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Dons seal survival in style
Chris Slavin
Kwesi Appiah's strike earns great win at Plymouth
Wimbledon ensured League 2 football for another season in style by winning at Home Park for the third successive campaign.
The loan acquisition of Kwesi Appiah (pictured) has proved to be a managerial masterstroke by Neal Ardley and it was the Crystal Palace striker who struck the winner to earn an impressive 2-1 victory. With Bristol Rovers having been beaten by Rochdale in the early kick-off, a point at Plymouth would have been enough to seal safety, but the Dons went one better to do it with a flourish. It certainly made it a worthwhile trip for the 270 travelling Dons fans as they watched their side come from behind again with Jack Midson cancelling out Conor Hourihane’s early strike.
Neal Ardley made two changes to his starting line-up with Tom Richards replacing Jim Fenlon and Harry Pell preferred in midfield to Jake Nicholson.
The Dons were aiming to take three points away from Home Park for a third campaign in a row, though it was Neal Ardley’s first visit as Wimbledon manager with Simon Bassey and Terry Brown having engineered those two previous wins.
Wimbledon so nearly made a perfect start as they almost took the lead after just 70 seconds when Jack Midson met Barry Fuller’s deep cross with a powerful header, but Plymouth goalkeeper Jake Cole just managed to tip the ball over.
Despite such an encouraging opening, it was a familiar scenario for Wimbledon in the sixth minute when they fell behind yet again. There appeared to be little danger when Plymouth captain Conor Hourihane picked the ball up 25 yards out, but he let fly with a superb strike that arrowed past Ross Worner into the top corner.
However, a spirited Wimbledon response followed and they could count themselves as unfortunate to be behind after contributing so much to the first 20 minutes. The visitors enjoyed plenty of early possession and there was a cutting edge too with Kwesi Appiah’s pace and energy causing problems for Plymouth. The on-loan Crystal Palace striker almost notched his second goal in as many games when he cut inside and unleashed a low shot that was just deflected wide. Appiah was instrumental in Wimbledon’s next chance as he headed Barry Fuller’s cross across the face of goal, but George Francomb blazed over the crossbar.
as the first-half wore on and they came close again when Aaron Morris flicked back Francomb’s corner, but Andy Frampton was unable to get enough on it. The Dons had to be careful not to commit too many men forward though with the powerful presence of Reuben Reid threatening to open them up on his own. Reid, who scored a late equaliser in the corresponding fixture, beat two or three challenges on one occasion but dragged his shot wide. Wimbledon continued to offer plenty of attacking threat
minute. Appiah was too strong for Plymouth defender Paul Wotton and he sent a perfect pass into the path of Midson, who had time to pick his spot and he made no mistake with an emphatic low finish.ndWith Wimbledon having played very well in the first-half, it was no surprise when they drew level in the 42
Wimbledon had to withstand a period of sustained pressure for the first time after the break, but Plymouth struggled to really hurt the visitors and the best they could muster was a header from Reid straight into Worner’s hands. The Dons broke with devastating effect to open the scoring just seconds later and it was a really well-taken goal from Appiah. After beating the offside trap from a long Tom Richards through ball, there was still plenty of work to do for the striker, but he cut inside and beat Cole with a clinical low finish.
Neal Ardley made his first change just after the hour with Peter Sweeney entering the fray for Pell. And it didn’t take long for Sweeney to get involved as he created a chance for himself with a smart turn, but then he curled wide from just outside the area. Plymouth were struggling to make any impression and Wimbledon made a positive change in an effort to seal victory with Danny Hylton replacing Morris. Hylton almost put the icing on the cake, but his well-struck shot struck a post and bounced to safety.
Though Plymouth huffed and puffed in search of an equaliser, there was little to trouble Wimbledon in the latter stages until injury-time when Worner made a superb save to tip Max Blanchard's strike onto the bar.
Wimbledon were full value for the win on reflection and with safety now assured, Neal Ardley can start planning to build for next season.
AFC Wimbledon: Ross Worner, Barry Fuller, Andy Frampton, George Francomb (Will Antwi), Sammy Moore, Jack Midson, Harry Pell (Peter Sweeney), Aaron Morris (Danny Hylton), Darren Jones, Tom Richards, Kwesi Appiah.
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Simply the best in Spirits: WORLD-SPIRITS AWARD
A. The short version for a quick overview
B. WSA: The new benchmark in the World of Spirits
C. The system of the World Spirits Award
D. Awards and classification
E. World-Spirits Award NEW - World Spirits Award goes on a world tour
F. The „Who is Who" of the WSA
G. Communication
H. Preview/ Contact
Der World-Spirits Award - Simply the best in Spirits
The mission: To establish, as the world's best competition with a distillery classification, an assessment standard that sets the ultimate benchmark in the world of spirits.
The objective: As a respected reflection of quality for producers and consumers, to fairly judge spirits from all over the world, taking into account their origin and tradition.
The system: To compile reproducible results and precise verbal descriptions using the transparent, accurate 100-point WOB evaluation system.
The jury: Perfection as the driving force for ongoing further training in the members' own interests, with regular taster training sessions as the basis for product and quality definitions.
The academy: Master of World Spirits training with checks of the individual's sensory performance enhances the scope of their knowledge and is the basic criterion for selection to the jury.
The person: Former world-class sportsman Wolfram Ortner lives and breathes the World-Spirits Award and knows the factors for success - performance, quality, transparency, fairness and self-assessment.
The vision: Simply the best in spirits - the World-Spirits Award is incomparable and always ahead of its time!
B. The new benchmark in the world of spirits
In 2004 the starting signal was given for the first World Spirits Award, in short WSA: Wolfram Ortner, mastermind and organiser, started with the spirits award and fair "Destillata" after seven years of basic work and experience to create the best competition and independent quality assessment system in the spirits scene. With his unruly will for perfection, persistent consequence and consistent uncompromisingness in terms of quality, Ortner has established one of the leading competitions.The results of a participant survey confirmed that he has achieved a quantum leap forward so to speak and succeeded in the quality assessment and development leaving comparable events miles behind.
Independency, competency and transparency are basic values of the WSA and have led to the highest appreciation in the spirits trade.
Unique worldwide: "real" classifications can be found only with the WSA
When other events concentrate on awarding and award many a title on the basis of some successful samples, the WSA is in the position to provide classifications on a purely solid basis of individual products as well as distilleries - with 100% comprehensible results. "With our event we are ten years ahead of the market", Ortner sees himself confirmed. "Insiders have been speaking for a long time of the WSA as the inofficial World Championship and of the measure of all things in the world of spirits".
The world's best jury and unique valuation system make the difference
The secret of the WSA lies in the unsurpassed quality of the jury, based on their meticulous training and the unique underlying system of assessment. Furthermore, the results are provided not only as assessment in points with five valuation criteria but additionally as comprehensible verbalised facts - a most welcome help for assessment not only for the consumers but above all for the presentors themselves! And, the product is assessed only as a snapshot in its present condition - dubious forecasts are not provided.
"Even if other events are cheaper at first sight producers could have to pay dearly for their participation", Ortner explained, "Concerning valuations according to the random principle good products can also fall through and distilleries suffer serious image damage. It is high time for a change of thinking - and this process of rethinking has already begun thanks to the WSA!"
Quality rather than quantity
500 samples from 100 distilleries from all over the world was the aim when founding the WSA. More is not seriously feasible with the high requirements on the judgement of the jury and the general level of the event, as the concept of the system is quality!
This means in practice: if up to 1,600 samples are handled by 30 to 35 tasters within 2 days at other events, 7 rigorously trained tasters taste only about 50 samples per day at the WSA.
Since its foundation in 2004 the WSA has been in a state of slow but constant growth. The number of samples, products, categories, participating countries and distilleries has increased in small steps as well as the amount of awards, always benefitting the quality. At the same time the faith in the fair assessment considering tradition and origin has resulted in a global participation and corresponding expansion of categories - e.g. with China's Baijiu and Moutai. In 2012 the WSA reached a level of 400 samples from 75 distilleries.
The two sections of World Spirits:
The "World Spirits Award" - the global competition and classification
The "World Spirits Academy" - the "mental" training centre where jury members and experts acquire their unique competency in assessing spirits from the Basic Class via the Master Class up to the "Master of World Spirits".
Why the WSA jury is probably the best in the world
WSA jury members must not only achieve an impeccable sensory performance,
they are also responsible for giving a comprehensible product assessment towards the producers.
Comprehensible results are not based on the random principle – they are the result of a meticulous training and tough checks which make the WSA jury the best in the world. The competency of this jury is unmatched worldwide and everybody without exception who wants to have a say in the WSA jury must undergo the sophisticated training programme – even professional tasters and experienced sensory assessors are trained towards the sophisticated quality standards and system of the WSA – just like pilots are trained for bigger and sophisticated aircraft.
Most of the WSA tasters have been cooperating with Wolfram Ortner for years and are sought-after judges at many other international and national tastings as well.
However, since examiners „retire" at the age of 60 – at this point of time their sensory capability begins to fade naturally, a dedicated mentoring programme was initiated.
In order to allow the comprehensive and expensive training for young junior tasters, patrons from the world of business take over individual mentorings – a clear sign of appreciation and trust which in the meantime renowned producers show the WSA Academy.
The training and valuation system
1. Taster training – the basis for transparent valuation
Within the World Spirits Academy – after completing the basic training – several one-day taster trainings concerning the individual categories are conducted in the course of one year.
The first part deals with the products: with the respective background information among other about the origin and production, they are tasted, assessed and defined, and a „World Spirits Ranking" is compiled. Beside the large categories such as Cognac, Grappa/ Marc, Rum, Whisk(e)y etc., the tasters devote themselves to the definition of products made from different types of fruit such as Apple, Pear or Cherry brandies. Due to the global charisma of the WSA more and more exotic specimens find their way into the WSA system – e.g. samples from countries such as China, Vietnam and India are also included. In this training block more than 20 products are discussed and assessed.
2. Checks: 70% hit ratio as a minimum for the jury
The second part of the training is a blind check with 40 samples. The task is to recognise spirits and their flaws, scale the intensity and typicality of a fruit or a flaw as well as recognise and value six products of the day's subject including a determination of origin.
Whereby the stakes are high for the examinees: they are only allowed to deviate three points from the collectively developed ranking. Only those who have achieved a hit ratio of more than 70% - and all this during several checks and many years of positive results in practice – is entitled to participate in the WSA jury!
3. The WSA valuation pattern – instrument for objective assessment
The valuation takes place according to Wolfram Ortner's Spirits System – a 100-point system especially tailored for spirits with five valuation criteria: from (-) flawed/ very weak, 10 points to (++) exceptional, 20 points.
The criteria value aroma and taste respectively according to typicality/ intensity and cleanliness/ flaws as well as general harmony. All valuation criteria are explained separately in written form and communicated in technically correct English or German to the presentor.
4. The tasting itself
Peace and time are important requirements for a correct assessment – one reason for the quantative restriction of samples to 450. Per day only 50 samples are tasted by 8 tasters and the sensory performance during the tasting monitored permanently.
• Each taster receives 4 covered glasses with a consistent temperature of 18°C.
• Each taster prepares his individual judgement in abbreviations and subsequent point computation without comparing the samples.
• The individual judgement is then controlled again with the empty glass and corrected if necessary.
• When preparing the group's result, deviations are dealt with and flawed products tasted again.
Each product is always valued parallel by three teams whereby one team consisting of two persons submits a joint group valuation. Thereby at least one of the team tasters is a specialist in the respective variety who can guarantee the expertise, while his team partner ensures the sensitive sensory assessment for the team's valuation.
The seventh person in the team is an assistant who assesses him/herself – this valuation has the status of a team – analyses the valuation sheets, controls the work of the jury and decides together with the organiser in cases of doubt.
5. The basis: the „Bible" of the world of spirits
The basis of all jury assessments is codified in a manual, the actual „Bible" of the WSA – and thus of the entire world of spirits. All knowledge, all definitions and experiences are entered into this manual which is constantly growing. It is alive and growing not only with each jury training but also with every single one of the numerous educational tours of Wolfram Ortner. These „Spirit Tours" guarantee that local colour and different cultures are integrated into the valuation pattern. As the brand already says, the World Spirits Award is the only global spirit award which does not stand for a certain market but which feels obliged to the entire world – the WSA's objective is to assess all spirits with due respect around the whole globe.
„Spiritual Tours" lasting weeks around Europe or to China, Latin America and South Africa are on Wolfram Ortner's programme every year. What at first sight looks attractive is in reality rock-hard work where Ortner visits at the most five distilleries per day, learns about production processes and tastes products.
All these experiences are registered and passed on to the participants and jury members at the World Spirits Academy.
On the basis of these products empirical values are discussed, defined and harmonised with the „measuring stick" of the WSA-understanding and the aspiration of treating each and every product - even an exotic one - respectfully. Whereby the ultimate aim is to become part of the manual for all WSA-tasters and WSA participants.
But Ortner also lets the public take part in his spiritual border crossings: prepared for the press or in his own media such as www.worldspirits.com anybody who is interested can participate in his experiences.
Award of the best spirits
The WSA honours on an annual basis: the best products of different varieties (Spirit of the Year with at least Double-Gold, whereby the award is geared to the number of presentations per variety), groups or variety groups respectively (World Spirits Award) and categories (World Spirits Award).
The World Spirits Award goes in each case to the producer of the product of a group with the most points (e.g. fruit brandy „Pipfruit" or fruit brandy „Stone Fruit" etc.) and to the best distillery of a category. Whereby the award always depends on the number of products or distilleries respectively.
The WSA distillery classification
Only the WSA determines real classifications according to a standard which has long been a tradition with wine estates e.g. in Bordeaux. Admittedly other events also award titles, this however is done on a basis which is orientated towards some successful samples and reflects little real quality.
With the WSA ALL presented products are assessed whereby the distiller has to present at least five products in three groups in one category – and of course may present products in several categories.
The WSA classifications extend from „World Class Distillery" (92-100 points) to „Recommended Distillery" (80-84 points).
The three distilleries per category with the most points receive beside the assessment according to the valuation system in points in addition the title „World Spirits Distillery of the Year" in gold, silver and bronze. This is a coveted marketing tool which is well reflected as a bottle sticker, in press releases and promotion activities and which is also launched worldwide appropriately in the media by the WSA.
To do even more justice to the title of "World Spirits", in 2015 Wolfram Ortner will expanded the concept of the successful spirits competition and will go out into the world. This way, we can keep up with the ever-increasing internationalisation of the WSA. The previous "World Spirits Festival" with the "Award Celebration" will no longer take place in its usual form, but will be replaced by the new award presentation in the country of the winner - one of all countries and islands in the world, which are represented by their distilleries at the World Spirits Award.
Details of the tour
The home and of the most successful participant will provide the platform for a 'high spirited' tour.
Highlight is the award presentation in the distillery of the superstar or in a chosen town. Naturally all participants of the WSA are welcome to join in the celebrations - primarily of course, it will involve visitors from neighbouring countries. The participation of representatives of the press and celebrities is also planned.
Conclusion of the award presentation is a festive dinner, at which the family character of the event will be emphasised and enhanced. The costs for the dinner are to be settled by the participants themselves - the WSA will take on the organisational role.
As a supporting programme there will be a distillery tour in the winning country. On three to five accompanied days, there will be no shortage of specialised know-how and expert knowledge to be passed on.
Dates of the tour
Always on 15 February of the respective event year, the country will be announced in which the tour will take place. The award presentation will take place in May of the same year. On this day, all the results of the World Spirits Award will be made public.
So that the World Spirits Award really tours the whole world, the winning country has to take a break for 5 years, even if the 'superstar' wins again.
As you can see, we are always looking for new ways to separate the best from the best!
Where will the presentation of prizes take place?
In which country the award ceremony will take place depends on how many award winners come from a country and who the superstar of the last WSA is. In consultation with the winners or potential organisers, it will be decided whether, where and when the prizes will be awarded. If no interest is shown in participating, the 'next' will be contacted and will receive the possibility of hosting the ceremony. The locations for the presentation of the prizes can be a distillery, trade fair or other locations in a suitable town or city.
The more manufacturers and the more products that take part in the WSA from one country, the greater the possibility that the main prizes (awards) will be awarded to this country. It may well be that there is one ceremony overseas and one in Europe.
In 2012 this concept was tried for the first time in China in the Diao Yü Tai State Guest House in Beijing: with the Gold Medal Award Celebration for the Moutai and the Chinese nation, respectively.
What is the procedure at the event?
We honour the superstar in their own country and, of course, invite all award participants from around the world to be there too. Participants who are present in person and the superstar will be presented with their awards, titles and medals, and participants who are not personally present will have their prizes sent to them.
The 'superstar' may invite friends, VIPs and press to the award ceremony at their own cost. The organisation will be carried out together, the expenditure shared: costs for participants of the WSA and those persons invited by the WSA will be assumed by the organiser, the location and equipment is to be provided by the winner.
After the award ceremony, everyone will have dinner together in an attractive restaurant. The costs are to be borne by the participants themselves.
Registration for participation in the award celebration must take place by 15 March. An educational trip can be booked in connection with the ceremony (3 to 5 days, visits to distilleries, etc.).
The packages that are booked (hotel, dinner and educational trip) shall be paid by 25 March at the latest after invoicing. Later registration is unfortunately either not possible or subject to additional costs.
From 2015 the "World Spirits Festival" (the usual show) will no longer take place. We will concentrate on our core competence, the perfect competition of world spirits and the award for the best of the best in the country of the superstar(s) of the WSA. We want to properly appreciate the quality of the products and the manufacturers and show due respect through the award presentation in their own country.
Guide Concept
Front page: photo of superstar
Special interest topic: category, country and superstar
Quality leads to performance, performance has a price tag
The WSA is not cheap compared to other events. However, this event is without comparison. Nowhere else do we taste and assess with such high quality standards and with so much effort. Nobody else provides such comprehensible and serious valuations and classifications.
This high effort has its high (appropriate) price.
Beside the precise tasting and verbal assessment (in German and English) the participant receives an attractive marketing package which is automatically included in his participation. It includes intense and regular press relations not only within the WSA but continuously during the whole year. It also includes the preparation of a company portrait in English and German, the publication in the WSA Guide and WSA Spirits Finder, presentation and public relations within the World Spirits Festival, the right of use with the brand and much more.
The WSA Makers
No question – Wolfram Ortner is the „mastermind" behind the WSA. But without his wife Barbara the operation WSA would not be where it is today. Both live for spirits and everything that has to do with this subject. They operate a distillery in the Nock Region in Carinthia and are competent in all organisational and journalistic sectors. Ortner's background as a top athlete – he was one of the best slalom aces of his time – shaped him: he knows the success factors such as performance, quality, transparency, fairness, self-control and perseverance. If skiing was his life in earlier times, then today it is the WSA. Wolfram Ortner not only lives the WSA, he IS the WSA - with all his flesh and blood.
The participating nations: something spiritual from all over the world
Producers from all over Europe such as France, Great Britain, Ireland, naturally the organising country Austria and its neighbouring countries from Germany to Italy. Globally represented are countries such as Australia, Argentina, Chile, China, India, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, the USA, Vietnam and (island) states such as Fiji, Guadeloupe, Grenada, St. Lucia, Seychelles and Mauritius.
The participating distilleries: small or big – the common denominator is quality
The list of participants in the WSA is very close to the „Who is Who" in the world of spirits – the slogan „Simply the best in Spirits" is not without reason.
Here an extract of the participating distilleries – irrespective of name and size:
Alltech's Lexington Brewing & Distilling, Appleton Jamaica Rum, Armagnac Samalens, Arnold Dettling, Asbach, ASM, Averna, Babco, Bacardi Martini, Bodegas Osborne, Brennerei Hubertus Vallendar, Brokers Gin, Camus Cognac, Capovilla, CCU, Château du Tariquet, CLS Remy Contreau, Cognac Ferrand, Destileria Serralles, Destillerie Franz Bauer, Destillerie Hochstrasser, Destillerie Nicolini, Destillerie WOB Wolfram Ortner, Diageo Brands, Diwisa, Domaine du Coquerel, Feindestillerie Kössler, Fruchtbrennerei Tinnauer, Garagenbrenner Wöhrer, Gebhard Hämmerle Privatbrennerei, Grenada Distillers, Herman Jansen Beverages Nederland, Inner Circle Distillery, Jim Beam Brands, John Dewar & Sons, Laubade et Domaines Associés, Maass-Brand, Maker's Mark, Metaxa, Michelehof, Moutai Kweichow, Nannoni Grappe, Pap és Pap, Pitu, Pemberton Distillery, Pfanner, S. Fassbind, Semper idem Underberg, Southern Cape Vineyards, St. Lucia Distillers, Tesseron, Tamborine Mountain Distillery, United Spirits Limited, Zwack Unicum.
The feedback from participants
A statement which is representative of many positive reactions:
Toni Eberhard of Dettling Company, repeatedly awarded participant:
„We have been taking part in the WSA since the beginning in 2004. The secret of our success is the product quality and the participation in the WSA for many years.This means that we can now reap our „economic fruits" in difficult times. Continuity in participating and our own marketing are the magic words"!
On the WSA website www.world-spirits.com the video feature „Talk 1" with a sequence of statements by participants can be found on the Media-Channel.
„World Spirits" also considers itself a pr-agency which is active not only during the time of the WSA but throughout the entire year for the participants and in the broader sense for the whole spirits industry. The results and company portraits are communicated in the digital sector on the website www.world-spirits.com in the Online Guide as well as in the Spirits Finder and in the print sector „World Spirits Guide".
Permanent editorial work for the international press and media partners all over the world and press documentations on www.world-spirits.com bear witness to the quality and professionality of the communication work of the WSA.
The WSA means of communication
www.world-spirits.com
The official „World Spirits" website has been redesigned and and not only revised but also provided with helpful features. The highlights are the Online Guide, the Spirits Finder and the Media Channel.
The Spirits Finder is a database with the results of all taster trainings and the products tasted at the annually conducted WSA. The tool enables the easy search for producers or products and provides furthermore the comparison of results of a product at different tastings.
New domains: www.wsaward.com or www.wspirits.com or www.world-spirits.com
World Spirits Guide and Online Guide
The ultimate Print Guide with all results of the Awards: www.world-spirits-guide.com
H. Preview/Contact
Preview, information & bookings
World-Spirits . Barbara Ortner
Untertscherner Weg 3 . 9546 Bad Kleinkirchheim . Austria
Tel. 0043-4240-760, Fax 0043-4240-760-50
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World Spirits Award registration - step by step
WSA Award Celebration 2021 in Bad Kleinkirchheim
19th March: Distillery Tour in Carinthia
20th March, 3 pm: World Spirits Award Celebration
(depending on the weather in the ‚Kultursaal' in Bad Kleinkirchheim or at the ‚Brunnachhoehe' in St. Oswald in the Nock IN; will be announced three days prior to the beginning)
7 pm: dinner together at the ‚Einkehr' in Bad Kleinkirchheim
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numbers 35 and 36
Read Numbers 35 and 36 at Bible Gateway.
The Hebrew paragraph divisions for today’s chapters are:
Num 35:1-8 {p} Cities for the Levites among the tribes
Num 35:9-34 {p} Cities of refuge + distinction between murder and manslaughter
Num 36:1-13 {p} Marriage of the daughters of Zelophehad, so that his inheritance is retained
Today’s reading is part of a larger chiastic structure:
Num 27:1-36:13
1a) Num 27:1-7, The inheritance of the daughters of Zelophehad;
1b) Num 27:8-11, Laws concerning the inheritance of the land;
1c) Num 27:12-14, Moses shall be gathered to his people;
1d) Num 27:15-23, Moses transferred authority to Joshua by inauguration;
central axis) Num 28:1-29:40, Daily, Sabbath, new moon, and feast day offerings;
2d) Num 30:1-16, Fathers/ husbands transfer authority to daughters/ wives by vow;
2c) Num 31:1-54, Moses shall be gathered to his people after taking vengeance on the Midianites;
2b) Num 32:1-35:34, Laws concerning the inheritance of the land;
2a) Num 36:1-13, The marriage of the daughters of Zelophehad.
Once again we see the Sabbath and annual feast days of the LORD highlighted in Torah, not just once, but over and over and over again, as a constant reminder of their importance (Sabbath pre- dates the giving of the Law, and even pre- dates the fall of man) and as an everlasting ordinance among the people of God.
We see the Lord emphasize, that once the promise of the land is GAINED by warfare among the people, the importance of RETAINING it, through obedience, justice, and wise dealing. We see the importance of making just atonement for shed blood. Even the laws concerning what is and is not murder, and the cities of refuge, concern just atonement for shed blood. For if someone were killed accidentally (manslaughter) and the avenger of blood — who is the victim’s close relative — were to shed the blood of the manslaughterer, that would increase unjust bloodshed on the land, not decrease it. Since manslaughter is not murder, to kill the manslaughterer is to add murder to the land. It is justice to give refuge to the manslaughterer, just as it is injustice to give refuge to the murderer.
Our own justice system would benefit greatly by being instructed and corrected from the LORD’s Torah. The incidents of murder would decrease dramatically when true murders were swiftly and justly atoned, and true manslaughters were given just refuge. Where are the prisons in the LORD’s system of justice? There are none. Capital crimes (murder and kidnapping for example, there will be more instruction on capital crimes in Deuteronomy) are punished by death, and thefts, frauds, and property losses are corrected by making proper restitution. Our “compassionate” system which imprisons non-capital offenders while leaving victims without recompense, and which gives refuge to capital offenders, again leaving victims without recompense, is not compassionate at all.
Now I can hear some of you saying, we have finally come to chapters in Torah, where Moses did not write about Messiah. Not so. 🙂
There are to be three cities of refuge on the west side of the Jordan, and three cities of refuge on the east side of the Jordan. Three is a sign of the Messiah in Torah! A city of refuge is a place to which someone who deserves death because of bloodshed, can flee and escape death. Escape from certain death is also a sign of Messiah in Torah, as He is the Resurrection and the Life! A city of refuge prophesies of Messiah, just as the Tabernacle prophesies of Messiah, and the Menorah, and the feast days, and the sacrifices, and the red heifer!
“So the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall return him to the city of refuge where he had fled, and he shall remain there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.” Num 35:25
Who is the anointed high priest of our confession? Messiah Yeshua (Heb 3:1 – “Messiah” means “anointed one”). It is His death which releases all who are guilty and deserving death because of our guilt, from our deserved consequence. At His death, we are released!
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(586c) Highly Elastic, Antimicrobial, and Sprayable Hydrogel for Wound Healing
Conference: AIChE Annual Meeting
Proceeding: 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting
Group: Materials Engineering and Sciences Division
Hydrogel Biomaterials II
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - 3:51pm-4:09pm
Rana, D., Northeastern University
Annabi, N., Northeastern University
Highly elastic, antimicrobial, and sprayable hydrogel for wound healing
Devyesh Rana1, Ehsan Shirzaei Sani2, Roberto Portillo Lara2, Suzanne Mithieux3, Anthony Weiss3, Nasim Annabi2,4,5
1 Department of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115-5000, USA
2 Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115-5000, USA
3School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, Australia
4Biomaterials Innovation Research Center, Brigham and Womenâ??s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
5Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
The skin is the largest functional organ in the human body. Its primary function is to serve as a protective barrier against foreign agents, both micro- (e.g. bacteria, viruses, etc.) and macroscopic (e.g. dirt, debris, etc.) (1). Hence, the risk of developing infections is amplified upon impaired skin integrity. Chronic wounds are estimated to affect 6.5 million patients. The annual health care cost associated with chronic wounds are estimated to exceed $25 billion (2). Burn wounds alone account for $11.3 billion (3). Patients suffering from severe burns and skin injuries still exhibit high mortality rates due to complications during the early stages of trauma. The first line of care in managing burn and trauma patients is to cover the wound properly to avoid excessive transdermal fluid loss, and to protect the wound area from environmental exposure to pathogens, in particular bacteria. The next step is to promote healing to restore the integrity of the skin and its barrier function (4, 5). However, large burns and chronic wounds often do not heal in a timely and orderly fashion, and bacterial infection remains a life threatening condition for these patients (6). In this project, we engineered a multifunctional hydrogel that can be sprayed on wounds to prevent bacterial growth and facilitate wound healing. This visible light-activated hybrid hydrogel is comprised of methacrylated tropoelastin (MeTro) and gelatin methacrylate (GelMA), which are conjugated with an antibacterial peptide (AMP). We hypothesize that the engineered hybrid gel will mimic the mechanical properties of the native skin and will adhere to the skin tissue upon photopolymerization to form an antibacterial and regenerative barrier on the wound area.
All chemicals were purchased from Sigma Aldrich and used without further purification. GelMA and MeTro were prepared according to procedures described in our previous works [7, 8]. Different ratios of MeTro/GelMA prepolymer solutions (100/0, 70/30, 50/50, 30/70, 0/100) were interspersed in a solution of trimethanolamine (1.8% w/v) as a co-initiator, vinylcaprolactam (1.25% w/v) as a catalyst, and Eosin-Y (20% v/v) as a photoinitiator. An antimicrobial peptide (CPS Scientific) in the range of 0.01-0.03 % (w/v) was then incorporated into the MeTro/GelMA solution prior to polymerization via visible light (400-500 nm) for 120s. Mechanical properties such as tensile and compression moduli were tested using an Instron 5944 machine. Antimicrobial properties were also evaluated using colony forming and live/dead assays. In vitro biocompatibility of the engineered hydrogels was assessed by 2D and 3D culture of NIH 3T3 fibroblast cells.
The tensile modulus of the hybrid hydrogel was found to be tunable in the range of 5 - 35 kPa based on MeTro/GelMA ratios and final polymer concentrations. Similarly, the compressive modulus ranged from 4 - 65 kPa by varying polymer composition and concentration. The resulting hydrogels were sprayed onto porcine skin and were shown to adhere well to the tissue after photopolymerization based on wound closure tests. In vitro bacterial studies indicate that incorporation of 0.01% v/v antimicrobial peptide into a MeTro/GelMA hydrogel with the ratio of 70/30 was effective at killing both gram positive (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)) and gram negative (Escherichia coli) bacteria. The number of colony forming units (CFUs) decreased from 38 to 15 for MRSA and from 13 to 2 for E.coli. In addition, in vitro tests on the engineered hydrogels containing antimicrobial peptide showed more than 90% mammalian cell viability at days 1, 3, and 5 post-seeding. This result confirmed that the engineered hybrid hydrogels exhibit no apparent cytotoxic effect on 3T3 fibroblasts. The engineered sprayable and antimicrobial hydrogel has a remarkable potential to be used as a novel biomaterial for wound healing.
In this study, we developed a novel regenerative sprayable hydrogel with antimicrobial properties for wound treatment. In particular, the hydrogel formulation consisting of 70/30 MeTro/GelMA with a 15% final polymer concentration and 0.01% antimicrobial peptide, attained optimal mechanical, antimicrobial and biocompatible properties.
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[3]. Latenser BA, Miller SF, Bessey PQ, Browning SM, Caruso DM, Gomez M, et al. National Burn Repository 2006: a ten-year review. J Burn Care Res. 2007;28(5):635-58. Epub 2007/10/31. PubMed PMID: 17969244.
[4]. Sen CK, Gordillo GM, Roy S, Kirsner R, Lambert L, Hunt TK, et al. Human skin wounds: a major and snowballing threat to public health and the economy. Wound Repair and Regeneration. 2009;17(6):763-71.
[5]. Atiyeh BS, Costagliola M, Hayek SN, Dibo SA. Effect of silver on burn wound infection control and healing: review of the literature. Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn [6]. Injuries. 2007;33(2):139-48. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.06.010. PubMed PMID: 17137719.
[7]. Castilla DM, Liu Z-J, Velazquez OC. Oxygen: Implications for Wound Healing. Advances in wound care. 2012;1(6):225-30.[5]. Xin Zhao , Qi Lang , Lara Yildirimer , Zhi Yuan Lin , Wenguo Cui , Nasim Annabi , Kee Woei Ng , Mehmet R. Dokmeci , Amir M. Ghaemmaghami , Ali Khademhosseini, Photocrosslinkable Gelatin Hydrogel for Epidermal Tissue Engineering, Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2016, 5, 108â??118.
[8] Nasim Annabi, Kelly Tsang, Suzanne M Mithieux, Mehdi Nikkhah, Afshin Ameri, Ali Khademhosseini, Anthony S Weiss, Highly elastic micropatterned hydrogel for engineering functional cardiac tissue, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2013, 23, 39, 4950-4959.
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Performing safety tests to demonstrate compliance with technical safety measures is essential to guarantee that baby and childcare products are safe and comply with Directive 2001/95/EC.
In this sense, we place our laboratory at your disposal to perform physical, chemical and flammability tests on baby and childcare articles, according to European and international regulations and legislations.
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We perform safety tests on all large childcare articles (pushchairs, carry cots, highchairs, cots, cribs, reclined cradles, bathtubs, etc.) in accordance with European and international regulations, as well as applicable legislation (REACH, food contact, etc…).
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At the AIJU laboratory we perform safety tests for different international markets, applying US regulations (ASTM) and those of other European countries (NF, BS).
Safety studies for non-standardised child products
In order to assess the safety of non-standardised child products, at AIJU we perform tailor-made safety studies taking into account the intended user, the useful life of the product, etc.
Safety tests on baby clothes
Textiles and baby clothes (baby clothing, bibs, etc.) are critical articles because they are in direct contact with the skin of the baby, and can cause allergic reactions if they contain harmful substances. In addition, they are easily accessible with the baby’s mouth and hands, and small pieces of the decorations could come off during use or when the baby handles them.
At AIJU we participate in the standardisation committees, so we always have the latest updates and criteria. In the case of baby clothes, the committees in which we have an important presence are:
AEN/CTN 40/GT 8 “Seguridad para la ropa infantil”
CEN TC 248 WG 20 “Safety of children’s clothing”: working group in charge of safety in children’s clothing.
CEN /TC 248 WG 34 “Risk in the sleeping environment”: working group in charge of safety in textiles used in the sleeping environment.
At the AIJU laboratory we perform physical-mechanical, chemical and product information safety tests on clothes for babies, in line with current safety regulations:
Safety Tests on Children’s Clothing. Cords and Drawstrings according to Standard EN 14682
Safety Tests on Baby Clothes according to Standard UNE 40902
Safety Tests on Baby and Children’s Footwear according to UNE 59300 Standard.
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European Regulation No. 1907/2006, commonly known as REACH, is the most important piece of legislation governing the use of chemical substances in consumer products. The obligations it imposes affect the manufacturer of the substance and the user thereof, with the ambitious objective of not allowing products to be placed on the market that contain substances whose use has not been authorised.
The Regulation is therefore especially important for manufacturers of consumer products such as baby and childcare articles. Manufacturers must be able to manage the documentation required to verify their compliance with the REACH obligations. At AIJU we help you with this management through the following activities:
Establishing validity and acceptation criteria for the available documentation by suppliers.
Establishing supplier evaluation criteria and actions to be followed.
Review of company documentation for the exchange and compilation of supplier information.
Tests under REACH and others
SVHC substances (Annex 14) are known to be of particular concern due to their characteristics – carcinogenic, mutagenic, reproductive toxicity, persisting in the environment, bioaccumulative – or because they may entail other dangers (effects in the endocrine system, for example). Such substances require a special authorisation in order to be used, and some of them have restricted use for certain applications (Annex 17).
Substances such as phthalates, cadmium, lead, azo dyes are the most frequent substances in most consumer products, and they are also the most in demand. Thanks to such tests, manufacturers not only guarantee the safety of their products, they also ensure they comply with the obligations imposed by their customers.
The services we offer are:
Phthalate tests.
Azo dyes and colourings tests.
Cadmium and lead tests.
Benzene tests.
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Cr (VI) tests.
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At AIJU we perform risk assessment of children’s products and other products that, although not intended for children, are in the child’s environment and whose risks must be controlled.
Risk assessment makes it possible to identify and assess the hazards the product might entail through the level of risk (critical, high, medium, low) associated with each of them. With this service you will be able to detect and minimise the risks and hazards of your product before making it available to consumers. Risk assessment is a very useful tool for making decisions as to the risk management measures you should take, and the scope of such measures.
In compliance with European legislation, all products must be safe and must not present any risk, or only minimal risks, compatible with the use of the product and considered admissible within the respect of a high level of protection of people’s health and safety.
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Baby and childcare products must present appropriate product information which helps to identify the essential characteristics of the product, as well as the manufacturer or the person responsible for its commercialisation. It must also contain the necessary warnings for the safe use of the product, as well as instructions for use, cleaning, maintenance, assembly, etc., depending on the type of article.
At AIJU we carry out the assessment and/or review of the product information these products must include based on the applicable safety regulation, if any, and in addition, considering the applicable legislation, among others:
Royal Decree 1468/1988, of 2 December, which approves the Regulation on labelling, presentation and publicity of industrial products intended for direct sale to consumers and users.
Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004, on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC.
EU Regulation No. 1007/2011 on textile fibre names and related labelling of the fibre composition of textile products.
Royal Decree 928/1987 on the labelling of the composition of textile products.
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Critical tests are partial standard tests which manufacturers may use to perform production controls in its different phases, to perform occasional product tests, etc.
The definition of critical tests can be carried out in different ways:
In products which have been previously tested in AIJU, we select these critical points considering the initial results and/or weak points obtained in previous tests.
