilaterally into each VMH. The study rat was then microinjected over 5 min with 0.5 μl (0.1 μl/min; total dose 16 ng) of either 100 μmol AICAR (5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide; Sigma-Alderich) dissolved in 0.9% saline or 0.9% saline as a control, using a CMA-102 infusion pump (CMA Microdialysis, N. Chelmsford, MA). Following microinjection the needles were left in place for 5 min before being removed. At the end of the study, the rats were killed and probe position histologically confirmed in all rats.
Infusion protocol.
All animals were fasted overnight. On the morning of the study, the vascular catheters were opened and maintained patent by a slow infusion of saline (20 μl/min). During the first 90 min, animals were allowed to settle and recover from any stress of handling. Thirty minutes (t = −30 min) before the commencement of the hyperinsulinemic glucose clamp, each animal was microinjected with either AICAR or control as described above. Thereafter, a hyperinsulinemic-hypoglycemic clamp technique, as adapted for the rat (27), was used to provide a standardized hypoglycemic stimulus. At time zero, a 2-h, 10 mU · kg−1 · min−1 infusion of human regular insulin (Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN) was begun. The plasma glucose was allowed to fall to ∼2.8 mmol/l and was then maintained at this level for 120 min using a variable rate 10% dextrose infusion based on frequent plasma glucose determinations. In a separate group of rats following the microinjection of AICAR, a hyperinsulinemic (10 mU · kg−1 · min−1)-euglycemic (∼6.9 mmol/l) clamp was performed. Samples for glucose, insulin, epinephrine, and glucagon were obtained at regular intervals during the baseline and hypoglycemic states.
The study groups were VMH-AICAR hypoglycemia (n = 12), VMH-control hypoglycemia (n = 11), VMH-AICAR euglycemia (n = 6), VMH-control euglycemia (n = 5), and frontal cortex–AICAR hypoglycemia (n = 4).
In addition, in a subset of study groups 1 (n = 6) and 2 (n = 5), an infusion of H3-glucose was started at t = −120 min and continued throughout the hypoglycemia studies to compare the effects of VMH-AICAR versus VMH-control on rates of endogenous glucose production (Ra) and peripheral glucose utilization (Rd) during insulin-induced hypoglycemia.
Analytical procedures.
Plasma levels of glucose were measured by the glucose oxidase method (Beckman, Fullerton, CA). Catecholamine analysis was performed by high-performance liquid chromatography using electrochemical detection (ESA, Acton, MA), and plasma insulin and glucagon were measured by radioimmunoassay (Linco, St. Charles, MO). All data are expressed as the mean ± SE and analyzed statistically using repeated-measures ANOVA followed by post hoc testing to localize significant effects as indicated (SPSS version 11.0 for Windows).
Hypoglycemia studies.
Plasma glucose profiles during the hyperinsulinemic-hypoglycemic clamp studies and following microinjection of AICAR or control into the VMH are shown in Fig. 1A. Mean (±SE) plasma glucose achieved in each group (60–120 min) was 2.6 ± 0.1 mg/dl for the AICAR group and 2.7 ± 0.1 mg/dl for controls, levels that did not differ significantly (F = 0.9, P = NS). Glucose infusion rates (GIRs), however, differed markedly between groups, with the VMH-AICAR–injected rats requiring significantly less exogenous glucose to maintain the hypoglycemic plateau (F = 38.9, P < 0.01) (Fig. 1B). Over the last 60 min of the hypoglycemic clamp, the mean GIR was 2.3 ± 0.8 vs. 9.5 ± 1.0 mg · kg−1 · min−1 in the AICAR-injected versus control rats.
The tracer studies revealed that the differences in GIR were completely accounted for by an increased Ra (11.0 ± 2.3 vs. 3.1 ± 2.3 mg · kg−1 · min−1; F = 5.6, P < 0.05) (Fig. 2A) during hypoglycemia in VMH-AICAR–injected rats. No significant differences were apparent between VMH-AICAR–and control-injected rats with respect to Rd (13.6 ± 2.8 vs. 12.1 ± 2.2 mg · kg−1 · min−1; F = 0.2, P = NS) (Fig. 2B).
Interestingly, plasma epinephrine (Fig. 3A), glucagon (Fig. 3B), and norepinephrine responses to hypoglycemia did not differ between VMH-AICAR and control groups, showing overall mean rises of 10,277 ± 1,053 vs. 11,134 ± 1,190 pmol/l (F = 1.4, P = NS), 193 ± 36 vs. 228 ± 32 ng/l (F = 0.1, P = NS), and 2.1 ± 0.2 vs. 2.2 ± 0.2 nmol/l (F = 0.3, P = NS), respectively. No significant differences were found when separate analyses of hormone concentrations at individual time points (60, 90, and 120 min) were made.
As shown in Table 1, VMH-AICAR and VMH-control animals did not differ significantly during hyperinsulinemic euglycemia with respect to GIR (F = 0.6, P = NS), plasma epinephrine (F = 0.1, P = NS), plasma glucagon (F = 0.9, P = NS), or plasma norepinephrine (F = 3.8, P = NS).
To determine whether chemical activation of AMPK in an alternative brain region might effect glucose counterregulation during hypoglycemia, AICAR was injected bilaterally into the frontal cortex before the induction of hypoglycemia. We found no significant differences between these rats and VMH-control rats with respect to GIR (7.2 ± 1.2 mg · kg−1 · min−1; F = 2.2, P = NS vs. VMH-control), epinephrine (mean rise 8,711 ± 1,124 pmol/l; F = 1.4, P = NS vs. VMH-control), norepinephrine (mean rise 3.2 ± 0.5 nmol/l; F = 3.2, P = NS vs. VMH-control), or glucagon (mean rise 212 ± 44 ng/l; F = 0.1, P = NS vs. VMH-control).
The data presented in this study are consistent with the hypothesis that AMPK may play a role in the detection of hypoglycemia by specialized glucose-sensing neurons in the VMH. We have demonstrated that the additional chemical activation of AMPK during hypoglycemia by AICAR resulted in a significant reduction in the amount of exogenous glucose required by the rat to maintain moderate hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia and that the difference in GIRs was totally accounted for by an increase in endogenous Ra. This finding suggests that in the VMH, AMPK activation by hypoglycemia culminates in the generation of a nonhormonally mediated signal that acts to stimulate endogenous glucose production. To the best of our knowledge, our data therefore provide the first in vivo evidence implicating AMPK in the glucose-sensing mechanisms used by the VMH.
AMPK is thought to act as an intracellular fuel gauge that becomes activated by a decrease in the ATP-to-ADP ratio through mechanisms involving phosphorylation by one or more upstream AMPK kinases, allosteric activation, and a decrease in the inhibitory action of phosphatases (15). Increased AMPK activity results in the stimulation of glucose uptake by the muscle, fatty acid oxidation in muscle and liver, and the inhibition of hepatic glucose production (HGP), cholesterol, and triglyceride synthesis, as well as in lipogenesis (28). The role of AMPK within the brain is less well documented. The 1α and 2α catalytic and β and γ noncatalytic subunits of AMPK are widely expressed in brain (21,24). In the mouse, AMPK shows a mainly neuronal distribution, although the 2α catalytic subunit is also found in activated astrocytes (24). Consistent with a potential role for AMPK in regulating cellular metabolism in response to energy depletion is the finding that those brain regions with the highest level of AMPK expression are also those with the highest rates of glucose utilization (24). AICAR is rapidly taken up into cells and phosphorylated intracellularly to form the AMP analog ZMP, which activates AMPK usually without changes in AMP or ATP. However, the utility of AICAR as an activator of AMPK is limited by the accumulation of its triphosphorylated form (ZTP), which could potentially act as an ATP analog, by ZMP mimicking the effect of AMP on other AMP-sensitive enzymes and by AICAR activating adenosine receptors. Despite these reservations, AICAR has become a widely used and important method for activating AMPK (29). Evidence for its specificity for AMPK was demonstrated in those studies, which showed that AICAR could mimic the effect of AMPK activation to stimulate glucose uptake in muscle (30,31) but could not stimulate glucose uptake in mice carrying a kinase-dead AMPK mutant in muscle (32). Overall, we feel it highly likely that VMH microinjection of AICAR has resulted in the chemical activation of AMPK, but we cannot exclude additional effects. There is a need to develop new methods to specifically activate AMPK.
The unexpected finding in the present study was that chemical activation of AMPK in the VMH resulted in increased endogenous Ra during hypoglycemia and that this did not appear to occur exclusively through a hormonally mediated mechanism. Given that this effect was not seen with AICAR microinjection in the frontal cortex, it is likely to result from a local hypothalamic effect of AMPK activation. The observed increase in Ra most likely resulted from a stimulation to HGP, although potential contributions from other gluconeogenic organs such as the kidney cannot be excluded. Non–hormonally mediated changes in HGP during hypoglycemia are well recognized (33) and result from both direct neural stimulation and the liver’s ability to self-regulate HGP under conditions of severe hypoglycemia (hepatic autoregulation). It has been shown that hyperglycemia can be induced through electrical stimulation of splanchnic or hepatic nerves in animals that have undergone adrenalectomy and/or pancreatectomy (34,35). In addition, Shimazu, Fukuda, and Ban (36) have shown that stimulation of the VMH specifically results in increased hepatic glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis. Combined with the current study, these data suggest the possibility of a direct neural link from the hypothalamus to the liver (and less likely the kidney) that is capable of significantly reversing the suppressive effect of hyperinsulinemia on endogenous glucose production. It remains possible that the action of this neural signal could be to increase the sensitivity of the liver to the stimulatory effect of circulating counterregulatory hormones on hepatic glucose output, but the fact that peripheral glucose utilization was higher, albeit not significantly so, in the AICAR-injected rats would argue against an increased sensitivity to catecholamines.
It remains to be explained why we saw no additional effect of AICAR on the counterregulatory hormone response to hypoglycemia. If AMPK is an integral part of the glucose-sensing system, then we might have expected to see additional changes in the counterregulatory hormones (i.e., the additional stimulus to AMPK in the AICAR-injected group emulating severe hypoglycemia centrally). It is conceivable that a separate signaling system exists within the VMH to stimulate counterregulatory hormonal and hepatic responses to hypoglycemia. Alternatively, it is possible that the counterregulatory hormonal response to the specific hypoglycemia stimulus used may already have been near-maximally activated in these rats. The addition of AICAR may have caused hypothalamic glucose sensors to perceive the presence of a more pronounced hypoglycemic stimulus, which has resulted in the activation of other nonhormonal mechanisms, providing a further stimulus to directly increase endogenous glucose production.
There are now numerous reports indicating that the VMH plays a critical role in hypoglycemia sensing (7–9). Specialized glucose-sensing neurons that are stimulated by a rise in glucose (glucose-excited neurons) or that are inhibited by a rise in glucose (glucose-inhibited neurons) have been localized to the VMH (11). The mechanisms used by these specialized neurons remains largely unknown, although recent evidence suggests that there may be parallels with pancreatic β-cell glucose sensing (14). As in the β-cell, ATP-sensitive K+ channels have been shown in vitro to modulate activity of glucose-excited neurons (14,37). Given that AICAR microinjection to the VMH had no effect on GIRs, epinephrine, or glucagon during hyperinsulinemic euglycemia, our data suggest that AMPK is also integral to hypoglycemia sensing. The fact that AICAR had no effect under euglycemic conditions may at first glance appear surprising given that AMPK activity is liable to be low under basal conditions. In vitro cell culture modeling studies have shown that AMPK exhibits an ultrasensitive response to elevation of the activating nucleoside monophosphate (38). This ultrasensitivity arises from at least two factors, namely, that the primary signal AMP acts at more than one step in the cascade and that under basal conditions, the upstream kinase is fully saturated with the downstream kinase (38). As such, the relationship between AMP concentration and AMPK activity is sigmoidal, with a small change in AMP over a critical range having a pronounced effect on AMP activation (38). Under euglycemic conditions, AMP concentrations are low and the upstream kinase is fully saturated. Moreover, ZMP produced after AICAR administration is ∼50-fold less potent than AMP at activating AMPK (38), and under these conditions, we suspect that the intracellular change in AMP/ZMP is insufficient to activate AMPK. However, during hypoglycemia, adenylate cyclase is activated, converting ADP to ATP and AMP and more markedly increasing intracellular AMP. Under these conditions, we believe that the chemically induced rise in ZMP results in a much more marked activation of AMPK.
It is unknown whether AMPK is acting independently of or plays an integral part in the classical glucose-sensing pathway. Intriguingly, recent data have emerged to suggest that changes in hypothalamic fat oxidation can directly alter endogenous glucose production (39,40). Obici et al. (40) demonstrated that pharmacological inhibition of, or decreased expression of, carnitine palmityltransferase-1 (CPT-1) in the hypothalamus, acting via a reduction in fatty acid oxidation or the accumulation of long-chain fatty acid-CoA, served as a signal to suppress hepatic glucose output. They proposed that hypothalamic neurons might have the ability to act as “nutrient” sensors and could subsequently generate signals that modulate energy homeostasis and hepatic insulin action. AMPK activation in the hypothalamus, through its known stimulatory effect on fat oxidation (18), would be expected to have the reverse effect if this was true, and, as such, our data are in support of this hypothesis. Moreover, leptin has recently been shown to stimulate fat oxidation by activating AMPK in muscle and to exert additional delayed effects on fat oxidation in muscle through a central hypothalamic-sympathetic effect (41). Taken together with the data from the present study, we hypothesize that AMPK serves as a key downstream signaling enzyme linking both nutrient- and fuel-sensing pathways in the hypothalamus.
At t = −30 min, male Sprague-Dawley rats received bilateral VMH microinjections of 100 μmol AICAR (▴) or control (□), and at t = 0 min, an infusion of insulin (10 mU · kg−1 · min−1) was initiated to induced hypoglycemia. Plasma glucose profiles (A) and GIRs (mg · kg−1 · min−1) (B) required to maintain plasma glucose at 2.6 mmol/l are shown for each group of animals. Values are shown as mean ± SE.
In a subgroup of rats, an infusion of [H3]glucose was started at t = −120 min and continued throughout the hyperinsulinemic-hypoglycemic clamp studies to allow calculation of glucose kinetics. Ra (A) and Rd (B) are shown for AICAR (▴)- and control (□)-microinjected groups. Values are shown as mean ± SE.
Samples for the principal counterregulatory hormones, plasma epinephrine (A) and plasma glucagon (B), were taken at baseline (−30 min), after microinjection of 100 μmol AICAR (▴) or control (□) (0 min), and in response to hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia (60, 90, and 120 min) and did not differ among groups. Values are shown as mean ± SE.
Effect of VMH microinjection of AICAR or control under basal and hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic conditions on plasma glucose, epinephrine, and glucagon.
This work was supported by a research grant from the National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK; no. 20495) and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Center for the Study of Hypoglycemia at Yale. The NIDDK also supported the Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center. R.J.M. is the recipient of a Career Development Award from the JDRF.
The authors are grateful to Aida Grozsmann and Andrea Belous for technical support and assistance. They also appreciate the helpful advise provided by Dr. Ewan McNay.
Received December 22, 2003.
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Doing Well by Doing Good: The New Corporate Citizenship
Stakeholders are taking a closer look at companies’ impact on society, and expectations for good corporate citizenship are rising. To meet these expectations, many leading organizations are making social impact a core part of their strategies and identities.
Today, issues including diversity and inclusion, gender pay equity, income inequality, immigration, and global warming are being openly discussed by individuals, families, and political leaders around the world. Deloitte’s 2018 Global Human Capital Trends research finds that many stakeholders are frustrated with political solutions to these problems and increasingly expect businesses to do their part to address them. As a result, corporate citizenship no longer falls simply into a corporate social responsibility (CSR) program, an isolated marketing initiative, or a campaign led by the chief human resources officer (CHRO). It is now a CEO-level business strategy that can define an organization’s very identity.
Many C-suite executives are now holding their companies to higher standards. In this year’s survey, 77 percent of respondents cite citizenship as important, and 36 percent rate it as very important. The term citizenship can refer to everything an organization does that affects society. It is a company’s ability to do social good and account for its actions—externally among customers, communities, and society, and internally among employees and corporate stakeholders.
An Era of Transparency
What is driving the intense focus on citizenship? First, organizations now operate in a highly transparent world. Internal and external behavior is almost impossible to hide. In 2017, dozens of stories about gender bias, unequal pay, and poor executive behavior made the headlines. Any mistreatment of customers can be instantly filmed and shared with a global audience. And in 2018, for the first time, most U.S. public companies will be required to disclose their CEO pay ratio, which compares the CEO’s compensation to employees’ median pay.¹
Second, millennials, who make up more than half the workforce in many countries, have high expectations, on average, for corporate responsibility. A 2017 study by Deloitte finds that millennials are becoming increasingly sensitive to how their organizations address issues such as income inequality, hunger, and the environment. Eighty-eight percent of surveyed millennials believe employers should play a vital role in alleviating these concerns, and 86 percent say business success should be measured by more than profitability.
Third, corporate citizenship now directly affects customer and employee brand. A study finds that 67 percent of employees prefer to work for socially responsible companies, and 55 percent of consumers will pay extra for products sold by companies committed to having a positive social impact. The most recent Deloitte millennial study also reveals that millennial employees who believe their employer supports the local community are 38 percent more likely to stay at that employer for five years.
A strong corporate citizenship record can affect more than a company’s brand—it can also affect the bottom line. A longitudinal study of purpose-focused companies found they outperformed their S&P 500 peers by a factor of eight.² The investment community also appears to have taken notice: A study of 22,000 investment professionals found that 78 percent have increased their investments in CSR-focused firms.
Many organizations are responding to the demand for good citizenship and the growing link between social impact and financial performance. Target announced it would increase pay for retail employees to $15 per hour by 2020—twice the U.S. federal minimum wage. The company also offers employees shopping discounts, tuition reimbursement, and flexible schedules. Salesforce donates 1 percent of its profits to charities and gives employees a full week of time off to volunteer each year.³
Organizations across many industries put citizenship at the core of their mission. Tesla defines its business as “accelerating the advent of sustainable transport.” This has helped the company broaden its value statement to give investors a sense of societal impact. And Bank of America focuses on responsible growth, “guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through environmental, social, and governance leadership.”
Embracing Social Responsibility
Despite these high-profile examples, many other organizations appear less committed to effectively integrate citizenship into overall strategy. In this year’s Global Human Capital Trends survey, only 18 percent of respondents say citizenship is a top priority reflected in corporate strategy (Figure 1). The survey also finds that 34 percent of respondents have few or poorly funded citizenship programs, and 22 percent admit to having none.
The survey results indicate that companies have a unique opportunity to make citizenship a core part of strategy and identity. CMOs can partner with their C-suite counterparts to position the corporate citizenship strategy in ways that strengthen the organization’s overall brand. They can collaborate with the CIO to promote initiatives via internal and external technology channels, leveraging data and insights from social media, for example. Marketers also can partner with the CFO to identify and communicate citizen-based programs’ effect on shareholder value. They can work with the CHRO to ensure the employee experience is aligned with external brand efforts. And they can team with the chief risk officer to proactively manage risks associated with citizenship activities.
By closely collaborating and moving beyond fragmented programs, business leaders can pursue a single, comprehensive, and authentic strategy that defines who the company is, what it says, and what it does. With a clear understanding of the role they can play in the world, companies can better understand, communicate, and improve the many outcomes of corporate citizenship.
—by Erica Volini, principal, and Jeff Schwartz, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP; and Josh Bersin, founder and principal, Bersin by Deloitte, Deloitte Consulting LLP
1. Peter Eavis, “S.E.C. approves rule on C.E.O. pay ratio,” New York Times, August 5, 2015.
2. Rajendra Sisodia, David Wolfe, and Jagdish Sheth, Firms of Endearment: How World-Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose (Upper Saddle River, NJ: FT Press, 2007).
3. Salesforce, “Take the pledge” and “Employee volunteering & giving,” accessed February 28, 2018.
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Medical | Contacts
To enter, update, or delete a contact record, complete the following steps from the AWARDS Home screen:
Click Charts from the left-hand menu, and then click Medical. The Medical fly-out menu is displayed.
Click Contacts. The Contacts index page is displayed.
Click the Program drop-down arrow in the upper-right corner of the page and select the program associated with the client for whom contact records are to be worked with.
Click the Client drop-down arrow and select the client for whom contact records are to be worked with.
TIP: If the contact records to be worked with are for a former (discharged) client, first click the Archives toggle to the right of the client selection option.
The index page is automatically refreshed to display any existing contact records for the selected client.
TIP: When working on the index page, records are easily accessible using the following tools and navigation features:
"Show Records" display options - By default the index displays all current contact records (those with no end date, or with an end date that is in the future). To expand the display to include all existing contact records for the client instead, click All under "Show Records" in the left-hand menu.
Sorting options - By default the index is sorted alphabetically by role, then by whether it is a primary contact, and finally alphabetically by the contact's last name. To adjust the sorting click a column header in the table to sort by that data. Clicking a column heading a second time reverses the sort order.
Navigation options - 10 records are displayed on the page by default. To access records on subsequent pages of the index (when applicable), click the arrows in the bottom-right corner of the table. To display 25 or 50 records at a time, click the Show drop-down to the left of the record count, also in the bottom-right corner, and make a selection.
Once you select records on the index, a count of how many total records are selected is displayed in the action bar. Selections are maintained while moving from one page of the index to the next; meaning, you can select records on the first page (showing records 1-10 by default) and move to the next page (displaying records 11-20) without losing the selections made on the first page. Links for Show all selected records and Uncheck All are available beneath the index table for easy navigation.
Search and filtering options - A Search field is available on the action bar along with a corresponding Filter by drop-down list. To search the contents of the index (including those records not currently displayed on the page), enter a value in the Search field. The index is automatically updated as you type. To further narrow your search, use the Filter by selection to indicate whether the search should look at data in "All Columns" (the default) or a specific column.
ReporBuilder access - The Contacts ReportBuilder link on the left-hand menu bar provides a shortcut to access the ReportBuilder for this feature. For instructions on using that ReportBuilder, click here.
At this time, complete one or more of the following tasks as needed:
Add a new contact record - To do so, click the Add New icon from the action bar above the records table. A new data entry page is displayed. Configure the fields and options on this page as necessary, and then click Save. The record is saved, and a confirmation page is displayed.
NOTE: Once a contact record is saved, a "Contact Methods" subsection of the record becomes available for data entry. This subsection can be accessed for data entry as needed using the left-hand menu. Keep in mind that the subsection has its own sub-index and Save button for data entry purposes.
TIP: For more information on each field/option available on the data entry page, see Contacts Fields / Options.
Update an existing contact record - To do so, click the record to be updated, or click the checkbox to the left of that record and then click the Edit icon from the action bar above the records table. The data entry page is displayed. Make changes to the information on this page as needed, and then click Save. The contact record is saved, and a confirmation page is displayed.
View or print an existing contact record - To do so, click the checkbox to the left the record to be viewed/printed, and then click the View icon from the action bar above the records table. A read-only version of the record is displayed and can be printed as needed using your browser's print option.
Delete an existing contact record - To do so, click the checkbox(es) to the left of the record(s) to be deleted, and then click the Delete icon from the action bar above the records table. A confirmation message is displayed. Click OK to proceed with the deletion. The selected record(s) are deleted and the updated index is displayed.
Return to the Contacts index - To do so, click the To Index icon from the action bar while working in a contact record to return to the index page. You can also return to the index page at any time by clicking Contacts from the breadcrumbs trail below the AWARDS navigation bar.
The process of working with contacts records is now complete.
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Study Says "You" Create Your Own False Information
Sumbo Bello Dec 24, 2019 at 7:30 pm GMT
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There are various sources of misinformation in this digital age. From political blogs to news outlets, the media is currently filled with false information on controversial topics.
But, according to a study from Ohio State University, you may be contributing more to the misinformation than you thought.
For example, a recent study suggests that the number of Mexican immigrants in the United States had declined. However, the number goes against people’s beliefs, so they tend to remember the opposite.
So, the more people pass the misinformation along, the farther the number drifts from the truth.
Speaking about the study, lead author and assistant professor of communication at Ohio State University, Jason Coronel said:
“People can self-generate their misinformation. It doesn’t all come from external sources. They may not be doing it purposely, but their own biases can lead them astray. And the problem becomes larger when they share their self-generated misinformation with others.”
The researchers published the study online in the journal Human Communication Research. Here’s a summary of their findings.
How You Create Your False Information
The Ohio State University team conducted two studies.
In the first study, the researchers presented participants with numerical pieces of information on four societal issues. While the first two issues matched people’s perception of the topic, the other two didn’t.
For example, the general belief is that the population of Mexican immigrants in the United States increased between 2007 and 2014. Meanwhile, the number dropped from 12.8 million in 2007 to 11.7 million in 2014.
Findings from the first study suggested that people will remember the numerical relationship when the statistics are consistent with how they view the world. However, when the numbers go against their perception, the participants recognized it in a way that supported their bias.
“We had instances where participants got the numbers exactly correct—11.7 and 12.8—but they would flip them around,” Coronel said.
“They weren’t guessing—they got the numbers right. But their biases were leading them to misremember the direction they were going.”
How We Spread Misinformation in Our Daily Lives
For the second part of the study, the researchers wanted to understand how the memory distortion spread. How does this misinformation grow in our everyday lives?
So, they designed a study that’s similar to the game of “telephone.”
The first person in the telephone chain would see the accurate statistics on the Mexican immigrants living in the United States. They would then write it down and pass the information along to the second person.
Similarly, the second person would repeat the process and pass it to the third, and so on. As you may have guessed, the participants were spreading false information, and the error only got more substantial by the end of the chain.
The average participant said that the Mexican immigrants in the United States increased by 4.6 million in the last seven years.