If the products have not been previously tested in AIJU, we select the critical points according to our criteria, considering the most representative safety aspects in each product category. We make this selection after receiving the product in question, and after its inspection by AIJU technicians.
Critical tests may be defined and selected directly by the requester of the test.
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Consumer and public demand for children’s products with safety and quality guarantees is increasing.
That is why at AIJU we provide our customers with our certifications and seals like a tool that allows the end user to distinguish your product from those of the competition, and to offer them the confidence that they are buying an article with safety and quality guarantees.
The “CHECKED QUALITY” mark for children’s products allows end users to differentiate the products that have such a mark from those of the competition, not only in terms of safety, but also of quality, because in addition to European Union safety requirements, at AIJU we request additional requisites depending on the product. We also carry out an annual follow-up which guarantees the uniform level of quality of these articles.
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Periodically revise the requirements of the mark in order to achieve a useful tool that continuously increases its market position, and that evolves according to current safety and quality criteria.
Educate consumers on the values of the products that have the mark, and which makes them different from those who do not.
Publicly inform in an updated manner as to which products may use the CHECKED QUALITY symbol.
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They guarantee the international acceptance of test reports.
The tests are needed to guarantee product safety.
To prevent children from suffering accidents due to a lack of safety of your products during use.
Safety tests on baby and childcare articles are necessary to guarantee that the products are safe.
Performing these tests at AIJU guarantees the international acceptance of the test reports that are obtained, because it implies that the safety tests have been performed in a European and international reference laboratory that is recognised by the competent authorities (both in market inspection and in import control) and certified by ENAC.
Our principles of collaboration are: speed of response, service quality, confidentiality of information, and customer satisfaction. Our flexibility and customer orientation facilitate communication and understanding between all parties involved.
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Baby and childcare articles are not regulated by a specific safety directive. They fall under the consumer goods group, and are regulated by Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 December 2001 on general product safety.
The general product safety Directive refers to standards as “tools” which make it possible to assess product conformity, and it mentions different options for assessing safety:
National technical standards – transposition of harmonised European standards-;
National technical standards – transposition of non-harmonised European standards-;
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Recommendations of the European Commission;
Codes of good practice regarding product safety that are currently in force in the sector;
Current state of the knowledge and the technique.
Therefore, performing safety tests to demonstrate compliance with standards is essential in order to be able to place baby and childcare articles on the market and to demonstrate that they are safe products.
Firstly, we determine the regulations and legislation that apply to the particular product in order to know what type of product it is and whether there is an applicable technical regulation.
If there is no such applicable regulation, we perform a safety test of the product applying all the available technical reference documentation, and taking the intended user into consideration.
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We are an active member of several national and international standard-setting forums and committees related to child safety.
Participation in these committees guarantees knowledge of and constant updating in technical aspects, criteria and pre-regulatory work.
AEN/TC 172 “Infancia”
AEN/TC 172 SC2 “Artículos de puericultura”
CEN/TC 252 ‘Childcare articles’
CEN /TC 252 WG 1 “Seating and body care”: Working group on seating articles and childcare.
CEN /TC 252 WG 3 “Wheeled transportation”: Working group on wheeled transportation.
CEN /TC 252 WG 5 “Feeding, drinking, sucking and similar functions”: Work group on childcare products for feeding, drinking, sucking and similar functions (soothers, feeding bottles, soother holders…).
CEN /TC 252 WG 6 “General and common safety specifications” Working group in which the general requisites for childcare regulations are drawn up.
CEN/TC 207 'Furniture'
CEN /TC 207 WG 2 “Requirements for children’s and nursery products”: Working Group on children’s furniture.
CEN/PC 364 ‘Highchairs’
CEN/TC 248 ‘Textiles and textile products’
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We also have sound-proof and anti-vibration rooms in which the heavy equipment is located: fatigue benches for the application of dynamic loads, test equipment for pushchairs – testing on irregular surfaces and handlebars – and other fatigue equipment to perform static and dynamic strength tests.
We have specific rooms and leading equipment to carry out all chemical tests applicable to children’s products:
Gas chromatographers with mass spectrometry detection (GC-MS).
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High-performance liquid chromatography with diode-array (HPLC-DAD) and fluorescence detection.
Optical emission spectrophotometry with inductive plasma coupling (ICP-OES).
Optical emission spectrophotometry with mass spectrometry detection (ICP-MS) with and without coupling with liquid chromatography.
Ultraviolet-visible spectrometry.
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Five experts explain how executive coaching works, where it is of most value, and what can happen when things go wrong. By Mark Story
Executive coaching, a relatively new game in Australia, is becoming increasingly customised to cater for a growing range of corporate appetites. It's progressively evolving from a fashionable, one-size-fits-all approach to cure wayward executive behaviour, to an executive tool capable of upskilling key staff and future leaders.
By anticipating staff promotions, through customised coaching, employers are paving the way for good succession planning while ensuring their high-flyers are 'job ready' for the next step upwards.
In the light of these changing dynamics, Management Today interviewed a range of experts to explain what executive coaching looks like today, how it works, the value it offers, and why it sometimes fails.
Psychology-trained sole traders, often with little business experience, still dominate the ranks of Australia's executive coaching line-up, which has doubled in the past five years.
However, Hugh Davies, a specialist in career development with Macfarlan Lane, says that we are witnessing a transition. The two notable changes he has observed are one, the number of 'semi-retired' senior executives now offering their experience and wisdom as coaches and mentors, and two, the practice of coaches working within groups.
Davies says while coaching is moving from being remedial - do this and you'll see these outcomes - to developmental - especially by executives aiming to transition to new roles - employer exceptions are still paying most of the coach's bills.
"Ten years ago executive coaching was a knee-jerk reaction to perceived gaps in executive abilities," says Davies. "Today, it's being deployed by organisations to improve the return on their investment in human capital by developing talent and broadening the capabilities of key staff."
As a result, he says employers also want to see a beginning, middle, and an end in coaching programs to ensure coaching doesn't become an endless continuum without specific outcomes.
The way coaching is delivered has changed little over the years. It remains a one-on-one process where individuals are matched with skilled and experienced people to help explore and develop capabilities. Nevertheless, Davies says there's now a much richer menu than less sophisticated coaching techniques popularised 15 years ago.
He says while cognitive behavioural theory still underpins coaching practice, today there's much more focus on effective listening, action learning, extensive materials to support the dialogue, and individuals discovering a reality that works for them.
"Coaching often provides a balanced space to ventilate, rebalance priorities, and steadily adopt more constructive personal behaviours and practices both in personal life and work," says Davies.
Having become more discerning in the selection of coaches, Davies is seeing that employers are moving beyond those who trade in personal charisma, with little substance behind their work.
As a result, he says that there's a growing divide between motivation and goal setting, now the domain of life coaching, and an executive coach's preoccupation with developing workplace capabilities. These capabilities typically include:
performance development
building collaboration across functions and groups
flexing/modifying behaviour to suit situations.
"Good coaches agree on outcomes and criteria to measure success with an organisation before the assignment begins," says Davies. "Then they meet with the organisation at the end of the assignment, even though much of the journey with the individual takes place in a private and confidential setting. Confidences aren't broken, but the organisation wants to see some result or outcome for their outlay."
Facilitator, groomer, problem-solver, inspirer, and confidence builder: all these attributes describe the qualities good coaches possess. But their main goal, says Bruce Gregory, Senior Consultant with C-F-S Career Management, is to help change an executive's workplace performance by modifying behaviours.
While coaching can last anywhere between nine weeks to 36 months, research by the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) suggests the average program costs $12,600 per executive for nine sessions over seven months. According to AHRI's findings, session durations ranged from 50 minutes to two hours, with a per-hour cost of $150 to $1650.
Once an executive coach has been commissioned, step one, advises Gregory, is a one to five-hour initial consultation, depending on the executive's seniority and needs. Through this initial 'meet and assess', he says the coach will typically go through a pre-evaluation form to establish the right foundation on which coaching will proceed.
"This initial face-to-face assessment enables the coach to build a road-map designed to get an executive to where they want to go."
Gregory says that executives who approach coaches in order to facilitate transition into a new role are typically more motivated subjects than those who have been told to seek coaching by their bosses to improve shortcomings.
"Either way, it's the coach's job to hold that person's hand while moving from point A to point B," says Gregory. "It's also the coach's job to assess whether stated outcomes can be delivered through the coaching process."
If the goal is to find a more senior role, Gregory's team asks the executive to select nine job ads and then prioritise them in order of interest. By getting them to benchmark these jobs against key criteria, he says it becomes clear where weaknesses lie and what behavioural changes need improving.
The next four meetings, advises Gregory, are typically spent determining the tactical plan they will implement to deliver on stated outcomes. For example, if an executive has repeatedly been overlooked for promotion, Gregory will work on closing the perception gaps of their peers and managers and, if necessary, start preparing a transition. "By week five a coach should be working on recommendations to deliver on specific outcomes," adds Gregory.
In addition to closing notable skill gaps, he says they may also need to work on how behavioural traits impact an executive's ability to effectively communicate across the organisation.
"If communication skills are poor, we role-play specific workplace situations. Psychometric profiling may also be used to provide greater insight into the real drivers behind their behaviour," Gregory says.
At the very senior level, he says it's not uncommon for coaches to help groom an executive who's assuming their first C-level appointment. In these cases, Gregory says the primary objective might be helping them modify their style of management.
"In addition to making them feel comfortable in that role, it may also include grooming them to deal with the press, the board, plus myriad new stakeholders," says Gregory.
Achieving tangible results
Companies that pay for their executives to be coached understandably expect tangible results.
Andrew Dawson, Performance Coach and Program Developer at Deakin University, says the trouble is that when you expect a transformation within an individual's behaviour to deliver certain outcomes, the benefits (by definition) are more about human qualities than the bottom line.
Interestingly, recent research commissioned by the Institute of Executive Coaching Australia (IECA) revealed that the most value people gained from coaching was the ability to conduct effective workplace conversations. "One of the keys to effective people skills is listening, without prejudice, and communicating effectively," says Dawson.
In the research, executives cited the four key areas of benefit as: self-awareness, developing communication skills, improving work organisation and planning, and understanding the context and strategy of the business.
According to Dawson, it's critical that the executive, their coach and the employer mutually align themselves over perceived value gains before coaching begins. While the net value of coaching always remains somewhat subjective, he says employers can still correlate the indirect impact on their bottom line through more generic workplace outcomes. These include:
higher employee satisfaction levels
reduced staff turnover
happier customers
better cross-functional work groups.
But beyond these indicators, he says the real power and value within the coaching process comes from the individual coach's ability to adapt to the unique learning styles and personality of each executive, and help modify entrenched patterns of behaviour. But he says the role of coaches is diluted if the participant and management don't see value in the process.
"Coaching will seldom deliver on any value matrix without a high level of confidentiality and respect between coach and client," advises Dawson. "To avoid conflicts of interest, it's always better if the coach is external to the organisation."
To Dawson, the value a coach adds is in direct proportion to the achievement of stated goals. He says it's the skill of the coach that often helps transform fuzzy vision into specific wants.
"Helping executives deliver on stated goals, like promotion or higher salary, usually increases motivation and satisfaction, and reduces stress by putting them in control of their career development," says Dawson. "But often the bigger value drive is whether an employer is prepared to develop someone, via coaching, even if it means risking losing them."
Why things go wrong
Because executive coaching is fundamentally a process-oriented practice, Dr Laurene Vaughan, Director of Research and Innovation at RMIT, says it's only ever as good (or bad) as the variables underscoring it.
That said, she says good coaching outcomes rely heavily on framing and then aligning desired objectives from the outset by all parties involved. That's especially important when the decision to engage a coach comes from the organisation itself.
Vaughan says there can be varying shades of success around any coaching process where the executive and their employer have differing definitions of what a successful outcome looks like.
"For example, the realisation that they don't want a career in sales may be a successful outcome for a sales manager forced to seek coaching," says Vaughan. "But for their employer looking to remedy obvious faults, this might be a disastrous outcome."
She says the opportunity for failure is heightened when an executive is instructed to seek coaching on an experimental basis in the benign hope that whatever emerges will by default benefit all.
The only time she has ever known coaching not to work is when the executive being coached has refused to engage in the process. On the flipside, she says that a lack of chemistry between coach and executive, or the coach simply lacking expertise, could also cause a coaching program to fail.
By week four of a program, Vaughan says, it should be clear whether the coach and executive have a compatible relationship. If not, either party should have the wisdom to terminate proceedings.
"Coaching just doesn't work without commitment," Vaughan advises. "Outcomes may also disappoint the employer where the executive has hidden objectives that the coach has a duty-of-care not to divulge, even if the company pays the bills."
Coaching can also fail, adds Paul Smith, CEO with the Carnegie Management Group, when executives won't change their mindsets or are too entrenched in a comfort-zone to face tough issues. "Those with most difficulty altering their views are engineers, architects, lawyers and old-school executives who have risen through the ranks," Smith says.
He says employers can unwittingly set executives up for dismal outcomes when they misunderstand the distinction between instructional coaching and mentoring, which is often used as a sounding-board for senior executives to bounce strategy off.
He says executives typically gravitate from how-to type coaching in their 20s and 30s to learning how to modify behaviours to deliver on outcomes in their 40s and beyond.
"Highly paid CEOs should know how to flex their style according to their stakeholders," Smith adds. "Success within a mentoring context is a journey, not a destination, and like any good marriage requires absolute commitment from client and provider."
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Death of 16-year-old provokes settlers' ire against police, Palestinians
Settlers angry after the death of 16-year-old Ahuvia Sandak are protesting violently across the country and also attacking Palestinian property in the West Bank.
A picture shows a partial view of the Israeli settlement of Kedumim, near the Palestinian town of Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Feb. 9, 2015. Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images.
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Over the past few days, Israeli security agencies have been warning about escalating tensions in the West Bank. They fear that violent demonstrations and attacks on Palestinian property registered ever since the death of Ahuvia Sandak on Dec. 21 could continue and even spread.
More so, according to data published on Jan. 9, December 2020 was the most nationalist-violent month since the beginning of 2017. Israeli security agencies registered 41 "price tag" incidents, which is the name used for vengeance crimes carried out by Israeli extremists against Palestinians and against Palestinian buildings and property. Most of these December attacks were the throwing of stones and rocks at Palestinians in the West Bank, with seven people in total injured. A report by the Yesh Din Volunteers for Human Rights nonprofit organization on Jan. 1 said the group had recorded 25 attacks against Palestinians and their property since Sandak was killed — in other words, 25 incidents in ten days.
As aforementioned, the increase of violence by settlers and far-right activists is linked to the death of 16-year-old Sandak last month. He was killed when the car he was sitting in collided with a police car and then overturned. It happened during a car chase as police officers tried to detain five settlers — Hilltop Youth — suspected of throwing stones at Palestinians. Police said the driver lost control of the vehicle.
In contrast, settlers are claiming a police car ramming the vehicle caused the crash. The family of Sandak had petitioned the court for the incident to be investigated. They blame the police for the death of their son and also claim that the officers on the scene prevented rescue forces from reacting promptly. The Jerusalem Shalom Court received the petition, and a judge is expected to start examining it today.
The incident generated protests across Israel. Thousands of right-wing activists demonstrated against the police, demanding that the investigation of the incident be entrusted to an exterior, independent body. Many of these demonstrations were violent, with police arresting dozens of people for disturbing public order. On Dec. 29, for instance, police arrested 14 people in Jerusalem after demonstrators blocked traffic, caused damage to infrastructure and burned garbage bins. On Jan. 10, activists organized protests at several highway intersections, setting up makeshift barriers and blocking traffic. They also organized demonstrations in dozens of locations including in Haifa, Jerusalem and the Etzion settlement bloc. Reportedly, hundreds of people participated in these Jan. 10 protests. At least 10 of them were detained by the police.
The series of violent protests on Jan. 10 included also another serious incident in which settler Yehuda Shimon allegedly attacked the commander of the Golani Brigade’s Reconnaissance Battalion, Ayoub Kayuf. It happed outside the Kedumim West Bank settlement. Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi sharply condemned the incident. A statement issued on his behalf read, “The chief of staff determined that harming IDF soldiers — who serve day and night to defend citizens of the state — by settlers, who are protected by [troops], is unacceptable behavior that we must reject and vigorously fight against while, in addition, bringing to justice those involved.”
Kochavi was warning the Hilltop Youth against attacking IDF soldiers. But the young settlers have been doing more than just demonstrating. We have already mentioned the report on the increase of nationalist attacks during December 2020. It now seems that January could be no less violent. Reports about a demonstration that took place Jan. 1 in Jerusalem revealed that some of the demonstrators there threw rocks and other objects toward a vehicle driven by Arabs in the city and even tried to open the car’s door to attack the vehicle’s occupants. On Jan. 11, Yesh Din reported on dozens of settlers who gathered at a junction not far from Nablus. According to Yesh Din, the settlers threw stones at a Palestinian car and broke its front window. The Palestinian driver was injured and transferred to the Nablus hospital.
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ASANA Softball World Series Playing Rules
Updated, August 6, 2019
All players must be registered with ASANA on the official ASANA Tournament Roster. If it is discovered at any time that a player has entered a game without registering, that player will be deemed and illegal player and all ASA rules around illegal players will then be enforced.
On championship day, all rosters will be checked and all players will be required to produce current photo identification.
Scheduled game time is forfeit time. Late arriving players are not allowed to be entered on said line up except in the situation of the ASA shorthanded rule.
Forfeits: Forfeits in the ASANA World series will not be allowed unless there are extenuating circumstances which are approved by the ASANA Board. ASA rules will be followed otherwise. Both written and verbal notification of forfeit situations must occur immediately by the team designee to the Tournament Director and/or a member of the ASANA board so an assessment of the situation and resolution can occur immediately. The Tournament Director and/or a member of the ASANA board will notify the team within a reasonable period of time of their decision either verbally or in writing. If the forfeit is approved, the forfeiting team will be given a loss with a score of 0-7, the winning team will be awarded the win with a score of 7-0, as dictated by ASA. If the forfeit is denied the team will have to immediately notify the Tournament Director or a member of the ASANA board of their decision to play or be removed from the tournament at that time. The seeding or bracket placement for all teams affected will be updated accordingly. Approved forfeits will simply be recorded as a win/loss accordingly and standings will reflect these games as decided. All decisions on forfeits are final. No appeals will be allowed.
All games will use coin toss to determine Home team. Home team is the Official Scorekeeper.
Start of game time shall be determined by scheduled game time or as announced by Plate Umpire at the start of the game.
ASA: Teams must start with 9 players with the 10th vacant position listed last. The 10th vacant position will be recorded as an out each time it comes up in the order. Teams may start with 10 players without penalty. Teams may roster up to 12 players on the batting order with only 10 playing defense at any one time. All other eligible players shall be listed as substitutes and must be present upon submission of official lineups prior to the start of the game.
Courtesy Runner Rule: ASA Rule 8 Section 9B2: Any eligible player on the official line-up including available substitutes may be used as a courtesy runner. A courtesy runner may be used once per inning. (All Adult Slow Pitch except Senior.)
Game Times/Innings/Ties: Pool games are 55 minutes (no new after 50) or a full 7 innings, whichever occurs first and can end in a tie score. Elimination games up to but not including the games that will determine 1st, 2nd and 3rd place are 60 minutes (no new after 55) and a winner must be declared (no ties). If at the end of time or 7 innings the game is tied the International Tie Breaker rule will be used. All games determining 1st, 2nd and 3rd place are a full 7 innings and a winner must be declared (no ties). If at the end of 7 innings the game is tied the International Tie Breaker rule will be used. If for any reason these games cannot run a full seven innings (due to park hour limitations, weather, etc.) the Tournament Director and available ASANA Executive Board members along with the UIC will determine format changes and communicate them as quickly as possible to all teams involved.
Count: All pool and elimination games including Championship and IF games will be played with a 1 ball and 1 strike count with nothing to waste meaning if the batter has two strikes and fouls off another pitch the batter is out.
A run-ahead rule and/or time limit may be used in the ASANA World Series upon recommendation of the playing rules committee and approval of the Council.
ASA: RUN RULE application to all games including Semis, Finals and IF games.
20 runs ahead after 3 innings
ASANA does not allow stealing in any division.
All games must be completed except as indicated below: (W 12)
In the event of rain or any other cause which interrupts a game, the game must be resumed at the exact point where it was stopped.
The format of the tournament will be revised as needed if weather, facility issues and the like become an issue. The ASANA Board and the Umpire in Charge will determine any format changes which could result in shorter games, reduced pitch counts and the like. These format changes will take place at the top of the following inning.
The Tournament Director and/or ASANA Board will communicate this to all of teams within a reasonable time frame by a method decided in advance and communicated to all at the Manager's meeting.
In the event the tournament cannot be completed as scheduled, the ASANA Board shall ascertain the procedure to determine the final standings.
Uniforms Player Jerseys
Players competing in the ASANA World Series championships must wear uniform shirts (tees, tanks, and/or jerseys) of the same color. (S'97p)
Each shirt/jersey must have a number clearly visible at least 3 inches in height. (W’19)
No ragged cut off sleeves will be allowed.
No taped or handwritten numbers will be allowed. They must be professionally printed. (W'13)
Player Pants, Shorts and Cleats:
All players' pants must be of the same color and all players' shorts must be of the same color, but the pants need not be of the same color as the shorts color. (W 93p) 95% of each players' pants or shorts must be of matching color and similar athletic style (No cargo shorts/pants are allowed). (W 02p) The color of any players' sliding shorts is irrelevant. (W'93p).
No metal cleats shall be worn by any player, coach or umpire. (W'86p) (W'97p) (W'99p)
Coaching Attire: Coaches must be neatly attired, dressed uniformly and in accordance with the color code of the team.
Headgear and Jewelry: All headgear is optional and may or may not be worn at the individual player's discretion. For purposes of this section, headgear may be headbands, caps, visors, or any combination thereof, without regard to color. (W'93p) Bandanas, handkerchiefs or do-rags are allowed to be worn during play but, may not be tied around the neck area. Sunglasses may be worn atop of the head or ball cap or visor as a known risk to the player. Wearing hats backwards is allowed. Jewelry is allowed at the discretion of the umpire. If it is deemed unsafe, taping will be allowed or removal will be required. (W'13)
Bat List - Bat Check: Prior to first tournament game all team bats must be inspected and approved for use by UIC or designated umpire in accordance with ASA standards / specifications/compression testing(if available). (If approval sticker is removed, another must be obtained before play).
ASA: Ejected Player must vacate field / grounds and have no contact with team participants or umpires during the game. Any flagrant misconduct by the ejected player shall be subject to ASANA Tournament Director and Protest committee determination of playing status.
OVER-THE-FENCE HOMERUN: Batter and all runners are not required to touch all bases; all are credited with a run. EXCEPTION: On any over-the-fence home run in the Womens D and E divisions, the batter is called out and the inning is over regardless of the number of outs prior to the over-the-fence home run.
The new ASA Rule 6: Pitching Regulation (Slow Pitch), Section 3 Legal Delivery Paragraph H WILL NOT BE ADOPTED by ASANA. ASANA will remain using the rule that the ball must be delivered with perceptible arc and reach a height of at least six (6) feet from the ground while not to exceed a maximum height of twelve (12) from the ground.
Official tournament ball for all divisions will be the 11 inch yellow optic (Tattoo).
Official ASANA World Series General Rules & Responsibilities:
Official scores for seeding will be drawn only from the official game scores sheets. Managers are responsible for verifying game score at the completion of each game and signing the score card confirming this verification.
Team managers will be held accountable for the conduct of their players and fans at all times during an ASANA conducted tournament, both on and off the field.
In case of disputed play or decision, team managers or captains may consult game officials. The other players, coaches, or sponsor may not participate in the discussion.
At no time will any players, coaches, or managers be allowed to smoke or drink alcohol on the field or in the dugout.
At any time if an umpire determines that a player or coach is intoxicated or incapacitated in any manner that endangers player safety the umpire will remove the player from the game and possibly the park for the remainder of the tournament.
Managers are to report any unsportsmanlike or derogatory acts by players or spectators to the tournament director.
Any player discovered using an illegal bat that is doctored or loaded by additional weight shall be disqualified from further tournament competition. A team that is discovered to have within its possession or control an illegal bat may be disqualified from further tournament competition.
If an unapproved (non ASANA stickered) bat is discovered in the batters box (no pitch required):
The batter and documented team Manager are ejected from that game. They must leave the playing field and dugout but not the complex based on the ejection alone.
The current half inning is immediately over no matter how many outs are recorded.
The entire team will receive a warning and the if the team has a second occurrence of an unapproved bat entering the batters box, the team will be removed from the remainder of the tournament.
A $100 fine will be imposed and required to be paid prior to the start of the teams next scheduled game. If the team refuses to pay the fine they will forfeit all future games at a losing score of 7-0.
During ASANA World Series championship play, any time a player, coach or manager strikes another player, coach, or manager, that offending player, coach or manager, shall be ejected from the game and shall be removed from the park for the remainder of the tournament and banned from all remaining events.
Each team participating in the ASANA World Series must be represented by its team manager or her/his representative at the pre-tournament meeting. Failure to attend this meeting will result in a fine, payable before taking the field. (W 02p)
Senior Division rules exceptions to those listed above:
Courtesy runner for Senior Division ONLY: The Senior division is allowed two courtesy runners per inning. Current ASA rules for runner assignment are to be used.
Home Plate/Scoring: Senior Division play will incorporate a chalked line at home plate that runs from the plate towards the fence/backstop. This line is where the runner must cross in order to score. All plays at home are a force play and any runner that steps on home is out. This is not an appeal play; they will be called out by the umpire.
Board Approved Rules for Inter-Division play between D and E teams in round robin ONLY:
All Games are a coin toss to determine Home/Visitor. E teams will be spotted 3 runs at the start of the game.
D teams will be limited to an 8 run cap per inning. If D team is the visiting team and are losing going into the final inning, the D team will be allowed to catch up and then go ahead by 8 runs total. Once the D team, as a visitor, goes up by 8 runs, the half inning will end.
The games for D vs E teams will NOT count in D seeding. If a D team forfeits their one game vs an E team, that D team will automatically be moved to the last seed of the D bracket no matter their record or run differential.
The games for E vs D WILL count in E seeding.
Board Approved Rules for Inter-Division play between B and C teams in round robin:
All games are a coin toss to determine Home / Visitor.
C teams will be spotted 3 runs at the start of the game.
B teams will be limited to an 8 run cap per inning. If B team is the visiting team and are losing going into the final inning, the B team will be allowed to catch up and then go ahead by 8 runs total. Once the B team, as a visitor, goes up by 8 runs, the half inning will end.
The games for B vs C teams will NOT count in C seeding. If a C team forfeits their one game vs a B team, that C team will automatically be moved to the last seed of the C bracket no matter their record or run differential.
The games for B vs C WILL count in B seeding.
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Celeb mums share tips on post-pregnancy weight loss
SINGAPORE - First, it was the "Great Kate Wait".
After the world impatiently counted down to the royal baby's arrival, another "wait" is swiftly upon us - this time, the "Great Kate Weight Loss".
The British edition of OK! magazine got in hot water, sparking public backlash for running a cover story about Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton's post-baby weight loss regime on the day she left the hospital with newborn George Alexander Louis.
She sported a prominent "mummy tummy" under her blue Jenny Packham polka-dot dress.
The celebrity news tabloid promised details of a "Duchess diet and shape-up plan", and quoted Middleton's personal trainer as saying "she's super-fit - her stomach will shrink straight back".
While this may sound extreme and put unnecessary stress on mothers to lose weight soon after birth, the pressure of looking good is part of the fame game.
"Celebrities are pressured to stay slim since they are in the public eye. They are scrutinised and criticised for their looks all the time," local celebrity blogger Xiaxue told The New Paper.
The new mum would know, considering she has often been criticised for her appearance, even when she was pregnant.
The 28-year-old, whose real name is Wendy Cheng, gave birth to her first child, son Dashiel, by caesarean section, in March. "Only people who don't have children will make a ridiculous statement that losing weight should be a priority for new mums, particularly first-time mums," she added, referring to OK! magazine's story.
"The first few weeks are extremely tough. You stress about milk flow and if the baby's latching on. You also have to tackle post-natal blues, find a routine for the baby's day and get used to no more than two hours of sleep at a stretch. All the while, you are in residual pain from childbirth.
"The last thing we need is to stress about our waistline."
Australian-Chinese actress-host Jaymee Ong agreed: "The Duchess emerged one day after giving birth, so that in itself is amazing. I think she is so beautiful and that's what a woman looks like 24 hours later. How dare anyone comment on her figure?
"She looked stunning and radiant, and there is no reason a woman should feel the need to hide anything."
But Ong, 33, who has a three-year-old daughter, Juliet, admitted that she did feel the pressure to get back into shape.
Said the Singapore-based Beam Artistes artist: "I was back filming (entertainment news variety show) eBuzz seven weeks after delivery, so I needed to look somewhat slimmer.
"There is so much pressure on women in general to look a certain way. The last thing you need to worry about after having a baby is weight loss. Women need to do everything in their own time, when they're ready."
For Yeo Yann Yann, 36, the star of the Cannes-winning local movie Ilo Ilo, getting back into shape after her caesarean section was on her mind only because she was "way overweight during pregnancy".
The Malaysian actress, who has an 11-month-old girl, Song Wen, had piled on 30kg and tipped the scales at an unhealthy 78kg.
Her unplanned pregnancy almost cost her the lead female role in Ilo Ilo, but director Anthony Chen re-wrote the script so that Yeo's character was pregnant.
She said: "Most people will want to get back their figure straight after delivery, and so maybe OK! magazine assumed Kate wanted that too."
Fortunately for these three personalities, losing the baby weight came naturally and all credited breastfeeding as the secret.
Said Xiaxue, who went from 38kg to 51kg during her pregnancy: "I lost 7kg within a week without doing anything in particular. I think it was a combination of breastfeeding, lack of sleep and my mum's healthy cooking.
"I express as much milk as possible. My son can't finish all the milk, but I see it as some sort of liposuction... I'm expressing fats." Xiaxue added that she has since lost about 11kg and is happy with her current weight of 41kg.
While she is in no hurry to get back her pre-pregnancy figure, it helps that she has an aesthetics doctor to assist her. Dr Georgia Lee has been sponsoring Xiaxue's weekly one-hour body firming treatments for over two months now.
Yeo, who stuck to a low-carbohydrate diet, also had extra help as she is the ambassador of slimming centre Marie France Bodyline Malaysia.
"This is the only body you are going to have for your whole lifetime," said Yeo. "I have to take care of it so I can take care of my little one."
While a good body contouring treatment is recommended, exercise and diet are the healthiest way, according to Dr Karen Soh, medical director of aesthetics clinic Prive Clinic.
"A good gauge would be approximately to exercise about 300 minutes per week.
"You can start by taking it slow and walking on the treadmill about 40 minutes daily. Slowly build it up to one hour and then do weight training and other cardio exercises," said Dr Soh, 40, who is a mother of four.
"A new mother's body may change shape after pregnancy as it tunes itself back to your pre-pregnancy state. Your hips and uterus will shrink back after a few months. Hence, it's better to take one step at a time and always consult the doctor before you embark on any weight-loss programme."
Ong, an exercise lover, shed about 15kg of pregnancy weight.
Said the face of yoga centre True Yoga: "I stayed active right up until two weeks away from delivery and I absolutely believe that helped with getting back into shape faster.
"I think the more healthy and fit you are during your pregnancy, the easier your body recovers afterwards."
She added: "I did have to take it slow as I had a c-section delivery, so it was just walking and light stretching at first before I slowly worked myself back to my regular routine. "You really just need to listen to your body, and most importantly, your doctor."
At 51kg, Ong is now lighter than she was before having Juliet, due to her "running around after a toddler as well as working and working out".
And, added Xiaxue, at the end of the day, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
"I don't think having a tummy is anything to flaunt, but if a woman's priority is her kid and not her body image, that should be her prerogative.
"At the same time, vain mums who try hard to return to pre-pregnancy looks should not be judged as a bad mum either," she said.
"It is all about a balance. As long as baby is well taken care of and mummy is healthy both mentally and physically, then everything is good."
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PM Lee's press sec refutes 'baseless' allegations by Ngerng's legal team
SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's press secretary has refuted allegations that her comments made earlier over a closed-door defamation hearing against blogger Roy Ngerng were "inaccurate".
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Mr Ngerng's lawyer M. Ravi said in a letter to Ms Chang Li Lin, which was released to the media today, that she was "misinformed" over Mr Ngerng's willingness to be cross-examined.
But, citing notes taken by Drew & Napier lawyers, Ms Chang said in a statement today that Mr Ravi is wrong, and that Mr Ngerng has made yet another baseless allegation.
She said: "From the notes, it is clear that Mr Ravi had informed the Court that Mr Ngerng would rely on the affidavit filed by him in the earlier summary judgment application as his evidence for the purposes of the assessment of damages.
"Mr Davinder Singh then gave Mr Ravi notice that if Mr Ngerng was going to give evidence for the purposes of the assessment of damages, Mr Singh would be cross-examining Mr Ngerng. Whereupon Mr Ravi promptly changed his position, and informed the Court that Mr Ngerng would 'Therefore' not be filing any evidence.
"This was the clearest indication that Mr Ngerng did not want to be cross-examined. After saying that Mr Ngerng intended to rely on an earlier affidavit as his evidence, Mr Ravi did a hasty U-turn after Mr Singh said that he will cross-examine Mr Ngerng if he gives evidence. Mr Ravi was so determined that Mr Ngerng not be cross-examined that he even said to the Court 'Enough Y[our] H[onour] I won't be filing'."
Mr Ravi also asked in the letter whether it was appropriate for Ms Chang to be "issuing press releases on behalf of a private litigant" as "a civil servant".
In response, Ms Chang said: "He appears to have forgotten that, as the Court has found, Mr Ngerng falsely alleged that 'the plaintiff, the Prime Minister of Singapore... is guilty of criminal misappropriation of the monies paid by Singaporeans to the CPF'. It is therefore entirely proper for me to deal with this matter as the Prime Minister's Press Secretary."
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Mr Ngerng, 33, was found to have defamed PM Lee last November and was ordered yesterday to pay him $29,000 in costs for legal fees and related expenses. Damages for defamation will be assessed at subsequent hearings, whose dates are not confirmed.
The suit arose from Ngerng's May 15 blog post last year, which alleged that Central Provident Fund (CPF) monies had been misappropriated.
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Ms Chang's statement in full is as follows:
Yesterday evening, Mr Roy Ngerng said in a blog post that I and the media lied in saying that "Mr Ngerng's lawyer indicated at the hearing that Mr Ngerng did not want to be cross-examined".
This morning, Mr M Ravi issued a statement to the media saying that the following statement by me is inaccurate, and that I have been misinformed:
"...Mr Ngerng's lawyer indicated at the hearing that Mr Ngerng did not want to be cross-examined. The judge directed his lawyer to confirm this by 30 January 2015. PM Lee stands ready to be cross-examined, a position he has maintained right from the beginning."
Mr Ravi is wrong, and Mr Ngerng, who was not present during this part of the hearing, has made yet another baseless allegation.
Mr Ravi said his statement was based on his "recollection". But my statement was based on contemporaneous notes of the hearing taken by Drew & Napier. Drew & Napier's notes show that the following exchange took place in Court yesterday: [1]
"P: Will D be filing aff?
MR: No
P: Is D calling any other witness?
MR: I will be seeking to rely on docs filed by my client in lower proceedings.
J: Unless they ordered to stand as AEICs, not in evidence
MR: I ask that RN's affidavit stand as AEIC
J: How many?
MR: 1.
J: Aff he filed in O 14 below to stand as AEIC?
P: I will be xxing if standing as AEIC.
MR: Therefore, I won't be filing.
Enough YH I won't be filing
J: I suggest you go through his docs and see if all docs you want to rely on are there
MR: 2 wks from now?
J: liberty to D to apply within 2 wks, by 31 Jan 2015, leave to submit AEIC?
J: Might make sense for you to give new aff if only 1-2 docs
P: If D chooses to give AEIC in whatever form, I will be xxing.
J: Until 31 Jan if you have anything you can apply for leave.
MR: If my client decides to file AEIC, does he have to file app?
J: Will be a further PTC.
Write to inform the Registry that D wishes to tender evidence
Write in before 31 Jan. Will schedule PTC for you in Feb to give necessary leave.
J: Liberty to D to apply to give evidence on or before 31 Jan
Ms Yap tells me 31 Jan is Sat
30 Jan?
MR: Ok
............"
From the notes, it is clear that Mr Ravi had informed the Court that Mr Ngerng would rely on the affidavit filed by him in the earlier summary judgment application as his evidence for the purposes of the assessment of damages. Mr Davinder Singh then gave Mr Ravi notice that if Mr Ngerng was going to give evidence for the purposes of the assessment of damages, Mr Singh would be cross-examining Mr Ngerng. Whereupon Mr Ravi promptly changed his position, and informed the Court that Mr Ngerng would "Therefore" not be filing any evidence.