Like most researches, the telephone game study had some limitations. However, it suggests that misinformation in the outside world is just as significant as the internal sources.
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Tennessee Guardian of Minor Power of Attorney Form is a limited legal document utilized by the parent(s) or guardian(s) only to be used upon an event that is specified: for example, an extended hospital stay, serious illness, temporary loss of employment, etc. Unlike most states, this document will not necessarily allow educational enrollment and may limit other powers. A school district or physician may or may not accept this document as power, other documentation may be required. This document must be type or printed and may be revoked at any time.
Laws – § 34-6-301 to § 34-6-310
1 – Obtain A Copy Of This Power Appointment Form To Deliver Guardian/Caregiver Powers Over A Minor
The file available on this page through the buttons under the preview picture of the template will supply the structure and language necessary to apply Principal Powers over a minor to a Caregiver. Only the Minor’s Parents or Court Appointed Guardian can issue such Powers. Download a copy of this form, fill it out, then present it to the Parent/Court Appointed Guardian and Caregiver (Attorney-in-Fact or Agent) so they may provide some required acknowledgments and approvals.
2 – Produce A Clear Report On The Identity And Status Of Each Party Involved
This document will present several numbered areas where the information, acknowledgments, and approvals required to grant a Caregiver Principal Powers over a Minor or Child can be presented in a defined structure. TO begin, we must record the Full Name of the Child or Minor we are concerned with on the line labeled “1. Minor Child’s Name.” The next items will be labeled “2. Mother/Legal Guardian’s Name & Address” and “3. Father/Legal Guardian’s Name & Address.” Utilize the blank lines supplied in each of these items to record the Name of the individual currently charged with the Child’s Welfare. Thus, enter the Mother, Father, and/or Current Guardian’s Full Name(s) and Complete Address(es) in these items. In the fourth item (“4. Caregiver’s Name & Address”), the Legal Name and Complete Residential Address of the intended Caregiver should be documented. This is the individual who will be granted the Principal Power and Responsibility in taking care of the Child/Minor. In the fifth item, a choice of statements has been presented so the status of the Child/Minor’s Parents’ Status. If both Parents are alive and will supply their Signatures to this document then, place an “X” or a check mark in the first parentheses. If “One Parent Is Deceased” then, mark the second statement. If both parents are alive and will sign this document but only one currently has custody of the Child/Minor, then mark the third checkbox. In case only one Parent has custody of the child and the other Parent’s whereabouts are unknown despite attempting to find them to serve notice (as per § 34-6-305)
3 – Describe When The Caregiver Will Be Granted Principal Powers And What Those Principal Powers Are
The Parental Principal Powers that will be delivered to the Caregiver will need to have a specific catalyst event to put them in Effect. In the sixth item, mark the parentheses that describes this event adequately. If these Powers go in Effect upon the Parent/Current Guardian’s debilitating illness or his or her incarceration, then select the first statement. The second statement should be selected to put these Powers into Effect, if/when the Principal/Current Guardian is detained, removed, or deported. The third statement should be marked if the Principal Powers here should be granted if/when the Child’s home is lost due to a Natural Disaster. The fourth statement will set the Parental Principal Powers as Effective if the Parent/Current Guardian must be hospitalized and/or needs medical and mental treatment (i.e. a heart attack, drug abuse, mental disease). The fifth statement will give the Caregiver these Principal Powers if the Parent/Current Guardian and/or Child falls into a physical and mental condition that prevents proper supervision. If another event will catalyze these Parental Powers into effect, then document this event on the blank lines after the word “Other (Please Describe)” One of these statements must be determined as the method defining when the Parental Powers are granted to the intended Caregiver. The seventh item (“7. I/We The Undersigned, Authorize the Named Caregiver”) will document what the Parental Powers being delegated to the intended Caregiver are and thus, in what capacity, the Caregiver will care for the child. One, some or all of the Power Statements in this item can be applied. If the intended Caregiver can “Enroll The Child In School” and after-school activities then mark the first statement. To appoint the Caregiver with the Parental Principal Power to seek and obtain “Medical, Dental, And Mental Health Treatment” for the Child/Minor, mark the second statement. The Parent/Current Guardian appoint the Caregiver with the Principal Power to see to the Child/Minor’s “Food, Lodging, Housing, Recreation, And Travel.” The Parent can also give specific Principal Powers to the Caregiver. If so, then record these Powers on the blank lines supplied in the last statement and mark the parentheses.
4 – The Parent/Current Guardian and Caregiver Must Acknowledge Several Disclosures
The eighth and ninth items will each need to be initialed by the Parent/Current Guardian issuing this Authority to the Caregiver. Item 8 will state this document does not grant legal custody to the Caregiver. Item 9 will be an acknowledgment these Powers can be revoked for the reasons it lists by the entities defined. The next five statements, “Part II” will need the acknowledgment initials of the intended Caregiver. He or she must read each statement. If the Caregiver comprehends and accepts these statements as true, he or she must initial them. If not, then it is recommended you seek legal advice since these Caregiver Acknowledgements are mandatory. Part III, item number 15, will contain a disclosure statement that both the Parent/Current Gaudian(s) and the intended Caregiver must read, comprehend, and initial. This statement will hold each responsible if fraudulent enrollment of the Child in an educational facility is the result of either the Caregiver or Parent’s actions. 5 – A Notarized Signature From Each Individual Involved With this Delegation Must Be Provided
The Parent/Current Guardian(s) and the intended Caregiver must produce a notarized signature to this document for it to be executed. Three separate signature areas have been furnished for this purpose.
The Mother or Legal Guardian of the Child must sign the blank line above the words “Mother/Legal Guardian” then supply the Signature Date on the blank line labeled “Date.” The Notary Public will fill out the rest of this area to notarize the Mother or Legal Guardian’s Signature. The Father or Legal Guardian of the Child must sign the blank line labeled “Father/Legal Guardian” then record the current “Date” on the adjacent line. The remainder of this area may only be filled out by the attending Notary Public. Next, the intended Caregiver must sign his or her Name on the blank space labeled “Caregiver” then fill in his or her Signature Date on the next blank space, leaving the rest of this area to the Notary Public who will notarize his or her signing.
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We tried our best to manage the everyday challenges. I was always alert, on the ball and it seemed like I had eyes in the back of my head when looking after James. He started taking five different medications. We would dress him, bathe him, prepare his food, supervise him all the time and do just about everything for him. It was a challenge. He was so dependent on us.
Due to the complexity of caring for James, our daughter Hannah missed out on our attention. She couldn’t participate in sports or attend her friends’ parties. She couldn’t invite her friends for sleepovers due to James’ behavioural issues. We could not entertain friends or family at our home or attend their gatherings due to our caring responsibilities. We could not take James to other people’s houses due to his unacceptable social behaviour. We became isolated from family and our social network.
James wrecked many things at home. He broke our windows so many times that we had Perspex windows installed. These are durable, and even though he has banged and scratched them more than a thousand times, they are still unbroken. He has also broken plates and glasses. One time he picked up a stack of plates and just dropped them on the floor. That is when we put up the kitchen gate and purchased plastic plates. James has an iPad which he uses to watch music and videos. When I bought an iPad for myself, he wanted the new one instead. Due to his inability to express his wants verbally, he stabbed his own device with a screwdriver. I got it fixed, but he did it again, and only then did I realise that he wanted my new iPad.
When James sat on the door of our new oven, the supplier fixed the door, feeling sorry for us, but advised that it would not be fixed again. But of course, James sat on the oven door again, and (my husband) Kym had to fix it by putting a hinge on it. I put up with an oven that did not seal properly for more than 10 years. Our 63” plasma 3D television lasted eight months before James hammered the screen. When we replaced it, Kym boxed it in so James could not reach it. James has broken so many mobile phones and radios that I have lost track. It was costly but James loves to listen to music so it’s worth it. We share his joy each time we see him happy, listening to his music.
As James approached puberty, his behavioural issues continued to escalate. His violence at home became unbearable and the sleepless nights continued. He started staying at the respite home when he was 12 years old.
It was a very difficult, heartbreaking decision for our family to make, but it was the only way we would be able to function. At 15 years of age, he stayed full-time at Minda Housing’s supported accommodation. James now comes home one night a week. We finally found a happy balance.
With James living at the supported accommodation, our daughter Hannah was finally able to participate in sports and to play netball. She could invite her friends home for sleepovers and to take part in extra-curricular after school activities. We grieved over sending James to Minda. However, we had to let go so that James could be the best person that he can be.
James has become independent since he started living at Minda full-time. But due to his inability to communicate, he sometimes still expresses his frustrations in violent and unacceptable ways.
In the beginning, he went through a phase where he ripped his clothes. We were unsure what triggered this behaviour and were unable to stop it. All I could do was to keep buying and supplying new clothes for James each week. This was an expensive exercise that went on for several months.
James was 15 when he was finally toilet-trained. Also, at respite, James discovered that other kids ate a variety of food, so he started to follow their example. Now he enjoys a much healthier diet. We are grateful to the staff for their great efforts to lead James towards independence. These are significant achievements and huge milestones.
The transport schedule for James’ weekly visits home from Minda was organised for the whole term so I had to plan three months ahead for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and birthdays.
James is always busy when he is at home. I cannot imagine where he gets all his energy from. He’s so strong and such a busy young man who will hardly sit still for a minute. He is always on the go. He is constantly in and out of the front and back doors.
The Eighteen Point Five book cover
James is a happy, fun-loving person who lives life without having to worry about anything, as long as he gets what he wants. His life is straightforward and includes his love of music, dancing and performing. James loves having concerts where he dances and sings in his own ways. He is really a joy to watch. We love and adore him so much.
Life is unpredictable, but I have taken the challenge face on. I try my best to stay positive, but there are days when I’m just close to breaking down. There are times I’m unable to cope, but I have to be strong. There’s no one else or nowhere else to go. I have to keep strong for the sake of our family. But don’t get me wrong; Life with James can be challenging but I’m not complaining.
We all have our own baggage to carry, and mine happens to be my son. James has changed my perspective on life. I have learned to appreciate the small things. James filled a void in our family; he completed us. James is the centre of our universe. If James is happy, we’re all happy.
This is an edited extract from The Eighteen Point Five, which shares 25 stories from some of the 18.5 per cent of Australians who live with a disability. Concept by John Duthie, edited by Beverley Streater. RRP $27.99. Order at eighteenpointfive.com.au
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US President-elect Donald Trump said for the first time Wednesday he believes Russia was responsible for hacking ahead of the election but contemptuously rejected allegations that Moscow mounted a campaign to compromise him.
In his first news conference since winning the election, a combative Trump made clear he will not mute his style when he is inaugurated in nine days. He lashed out at media and political foes alike in a bravura performance, CNN reports.
The Trump Tower press conference confirmed the President-elect’s deep desire to quickly assert power once he’s sworn in.
He insisted on moving fast to replace Obamacare.
He also pledged swift action on building a wall along the border with Mexico and nominating a new Supreme Court justice.
At the news conference, Trump finally conceded he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intelligence agencies were behind hacks on Democratic computers ahead of the election but argued that wouldn’t happen again.
“I think it was Russia,” Trump said. Putin “should not be doing it. He won’t be doing it. Russia will have much greater respect for our country when I am leading it than when other people have led it.”
Trump, who has vowed to improve relations with Russia despite some Republican opposition, said he did not know if he would get along with Putin and noted it’s possible he won’t. But he could not resist a swipe at his defeated Democratic election rival, Hillary Clinton.
“Do you honestly believe Hillary would be tougher on Putin than me?” he asked.
He added that Russia is not the only nation that hacks US targets and accused Democrats of not having sufficient cybersecurity programs.
Last week, the US intelligence said in the declassified report that Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to help Donald Trump win the presidential election
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Blacksad is a comic book series created by Spanish authors Juan Díaz Canales (writer) and Juanjo Guarnido (artist), and published by French publisher Dargaud. Though both authors are Spanish, their main target audience for Blacksad is the French market [ [http://www.normaeditorial.com/main.aspx?sectid=10&page=content&pageid=171 Interview with Juan Díaz Canales] ] and thus they publish all Blacksad volumes in French first; the Spanish edition usually follows about one month later [ [http://www.guiadelcomic.com/comics/blacksad.htm Overview of Blacksad on "Guía del Cómic"] ] . The first volume "Quelque part entre les ombres" (literally "Somewhere between the Shadows", but simply called "Blacksad" in the US) was published in November 2000. The second volume, "Arctic-Nation", was published in 2003 and the third, "Âme Rouge" ("Red Soul"), was published in 2005. (An English translation has been delayed as of May 2007 due to the bankruptcy of its North American publisher, iBooks).
Although it was the creators' first comics endeavour, the first volume was an immense success, selling more than 200,000 copies in France alone.Fact|date=February 2007 The series has been translated from the original French and Spanish into Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian, Swedish and Taiwanese.
Guarnido and Diaz Canales have received several prizes for the impressive, lavish visualisation and the books as a whole, among these three nominations for the Eisner Awards, and an Angoulême Prize for Artwork. [ [http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=821 Angoulême International Comics Festival - Prize for Artwork] ] [ [http://www.encyclobd.com/laureat/laureat.html?id=2&annee=2001 Sierre International Comics Festival - Prix de la Découverte] ] [ [http://www.mania.com/41246.html Eisner Award nominees] ]
ynopsis
The story is set in a "film noir" environment, in the USA of the late 1950s. All the characters are anthropomorphic animals (female characters are often much more anthropomorphized), their specific species reflecting their personality and their part in the story. For example, nearly all the policemen are canid, usually German Shepherds, Bloodhounds, Foxes or Scottish Terriers.
The strip is made with a rather dirty-realist outlook, a dark cinematic style and fairly clean, realistic lines. Coupled with the truly lavish and time-consuming drawing, done in watercolor, the strip appears very realistic indeed despite using animals. The quality of the drawing has improved noticeably throughout the series, with sharper, higher-quality colour and less grainy lines in later issues.
The series occasionally features anthropomorphic versions of famous people (not always in a good light), most notably so far in "Red Soul", where Adolf Hitler is seen in a photograph (though not named) as a cat. It also includes characters clearly based on real historical ones; such as Senator Joseph McCarthy, who appears as Senator Gallo (a cockerel); Allen Ginsberg, who appears as Greenberg (a bison); and Otto Liebber (a German scientist), who bears occupational and character similarities to many scientists involved in the Manhattan Project of Los Alamos.
*John Blacksad - The main character, a fairly typical detective story private investigator apart from being a black cat. Part of his stories are flashbacks. He sometimes works as a bodyguard when he is in meager times. He usually wears a dark green suit, a red-and-gold striped tie and a trenchcoat. He uses the alias of John H. Blackmore on several fake IDs (debt collector, FBI agent, and customs officer). He is a WW2 veteran.
*Weekly - Blacksad's sort-of sidekick. A brown Least Weasel who doesn't like soap and water and an odour problem (he confesses that his nickname comes from bathing only weekly). He has a near-constant optimistic attitude, working as a muckraker for a tabloid called the "What's News". He owns documents of "Project Noah", to be published in case of Blacksad's death.
*Smirnov - a police commissioner who becomes a fast friend of Blacksad. A brown German Shepherd, Smirnov sometimes helps Blacksad to reach the rich and powerful which he himself cannot touch due to 'pressure upstairs'.
"Somewhere Within the Shadows"
Blacksad begins investigating the murder of the famous actress "Nathalia Willford" - a former girlfriend.
He investigates about Léon Kronski, a motion picture scenario writer and her last known lover who disappeared. He finds him to already dead, and buried under a pseudonym. After Blacksad is severely beaten by two hired thugs, the police arrests him. Smirnov, a police commissioner, explains to Blacksad that because of 'pressure upstairs' he himself cannot investigate the matter any further. Smirnov offers him a deal, mutually-advantageous to both sides.
As he returns home, a goanna hitman and a rat goon attempt to kill him and each other. The rat quickly dies, and Blacksad interrogates the dying goanna and finally uncovers the culprit of the whole affair, Ivo Statoc, a frog, the richest and most powerful businessman of the city, who considers himself above any law. Statoc shot the actress himself because her infidelity. After brutally infiltrating the office suite at the top of his skyscraper Blacksad confronts the completely calm, cold-blooded Statoc - who first offers him a job, and later a bribe. Blacksad rejects both on a matter of principle and shoots Statoc in the head. The police arranges it so it appears to be a suicide.
"Arctic Nation"
This volume deals with inter-racial violence and racial segregation of the 1950s in a pseudo-American suburbia called "the Line". The book also obliquely addresses issues of economic depression, sexual repression and perversion, all intended to expose the social malaise and prejudice that exist beneath the apparently harmonious surfaces of communities.
Beginning with a black vulture hanged in a street, Blacksad meets his future sidekick, "Weekly". Blacksad rejects him at first due to his unpleasant smell, and because Weekly mistakes him for a fellow tabloid journalist.
Blacksad is working for an old elementary school teacher, Miss Grey (a gazelle), to find and rescue a young bear girl, Kyle (in some editions Kayleigh), who was kidnapped, quite possibly by "Arctic Nation", a racist political organization similar to the Ku Klux Klan.
After becoming friends with Weekly through the latter's persistence, Blacksad is harassed in a bar by three Arctic Nation goons (resulting in one of them being thrown into the bar counter). Their leader, a white Arctic fox called Huk, turns out to be a close friend of the local Chief of Police, Karup (a polar bear). The pair is taken to Karup and he is shown to have some racial prejudice himself.
Blacksad subsequently confronts Kayleigh's mother, Dinah, about her daughter's disappearance, which she has mysteriously failed to report to the police. He suggests an affair between herself and the son of Oldsmill, a rich white socialite. This line of inquiry was prompted initially by Miss Grey. Dinah takes great offense at the insinuation, casting doubt onto its validity as a lead. In the following scenes, he and Weekly clash with a black activist organisation - the "Black Claws"—themselves originally accused of Kyle's abduction, and similar in their tough reverse racism to Malcolm X's doctrines. They force Weekly to publish a statement denying their involvement in the kidnapping. Blacksad then decides to follow the Oldsmill lead, but discovers that Oldsmill's son is mentally handicapped (the result, it is suggested, of the Oldsmill family's endogamy), and thus unlikely to have had an affair with Dinah.
In the meantime, Weekly investigates the activities of Karup's wife, Jezabel (again, a 'white' bear), discovering her affair with Huk and her emotional meeting with Dinah, in which she appears to blackmail Jezabel by threatening to reveal 'what she knows'. This compounds suspicion on Karup, already rumoured to be a paedophile. Blacksad then returns to Dinah's apartment to find her dead. At this point, suspecting Karup of the murder, he confronts him and his wife, whom he accuses of adultery. In consequence, Karup attacks Huk and argues violently with Jezabel: during their tête-à-tête, it comes to light that they have never had sex, and that Karup is, seemingly genuinely, not a paedophile.
At the violent climax, a black magpie called Cotten (complicit in the abduction and threatened into co-operation) leads Blacksad to an Arctic Nation meeting in a derelict war factory where Kayleigh - and Weekly, also having been abducted - are hidden. Blacksad saves Weekly from a gibbet after Karup is betrayed and hanged himself by Huk, under the (false) pretence of kidnaping and child-abuse. As the factory burns and Cotten is shot dead by Huk, Blacksad rescues Kayleigh, along with Weekly. Later, he finds Huk dead in his garage - with a screwdriver through the brain.
The book's finale sees Blacksad cornering Jezabel after her husband's funeral, proving, through a matching birthmark, that she is Dinah's twin. Jezabel clears up the loose ends: her father was in fact Karup, who had abandoned her black, pregnant mother to die after being turned by the racist doctrines of the Oldsmill set. However, Jezabel's mother lived long enough to raise the twins, and, fueled by revenge, Jezabel ascended 'white society' under a false identity, eventually marrying Karup, but refusing him any intimacy (in a bizarrely platonic Electra complex). With Dinah hired as their maid, Jezabel seduced and manipulated Huk, using him to carry out the fake kidnapping, thus capitalising on the rumours of Karup's pædophilia. Huk also spontaneously murdered Dinah 'to make sure she kept her mouth shut'; and so in the aftermath of Karup's hanging, Jezabel in turn killed Huk by way of vengeance. The book concludes by highlighting Kyle's innocence and her ultimate abandonment, but her fate is not made clear.
There are probably some discrepancies between publications. Cotten is also seen as Hewitt, Kayleigh as Kyle, and some versions of the book end with Blacksad scattering Cotten's (Hewitt's) ashes to the wind over Las Vegas, fulfilling his last wish.
"Red Soul"
Is based firmly shortly before the Red Scare, Blacksad is employed as a bodyguard for a rich old tortoise called Hewitt Mandeline, who goes on a gambling trip to Las Vegas. After returning home, Blacksad's last assignment is to accompany him to an art gallery, where he meets his friend Smirnov with his family. He finds a leaflet for "An Energy for Peace", a lecture given by his old school teacher, Otto Liebber (an owl) a nuclear physician and Nobel Prize candidate, supported by the rich, young, dynamic, idle communist Samuel Gotfield (a dalmatian) and his titular scientific research foundation.
However, all is not going well for Liebber and the Gotfield Foundation; the lecture hall is mobbed by anti-communist rioters and Blacksad takes an instant dislike for Gotfield, who makes a mockery of the lecture. He also meets Gotfield's fiancee, writer Alma Mayer, who reacts frostily to him. Gotfield invites him to a party at his luxurious coastal mansion where Blacksad meets the so-called 'Twelve Apostles' - twelve Leftist intellectuals who gather near Gotfield for protection from the Witch Hunt: Greenberg, a beat poet, photographer Dora, Klein the sculptor, actor Bill Ratcliff and scriptwriter Jess Logan, Russian painter Sergei Litvak, accomplished chemist Laszlo Herzl and Ms. Mayer herself. After Blacksad grudgingly saves a drunken Gotfield from drowning, with the help of Liebber's close friend Otero, Herzl angrily accuses Liebber of promoting nuclear weapons, ending the 'party' on a poor note. When Otero gets back home, he is killed by a mysterious gavial assassin. It seems he actually meant to kill Liebber.
Blacksad and Alma - who will soon marry Gotfield, planning on a honeymoon to Niagara Falls—begin to have feelings for each other. Blacksad decides to become Liebber's 'Guardian Angel', following him and observing him. Soon he saves Liebber from a car bomb, planted at a garage entrance by the same gavial, but despite a destructive leap through a pane of glass and brutal hand-to-hand combat, he fails to stop the goon from escaping and Liebber disappears from the scene leaving just a wrecked DeSoto.
From Smirnov, Blacksad learns that the gavial is a highly-regarded hit man known as Ribs, and that his bomb was uncharacteristically chemically complex. Suspecting that Herzl the chemist might have hired Ribs to kill Liebber out of professional jealousy, Blacksad confronts Herzl. To his surprise, Herzl is a Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter, who shows him photographic proof that Liebber used to work for the Third Reich. (The story never resolves who hired Ribs.)
Stricken with this new information, Blacksad seeks solace from Alma, but before they can meet, the FBI arrests her and other Apostles as communists, inexplicably betrayed by Gotfield. When the FBI agents visit Litvak in his art studio, they accidentally kill him after injecting him with truth serum to try and find out where Liebber is. Liebber, meanwhile, has returned to his old neighborhood (where Blacksad also grew up), only to find it overcome by poverty and his father's church in ruins. Suffering a personal crisis, Liebber hides at the city aquarium, where Blacksad once hid as a child.
Blacksad intercepts the FBI agents before they take Alma away and rescues her, taking shelter in Weekly's apartment. Falling in love with Alma, Blacksad promises to take her to Niagara Falls, which none of her previous husbands ever managed to do, and which to her is an important act of commitment. Blacksad then finds a fatalistic Liebber at the aquarium. Liebber admits to a lifetime of failure, trying to improve the world and reduce suffering, only to make the wrong choices and leaving the world worse than before. His last sin was to follow Litvak's advice: that to maintain the balance of world peace, both Russia and the United States would need to have nuclear bombs - and Liebber has been supplying Litvak with the information for the Russians.
Hoping to minimize the damage, Blacksad visits Litvak's studio only to find his dead body. Realizing that Litvak had copied Liebber's information onto a canvas and then painted over it to disguise it as a work of art, Blacksad goes to the shipyards, where the painting has been loaded onto a boat bound for an art exhibition in East Berlin. It turns out Litvak had made two copies of the painting entitled "Red Soul", one of which would return to North America after the exhibition, while the other copy (containing Liebber's information) would remain behind for the Russians' nuclear program. Blacksad re-routes this painting to Australia.
As Blacksad prepares for his trip to Niagara Falls, the FBI agents arrest him and plant fake evidence to frame Blacksad for killing the painter. Senator Gallo himself interrogates Blacksad, trying to find out where Liebber is hiding. When Blacksad refuses to cooperate, Gallo points out that his fingerprints were found in Litvak's studio and that he is likely to die in the electric chair if he refuses to cooperate. Blacksad is then released.
Blacksad visits Gotfield to find out what made him betray his friends and move into Gallo's camp. Since Gotfield is rich, Blacksad deduces that Gallo must have offered him something money couldn't buy, and this turns out to be the case. Gotfield is now one of a selected group of people who will be evacuated to a special government shelter in the event of a nuclear war. The main criteria for selection is being a friend or supporter of Senator Gallo.
Finding a list of names along with a description of this plan (called 'Project Noah') in Gotfield's safe, Blacksad uses it to blackmail Gallo. Blacksad is not blamed for Litvak's death, and the government fakes Liebber's death and allows him to leave the country. Blacksad gives the list of names to Weekly in a sealed envelope, with instructions to publish the contents if anything happens to him.