This was the clearest indication that Mr Ngerng did not want to be cross-examined. After saying that Mr Ngerng intended to rely on an earlier affidavit as his evidence, Mr Ravi did a hasty U-turn after Mr Singh said that he will cross-examine Mr Ngerng if he gives evidence. Mr Ravi was so determined that Mr Ngerng not be cross-examined that he even said to the Court "Enough Y[our] H[onour] I won't be filing".
In his statement, Mr Ravi said that if "the client choses [sic] to give evidence... he will be liable to cross examination. If he does not, he will not". That explains why Mr Ravi changed his position at the hearing.
As is also clear from the notes, Mr Ravi's statement that "If my instructions had been that my client did not wish to give evidence and I had indeed conveyed that fact to the Court, it would have been illogical for the learned Judge to have asked me to confirm this by 30 January 2015" is also incorrect. The fact is that after Mr Ravi said that Mr Ngerng would not be giving evidence, and even after he tried to end the discussion, the Court asked Mr Ravi to consider the matter and let the Court and Drew & Napier know by 30 January 2015 if Mr Ngerng would be giving evidence.
My statement that the Prime Minister stood ready to be cross-examined right from the beginning and had previously informed the Court of that position is also correct.
There are two parts to this case.
The first was the application for summary judgment. That application was decided on the basis of affidavit evidence, and the issue of cross-examination did not arise. Judgment was given in favour of the Prime Minister on 7 November 2014.
The second is the assessment of damages where evidence is given on the stand and the witnesses are subject to cross-examination. That process began with the Prime Minister's application for directions that was filed on 18 November 2014.
At the very first hearing of that application, which took place on 19 December 2014, Mr Singh informed the Court in Mr Ravi's presence that the Prime Minister will give evidence and that any suggestion that the Prime Minister is not to be cross-examined should be dispelled.
Drew & Napier indicated to the Court and to Mr Ravi on at least two more occasions before yesterday's hearing that the Prime Minister stands ready to be cross-examined. The first was by a letter dated 22 December 2014 and the second was in submissions which were filed in Court and served on Mr Ravi on 9 January 2015.
Finally, Mr Ravi has asked whether it is appropriate for the Prime Minister's Press Secretary to issue statements in connection with this case. He appears to have forgotten that, as the Court has found, Mr Ngerng falsely alleged that "the plaintiff, the Prime Minister of Singapore… is guilty of criminal misappropriation of the monies paid by Singaporeans to the CPF". It is therefore entirely proper for me to deal with this matter as the Prime Minister's Press Secretary.
[1] According to Drew & Napier, the following shorthand was used in the notes: "P" (Plaintiff) is Mr Davinder Singh SC, "MR" is Mr M Ravi, "D" (Defendant) is Mr Roy Ngerng, "J" refers to the Judge, "AEIC" is affidavit of evidence in chief, "aff" is affidavit, "xxing" is cross-examining, "YH" is Your Honour, "wks" is weeks, "app" is application and "PTC" is pre-trial conference. The relevant extracts are attached.
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Tunisia makes first beach attack arrests as UK urges fightback
PORT EL KANTAOUI, Tunisia - Tunisia said Monday it had made its first arrests after a beach massacre that killed 38 people, as European officials paid tribute to victims of the country's worst ever jihadist attack.
Tunisia's Interior Minister Najem Gharsalli said the authorities had arrested "a significant number of people from the network that was behind this terrorist" attack on a popular tourist resort in Port El Kantaoui.
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"I promise the victims... that these criminal killers will be brought before Tunisian justice so they are justly punished," he added, warning that "anyone who provided any logistical or financial assistance" to the attacker would be arrested.
On Friday, a Tunisian identified as 23-year-old Seifeddine Rezgui pulled a Kalashnikov assault rifle from inside a beach umbrella and went on a bloody rampage at the five-star Riu Imperial Marhaba hotel near Sousse, south of the capital Tunis.
Visiting the scene of the attack where up to 30 British people are thought to have died on Monday, British Home Secretary Theresa May pledged to "defeat those who undermine our freedom and democracy" and vowed that "the terrorists will not win".
She and counterparts from Tunisia, Germany and France laid a wreath at the beach to honour those killed in the attack, which has been claimed by the Islamic State group.
The massacre was the deadliest for Britain since the 2005 London bombings, but May said there was no evidence to suggest the Britons were targeted because of their nationality.
The attack, the second against tourists in Tunisia this year, sent thousands of holidaymakers fleeing the country and sparked fears it could deal a heavy blow to the vital sector which employs some 400,000 people.
Late Monday, Tourism Minister Selma Elloumi Rekik told reporters she feared Tunisia may lose a billion dinars ($515 million, 460 million euros) in tourism earnings this year.
"I think that's just the minimum, but it's still an estimate," she told reporters, announcing a string of emergency measures aimed at attracting visitors from abroad and emergency loans to help local tourism businesses.
"If tourism collapses... the economy falls apart."
'Why do you kill people?'
Shocking amateur footage from the attack has emerged on social media, showing the gunman walking calmly along the shore and bloodied bodies on the sand.
Intermittent gunfire can be heard in the 11-minute sequence recorded by a Tunisian man using his mobile phone who can be heard asking: "Why do you kill people? Why?"
Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essie said Rezgui had been "mainly radicalised online" but added that it was unclear if he had been to neighbouring Libya, a hotbed of militant training camps.
"There is some information that he belonged to an organisation and he was very, close to a mosque" that provided "intellectual" training, Essid told CNN.
Handwritten messages could be seen next to the flowers on the beach, reading "We are sorry" and "We are Muslims, not terrorists".
British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed to mount a full investigation and called for "a response at home and abroad" to violent Islamic fundamentalism.
The attack prompted authorities to boost security at attractions and along its 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) of coastline.
Officials have said they will deploy 1,000 armed officers from July 1 to reinforce the tourism police who will also carry guns for the first time, and there are plans to close 80 mosques accused of inciting extremism.
Tunisia has struggled to deal with a rise in extremism since the 2011 revolution that ousted longtime strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Tourists flee
A spokesperson for British Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain had identified 18 of its nationals were among the dead, but warned that the number may rise to "around 30".
Tunisia says 25 victims have been identified, among them three from Ireland, two Germans, one Belgian, one Portuguese and one Russian.
US President Barack Obama expressed condolences Monday to Tunisian leader Beji Caid Essebsi, and offered to help investigate the attack.
Another 39 people were wounded, including 25 Britons. Late Monday, a Royal Air Force Boeing C17 flew in to fly wounded people back to Britain.
Some 4,000 tourists have been flown home to Britain since Friday, travel companies Thomson and First Choice said.
France's travel agencies union said 80 per cent of flight and package holidays booked for Tunisia in July have been cancelled, with customers rushing to change destination.
But some tourists chose to stay in Port el Kantaoui, among them Britons John and Lesley Edwards.
"It's a lovely place and people are great. We didn't want to leave, we feel pretty safe with the police and the army. There is more police now," John Edwards said.
"We feel sorry for the staff. We stayed mainly for them. Even if our family calls us every day to tell us to come back."
At the beach, Ted and Dawn from Suffolk in eastern England laid down fresh flowers in memory of the dead.
"We did pack (to leave early) but we changed our minds," Dawn told AFP.
"I have been afraid to get out of the complex but one has to try... These things, you see them on TV, you hear about it, but you never think you'll live it."
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by Colin Gallant March 23, 2020 December 15, 2020
While the CPO won’t be performing live again for awhile, you can still get your musical fix from home.
Jack Singer Concert Hall at Arts Commons. Photograph courtesy of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Performing arts groups were some of the first organizations to be hit with the financial toll of the COVID-19 outbreak. On Thursday, March 12, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) announced that its performances are canceled or postponed until further notice — at least until May 16.
Ticket revenue plays a key role is funding the organization, its staff and many musicians. If you hold tickets to a show, the CPO has made it possible to donate the value of your tickets back to the organization rather than receive a refund. Those who do so will receive a charitable tax receipt. (Read more: Support Calgary’s Theatre Companies By Donating Your Cancelled Show Ticket).
Meanwhile, the CPO still wants you to be able to experience the magic of the concert-going experience from the confines of social distancing. Its YouTube page hosts a series of concerts that were originally broadcast live via web-stream, including everything from country-Christmas music to Beethoven and film scores to opera, plus tidbits like behind-the-scenes interviews and performance snippets.
All concerts available from its live-stream library are available on this playlist, and we’ve highlighted two we love below.
Paul Brandt’s Country Christmas
Calgarian country icon Paul Brandt teamed up with the CPO this past December for a pair of concerts that included his own catalogue, Christmas carols and classical music. This is a great showcase of how the CPO is able to work across genre lines and find the common bonds between disparate styles. We picked Brandt’s “Alberta Bound” from his 2004 album This Time Around because of the powerful way it deals with the longing for home. The full-concert stream is available here.
Beethoven 1: Immortal Beloved
This was the first concert in a series dedicated to celebrating Beethoven during the year he would have turned 250. The program features some of Beethoven’s first-published works, plus a new commission by the CPO of a work inspired by Beethoven’s first symphony from Larysa Kuzmenko. We showcased Kuzmenko’s piece to show the relationship between classical music’s past and present. The full-concert stream is available here.
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Best pick-up truck for towing: Volkswagen Amarok
The best tow pick-up for 2018 is the Volkswagen Amarok Highline 3.0 V6 TDI
A fresh category for 2018, the first winner of the new Pick-Up truck tow car award is the Volkswagen Amarok.
Undergoing assessment in Highline trim, with the more potent 221bhp 3.0-litre V6 TDI engine under the bonnet, the VW Amarok was described by judges as “anything but rough and ready,” highlighting its performance and stability on the hill course route as particularly impressive.
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The Amarok saw off competition from the Nissan Navara, SsangYong Musso and even the Mitsubishi L200 – the truck we named our Pick-up of the Year at the 2017 Auto Express New Car Awards.
With a maximum torque figure of 550Nm, the Amarok boasts a maximum braked towing weight of 3,100kg, while a rear load space of 2.5 square metres means it boasts one of the largest load beds of any double cab pick-up on sale in Britain. It’s available with an electric tow bar too, priced at £225 on the options list.
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New Porsche 718 Boxster T 2019 review
We found out if less really is more in the Porsche 718 Boxster T with a first taste on UK roads
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The Boxster T taps into the vein of ability that makes the 718 such a great sports car – its handling and involvement. Some will like the engine, some won’t, but importantly the chassis outshines it and takes a starring role. The standard spec makes the T cheaper than a 718 with similar options (some still can’t be specced) and it boasts brilliant dynamics, a great connection with the driver and a surprising level of usability. Don’t think of it as a track special, rather a car with the emphasis placed on the elements that really matter to drivers. It seems like less really is more for the 718 Boxster T.
Just as the previous generation Porsche 911 range gained a T (for Touring) model, harking back to its namesake from 1967 as a pure driver’s car with a more basic specification, now it’s the 718 Boxster’s turn to be ‘Teed’.
This means, according to Porsche, that the T is “pared back to the bare essentials,” so you get features like cloth door pulls instead of metal handles and the brand’s narrower, 360mm diameter GT Sport steering wheel, while the infotainment is replaced by a cubby hole in the dash. It’s a no-cost option to reinstate it like in our test car, which most buyers probably will.
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There are many more key spec and engineering tweaks to back up the claim of it being developed for driving enjoyment though, as the 718 Boxster T also sits 20mm lower than the standard car on its Porsche Adaptive Suspension Management two-mode dampers (10mm lower than a standard Boxster with optional PASM), while it also features adaptive engine mounts, a mechanical limited-slip diff with torque vectoring and the Sport Chrono pack.
This adds Sport, Sport Plus and Individual driving modes alongside the default setting (it’ll also blip the throttle for you on downshifts in the former two modes, even in the manual) and a half-way house PSM Sport choice for the stability control so you can indulge in the Boxster’s beautiful balance with the reassurance of a (slightly looser) safety net.
The engine remains the same as the standard 718’s, so there’s 296bhp and 380Nm of torque from the 2.0-litre flat-four turbo. A seven-speed dual-clutch is available as an option, but given the T’s focus the six-speed manual just seems more fitting – it’s a brilliant gearbox, with a positive, precise and mechanical-feeling action and just the right weighting to the shorter-than-standard lever’s throw. It’s a joy to change gear.
It also adds an extra layer of engagement, which is welcome, as the usual 718 problem is still apparent here: the engine. It’s distinctive but isn’t the most sonorous or soulful unit, and while the box is great, the ratios still feel too long.
Or maybe it’s that although the motor actually revs beyond 7,000rpm, it takes a while to get there and never feels like it really kicks. It’s very linear and therefore very predictable, once you get through an initial period of lag lower down, but even with a sports exhaust it burbles, grumbles and drones it’s way to the rev limiter – when you get there you’ll be glad of the manual box to punctuate progress.
It’s not necessary to rev it all the way to the redline though, such is the T’s shove.
While straight-line performance is good, and with plenty of traction 0-62mph in 5.3 seconds is possible, the joy of the T is more about exploring the brilliant handling.
Every area of the chassis feels matched perfectly, which in turn means you feel so incredibly well connected to the car. The steering is a delightful weight and has an intuitive rate of response. You always know how much lock you need, or to add or take away to trim your line in a corner.
It’s possible to do so with the throttle as well, as the torque vectoring and limited-slip diff turn the car noticeably on the way out of second-gear bends.
The damping is superb and there’s as much grip and therefore stability as you’d ever need in a road car really. In Normal there’s compliance and even with the roof down chassis flex is rarely detectable – and only over badly scarred roads.
In Sport it’s clear the car feels tauter, but it’s not much and the composure doesn’t break down. The Boxster T just feels poised, more rigid in its vertical movement and a little more incisive, but not really too much less comfortable.
Given the focus on involvement it’s a surprisingly useable car, as refinement is good, although with big 20-inch alloys as standard you do get plenty of tyre noise. It doesn’t deviate from the Boxster blueprint in this respect, so with a total of 275 litres of luggage space split between the front and rear boot, and claimed efficiency of 32.5mpg and 187g/km it should be about as easy as to live with two-seater roadsters come.
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Dwayne Johnson recreated this iconic ’90s picture of himself for a super inspiring Instagram post
If you were ever in doubt that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was one of the greatest humans ever then you need not look any further.
Following his announcement that he wanted to run for President (something we’re 100% behind), and his absolutely killer Saturday Night Live hosting duties over the weekend where he announced that he wanted non-other than Tom Hanks to be his running mate (again, something that we’re 100% behind), Johnson shared a touching and heartfelt message on to Instagram, all while retaining his signature humour.
The actor, whose latest movie Baywatch is released tomorrow (May 25th), shared an old school picture of himself, and fans of internet memes might recognise it.
Johnson posed in the ’90s wearing a black turtleneck, a fanny pack, a silver chain, blue dad jeans, and even had flattop hair. The whole thing is incredibly iconic, and one heck of a look.
However, the actor put a more recent picture of himself recreating the iconic look up as comparison, and wrote one incredibly touching Instagram post, too.
When I took this iconic absurdity of a picture in 1996 I was one year removed from sleeping on a used mattress I took from a garbage dumpster in the back of an hourly sex motel. Couldn't afford to buy a bed so we do what we gotta do to get by. You can imagine all the fun colorful bodily fluids I tried my best to clean off. 21 years later I'm taking the same photo backstage hosting #SaturdayNightLive for the fifth time. If you're going thru your own tough times "used mattress" stage, do your best to have faith things'll get better and always be willing to outwork your competition because you never know where life is gonna take you. And ALWAYS remember to place a soft tissue under your left elbow as to protect the fabric of the cheap ass swag turtleneck that had you out here looking like a bad ass buff lesbian. Oh and tuck the thumb in the fanny pack. Always tuck the thumb. 🤙🏾
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“When I took this iconic absurdity of a picture in 1996 I was one year removed from sleeping on a used mattress I took from a garbage dumpster in the back of an hourly sex motel,” he recalled. “Couldn’t afford to buy a bed so we do what we gotta do to get by. You can imagine all the fun colourful bodily fluids I tried my best to clean off.”
The actor then went on to say how his life had changed in the resulting 21 years, and how he was now hosting SNL for the fifth time. He then went on to share an super inspiring message.
“If you’re going thru your own tough times ‘used mattress’ stage, do your best to have faith things’ll get better and always be willing to outwork your competition because you never know where life is gonna take you,” he wrote. “And ALWAYS remember to place a soft tissue under your left elbow as to protect the fabric of the cheap ass swag turtleneck that had you out here looking like a bad ass buff lesbian.
“Oh and tuck the thumb in the fanny pack. Always tuck the thumb.”
Tbh, with wise words like this, we can’t think of someone we’d like to run for President more than Dwayne Johnson.
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Google Should Be Afraid. Very Afraid
Critics of Christianity have become more vocal recently. This is partly because there are many people who do not believe in God or understand the truth about Him at all. Yet the apparent increase of anti-Christians is also due to perception. As with many topics, those who truly despise Christianity are the loudest and most vocal of the non-believers. The vast majority of those who do not believe don’t care enough to bother believers. The few angry, vocal, bitter unbelievers make enough noise to seem more numerous than they are.
The typical insult from the non-religious crowd is to refer to believers as “ignorant,” “stupid,” “brainwashed,” or to otherwise suggest that those who have faith are less intelligent than those who do not. When a Christian stands up intelligently for his faith, the terms change to “bigot,” “extremist,” or “zealot.” When people who know that the believer is kind and loving hear this, the atheist starts to look like the fool that he or she is (Psalm 53:1). Most non-believers have no personal reason to see Christians negatively, but they sometimes hear so much from the loud anti-Christians that they just assume it is so. They need examples of Christ-like living to see the truth.
Coming: The U.S. government is preparing to crawl all over Google to figure out whether it is an abusive monopolist. Google parent company Alphabet Inc. and the other tech giants should be quaking in their fleece vests.
Bloomberg News and other news organizations reported late Friday that the U.S. Department of Justice is preparing to open an investigation into Google’s compliance with antitrust laws. If it goes forward, an investigation will no doubt be broad, lengthy, messy, and impossible for Google and its investors to predict.
That should terrify Google and every other big technology company — because there’s no guarantee that the antitrust Klieg light will turn on one company alone.
This isn’t Google’s first antitrust rodeo. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission in 2013 closed without further action its own antitrust investigation into whether Google wielded its dominant web search engine like a cudgel to disadvantage rivals, drive up prices for advertisers and ultimately harm consumers. (Google did agree to some voluntary changes.)
And in recent years, the European Union antitrust watchdog imposed billions of dollars in fines after finding antitrust violations, including over how Google conducted business with its Android smartphone software and its internet shopping service. In the U.S. and elsewhere, politicians from all party stripes have sought to attack Google or other tech giants for various perceived sins, including being too big for the good of industry and consumers. Being Google has meant dealing with perennial regulatory and political nightmares.
This latest chapter of “As Google Turns” may have started in January on Capitol Hill. “I don’t think big is necessarily bad, but I think a lot of people wonder how such huge behemoths that now exist in Silicon Valley have taken shape under the nose of the antitrust enforcers,” Bill Barr, now the U.S. attorney general, said to U.S. senators during a confirmation hearing. The DOJ’s chief antitrust enforcer, who represented Google during a merger more than a decade ago, has expressed similar views.
Antitrust investigations are difficult to predict, of course. Once the U.S. government pores over every internal email and business development contract, there’s no telling what it will turn up. If the DOJ moves ahead, it will also be an open invitation for every company or individual with a gripe against Google to pile on, and an investigation will embolden critics of Facebook, Amazon and other tech giants as well.
It’s worth remembering that Google narrowly escaped a possible antitrust lawsuit the last time the U.S. looked closely. Portions of communicationsbetween FTC commissioners and staff later showed that staffers wanted to bring an antitrust lawsuit on a few matters including on what they said was Google’s strong-arm tactics to scrape information from websites such as Yelp and TripAdvisor without their permission to improve Google’s search engine. Ultimately the FTC commissioners unanimously voted not to pursue a lawsuit and possibly a breakup of what was then a smaller Google.
That was a different regulatory agency during the administration of President Barack Obama, which was considered relatively cozy with Google. The current White House has been openly critical of Google, largely over claims that it and some other tech companies unfairly suppress conservative voices online.
Washington is much different than it was in 2013, and sentiment in the capitol and beyond has soured as U.S. technology superstars have grown even larger and more dominant. An investigation of Google is likely to be politically popular on both the left and the right. The politics and the optics aren’t in Google’s favor. Now we’ll see – again – whether the law is against the company as well. Source
An important thing to remember is that no one, no matter how persuasive, can force anyone to believe anything he doesn’t want to believe. No matter what the evidence, no matter what the argument, people will believe what they want to believe (Luke 12:54-56). Conviction is not a Christian’s job. The Holy Spirit convicts people (John 14:16-17), and they choose whether or not to believe. What we can do is present ourselves in a way that is as Christ-like as possible. It is sad that there are many atheists who have read the entire Bible looking for ammunition against Christians, and that there are many Christians who have hardly read the Bible at all.
It’s hard for the angry crowd to accuse a Christian of being a hateful, cruel bigot when that person demonstrates a life of kindness, humility, and compassion. When a Christian can discuss, debate or debunk secular arguments accurately, the label of “ignorant” no longer fits. A Christian who has read the secular arguments and can politely expose their flaws helps to deflate the stereotypes advanced by atheists. Knowledge is the weapon, and it is invincible when we let Christ direct us in how to use it. Source
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These touching pictures pay tribute to Chris Miller’s nautical life
Posted on - 5th October, 2016 - 7:00am | Author - Ed Walker | Posted in - Ashton-on-Ribble, Business, History, Nostalgia, People, Preston News, Riversway
These pictures tell the story of a man who enjoyed a life plotting a course with boats.
Chris Miller, who founded Preston Marina, has died aged 76.
His son – also called Chris – has released these poignant pictures of his father.
The Marina, opened in 1990, was a passion and eventually a career for Chris senior who worked with his family to make it a jewel in Preston’s crown.
Before this he ran a successful haulage firm in the city for decades.
His family and friends are to pay tribute at a funeral service on Thursday and these pictures below give an idea of Chris’ love of all things nautical.
S.S. Manxman, an ex Isle of Man passenger ferry was brought tp Preston by local businessman Tony Gornall. At the time, the river was shallow and the channel hard to navigate but with the assistance of local business and sailing enthusiast Chris MIller, she was brought safely to the town where she spent several years as a floating disco and restuarant complex. In 1983 the Manxman also formed the focus of the “Aquaganza”, a festival of marina and related activity designed to showcase the derelict port’s potential for leisure activity. Chris Miller, a promoter of the event went on to develop his ideas for yachting at the site, going on to create PrestonMarina in 1988.
Following the closure of Preston Dock as a commercial port, local business man and keen yachtsman, Chris Miller researches the possibilities for leisure boats to use the site as a marina. Along with other prominent local businessmen he formed Riversway Consortium, a group dedicated to winning the contract to completely redevelop the site in the 1980’s. Though the consortium did not win their bid, the plans made by them for the marine activity were largely adopted by the town council and Chris Miller went on to develop Preston Marina as a successful asset for the town.
Even whilst the Port of Preston was still operational some leisure boats were making use of the River Ribble. Athene Nikki was a ferro-cement yacht built on the river bank and launched using the specialist skills of Chris Miller Ltd. and particularly the firm’s Managing Director Chris Miller. A keen yachtsman, Chris Miller devised and constructed an ingenious temporary slipway made from railway track which was used to launch the vessel on completion.
Chris Miller, founder of Preston Marina, pictured aboard the Preston Puffin in her last trip up river in 2007, prior to de commissioning.
Even whilst the Port of Preston was still operational some leisure boats were making use of the River Ribble. Athene Nikki was a ferro-cement yacht built on the river bank and launched using the specialist skills of Chris MIller Ltd. and particularly the firm’s Managing Director Chris Miller. A keen yachtsman, Chris Miller devised and constructed an ingenious temprary slipway made from railway track which was used to launch the vessel on completion.
Preston Puffin is launched at Preston Marina c.1992. Preston Puffin was converted from a fishing boat in order to offer boat rides around the dock and into the river. Chris Miller, founder of Preston Marina is seen right of centre, in the dark jacket.
Early 1950’s at Preston Dock. A gentleman’s motor yacht is launched into the dock basin watched by brothers Chris and David Miller (far right). Chris later went on to found Preston Marina on the site following the closure of the dock as a commercial port.
“Kia Ora” with Chris Miller of the Preston Marina Training Centre at the helm returns to the dock after a high speed trip down the river Ribble. Preston Marina offer RYA accredited training courses for recreational sailors and power boat enthusiasts.
Chris Miller working at the Preston Yacht Haven, precursor to Preston Marina based in No. 3 Shed on the south side of the main dock basin. c.1988
Did you know Chris? Do these pictures bring back any memories? Let us know in the comments below
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With everyone settled into Hub life and probably bored shitless at the moment until game time, it will be fascinating to see which teams are coiled up like a steel spring and which teams carry some Netflix and Chill into the match.
Like everyone, we've had a bit of extra time on our hands over the past few days (in amongst Covid tests and panic-buying at the Supermarket, of course), so the Round 6 preview will go a little more in-depth than usual on a few matchups.
All I can say is...tipsters nightmare!
Geelong vs Brisbane
The Cats and Lions at the SCG - only in 2020 could we even think about uttering that sentence.
The venue does play an important role, however, as we find both sides in the Top 3 for Inside 50 differential (only Port Adelaide has a superior figure) as well as a game style built around having the ball in their hands in the forward half as much as possible. The contrasting part of their games is intriguing as well - Brisbane tend to favour the up-tempo style which might have taken them a while to adjust in an empty stadium with no crowd-generated excitement levels (hence their slow-ish start to the year). The Cats have certainly been more direct this year but are still a lot more measured in their ball movement.
Brisbane really need to keep the tempo of the game in an adequate gear, otherwise it may play into the hands of the Cats.
Ultimately, the midfield battle becomes the absolute key to this game, more than any match in recent memory. Statistically, the team that wins Centre Bounce clearances wins between 55% to 65% of matches in recent times, so it's not a definitive indicator of success. When you expand it to just Clearances in general the number jumps only slightly higher, historically.
But in this game, in a four quarter sample size, that dial would be heading a lot further towards 100%. It's that critical.
The Lions midfield boasts the clear Brownlow Medal favourite in Lachie Neale (he could easily be on 12 votes already) and some underrated soldiers alongside him, while it's hard not to think Geelong will load up the Centre Bounces with the usual combination of Selwood, Dangerfield and someone to sit on Neale wherever he goes (Guthrie, Parfitt perhaps).
By default, does the Stefan Martin v Darcy Fort matchup become nearly the most important? Martin can end up being like an extra midfielder at times, while Fort has shown glimpses but is giving away 179 games of experience to his Lions counterpart.
Of course hitouts and ruckmen aren't always pivotal to the stoppage battle (the Pies have lost the clearances three times in 5 matches despite boasting arguably the best ruckman in the comp), but in this specific game it's an important angle that must be considered when trying to figure out who wins.
I'll back in Stefan Martin to have a big one and tip the scales in favour of the Lions.
Pick: Brisbane by 4
Collingwood v Hawthorn
What's wrong with Collingwood? I say nothing!
OK, they've lost two in a row and a few off-field incidents have potentially been a bit of a distraction (is there something in the water down there?), but it's definitely not panic stations just yet.
The GWS game in Round 4 was the old-fashioned coin flip that could've easily gone Collingwood's way against a side that just hadn't been switched on until that night, while the Essendon game last weekend seemed to just be a strange case of one side going in harder and more desperately than the other. And even then they got close to pinching it late.
While I didn't expect them to be in this spot after 5 rounds, they just need enough wins to land in the finals and some momentum to carry them through, because they playing list has got what it takes (Howe's injury hurts, of course).
Hawthorn, on the other hand, tried to play keepings off against the Giants and got burnt, badly. In both their losses, the Hawks have had 6+ goals kicked against them from midfield turnovers - if you can win the ball back off them and go with speed to a forward line with multiple scoring options like the Pies possess, then you're well on the way to victory. Need to see the intensity and polished ball-handling we saw from Collingwood in the first few weeks, but if they bring those elements then it's hard to see Hawthorn being able to contain them for long enough in the predicted dry conditions tomorrow night.
Pick: Collingwood by 14
Fremantle v St Kilda
It's not often your opponent has a goalless first half but still remains in the game, but that's what happened with Fremantle last week.
The sharp minds at Stats Insider had the Crows winning 54-47 on expected score against the Dockers in Round 5, which probably says more about Fremantle's lack of potency up forward more than the Crows (who we already know are in a "world of hurt", as the coach put it).
St Kilda have scored the fourth-most points since the competition restart, and that includes a lowly 37 against Collingwood when they were taught a lesson by the in-form side at the time. From Round 2, they've gone 88, 37, 93, 73, the kind of scores Fremantle could only dream of at the moment.
You'd like to see the Saints perform outside of the perfect Marvel Stadium conditions - all of their wins have been indoors so far- but unless the Dockers can pull off the incredible and give their forwards enough supply (only 1 more inside 50 than Adelaide last weekend says a lot), the Saints should be far too slick for Freo.
Pick: St Kilda by 28
West Coast v Adelaide
Get a feeling that despite all of West Coast's troubles early in the season, they're the kind of side that can build a serious bunch of momentum and get on a roll very quickly. They just couldn't quite find the midfield-forward connection in the first quarter last week but kept persisting and built a confidence-boosting win.
At 2-3, facing two of the bottom three sides in the next two weeks and an extended stint back at home in front of a crowd again, the Eagles have to be respected again from a finals chance point of view - bizarre to think we would be saying that after they lost three in a row across Rounds 2-4 and never scored above 45 points.
Importantly, the forwards look like grabbing it in the air again lately and look to be ready to really stretch an under-siege Crows defence.
There's not much to say about Adelaide other than they probably should have grabbed a win last week. As Garry Lyon said, it's just their turn to be down the bottom of the ladder. But one thing is for sure - Reilly O'Brien needs to put in a big one after accidentally posting this on his Twitter account this afternoon...
The best part is he owned it, and posted this not long after. Given he's the ruckman in my fantasy team on The Bench, I'm hoping this is just the tonic he needs for a dominant game against ol' lazy and unfit Nic Nat.
Pick: West Coast by 35
Melbourne v Gold Coast
Oh boy, wowee. There will be some nervous players and coaches at Demonland right now as they go in favourites against an ultra-competitive Gold Coast Suns on a neutral deck. The issues at Melbourne are well documented, but perhaps this might be the game we see something a little different from them. Team selection could provide us with a hint, and also their method going inside 50 may change from the helter-skelter tempo to a much more measured approach.
The saying used to be "ice" when players had the ball ready to send it into attack, a trigger designed to help them slow down their thought process and choose the right option without panicking. Fair to say the ice has melted recently, but it's not to say they can't find the right avenues to score this weekend.
A few players (Oliver, Brayshaw, Viney) have been under the blowtorch this week as well, so you'd expect a response from them. They are quality players and proud individuals - confident they will show that against the Suns.
From a Gold Coast perspective, the number that really jumps out is their stoppage scoring (ranked 2nd). That should match up well against a Melbourne side who have been traditionally strong at clearance and contested possession, so it might come down to whoever can make the most of their opportunities up forward.
HUGE game for Melbourne, and they might just scrape by. It's a real shame we miss the opportunity to see Matt Rowell go up against the likes of Oliver, Viney and co in the middle. You'd pay to see that.
Pick: Melbourne by 8
Essendon v North Melbourne
Er, I've got no idea how this one will pan out. North Melbourne have lost their honest mojo and haven't won for four weeks, while the Bombers might struggle to find enough players to fill their forward line.
Is it time to unleash Hooker or Hurley into attack? It's the obvious hot-take any time they have been injury-hit (which has been often lately), but it might be the perfect situation to do it again from the opening bounce.
You'll get a good guide as to what Ben Rutten thinks about either of them forward this week. If he doesn't pull the trigger then you might never see them down there again in his time more than just a brief hail-mary cameo here and there.
Is North Melbourne just a dour stoppage side without any other tricks to combat the run and gun style of Essendon? Kangaroos games have had more stoppages than any other this year. Break even at clearances as a starting point, and exploit their inability to turn it over through the middle and score. The Bombers haven't been world-beaters in that area themselves, but perhaps have a little more imagination and manic pressure than North Melbourne.
Having said all that, nothing would surprise with these two. They have played some bizarre matches in recent times, so let's hope something strange happens again for a bit of entertainment on a Saturday night!
Pick: Essendon by 14
Port Adelaide v GWS
Easily the match of the round, and a stern test for Port Adelaide. We will find out whether they've just been beating up on poor opposition, or if they've got what it takes to contend this season.
The Giants have their game humming along nicely, but Port Adelaide's style presents them with a different test than they've seen this season.
The Power have always been a forward half territory team. This year they have complimented this dominance with an increase in forward 50 efficiency (currently 4th in the most important year for that stat we have arguably ever seen, after being 15th last year). Having a fit Charlie Dixon helps, of course.
Just get the feeling that defence is going to be so critical to this one, particularly how the big key forwards can be contained - Cameron up one end, Dixon at the other. Jonas and Davis waiting for them. Can't wait to see those matchups unfold.
Perhaps the big question mark is the lack of a real secondary goalkicking gun at Port Adelaide. GWS have Toby Greene, while the Power have...Todd Marshall and Justin Westhoff. Can another forward like Rozee, Butters or Motlop emerge on Sunday to kick three or four?
Giants in this one. Just. But would love to see Port Adelaide come out of this game as a genuine threat in a wide open year.
Pick: GWS by 3
Richmond v Sydney
If there is ever a team that justifiably looks to be taking a year off, it's the Tigers. Strangely, the smart play might be for them just to go through the motions this season and regroup ready for the return of the fully-fledged footy we all know and love in 2021.
Houli and Edwards, a couple of veterans, can freshen up. Cotchin can take a rest and get the hamstrings sorted, they can get games into a few youngsters and plan their tilt at a third flag in five years by spending 2020 wisely. It all makes way too much sense!
Onto the actual game, however, and they will face some sort of test from Sydney. As of this moment, Tom Lynch remains a 50/50 proposition to play. Funnily enough, this might be a great game for Jack Riewoldt to assume "big dog" status once again and kick a bag. Clear out the forward 50 and just let him get to work?
The Swans have found scoring very difficult the last couple of weeks, with their lack of tall options up forward (and in the ruck) really taking their toll. Defensively we know Richmond are well-coached and their back six is ultra-reliable, so in theory that should be enough to ensure the Tigers just need an average offensive effort to get over the line here.
Big watch at the selection table though - No Houli and Edwards in the hub, no Nankervis and Prestia for a while, potentially no Lynch. Could be one of those statistical anomalies where a team has six or more changes and still manages to win. Maybe a few hungry depth players is a good thing to inject at this point in time?
Swans can win if they can exploit all these changes and find a way to score - big test for their forwards to step up against a quality defence. A lot resting on the shoulders of Papley, Heeney and Blakey, I feel.
Pick: Sydney by 4
Carlton v Western Bulldogs
They've found the perfect game for a late Sunday timeslot, and I don't mean that in a negative way. Both teams have become quite exciting to watch (remember, the 2020 version of exciting is slightly different to previous years). We get to see how they will go on a deteriorating surface of Metricon Stadium after it's 6th game in 8 days. Interested to see if that becomes a factor at all.
If it becomes a bit of a messy scrap - both teams have had issues with skill execution this season, which isn't a surprise - then you'd probably favour the Bulldogs just to outlast the Blues here.
It's hard to find anything statistically to support Carlton causing an upset in this one. Pleasing to see they've been able to force a lot more forward half turnovers this year, and both sides sit about middle of the road in converting their forward 50 entries into a score.
Don't think it will be easy by any stretch (this first round of games with the Victorian teams in the hubs could throw up some strange form reversals, potentially), but hard to go past the Western Bulldogs right now.
Pick: Western Bulldogs by 18
Round 6 Burning Question:
Who should take more blame for Melbourne's forward 50 issues - the mids or the forwards?
It's a real chicken-or-the-egg kind of question, this one. On one hand you've got an up-tempo style with the kind of personnel that lacks the poise and skill to execute under that kind of situation, but on the other hand you've got a forward line that can't win a 1v1 contest to save themselves and quickly runs out of position so fast that it becomes impossible to deliver it to them. There is no doubt the behind goal vision (remember, teams get vision from both ends of the ground that forms a critical part of their coaching and analysis) will have thrown up a lot of examples where both the Inside 50 kicks could have been executed much better, and also where the forwards didn't play their role to make it an easier decision from up the field. A big test this week to see what changes! Would love to see Melksham become their Inside 50 delivery man as much as possible (perhaps off a wing?) - at one point not long ago he was statistically one of the best in the comp. Time will tell....
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Plenty to prove. That will be the theme when Manny Pacquiao (55-5-2, 38 KOs) faces Timothy Bradley (31-0, 12 KOs) in a welterweight bout (147 pounds) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Saturday (April 12) night. The fight is a rematch of their June 2012 battle, a match that saw Bradley win a controversial split-decision victory.
The two boxers will meet face-to-face for the last time before the fight in a live weigh-in from Las Vegas today.
Since the June 2012 controversy, Bradley has been waiting for his chance to prove to critics that he can defeat Pacquiao convincingly. Conversely, Pacquiao has been awaiting the opportunity to prove to boxing fans that the June 2012 split-decision in Bradley’s favor was nothing more than a bad decision. Additionally, Pacman is out to prove he has plenty of remaining competitive fire, something that Bradley has openly questioned.
"I've heard in the past and read in the past from [trainer] Freddie Roach's own mouth that Pacquiao is too compassionate," Bradley, 30, told Pacquiao on a Face Off with Max Kellerman HBO special a few months back. "He's compassionate with his sparring partners. I'm begging his sparring partners to go in there and try to knock his head off to light a fire.
“Tell me you’re gonna knock me out,” he continued.
Pacquiao, 35, digested Bradley’s tough talk, but thinks the younger fighter will be on the run tomorrow night; the eight-division world champion told reporters he’s prepared to “hunt [Bradley] down" and avenge a match that he believes he was robbed of nearly two years ago.
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Korah, Dathan and Abiram
16 Korah(A) son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and certain Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram(B), sons of Eliab,(C) and On son of Peleth—became insolent[a] 2 and rose up against Moses.(D) With them were 250 Israelite men, well-known community leaders who had been appointed members of the council.(E) 3 They came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron(F) and said to them, “You have gone too far! The whole community is holy,(G) every one of them, and the Lord is with them.(H) Why then do you set yourselves above the Lord’s assembly?”(I)
4 When Moses heard this, he fell facedown.(J) 5 Then he said to Korah and all his followers: “In the morning the Lord will show who belongs to him and who is holy,(K) and he will have that person come near him.(L) The man he chooses(M) he will cause to come near him. 6 You, Korah, and all your followers(N) are to do this: Take censers(O) 7 and tomorrow put burning coals(P) and incense(Q) in them before the Lord. The man the Lord chooses(R) will be the one who is holy.(S) You Levites have gone too far!”
8 Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you Levites! 9 Isn’t it enough(T) for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the Israelite community and brought you near himself to do the work at the Lord’s tabernacle and to stand before the community and minister to them?(U) 10 He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near himself, but now you are trying to get the priesthood too.(V) 11 It is against the Lord that you and all your followers have banded together. Who is Aaron that you should grumble(W) against him?(X)”
12 Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram,(Y) the sons of Eliab. But they said, “We will not come!(Z) 13 Isn’t it enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey(AA) to kill us in the wilderness?(AB) And now you also want to lord it over us!(AC) 14 Moreover, you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey(AD) or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards.(AE) Do you want to treat these men like slaves[b]?(AF) No, we will not come!(AG)”
15 Then Moses became very angry(AH) and said to the Lord, “Do not accept their offering. I have not taken so much as a donkey(AI) from them, nor have I wronged any of them.”
16 Moses said to Korah, “You and all your followers are to appear before the Lord tomorrow—you and they and Aaron.(AJ) 17 Each man is to take his censer and put incense in it—250 censers in all—and present it before the Lord. You and Aaron are to present your censers also.(AK)” 18 So each of them took his censer,(AL) put burning coals and incense in it, and stood with Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 19 When Korah had gathered all his followers in opposition to them(AM) at the entrance to the tent of meeting, the glory of the Lord(AN) appeared to the entire assembly. 20 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 21 “Separate yourselves(AO) from this assembly so I can put an end to them at once.”(AP)
22 But Moses and Aaron fell facedown(AQ) and cried out, “O God, the God who gives breath to all living things,(AR) will you be angry with the entire assembly(AS) when only one man sins?”(AT)
23 Then the Lord said to Moses, 24 “Say to the assembly, ‘Move away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.’”
25 Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel(AU) followed him. 26 He warned the assembly, “Move back from the tents of these wicked men!(AV) Do not touch anything belonging to them, or you will be swept away(AW) because of all their sins.(AX)” 27 So they moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.(AY) Dathan and Abiram had come out and were standing with their wives, children(AZ) and little ones at the entrances to their tents.(BA)
28 Then Moses said, “This is how you will know(BB) that the Lord has sent me(BC) to do all these things and that it was not my idea: 29 If these men die a natural death and suffer the fate of all mankind, then the Lord has not sent me.(BD) 30 But if the Lord brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth(BE) and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the realm of the dead,(BF) then you will know that these men have treated the Lord with contempt.(BG)”
31 As soon as he finished saying all this, the ground under them split apart(BH) 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them(BI) and their households, and all those associated with Korah, together with their possessions. 33 They went down alive into the realm of the dead,(BJ) with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community. 34 At their cries, all the Israelites around them fled, shouting, “The earth is going to swallow us too!”
35 And fire came out from the Lord(BK) and consumed(BL) the 250 men who were offering the incense.
36 The Lord said to Moses, 37 “Tell Eleazar(BM) son of Aaron, the priest, to remove the censers(BN) from the charred remains and scatter the coals some distance away, for the censers are holy— 38 the censers of the men who sinned at the cost of their lives.(BO) Hammer the censers into sheets to overlay the altar,(BP) for they were presented before the Lord and have become holy. Let them be a sign(BQ) to the Israelites.”
39 So Eleazar the priest(BR) collected the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned to death,(BS) and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar, 40 as the Lord directed him through Moses. This was to remind the Israelites that no one except a descendant of Aaron should come to burn incense(BT) before the Lord,(BU) or he would become like Korah and his followers.(BV)
41 The next day the whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. “You have killed the Lord’s people,” they said.
42 But when the assembly gathered in opposition(BW) to Moses and Aaron and turned toward the tent of meeting, suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the Lord(BX) appeared. 43 Then Moses and Aaron went to the front of the tent of meeting, 44 and the Lord said to Moses, 45 “Get away from this assembly so I can put an end(BY) to them at once.” And they fell facedown.
46 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer(BZ) and put incense in it, along with burning coals from the altar, and hurry to the assembly(CA) to make atonement(CB) for them. Wrath has come out from the Lord;(CC) the plague(CD) has started.” 47 So Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the midst of the assembly. The plague had already started among the people,(CE) but Aaron offered the incense and made atonement for them. 48 He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague stopped.(CF) 49 But 14,700 people died from the plague, in addition to those who had died because of Korah.(CG) 50 Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the tent of meeting, for the plague had stopped.[c]
Numbers 16:1 Or Peleth—took men
Numbers 16:14 Or to deceive these men; Hebrew Will you gouge out the eyes of these men
Numbers 16:50 In Hebrew texts 16:36-50 is numbered 17:1-15.
Numbers 16:1 : S Ex 6:24; Jude 1:11
Numbers 16:1 : ver 24; Ps 106:17
Numbers 16:1 : Nu 26:8; Dt 11:6
Numbers 16:2 : Nu 27:3
Numbers 16:2 : Nu 1:16; 26:9
Numbers 16:3 : ver 7; Ps 106:16
Numbers 16:3 : Ex 19:6
Numbers 16:3 : S Nu 14:14
Numbers 16:5 : S Lev 10:3; 2Ti 2:19*
Numbers 16:5 : Jer 30:21
Numbers 16:5 : Nu 17:5; Ps 65:4; 105:26; Jer 50:44
Numbers 16:6 : ver 7, 16
Numbers 16:6 : S Lev 10:1; Rev 8:3
Numbers 16:7 : S Lev 10:1
Numbers 16:7 : S Ex 30:9
Numbers 16:7 : S ver 6
Numbers 16:7 : ver 5
Numbers 16:9 : S Ge 30:15
Numbers 16:9 : Nu 3:6; Dt 10:8; 17:12; 21:5; 1Sa 2:11; Ps 134:1; Eze 44:11
Numbers 16:10 : Nu 3:10; 18:7; Jdg 17:5, 12
Numbers 16:11 : ver 41; 1Co 10:10
Numbers 16:11 : S Ex 16:7
Numbers 16:12 : S ver 1, 27
Numbers 16:12 : ver 14
Numbers 16:13 : Nu 13:27
Numbers 16:13 : Nu 14:2
Numbers 16:13 : S Ge 13:8; Ac 7:27, 35
Numbers 16:14 : S Lev 20:24
Numbers 16:14 : Ex 22:5; 23:11; Nu 20:5; 1Ki 4:25; Ne 13:15; Ps 105:33; Jer 5:17; Hos 2:12; Joel 2:22; Hag 2:19; Zec 3:10
Numbers 16:14 : Jdg 16:21; 1Sa 11:2; Jer 39:7
Numbers 16:15 : S Ex 4:14
Numbers 16:15 : 1Sa 12:3
Numbers 16:16 : S ver 6
Numbers 16:17 : Eze 8:11
Numbers 16:18 : Lev 10:1
Numbers 16:19 : ver 42; Nu 20:2
Numbers 16:19 : S Ex 16:7; Nu 14:10; 20:6
Numbers 16:21 : S Ge 19:14; S Ex 32:10
Numbers 16:22 : S Nu 14:5
Numbers 16:22 : Nu 27:16; Job 12:10; 27:8; 33:4; 34:14; Jer 32:27; Eze 18:4; Heb 12:9
Numbers 16:22 : S Lev 10:6
Numbers 16:22 : S Ge 18:23; S Job 21:20
Numbers 16:26 : Isa 52:11
Numbers 16:26 : S Ge 19:15
Numbers 16:26 : Jer 51:6
Numbers 16:27 : S ver 12
Numbers 16:27 : ver 32; Jos 7:24; Isa 13:16; 14:21
Numbers 16:28 : 1Ki 18:36
Numbers 16:28 : Ex 3:12; Jn 5:36; 6:38
Numbers 16:29 : Nu 24:13; Job 31:2; Ecc 3:19
Numbers 16:30 : Ps 141:7; Isa 5:14
Numbers 16:30 : ver 33; S Ge 37:35; 1Sa 2:6; Job 5:26; 21:13; Ps 9:17; 16:10; 55:15; Isa 14:11; 38:18
Numbers 16:30 : S Nu 14:11; S Eze 26:20
Numbers 16:31 : Isa 64:1-2; Eze 47:1-12; Mic 1:3-4; Zec 14:4
Numbers 16:32 : S Ex 15:12
Numbers 16:33 : S ver 30; S Ecc 9:10
Numbers 16:35 : S Nu 11:1-3; 26:10; Rev 11:5
Numbers 16:37 : ver 6
Numbers 16:38 : Lev 10:1; Pr 20:2
Numbers 16:38 : S Ex 20:24; 38:1-7
Numbers 16:38 : Nu 26:10; Dt 28:46; Jer 44:29; Eze 14:8; 2Pe 2:6
Numbers 16:39 : 2Ch 26:18
Numbers 16:40 : S Ex 30:1; 2Ki 12:3; Isa 1:13; 66:3; Jer 41:5; 44:3
Numbers 16:40 : S Ex 30:9; 2Ch 26:18
Numbers 16:40 : S Nu 3:10
Numbers 16:42 : Ex 16:7; Nu 14:10
Numbers 16:46 : S Lev 26:25; Nu 8:19; Ps 106:29
Numbers 16:47 : Nu 25:6-8
Numbers 16:48 : Nu 25:8; Ps 106:30
Listen to Numbers 16
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16 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:
3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord?
4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:
5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
6 This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
7 And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the Lord to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the Lord doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?
10 And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?
14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the Lord, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the Lord, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:
17 And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer.
18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.
19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation.
20 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of their's, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.
29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me.
30 But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
31 And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
35 And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
39 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.
41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord.
42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.
45 Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is begun.
47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.
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Rebellion Against Moses and Aaron
16 Now (A)Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with (B)Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men; 2 and they rose up before Moses with some of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, (C)representatives of the congregation, men of renown. 3 (D)They gathered together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “You [a]take too much upon yourselves, for (E)all the congregation is holy, every one of them, (F)and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?”
4 So when Moses heard it, he (G)fell on his face; 5 and he spoke to Korah and all his company, saying, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will show who is (H)His and who is (I)holy,[b] and will cause him to come near to Him. That one whom He chooses He will cause to (J)come near to Him. 6 Do this: Take censers, Korah and all your company; 7 put fire in them and put incense in them before the Lord tomorrow, and it shall be that the man whom the Lord chooses is the holy one. You take too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi!”
8 Then Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi: 9 Is it (K)a small thing to you that the God of Israel has (L)separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the work of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to serve them; 10 and that He has brought you near to Himself, you and all your brethren, the sons of Levi, with you? And are you seeking the priesthood also? 11 Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against the Lord. (M)And what is Aaron that you complain against him?”
12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come up! 13 Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of (N)a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you should (O)keep acting like a prince over us? 14 Moreover (P)you have not brought us into (Q)a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up!”
15 Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, (R)“Do not [c]respect their offering. (S)I have not taken one donkey from them, nor have I hurt one of them.”
16 And Moses said to Korah, “Tomorrow, you and all your company be present (T)before the Lord—you and they, as well as Aaron. 17 Let each take his censer and put incense in it, and each of you bring his censer before the Lord, two hundred and fifty censers; both you and Aaron, each with his censer.” 18 So every man took his censer, put fire in it, laid incense on it, and stood at the door of the tabernacle of meeting with Moses and Aaron. 19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Then (U)the glory of the Lord appeared to all the congregation.
20 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 21 (V)“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may (W)consume them in a moment.”
22 Then they (X)fell[d] on their faces, and said, “O God, (Y)the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and You be angry with all the (Z)congregation?”
23 So the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.’ ”
25 Then Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him. 26 And he spoke to the congregation, saying, (AA)“Depart now from the tents of these wicked men! Touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins.” 27 So they got away from around the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the door of their tents, with their wives, their sons, and their little (AB)children.
28 And Moses said: (AC)“By this you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, for I have not done them (AD)of my own will. 29 If these men die naturally like all men, or if they are (AE)visited by the common fate of all men, then the Lord has not sent me. 30 But if the Lord creates (AF)a new thing, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they (AG)go down alive into the pit, then you will understand that these men have rejected the Lord.”
31 (AH)Now it came to pass, as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground split apart under them, 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and (AI)all the men with Korah, with all their goods. 33 So they and all those with them went down alive into the pit; the earth closed over them, and they perished from among the assembly. 34 Then all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up also!”
35 And (AJ)a fire came out from the Lord and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering incense.
36 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 37 “Tell Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, to pick up the censers out of the blaze, for (AK)they are holy, and scatter the fire some distance away. 38 The censers of (AL)these men who sinned [e]against their own souls, let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar. Because they presented them before the Lord, therefore they are holy; (AM)and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel.” 39 So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned up had presented, and they were hammered out as a covering on the altar, 40 to be a [f]memorial to the children of Israel (AN)that no outsider, who is not a descendant of Aaron, should come near to offer incense before the Lord, that he might not become like Korah and his companions, just as the Lord had said to him through Moses.
Complaints of the People
41 On the next day (AO)all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the Lord.” 42 Now it happened, when the congregation had gathered against Moses and Aaron, that they turned toward the tabernacle of meeting; and suddenly (AP)the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared. 43 Then Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of meeting.
44 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 45 “Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.”
And they fell on their faces.
46 So Moses said to Aaron, “Take a censer and put fire in it from the altar, put incense on it, and take it quickly to the congregation and make [g]atonement for them; (AQ)for wrath has gone out from the Lord. The plague has begun.” 47 Then Aaron took it as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and already the plague had begun among the people. So he put in the incense and made atonement for the people. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living; so (AR)the plague was stopped. 49 Now those who died in the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides those who died in the Korah incident. 50 So Aaron returned to Moses at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, for the plague had stopped.
Numbers 16:3 assume too much for
Numbers 16:5 set aside for His use only
Numbers 16:15 graciously regard
Numbers 16:22 prostrated themselves
Numbers 16:38 Or at the cost of their own lives
Numbers 16:40 reminder
Numbers 16:46 Lit. covering
Numbers 16:1 : Ex. 6:21
Numbers 16:1 : Num. 26:9; Deut. 11:6
Numbers 16:2 : Num. 1:16; 26:9
Numbers 16:3 : Num. 12:2; 14:2; Ps. 106:16
Numbers 16:3 : Ex. 19:6
Numbers 16:3 : Ex. 29:45
Numbers 16:4 : Num. 14:5; 20:6
Numbers 16:5 : [2 Tim. 2:19]
Numbers 16:5 : Lev. 21:6–8, 12
Numbers 16:5 : Ezek. 40:46; 44:15, 16
Numbers 16:9 : 1 Sam. 18:23; Is. 7:13
Numbers 16:9 : Num. 3:41, 45; 8:13–16; Deut. 10:8
Numbers 16:11 : Ex. 16:7, 8
Numbers 16:13 : Ex. 16:3; Num. 11:4–6
Numbers 16:13 : Ex. 2:14; Acts 7:27, 35
Numbers 16:14 : Num. 14:1–4
Numbers 16:14 : Ex. 3:8; Lev. 20:24
Numbers 16:15 : Gen. 4:4, 5
Numbers 16:15 : 1 Sam. 12:3; Acts 20:33
Numbers 16:16 : 1 Sam. 12:3, 7
Numbers 16:19 : Ex. 16:7, 10; Lev. 9:6, 23; Num. 14:10
Numbers 16:21 : Gen. 19:17; Jer. 51:6
Numbers 16:21 : Ex. 32:10; 33:5
Numbers 16:22 : Num. 14:5
Numbers 16:22 : Num. 27:16; Job 12:10; Eccl. 12:7; Heb. 12:9
Numbers 16:22 : Gen. 18:23–32; 20:4
Numbers 16:26 : Gen. 19:12, 14, 15, 17
Numbers 16:28 : Ex. 3:12; John 5:36
Numbers 16:28 : Num. 24:13; John 5:30
Numbers 16:29 : Ex. 20:5; Job 35:15; Is. 10:3
Numbers 16:30 : Job 31:3; Is. 28:21
Numbers 16:30 : [Ps. 55:15]
Numbers 16:31 : Num. 26:10; Ps. 106:17
Numbers 16:32 : Num. 26:11; 1 Chr. 6:22, 37
Numbers 16:35 : Lev. 10:2; Num. 11:1–3; 26:10; Ps. 106:18
Numbers 16:37 : Lev. 27:28
Numbers 16:38 : Prov. 20:2; Hab. 2:10
Numbers 16:38 : Num. 17:10; Ezek. 14:8
Numbers 16:40 : Num. 3:10; 2 Chr. 26:18
Numbers 16:41 : Num. 14:2; Ps. 106:25
Numbers 16:42 : Ex. 40:34
Numbers 16:46 : Lev. 10:6; Num. 18:5
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Year : 2015 | Volume : 3 | Issue : 1 | Page : 19-23
Any possible association between Behcet's disease and retinitis pigmentosa
AH Hassan, Hasan H Dirar, SM Ibrahim, TM Mudaw
Department of Medical Ophthalmology and Uvietis, Makkah Eye Complex, Sudan Eye Center, Khartoum, Sudan
Date of Web Publication 10-Nov-2015
A H Hassan
Makkah Eye Complex, Khartoum
Behçet's disease is a rare multisystem disease; it has many ocular features, and it is not known to be associated with dystrophic conditions such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP). This is a case report of a Sudanese patient with Behçet's disease with ocular features and RP. A 28-year-old female with nyctalopia, skin hyper-pigmentation, and oral and genital ulcers was diagnosed as RP with Behçet's disease. She received a high dose of steroids and Azathioprine. She developed bilateral cataract and glaucoma. Pathergy test is negative. The patient is fulfilling the diagnostic criteria of both RP and Behçet's diseases. Behçet's disease is a rare condition; it is not common among Sudanese patients, and it has not been known to co-exist with RP.
Keywords: Behçet's disease; retinitis pigmentosa; Sudan
Hassan A H, Dirar HH, Ibrahim S M, Mudaw T M. Any possible association between Behcet's disease and retinitis pigmentosa. Albasar Int J Ophthalmol 2015;3:19-23
Hassan A H, Dirar HH, Ibrahim S M, Mudaw T M. Any possible association between Behcet's disease and retinitis pigmentosa. Albasar Int J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2015 [cited 2021 Jan 20];3:19-23. Available from: https://www.bijojournal.org/text.asp?2015/3/1/19/169306
Behçet's disease is a multisystem disorder characterized by recurrent oral aphthous ulcers, skin lesions, genital ulcers, and ocular lesions. The disease often leads to blindness in severely affected individuals. It is most prevalent between the second and fourth decades of life. Behçet's disease is found predominantly between East Asia and the Mediterranean basin. It is uncommon in the American continents, Oceania, and sub-Saharan Africa.
Distribution of uveitis and intraocular inflammation may differ in different regions of the world. In Japan, Behçet's disease is one of the three most frequent diagnoses in patients with uveitis. The highest prevalence rate of the disease has been reported from Turkey.
This disease is strongly associated with the major histo-compatibility complex antigen human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B51, first reported in 1973. Population with high prevalence of HLA-B51 lies predominantly north of the equator, spanning Japan, and Western Europe between 30° and 45° N.
The frequency of ocular involvement in patients is thought to be between 50% and 70%.[1] The characteristic ocular feature is a relapsing uveitis, which may involve anterior segment, posterior segment, or both. Classification of patient's uveitis is important both therapeutically and prognostically because those lesions that affect posterior part of the eye tend to be persistent and blinding. The disease may be more severe in men than in women.
Diagnostic criteria
Painful aphthous oral ulceration that has recurred at least three times in a 12-month period.
Plus at least two of the following:
Recurrent genital ulceration
Skin lesions include erythema nodosum, folliculitis, acneform nodules, or papulopustular lesions [Figure 1]
Positive pathergy test.
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) belongs to the group of pigmentary retinopathies, a generic name that covers all retinal dystrophies presented with a loss of photoreceptors and retinal pigment deposits. RP is a retinal degenerative disease characterized by pigment deposits predominant in the peripheral retina and by a relative sparing of the central retina.
Figure 1: Photograph of the patient showing external features
In most of the cases of RP, there is a primary degeneration of the rods photoreceptors, with secondary degeneration of cones. Thus, the typical RP is also described as a rod-cone dystrophy, which rods being more affected than cones. This sequence of photoreceptors involvement explains why patients initially present with night blindness and only in the later life would suffer visual impairment in diurnal conditions.
Functional signs
Night blindness (nyctalopia) is the earliest symptom
Photophobia appears later
The visual acuity is preserved in early and mid-stages.
Visual field
Patchy losses of peripheral vision evolving to ring shape scotoma, and eventually tunnel vision.
Pigmentary deposits resembling bone spicules, initially in peripheral retina
Attenuation of the retinal vessels
Waxy pallor of the optic disc
Various degrees of retinal atrophy.
Electroretinogram
Dramatic diminution in a- and b-wave's amplitudes
Scotopic system (rods) predominates over photopic (cones) system.
In 2007, Baklouti K, Mghaieth F, Mhiri N, Ayachi M and El Matri L reported a case of Iridocyclitis in a patient with Behçet's disease and a familial form of RP, the patient was a 55-year-old woman with a history of Behçet's disease presented with acute red and painful eyes and moderately blurred vision. Ophthalmologic examination concluded in bilateral acute hypertensive uveitis. Fundoscopy and fundus fluorescein angiogram showed RP.[2]
Regarding the clinical features of Behçet's disease, a study from Jordan done by Al-Aboosi et al., reviewed 20 patients to determine the clinical patterns in northern Jordan and compare them with other countries. Of the 20 patients, 14 were men and 6 women, giving a ratio of 2.3:1. Their ages ranged from 14 to 58 years. All had mouth ulcers, 65% genital ulcers, 65% ocular involvement, 55% joint involvement, 35% skin lesions, 20% vascular lesions, and 5% gastrointestinal involvement. The oral ulcers were the first manifestation of the disease process in 70% of the patients. Skin lesions, genital ulcers, and involvement of the central nervous system and the pulmonary system were less frequent.[3]
Another study from China done by Yang P, Fang W, Meng Q, Ren Y, Xing L, and Kijlstra A aimed at determining the clinical features of Behçet's disease in Chinese patients, four hundred thirty-seven patients were diagnosed with Behçet's disease. There were 319 male and 118 female patients. Panuveitis was the most common type of uveitis in both genders, although anterior uveitis was seen more frequently in females. Retinal vasculitis, vitritis, and retinitis were the most common ocular manifestations in these patients. Cataract and macular edema were the most common complications. Oral ulcers were the most frequent extraocular manifestation, followed by dermatologic lesions and genital ulcers.[4]
RP is known to occur as part of a syndrome association; Christian Hamel has written a review about RP in 2006 and has mentioned the following associations of it:[5]
Frequent syndromes: Usher Syndrome, Bardet Biedl syndrome, Senior Loken syndrome, Alport syndrome, Cohen syndrome, Jeune syndrome, and Cockayne syndrome
Metabolic diseases: Methylmalonic aciduria with homocystinuria, Abetalipoproteinemia (Bassen Kornzweig disease), Bietti's disease, Cystinosis, Mucopolysaccharidosis, Zellweger syndrome, Hyperoxaluria type I with retinal atrophy in spots, Neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy with leopard spots in fundus and Refsum disease
Neurological diseases: Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, Joubert syndrome (JBTS), Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia type II (SCA7), Myotonic dystrophy, and Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome.
No reports of association of RP and Behçet's disease were found in the literature.
Residence: Omdurman.
Presenting complaints
Inability to see at night: 15 years
Skin discoloration: 13 years
Mouth and genital ulcers: 2 years.
History of the presenting complaints
The condition started 15 years ago with inability to see at night, which was slowly progressing
The condition was associated with inability to read small fonts
The patient sought medical help and was diagnosed as RP
Two years later, the patient started to develop generalized skin darkening that was also slowly progressive
Her condition had been diagnosed first as SLE and started Prednisolone 40 mg tablets daily
The diagnosis of RP was confirmed
There was no improvement, and she became completely blind
Two years ago, she developed mouth and genital ulcers, when she was taken to a rheumatologist who changed the diagnosis to RP with Behçet's disease and added Azathioprine to her medications
Until this stage, the patient was not on regular follow up with an ophthalmologist, became completely blind, and developed bilateral cataract and glaucom.
Systemic review
Unremarkable.
Past medical and surgical history
Past ophthalmic history
No history of eye surgery or trauma
No history of refractive error.
Despite the long struggle with her illness, the patient managed to complete her university education.
She is the oldest among five children
Her father had passed away
Poor socioeconomic class.
No family history of a similar condition
No family history of long term illnesses.
Prednisolone tablets 40 mg daily
Azathioprine tablets.
A 28-year-old female with nyctalopia, skin hyper-pigmentation, oral and genital ulcers has been diagnosed as RP with Behçet's disease; she is on treatment and her condition is static.
The Summary of ophthalmic examination of our patient was summarized in [Table 1].
Table 1: Summary of ophthalmic examination
Behçet's disease is uncommon in Sudan. It is found predominantly between East Asia and Mediterranean Basin, especially in Turkey. In this report, we found that the patient has RP associated with Behçet's disease. She was using systemic steroids for long time without any ophthalmic follow up until she became completely blind. Although she is highly educated, she was not concerned about her progressive visual loss. She has mature cataract on her left eye. A-B scan of the left eye showed vitreous opacities [Figure 2]. Right eye showed chorioretinal atrophic changes, RP signs and full optic Disc cupping on the Fundus photography [Figure 3], Fluorescein angiography in [Figure 4] and the optical coherence tomography [Figure 5]. Her blood investigations showed low hemoglobin and slight C-reactive protein increase [Figure 6].
Figure 2: A-B scan of the left eye
Figure 3: Fundus photography of the right eye
Figure 4: Fundus fluorescein angiography of the right eye (15 s)
Figure 5: Optical coherence tomography of the right eye
Figure 6: Blood investigations
Here, we are reporting a case with Behçet's disease and RP; we found only one similar case report with the same association between these two diseases, which was a case of iridocyclitis in a patient with Behçet's disease and RP reported from France in 2007.[2] We hope that this might draw the attention to a possible association between the two diseases and generate more research in this field.
Behçet's disease is uncommon disease among Sudanese patients, and it has not been known to co-exist with RP worldwide. So, it needs more researches and case reports to focus on their association.
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1 State of Law: Barzani Daash partner in the conspiracy against Iraq on Sat Nov 14, 2015 3:44 am
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It confirmed the MP for the coalition of state law Siham al-Moussawi, Saturday, that the Mai PEOPLE him President of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani of the combined action of Iraq's provinces to the region is much like what he was doing Daash of the occupation of territories, noting that Barzani Daash partner in the conspiracy against Iraq and he must review Himself.
Said Siham for "Sky Press," "We strongly reject the statements of the President of Kurdistan annexation of Sinjar and areas edited by Peshmerga forces to the region", indicating that "each Mai with Barzani to take parts of the provinces of Iraq is much like acting Daash in the occupation of areas of Iraq and he has to review itself and be part of Iraq. "
"The project is being done by Daash criminal occupation in Mosul and other areas is the involvement of Barzani," asserting that "the plot partner to Iraq in order to get more space and adds to the region, particularly that of Sinjar and other oil-rich areas."
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Posted: Jan 13, 2021 / 06:34 PM GMT-0600 / Updated: Jan 14, 2021 / 08:09 AM GMT-0600
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Not since the summer has the border region of South Texas seen spiking coronavirus infection rates and hospitalizations as it is experiencing now, just weeks after the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.
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Health officials in the Rio Grande Valley are working double time to provide outlets for community clinics where residents can get free COVID-19 vaccines. But the wait for shots is long and many are being turned away.
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PSJA ISD and Hidalgo County also offered a community clinic on Wednesday.
Nevertheless, thousands of border residents have been waiting overnight in their vehicles for a chance at getting a COVID-19 vaccine. As soon as new community clinics are announced, hundreds rush to the area often resulting in all the shots called for within a couple hours. Then they must wait overnight in their vehicles to hold their space in line until the clinics open.
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M6 Toll charge increases revealed: £6.90 for peak weekday traffic
The charge to use the M6 Toll road from later this week will increase by up to 30p per journey.
From Friday 4 December, operators will hike the peak-hours weekday charge for those at the wheel of passenger cars to £6.90 – a rise of 20p – and weekend trips will jump from £5.60 to £5.90.
The latter is an inflation-busting rise of more than 5 per cent.
However, it is only car drivers who are to be stung with a charge increase, with rates for vans and trucks remaining unchanged as part of ‘support measures’ for businesses, it has been confirmed.
M6 Toll hike: From Friday 4 December, charges for car drivers to use the M6 toll road will rise by as much as 30p. However, vans and HGVs won’t be paying an inflated rate
The price hike for car drivers comes just 17 months after the motorway’s operator, Midlands Expressways Limited, increased the peak weekday charge by an 30p in July 2019.
Friday’s hike for peak fares is also higher than the rate of inflation, with the extra 20p hit on weekday trips a 3 per cent jump.
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It was estimated that more than 50,000 motorists use the M6 toll every day.
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Motorists pay one of two different rates.
For ‘Class 2’ car drivers, peak-hour weekday charges to use the M6 Toll will rise by 20p. Off-peak ans night jounreys on weekdays will also go up by 10p, while weekend trips will be 30p more than before
The more expensive rate is called the ‘mainline’ price and is charged to those using the full length of the motorway, exiting via the north or south mainline plazas.
During peak hours of 7am to 7pm, the charge for car drivers will go up from £6.70 to £6.90 from Friday.
Off-peak journeys between 5am and 7am as well as 7pm to 11pm on weekdays are increasing by 10p to £6,70. Night journeys from 11pm to 5am are also going up by 10p to £4.30.
The cheaper rate is called the ‘junction’ price. This is for motorists exiting at a junction and not using the full length of the road.
This peak weekday charge is set to increase by 10p from £4.80 to £4.90.
The toll fee is discounted for journeys on Saturdays and Sundays, though these lower charges will also be hiked for car drivers only from Friday.
Midlands Expressways Limited, operator of the toll road, said prices would remain at 2019 levels for van and HGV drivers as part of ‘support measures’ for businesses
MEL clarified that there will be no change to rates paid by those at the wheel of vans and trucks as part of ‘support measures put in place for businesses’ to provide an ‘efficient and viable route for HGV and other commercial operators’.
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Explaining why the charge is only being escalated for passenger cars, it said: ‘We remain committed to increasing the volume of HGV traffic using the M6 Toll in preference to the M6 or local roads, which is why we offer attractive product trials and incentives for new HGV customers and bespoke/innovative pricing deals for commercial operators, whether travelling long or short distances or making infrequent journeys.’
MEL also explained that its ‘Let’s Get The Midlands Moving’ campaign – launched in July to help businesses recover from the pandemic – has seen increased numbers of vans and trucks on the M6 Toll.
‘This has helped to both reduce local congestion and provide a significant boost to the regional recovery by enabling businesses to maintain operating efficiencies as they return to work,’ it added.
A new scheme will launch in January 2021 to encourage local drivers to use the toll route at a discounted rate rather than clog up already congested roads such as the A5 and A38
New FlexiPass scheme to cut prices for local drivers
While charges for the use of the entire stretch of M6 toll motorway will rise, the operator has announced a new pre-pay ‘FlexiPass’ scheme, giving a heavily discounted rate for short local journeys from January.
The aim is to encourage local drivers to use the toll route rather than congested roads such as the A5 and A38.
A FlexiPass costs £29 for 10 journeys that start and end at the T4, T5 and T6 junctions. Trips can be carried out at any time: day or night, week or weekend.
It works out at £2.90 a journey, compared to the new daytime rate of £4.90 for cars using the junctions from 4 December 2020.
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Andy Cliffe, M6 Toll chief executive, said: ‘We are committed to making the M6 Toll a stress free and reliable route for all, along with taking huge volumes of traffic from the M6 and the surrounding Midlands road network.
‘The new FlexiPass will help to encourage more short, local journeys on the M6 Toll by providing local road users with a flexible and discounted pricing option and achieve the aim of alleviating congestion on local roads.
‘It’s the latest in a suite of products designed to provide drivers with an accessible and cost-effective way of using the M6 Toll.’
The M6 toll was opened in 2003 and designed to move traffic off the heavily congested M6 through Birmingham.
It is the most expensive toll on UK roads ahead of the Dartford Crossing, which costs £2.50 for drivers of passenger cars.
At 27 miles in length, the M6 Toll transports around 18.2million users a year.
At peak times, up to 55 per cent of trucks and 85 per cent of cars making ‘long-distance journeys’ through the Midlands use the toll – traffic which would otherwise be using the M6 and local routes such as the A5, A38 and A446.
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Liam Deacon
After an Algerian and a Syrian living in the same migrant centre were jailed for raping a Swedish women multiple times, concerned locals held an anti mass-migration protest. Only then did an infuriated local social justice group hold their own demonstration… in support of more migration.
The horrific crimes occurred near the Blick Mälaren accommodation, a converted hotel, in the small town on Strängnäs near Stockholm – Just one of hundreds of such centres popping up across Sweden, which has absorbed nearly two per cent of it’s population in migrants this year alone, causing the famously “open” nation to close it’s borders in November.
The mother of one was initially raped on her way home from the pub by the Algerian man, just a short distance from the migrant shelter. She escaped, but was raped a second time not far away, on the same night, by the Syrian man and an unidentified assailant.
One of the men convicted of aggravated rape said to her, “I’m gonna f*ck you little Swedish girl”, before he finished by spitting in her face, court documents seen by the Free Times reveal.
At the beginning of this month the Algerian man was sentenced to two and a half years and banned from Sweden for ten years; the Syrian was given four years for the rape as well as a separate sexual assault perpetrated inside the pub.
The woman, meanwhile, was left so traumatised she is on anti-depressants drugs and is struggling to look after her child.
“She feels uncomfortable when she walks to the town and is terrified that the third offender will recognise her, and that she will not recognise him,” read the court judgment.
After the disturbing revelations were made in court, an anti mass-migration protest was held in the small town. Protesters reportedly held signs which read “Mass-Migration = Rape”.
A local social justice group was not impressed.
The Tillsammans för Strängnäs “anti-racist” group, which prescribes to feminist ideals, did not feel compelled to act when the woman was so brutal assaulted, but around 30 of them came out to demonstrate in support of the migrants who committed them.
“We intend to manifest against the racist demonstration yesterday at Mälardalen Blick. It is terribly sad it happened and we have to fight these forces with all democratic means available”, one of the organisers told Swedish broadcaster Sörmland.
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The founder of Cayman-based Advantage International Management has received a distinguished service award from the Captive Insurance Companies Association (CICA).
Ian Kilpatrick was presented with the award at the CICA 2015 International Conference by president Dennis Harwick.
Kilpatrick’s achievements include being a founding member of the Insurance Managers Association of Cayman (IMAC) and founding Crusader International Group of Companies, now Advantage International.
He has most recently as served as the captive industry’s voice in interfacing with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
At the conference, Kilpatrick presented a paper that he had prepared for the OECD, which addressed the organisation’s plans to introduce an action plan on base erosion profit sharing. The plan is expected to have a significant impact on captives writing business across many countries.
Harwick said: “This award is given to someone who has contributed to the broader understanding of captives and has assisted in the growth and success of the industry; someone who has raised the reputation of the industry, promoted professionalism, creativity and ground-breaking ideas for the industry; someone who has taught others how to succeed; and someone who is an industry leader, whose opinions are respected. Ian Kilpatrick is all of those things. He is also one of the great characters of the captive insurance industry.”
Kilpatrick said:“Naturally, I am delighted to have won the award and am humbled by it. I was fortunate enough early on and throughout my career to have had the very best teachers in the industry at a time when knowledge of captives was not as available as it is now.”
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Daniel Tagg has been at the forefront of efforts to bring the community together through the Townstal Community Partnership for the past few years.