The end of the comic is bittersweet. Liebber writes Blacksad a letter, explaining that he has returned to Germany where he is happy again, helping a community rebuild itself after the war, and is teaching children to read and write. Alma, meanwhile, gives up on Blacksad after she reads the (fake) story in the newspaper that Liebber committed suicide after Blacksad turned him in. In her mind, Blacksad is now as much a traitor as Gotfield. Blacksad tries to find her again, but she has vanished.
A 'behind the scenes' book has already been compiled, with author commentary. [ [http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&products_id=8187 forbiddenplanet.co.uk] ]
Future Film Version
Variety has reported that a movie version is in the works. It will produced by Thomas Langmann and Louis Leterrier ( The Transporter, The Incredible Hulk), is scheduled to direct targeting for a 2009 release. Budget could be as high as $90 million-$100 million [ [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117979649.html Langmann launches edgy schedule - Entertainment News, Weekly International, Media - Variety ] ] .
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Handmade Joy: Interview with The Little Friends of Printmaking
May 22, 2018 November 27, 2018 by Chris Jalufka
The work of The Little Friends of Printmaking (printmaking and illustration duo JW & Melissa Buchanan) culls every color, shape, and nuance of joy and happiness and arranges them perfectly on a sheet of paper. The name gives 100% of their truth away — they are printmakers and each piece carry the want of friendship. From the posters themselves to the how the posters are presented to the audience — each color, font, and element is designed as a sign of welcome. A sharing of joy and laughter. Their brand of illustration is based in the immediacy of a smile, a dedication to the silly and absurd, light-hearted and high-spirited.
As both the illustrators and printers of their work, the Buchanan’s understand paper and ink, the squeegee and screen, and how they all play together. Whether the screenprint has seven colors or just two, each one is there at the service of the overall final piece. They are able to reach the maximum potential of each element of a poster, no matter the number of colors, material, or design.
‘Midnight Cat’ (L) ‘Bringing Punk to the Masses’ (R) by The Little Friends of Printmaking
CJ: There’s a good amount of poster work and illustration that grabs the eye by the obvious difficulty in the work – intricate line work and a huge palette are always impressive, but your ‘Midnight Cat’ poster is far more remarkable. It’s stunning in its simple and clear use of basic elements. The shape of the cat, the black on black. Green eyes. Posters like ‘Taking Punk to the Masses’ shows off your incredible ability to blend disparate elements into a cohesive composition. That poster has so many contrasting shapes it shouldn’t work, but it totally does. Quite a few years separate ‘Midnight Cat’ from ‘Taking Punk to the Masses’ – do you see your work simplifying? Is it just a matter of making the right decisions for the project at hand, or have your tastes evolved over the years?
JW: From the beginning, our natural inclination has always been to go just completely overboard. Fifty ideas all mushed together into a ball, and hopefully, it all hangs together. I don’t know that we’re self-consciously fighting against that urge now (because we still frequently work in that mode), but we are allowing ourselves to do these simpler things that are sort of an expression and an illustration of the printing process.
Something like ‘Midnight Cat’ just would not be possible if we weren’t still hand-printing our own work. I know that other people in our field see that practice as an enormous waste of our time (and don’t mind telling us so), but printing the work ourselves is what keeps us plugged into the materiality of the medium. We’ve always said that the biggest influence on our aesthetic is the silkscreen process itself, with all of its peculiarities and anachronisms, but the thing that probably gets left out or glossed over is that you actually have to be the one doing the printing – squeegee in hand, covered with flop sweat and ink and despair – in order for you to actually understand what’s possible. The idea for ‘Midnight Cat’ came from a print-off that looked particularly good. A simple black image, printed on black paper, which just stuck in our minds. And if you’re not there to see that moment, then you don’t get to have that idea. The accidents and mistakes and random print-offs that are an ordinary part of printing are so valuable to us. They’re both a learning opportunity and an idea generator. There’s also something so defiantly stupid and uncommercial about ‘Midnight Cat,’ which absolutely delights us. If your monitor isn’t calibrated just right, it’s just a black rectangle with green dots. It has zero commercial appeal until you’re in the same room with it. Then it’s so perfect and so perfectly obvious – it’s dumb.
Melissa: When I look at our ‘Taking Punk to the Masses’ poster, I see two artists who are really eager to please, who feel like they have to fill the space with a million ideas because they want to make sure that you’re getting your money’s worth (whether you’re the person who hired them to make it, the person who’s buying it, or the person who’s just looking at it). The other thing that jumps out at me is how far we’re able to move from that style. It’s probably an oversimplification to call our current work simple because it can be difficult to make something simple that feels compelling or original. The simpler the design gets, the more complicated the act of printing can become. Big flat shapes of color with no modulation require a steady hand. With a lot of our more minimal prints the artifice is in the way the layers come together, and if the elements are off-register the illusion of the print is ruined.
My tastes haven’t changed; I like our old work. There’s still a part of me that worries when we make a more minimal print that we’re not giving people their money’s worth (no matter how novel it is). But that’s just my nightmare – I have to get over it.
Illustration by The Little Friends of Printmaking
I know this is something you get asked about constantly, and understandably so – a husband and wife working together in a classically solo creative endeavor is not a situation most people have experienced. Are you sitting down and working on a design from the first stages together? Sketching and concepting as a duo? There’s a great illustration of yours of a man dribbling a ball, fingers up in a peace sign, and two pilots in his brain – this feels like an accurate self-portrait of the two of you.
JW: This is where we have to admit to the freakishness of our little dynamic. Our working relationship is so unusual. It’s surely not replicable. We’re like two feral children who emerged from a bog, speaking a made-up twin language. We started working together nearly twenty years ago, back when I was just 18 – which may give you some idea of how truly formative those early experiences were. What was an 18-year-old version of me bringing to the party? (A: NOT MUCH.) A warm body and some shitty crosshatching? We really started together from basically zero.
Melissa: Everything that Little Friends has become is a result of us figuring things out together. We now both work in a house style that was developed together over years and years. I don’t even know what my drawing style or my artistic perspective would be, separate from Little Friends. I would basically have to go back to the womb.
‘Cat Behind Plants’ by The Little Friends of Printmaking
‘Man Behind Plants’ by The Little Friends of Printmaking
‘Man Behind Plants’ shows off the wonderful humor and joy that exists in each of your illustrations. It’s silly, but not so much that it can easily be tossed off as a joke. It feels like a children’s book illustration aimed at adults. Is it important to keep the work light and fun?
JW: We’re just trying to stay sane. You make so much work, and if it was any more serious than it is I think I would just crumple under the weight of it all. This past summer, we visited the studio of David & Dorothy Weidman and went through all of their prints with their daughter. If the Wiedmans ever worried about whether the prints they were making were Important or Meant Something, it’s not apparent in their work, which is about as joyful as printmaking gets. It was such a great experience, and it left me with this incredible sense of relief – Like, maybe we’re okay. Maybe you can just go your whole life only making the work that delights you, or makes you laugh. Maybe you don’t have to worry about disappointing people or being derelict in your duty as an artist to be dry and deathly serious. Who knows?
Melissa: Filling up a blank page with anything is a prodigious act of ego, and if you’re a person riddled with doubt it can be an incredibly painful process filled with self-flagellation. That’s what makes having a partner so helpful – when I’m sketching out new ideas, I’m often just trying to make James laugh. The ideas that delight both of us have a sense of momentum; they essentially demand to be made into a product.
‘Revenge’ by The Little Friends of Printmaking
You stay busy with pop-ups and conventions like DesignerCon and ComicCon as well as being guest artists at Disney’s WonderGround Gallery. How vital are these live events?
JW: Well, first, you can learn so much watching people interact with and respond to your work when you’re vending at a big in-person event like that. What’s working, what isn’t – that sort of thing. And secondly, you’re reaching this huge pool of people who have probably never seen your work before, which is really valuable. I feel like that’s the only way to grow your audience. Especially for us, since the appeal of screenprints is understood best by seeing them up close, in person. So you have to go where the people are, like Ariel. And even though it can be occasionally uncomfortable or awkward, and you may have to explain yourself and/or justify your existence to people who are weirdly skeptical about screenprints with cats on them – so what?! Do it anyway.
Melissa: When you’re in a booth at SDCC, you’re standing in a 10′ x 10′ cube filled with the best of your work. It’s such an amazing advertisement to potential clients. Like, “Hey [Client Name Here], I made all of this! Would you like me to make some for you?” As much as it’s a tool for courting clients, the sales at these in-person events give us the freedom to not need to take on too much illustration work. This allows us to take chances and make non-commercial work (not that any of our work is strictly non-commercial).
JW: Going to Japan, doing those pop-ups at Isetan – that was really intimidating, because people really really really had never heard of us there. I cannot stress enough how unknown we were in Japan. So, when people responded positively, it was such a win for us!
Melissa: Coming home after our first pop-up in Tokyo, we had the realization that we barely scratched the surface. We had a hugely positive response, but with a small subsection of people. The second time we came back from Tokyo, our realization was that we have to go back every year if we want to reach the core people who would be interested in our work.
When we were first invited to show in Tokyo, we were completely freaked out because we didn’t know what we’d be able to bring. Going overseas is difficult for us because – unlike events we do domestically – logistics prevent us from bringing our large prints, which are our bread and butter. The challenges of transporting our work overseas forced us to develop other products, smaller objects that would travel well – bandanas, keychains, silk scarves, pins, patches. This is stuff that I love that we probably wouldn’t have made if we didn’t need to lug it through the airport and the streets of Tokyo.
‘Magic Rings’ by The Little Friends of Printmaking
The Little Friends of Printmaking booth at San Diego ComicCon 2015
At Comic-Con you shared a booth with designer Tuesday Bassen, an artist whose work is in line with your own. There’s always a great feeling of community when talking to illustrators. Was it an easy decision to team up and share a booth? Is there a sense of ‘she’s the competition’ or is that too negative?
JW: That sense of competition between artists is real. And it’s a real drag, too. I haven’t had the easiest time having lasting, close friendships with other artists, but obviously things are different with us and Tuesday. I don’t know if it’s a question of shared temperament – she doesn’t take herself seriously; she’s driven; she wants to try everything. She’s a bossy Midwesterner! I feel that. She’s always trying to make things happen to create new opportunities for herself and others, and we are down for it, every time.
Melissa: We had both exhibited at SDCC separately, but decided to share a booth for the sake of fun and convenience. We assumed that we would each make a little less money than in previous years based on the fact that we’d both have less space than we were used to, but it didn’t work out that way at all. We both had more fun and more money, so WIN WIN. Likeminded artists working together helps create a context for each other’s work, helping the viewer understand what the hell they’re looking at. “Who knew,” said the lady who’s only been working collaboratively for nearly twenty years.
‘Girl Gang’ by Tuesday Bassen
‘Lovers’ by The Little Friends of Printmaking
‘Cosmic Cat’ by The Little Friends of Printmaking
In 2013 you moved from Milwaukee to Los Angeles, a major shift in environment. Has living in LA affected your work at all? Stylistically or in manner workflow? Has California living changed your Midwestern mentality?
JW: When we moved out west, we didn’t anticipate that it would change our art practice so much. We’d been living that illustrator’s lifestyle in the Midwest – like two hermits in our dank little cave, nose eternally to the grindstone, few friends, nothing to do except work (and to try to spin our weird lonely existence into some kind of virtue; we’re the salt of the earth, dammit). We moved to be closer to friends, for a change of scenery, but we got something else. Moving shook us out of our routine.
One of my favorite parts of living here is being part of a huge community of artists. When you’re an artist in a small city like Milwaukee where there aren’t that many opportunities to go around, people tend to hoard them, to be less generous with each other, to treat being an artist like a zero-sum game. If you’re succeeding, then I’m not succeeding. And this probably sounds nuts, but when we were getting ready to leave, multiple people reached out to us to tell us what a big mistake we were making, and that “now we’d just be a small fish in a big pond.” Which, whatever, man. Gee, thanks! So, as a teeny-tiny fish (krill! plankton! an amoeba!) in a big pond filled with artists of all kinds, I can tell you that my experience being an artist in a big city has been precisely the opposite of what I was used to.
Melissa: I love living in Los Angeles because I don’t have to feel like a freak if I’m walking around the Trader Joe’s in my pajamas at 2:30PM on a Tuesday because this city is filled with people who work alternative schedules. It’s honestly weirder here to have to go to a 9-to-5. The rest of us are going to a 10AM showing of ‘Black Panther’ and wondering why you can’t join.
JW: The light is so different here in LA – it does change how you work as a printmaker. We’ve used more metallics, more fluorescents, probably more white paper than we’ve ever used in our life – just because the light behaves so differently. Prints just light up in the sun. We did a whole series of large prints on gold foil just to play with the light.
Melissa: The gold foil prints were a way of paying tribute to Los Angeles and the light during sunset here. I was at a paper supplier and saw the gold foil samples, which just screamed LA to me. I immediately wanted to make something with it. Foil prints are popular these days, but often it’s just a variant – meaning, the print wasn’t designed to be on foil. It seemed like a missed opportunity. Once I settled on making a set of prints on gold foil, I knew that I wanted to show as much of the foil as possible – it’s honestly the best part, and it’s so expensive that hiding it seems nuts. It’s work that could only exist on gold mirrored foil, work that could only have been inspired by living in Los Angeles, and work that might not have sold but for the indulgent art-loving weirdos who live here.
‘Treehouse’ (L) and ‘Three Bears’ (R) by The Little Friends of Printmaking
Your ‘Treehouse’ poster for Adventure Time was a successful seller, so much that you went ahead and made another treehouse poster, this time for the story of ‘The Three Bears.’ With attending so many events, I would guess you have a lot of contact with customers and window shoppers – are you taking into account what people respond to?
JW: It was such a weird experience for us to have that ‘Treehouse’ print sell out so quickly, because then it was just over and done with. The way that we usually work, we’re used to living with these prints for a lot longer – tinkering with the design, changing the colors, letting them sell out, and then bringing them back when you have an idea of how to improve them again. And sure, we got a lot of comments and requests for ‘Treehouse’ through email and at events, not that we could do anything about it. But it was clearly a concept that we weren’t done playing with. Why not do it again? And so the making of the “Three Bears” print became sort of a curious exercise in self-plagarization.
Melissa: The success of that print was kind of a lesson for us that if you do something well once, you don’t just let it stand as a singular accomplishment – you have to revisit it. There’s always more to do, more to say. It doesn’t stop people from asking for ‘Treehouse,’ though.
The Little Friends of Printmaking studio
Does printing your own work play into how you create an image? Meaning, do you leave the color choices and paper stock open to spontaneity, something that can be changed once the screens are ready to go?
JW: Absolutely! The ability to react to how things are looking on the press and make changes instantly is such a luxury – I don’t think we could ever give it up!
Melissa: Occasionally something we design is printed by one of the large screenprinting houses (because the client needs too many and my arms would fall off). I’m so used to printing everything myself and being able to make changes on the fly; it’s always interesting to see your work interpreted by another printer who maybe didn’t feel empowered to adjust things as needed. I’m never disappointed, in part because it’s done and someone else did it and I didn’t have to and therefore I’m very satisfied. A++ would recommend.
Devo gig poster by The Litle Friends Of Printmaking
‘Advanced Wizardry’ by The Little Friends of Printmaking
The Little Friends of Printmaking has the feel of a major thing – a brick and mortar store would be a good fit. You already have t-shirts, enamel pins, and patches. Some are designs unique to the item and some are from existing posters. Has it been a fun challenge designing for different formats? Do you see branching out from events to a full shop?
JW: First of all, thanks. Designing different kinds of products has been a lot of fun for us. We try to bring the same level of rigor and thought that we put into prints to these other kinds of designer doo-dads. In the print studio, we’re always preoccupied with making something that – like ‘Midnight Cat’ – is an expression of the medium and the materials. We want a print to feel like an object, not just an image. And that kind of approach has translated really well into these other kinds of objects, which have the benefit of being actual objects, made of materials. (Which is convenient!) So when we make a shirt, we don’t want to just use it as a container for our artwork, we want it to feel EXTREMELY SHIRT. If we make a pin, we want to use that opportunity to do something that couldn’t be expressed in a print; something that only works as a shape cut out of shiny metal. And we don’t always succeed! But it’s a process.
Melissa: I’d love to design a brick-and-mortar Little Friends store, but I wouldn’t want to run one. The idea of being beholden to people, of being open every weekend, of bad Yelp reviews (or maybe worse, meh Yelp reviews) – it just twists my stomach into knots. I love designing signage and displays, but I’d prefer to keep it to gallery shows and pop-ups – they exist in a specific time and place, and then they’re over and I get to lay in the bed with the covers pulled up to my face.
Flight of the Conchords gig poster by The Little Friends of Printmaking
Would getting your designs in a store like Target be an attractive opportunity? Would having your items always available instead of limited edition change the business?
JW: I don’t know why not! It’s hard for me to imagine a person who would be disillusioned and disappointed with us if our work showed up in a Target, in 2018 – angry, confused tears rolling down their face, running out of the Target, sobbing in the parking lot between bites of their snack bar hot dog. Okay, so I imagined it.
Melissa: Crying into a Target garbage can, as one does. I get it.
JW: Sorry, imaginary person, but I still think it would be really cool.
Making items always available wouldn’t change our business – it basically is our business! We operate on the principle of plenty, rather than scarcity. It allows us to charge less for our work, and it puts us in a position where we can sell our work to the biggest possible cross-section of people. To be fair, a lot of these decisions are based less on sound business acumen than just the choice that makes us personally the happiest.
I noticed you don’t give edition numbers in your store. Are they all open editions?
Melissa: No, we don’t post edition numbers on our site. We don’t print things in open editions, but I wouldn’t call them limited, either. We make multiple editions of prints that people like. Between editions, we’ll change the artwork, the colors, the paper, the size, etc. – not so much because we feel like each edition has to be a separate thought, but more because there’s always room for improvement.
JW: Each edition is closed and generally limited to 50 or 100, but our most popular prints are more or less always available in some form. Our client-initiated work is limited, of course. So, if you need an answer to the question, “How much printmaking ethics will $20 buy me?” then see above.
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Melia Caribe Punta Cana Reviews: All Inclusive Resort Details Revealed
Melia Caribe Punta Cana sits along the beautiful white sand and turquoise waters of Bavaro Beach in the Dominican Republic. The 4-star all-inclusive resort has 611 rooms spread out among 29 two-story buildings. It’s about 20 minutes from Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ).
For spacious rooms, friendly staff, a casino, a spa and an on-site water park, Melia Caribe offers a full package of amenities for families, couples and groups.
Formerly known as the Melia Caribe Tropical Punta Cana, the resort rebranded as the family-friendly Melia Caribe Punta Cana and The Level at Melia Caribe, which is adults-only. If you’re traveling as a couple, you may want to choose The Level as the Melia Caribe is very family-friendly and has a fun but occasionally loud atmosphere.
If you’re looking for Melia Caribe Punta Cana reviews, keep reading to check out our tips and advice.
Beautiful location on Bavaro Beach
Several large pools, Splash Island Water Park and a kids’ club with a kiddy pool
Free activities such as yoga, dance and volleyball
Kids’ club with pool, video games, activities and snacks
Free access to Cocotal Golf and Country Club
Free Wi-Fi in rooms and some public areas
Restaurant reservations fill up quickly
Some areas of the resort appear worn
Very large property so there can be a lot of walking (there are on-site trams and shuttles)
Address: Playas de Bavaro, Punta Cana Provincia, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic 23301
Website: Melia Caribe Punta Cana
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Club Melia is the resort’s vacation ownership program. If this is something you’re interested in, it can be a way to budget your yearly vacations. Members get perks such as flexible travel planning, exchange privileges at other Club Melia properties, travel benefits and other amenities.
The all-inclusive Melia Caribe Beach Resort in Punta Cana has packages that include accommodations, meals, snacks, beverages (including alcohol), taxes and many activities. Gratuities are not included. Non-motorized watersports, dance classes, yoga and entertainment are included. Some of the restaurants are adults-only.
For upgraded amenities, it’s worth your while to look into The Level. It is adults-only, so it may not be an option, but it does offer perks such as priority check-in and check-out, priority reservation booking, higher end drinks and snacks.
If you can tear the kids away from the pool and beach, there are lots of off-site tours and attractions. Book a horseback riding excursion or an ATV or boat tour. Check out spider monkeys at Monkeyland and natural attractions at Laguna Bavaro Wildlife Refuge.
Nature lovers will enjoy the tropical birds, dolphin performances and animals at Manati Park Bavaro. Adrenaline junkies will want to head out for rope climbing, ziplines, paintball and ATV rides at Bavaro Adventure Park.
Gather the crew and visit Bavaro Lagoon for sailing and hiking or Dolphin Explorer for its dolphins, sharks and stingrays.
Melia Caribe Punta Cana has a casino, a fitness center, a spa and six swimming pools. Two of the pools are exclusively for The Level guests. The large main pool has a freeform design, sun loungers and umbrellas.
The Kids’ Zone kid club is open from 9:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. for kids eight months and older. There are scheduled activities such as treasure hunts and dance and pirate parties. Splash Island Water Park has waterfalls and slides. There’s also a pool, video games and a snack bar. In-room babysitting service is available for an additional fee.
The resort also has a souvenir shop, a tennis court (lessons are an additional fee) and meeting and event space.
The beach at Melia Caribe is one of the best in the area. There’s a long wide stretch of soft white sand with palm trees, sun loungers and umbrellas, all set against the turquoise waters of the Caribbean. Guests can use kayaks and paddleboards for free. Join other guests in a game of water volleyball. Splash Island Water Park is another spot for families to slide and splash.
There are beach parties and nightly family-friendly shows. The lobby DJ is a fun spot for kids to dance the evening away. Bicycles are available for guests to use.
The Level, adults-only side, doesn’t have as much entertainment in the evenings. If you’re part of The Level, you can always come over.
While the kids are off playing and doing their thing, it’s time for Mom and Dad to enjoy themselves. The first thing you’ll want to do is pay a visit to YHI Spa for an indulgent facial treatment, massage or body wrap. There’s also steam and sauna rooms.
You could also lounge by the pool and take advantage of the convenience of the swim-up bar. Beverage service can be had at the beach as well.
The 18-hole Cocotal Golf and Country Club is about a 15-minute drive away. It’s free for guests but there’s a fee for golf carts and caddy service.
Palma Real Shopping Village is next to the resort, which you can get to by walking or by shuttle service.
Mix and mingle at Sapphire or Shaker bars, or book a romantic dinner at one of the adults-only restaurants. Hokkaido is the only one not included with all-inclusive packages.
Melia Caribe Punta Cana has 13 restaurants that include buffet and a la carte options.
Hokkaido, which is not included in the all-inclusive package, is an elegant Japanese Teppanyaki-style spot.
Barefoot is the beachfront snack bar.
Capri is open for dinner and offers Mediterranean cuisine.
For Spanish dinner selections, head to Alma.
Tartufo is an Italian buffet that’s open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Bazaar, open for dinner, is an international buffet.
La Hacienda is the place to be when you’re craving Tex-Mex, burritos, tacos for dinner.
Merkado is an international buffet that’s open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Riviera, exclusive to The Level guests, is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and serves international cuisine.
O Grille, located at the Splash Island Water Park, is an American diner/buffet. It’s open for lunch and snacks from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
There are three adults-only restaurants: an international buffet at Mosaico, Italian at Casa Nostra and Asian at Muoi.
Guest rooms at Melia Caribe have pool or garden views and terraces, as well as sitting areas, coffee makers and free minibars stocked with soda, water and beer.
Deluxe Rooms are set within the resort’s tropical gardens and have two adjoining rooms with a king-size bed or two single beds. This is a great choice for a larger family or multi-generations traveling together.
The Premium Junior Suite has a master bedroom with a king-size bed, a sofa bed and a kitchenette and dining area.
The Family Room Beachside has two single beds or one king-size bed, two bunk beds and a sofa bed and garden views.
Melia Caribe Punta Cana is wheelchair accessible.
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Bavaro Princess is located on an uncrowded stretch of beautiful beachfront property that’s perfect for long walks at sunrise. There are 10 restaurants, a spa, a fitness center, a salon, tennis courts and a Mini Club for kids. With 808 guest rooms, it is a very large and spread out property with a lively atmosphere.
Pool with swim-up bar, palm trees, lounge chairs and a lively atmosphere
Modern suites with patios, whirlpool tubs and large bathrooms
Nightly piano music in the lobby
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Iberostar Grand Hotel Bavaro vs Melia Caribe
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Three pools, one with a swim-up bar
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Large freeform lazy-river style pool with sun loungers, palm trees and activities
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All Things Star Wars Thread
By Riggo#44,
TryTheBeal!
I predict TROS will be roughly on par with Terminator 3.
Which is to say, yknow...pretty good, maybe.
drowland
5 hours ago, Momma There Goes That Man said:
it definitely has a lot of flaws and I understand the complaints but I disagree with the characters being the same as they were. And some of the subversions like Snoke I’m ok with because if not then you just have a rerun of the all powerful master and his apprentice that is being pulled to the light. So mix things up and they can take the story somewhere a bit more fresh in this one.
I’m also fine with Luke and I think he stayed in character quite a bit. I’m glad they didn’t go the way of Luke being Jesus Christ Superman Jedi Master and actually showed him as a flawed hero, yet still one that wins the day and saves his friends.
We'll agree to disagree on what was done character wise but I think NoCalMike nailed it. If they're selling this as the end of a 9 chapter story it doesn't make sense to make the choices that were made in the 8th chapter. You don't "kill the past" and then go welp let's bring the past back to put a bow on this thing. That's where KK really messed up over seeing these films. And now JJ is having to over stuff the story it sounds to bring it home. That's why I say they should have just added a chapter 10.
Califan007
5 hours ago, ShredSkins said:
I'm skeptical of these early reviews. Before I know what someone thinks of Rise of Skywalker, id like to see what they thought of the Last Jedi.