A friendly and approachable man, as chairman he has helped to bring a number of initiatives to the area which have helped its community spirit, prosperity and increased people’s chances of getting help in difficult situations.
He has been doing all this, with no expectation of reward or recognition – but there were others who felt he deserved some.
Sainsbury’s like to reward those who work for the company – or ‘colleagues’ – if they are doing work for their community. They have held a number of competitions and awards to recognize the most community-minded ‘colleagues’ around the country.
Daniel was nominated for the latest of these - the How Do You Care? Awards – by his manager Pete Basnett and Sue O’Leary at the store.
Nearly 10,000 colleagues were put forward nationwide for the award. Only 18 of those were considered worthy enough to be recognized for the work they had done.
Daniel was one of those 18.
“It was amazing to be nominated at all,” said Daniel. “I was so touched that my colleagues thought I should be nominated – but to be one of the winners was just mind-blowing. It was a mystery what we had won as well, which was very exciting.”
Daniel was put up in a posh London hotel and sent for lunch at the revered Oxo Tower Restaurant.
But then something remarkable happened.
‘A black Mercedes pulled up and whisked us off to a secret location somewhere in London,” said Daniel. “We didn’t know what was going on – then out walks David Beckham! I couldn’t believe it!”
David Beckham works with Sainsbury’s to promote their community and charity initiatives and had been brought along as a thrilling ‘thank you’ to the winners of the competition – and had cleared the whole afternoon to spend with them.
Daniel was thoroughly impressed by the man who is fast becoming a living legend.
“He was really nice,” enthused Daniel. “He chatted away to us and asked lots of questions about what we do. He was sitting on the sofa, talking about his kids, how he doesn’t want to be a manager, who his favourite players are, anything really. He came across as a very genuine very nice guy. He told us he gets up at 5am on a Saturday morning to watch premiership football when he’s in LA. I was calling him ‘Mate’ and I even asked him never to call football ‘Soccer’ no matter how long he spends in America! He just laughed and said it wouldn’t be a problem. It was such a great day, I was totally honoured to meet him.”
Daniel is not resting on his laurels with his Townstal Community Partnership team despite the recognition.
“We are doing really great,” he said. “We now seem to be an established part of the community and people believe we can achieve what we set out to do – because we have done so in the past.
“We are especially proud of the Wednesday ‘Hub’ we have created at the Townstal Community Hall. Every Wednesday we have the Credit Union, the Job Club, the Citizens Advice Bureau, the Food bank and once a month we also have the three housing associations – Guinness, Tor and Sanctuary - all holding their benefits surgeries here too. We are very pleased to have the CAB Booth in the hall – which is a computer screen that allows you to access CAB services at any time when the Townstal Community Hall is open.
“We have also recently organised two community celebrations for the DIamond Jubilee: a street party and the lighting of a special Beacon – which was sponsored by Sainsbury’s.”
There was one aspect of the TCP’s work which really grabbed David Beckham’s imagination: their youth club.
“He asked about the Youth Club a lot,” said Daniel. “I was very proud to tell him that we now have up to 50 kids coming along each week – they take responsibility for decisions and work together so well – it’s a really positive group. I can’t take the credit for all these things though – Julie Deane is the brains behind it all – I’m just the mouth!”
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March for Life Estonia
September 2, 2020 by ICCECKenya658
First steps of CEC4Life in Estonia at the March for Life in Tallinn.
On August 30th, 2020 the March for Life took place in Tallinn, Estonia after 22 years.
Estonia is a small country in Northern Europe with ~1.3 million inhabitants. Estonia suffered under Soviet occupation between 1941-1991. In 1955 abortion was legalised in the Soviet Union, including Estonia. In the western world legalization of abortion took place many decades later (Roe vs Wade in USA 1973).
Here are some facts; in the 1970-s about 41,000 babies were killed through abortion in one year, also 100 babies were aborted for every195 babies who possessed the right to be born. Back then our population was about 1.5 million! Since then the number of abortions has steadily decreased, resulting in pro-choice people accusing their opponents of merely “knocking down already open doors.”
However, according to Eurostat, in 2016, Estonia was at the top of the list of European countries, with 17.1 abortions annually.[1] Estonians like to compare themselves to their neighbours: Latvia was ranked eight, in Finland 6.4 and in Germany 4.4. For every 1000 successful births, 444,6 babies lost their lives through abortion! Last year 3741 abortions were undertaken: 312 babies every month – more than ten babies per day. Yet, no one raises their voice in anguish.
So how much then is human life worth in Estonia? If a woman has health insurance (about 90% is required because we have full cover public health insurance) then the abortion pill can be purchased for 18 EUR, and surgical abortion for 41 EUR.[2] If one doesn’t have health insurance then a surgical abortion costs 268 EUR. So the price of human life ranges between 18-268 euros!
It is time to do something about this situation. Since early spring CEC Churches in Estonia have been praying that the culture of death would finally end and the Culture of Life would be established. In August we found out by coincidence a March for Life will take place in Tallinn. At first we had hesitations about participating. There was a fear that one right-wing party of political persuasion may hijack the event. Once we found out that organizers were people from another local church, along with further consultation with Bishop Elmer Belmonte and Father Terry Gensemer a decision was made to participate. Very quickly (and frankly at the last minute) both T-Shirts and appropriately worded posters were prepared. Nine people from St Stephen’s and St Barnabas church gathered in the afternoon of 30th August in the medieval section of Old Tallinn along with other participants who also marched for life. Not everyone from our churches were able to attend. Some people had prior engagements, others had a few understandable hesitations due to the situation with COVID. Also, let’s be honest – not everyone had the courage enough to be the “voice for the voiceless,” not yet anyway. Finally, about 400-500 people from different churches and from one political party marched through Tallinn, carrying posters, banners and balloons, shouting “every life is sacred. All life is Sacred.” The invitation to participate and support the march was sent to every party in parliament but only one party responded.
So, the march was followed by various speeches and music in Tallinn Freedom Square. Several keynote speakers were mothers, amongst them some who were politicians. Then the Chairman of the Conservative People’s Party of Estonia, Minister of Finance Mr Martin Helme as well as Archbishop of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rev Urmas Viilma spoke up in support of unborn babies. Then music was performed by two different worship groups.
Before the event began we were a bit concerned about the message of protecting unborn life would be received by the public. We have heard Father Terry several times speaking about “being pro women-pro babies.” The Estonian Council of Churches (which is an Ecumenical Council consisting of ten different churches, CEC among them) worked out a system for crisis pregnancy counseling in cooperation with our Health Insurance Foundation and Estonian Gynaecologists Society fourteen years ago, so that every pregnant woman along with their families would have the right to free counseling.[3] We prayed that the message will not be grounded in accusations or condemnation, but rather about forgiveness, hope and support to women who face these difficult situations. There were disagreements between the different organizers of the March for Life, with regard to the message which will be sent out, but thanks be to God, it all went well! It was the first March for Life after so many years. We definitely felt the Lord’s hand and His abiding protection over that event.
There was quite extensive media coverage about the event, but most of the stories were seasoned with reservation and caution due to the delicate, political nature of this subject. Some channels persisted with the idea that the event was largely an instrument of the national conservative party.
We want to thank our bishop Elmer Belmonte, Father Terry Gensemer and Mrs Sarah Neely for all their support and encouragement, special thanks to Sarah for her very much appreciated practical advice! We thank ICCEC HOST for your total support, Camille and Denel Santiago, and Lisette Eriste for working with the T-shirt “design department” and Joosep Mattis Eriste and Marek Kodasma who prepared the posters. Thanks to each and every one of you who prayed about the event and for our “pro-lifers.” Most of all – we are thankful to our Lord, the Giver of Life!
Non nobis, Domine!
Author: Regyta Eriste, RN
Wife of Fr Thomas Eriste; mother of four children,
St Barnabas Church, Pärnu, Estonia
Joosep Mattis Eriste, HOST Estonia,
[1] For every 1000 woman at peak fertility.
[2] Note: surgical abortions are made in the women’s section of our hospital wards, as we dont have special abortion clinics.
[3] for up to twelve months following birth.
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Suggs leads top-ranked Gonzaga over No. 3 Iowa 99-88
Gonzaga guard Jalen Suggs (1) shoot a 3-pointer during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Iowa, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020 in SIoux Falls, S.D. (AP Photo/Josh Jurgens)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — In early December, Gonzaga paused all activities because of the coronavirus. The top-ranked Bulldogs had five games canceled due to the shutdown, and hadn’t played a game since Dec. 2 before Saturday’s showdown with No. 3 Iowa.
Despite the layoff, Gonzaga showed little rust in a 99-88 victory over the Hawkeyes. That seemed especially true for freshman Jalen Suggs who scored 18 of his career-high 27 points in the first half to lead the Bulldogs.
Suggs, the West Coast Conference freshman player of the week last week, entered the game against Iowa averaging 13.3 points per game. He blew by that midway through the first half and finished 8 for 17 from the floor and was 7 for 10 from the 3-point line after going just 2 for 6 from beyond the arc on Gonzaga’s first three games. His previous career high was 24 against Kansas on Nov. 26.
“This past week-and-a-half, I spent a lot of time in the gym by myself, just late at night spending time getting shots up under the gun,” Suggs said. “Coming into this weekend, I really felt like my jump shot improved and I felt really comfortable with it. I was telling everybody that this was a shooter’s gym. It feels really good in here and I just came out today really confident.”
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Luka Garza led Iowa (6-1) with 30 points and 10 rebounds on 13 of 18 shooting. Joe Wieskamp added 20 points and nine rebounds for the Hawkeyes.
Gonzaga used a 24-10 run to open things up in the first half. Suggs scored 10 points during the run and Gonzaga continued to pour it on in the first half, building the lead to as many as 18 on a Suggs 3-pointer with just under two minutes to play. The Bulldogs shot 58% from the floor in the first half.
While Gonzaga was cruising, Iowa went cold from the field. The Hawkeyes went nearly five minutes without a field goal in the first half. The Hawkeyes entered the game averaging nearly 12 made 3-pointers per game. Against Gonzaga, they were just 4 for 22.
“I didn’t expect to shoot 4 for 22,” Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said. “We’ve got really good shooters, but I thought for the most part with the exception of one or two where we were contested, we had good shooters shooting open shots. We were behind a lot of the game and that happens sometimes.
“You miss a couple, then you miss some more. Our main success was driving the ball and throwing it inside. We got into the double bonus relatively early in the second half, but then we miss 12 free throws, which is also very uncharacteristic of our team.”
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“It’s great to hear, but I’m not focused on that. I’m focused on the here and now and continuing to win and build with my guys,” Suggs said when asked about the NBA and being the potential No. 1 pick. “The coaching staff has done a great job of keeping me grounded and helping me keep the outside noise out. Whatever happens in the future happens, but right now I’m locked in with my guys.”
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Bloomberg Green Builds an Interactive Article with En-ROADS – Here’s What Sits Under the Hood
April 22, 2020 By Yasmeen Zahar
On April 22, 2020, Bloomberg News published an interactive exploring the impact of different climate solutions using Climate Interactive’s En-ROADS simulator. Below you will find detailed explanations and technical notes of the settings used in the article and the model dynamics at play.
Explore the En-ROADS Simulator
The En-ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator is a fast, powerful climate simulation tool for understanding how we can achieve our climate goals through changes in energy, land use, consumption, agriculture, and other policies. The simulator focuses on how changes in global GDP, energy efficiency, technological innovation, and carbon price influence carbon emissions, global temperature, and other factors. It is designed to provide a synthesis of the best available science on climate solutions and put it at the fingertips of groups in policy workshops and roleplaying games. These experiences enable people to explore the long-term climate impacts of global policy and investment decisions. Led by the team at Climate Interactive, En-ROADS has benefited from a close collaboration between Climate Interactive, Tom Fiddaman of Ventana Systems, Prof. John Sterman of MIT Sloan, and Prof. Juliette Rooney-Varga of UMass Lowell’s Climate Change Initiative.
For additional information, please explore these resources:
The En-ROADS User Guide for background on the dynamics of En-ROADS, tips for using the simulator, general descriptions, real-world examples, slider settings, and model structure notes for the different sliders in En-ROADS.
The En-ROADS Reference Guide for extensive model details, including data sources, model assumptions, dynamics, and structure.
Our Confidence Building Webinar to understand how confidence in the model was built.
This page to learn more about the Business as Usual scenario used in En-ROADS.
No Silver Bullets
In this section, the Bloomberg article explores five well-known climate solutions and demonstrates their individual impact on net greenhouse gas emissions by 2100 using En-ROADS.
The scenario tested in the article moves the growth in the percentage of final transportation energy that comes from electricity from its Business as Usual (BAU) path to a “highly incentivized,” fast growth scenario that increases the growth by 4% per year, leading it to reach 65% by 2080 (up from 16% in 2080 originally).
Note that the amount of transportation that becomes electric is limited by the broad definition of transportation energy in En-ROADS – it encompasses areas that are less conducive to electricity use such as shipping and air travel.
To understand why the system delivers the modest results in emissions reduction in this scenario, consider that much of the extra electricity generation sparked by the increase in electrified transport comes from the existing electric energy mix which is dominated by coal, leading the amount of energy that comes from that high-density energy source to go up, even as the amount of energy from oil goes down. Absent other policy support for growth in renewable energy or other zero carbon energy sources, the increased demand for electricity doesn’t drive use of low emissions energy supply like wind and solar.
Overall, the world burns less oil but more coal and, on net, warming is reduced modestly but less than many would hope, prompting a push to explore policies that decarbonize the grid in tandem with boosts to electric transport.
The scenario tested in the article moves the growth in nuclear primary energy demand from its BAU path of steadily increasing through the end of the century, to a ‘highly subsidized’ scenario of $0.07/kWh where we see a sharp and continued increase in nuclear demand beginning in 2030.
In this scenario, primary energy demand from nuclear reaches 76 EJ/year in 2050 and 295 EJ/year by the end of the century. To compare to the projections for the SSP2 2.6 scenarios for the six Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs), the 2050 values are 112 for PBL IMAGE, 130 for IIASA MESSAGE-GLOBIOM, 74 for NIES AIM/CGE, 269 for PNNL GCAM4, 130 for PIK REMIND-MAGPIE, and 103 for EIEE WITCH-GLOBIOM.
Nuclear capacity grows steadily to accommodate the increased demand, and by 2050 reaches 2,795 GW. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) projects a much lower 715 GW by 2050 in their high case scenario.
With nuclear energy highly subsidized, the demand for coal and natural gas decreases as nuclear becomes less expensive. The demand for oil decreases only slightly since nuclear energy cannot replace many of the non-electric uses fulfilled by oil, namely fuel engines in vehicles.
While a nuclear subsidy drives demand for fossil fuels down, it is important to note that it also competes with the demand for renewables (wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal). A decrease in renewable energy negatively impacts temperature change and counteracts some of the climate benefit from subsidized nuclear energy. Another dynamic at play is the ‘rebound effect,’ where the subsidy leads to a decrease in the cost of energy which leads to an increase in energy consumption.
The scenario tested in the article moves the growth in renewable primary energy demand from its BAU path of steadily increasing through the end of the century, to a ‘highly subsidized’ scenario of $0.07/kWh where we see sharp exponential growth in demand beginning in 2030 and continued linear increase from around 2050 through the end of the century. In En-ROADS, the Renewables slider includes hydro, wind, solar, and geothermal power.
In this scenario, energy production from Renewables reaches 208 EJ/year by 2050 and 448 EJ/year by the end of the century. This is above the projections for the SSP2 2.6 scenarios for the six Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs). Under these projections for 2050, the EJ/year of renewable energy production is around 65 for PBL IMAGE, 118 for IIASA MESSAGE-GLOBIOM, 114 for NIES AIM/CGE, 77 for PNNL GCAM4, 146 for PIK REMIND-MAGPIE, and 161 for EIEE WITCH-GLOBIOM. Some additional projections, such as Shell’s Sky scenario, estimate a higher value than that in En-ROADS, of about 264 EJ/year in 2050.
Much of the dynamics at play are similar to what we saw when highly subsidizing nuclear energy, in that fossil fuels are displaced, nuclear and renewables compete with each other, and there is a rebound effect. With renewable energy highly subsidized, the demand for coal and natural gas decrease as renewables become an attractive alternative. The demand for oil decreases only slightly since renewable energy cannot replace many of the non-electric uses fulfilled by oil, namely fuel engines in vehicles.
While a renewable subsidy drives demand for fossil fuels down, it is important to note that it also competes slightly with the demand for nuclear energy. The rebound effect is also noticeable here, where the subsidy leads to a decrease in the cost of energy which leads to an increase in overall energy consumption.
The scenario tested in the article explores the impact of Direct Air Capture (DAC) being deployed in the year 2020 and achieving its maximum potential by 2100. This max capacity is based on The Royal Society’s Greenhouse gas removal report, that outlines the range of DAC’s global carbon dioxide removal potential to be 0.5-5 Gigatons CO2/year. We used the middle of the range to set the max potential in En-ROADS for DAC to be 2.8 GigatonsCO2/year by the end of the century. To adjust this maximum in En-ROADS, go to Simulation > Assumptions > Carbon dioxide removal maximum.
To understand the seemingly modest impact of a large DAC effort, it is important to compare this removal effort with the total amount of CO2 being emitted. With no action on emissions reductions, CO2 emissions alone reach 86 Gigatons/year, with the DAC effort removing 2.8. In this case, CO2 concentration levels continue to steadily increase through the end of the century.
The scenario tested in the article moves the growth in global afforestation efforts from its BAU path of zero to “high growth,” or 100% of available land for afforestation being utilized. This high growth scenario results in 6.4 Gigatons CO2 removed annually from afforestation by 2100.
Note that the simulation allocates 10 years to secure land for afforestation and 30 years to plant new trees around the world. These settings can be adjusted in the Advanced View of the Afforestation slider. Additional assumptions, such as afforestation growth time (set to 80 years), max available land for afforestation (set to 700 Mha), max carbon density on afforested land (set to 0.6 Gigatons C/Mha), and percent loss per year of afforestation (set to 2%/year) can be adjusted under Simulation > Assumptions > Afforestation settings.
These delays in implementation and time required for mature growth alongside the amount of land required to fulfill these afforestation efforts provide insight into the modest impact in emissions reductions form afforestation efforts. In particular, note the time it takes for removals to reach their peak – after 2080.
Viewing the sources of greenhouse gas emissions provides additional insight into the small fraction of emissions comprised by land use (notice the area of removals below the “zero” line relative to the emissions above it). Overall, land use emissions do become net negative, but absent other actions, emissions from Energy CO2 (and to a lesser extent Methane, Nitrous Oxide, and the F-gases) continue to be the major source of greenhouse gas emissions.
Other analysis with En-ROADS of afforestation (e.g, a video and a blog post) supplements this above and notes the importance of planting trees and also setting modest expectations about the positive impact on climate change.
The scenario tested in the article explores a $75/ton CO2 carbon price, achieved by ramping it up over ten years.
Demand for coal decreases significantly, as it is hardest hit by the carbon price due to its high carbon density. To reduce their carbon emissions, coal producers deploy increased Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology. As demand for all other carbon emitting energy sources (oil, natural gas, and bioenergy) decreases as well, we see an increase in demand for low carbon energy sources such as renewables and nuclear.
Important factors to consider when examining a carbon price are some of the financial outcomes. With the proposed carbon price, we see an increase in cost of energy. The $75/ton price yields a revenue of approximately 4.3 trillion $/year by the end of the century.
In this final section, users can select from a combination of 10 different climate solutions to test in En-ROADS. Selecting all solutions limits temperature increase to 2 degrees by 2100.
The settings for each solution used in the 2 degree scenario are as follows:
Build renewable power
Renewable energy (from wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal power) is ‘subsidized’ at $0.03/kWh.
Enact a carbon price
A ‘high’ carbon price of $75/ton of CO2 is implemented.
Make transportation more energy efficient
Energy efficiency of the transport sector is ‘increased’ to 1%/year energy intensity improvement.
Electrify transportation
The electrification of the transport sector is ‘highly incentivized’ to mandate that 4% of new transport per year be powered by electricity rather than fuels.
Make buildings and industry more energy efficient
Energy efficiency of buildings and industry is ‘highly increased’ to 3.7%/year energy intensity improvement.
Electrify buildings and industry
The electrification of buildings and industry is ‘incentivized’ to mandate that 2.7% of new building construction, industry, and appliances be powered by electricity rather than fuels.
Curb deforestation
Deforestation is ‘highly reduced’ to a reduction in land use & forestry emissions of 8%/year.
Cut methane and other pollution from agriculture and industry
Emissions from Methane & other GHGs are ‘moderately reduced’ by 50%.
Regrow forests
There is ‘high growth’ in afforestation efforts, with 70% of land available for afforestation being utilized.
Mass-produce CO2 removal technologies
Technological Carbon Removal (includes Bioenergy Carbon Capture & Storage (BECCS), Direct Air Capture, Enhanced Mineralization, Agricultural Soil Carbon Sequestration, and Biochar) sees ‘medium growth’ of 50% effort out of 100% maximum potential, with that potential defined as the mid-point of the estimates in the The Royal Society’s 2018 Greenhouse gas removal report.
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Bank of England and Swiss National Bank in focus
European stocks enjoyed a fairly decent session yesterday, with the DAX breaking above its September peaks and posting its best levels since February, while the FTSE 100 also enjoyed a decent rebound and the FTSE 250 closed back above the 20,000 level for the first time since 4 December, when it closed at a nine-month high.
The major drivers were optimism over the prospect of a $900bn US stimulus deal, a landing zone for a UK-EU trade deal, and on the margins, some better-than-expected flash PMIs.
There was little in the way of surprises from the US Federal Reserve last night, with the central bank committing to keep buying bonds at the rate of at least $120bn a month until substantial progress had been made in respect of the economic recovery. Given that the recovery appears to be stalling, particularly in relation to the labour market and consumer spending, as retail sales declined for the first time since April, this was welcome news for investors, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq closing the day marginally higher. This pledge has translated into a positive Asia session and looks set to give markets here in Europe a lift as they look to open later this morning.
Despite yesterday's rather gloomy US economic data, the Fed was slightly more upbeat about the longer-term outlook, raising its economic outlook slightly by improving its 2020 GDP forecast to a -2.4% contraction, while upgrading its 2021 forecast to 4.2% from 4%. The FOMC was also more optimistic about the unemployment rate, forecasting it to fall to 5% by the end of next year. These more positive outlooks didn’t exactly chime with the near-term outlook, with Jay Powell once again pointing to the need for further fiscal support from Congress, something the Fed simply cannot help with.
With the Fed kicking off proceedings on a big week for central banks, we also hear from the Swiss National Bank today, along with the Bank of England at midday. The SNB will be particularly interesting given that 24 hours ago Switzerland was called out by the US Treasury for currency manipulation, a charge it swiftly refuted, saying that it doesn’t engage in currency manipulation, but reserves the right to intervene more strongly in the FX market. The timing by the US Treasury is particularly curious given that the US appears to be adopting a policy of benign neglect towards the US dollar, and the Fed is in full attack mode on the stimulus front. No changes in policy are expected by the SNB, with particular attention likely to be on any further reaction to the charges of currency manipulation. In truth the charges are nonsense; central banks are experts in talking about not targeting the exchange rate when setting policy, when that is precisely what monetary policy is designed to do. In an era of globalisation, every decision a central bank makes is designed with one eye on the currency rate and to pretend otherwise is to indulge in semantics.
The Bank of England is also not expected to take any action on monetary policy later today, given that it acted last month by adding an extra £150bn of QE, and EU-UK trade negotiations appear to be reaching some form of denouement. There has been some idle chatter about the prospect of negative rates in the past couple of weeks, however with the latest PMIs looking a little more resilient than expected in the last few weeks, it's unlikely that the Bank will make any serious mention of them on this occasion, given that it seems possible we could see a landing zone for an EU-UK trade deal in the coming days. Furthermore, when the central bank meets for the first time in 2021, the MPC is much more likely to have a better idea of where the UK economy is in relation to further restrictions, as well as having a clearer route map for vaccinations and the extent of the new EU-UK trade relationship.
We also have the latest set of weekly jobless claims out of the US, after last week's big jump to 853,000, from 716,000 the week before. There will be the hope that this jump was a one off and not a sustained rise that could see the recent falls in unemployment start to reverse. Expectations are for an increase of 820,000, a slight fall from last week, but still on the high side after several weeks in the mid-to-low 700,000s.
EUR/USD – making a new two and a half year high of 1.2230 resistance. It still feels like it wants to push up towards 1.2550, however it could take some time to unfold. Needs to stay above support at 1.2060/70 to maintain upward bias towards 1.2550. Only a move below 1.2020 negates the upside scenario
GBP/USD – a new two year high as the pound moves through 1.3550 and still remains well supported, with the key support still down at the 50-day MA and 1.3130 area. The bias remains for a move towards the 1.4000 level while above 1.3100.
EUR/GBP – found support just above the 0.8980 area, and this remains a key support. A break below here argues for further losses towards 0.8880. Resistance remains back at the 0.9150 area, and behind that at 0.9200.
USD/JPY – continues to look soft with support at 103.15 and the November lows. A move below 103.00 targets a move towards 100.00. Resistance sits up near the 104.70 area.
Fed firms backstop, Bitcoin breaks out
The US Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold after its two-day meeting that concluded overnight. Chairman Powell assured the world that the Fed will extend its asset purchase program if economic growth slows. The re-assurance saw the markets continue on their optimistic path, lifting shares and putting pressure on bonds and the US dollar.
Deal optimism pushes sterling to two-year highs against the US dollar
UK retail companies recover but tough times lie ahead
Food retail suffers a bout of indigestion
It’s been a fairly solid session for European stocks, with the DAX breaking above its September peaks and posting its best levels since February,
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Netflix vs. Steven Spielberg: Battle over the future of the movie experience
Netflix wants to change how you watch movies. Steven Spielberg wants to preserve the theatrical experience. Those two points of view are clashing, with Netflix pushing back against a plan that Spielberg reportedly has to create rules that could block the streaming giant from future Oscars contention.
“It’s the old guard versus the new guard,” said Jeff Bock, senior box office analyst at Exhibitor Relations. “We’re at a crossroads on how people are enjoying their entertainment.”
Netflix on Sunday night responded to Spielberg’s reported plans by tweeting from its film unit’s Twitter account, “We love cinema.”
The company said in its tweet that it “also loves…Access for people who can’t always afford, or live in towns without, theaters; letting everyone, everywhere enjoy releases at the same time; giving filmmakers more ways to share art.”
“These things are not mutually exclusive,” Netflix Film tweeted.
Netflix did not mention Spielberg by name, but the tweet came after Hollywood trade publication IndieWire reported last week that the Oscar-winning director was “devoted to ensuring that the race never sees another ‘Roma’ — a Netflix film backed by massive sums, that didn’t play by the same rules as its analog-studio competitors.”
It’s not clear what rule changes Spielberg might be planning to propose at the Academy’s annual board of governors post-Oscar meeting. But a spokesperson for Spielberg’s production company, Amblin, told IndieWire that “Steven feels strongly about the difference between the streaming and theatrical situation.” A spokesperson for Amblin declined CNN Business’ request for comment.
Spielberg, who is a member of the Academy’s board of governors and one of the most powerful people in Hollywood, has previously said he thinks that films that forgo a theater run or have a limited theatrical release shouldn’t be in contention for Oscars.
“Once you commit to a television format, you’re a TV movie,” Spielberg told
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Home » China Guide » Shangri-La » Attractions » Balagezong Grand Canyon
Balagezong Grand Canyon
The Balagezong Grand Canyon is located in Nishi Township, northwest of Shangri-La, Yunnan Province. It is connected to the Sun Valley in Derong County, Sichuan Province in the west, and connected to the Birang Canyon in Gezan Township in the east. From Shangqiaotou to the north through Dongzhulin temple and the Baimang Snow Mountain, you can reach Deqin Meili Snow Mountain. Basically, it is located in the center of the Yunnan-Tibet-Sichuan Delta, which together with the Birang Canyon forms the Shangri-La Grand Canyon. There are many scenic spots in here, integrating snow-capped mountains, canyons, glaciers, rivers, plateau lakes and primitive forests. There are also holy villages such as Bala Village, Millennium Phoenix Bodhi Tree, Shambhala Pagoda, etc.
Chinese Name: 巴拉格宗大峡谷 Bā lā gé zōng dà xiá gǔ
Suggested visiting duration: 4-6 hours
Ticket: 110rmb per person
Address: Bala Community, Nixi Township, Shangri-La Town
Open Hours: 8.00-19.00
1. Scenic Area Shuttle Bus: round trip costs 50 rmb (Dukezong Ancient Town to Balagezong); bus leaves at 8.30 in summer and 9.00 in winter, single trip lasts 1 to 1.5 hours, bus leaves Balagezong at 15.00. Pickup point: at the scenic area reception center car park.
2. Drive: you can follow the route from Shangri-La, National Road 214 (Deqing Direction) – a three-way intersection with a huge Balagezong Scenic Area board – turn right to the scenic area road – drive 17 kilometers to the reception center
Highlights of the canyon
Gezong Snow Mountain
Gezong Snow Mountain is located at the junction of Shangri-La City, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province and Derong County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. The highest elevation is 5,545 meters. It is the first peak of Shangri-La and the largest mountain in the scenic area. The slope is large and steep. The residents in the Tibetan area protect the mountain from tourists’ exploration for religious reasons. There is no climbing record until 2018.
Bala Village
Bala means a village that a Tibetan immigrated to from Batang. This village is located on the half mountain over 2900 meters above sea level.
Bala Dayong Stupa
The stupa group is composed of eight holy white pagodas, which are dedicated to the most representatives of Tibetan Buddhism: Buddha Sakyamuni, Master of Lotus, Longevity Buddha, Four Arms Guanyin, Manjusri Bodhisattva, Huang Caishen, Zunsheng Buddha, and Tara. These eight pagodas represent the eight treasures of the Tibetans, giving the Bala people good fortune and a happy life.
Shangri-La Grand Canyon
The Shangri-La Grand Canyon is one of the deepest canyons in Yunnan and even the whole country, with a total length of about 154 kilometers. The gorge is known as ‘high-risk, odd-shaped, and mysterious’. ‘There are gorges in the gorge, there are gorges on the gorge, crossing, and connecting’, this poem concluded the biggest feature of the Shangri-La Grand Canyon. There are hundreds of sides on the main canyon. There are many gorge valleys. These gorges are mostly typical glacial water gorges. The glacial water gorges are mainly distributed on high-altitude snow-capped mountains. Because of the unique geological features (karst landforms) here, low-altitude glacial water canyons are formed.
Dejinka (Tongtianxia)
Tongtianxia is a large gorge of the Shangri-La Grand Canyon. It is about 4,000 meters long from the bottom of the valley to the top of the gorge. The canyon is U-shaped, and the distances to the two opposite mountains are similar. The cliffs on both sides are in the shape of a curtain. All reach 1 kilometer and are straight up to the sky. Because the gorge is too deep and too narrow, the bottom of the valley looks dark. You will feel like walking in the magic road of underground purgatory, and if you shout loudly inside, it echoes constantly. Looking up from the bottom of the valley, the cliffs on both sides look like they are supporting a line of blue sky, forming the spectacle of ‘the first line in the sky, the two mountains and the steep stone as the door’.
Xiangbala (Shambhala) Pagoda
The Shambhala Pagoda is located in the northeast of the Gezong Snow Mountain. The natural pyramid-shaped mountain peaks are covered with snow and can be seen towering under the sky. Next to it are the Lama Squatting Statue and the Classics Statue. They are also called the Three Treasures of Buddha, Statue, Classics and Monk. It is the phoenix stupa predicted by Buddha after the Buddha became immortal. At the same time, the Shambhala Pagoda is a mysterious and holy natural stupa recorded in the Tripitaka. Its mouth is 4,250 meters above sea level. It attracts countless devout people to worship and pray for spiritual wishes.
Naidang Ranch
Naidang Ranch is the closest pasture to Gezong Snow Mountain. It is surrounded by mountains, green grass, abundant rain, and beautiful cows and sheep. Beautiful scenery and a pleasant climate are the two features here. Almost every family in the village of Bala has a small bunker-style building with a height of three or four meters. The house is divided into two floors. The lower floor is a barn, the upper floor is a house. A single wooden ladder makes it possible to go up and down between the floors. The stone houses are each detached from their neighbors. After years of development, a ranch village consisting of small stone-built bunker-style buildings on the subalpine meadows has been formed.
Millennium Bodhi Tree
This is a linden tree, more than 3,000 years of age, which is very different from the Bodhi trees that I have seen before. The general Bodhi is standing alone, the branches and leaves extend in all directions. This linden tree is standing on the hill. The whole branches are like climbing on the cliff. All the branches and leaves are spreading over the whole cliff. It was named ‘Phoenix Bodhi Tree’.
Tibetan Culture Expo Center
The Tibetan Culture Expo Center is a Guanyin Temple built after Tussna Dorje, which was built more than 1300 years ago. It was rebuilt on the original 21-degree Tara Classics Hall. A total of 21 statues of Tara are displayed in the temple. They are a group of goddesses who have saved the sufferings of all beings. They are also the female devotees worshipped by the sects of Tibetan Buddhism. Therefore, the 21-degree mother is widely worshipped by the majority of believers and the people in the Tibetan Buddhism area. It has great regional influences. It is the venue for festivals and worshiping Buddha on 15th of the first lunar month. According to the old site structure, it is divided into two floors. The first floor worships the main Buddha of the Thousand Buddhas which is the Buddha of the Infinite or the Amitabha Buddha.
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Dream Splash
About Cross CDs
Chrono Cross[edit]
1. General Information on the Cross ~CDs
Chrono Cross was originally distributed in the form of two PSX ~CDs, and the information in this wiki was created by reverse-engineering this CD version. We don't know how much of it, if any, may apply to the PSN or other versions.
Each of the ~CDs contains around 5600 files. We know what most of them do, although we're not always sure how. 28 files (~0.14% of the total) remain unidentified at this time, and information on some of the others is little more than guesswork.
The files are not held in the standard CD data structure, but in a Virtual File System (see boot.dat for details)—when browsing either CD in the normal way, all that will show up is a gigantic blob-file. Instead, file locations are recorded in terms of CD Sectors in a custom table at the front of the CD (Squeenix did this in other games of the PSX period as well). Special Tools have been developed to extract them.
2. Differences Between ~CDs
The two ~CDs in a Chrono Cross set have nearly identical structure, and most of the game files are present on both discs. CD 2 contains fewer videos than CD 1, and has an additional run of 40-odd empty junk files following immediately after the room data which need to be taken into consideration when working with it.
As far as we have been able to tell, the Japanese and North American versions are very similar, but again not quite identical in structure. Japanese CD 1 lacks the font metrics file and a peculiar (likely junk) file present in the North American version; Japanese CD 2 has not been investigated.
3. Recognizing a Valid Cross CD Image
Images of NA CD 1 should have one of the following sizes:
641437696 bytes for a 2048-byte-per-sector ISO file
Around 736650000 bytes for a 2352-byte-per-sector BIN file—known valid exact sizes for BIN images include 736651104, 736648752, and 736649216 bytes.
737003904 bytes for a ~CloneCD .img file (this format is basically BIN + trailing junk data).
CD 1 has exactly 313 202 sectors.
4. Ripping a Valid CD Image
Under Windows, the most favoured program for doing this seems to be IsoBuster (the free version should be sufficient), but any program capable of producing a CD image should work. Some of these programs may call the BIN format "Raw" or similar—just adjust the settings and compare byte counts until you get something that looks right.
Under Linux, I would recommend using a GUI program (~K3B, ~GnomeBaker, whatever), as using dd from the command line gave me bizarre results. This will produce an ISO file. (There doesn't seem to be any good way of getting a BIN—I had to resort to the combination of ~VMWare, Win '98, and an old version of ~IsoBuster.)
From: Modification
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Home > Articles > Cisco Certification > CCDP > Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures (ARCH): Developing an Optimum Design for Layer 3 (CCDP)
Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures (ARCH): Developing an Optimum Design for Layer 3 (CCDP)
By John Tiso.
Sample Chapter is provided courtesy of Cisco Press.
Date: Dec 8, 2011.
Designing Advanced IP Addressing
Design Considerations for IPv6 in Campus Networks
Designing Advanced Routing
Migrating Between Routing Protocols
Designing Scalable EIGRP Designs
Designing Scalable OSPF Design
Designing Scalable BGP Designs
Chapter Description
This chapter examines a select number of topics on both advance IP addressing and design issues with Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF).
Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures (ARCH) Foundation Learning Guide: (CCDP ARCH 642-874), 3rd Edition
The ability to scale an OSPF internetwork depends on the overall network structure and addressing scheme. As outlined in the preceding sections about network topology and route summarization, adopting a hierarchical addressing environment and a structured address assignment are the most important factors in determining the scalability of your internetwork. Network scalability is affected by operational and technical considerations.
This section discusses designing advanced routing solutions using OSPF. It describes how to obtain scale OSPF designs and what factors can influence convergence in OSPF on a large network. The concepts covered are
How to scale OSPF routing to a large network
How to obtain fast convergence for OSPF in a routing design
Factors Influencing OSPF Scalability
Scaling is determined by the utilization of three router resources: memory, CPU, and interface bandwidth. The workload that OSPF imposes on a router depends on these factors:
Number of adjacent neighbors for any one router: OSPF floods all link-state changes to all routers in an area. Routers with many neighbors have the most work to do when link-state changes occur. In general, any one router should have no more than 60 neighbors.
Number of adjacent routers in an area: OSPF uses a CPU-intensive algorithm. The number of calculations that must be performed given n link-state packets is proportional to n log n. As a result, the larger and more unstable the area, the greater the likelihood for performance problems associated with routing protocol recalculation. Generally, an area should have no more than 50 routers. Areas that suffer with unstable links should be smaller.
Number of areas supported by any one router: A router must run the link-state algorithm for each link-state change that occurs for every area in which the router resides. Every ABR is in at least two areas (the backbone and one adjacent area). In general, to maximize stability, one router should not be in more than three areas.
Designated router (DR) selection: In general, the DR and backup designated router (BDR) on a multiaccess link (for example, Ethernet) have the most OSPF work to do. It is a good idea to select routers that are not already heavily loaded with CPU-intensive activities to be the DR and BDR. In addition, it is generally not a good idea to select the same router to be the DR on many multiaccess links simultaneously.
The first and most important decision when designing an OSPF network is to determine which routers and links are to be included in the backbone area and which are to be included in each adjacent area.
Number of Adjacent Neighbors and DRs
One contribution to the OSPF workload on a router is the number of OSPF adjacent routers that it needs to communicate with.
Each OSPF adjacency represents another router whose resources are expended to support these activities:
Exchanging hellos
Synchronizing link-state databases
Reliably flooding LSA changes
Advertising the router and network LSA
Some design choices can reduce the impact of the OSPF adjacencies. Here are some recommendations:
On LAN media, choose the most powerful routers or the router with the lightest load as the DR candidates. Set the priority of other routers to zero so they will not be DR candidates.
When there are many branch or remote routers, spread the workload over enough peers. Practical experience suggests that IPsec VPN peers, for example, running OSPF over GRE tunnels are less stable than non-VPN peers. Volatility or amount of change and other workload need to be considered when determining how many peers a central hub router can support.
Any lab testing needs to consider typical operating conditions. Simultaneous restarts on all peers or flapping connections to all peers are the worst-case situations for OSPF.
Routing Information in the Area and Domain
The workload also depends on the amount of routing information available within the area and the OSPF autonomous system. Routing information in OSPF depends on the number of routers and links to adjacent routers in an area.
There are techniques and tools to reduce this information. Stub and totally stubby areas import less information into an area about destinations outside the routing domain or the area then do normal areas. Therefore, using stub and totally stubby areas further reduces the workload on an OSPF router.
Interarea routes and costs are advertised into an area by each ABR. Totally stubby areas keep not only external routes but also this interarea information from having to be flooded into and within an area.
One way to think about Autonomous System Boundary Routers (ASBR) in OSPF is that each is in effect providing a distance vector-like list of destinations and costs. The more external prefixes and the more ASBRs there are, the more the workload for Type 5 or 7 LSAs. Stub areas keep all this information from having to be flooded within an area.
The conclusion is that area size and layout design, area types, route types, redistribution, and summarization all affect the size of the LSA database in an area.
Designing OSPF Areas
Area design can be used to reduce routing information in an area. Area design requires considering your network topology and addressing. Ideally, the network topology and addressing should be designed initially with division of areas in mind. Whereas EIGRP will tolerate more arbitrary network topologies, OSPF requires a cleaner hierarchy with a more clear backbone and area topology.
Geographic and functional boundaries should be considered in determining OSPF area placement.
As discussed previously, to improve performance minimize the routing information advertised into and out of areas. Bear in mind that anything in the LSA database must be propagated to all routers within the area. With OSPF, note that all changes to the LSA database need to be propagated; this in turn consumes bandwidth and CPU for links and routers within the area. Rapid changes or flapping only exacerbate this effect because the routers have to repeatedly propagate changes. Stub areas, totally stubby areas, and summary routes not only reduce the size of the LSA database, but they also insulate the area from external changes.
Experience shows that you should be conservative about adding routers to the backbone area 0. The first time people configure an OSPF design, they end up with almost everything in area 0. Some organizations find that over time, too many routers ended up in area 0. A recommended practice is to put only the essential backbone and ABRs into area 0.
Some general advice about OSPF design is this:
Make nonbackbone areas stub areas (or totally stubby areas).
Have the address space compressible.
Area Size: How Many Routers in an Area?
Cisco experience suggests that the number of adjacent neighbors has more impact than the total number of routers in the area. In addition, the biggest consideration is the amount of information that has to be flooded within the area. Therefore, one network might have, for example, 200 WAN routers with one Fast Ethernet subnet in one area. Another might have fewer routers and more subnets.
It is a good idea to keep the OSPF router LSAs under the IP maximum transmission unit (MTU) size. When the MTU is exceeded, the result is IP fragmentation. IP fragmentation is, at best, a less-efficient way to transmit information and requires extra router processing. A large number of router LSAs also implies that there are many interfaces (and perhaps neighbors). This is an indirect indication that the area may have become too large. If the MTU size is exceeded, the command ip ospf mtu ignore must be used.
Stability and redundancy are the most important criteria for the backbone. Stability is increased by keeping the size of the backbone reasonable.
As best practice each area, including the backbone, should contain no more than 50 routers.
If link quality is high and the number of routes is small, the number of routers can be increased. Redundancy is important in the backbone to prevent partition when a link fails. Good backbones are designed so that no that single link failure can cause a partition.
Current ISP experience and Cisco testing suggest that it is unwise to have more than about 300 routers in OSPF backbone area 0, depending on all the other complexity factors that have been discussed. As mentioned in the preceding note, 50 or fewer routers is the most optimal design.
This number is intended as an appropriate indication that an OSPF design is unsatisfactory and should be reconsidered, focusing on a smaller area 0.
OSPF Hierarchy
OSPF requires two levels of hierarchy in your network, as shown in Figure 3-13.
Figure 3-13 OSPF Hierarchy
Route summarization is extremely desirable for a reliable and scalable OSPF network. Summarization in OSPF naturally fits at area boundaries, when there is a backbone area 0 and areas off the backbone, with one or a few routers interconnecting the other areas to area 0. If you want three levels of hierarchy for a large network, BGP can be used to interconnect different OSPF routing domains. With advanced care, two OSPF processes can be used, although it is not recommended for most networks due to complexity and the chance of inadvertent adjacencies.
One difficult question in OSPF design is whether distribution or core routers should be ABRs. General design advice is to separate complexity from complexity and put complex parts of the network into separate areas. A part of the network might be considered complex when it has a lot of routing information, such as a full-mesh, a large hub-and-spoke, or a highly redundant topology such as a redundant campus or data center.
ABRs provide opportunities to support route summarization or create stub or totally stubby areas. A structured IP addressing scheme needs to align with the areas for effective route summarization. One of the simplest ways to allocate addresses in OSPF is to assign a separate network number for each area.
Stub areas cannot distinguish among ABRs for destinations external to the OSPF domain (redistributed routes). Unless the ABRs are geographically far apart, this should not matter. Totally stubby areas cannot distinguish one ABR from another, in terms of the best route to destinations outside the area. Unless the ABRs are geographically far apart, this should not matter.
Area and Domain Summarization
There are many ways to summarize routes in OSPF. The effectiveness of route summarization mechanisms depends on the addressing scheme. Summarization should be supported into and out of areas at the ABR or ASBR. To minimize route information inserted into the area, consider the following guidelines when planning your OSPF internetwork:
Configure the network addressing scheme so that the range of subnets assigned within an area is contiguous.
Create an address space that will split areas easily as the network grows. If possible, assign subnets according to simple octet boundaries.
Plan ahead for the addition of new routers to the OSPF environment. Ensure that new routers are inserted appropriately as area, backbone, or border routers.
Figure 3-14 shows some of the ways to summarize routes and otherwise reduce LSA database size and flooding in OSPF.
Figure 3-14 Area and Domain Summarization
Area ranges per the OSPF RFCs: The ability to inject only a subset of routing information back into area 0. This takes place only an ABR. It consolidates and summarizes routes at an area boundary.
Area filtering: Filters prefixes advertised in type 3 LSAs between areas of an ABR.
Summary address filtering Used on an ASBR to filtering on routes injected into OSPF by redistribution from other protocols.
Originating default.
Filtering for NSSA routes.
OSPF Version 2 (OSPFv2) for IP Version 4 (IPv4) and OSPF Version 3 (OSPFv3) for IP Version 6 (IPv6) are implemented as two entirely independent protocols. This independence means that theoretically the area structure and ABRs could be entirely different for each of these protocols. However, from a design standpoint, it is often best to align the area structure and ABRs for both protocols to reduce operational complexity and ease troubleshooting. This approach implies that the IPv6 and IPv4 address blocks that are assigned to the areas should also be aligned to support summarization for both protocols.
OSPF Hub-and-Spoke Design
In an OSPF hub-and-spoke design, any change at one spoke site is passed up the link to the area hub and is then replicated to each of the other spoke sites. These actions can place a great burden on the hub router. Change flooding is the chief problem encountered in these designs.
Stub areas minimize the amount of information within the area. Totally stubby areas are better than stub areas in this regard. If a spoke site must redistribute routes into OSPF, make it a NSSA. Keep in mind that totally stubby NSSAs are also possible.
A Cisco proprietary extension to stub areas is what is called totally stubby areas. Cisco indicates this by adding a no-summary keyword to the stub area configuration. A totally stubby area is one that blocks external routes and summary routes (inter-area routes) from going into the area. This way, intra-area routes and the default of 0.0.0.0 are the only routes injected into that area.
Limiting the number of spokes per area reduces the flooding at the hub. However, smaller areas allow for less summarization into the backbone. Each spoke requires either a separate interface or a subinterface on the hub router.
Number of Areas in an OSPF Hub-and-Spoke Design
For a hub-and-spoke topology, the number of areas and the number of sites per area need to be determined, as shown in Figure 3-15.
Figure 3-15 Number of Areas in a Hub-and-Spoke Design
As the number of remote sites goes up, you have to start breaking the network into multiple areas. As already noted, the number of routers per area depends on a couple of factors. If the number of remote sites is low, you can place the hub and its spokes within an area. If there are multiple remote sites, you can make the hub an ABR and split off the spokes in one or more areas.
In general, the hub should be an ABR, to allow each area to be summarized into the other areas.
The backbone area is extremely important in OSPF. The best approach is to design OSPF to have a small and highly stable area 0. For example, some large Frame Relay or ATM designs have had an area 0 consisting of just the ABRs, all within a couple of racks.
Issues with Hub-and-Spoke Design
Low-speed links and large numbers of spoke sites are the worst issues for hub-and-spoke design, as illustrated in Figure 3-16.
Figure 3-16 Issues with Hub-and-Spoke Design
Low-speed links and large numbers of spokes may require multiple flooding domains or areas, which you must effectively support. You should balance the number of flooding domains on the hub against the number of spokes in each flooding domain. The link speeds and the amount of information being passed through the network determine the right balance.
Design for these situations must balance
The number of areas
The router impact of maintaining an LSA database and doing Dijkstra calculations per area
The number of remote routers in each area
In situations with low bandwidth, the lack of bandwidth to flood LSAs when changes are occurring or OSPF is initializing becomes a driving factor. The number of routers per area must be strictly limited so that the bandwidth is adequate for LSA flooding under stress conditions (for example, simultaneous router startup or linkup conditions).
The extreme case of low-bandwidth links might be 9600-bps links. Areas for a network would consist of, at most, a couple of sites. In this case, another approach to routing might be appropriate. For example, use static routes from the hub out to the spokes, with default routes back to the hub. Flooding reduction, as discussed in the "OSPF Flooding Reduction" section later in this chapter, might help but would not improve bandwidth usage in a worst-case situation. The recommendation for this type of setting is lab testing under worst-case conditions to define the bandwidth requirements.
OSPF Hub-and-Spoke Network Types
When using OSPF for hub-and-spoke networks, over nonbroadcast multiaccess access (that is, Frame Relay or ATM), you have several choices for the type of network you use. Figure 3-17 shows the details.
Figure 3-17 OSPF Hub-and-Spoke Network Types
You must use the right combination of network types for OSPF hub and spoke to work well. Generally, it is wisest to use either the point-to-multipoint OSPF network type at the hub site or configure the hub site with point-to-point subinterfaces.
Configuring point-to-multipoint is simple. The disadvantage of a point-to-multipoint design is that additional host routes are added to the routing table, and the default OPSF hello and dead-timer interval is longer. However, point-to-multipoint implementations simplify configuration as compared to broadcast or nonbroadcast multiaccess (NBMA) implementations and conserve IP address space as compared to point-to-point implementations.
Configuring point-to-point subinterfaces initially takes more work, perhaps on the order of a few hours. Each subinterface adds a route to the routing table, making this option about equal to point-to-multipoint in terms of routing table impact. More address space gets used up, even with /30 or /31 subnetting for the point-to-point links. On the other hand, after configuration, point-to-point subinterfaces may provide the most stability, with everything including management working well in this environment.
The broadcast or NBMA network types are best avoided. Although they can be made to work with some configuration effort, they lead to less stable networks or networks where certain failure modes have odd consequences.
OSPF Area Border Connection Behavior
OSPF has strict rules for routing. They sometimes cause nonintuitive traffic patterns.
In Figure 3-18, dual-homed connections in hub-and-spoke networks illustrate a design challenge in OSPF, where connections are parallel to an area border. Traffic crossing the backbone must get into an area by the shortest path and then stay in that area.
Figure 3-18 OSPF Area Border Connection Behavior
In this example, the link from D to E is in area 0. If the D-to-F link fails, traffic from D to F goes from D to G to E to F. Because D is an ABR for area 1, the traffic to F is all internal to area 1 and must remain in area 1. OSPF does not support traffic going from D to E and then to F because the D-to-E link is in area 0, not in area 1. A similar scenario applies for traffic from A to F: It must get into area 1 by the shortest path through D and then stay in area 1.
In OSPF, traffic from area 1 to area 1 must stay in area 1 unless area 1 is partitioned, in which case the backbone area 0 can be used. Traffic from area 1 to area 2 must go from area 1 to area 0, and then into area 2. It cannot go into and out of any of the areas in other sequences.
OSPF area border connections must be considered in a thorough OSPF design. One solution to the odd transit situation just discussed is to connect ABRs with physical or virtual links for each area that both ABRs belong to. You can connect the ABRs within each area by either of two means:
Adding a real link between the ABRs inside area 1
Adding a virtual link between the ABRs inside area 0
In general, the recommendation is to avoid virtual links when you have a good alternative. OSPF virtual links depend on area robustness and therefore are less reliable than a physical link. Virtual links add complexity and fragility; if an area has a problem, the virtual link through the area has a problem. Also, if you rely too much on virtual links, you can end up with a maze of virtual links and possibly miss some virtual connections.
If the ABRs are Layer 3 switches or have some form of Ethernet connections, VLANs can be used to provide connections within each area common to both ABRs. With multiple logical links, whether physical, subinterfaces, or VLANs between a pair of ABRs, the following options are recommended:
Consider making sure that a link exists between the ABRs within each area on those ABRs.
Implement one physical or logical link per area.
Fast Convergence in OSPF
Network convergence is the time that is needed for the network to respond to events. It is the time that it takes for traffic to be rerouted onto an alternative path when node or link fails or onto a more optimal path when a new link or node appears. Traffic is not rerouted until the data plane data structures such as the Forwarding Information Base (FIB) and adjacency tables of all devices have been adjusted to reflect the new state of the network. For that to occur, all network devices must go through the following procedure:
Detect the event: Loss or addition of a link or neighbor needs to be detected. This can be done through a combination of Layer 1, Layer 2, and Layer 3 detection mechanisms, such as carrier detection, routing protocol hello timers, and Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD).
Propagate the event: Routing protocol update mechanisms are used to forward the information about the topology change from neighbor to neighbor.
Process the event: The information needs to be entered into the appropriate routing protocol data structures and the routing algorithm needs to be invoked to calculate updated best paths for the new topology.
Update forwarding data structures: The results of the routing algorithm calculations need to be entered into the data plane packet forwarding data structures.
At this point, the network has converged. The rest of this section focuses on the second and third steps in this procedure, because these are most specific to OSPF and tuning the associated parameters can greatly improve OSPF convergence times. The first step is dependent on the type of failure and the combination of Layer 1, Layer 2, and Layer 3 protocols that are deployed. The fourth step is not routing protocol specific, but depends on the hardware platform and the mechanisms involved in programming the data plane data structures.
Tuning OSPF Parameters
By default, OSPF LSA propagation is controlled by three parameters:
OSPF_LSA_DELAY_INTERVAL: Controls the length of time that the router should wait before generating a type 1 router LSA or type 2 network LSA. By default, this parameter is set at 500 ms.
MinLSInterval: Defines the minimum time between distinct originations of any particular LSA. The value of MinLSInterval is set to 5 seconds. This value is defined in appendix B of RFC 2328.
MinLSArrival: The minimum time that must elapse between reception of new LSA instances during flooding for any particular LSA. LSA instances received at higher frequencies are discarded. The value of MinLSArrival is set to 1 second. This value is defined in Appendix B of RFC 2328.
OSPF Exponential Backoff
The default OSPF LSA propagation timers are quite conservative. Lowering the values of the timers that control OSPF LSA generation can significantly improve OSPF convergence times. However, if the value for the timeout between the generation of successive iterations of an LSA is a fixed value, lowering the values could also lead to excessive LSA flooding.
This is why Cisco has implemented an exponential backoff algorithm for LSA generation. The initial backoff timers are low, but if successive events are generated for the same LSA, the backoff timers increase. Three configurable timers control the LSA pacing:
LSA-Start: The initial delay to generate an LSA. This timer can be set at a very low value, such as 1 ms or even 0 ms. Setting this timer to a low value helps improve convergence because initial LSAs for new events are sent as quickly as possible.
LSA-Hold: The minimum time to elapse before flooding an updated instance of an LSA. This value is used as an incremental value. Initially, the hold time between successive LSAs is set to be equal to this configured value. Each time a new version of an LSA is generated the hold time between LSAs is doubled, until the LSA-Max-Wait value is reached, at which point that value is used until the network stabilizes.
LSA-Max-Wait: The maximum time that can elapse before flooding an updated instance of an LSA. Once the exponential backoff algorithm reaches this value, it stops increasing the hold time and uses the LSA-Max-Wait timer as a fixed interval between newly generated LSAs.
What the optimal values for these values depends on the network. Tuning the timers too aggressively could result in excessive CPU load during network reconvergence, especially when the network is unstable for a period. Lower the values gradually from their defaults and observe router behavior to determine what the optimal values are for your network.
When you adjust the OSPF LSA throttling timers, it might be necessary to adjust the MinLSArrival timer. Any LSAs that are received at a higher frequency than the value of this timer are discarded. To prevent routers from dropping valid LSAs, make sure that the MinLSArrival is configured to be lower or equal to the LSA-Hold timer.
To reduce the impact of link flapping, IP event dampening can be implemented. For more information about this feature, see https://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/iproute_pi/configuration/guide/iri_ip_event_damp_ps10591_TSD_Products_Configuration_Guide_Chapter.html.
Figure 3-19 illustrates the OSPF exponential backoff algorithm. It is assumed that, every second, an event happens that causes a new version of an LSA to be generated. With the default timers, the initial LSA is generated after 500 ms. After that, a five-second wait occurs between successive LSAs.
Figure 3-19 Tuning OSPF LSA Throttle Timers
With the OSPF LSA throttle timers set at 10 ms for LSA-Start, 500 ms for LSA-Hold, and 5000 ms for LSA-Max-Wait, the initial LSA is generated after 10 ms. The next LSA is generated after the LSA-Hold time of 500 ms. The next LSA is generated after 2 x 500 = 1000 ms. The next LSA is generated after 4 x 500 = 2000 ms. The next LSA is generated after 8 x 500 = 4000 ms. The next one would be generated after 16 x 500 = 8000 ms, but because the LSA-Max-Wait is set at 5000 ms, the LSA is generated after 5000 ms. From this point onward, a 5000 ms wait is applied to successive LSAs, until the network stabilizes and the timers are reset.
OSPF LSA Pacing
The LSA throttle timers control LSA generation by the originating routers. Another set of timers, the LSA pacing timers, controls the time it takes to propagate LSAs from router to router. By default, a router waits 33 ms between transmission of successive LSAs in the LSA flooding queue. There is a separate queue for LSA retransmissions, and LSAs in this queue are paced at 66 ms by default. If you adjust the LSA throttle timers to be low, you may also want to adjust these timers, because the total time for an LSA to propagate through the network is the initial LSA generation time plus the sum of the propagation delays between all routers in the path.
The intent of this timer is to ensure that you do not overwhelm neighboring routers with LSAs that cannot be processed quickly enough. However, with the increase of processing power on routers over the last decades this is not a major concern any more.
OSPF Event Processing
The LSA throttling and pacing timers control OSPF LSA propagation. The next element in OSPF convergence is event processing. The timing of successive OSPF SPF calculations is throttled in the same manner as LSA generation, using an exponential backoff algorithm.
The timers involved in OSPF SPF throttling are very similar to the LSA throttling timers. There are three tunable timers:
SPF-Start: The initial delay to schedule an SFP calculation after a change.
SPF-Hold: The minimum holdtime between two consecutive SPF calculations. Similar to the LSA-Hold timer, this timer is used as an incremental value in an exponential backoff algorithm.
SPF-Max-Wait: The maximum wait time between two consecutive SPF calculations.
Considerations in adjusting these timers are similar to the LSA throttling timers. An additional factor to consider is the time it takes for an SPF calculation to complete on the router platform used. You cannot schedule a new SPF run before the previous calculation has completed. Therefore, ensure that the SPF-Hold timer is higher than the time it takes to run a complete SPF. When estimating SPF run times, you should account for future network growth.
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) is another feature that helps speed up routing convergence. One of the significant factors in routing convergence is the detection of link or node failure. In the case of link failures, there is usually an electrical signal or keepalive to detect the loss of the link. BFD is a technology that uses efficient fast Layer 2 link hellos to detect failed or one-way links, which is generally what fast routing hellos detect.
BFD requires routing-protocol support. BFD is available for OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS, and BGP. BFD quickly notifies the routing protocol of link-down conditions. This can provide failure detection and response times down to around 50 ms, which is the typical SONET failure response time.
The CPU impact of BFD is less than that of fast hellos. This is because some of the processing is shifted to the data plane rather than the control plane. On nondistributed platforms, Cisco testing has shown a minor, 2 percent CPU increase above baseline when supporting 100 concurrent BFD sessions.
BFD provides a method for network administrators to configure subsecond Layer 2 failure detection between adjacent network nodes. Furthermore, administrators can configure their routing protocols to respond to BFD notifications and begin Layer 3 route convergence almost immediately.
BFD is currently supported only on Cisco 6500/7600 series routers, Cisco 12000 series routers, Cisco 10720 routers, Cisco Nexus 7000, and Cisco Carrier Routing System (CRS-1) routers.
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David Jones is one of those companies that does most things rights at a corporate governance level but the financial performance still does not measure up. Our man Neal Woolrich joined in the kicking at this week's AGM.
David Jones is one of those companies that does most things rights at a corporate governance level but the financial performance still does not measure up. Our man Neal Woolrich joined in the kicking at this week’s AGM.
At the meeting, CEO Peter Wilkinson saw his lucrative 450,000 options package embarrassingly voted down on a show of hands with a clear majority perhaps 60 to 65% – against. But the proxies saw him get across the line and once again the shareholders who bothered to turn up to their meeting saw their will subjugated by that of the faceless instos.
DJs is yet another company that did it tough in the 2001 financial year, with net profit down 21.7% and earnings per share down 22%. So the scene was set for another fiery meeting, and this one didn’t disappoint.
And, like so many of his mates in the exclusive chairmen’s club, DJs’ head honcho Dick Warburton blamed the poor result on the “exceptionally poor trading environment” and the company’s “strategically imperative” investment in growth. Chairman Dick noted that the slump during the year was the biggest recorded decline in consumer spending since the ABS has been keeping records.
Warburton noted that “we, like you, are not happy with the under-performance of our share price”. Cold comfort, indeed.
The chairman spent some time talking about the company’s cyberstore, David Jones Online. He spoke with some pride of what the store had achieved and that the framework was in place as far as taking orders and delivering products in a timely and efficient fashion. But we’re sure that plenty of Crikey’s upwardly mobile and web-savvy readership would have used DJs Online, so if there are any war stories out there, send ’em in!
Warburton noted that the company had written off $11.5 million in web development costs as well as DJs Online sharing in a $25.9 million loss for the year with the company’s “Foodchain” division, but expected that loss to be halved next year, with the online store turning a profit in 2003. While Warburton said this was the usual profitability profile of its bricks and mortars stores, this correspondent for one won’t be holding his breath waiting for the Online store to turn a quid.
But this correspondent thinks the chairman may have had a puff on the jazz cigarettes when he was writing up his next comments. The chairman opined that, while he was a vocal advocate for full disclosure, the push to fully disclose executive remuneration was responsible for the explosion in executive salaries.
Warburton said that three years ago he had warned that, contrary to many idealistic hopes, full disclosure of executive remuneration would not shame companies into salary restraint but rather fan the flames and lead to the huge pay rises we have seen of late.
To quote Lenny Bruce, what duck are you smoking?
For starters, every executive would have a fair idea of what every other executive is on even if the figures were not published in companies’ accounts. Every recruitment company keeps records of the positions they fill and regularly put that information out into the market place to get execs to think “gee, I could be earning more somewhere else” and keep the recruitment wheels well and truly greased.
And company directors have access to this information, both through the recruitment agencies feeding them their stats and through the directors’ extensive network of cross-directorships.
So to pretend that this information would be hidden from “the players” if not for their publication in annual accounts is a furphy. Sorry Dick, you haven’t convinced us on this one. The only people who gain information that they wouldn’t otherwise have access to from executive remuneration being published in annual reports are the shareholders.
And the mysterious “market forces” of supply and demand which company chairmen like Dick Warburton frequently cite as being the reason for driving up executive remuneration operate strangely in the world of company executives. Unlike most markets, in the bidding war for senior management, the supply and demand side is controlled or at least significantly influenced by the same party the boards of directors themselves.
The demand side of the equation is simple every company needs its senior executives. But the supply side is what is lagging and what explains why salaries are so painfully high. You see, boards of directors, in continually looking for directors with proven records and not taking a chance on blooding fresh talent or cultivating effective succession planning in their own organisations, have by their inaction severely restricted the available supply of senior executives. The relative lack of supply against demand can lead to only one outcome outrageous executive remuneration.
Instead of giving the supply side of the equation a kick along, boards are set in their ways, don’t have the balls to take a chance on new blood and don’t put in place adequate procedures to ensure that the capable people in their own organisation can progress to the top. Instead, they cop out and go for someone who has been around for donkeys and hope that their boom recruit can give instant impetus to their share price.
Sorry Dick, you have completely lost us on your argument that full disclosure in the accounts has been responsible for the explosion in obscene executive remuneration in this country.
And we’ve said all that without taking any cheap shots like implying that directors are a bunch of greedy egomaniacs who couldn’t swallow being paid less than their mate next door.
Dick still supported full disclosure but he said that it wouldn’t lead to salary restraint as many hoped.
CEO Peter Wilkinson engaged in a most disingenuous report to shareholders by painting a rosy picture of the company’s operations in 2001 when compared to 1997. In 1997 the company had hit rock bottom and it seemed they were there to stay. But Wilkinson talked glowingly about how much better the company was in 2001.
To use a Tilburn-esque analogy, that’s like saying Little Johnny’s going great guns now he got 50% for maths, but in first term he got 35%.
The company’s share price is still languishing around $1.10, down from its float price of $1.80 (net of returns to shareholders), so neither the market nor DJs shareholders are particularly impressed with the company’s performance.
The other problem with Wilkinson’s comparison with 1997 is that five of the eight directors had been on the board since October 1995. Those people could not recognise the problems the retailer was in until at least 18 months after their appointment, and it was until after the abysmal 1997 result that they started acting on it. Boards are appointed to make sure calamitous results like these don’t happen, not to mop up after the event.
So to give the company a collective pat on the back was meaningless, because the controlling minds were the same ones that had put them in their parlous state way back in 1997.
Not surprisingly, there was some robust discussion come question time, with the first shareholder to take the floor questioning how Warburton could juggle so many directorships. Dick was ready for this one, and appeared to be reading off crib notes to answer it, saying he was proud of his record as a professional company director and that it was a matter of juggling one’s “capacity”.
Dick generally does have a pretty good record as a director by Australian standards, but that isn’t saying a heck of a lot. On the positives side of the ledger are Tabcorp (which is basically a government licence to print money), Southcorp and Goldfields, on the negatives are Caltex (dud), the Commonwealth Government Board of Taxation (a political football which anyone with any political savvy would’ve avoided like the plague) and HIH Claims Support Limited (the government’s bailout of HIH policy holders another political football which can only lead to controversy).
And Dick sure knows how to run a meeting.
A Mr Matthews from the ASA threw half a dozen curlies at Warburton on topics such as performance bonuses, the lack of detail in the concise reports, and the potentially mis-leading graphics in the accounts.
He scored a hit when he compared DJs’ performance indicators (EPS, share price, dividends etc) against those of Woolworths, and thought that on the basis of the comparison, Peter Wilkinson was far too highly compensated compared to Woolworths CEO Roger Corbett. Warburton did note that Wilkinson’s overall pay packet was down 33% due to the absence of a bonus this year, at which point there was widespread tear-shedding in the audience and the clinking of change as a hat was passed around to provide for the Peter Wilkinson provident fund.
Matthews of the ASA also asked what the elusive “cross functional business savings” were that Wilkinson alluded to in his CEO’s report. Warburton and Wilkinson both gave non-answers that didn’t illuminate the shareholders one iota.
But Matthews’ biggest hit was when he referred back to the chairman’s addresses in 1999 and 2000 and noted the optimism which the chairman had shown back then an optimism which the chairman is still trying to infuse in the increasingly directorspeak-weary shareholders. Matthews’ point was well made we’ve heard it all before at DJs, why will this year be any different?
Warburton argued that DJs had “turned the corner” of their core business and they were now looking at “growth businesses”. These so-called “growth businesses” required capital, and that was eating into the current year’s results, the chairman explained.
In other words, more excuses for DJs shareholders and no results.
The re-election of directors went through with the usual 99% majorities, which was disappointing especially in the case of Elizabeth Nosworthy a director since 1995 who could have been sent a message for her part in the disastrous recent results. Nosworthy noted in her address to shareholders in support of her candidature that it was the shareholders after the 1997 AGM who told them that they needed to turn the company around. Well derr Fred isn’t it the job of the directors to figure out that the company is in the pits?
The resolution to allow the board to award the CEO “up to” 450,000 options invoked some passionate dissent from shareholders, one saying “you and your board have shown yourselves to be a greedy lot. This is not the time to be asking for incentives, 05 Let the plans come to fruition and then offer him shares.”
Warburton dismissed this in the typically dismissive company chairman manner.
When put to a show of hands, the “nays” had a clear majority of about 60 to 65% as far as this amateur headcounter could tell. The proxy votes were interesting only 51% in favour, with 14% against and 35% open. This is a fair bit less than the re-election of directors, who all snaffled a primary “for” vote of between 63 and 65%.
Obviously more instos were concerned about the CEO’s generous remuneration and the shareholders present certainly recorded their dis-satisfaction.
But will that stop the board awarding Wilko “up to” 450,000 options when they get the chance?
Not likely!
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DJs spinner and Crikey subscriber gets her say
Hi Stephen and team
At the risk of a bollocking and inevitably being lumped in with the rest of the spin doctors, just a quick note on the issue of the shares “awarded” to Peter Wilkinson yesterday as per Noel’s report. The shares relate to the long term incentive plan. The 450,000 is the maximum Peter could be awarded 3 years from now provided some significant hurdles are met regarding revenue, capital management and TSR. The company will need to be significantly outperforming for the maximum amount of shares to be obtained. The impression created in some forums has been that the shares were given to him yesterday.
Regards Jill Campbell
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FIVE TIPS FOR FAST-PACED THRILLERS
By James Swallow
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Here’s a handful of quick-and-dirty pointers I’ve learned along the way writing thrillers and action-adventure stories...
1. Open Strong
I’m a firm believer in shedding a little blood and gunning the engine in the opening phase of a thriller. Think of the start of the book as a microcosm of the story to come, like the overture at an opera. You’re setting the tempo for the readership, giving them the first inkling of what the rest of the book will be like. This doesn’t automatically mean you need to begin with a smack in the face (metaphorically speaking!), you can just as easily start with a small, intimate moment – but however you get off the blocks, it has to be with power behind you. Set up questions in the mind of your reader and challenge their expectations. Make them want to keep reading.
2. The Villain Always Has a Plan
The odds are, if a character starts a story with a plan, they’re likely to be the bad guy. Villains are always the ones with the scheme – irradiate all the gold in Fort Knox, assassinate the French President, steal everything in the safe at Nakatomi Plaza – and our heroes are the ones who mess it up, thwarting their plots and saving the day. Make sure your villain has a solid plan and your heroes will always have a place to go, an action to react to. Ask yourself how your story would play out if the hero never showed up, and then look for all the places where they can get in the way and bring down your villain.
3. Ride the Roller-coaster
Thrillers can’t be full-on, high-octane, pedal-to-the-metal all the time. You risk overloading your readership if the story is sacrificed for the sake of action over everything else. Instead, think of your narrative like a roller-coaster, with peaks and troughs. Build in quiet moments where both your character and your readership can pause to catch their breath. Ramp up anticipation of the next plunge into action and crank up the tension on the rises. If you never take a moment to slow down, your action moments will all blur into one and be robbed of their individual impact. Don’t be afraid to go ease off on the throttle!
4. Detail or Die
In fiction, as in life, it’s the little things that matter. There’s that old adage that says “don’t sweat the small stuff” but in fiction, the small details are the things that make a story come to life. You don’t need to illustrate every tiny thing, but work on developing an eye for the important detail – the way a loaded gun feels in your hand, the swoop of fear when you jump off a cliff, the crunch of breaking bone – and sprinkle these in like seasoning over your cooking. A little goes a long way, and these tiny moments are the hooks that will keep your readers grounded in the story while the action swirls around them. Do as much as you can to get the details right, because there will always be someone reading your work who knows when you get it wrong.
5. Close Big
Go big or go home! Just like your opening narrative salvo, this doesn’t have to be a literally big moment – like sinking Hawaii into the ocean or nuking the Moon – but it has to be big in terms of the emotional stakes of the characters. Give your heroes something to lose that is meaningful to them, then send them into the inferno to save it. This is the time for you to reveal your crowd-pleaser moment, so when your reader closes the cover, the thing they remember is how much excitement you brought them.
James Swallow is a New York Times, Sunday Times and Amazon bestselling author, a BAFTA nominee, a former journalist and the award-winning writer of over fifty books, along with numerous scripts for videogames, radio and television.
His latest novel ROGUE – the latest in a series of high-octane action thrillers featuring ex-MI6 agent Marc Dane – is out now from Bonnier Zaffre. For exclusive content, sign up to his Readers’ Club here:
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The costs of war make peace priceless
: Nay Yaung Min
: 25 June 2020
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Fighting between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army that began in late 2018 has displaced more than 150,000 civilians in Arakan State. Although it has been more than a year, there is no sign of the hostilities coming to an end anytime soon.
The AA has said their armed struggle aims to return the sovereignty of Arakan State to its people. During a speech at an event marking the 11th anniversary of the Arakan Army’s founding, AA chief Major General Twan Mrat Naing said his troops would continue their armed struggle for the restoration of Arakan State’s sovereignty and freedom.
The Myanmar government, meanwhile, has ordered the Tatmadaw to “crush” the Arakan Army, and earlier this year declared the AA to be an unlawful association and terrorist group.
Neither side looks ready to cede ground, nor seek peace. Regarding the war in Myanmar’s west, there is no end in sight.
The Arakan Army was established in 2009 in Laiza, Kachin State, and clashes with the Tatmadaw started when the AA entered Arakan State in 2015, through Paletwa Township in Chin State. Fighting flared intermittently in the following years until December 2018, when the conflict took on a decidedly more intractable quality. In the months since, prospects for peace appear to be growing ever dimmer, with both sides digging in their heels as clashes have grown more frequent and intense.
The current conflict dynamics have also evolved with respect to battlefield geography: Clashes previously broke out in forests and other generally rural environs, but increasingly the fighting is taking place near villages and towns.
As a consequence, the civilian casualty count is rising, and the ratio of combatant to civilian casualties is increasingly weighted toward the latter.
And civilians are victims of conflict in other ways too: Arbitrary arrests and torture are frequently reported as the warring parties accuse civilians — often in a scattershot and baseless manner — of harboring allegiance to the other side. Honest and blameless men, women and children are suffering losses in conflict areas, but the armed groups never take responsibility for these situations.
As long as clashes continue, the rule of law will be lacking in the towns and villages of Arakan State. Robberies in crowded downtown locales; stabbings on the sides of busy roads; shootings in broad daylight; and detentions on dubious justifications of “suspicion” — these are the consequences of increasingly frequent clashes in the region, instilling fear in the hearts of residents.