The Last Jedi to me is the Bruce Allen of a franchise I enjoy so much. I just don't know if the damage can be un-done.
Did you like any of the three prequels?...Because to me, if none of that dreck killed the franchise, nothing will lol...
Rogue Jedi
Wow, early RT score not looking good. Currently sitting at 53%.
Could go up a bit by the coming days, but ultimately this trilogy will end up being even a bigger failure than the prequels. Anyone want to debate that, please @me bro.
58 minutes ago, Rogue Jedi said:
100%. I easily place all three prequels AND both Ewok movies above this mess. Yes, the Ewok films are better. I've re-watched them all and I stand by this.
TLJ was simply a bad movie regardless of genre or franchise. It wrecked the standard trilogy narrative by treading water (sorry, meant running out of space fuel) and killing off all character arcs. You can't fix those kind of events when they happen in the middle movie. The alliance between Kylo and Rey that didn't happen because "surprise, tricked you" ultimately doomed the movie.
bearrock
I think the biggest problem the new trilogy created for itself was not having a single story writer be in charge of the whole arc. I think Johnson took the story in a different direction than what Abrams first envisioned and then Abrams comes back in and has to semi retcon some stuff. Not sure if the blame lies with any of the storytellers as much as the executives who greenlighted that process. Still going to see EP9, but early reviews seem to indicate we are back to more nostalgia heavy story and Abrams is undoing lot of what Johnson did in TLJ
1 hour ago, Metalhead said:
this is laughably ridiculous hyperbole. Really hard to take people seriously when this type of nonsense is said
2 hours ago, Rogue Jedi said:
looking at the reviews, many of the complaints are pacing and packing too much in but also that they played it too safe and just wanted to give fans what they want after the backlash over TLJ. Basically they catered to fans to make them happy and the movie suffers for it.
so which is it, TLJ has great reviews among critics yet is hated. Now the critic score is low because they catered to the whiners whose childhoods were ruined because Luke tossed his lightsaber and that’s not good enough either
Edited December 18, 2019 by Momma There Goes That Man
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Idk Wildred Brimley was pure gold in the 1980s.
18 minutes ago, Momma There Goes That Man said:
Which furthers my point that the trilogy as a whole fails. It tries to please everyone, and pisses off everyone. It has no clear direction, arc, or purpose.
The prequels at least had an overall arc and continuity, even while having its cringe moments. But it still feels like Star Wars, that it belongs in the universe.
Sacks 'n' Stuff
13 hours ago, TryTheBeal! said:
Terminator 3 was an abomination that took away my innocence.
Mournblade
Well, hopefully this will get KK fired, at last. That would be a step in the right direction. Lets look at her track record:
1. Initially hired Colin Treverow, director of the lackluster Jurrassic World, to direct ROS = MISTAKE
2. Fired Lord and Miller, two young up and coming directors, midway through filming Solo = MISTAKE
3. Hired JJ Abrams, again, when his creative energies were all but spent from TFA, to direct ROS = MISTAKE
4. Has generally made Star Wars a platform for pushing her own political agenda rather than concentrating on creating great stories.
If ROS turns out to be a pretty bad movie, this really needs to be the first step that Disney takes.
24 minutes ago, Mournblade said:
Has generally made Star Wars a platform for pushing her own political agenda rather than concentrating on creating great stories.
Hersh
Wait, what??? With respect, anyone leaving Star Wars and thinking about political agendas needs to spend some time reflecting on one's own life.
Edited December 18, 2019 by Hersh
4 minutes ago, Hersh said:
Wait, what??? With respect, anyone leaving Star Wars and thinking about political agendas needs some to spend some time reflecting on one's own life.
Who watches Star Wars thinking about a political agenda being pushed?
Just now, Hersh said:
I wanted him to say it but I doubt he will. Star Wars has always had politics infused with it.
TLJ had 5 lines about animal cruelty and the new trilogy and Rogue One under KK has cast two women as main characters and minorities in prominent roles.
Then again, the prequels literally quote GW Bush, have a disgusting and reprehensible character named after New Gingrich and Ronald Reagan and Lucas himself said "Anakin Skywalker is a promising young man who is turned to the dark side by an older politician and becomes Darth Vader. George Bush is Darth Vader. Cheney is the Emperor."
The original story idea was about the Vietnam war with Lucas wanting to tell a story of how democracies become dictatorships which he came up with as he watched Nixon during his reelection campaign. Another quote regarding the Emperor: "No, he was a politician. Richard M. Nixon was his name. He subverted the senate and finally took over and became an imperial guy and he was really evil. But he pretended to be a really nice guy."
The entire series is anti-fascist, anti-nazi, anti-war, anti-warmongering and if you really want to go there, anti-republican.
So yeah, it's always been there. But somehow people now are blaming KK for pushing a political agenda. I wonder why it's suddenly a problem in Star Wars now when the women and minorities are on full display...
Plenty of people. Go on over to the TheForce.Net or one of the other Star Wars forums.
Look none of this is the point. The POINT is that Kennedy should get fired if ROS turns out to be a mediocre movie and dissapoints at the BO.
That's the only way you'll turn the franchise around.
1 hour ago, Sacks 'n' Stuff said:
No, it wasn’t.
And no...it didn’t.
Just now, TryTheBeal! said:
My friend Frank walked out it was so bad and he was watching it on a plane.
6 minutes ago, Sacks 'n' Stuff said:
Poor showing by Frank after he took your innocence.
I basically have two thoughts leaving a Star Wars film. 1. Was it good or bad. 2. The music was awesome. I imagine if I wanted to I could find a political agenda in every single movie. Without fail. Probably.
I agree but there is just something...a little more in your face about the DT that gets certain people so upset.
I have my reasons to dislike the new trilogy, and it mostly comes from a narrative and world-building perspective...
But by far the dumbest critique I’ve ever seen comes from the anti-sjw crowd that deems the franchise ruined because of “forced diversity.”
And when confronted, they really have no answer and just back into a corner. Like, ask them how to do diversity “right” in a movie. They just stumble over some vague nonsense and backtrack, but it’s evident what they really want. Where only one minority plays some supporting character a la Lando and it’s ok because it’s not “forced”.
In their minds, the Star Wars universe that spans millions of planets has a variety of alien species but only white humans and one black guy for some reason. Completely logical. Checkmate Libtards.
Edited December 18, 2019 by Rogue Jedi
17 minutes ago, TryTheBeal! said:
Frank didn’t take my innocence. The Terminatrix took my innocence.
Which really wasn’t all that bad of a deal in retrospect. In fact, sign me up for another.
Yeah, best to keep **** like that to themselves because the fact that the original had diversity, makes their intentions clear.
"Women and coloreds bother me unless they're relegated to support characters "
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As South Florida transitions into Phase One of reopening Monday, a pair of local leaders is urging residents to maintain social distancing practices to ensure the region does not experience another spike in cases.
Such a spike could lead to the region pulling back on reopening measures.
“There’re two paths,” explained Miami Mayor Francis Suarez. “The path of responsibility takes us to Phase Two and the path of irresponsibility brings us right back to where we started. And that would be devastating.”
Suarez joined Broward County Mayor Dale Holness Monday for a virtual talk with Rep. Shevrin Jones, whose House District 101 spans Broward and Miami-Dade counties.
“It’s affecting all of us in some way or the other,” Holness said of the outbreak.
“So we must work together across every line — whether it be ethnic, geographic or otherwise — to ensure that we beat this virus. It’s in our best interest that we all work together as we go forward.”
Last Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed off on plans allowing Broward and Miami-Dade counties to begin the first phase of reopening their respective economies. The two counties — along with Palm Beach — had been exempted from the state’s original Phase One plan because the region has consistently led the state in confirmed COVID-19 cases.
Data shows the spread has slowed throughout the state, however, which has allowed officials the opportunity to test a partial reopening.
Suarez said a spike in cases would show that the test has failed, causing the city to return to shutdown mode.
“I know we don’t want to be closed one day longer than we have to,” Suarez stated.
“We don’t want to have to reverse any of the things that we’ve done. So we’re hopeful that people are responsible.”
Holness echoed those concerns while expressing support for the reopening attempt.
“A lot of people wanted us to do this because it has been crippling on the economy, [and] it has been devastating on the health of our people,” the Mayor explained.
“But I want everyone out there to understand that we still need to maintain the social distancing. Wear your face covering. Do all the things that the CDC asks you to do that you’ve been doing that got us to this point.”
While Miami-Dade County is allowing cities to begin a partial reopening Monday, the city of Miami is taking a slower approach. The city is opening up most businesses Wednesday and delaying restaurant openings until next week.
Gyms would not reopen under the current plan, but Suarez said he’s looking forward to getting those facilities at least partially open.
“People’s health and wellness is a huge part of beating COVID-19,” Suarez said before recounting his own battle with the virus.
“I can tell you, I had COVID-19 and I think in part because of my health and the fact that I work out regularly, that was part of the reason why I did so well with it.”
Suarez pitched allowing workout classes in gyms to open up first. Miami would then wait until a later phase to reopen the open floor portion of its gyms.
Jones and the mayors also emphasized the role of testing in continuing to moving forward with a phased reopening.
“Testing sites have opened all across Miami-Dade County and in Broward,” Jones explained.
“Making sure that we have enough testing sites is the most important thing.”
Suarez seemed optimistic on that front, saying the city has “much greater testing capacity” than demand currently. Holness added Broward County is looking to conduct antibody testing to help track how widely the virus has already spread throughout the county.
“That will give us more data that we can analyze and utilize, especially as we go into Phase Two to know how many people really have had the virus, where it’s been the most and where it could be still now,” Holness said.
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Fianna Fail – Co. Waterford: An autograph Letter signed by the secretary of the Waterford Cumann, Seamus O’Buailedh, 28.9.28, [to Edmund Downey], askin if he will allow his name to go forward as a candidate for the Seanad, as a manuscript. (1)
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Political Pamphlet: The Times, Irish Peace, A Test of British Statesmanship, A Series of Special Articles together with Four Leading Articles, (reprinted from the Times), 4to, L. (The Times) 1919, 34pps, ptd. wrappers. Scarce. (1)
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Pamphlet: O’Casey (Sean) Amhrain An Dreoilin Songs of The Wren, New Series, No. 1, 8vo, D. (Fergus O’Connor) n.d. (c. 1918), First Edn., Second Issue, 8pps., fold-out (uncut), advert on end-page. Rare.
* Ayling & Durken 3A. (1)
Shooting of Francis Sheehy Skeffington
Edelstein (Jos.) American Writer. Publisher. Echo of Irish Rebellion 1916, Verbatim Report of the Proceedings before the Royal Commission. Vindication of Mr. Joseph Edelstein. 8vo D. (J.T. Drought) n.d. [c. 1933]. FIRST EDN., 64pp. with illustrated frontis., orig. ptd. wrappers, foxed & loose, some cellotape. Ex. Rare.
* Edelstein, an American writer became implicated by accident with the arrest and subsequent execution of Francis Sheehy Skeffington. This document reprints the entire evidence taken by the Royal Commission of Inquiry, and exonerated Edelstein of any wrong doing. (1)
Republican Pamphlets: Mansion House Conference – No Conscription! Ireland’s Case Re-Stated. 8vo D. [1918] 16pp. printed wrappers; also Johnston (Thos.) compiler, A Hand-book for Rebels, A Guide to Successful Defiance of the British Government. 8vo D. (Manusel & Co.) c. 1918, ptd. wrappers. Clean copies. (2)
World War II – Irish Distinctions: – Volunteers from Eire who have Won Distinctions Serving with the British Forces, 8vo L. 1943. Revised List Sept. 1939 – March 1943, 31pp. printed wrappers. Scarce. (1)
Irish Army Recruiting Pamphlet: Department of Defence – The Volunteer Force – Join Now,” June 1934, roy 8vo D. (Falconer) 1934. 17pp. one photo illus., orig. ptd. wrappers. (1)
1922 Sinn Fein Ard-Fheis: Sinn Fein – Clar, The programme for Extraordinary Ard-Fheis, 7th February, 1922 held at Mansion House, Dublin. 8vo 17pp. orig. ptd. wrappers, back cover soiled.