Case in point: Earlier this month, four people made off with more than K180 million (US$124,000) in a Kanbawza Bank branch heist in Sittwe, with three of the perpetrators still at large.
The administrative and law enforcement apparatuses in Arakan State are under extreme strain these days. Several police officers have been killed or injured, and local administrators have been subject to arrests, abductions and threats, prompting many to resign their posts in fear. These are the frontline defenders of the rule of law in towns and villages across Arakan State, but increasingly they cannot be relied upon because they are worried for their own safety and that of their families.
Myanmar will hold a general election in November and political parties are busy preparing to contest the nationwide poll. In Arakan State, elections might take place in townships where conflict is ongoing.
It is essential to ensure security for people while they are voting. Given the robberies, murders and other violence witnessed in Arakan State in recent months, residents are currently afraid even just to leave their homes, and are not likely to venture to the polls without seeing a greater semblance of law and order.
It’s clear that there is a link between the criminality we see on the streets of Arakan State’s towns and villages, and the conflict between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army. For this reason, both sides should lay down their arms and come to the negotiating table in search of a lasting peace. Otherwise, the people will not be secure physically or economically.
Since the government declared the AA to be an unlawful association/terrorist group in March, clashes between the Tatmadaw and the AA have been escalating and tensions between them have risen.
At a May 30 news conference, President’s Office spokesperson U Zaw Htay said the government would continue to conduct counterterrorism operations against the AA but added that “it does not close the path to negotiate” a peace agreement with the AA.
Under the current circumstances, the AA has gained much support among the Arakanese people. Therefore, designating the AA as an unlawful association and terrorist group could damage prospects for national reconciliation and negatively affect relations between Arakanese people and the government. With this in mind, the government should rescind its declaration against the AA, cease hostilities and immediately commence peace negotiations.
De-escalation of conflict will strengthen the rule of law, which will in turn contribute to a sense of security and harmony among the people of Arakan State.
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Written by Katie Leatham Individual and Couples Counsellor/ Supervisor BACP Accred, UKRCP
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By Katie Leatham Individual and Couples Counsellor/ Supervisor BACP Accred, UKRCP
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If you are reading this you are probably in a very lonely place, trying to work out how to move forward in an unhappy relationship. If you have been together a long time, life beyond your 'coupledom' will probably feel very scary. If you have children your anxiety will also be for them and how you will cope being a single parent, or non-resident parent. Your partner who has perhaps been your closest friend in the past, can't help you with this decision. Family and friends who know you as a couple may struggle to offer support for fear of taking sides.
Coping alone like this, whilst still being in the relationship can feel like a very heavy burden and may lead to depression and anxiety. The conflict between your inner feelings and the outer reality causes psychological stress. This often begins to show in the body with tiredness, aches and pains and ill health.
For many people once they get to the stage of considering leaving, they have already been feeling alone for some time. There is nothing so lonely as a relationship when it isn't working. The question that will be going round in your head is - can this relationship ever get better, or will it never be right for me? Only you can make this decision, but often people know the answer deep down yet still don't make the move.
Practical reasons for staying together such as money or childcare issues can feel impossible to overcome. Feelings of shame or religious belief may influence your decision too. For some though they just have the feeling that if only they could get through to their partner, things could be better. This hope keeps couples together but may not actually move them forward into happier times.
There are hidden factors at work when we feel that our partner isn't right for us, yet cannot break away. Everyone has a sort of blueprint for love or 'attachment' which is formed in early life. Our 'attachment patterns' are dependent on the way we were cared for as infants and the quality and shape of relationships with loved ones. Even a childhood that is remembered as happy and loving can leave tendencies in later life, like avoiding conflict, ambivalence about intimacy or a deep sense of need which never seems to get met.
Difficulties communicating desires, or being insensitive to the needs of another are usually at the heart of relationship breakdown and are both avoidance strategies for coping with a fear of rejection or alternatively being overwhelmed by the other.
Adult love can feel very disappointing when it doesn't completely fit our attachment needs. The longing for a secure base coupled with a sense of being understood and valued brings people together but often feels tantalizingly out of reach. Partners failings re-trigger in each other the emotional pain of much earlier relationships, in which they were let down by parents and others, whose attunement to their needs was lacking in some way.
People complain a lot about their partners, but understanding one's own history and what attachment patterns or scripts this has left us with, is the key to unlocking the potential within a relationship. Relationships take work, not just in terms of behaviour but also emotional and psychological effort. Your partner may not be right for you but there is more of a chance for a relationship, in which both people are prepared to work, to reaching a deeper understanding of themselves as well as each other.
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Local Churches and Hyde and Beast: The Harley, Sheffield
Local band Empty Churches play to a near-empty Harley, setting a grim standard for the evening. They’re impressively loud, if a little unpolished, but excuse themselves by noting before their last song that it’s only their third ever gig. If they can keep up the enthusiasm then they’re certainly a band to keep an eye on.
But tonight is really about the main event: Hyde and Beast. Although their debut album Slow Down was principally recorded as a duo, The Harley’s small stage is grace by six smart-looking figures, who dive straight in to ‘If You Could Buy Me Anything’ with little introduction.
That’s not to say the group avoid talking to the crowd – or what passes for a crowd in The Harley tonight – throughout their entire set. They’re pleasant, taking the time wave and say hello after a few song, and saying thanks when the crowd is particularly responsive. It must be difficult to stay enthusiastic when you’re playing to barely more than a dozen people, and Hyde and Beast deserve some recognition for that.
Fan favourites such as ‘Never Come Back’ and ‘You Will Be Lonely’ are real treats live, but lesser-known tracks from their album are equally enjoyable, as their meandering psychedelic-folk is given an extra layer of sound by the new members. ‘Go To Sleep’, though short, is a highlight of the evening, and although it’s still delicate, in The Harley the sounds fill the room with a beautiful soundscape.
The lazy waltz of ‘Last Chance For A Slow Dance’ is similarly transformed into a bit of a bombastic romp, and precedes both ‘Got To Sleep’, and what we are told is a new song. The band introduce it by laughing and noting that things might go a little “pearshaped”, but they needed have worried; the new material is received well, and if anything, reinvigorates the crowd with the hope that one new song may mean an album’s worth of new songs further down the line.
So many elements of tonight’s gig work well; the drumkit, with its kaleidoscope of colours, stands out on the stage as a colourful beacon of what Hyde and Beast represent with their sound. The band end on a cover of Savoy Brown’s ‘Train To Nowhere’; it’s not the most well-known song but the audience still enjoy it, although judging by his ecstatic face nobody enjoys Hyde and Beast playing it more than their very own drummer Neil Bassett. Disappointingly, once the band have left the stage more people arrive at The Harley, with no idea of the brilliant evening they’ve missed out on.
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Improve Your Return on Ad Spend with Instagram Stories Ads | Lacoste Case Study
Measuring the success of your ads is an important part of improving your paid search campaigns. However, not all metrics are created equal. If you want to get the most out of your ad spend, you need to focus on tracking the right metrics that help you understand how your ad dollars are being put to best use. That’s where return on ad spend, or ROAS, comes into play.
Return on ad spend is one of the most useful, yet underrated paid search metrics. It helps you connect what you are spending on a campaign to how much new revenue the ad generates. In the end, this powerful metric can help you determine which elements of your ads deserve more of your budget and which ones you still need to work on.
In this case study, we’ll explore how Lacoste tested the carousel format for ads in Instagram Stories to measure its performance against another digital ad format, resulting in a 61% higher click-through rate.
Founded in France in 1933 by tennis player René Lacoste, who was nicknamed “the crocodile,” the company’s products can be recognized by the famous green crocodile logo. The high-quality Lacoste product line includes fragrances, sunglasses, watches, bedding and clothing.
Lacoste wanted to beta-test the new carousel ad format in Instagram Stories and ultimately increase online sales.
“We wanted to test the additional space offered by the 3-card carousel ads in Instagram Stories. The ad format’s interactivity encouraged people to tap through each card to view our modern bath and bedding collections, swipe back and forth between the cards, or even pause for longer viewing. We’re thrilled with this ad format—it adds depth to product storytelling.” As explained by Susan Wojewoda, Senior Vice President of Licensing and Brands at Lacoste.
Lacoste is famous for its iconic Classic Fit Polo shirt and other casual-wear clothing, but perhaps less well-known for its other high-quality lifestyle items, such as its bath and bedding products. To turn that around, the brand decided to run a bold new digital ad campaign to get those items in the spotlight.
More shoppers than ever before are discovering products on Instagram, so Lacoste’s creative agency Ogilvy recommended the new carousel format for ads in Instagram Stories.
This eye-catching vertical format provides more ad space than other formats, allowing companies to effortlessly showcase more products and take their campaigns to a new level.
Lacoste and Ogilvy built bright and vivid 3-card carousels that highlighted the elegance of the Lacoste bath towel and bedding collections. The full-screen cards underscored the variety of vibrant colors that the collections come in, which are designed to appeal to any décor preference.
The messaging emphasized the bold nature of the Lacoste brand. Each card featured a “Shop Now” call-to-action button that linked through to the relevant product pages on the Lacoste website to purchase.
Lacoste served the ads to men and women aged 25–54 who lived within 25 miles of 6 major US cities, as well as to people with an interest in Lacoste or who shop in department stores, and excluded those who had purchased Lacoste products within the last 30 days.
The results of the April 20–May 4, 2018 campaign were based on reporting data from Facebook Ads Manager, and were determined using a Facebook split test, which revealed:
2X higher online return on ad spend (versus other digital ad formats)
61% lift in click-through rate (versus other digital ad formats)
32% lower cost per link click (versus other digital fad formats)
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LeMahieu hurt, but Frazier's 5 RBIs lift Yanks over Red Sox
JAKE SEINER
Clint Frazier homered, drove in five and made a diving catch filling in for injured right fielder Aaron Judge, Gary Sánchez went long in his third straight game, and New York overcame the loss of AL batting leader DJ LeMahieu to beat the Boston Red Sox 11-5 Saturday night.
Frazier had three hits, including a three-run drive, and matched a career high in RBIs. Gio Urshela also homered for the Yankees, and Tyler Wade delivered an RBI double after replacing LeMahieu, who left with a sprained left thumb in the sixth inning.
New York has beaten Boston in eight straight meetings, its longest winning streak in the rivalry since 1985. The Yankees improved to 14-6 in this pandemic-shortened season — the franchise's best 20-game start since going 17-3 in 2003 — despite losing Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Aroldis Chapman and now LeMahieu to injury or illness.
Xander Bogaerts and Alex Verdugo homered, struggling sluggers Rafael Devers and J.D. Marinez had two hits each, but Boston dropped to 6-15 after trading away Mookie Betts in February. Red Sox starter Nathan Eovaldi (1-2) allowed three homers and eight runs in 5 1/3 innings, by far the worst start of what’s been a bounceback season for the hard-throwing righty.
Yankees starter James Paxton (1-1) allowed three runs in five innings.
LeMahieu, hitting .411 atop the Yankees' lineup, was pulled in the sixth inning after an awkward whiff against Eovaldi in the fourth. The three-time Gold Glove winner was trailed by a trainer and manager Aaron Boone as he paced around the plate area favoring his hand, but he remained in the game and grounded out weakly. He played another half-inning in the field before being replaced by Wade.
Frazier and Wade again showed off the depth of a club that won the AL East in 2019 despite placing a record 30 different players on the injured list.
Frazier, a talented 25-year-old blocked the past few seasons by Judge and Stanton, is 7 for 11 with two home runs in three games since being recalled from the club's alternate site this week.
He went the other way to right field for his homer off Eovaldi in the sixth and added a bases-loaded single in the seventh to drive in two more.
Criticized for defensive acumen and effort, Frazier helped Paxton strand two baserunners in the first when he laid out to catch Bogaerts' sharp line drive in right-center.
He did it all from behind a pinstripe face covering he's wearing this season as a COVID-19 precaution.
Sánchez lofted a two-run homer in the fourth that put New York ahead 4-3. The 27-year-old started the season on a 4-for-43 slide with one homer before this three-day power surge.
Paxton hasn’t gotten the same zip on his fastball since having a cyst surgically removed from his back in February, and his heater topped out at a season-best 92.8 mph Saturday. After striking out 11 against Tampa Bay in his previous start, he struggled to put away Boston hitters and finished with two strikeouts.
Yankees center fielder Brett Gardner crashed into the outfield wall chasing Kevin Pillar's drive in the ninth inning but couldn't hang onto the ball. Gardner appeared to be OK, and Pillar cruised into third with an RBI triple.
Red Sox: Manager Ron Roenicke is hoping to right Boston's struggling pitching staff by introducing some stability, setting his rotation for the next four games after spending the first quarter of the season trying to piece things together. RHP Chris Mazza will pitch Sunday and LHP Martín Pérez on Monday to close out the series against the Yankees. RHP Zack Godley will then pitch Tuesday against Philadelphia, followed by rookie LHP Kyle Hart.
Yankees: Judge will be treated through the weekend for a strained right calf that landed him on the injured list Friday, and Boone hopes he can resume baseball activities Monday. ... Chapman (COVID-19) threw his second simulated game at the club's alternate site Friday, and Boone said the All-Star closer is just about ready to return, possibly Monday or Tuesday.
Yankees LHP J.A. Happ (0-1, 10.29) was skipped New York's previous turn in the rotation but will make his third start Sunday night against Boston. Happ's contract includes a $17 million option for next season that was to be guaranteed for either 27 starts or 165 innings, which in this shortened season becomes 10 starts or 61 1/3 innings. Mazza, a distant relative of Joe DiMaggio, pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings against the Yankees on Aug. 1, his only appearance this season.
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Officials Use Blue, Peelable Goo to Decontaminate Japan
DiscoblogBy Veronique GreenwoodMay 27, 2011 8:35 PM
Just pour and peel! Also slices and dices.
Put away that Swiffer—when you’ve got a real mess to clean up, turn to this blue goo. Japanese officials looking to clean up radioactive contamination are applying a product called DeconGel
to the problem. The usual method is distressingly Stone Age: soap and water applied by human beings. As you can imagine, there are a number of problems with this, like what to do with all that radioactive water, which has a tendency to leak all over the place, and what to do about radiation exposure of said human beings. DeconGel, 100 buckets of which were donated to the relief effort by its manufacturer, CBI Polymers, looks to be a handy way to bypass all that. A radiation-mitigation expert working with Japanese officials put them on to it: "I've been doing this for 20 years,” he says, “and there's nothing comparable to DeconGel out there that I know of today.” (via CNNMoney
) If you’ve ever used a lint roller, you’re familiar with the basic mechanics of DeconGel. The viscous blue goop is poured onto the contaminated surface, allowed to dry, and then peeled off like masking tape from a shag carpet, bringing with it microscopic particles from PCBs to mercury to chromium. (Tellingly, it was a lab accident that put the company on trail of the goo—after an experimental mixture spilled on the floor and was cleaned up, the patch was so clean that no amount of scrubbing could get surrounding floor as pearly white.) The thin leathery material can then be folded or rolled up for storage or further decontamination. It doesn’t actually neutralize radiation, but it makes it significantly easier to cart it away. Of course, what we all really want to know is, unfortunately, proprietary. Step away from the goo with that mass spectrometer, ma’am—its exact chemical make-up is confidential. (via CNNMoney
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Dallas County reports 3,469 new coronavirus cases, 30 deaths; Tarrant adds 23 deaths
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How do teachers connect with students during changing classroom needs amid a pandemic?
In Richardson ISD, educators mix old teaching styles with new methods to keep children engaged.
Lauren Martinez, a fifth grade teacher at Northwood Hills Elementary, began the school year teaching virtually in Richardson ISD as schools navigate the lessons during the pandemic.(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer)
For the first few weeks of school at Northwood Hills Elementary, Lauren Martinez’s fifth-grade classroom was largely defined by the people, and things, no longer present.
There were no students to hug when they entered the class. The voice stoplight on the whiteboard, which tracks the noise level in the room, was lifeless. The walls were bare. The “Tuesday Folders” in the back of the room still had the names of the students from the previous school year.
Only recently has she returned to campus along with some of her students. There are still no hugs. They’ve been replaced by the coronavirus version of greetings: friendly elbow bumps.
“It is so fulfilling. … I missed the interactions and conversations with students,” Martinez said.
But at any moment, teachers like Martinez might have to pivot back to virtual learning should there be a spike in COVID-19 cases. And others continue teaching online as families opt for remote learning during the pandemic.
Navigating online education for teachers has meant converging specialties, moving parts and few firm solutions. Educators spend time finding the nexus between old teaching methods and new strategies as schools try to curb the spread of the new coronavirus.
Martinez, for example, tried to maintain normalcy in her sterile classroom when she could interact with students only through a tiny rectangular screen on Zoom.
During science classes, students would occasionally scream out the answers to a magnetism question. Those moments could almost make you forget there is anything unusual about this setup. Then there were times when the whole network was down. Martinez said it just wasn’t the same.
“When you grow up and go through your education as a teacher, you never think it would be like this,” Martinez added. “You become a teacher to connect with the kids.”
‘Outside our training zone’
For everything virtual learning appears to lack, the one thing it has in spades is technology. Projectors, monitors and screens dominate areas that once had easels and whiteboards.
Martinez spent the entire summer getting creative on how to use it all.
Back in March, most classes were taught asynchronously, which meant that students would spend only a short period of time with their teacher.
So, Martinez went to the drawing board. She found apps and interactive study guides to mix up the ways students could spend longer hours on a screen while still engaged.
Before returning to in-person lessons this month, Martinez’s students played on a study review app that allowed students to “race” for the right answers in a video game setting.
Principal David Lewis said educators spent months figuring out how to visit with kids like on a regular school day through technology.
“None of us have been trained for the kinds of things we are doing right now. All of us are working outside of our training zone,” Lewis said. “A lot of it is new, and a lot of it is very similar to what we would do in the classroom as far as engaging with kids and rewarding them for participation.”
A fan favorite for modifying traditional teaching methods into a virtual setting are Zoom snack hours. Some teachers, as a reward for students, are offering those on Fridays.
“It’s just fun,” Lewis joked on a recent school day when an excited yell carried down an empty hall as teachers laughed with students on Zoom.
‘Really zone in’
Beyond teaching lessons, educators are figuring out how to check on how students are doing emotionally during distance learning.
Martinez would spend part of each morning on Zoom just chatting with the students, asking how they feel or what they want to be when they grow up.
The conversations start with students typing their individual responses into the Zoom chat. As the conversation materialized, Martinez unmuted students as they explained why they wanted to be a professional soccer player, a doctor or a police officer.
She wanted to build a supportive environment in which students feel comfortable to share.
In the Richardson school district, a guidance counselor often joins educators who are teaching remotely so they can check in on students as well.
The hope is that these exercises make students feel comfortable enough to reach out when larger issues arise, like food insecurity, home instability or illness.
Calls are made to parents once a week or more often to see if they have a stable source of food or access to the internet.
Not every student is required to turn on the camera on Zoom, making the job of identifying who needs help more difficult. Educators focus on spotting the little things when they can.
That can mean looking at the background of what a student puts up on Zoom to gauge how a person is feeling. One student recently had the hit show Avatar behind her as a background and another showed off the Texas Rangers' ballfield.
If such backgrounds suddenly change or disappear, it’s the virtual equivalent of a student not participating in class or participating in class as they would in person, which could mean something is wrong, said Summer Martin, the head guidance counselor for the district.
“Everyone has experienced a type of trauma, and everyone handles it a little differently,” Martin said. Little things like Zoom backgrounds "are a part of the process of visually seeing an interest or personality. It is a new way to connect and we are finding new ways to connect every day.”
Northwood Hills Elementary School teacher Lauren Martinez speaks to her fifth grade students, only some of whom have returned to in-person learning.(Richardson ISD / handout)
A return to normal?
Martinez’s class returned to campus just after Labor Day. A little more than half — 53% —of students at Northwood Hills elected to come back in-person.
Martinez acknowledges there is a learning curve as students come back. The feeling of having students in chairs again, though, is a welcome sight.
“I can’t wait for more students to come back to school in-person throughout the year,” Martinez said.
Families who continued virtual learning for now will have the chance to go in person at the end of the first six weeks of school. Some may stay virtual the entire year.
That won’t mean things will return to normal. Some hold on to reservations about moving too quickly toward normalcy. But many teachers are bracing for long-term changes.
Martinez knows better than anyone, too, that education itself will never be the same. Her class now has plastic dividers between students. But the technology that carries over will continue to help her students and be incorporated into new teaching methods that will be used moving forward.
If she has to go back to virtual teaching, Martinez thinks it will eventually get easier. She hasn’t found the best way forward for her students yet. But that is always a work in progress, she says.
“But if you aren’t getting better [as a teacher] from this, you aren’t doing it right,” Martinez said.
Kevin Reynolds, Staff writer. Kevin Reynolds is a junior at Southern Methodist University and is covering education at The Dallas Morning News as a fellow. He also serves as the sports editor at the student newspaper, The Daily Campus.
kevin.reynolds@dallasnews.com
Deepening coverage and conversations about issues affecting North Texas schools
Arlington ISD nears 2,000 total cases of COVID-19 with 211 active cases this week
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College football picks (Week 6): Predictions for Texas-OU, Texas A&M-Florida, TCU-Kansas State, Texas Tech-Iowa State and more
The DMN’s panel of nine experts make predictions (straight and against the spread) for 20 games.
FILE - Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger (11) is sacked by Oklahoma defensive lineman Neville Gallimore (90) during the first half of an NCAA football game at the Cotton Bowl on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, in Dallas.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
By Scott Bell
9:42 AM on Oct 7, 2020 CDT
This week, The Dallas Morning News' panel of nine college football experts -- including columnists, writers and editors from The News as well as personalities from The Ticket, FSSW, NBC5 and the Denton Record-Chronicle -- makes predictions for 20 different college football games, both straight and against the spread.
This week’s marquee game is routinely one of the biggest games on the college football calendar each fall. And while both teams are limping into the matchup coming off losses (or in the case of Oklahoma, two straight losses), this year’s Red River Showdown still has major implications in the Big 12 Championship Game race and on the area college football landscape as a whole.
Another major game of note: Texas A&M hosting Florida. The Aggies will be looking to get back on track after a loss to Alabama last weekend. But Florida, led by Kyle Trask and Kyle Pitts, seems to be rolling early this season and will enter Saturday’s game favored despite the fact it’s being played at Kyle Field.
With four of the 10 Big 12 schools on a bye this week, there are only two other Big 12 games on this week’s slate. But both games include local schools looking for key wins. Texas Tech will travel to Iowa State as a double-digit underdog, while TCU hosts Kansas State as a double-digit favorite.
Our predictions for those four games, as well as 16 others, can be found below:
Previous weeks' picks: Week 5 | Week 4 | Week 3 | Week 2
Find more college sports coverage from The Dallas Morning News here.
Scott Bell, Assistant Sports Editor. Scott is SportsDay's lead digital strategist. He also currently oversees coverage of the Morning News' college football, college basketball, Dallas Stars and golf coverage. He has been a part of the SportsDay team since 2010 and has previously led HS, Mavericks and soccer coverage. Prior to moving to Dallas, he worked at the Detroit Free Press.
sbell@dallasnews.com /thescottbell @ScottBellDMN
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Garland NAACP receives racist voicemail calling Martin Luther King Jr. the N-word
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By Sunday Times Driving
News: UK sells half a million cars in busiest month for 17 years
Annual sales could hit 2.5m
ALMOST HALF a million cars were sold last month — the highest number in a single month since 1998 and the highest March total since records began. According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), 492,774 new cars were registered as buyers rushed out to bag a 15 numberplate. Sales for the year are now on course to exceed 2.5m.
The sales figures also suggest that the allure of diesel-powered cars is beginning to wane, perhaps because of increasing concern about the pollution they give off and threats from councils to start penalising them with surcharges on parking permits and the introduction of low emissions zones. The market share of diesel has dropped by 1.3 percentage points. The SMMT, which has criticised authorities for demonising diesel, played down the change, saying it was too early to judge whether drivers were turning away from the fuel or if it was simply a monthly blip.
Experts say attractive finance deals offered by manufacturers are the main spur and predict that car sales will continue to grow strongly this year as new vehicles become cheaper. “Sterling has recovered roughly half the value it lost during 2008-9 and if it rises further this could make new car prices even cheaper, further bolstering the market,” said John Leech, UK head of motoring for the consultancy firm KPMG.
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New EV battery 'cheaper, faster to charge'
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Open Caucus Thread
The Iowa caucuses are underway. Use this thread to discuss the election. Opinions are fine, disagreements are fine, but please no name-calling or insulting others (including candidates you oppose). We’ve got friends on all ends of the political spectrum on the couch.
For many years, I’ve felt that the Presidential election had little impact on drug policy — that we had to focus on building the grass roots, and bringing the population up to speed so that the politicians would be forced to follow.
So my question to you is… has that dynamic changed? With multiple states legalizing marijuana, and with a broader sense nationally that the criminal justice reform is necessary (including the Black Lives Matter movement), is this one of those moments where the right President could actually make a significant difference toward shortening the drug war?
Or, will it simply not matter? Will the political realities of compromise and bureaucracy thwart most of the efforts of a reform-minded President and, alternately, negate the backsliding attempts of a prohibition-minded President?
February 1st, 2016 by Pete | Permalink
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Well since you ask for opinion Pete, I think an election with Bernie Sanders in it could significantly shorten the amount of time it will take to end the drug war. He has not sold out to the corporatocracy. He already has some practice dealing with it. Its bound to change the complexion in Washington considerably.
I am feeling the Bern.
The DNC base will oppose Hilary if she tries to follow Biden or her old man’s piss poor record. If Bernie isn’t chosen. Where as the old school GOP enthusiastically follow the orders given for the most part. Especially about Ganja.
The money factor has been tossed in though. Investments and various entrepreneurial opportunities are available in civilized places. Pushing heavy regs. no doubt. Cutting out a chuck of the country and population who can’t pay the prices or get over it. But probably not back to a draconian war as some on both sides would prefer. The established Neocons have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo profits over competition. I don’t think it’s enough to stop the Green Rush.
Pisstasters and rehabs and profit prisons aren’t getting young investors rich quick as the potential Ganja market.
Obama had nothing to do with civilization happening in some areas. other than not totally opposing his base. Doing nothing, not enforcing, as opposed to Bush or the others with clear objectives to escalate the war. As Christie promised. As Carson stated and as Trump has said outside of medicinal. Hilary can do nothing, and we continue incrementalizing, treading water, which is better than sinking.
Lamb duck said no changes. Maybe he hasn’t been approached in the right way. If a couple million of us dropped into town and stated how nice it would be if he removed it as a Controlled Substance. Hemp too. Maybe he just doesn’t realize how wrong this prohibition is on so many fronts. Just a few million reminders, pointing it out by example. Maybe he’ll join us dancing in the streets.
How long can he keep a straight face when Nora spits out one of her gems? He has to be laughing at Grassley and Sabet. Or Calvina? Maybe some of that Constitutional education will surface and he’ll see the light. Maybe the Beatles will get back together.
Maybe its just time for another doobie…
A founding principle of anarchism is the idea that a particular representative government is often too ineffective or corrupt to actually represent the will of the people. Thus the need for direct action by the people. In most instances, drug law reform has been spearheaded by activists and financiers through state referendums and local politics. The grassroots and/or anarchistic methods work, and need to continue.
Even if Sanders were elected, he faces the problem Obama encountered wherein both houses of Congress ganged up on him to make his term as president look as bad as possible, a result achieved by stalling, obstructing, and turning Congress into a circus act. Sanders could get sandbagged in the same way when it comes to accomplishing anything, especially drug law reform.
The status quo, likely to be championed by Hillary Clinton, has never been friendly to any moral progress regarding drug use. As Clinton noted, there’s too much money in it. Sure, Ms. Clinton talks the standard talk about drugs being a health issue, an issue to be decided by the states, but what presidential candidate has ever followed up on such a statement to make it a reality at the federal or international level? If she becomes president, she could go all Thatcher to prove she’s no pushover, which would be death for progress, a seed for revolution.
Ultimately, what’s at stake in the drug war is power, the ability of an inept and corrupt government to repress its own people by drawing an arbitrary moral line in the sand, using it to cull youthful rebellion.
As with similar acts of psychopathic or authoritarian leadership, there is no understanding of the consequences of repression. Such leadership has never been able to mentally project itself into the future. It’s always a short term strategy for them, one with fingers crossed in the hope it won’t be exposed.
Obama had majorities in both the House and the Senate for nearly seven years.
Frank W.
I’ve got the old paranoia that Obama didn’t legalize with a pen stroke bv because The Corporation had extracted certain blood oaths from Capt Choom before permitting his election. HRC already offered her neck, along with Bill, many years ago.
Swooper
No, Democrats held the House and Senate for 2 years. Then came the disastrous ’10 & ’12, & ’14 elections, where we lost control first of the House, then of the Senate. As it is, only the fact that it takes 60 votes to advance a bill in the Senate has kept things like Obamacare working.
You’re incorrect.
n.t.greene
Actually, he’s pretty spot on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_divisions_of_United_States_Congresses
The democrats controlled both houses for the 111th, lost the House in the 112th and have yet to regain it, and then lost the Senate in the 114th.
And the Republicans have not been able to gain a supermajority in the Senate as of yet, and it’s hard to say how 2016 is going to go. Though I imagine if we end up somehow with a Republican controlled Congress and a Republican president, we’re going to see a lot of these efforts rolled back (because, you know, “states’ rights” or something) and most specifically the ACA will probably be ground into dust as soon as they can convene for a vote.
Because taxes are evil (even if they provide for necessary services and make life in a country such as this possible)
NBC News’ Chuck Todd reported, on Nov. 5, 2014, that the Republicans gained control of Congress for the first time since 2008. I mean, there’s even a TV video of it. Of course, wikipedia is the best source for info…
Daniel.. There are two houses in Congress. Just because the Republicans gained control of Congress for the first time in 2014 since 2008, doesn’t mean that the Democrats controlled both houses the rest of the time.
110 Duration: January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009
Senate Majority: Democratic Party (coalition)
House Majority: Democratic Party
Senate Majority: Democratic Party
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Republicans Rule House and Senate for First Time in 8 Years
Chuck Todd: House GOP Majority Secure Until 2022
Republicans captured total control of Congress on Tuesday, riding a wave of voter discontent to take the Senate for the first time in eight years and expand its majority in the House, according to NBC News projections.
Precisely, the term “Majority” used/stated above in relation to the Senate is technically 50 + the V.P.’s tie-breaker vote, or 51-49 (presuming every seat is filled & they’re healthy enough to make the votes.)
In reality a Majority became effectivly 60 = Enough to override fillibusters that got constantly used and abused in practice – especially after 2010 & Mitch McConnell declaring that his gold in life for the next few years was going to be c*ck-bl*cking everything that the President and Democrats wanted to do until they hopefully could deny him re-election in 2012, but that didn’t work out so well…
And when McConnell decided that they would actually go back to regular order, he had one problem = the few TeaBaggers in the Senate wouldn’t go along with anything.
AND, even if they had the House was going by
The Hastert Rule, also known as the “majority of the majority” rule, is an informal governing principle used by Republican Speakers of the House of Representatives since the mid-1990s to maintain their speakerships and limit the power of the minority party to bring bills up for a vote on the floor of the House.
And there were enough Tea-people left that saw the word/term? ‘compromise’ as a vulgarity and a betrayal to their deeply held, principled devotion of c*ck-bl*cking everything the first black president tried to do (and anyone who refused to oppose him on everything) OH, and seeing how many times they could pass slightly adjusted or re-worded bills to repeal the ACA (or even just a section that would make it tumble like a Jenga-puzzle) they’re up to something like 55 or 65(?) if you count partial repeals and/or funding repeals = which they can’t get thru the Senate & passed to a Conference Committee…
Ted Cruz stood in the Senate one day saying he didn’t trust John McCain (or anyone else) to lead a conference committee without “caving” or compromising their “conservative principles” – their principled goal of not letting the first half-black US President have any accomplishments, nor the Dems in office during his presidency!
The had Beohner to the point where he couldn’t use the word compromise – he had to say “common ground” = So that they weren’t giving away a speck of ideological ground – as that would amount to treason in the House ‘Tea-People Caucas’, later changed to the ‘Freedom Caucas’ (or whatever) in 2014 iirc.
At this point having him behind any issue = especially a laregly ‘wedge’ social issue like this.
If Obama had changed it they’d call it part of his “unconsituitional _whatever_”
Like they’re doing with the so-called “Executive-Amnesty” orders they want to “Unsign on Day One” = They’d add any change in marijuana law or legalization into that repeal/undo/”Unsign on Day One” list…
As it is the public has been *evolving on it* for long enough for a true majority of the populace to agree that it’s not a good policy – due to inequitable racial disparities in enforcement, or that it’s to damn expensive and they really don’t care *That Much* (Something like $80 billion a year spent on failing to enforce MJ Prohib-Idiocy.)
Or a better example $30,000 to $50,000 a year to imprison someone = That’s one even the really craven (idjuotz) can wrap their heads around.
The Really *CRAZY THING* Here… = Politicians can’t seem to understand why young people (under 45 in this case) are supporting Bernie Sanders?
/sarcasm
I can’t imagine what it might be?
/end sarcasm
Apparently they either can’t figure it out OR nobody wants to openly let on as to what the deal is there… Could be either I suppose!?
Sure, its probably not the only issue but I’d bet heavily that it’s a much bigger part of it than they want/are able to admit??
The revolutionary doesn’t make the revolutionary. The revolution makes the revolutionary.
The two parties have no choice in the matter.
A virtual tongue twister, who’da thunk it? Anyway, I did mean to say “the revolutionary doesn’t make the revolution. The revolution makes the revolutionary.”
not as bad as “I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, upon this slitted sheet I sit.”
Richard M. Bongworth
I ruthfully runged my rutted rubber up a ruddy ruby scrubber.
Iowa Election Results – WP
Updated every 30 seconds or so
http://tinyurl.com/gwk4jwq
I’ve finally figured out why young George Washington chopped down that cherry tree. It was because he was sick and tired of the prohibitionists and their incessant cherry picking habit.
What happens when you get stoned every single day for five years
Professor Reto Auer of the University of Lausanne led a team of researchers who examined data on the marijuana habits of nearly 3,400 Americans over a 25-year period. At the end of the study period, the subjects took a battery of tests designed to assess cognitive abilities — memory, focus, ability to make quick decisions, etc.
The study found that people who smoked marijuana on a daily basis for a long period of time — five years or more — had poorer verbal memory in middle age than people who didn’t smoke, or who smoked less. This association remained even after researchers controlled for a variety of other factors known to affect cognitive performance, including age, education, use of other substances and depression.
The relationship between marijuana exposure and memory problems was essentially linear. The more pot people smoked, the worse they performed on the memory tests. But just how much worse?
Let’s say we have two groups of 10 people each. You tell each of them a list of 15 words and ask them to memorize them. Then 25 minutes later, you ask them to recall all of the words to the best of their ability.
The first group consists of 10 people who don’t smoke pot or only do so occasionally. Let’s say on average, people in this group would be able to remember nine out of the 15 words.
The second group consists of people who smoked pot every single day over a period of five years. On average, they’d be able to recall 8.5 out of the 15 words.
It’s also worth noting that the other cognitive abilities researchers tested — focus and processing speed — did not seem to be significantly impacted by heavy marijuana use.
tensity1
Yep, and there was no link to the study that I could see, and I was too lazy to find the study on the web. I’m curious as to how long they waited after the end of the study period before testing people, or if they waited at all, buuuut . . .
What I’d REALLY like to know is what dang strain is in that picture? Good gawd, give it a few more weeks to get all nice and crystallized, and I’d be in heaven. Looks like Island Sweet Skunk crossed with Big Bud or something. Gimme gimme gimme.
It’s really a very marginal decrease. What’s got me beating my head against the proverbial brick wall is how the prohibitionists are disregarding the overall results in favor of one small part of the study which confirms their biased opinion. I linked to the Washington Post because I have a lot of respect for Chris Ingraham. He pointed out…
…that causality wasn’t proven because there was no before and after.
…that only about 8% of those who had chosen to enjoy cannabis had confirmed over 5 “years” of use. He also gave the total number of those study subjects which was 311.
…that long term effects of drinking alcohol are significantly more profound to the point of irreversible brain damage. He provided a link to an NIH publication detailing the proven deleterious consequences of persistent drinking alcohol abuse.
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa53.htm
…that it’s also quite surprising that you can [enjoy cannabis] every single day for five years, and not have it impact your problem-solving abilities or your ability to focus at all.
Did you watch the video near the bottom of the article of Adam Eidinger making presumptive tests used by law enforcement produce false positives? Hershey bars test positive for marijuana. Doesn’t chocolate have an ingredient that is very similar to ∆9-THC?
As far as an appeal to authority I’ll point out that the study was done in Switzerland. That means that I can dismiss my automatic presumption of pay for results research such as we see being periodically regurgitated by New Zealand, Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom. I’m not saying that scientists in Switzerland never produce “scientific” research with the results catering to the whimsy of the research study’s sponsor. But it’s not presumed. Finding the study should be easy if you’re so inclined:
What long-term marijuana use may do to your memory
CBS News-3 hours ago
People who smoke marijuana as young adults may have a slightly harder time remembering words by the time they reach middle age, a new study suggests.