* A most significant occasion, which took place while efforts were being made to settle the dispute over the Treaty and to close the breech in Republican ranks. Includes De Valera’s printed statement, page 8, with amendments submitted by Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins and others. A very rare document. (1)
Press Photograph: 1916/W.O.I. – A collection of 8 Press Photographs to include the Wormwood Srubs Hunger-Strikers, Casement Trial, Arrest of de Valera, search for Weapons and others, as Photographs, w.a.f., some scarce examples. (8)
Military Raids in Dublin: A very good Press Photograph Military Raids in Dublin, approx. 18cms x 24cms, showing three policemen arresting two women in O’Connell St., Dublin, by Central News Photo-Service, N. York. (1)
Photograph: [O’Connor (T.P.)] an attractive mounted black and white Photo of T.P. O’Connor, posed at his desk in a suit, taken by Van Dyk Ltd., London inscribed in m/ss “To My Dear Mr. Locker Lampson, T.P. O’Connor,” who was the author of “A Consideration of the State of Ireland, in the Nineteenth Century,” approx. 9 1/2″ x 6 1/2″, attractive and scarce.(1)
* T.P. O’Connor – Timothy Power O’Connor, 1848-1929, journalist and Irish Parliamentary politician, was born in Athlone and educated at Queen’s College, Galway. He moved to England in 1870, became a popular journalist and allied himself with the Liberals. A strong supporter of Home Rule, he became M.P. for Liverpool, and the only member of the Irish Party to sit for an English constituency. he sided with but later opposed Parnell during the leadership crises provoked by the divorce case. He was ‘father of the House of Commons’ in his later years and was Official Film Censor form 1917.O’Connor founded and edited “The Star” (1887) when his reviewers included George Bernard Shaw. He also established “The Sun” (1893) and his most popular paper “T.P.’s Weekly” in 1902. As editor of the latter, he once turned down an application for a job from James Joyces.
Presentation inscription to Mr. Locker Lampson the author of “A Consderation of the State of Ireland in the Nineteenth Century”. (1)
Irish Political Leaders
Photographs: A rare collection of 17 Victorian carte-de-visite portrait Photographs of Fenian & other Irish Political leaders, including John O’Leary (3), Thos. Clarke Luby, and his cousin Edard Mulrany, Ed. Duffy, James Stephens, Stephen J. Meaney, Fenian Convict, Thomas Francis Train, etc., also Michael Davitt, & Charles Stewart Parnell (4), all good. As a coll. of photographs, w.a.f. Rare. (1)
North Irish Horse, An Important Album related to an Irish Cavalry Regiment
The Album contains many roup shots of the regiments officers including many of the 9th Earl fo Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley-Cooper:
Lord Shaftesbury was Lord Lieutenant of Belfast form 1904 to 1911, Lord Lieutenant of Antrim from 1911 to 1916, Lord Lieutenant of Dorest from 1916 to 1952, and Lord Stewart from 1922 to 1936.
* 2nd Lieut, 10th Hussars 1890, Lieut 1591, Capt 1898 and retired 1899;
* ADC to the Governor of Victoria, Australia 1895 – 99;
* Chamberlain to Queen Mary as Princess of Wales 1901-10 and as Queen Consort 1910-22;
* Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons in Dorest 1902;
* Lord Lieutenant for the City of Belfast 1904-11, of County Antrim 1911-16 and of Dorest 1916;
* KCVO 1906;
* Lord Mayor of Belfast 1907;
* Chancellor of Queen’s Univeristy, Belfast 1909-23;
* Knight of St. Patrick 911;
* Brig. General 1914;
* Served in the First World War 1914-18;
* CBE 1919;
* Younger Brother of the Trinity House 1920;
* Privy Councillor 1922;
* Lord Steward of the Household 1922-36;
* GCVO 1924;
* GCStJ
The Album also contains photos of theroyal visit to Malta in 1903, photos of King Edward VII’s and his Royal party which included the Duke of Connaught. This album is a rare collection of photos from an Irish Cavalry, as photographs, w.a.f. (1)
“Love Story of C.S. Parnell”
A small quarto rexine Album containing a collection of Press Cuttings from the ‘Love Story of Charles Stewart Parnell’, by his widow Katharine Parnell (Kitty O’Shea), as serialised in the Daily Sketch, May 1914, with reproduced portraits, letters from Parnell, etc., about 50pp neatly laid down on one side of page only, one page loose at front otherwise in very good condition. In an old address book belonging to Edmund Downey (with a few interesting addresses still visible), as an Album, w.a.f. (1)
Literary Scrapbook: A good scrapbook containin mainly cuttings of cultural interest, archaeology, literature, Oscar Wilde, Abey Theatre, Sean O’Casey, death of Lady Gregory, etc., also with a few cuttins of 1916 interest. In a stout folio Album, rexine bound.
With a second smaller album, also containingmainly cuttings of literary and social inters, with Cummnan na mban Flyers, etc, as albums, w.a.f. (2)
Police Cuttings A large folio leatherbacked Album containing neatly laid down Press Cuttings mostly concerning Irish Police Activities 1842-44, the volume with morocco title on spine, ‘From the 1 of Dec. / 1842 / to the 16th of Aug/ 1844,’ probably an oficail compilation, possibly part of a series. Includes much interesting material from the period leading up to the Famine, on all sorts of subjects connected with police work, trials, reports of crime, etc.
The binding much worn but holding firmly, contents in good condition, as an Album, w.a.f. (1)
1920s Scrapbook
A very good Scrpbook containing mainly newscuttings, 1920s, concernin Irish political affairs, signing of the Treaty etc., and also with a number of original documetns laid in or tipped in including:
– an original Poster for Sligo Wanderers Gaelic Club Prize Draw, May 1917, featuring Sean Milroy, late of Reading Prison;
– a message from America, statement by Nat. Council of Friends of Irish Freedom;
– an tOglach, Official Organ of the Army, Air Edition (on pink paper) printed for G.H.Q. Irish Republican Army, but apparently issued by Free State Army, extensively quoting Gen. O’Duffy;
– Eire-Ireland. Vol. 1 No. 1, Oct. 26, 1914, first Convention of the Irish Volunteers;
– Irish Work Published when the Censor Wasn’t Looking, 19 Dec. 1914 (apparently a Larkinite publicantion);
– Irish Opinion (weekly news review), 28.4.1917;
and a few others, in a large quarto rexine-bound album, numbered 4, as an Album, w.a.f. (1)
The Recent Troubles in Ireland, c. 1969 – 1979
Scrapbook: An extensive and large folio Scrapbook of newscuttings from various papers, covering that important period in Irish history, from the start of The Troubles in N. Ireland, 1969, Derry’s Bloody Sunday etc., to the death of Lord Mountbatten of Burma. All attractively arranged in a strongly bound large folio album of approx. 300 pages. It covers in detail., The Bombings in Dublin, The Hunger Strikes, The Miami Showband Massacre, The Herrema Kidnapping; Dessie O’Haire “The Border Fox”, London Bombings,The Death of Frank Stagg, The Murder of Maire Drumm, Prison Riots at Portlaoise, The Commissioner Edmund Garvey Afair, Long Kesh Revolts, The Killing of Airy NEave, etc., etc. In addition to newscuttings, there are posters, broadsides, hand outs & cut-out pictures. Hf. calf, v. good. As an Album, w.a.f. (1)
Cavan interest: A very good Election Poster for Sean Milroy, August 1923, consisting of a printed letter from President Cosgrave saluting Milroy as ‘one of the oldest and most intimate friends of the great Irishman [Arthur Griffith] who held the senior representation of the County until his tragic and premature death last year.’ Printed by ‘Anglo-Celt,’ Cavan, 22″ x 17″ (56cms x 43cms), fold marks else V.G. Rare. (1)
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Liverpool’s ‘misfit midfielders’ rule the roost
James Milner, Gini Wijnaldum and Jordan Henderson of Liverpool. (Image: John Powell Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
Mansoor Ali
By FT Last updated Jun 1, 2019
Liverpool have the once in a blue moon opportunity to “conquer the Europe” when they face their domestic rivals Tottenham Hotspur out of London, under the bright lights of Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid tonight.
Jürgen Klopp’s side have reached the summit of European Champions League for the second time in a row after they were toppled by Real Madrid in Kiev in 2018. This time they come to the final, heartbroken after losing the coveted Premier League between the cup and lip, despite accumulating points enough to win the league in all but two years of English top flight history.
Many believe this season has been a success but if the words of Bill Shankly, the greatest ever manager of Liverpool are to be believed, “If you are first you are first. If you are second you are nothing” then success of this season hinges on the final at Madrid.
But it’s safe to say Liverpool have achieved things many teams dream of in the last couple of years. To say that they did it with the midfield trio of James Milner, Gini Wijnaldum and Captain Jordan Henderson is baffling to say the least.
Over the years they have been subject to criticism and harassment but never on counter were they touted as world class talent ala Paul Pogba of Manchester United and so on. Hardly anyone expects this trio to pip midfield of the likes of Manchester City, Barcelona, Real Madrid or any other team in the top four of the top five European leagues.
When people talk about Liverpool, they focus on the attacking trident or the defensive juggernaut or the assist princes at full back. But rarely people talk about the beating midfield heart of the Merseyside giants.
James Milner, was a free agent before joining Anfield from Man City in the summer of 2015. He was touted to plug a hole, a short team solution and player who was past his prime.
Starting his career at Leeds at the age of 16, he was never your midfield maestro or pacey winger. He was the average winger who gave you 7/10 every game. He was nothing more than that all his season. He didn’t sign a contract extension with City because he wanted to play centrally even though his entire career was in the wings.
He joined Liverpool with this ambition but he was deployed in the defence and midfield at times. He didn’t lash out or bogged down at this situation, instead the English veteran put his head down and delivered for the team every time, in any position, in any role.
He was central in restricting Messi, arguably the best player on earth while they met in the semi-finals. Later Milner shared that Messi called him ‘burro’ donkey in Spanish at the tunnel during the half time as the Argentine was furious with Milner’s pressing and tackles.
Now the workhorse behind Liverpool’s success, who has become jack of all trades under Klopp is expected to be rewarded with a new contract as the player’s commitment ends this summer.
“I remember the day I was sacked [in April 2012], the owners told me, Jordan Henderson what a massive mistake it was. That was about the only thing they told me.” These are the words of Damien Comolli, the former Liverpool director of football who signed Henderson from Sunderland for a fee of around £16 million which ultimately cost Comolli his job.
All of his career in Liverpool, even though he was regarded as Steven Gerrard replacement at times, Jordan was looked down as not good enough while the fans and the pundits alike clamoured for his departure.
It is interesting to note that when the infamous slip of Gerrard against Chelsea happened to halt Liverpool’s title charge, Liverpool was missing the energy of Henderson, the player who was serving the first of three match bans, the engine of Liverpool during that season and ever since then.
Now the English player is set to lead the Reds in the back to back Champions League finals, a redemptive moment in his career at Liverpool where he made a total of 320 appearances.
Georgenio Wijnaldum, an attacking midfielder joined Liverpool in 2016 from a relegated Newcastle United for a fee of around £25 million. People thought of Gini as a backup to the Liverpool’s fabulous four but Klopp turned him into an out-and-out midfielder and even a holding midfielder at times.
There were matches last season where the game went through him and he was unknown. Naturally, people started to question his quality and his regularity in the team. He shouldn’t be nothing more than a squad player, people clamoured. But this season his form solely kept out the big money signings Keita and Fabinho out of the team XI. He was hard to be dropped.
The Dutchman hopes that he will be given a start ahead of Fabinho who will give plenty of selection headache for Klopp.
The underlying numbers for all three misfits turned masteroes are nothing to write home about. With five goals and one assist in 43 matches for Gini, seven goals (all of them from the spot) and seven assists in 44 matches for Milner and one goal and five assists in 43 matches for Henderson this season, their combined numbers do not even add to the top class midfielders taken alone.
If it’s not the abundance of born talent or the statistics, what does this trio provide for Liverpool? They are more than just footballers on the pitch when the whistle is blown. They are the engine, the soldiers who would take one for the team, the battle harden gladiators who put their body on the line.
They run and run and run some more, relentlessly assaulting the opposition midfield and attack choking them out. While the opponents try to get a gasp of air, they will be running the band and echoing the heavy metal football Klopp trained them in. They give the fullbacks license to go up-field and assist the attack. They protect the centre back and give an outlet for the attacking trio when they get stuck and run into the box if and when required.
But the most valuable trait of the three is leadership. Whilst a few years back, after the retirement of Jammi Carragher and Gerrard, fans and pundits spoke out for the signing of leaders, who could be vocal, as they thought Liverpool has gone soft. But the trio of misfits provide leadership on and off the field.
This was evident when Klopp loaned out Clyne to Bournemouth inspite of having no one depute for Alexander-Arnold at right back. Klopp answered by saying he wanted to keep Milner closer to the first team whose minutes dwindled as Fabinho collected strength.
The recognition that Klopp gives to the leadership of Milner off the pitch is evident here. And we all saw the leadership these underdogs showed during the miracle at Anfield.In the epic battle of Anfield, the midfield trio directly contributed three out of four unanswerable goals to Barcelona.
Gini scored second and third and it was the rebound shot of Henderson that Origi slotted in for the first and Milner as always showed his versatility playing in midfield in first half and left back/left wing after Robertson got injured. When Mane was only left of the forward three, the midfielder stepped up and took centre stage revealing the real hidden gems of the Reds.
This midfield trio is a symbol to commoner, to the “normal ones”. A symbol that shows you needn’t be born with the skill or flair to entertain the fans and be successful.
Liverpool’s ‘misfit midfield’ is the living embodiment of “hard work triumphs over talent” and they teach us that you needn’t be special to be amongst the elite. You just have to work hard and never give up.
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