Marijuana Use Over Years May Affect Ability to Remember Words
TIME-44 minutes ago
Long-Term Marijuana Use Tied to Worse Verbal Memory in Middle …
Yahoo Health-21 hours ago
Long-term marijuana use tied to worse verbal memory in middle age
Highly Cited-Reuters-22 hours ago
Study says heavy pot use can damage short-term memory
In-Depth-The Seattle Times-16 hours ago
Long-Term Pot Use May Make Word Recall Tougher in Middle Age
Highly Cited-U.S. News & World Report-22 hours ago
He did not point out out that the fans of cannabis just might think that repeating a list of random words is b-o-r-i-n-g-! I do my best to ignore things in which don’t interest me. I’d make a list but I’m pretty good at forgetting the things I choose to ignore.
Let’s try it with me using a list of cannabiscentric words. I’ll betcha I can nail 12 or 13 out of 15 and the control group of outsiders will have more or less the same results as in the instant study.
Alex Trebeck: Tonight’s answer in final Jeopardy is “because of bigoted ignorance!” Let’s see if any of the contestants got it right. /fast forward/ Oh no, nobody was able to figure out the question to that answer which was “why do you think they call it dope?”
Here’s another one from the “read ’em and weep Mr. prohibitionist” category:
California Medical Association backs recreational pot plan
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s largest organization of practicing physicians, the California Medical Association, announced Monday that it is backing a proposed 2016 ballot initiative to legalize the recreational use of marijuana.
A coalition of entrepreneurs, activists, environmentalists and state politicians are backing the initiative, led by billionaire technology investor Sean Parker.
CMA said in a statement that its members believe controlling, tracking and studying pot will better protect public health than “ineffective prohibition.”
Spokeswoman Molly Weedn said the medical association is most interested in provisions of the proposal that would expand marijuana research.
“We feel that this initiative specifically is in line with the concerns we had for better monitoring and research of cannabis,” Weedn said.
Jarno Pelkonen
Has any candidate other than Chris Crispycreme said he/she will force legal medical-recreational cannabis states to stop?
Does the 10th amendment regarding states rights outside of the federal government still exist? (rhetorical)
I’m so happy for Iowa I could just backflip for joy across a cornhole board but in the past they have selected Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum in the early caucus.
Robert Farrior
Neither of those two parties of oppression will ever end the drug war!
robertsrevolution.net
Hilary won Iowa by 4 delegates.
6 delegates were chosen by coin toss.
The Legal set up for ties in Iowa.
Hilary won all 6 tosses.
With ethics gone, it isn’t a giant leap to think that now we are taking Vets kids. For treating agony received by serving the country.
US veteran’s children taken away over his use of medical marijuana
A US navy veteran who served in the Gulf war, Schwab says that he uses a homemade cannabis butter to treat his post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, and chronic pain. For years, he says, his mental health issues went undiagnosed, resulting in a bout of alcoholism and substance abuse. He was prescribed a variety of sedatives, antidepressants and chronic pain medication, which he says often made him feel worse. “I got addicted to the pain medication, which led to heroin addiction.”
Schwab says that he has been sober since a stint in rehab in 2011, and that cannabis is the only medication that helps with his anxiety, depression and physical pain.
Ganja 4 PTSD & Depression
http://endingcannabisprohibition.yuku.com/topic/1632
Ganjawar and Child Protection Racketeering
http://endingcannabisprohibition.yuku.com/sreply/661
Major Marijuana Myths Getting Busted
http://freedomleaf.com/major-marijuana-myths-getting-busted/
Congress Members to VA: Let Veterans Smoke Marijuana
http://hightimes.com/read/congress-members-va-let-veterans-smoke-marijuana
2016 SoCal Medical Cannabis Cup: Weed for Warriors
http://hightimes.com/watch/2016-socal-medical-cannabis-cup-weed-warriors
Bernie Sanders Puts High School Marijuana Essays in Congressional Record
http://hightimes.com/read/bernie-sanders-puts-high-school-marijuana-essays-congressional-record
Radical Rant: Bernie Sanders vs. Hillary Clinton on Marijuana
http://hightimes.com/read/radical-rant-bernie-sanders-vs-hillary-clinton-marijuana
Isn’t evolution is still possible?
I’ve got to admit that in this context I favor the word evolution over the word flip-flopping.
Speaking of political evolution, it sure looks to me like President Clinton has a significant “alcohol use disorder.” It’s not the only sign that he’s drinking excessively but take a look at that nose. If he dressed up in a clown suit he wouldn’t have have any need the ubiquitous red clown nose. His nose would certainly cause W.C. Fields to blush with envy if he was still alive.
The art of the political flip-flop
Bill Cinton’s nose in 1992: honk
Curiouser and curiouser. I could wrack my brain for hours, even days and I doubt I could come up with a reasonable way to have predicted the article linked below being written and then published in People Magazine.
Marijuana Vaginal Suppositories May Help Ease Menstrual Cramps
Damn, what a plan. First invent a medicine which mitigates or even eliminates PMS, menstrual cramps etc. Give it to a significant cross section of the female population. Next tell them that the sycophants of prohibition want to take it away from them. I think that everyone can imagine what will likely happen next.
This is so weird on so many levels and for some unknown reason has caused me to feel an extreme compulsion to channel Andrew Dice Clay.
The juggernaut continues at full velocity.
An interview with Dana Rohrabacher, R-CA. and Earl Blumenauer, D-OR;
Congress will extend cease-fire on medical marijuana, lawmakers predict
http://tinyurl.com/jzfmzl4
Although the title singles out medical marijuana, there is a broader discussion regarding the presidential candidates and the drug war and criminal justice reform in general.
Hillary just cracks me up…..”Thank you Iowa!” as if she’s just won when she’s been cut off at the knees….Just sent another donation to Bernie Sanders’ campaign.
Working lately with a high school age population and ALL of those expressing a view are in favor of legalization….I’ve not heard one in favor of the current situation.
It would be useful to discover political contenders’ views on Google’s new program. The merger of government and business, which some consider to be a qualifier for fascism, creeps ever so forward with the announcement that Google and the UK Home Office has a program they intend to apply to “…adjust top search results to combat extremism.” ISIS searchers will be its first target. Mission creep is expected:
While the efforts are nominally to combat ISIS, the language, along with similar efforts by Home Secretary Theresa May, is vague enough to include other forms of “extremism.” In May 2011, British authorities deemed Occupy London “terrorists” along with al-Qaeda on internal documents and in 2013, it was revealed that certain anti-fracking protestors were labeled extremists by police.
Online search manipulation can be used against any website the government views as a threat, including DrugWarRant. Sabet and Kleiman are not likely to feel this kind of heat, even though they are, by today’s standards, extremist in their views about drugs and how to treat drug consumers. The new search tactic by the police state bears watching.
Source: http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/creepy-new-google-program-will-adjust-top-search-results-combat-extremism
It will be interesting to see how Teresa May and the UK government reacts to today’s UN declaration that Julian Assange is in arbitrary detention in Britain. For the last four years Britain and Sweden have been following orders from Washington to detain him on “rape” charges (condom irregularities) with a view to his extradition to the U.S. and a life sentence in a supermax prison for revealing the true face of American fascism.
Dear Governor Deal:
When I began growing my medical marijuana plant last month as a political statement about Georgia’s need to make cannabis oil available for medical use, I had no idea the kind of nerve it would hit. Dozens of people from all across Georgia have contacted me in support of making medical grade cannabis oil available in Georgia.
Governor, it’s a huge issue, much larger than I ever imagined. This issue has, in just a few years time, jumped from the political fringes into the political mainstream. It’s an issue that crosses political party bounds in a way that a few years ago, was unthinkable.
Some of the strongest support I’ve had comes from very conservative Republicans, your core supporters, Governor. Ministers have called me in support. The current runs deep and wide.
So how did a conservative state like Georgia go from being closed to any debate about the medical use of marijuana to having a majority of citizens support it?”
http://tinyurl.com/bebabibpopboo
Georgia Marijuana Legalization Amendment 2016:
Updates on State’s Efforts to Legalize Pot
A proposed constitutional amendment in Georgia called the Georgia Marijuana Legalization Amendment aims to legalize the recreational use of cannabis for residents aged 21 and older, and policy makers may be moving quickly. According to Ballotpedia, the Georgia Legislature may include the amendment on Nov. 8’s ballot. If passed, the law would put state regulators and the General Assembly in charge of what could be a budding new industry for the Peach State. So far only Washington D.C. and four states — Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington — have legalized the recreational use of cannabis.
Richard, a slightly differing perspective. Although I do realize you’re in Georgia. I used to hitch hike from PA to FL and considered Atlanta a safe spot, like a base in baseball. I wouldn’t take a ride unless they were going straight through or left me off in Atlanta. The Underground bands and parties, and they had a free place for hitch hikers to crash, called the truckstop. With a pool table. A drawing of Jumping Jack Flash in the sidewalk. I visited a decade later and it was pretty worn down. In the early 70’s Atlanta was a fun place to be. Plus the Allman Bros Band and even Lil Richard came from Georgia, so how bad can it be. I think y’all get a bad rap from religious politicians goofyness, more than the people.
They have to censor the debate. That is the primary weapon in their arsenal. If that doesn’t stop us, they resort to gossip. intimidation, fear mongering and flat out lies. This is not a normal political fight. There is a trillion dollar prohibition business and most of Wall St status quo synthetics, fossil fools and pharmaceutical multinational corporations profits at stake. Plus the church and 4 generations of Gore Files horror stories to Just say no DARE propaganda. A one sided programmed mainstream media keeping it censored or bigoted. Schools books are written by Prohibitionists and not ONE medical school of the 273 in the US, teach the ECS, endocannabinoid system. So the future doctors are just as ignorant by administration as the people voting prohibitionists into office. Who ya gonna call?
The only logic is to stop perpetuating Nixon’s controlled substance lies and remove cannabis as a schedule#1 narcotic, including my blue jeans made of Hemp. Truth will prevail as we are all proving after a decade or so on the internet bringing an alternative opinion. Those clinging to prohibition have to be exposed as tyrants and thieves. Not coddled and begged for mercy they haven’t shown in almost a hundred years. We have to gather millions in DC this summer and put a stop to this costly nonsense and persecution of innocent Americans. No, We have to gather millions in every capital on the planet this summer and put a stop to this costly nonsense and persecution of innocent people.
He who will not reason is a bigot;
he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares
not is a slave. — William Drummond
Cannabis has been used for over 3,000 years,
Marijuana – The First Twelve Thousand Years
Old, White Drug Warriors Are Suing to Protect Pot Prohibition
— and Their Profits
The Politics of Pot
Anti drug programs that make up the billion-dollar
residential treatment industry.
Obama should have done this and still should.
The only candidate so far that has said he will declassify marijuana completely: Bernie Sanders
CATO Institute:
What the President Should Do: Declassify Marijuana
https://youtu.be/UK3ZMXkcxSk
Any candidate that isn’t talking this language isn’t saying anything at all.
Thinking about your question some more Pete. We should never stop our grass roots activity of keeping people up to speed. Some are hard to reach and will move that statistic in the polls upward even higher.
The majority of the country agrees with legalizing despite the reefer madness that continues to this day ( http://tinyurl.com/q22lseo ).
That dynamic changed changed some time ago and Washington is slow but starting to wake up. A prohibitionist president is bucking the wrong crowd.
I don’t want to wait for another 8 years to see progress in Washington.
Time has come today.
A president that is progressive on the issue of marijuana will matter to that majority 52%. So will it to the congress. The speed at which the drug war ends is the dynamic we face right now.
As a recently diagnosed cancer patient that is fighting to use cannabis with his chemo right now, time seems to be more important than ever. I don’t want my kids or anyone else’s to have to worry about this again.
Sorry to hear about the cancer. Cancer infuriates me (but not as much as outlawing that one politically incorrect substance that may reduce the pain caused by it). Best of luck to you, and thank you for your cannabis activism.
Justice delayed is justice denied. N.B. Hillary Clinton.
Any Libertarian candidate would be better than Bernie as POTUS, for cannabis and EVERYTHING else.
Fishbone Walker
My older brother is getting his lung removed due to cancer after decades of cigarette smoking.
I hate cigarettes but won’t be pointing the finger because I smoked in the early to mid 90s and quit in 1996.
This state doesn’t allow CBD oil for whatever lame reason but some surrounding states do allow it.
Looks like it will be time for a roadtrip. I am wondering if I could put the CBD oil in a nebulizer since smoking is not an option.
You could put it in empty capsules (available at any supplement store) and he could just swallow them. It takes about an hour to feel it rather than the almost instantaneous effect of smoking or vaping. But why would smoking cannabis not be an option? Smoking or vaping it doesn’t cause cancer and in fact acts as a preventive measure.
OK relax everybody, the bunnies are fine…
DEA Agent: Rabbits Are Getting Stoned
“After reviewing your request,” the FOIA letter reads, “no responsive records were located.” The absence of any documents doesn’t mean no studies on rabbits and weed exist (they do) just that none prove legalizing medical marijuana would cause bunnies to get high.
Plan Colombia. More cocaine, more victims, continued human rights violations, a spike in illegal mining, more threats of criminal gangs, soldiers turned mercenary, military involvement in a “non-exportable model”, interference in peace processes, all of this is what the president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, is calling a major success. Santos will meet with Obama on February 5.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35491504
Worked for Monsanto and Al Gore…
Toxic Drift: Monsanto and the Drug War in Colombia
A prominent U.S. Senator and other government officials from both Washington and Bogot stood on a Colombian mountainside above fields of lime-green coca — the plant sacred to Andean Indians, but also the source of the troublesome drug cocaine. They were awaiting a demonstration of aerial herbicide spraying, part of the U.S. drug war in Colombia. The spectacle, put on by the U.S. embassy in Bogot last December, was supposed to address Senator Paul Wellstone’s doubts about the accuracy and safety of the U.S.-sponsored drug fumigation program. Wellstone, a Democrat from Minnesota, is a fierce critic of military aid to Colombia and the demonstration needed to come off without a hitch, to win him over to the use of aerially sprayed herbicides. The night before, U.S. officials had responded to the Senator’s skeptical questions by assuring him that the spraying would target coca fields without harming food crops
“They had said that by using satellite images they could hit very precisely targets without any chance of danger to surrounding crops” said Jim Farrell, Wellstone’s spokesperson, who was also there. However that turned out not to be the case. “On the very first flyover by the cropduster, the U.S. Senator, the U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, the Lieutenant Colonel of the Colombian National Police, and other Embassy and congressional staffers were fully doused — drenched, in fact — with the sticky, possibly dangerous (herbicide) Roundup.”
“Imagine what is happening when a high-level congressional delegation is not present,” Farrell noted, pointing out that careful preparation had gone into the botched flyover. Wellstone left Colombia completely unconvinced by the Embassy.
The United States has sprayed tons of Roundup and Roundup Ultra, produced by the St. Louis-based chemical and biotechnology giant, Monsanto, during the 24 year-long drug war in Colombia. The use of these herbicides (both of which we refer to as Roundup in this story) has consistently produced health complaints from campesinos in the Colombian countryside. Those complaints have gone largely ignored by government officials in Washington and corporate honchos within Monsanto. Meanwhile, Monsanto’s sordid history as the manufacturer of Agent Orange, a defoliant used during the Vietnam war, raises serious questions about its role in Colombia’s drug war and the need for transparency in its dealings with Washington.
Global Reach: U.S. Corporate Interests in Colombia
Colombia’s bloody civil war and violent drug trade have long served to limit foreign investment in a country with some of world’s richest untapped natural resources.
Mama Coca wants Colombia’s fumigation to end. – 01/27/04
The Colombian drug reform organization Mama Coca is asking people everywhere to sign their online petition to end US-sponsored Arial fumigation of drug crops in their country that has murdered children, deformed fetuses, poisoned and killed livestock, destroyed food crops, and ravaged the environment.Although fumigation is marketed as a counter drug measure, it is also used to punish farmers thought to be in collusion with rebel groups, or to clear people from land rich with desirable resources. Even when the target is truly a coca farm, the toxic sprays sometimes drift for miles over schools and villages. US drug haters employ private mercenaries for their fumigation campaign, who send in helicopters equipped with machine guns to kill anyone attempting to protect their farms from the sprays. Next comes the plane, delivering an annihilating payload of Monsanto’s glyphosate, mixed with chemicals designed to make it more effective, but which also increase its toxicity several times. Once pristine rain forests melt into a deadly waste incapable of supporting life. Survivors are forced to leave their ruined homes. Understandably, there have been massive public protests for the many years the fumigation campaign aerial chemical fumigation has devastated Colombia. Now you can do something to help. Sign the petition to end the use of fumigation in Colombia’s drug war
Stop the War on Colombians!
The U’wa battle Occidental over “the blood of Mother Earth”
In Colombia’s northeast Norte de Santander province, the country’s richest oil region, an indigenous people known as the U’wa are in a life and death struggle with Occidental Petroleum (OXY), one of the world’s largest multinational oil companies.
Gore Family’s Ties to Oil Company Magnate
Reap Big Rewards, and a Few Problems
Jiří Mitáček
Cannabis magazine take on the corny caucus:
http://cannabisnowmagazine.com/current-events/joint-opinions/politics-and-pot-after-the-iowa-caucuses
Ok, I know this is another nothing to most, but for those in it for the long haul way back when media was absent. Conversations by Presidents were anything but stoner friendly. I don’t even know if many will “get it”. Maybe I’m reading something into it. The GS Warriors basketball not drug. Won the Championship last year and that means they get to meet the president. Obama in his speech mentioned how the past decades the Warriors struggled. One player in college even forgot Oakland had a basketball team. Then he turned and said “that was Klay Thompson” who was busted for pot at Washington State. Got a laugh out of it. Then mentioned he got 37 points in one quarter. That shouldn’t seem like a historic event. For a plant used 12,000 years. He went on to rightfully praise the team for their unselfishness in the game. Sharing the ball and their work in the community. The NBA has a lot of stoners and the same injuries as the other major sports. All treatable with cannabis instead of the debilitating pharmaceuticals. To have a drug war do little president doesn’t relieve him of his lack of leadership. But, to casually joke about it on camera is somewhat refreshing.
Obama Honors The Golden State Warriors’ 2015 NBA Championship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecw9LPr5XCk
The NBA’s All Star Stoner Team
or The Most Athletic Weed Smokers in the World
420 Nebulizer
After getting a search result saying CBD oil is legal in all 50 states I checked around on tubes of webbernett and found out low potency oil derived from hemp is available but the high potency CBD oil is only legal in 15 states.
The difference is 25ppm verses 150,000ppm.(Parts Per Million)The low potency oil is derived from the seeds and stalks of hemp.
New low for chicago police
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/new-low-cop-suing-family-teen-he-killed-saying-it-caused-him-emotional-trauma
The Cop Onions and Lawsters did the same with the cop pepper spraying students. Cop won a settlement for having depression. Just felt terrible about it, or rather that someone had it on video. How’d Hitler miss that one?
UC Davis pepper spray police officer awarded $38,000 compensation
Filmed spraying a row of seated protesters, John Pike filed a lawsuit claiming anxiety and depression after video outrage.
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Mar 31, 2020 10:49 PM EDT By Staff Reporter
Kylie Jenner Expecting Baby No.2? She Believes So!
Kylie Jenner just revealed that she has plans to have another baby soon.
Kylie sat with her girlfriends Yris Palmer, Victoria Villarroel, and Anastasia Karanikolaou for a "Most Likely To" game on her Youtube channel. Each of them read out a question before they could respond by holding up a picture of their choices.
"I brought my best friends to come play a game with me," Kylie said in the video. "We have all of our heads printed out, we just picked random photos, we had no idea what they were gonna choose. We don't know what the questions are so that's gonna be fun."
Not long after they started the tricky game, they asked each other who is the most likely in the group to have a baby next, and the 22-year-old Kylie Cosmetics owner voted for herself and her pal, Yris.
Surprisingly, everyone else agreed with her choice and held up the pictures of Kylie and Yris, suggesting that she might truly give her now-two-year-old kid Stormi a little brother or sister.
"Has to be one of you," Victoria said. "We're not done drinking yet."
This revelation came after Kylie shared a series of throwback photos with Travis on her Instagram Story last month.
The said photos, which the youngest self-made billionaire posted, were reportedly taken in April 2017, the same month they spent time together when they went out to watch a basketball game in Travis' native city of Houston, Texas.
Kylie even caused more rumors after she uploaded them alongside the caption, "It's a mood."
While it is still unclear if they officially rekindled their relationship, there is a huge possibility that they already did, considering Kylie's choice in their "Most Likely To" game.
But still, when the question "most likely to forgive a cheating partner" was read aloud, the "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" star was quick to respond with "F-k that, next question."
Kylie Is Kris Jenner's Choice!
Just like what Kylie thought, her mother, Kris Jenner, believed the same thing and divulged her opinion during her recent appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
In February 2020, Kris sat in Ellen's hot seat, during which she revealed the names of her kids who will possibly give her the 11th grandchild of the clan.
"Kourtney, or maybe Kylie," Kris answered the hard-hitting question.
However, she shifted her final answer to Kourtney or Kendall -- who remains the only family member who does not have a child yet.
The matriarch then noted that Kylie could be the next, allowing the host to ask her if Kylie and Travis are back together.
"I don't know if they're back together," she answered, revealing that right now "they're great" at co-parenting together.
The old flames have been in the headlines once again since December 2019 when Travis helped Kylie prepare a "Trolls" character to visit her daughter as part of the family's Christmas surprise.
In addition, they came out together in public during Stormi's all-out second birthday party to create a theme park, which they named "StormiWorld," as their gift to their daughter.
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If there is one thing all MTV reality shows have in common it's drama...lots and lots of drama!
Some people might avoid drama but not the stars of every MTV series and that's why we're addicted to each and every one of them.
In fact, we still remember all of the drama that went down on shows like The Hills AKA everything involving Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag. When it comes to the network's current shows, the fights and feuds have definitely been living up to our expectations and we can't stop watching!
Although there isn't an award for "Best Feud" at the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards (which take place on June 18 AKA tomorrow!) there is a category dedicated to Best Reality Series or Franchise. This category inspired us to look at this year's best MTV shows and all the epic feuds that took place and there were a lot to choose from.
Seriously, there should be an award for this just within the MTV channel family, but until then you can vote for your favorite feud below!
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When it comes to drama on an MTV show you can always count on the ladies from Teen Mom OG. During season seven (before she quit the show), Farrah Abraham caused a lot of issues, which is pretty much her go-to move. This season however was different because her actions were not just against her co-stars, but against the producers of the show as well. In fact, she yelled at one producer on more than one occasion calling her "ignorant" and then refused to continue filming.
Another big feud we couldn't help but watch was on Siesta Key. It might only be the first season of this series, but it was full of juicy love triangles and friendship issues.
When it came down to it, drama was high throughout the freshman season of Siesta Key and Kelsey Owens and Juliette Porter were always at the center of it. Whether it was arguing over Alex Kompothecras or Garrett Miller, or teaming up with their girls against each other—AKA when Chloe Trautman and Owens revealed they hated Porter (and vice versa)—there was so much anger and fighting between these two. They even got into a physical fight at Trautman's birthday bash and it was intense.
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In May, during season eight of Teen Mom 2 Briana DeJesus and Kailyn Lowry got into a big fight about Javi Marroquin and it was exactly what you would've expected from these two. They said mean things because they don't like each other, have dated the same man in the past and feel like the other one doesn't respect them.
There was even a physical altercation when the two were filming the reunion episode, which ended in DeJesus' sister Brittany pulling Lowry's hair on set. Clearly there is a lot of tension between all of these women, even if they aren't currently dating Marroquin.
The fourth and final feud that caught our attention this year was on Jersey Shore Family Vacation. After leaving on bad terms back in season two of Jersey Shore, Angelina Pivarnick decided to join her old roommates for this reunion season and it was rocky to say the least. In addition to getting called out by both Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jenny "JWoww" Farley there were some awkward moments in the house when she first arrived.
Although things did end up being better than they were in the past, the cast members couldn't leave well enough alone and after filming wrapped, Angelina and JWoww got into an Instagram beef. We have a feeling these two just won't ever be friends and that's OK.
When it comes to drama you know MTV shows will always deliver, but which of these feuds was your favorite to watch this year? Vote for your number one feud below!
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Don't forget to tune into the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards on June 18 at 9 p.m. on MTV.
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Pakistani Cyber Hackers new threat to India is this
Six more websites defaced by a Pakistani hacker group have come to light, bringing the total up to 10. These are in addition to the four earlier reported by a leading daily on Tuesday.
These websites belonged to following institutions: University of Kota, IIT BHU, Army Institute of Management and Technology, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Army Institute of Management, and the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences.
The four websites reported earlier were: National Aeronautics Ltd, AMU, IIT Delhi and Delhi University. The hacker group — Pakistan Haxor Crew — claimed the action was to avenge the defacement of the Pakistan Railways website by an Indian hacker and to show solidarity with Kashmiris.
The collective claims to be a bunch of teenagers that came together in 2011. A leading daily contacted the group asking how the reprisal against the Indian hacker and the Kashmir issue were related. They responded by calling the Indian hack “too much childish (sic)” and said that this slew of hacks on Indian websites was “payback” to Indian hackers “who keep defacing 3rd class pakistani (sic) websites and put slang content about Pakistan and Kashmir on those sites.”
Speaking with a leading daily over Facebook chat, they said these hacks were just a “trailer” and claimed to be capable of more. “And I am telling you that it was just a trailer if they continue to hack Pakistani websites then they should know that we have almost every registry access and we can give them a much bigger attack,” the group said. An internet registry coordinates and manages the allocation of IP addresses to websites.
On Tuesday, Pakistan Haxors Crew hacked and defaced these websites to display a message accusing the Indian army of atrocities and expressing “solidarity” with the people of Kashmir. The defaced pages also featured two videos that accused the Indian Army of committing human rights violations. By Wednesday afternoon, nine of the 10 websites defaced by PHC were restored.
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Moving from the monolith Part 1, or: How I learned to stop worrying and embrace Single Page Applications
17th December 2019 5th April 2019 by Andy Dunn
The evolution of JavaScript from its initial form, hastily written in 10 days, to its substantially developed current form, which allows the browser to update its content dynamically from new requests, has changed the paradigm of the web. Where there were static pages, there are now interactive apps.
We’re now rounding a corner where Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) allow what we would once call a website to act more like a slick native application using Single Page Application (SPA) frameworks like Angular and Vue.
Team Eco have been doing some work with Vue to create a decoupled front and backend system, and we’re rather enthusiastic about it. In this two-parter, I’ll cover what a decoupled architecture is, before extolling the virtues of doing things this way, compared to the monolithic way.
Decoupling what should be output from the files processing things behind the scenes simplifies the development process and, if you have different frontend and backend developers, lets each focus on their area of expertise.
Before getting to that though, maybe it’s a good idea to start at the beginning (of the web).
‘Member when things were static?
The web has come a long way since the internet was used to host the first web page in 1991. The advent of the world wide web was essentially the creation of three technologies it’s easy to take for granted:
A method to locate resources (URLs/URIs)
A method to transport those resources between client and server (HTTP)
A way to structure data to be displayed and fetch additional media to clients (HTML)
URLs/URIs haven’t changed in a particularly noteworthy way over the years. HTTP also remained remarkably unchanged until relatively recently, with HTTP/2, but our focus here is the content that is served.
In the olden days, the World Wide Web was talked about in library-like terms. You opened web pages on your browser. You marked web pages you wanted to come back to using bookmarks. When you went to a website, your browser loaded a web page as a static electronic document.
The content was served as HTML (which is still a key part of the web), but not much more. HTML is a markup language that specifies content and what it is. “Hello world!” is a heading; “This is my first website.” is a paragraph, next output an image hosted at this location, etc.
By today’s standards, it’s not too flashy, but the result would be a series of static pages you could request and navigate using links. Here’s the world’s first website in all its glory to demonstrate.
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Though early HTML allowed for some presentational styling through attributes of elements, it was the creation of CSS that brought a standardised way to style web content based in a way that separated content from presentation. The creation of JavaScript then allowed that content and styling to be manipulated by user actions, making page content dynamic within the browser. Dynamic HTML (or DHTML) was born.
Interactivity is a key requirement for a user interface, but for most purposes, that interface also needs to be able to communicate with external entities and update itself based on the outcome of those communications.
A new addition to the JavaScript environment called IXMLHTTPRequest became available with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 in 1999, which was a forerunner of the XMLHttpRequest (XHR) object.
This XHR object allowed JavaScript code to make HTTP requests without the browser itself updating the address bar or site content. The requested resource would then return content, often itself HTML or XML in the earlier days, more often JSON now. Code can then be written to handle the result of that request and update the browser’s content selectively according to the developer’s will, rather than loading a whole new “page”.
At this level of interactivity, the experience is more akin to an application than static pages, which is why there’s increasing talk of web applications instead of websites. But more on that later. The web application here is a single entity though; a monolith. What happens when we break it apart?
Decoupling front from backend
When we talk about decoupling, what exactly is decoupled from what? In the context of web app architecture, the frontend (the user interface) is decoupled from the backend (the bit on the server that processes and stores the data).
Rather than writing an app in PHP files (other server-side languages are available) that generate/include HTML, CSS and JavaScript for the browser to parse, we instead write a frontend consisting of that HTML, CSS and JavaScript. That frontend then makes new requests to a backend that receives, processes and returns only pure data.
Let’s start by comparing that to a monolithic web app. Here’s a simplified version of how a monolithic app works:
Here, when you as the user type the URL of the app into the browser’s address bar, it makes a request for content. The server will receive the request and either directly serve HTML, CSS, JavaScript and images, or run some code that dynamically generates that HTML, CSS, JavaScript and/or images. AJAX might be used on some of the pages that the monolithic app returns, but if the URL is changed, the page reloads afresh.
Now let’s return to a decoupled web app using a SPA framework:
Here, the initial request for the app doesn’t return a view, but returns a single page, containing all the styling and code for the frontend.
All subsequent requests on that site (i.e. the links) don’t request new pages in the browser, rather they instead make calls from the frontend app to the backend, via an API layer.
API stands for Application Programming Interface and is a standardised way for our frontend to communicate with our backend by making HTTP requests. It then returns data in a standardised format (JSON being the most widely adopted). It makes these requests using XHR, meaning a request is essentially an AJAX one, but here, XHR is central to navigating the app, rather than just augmenting it.
The API returns just raw data (no styling, no code). The response of these API calls containing the output of the backend’s work is then used to update the frontend user interface.
Isn’t this more complicated?
Well, to look at the diagram above, yes. Once you’ve got your head around the concept though, development actually becomes easier. Why? Backend logic is separated from frontend rendering. Frontend rendering is centred about what the user views, whereas backend logic tends to focus on processing and storing data.
With a monolithic app, though you can of course (and should) organise code to separate code responsible for the view from code responsible for data processing, more often than not, a file will contain both frontend languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and backend languages (for Eco Web Hosting, PHP).
This makes files difficult to read and makes it difficult to run linting for the different languages contained within. Decoupling what should be output from the files processing things behind the scenes simplifies the development process and, if you have different frontend and backend developers, lets each focus on their area of expertise.
Simplified developing is not the only bonus though. Stay tuned for part two to see what perks are on offer!
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Implements a modern platform to power its digital banking strategy
Bengaluru & Doha – December 20, 2018: Infosys Finacle, part of EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infosys (NYSE: INFY), and QNB, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, announced the successful implementation of the Finacle Payments Hub as part of the bank’s digital transformation strategy. QNB, which operates across more than 31 countries in Africa, Asia and Europe, is consolidating its multiple payment engines and has replaced them with the unified, multi-currency and multi-entity enabled enterprise payments hub from Finacle. With this, QNB has gained a real-time payments platform, with proven scalability to meet emergent business needs and agility to respond swiftly to emerging market trends.
The Finacle Payments Hub has enabled QNB to consolidate local payment systems QIPS, and QATCH in Qatar into a single platform. In subsequent phases, the bank’s foreign operations are also being on-boarded and integrated with the hub.
The ISO 20022 based hub, supports existing SWIFT MT formats and delivers seamless interoperability across various global and local payment networks. It also provides clearing services, comprehensive payment types and supports multiple payment instruments.
With Finacle, QNB is now enabled with real-time processing capabilities, agnostic to originating channels.
The bank has also gained enhanced operational and cost efficiencies due to straight through processing of transactions. Efficient workflow management has also enabled flexible payment processing and increased automation.
The Finacle solution has empowered QNB to offer tailor-made, differentiated payment services to its corporate customers with relationship-based pricing, configurable access control and rule-based process flows, across any channel of their choice
The comprehensive open APIs driven solution has enabled QNB to accelerate payments innovation with multiple ecosystem partners, including fintechs.
Adel Al Malki, General Manager – QNB Group Information Technology, said, “In the digital disruption that is impacting banking, the payments space is probably the most dynamic and fast paced. Our payments modernization project based on the Infosys Finacle Payments Hub is aimed at not just giving our business efficiency a boost, but making QNB fit for a truly digital future. With this transformation, our aim is to ensure QNB is better equipped to manage change in the payments space and provide our customers a greater degree of reliability, thereby cementing our position as a leading financial powerhouse in the Middle East.”
Venkatramana Gosavi, SVP & Global Head of Sales, Infosys Finacle, said, “The payments space is undergoing a massive shift globally, with new industry initiatives, non-traditional competition, and technology developments. Many institutions, with their legacy applications and payment process siloes, are finding it a challenge to effectively sail through these shifts. With the Finacle Payments Hub, QNB has established a strong foundation to navigate through these changes and drive payments innovation and operational excellence.”
About QNB Group
Qatar National Bank (Q.P.S.C.) (QNB Group) was established in 1964 as the country’s first Qatari-owned commercial bank, with an ownership structure split between the Qatar Investment Authority (50%) and the remaining (50%) held by members of the public.
QNB Group has steadily grown to be the biggest bank in Qatar and the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa region.
The Group’s presence through its subsidiaries and associate companies now extends to more than 31 countries across three continents providing a comprehensive range of advanced products and services to more than 23 million customers. The total number of employees around 29,000 operating through more than 1,200 locations, with an ATM network of more than 4,300 machines.
Based on the Group’s consistent strong financial performance and its expanding international presence, QNB is currently ranked as the most valuable bank brand in the Middle East and Africa, according to Brand Finance Magazine.
About Infosys Finacle
Finacle is the industry-leading digital banking solution suite from EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly owned product subsidiary of Infosys. Finacle helps traditional and emerging financial institutions drive truly digital transformation to achieve frictionless customer experiences, larger ecosystem play, insights–driven interactions and ubiquitous automation. Today, banks in over 100 countries rely on Finacle to service more than a billion consumers and 1.3 billion accounts.
Finacle solutions address the core banking, omnichannel banking, payments, treasury, origination, liquidity management, Islamic banking, wealth management, analytics, artificial intelligence, and blockchain requirements of financial institutions to drive business excellence. An assessment of the top 1250 banks in the world reveals that institutions powered by the Finacle Core Banking solution, on average, enjoy 7.2% points lower costs-to-income ratio than others.
To know more, visit www.finacle.com
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Shopping for a Place with a Pooch in Your Purse?
Written By Nalyse Seymore | March 23, 2015 | Published in NYC Lifestyle
If you are a pet owner, it is impossible to look for a new home in NYC without your pal in mind, especially if the pet is an official member of the family. The comforts of your new home should cater to the wants and needs of your pet. When shopping for a home, consider neighborhoods with parks, the possibility of anti-pet neighbors, the pet’s breed, weight and size (some buildings have requirements), and an additional security deposit. It is true that some buildings in NYC are not pet-friendly, which makes the buying process harder when you’re a pet-owner, so start looking at buildings with pet amenities.
Would the ideal treat for your buddy be some spoiling and pampering at a pet spa with cage-free daycare? Some buildings with pet spas include Franklin Place in Tribeca, MiMa and The Sheffield in Midtown West, Trump Place on The Upper West Side and Chelsea Park in Chelsea. Residents at The Caledonia in Chelsea, after walking their dog (or cat) around The High Line, can enter through a separate “dog entrance” to clean and groom their pet before returning to the apartment. Although some doormen are nice enough to walk your dog and help with your pet-responsibilities, a pet concierge is even better. The first one in NYC appeared in the Upper West Side at the Ashley. According to Curbed, “The Spot Experience runs the service, which includes daycare, cage-free overnights, leisurely walks, grooming, and training. To celebrate the launch at the Ashley and Aldyn, building management hosted a dog show, where the pooches could show off their new skills on an agility course.”
The more adventurous dog may prefer an outdoorsy life in a neighborhood like Prospect Park, where it can congregate in the park with other dogs during off-leash hours, thanks to FIDO. Your dog may or may not need a tan, either way; take a trip to the only Dog Beach in NYC, also in Prospect Park. The Upper West Side has Riverside Park and The Upper East Side has Carl Schurz Park, which has two dog runs (for small dogs and big dogs). Both neighborhoods share Central Park and have their own promenades. Battery Park City also has a beautiful promenade overlooking the Hudson River, the Kowsky Plaza dog run, Hudson River Park and Rockefeller Park.
Pets can enjoy their freedom in pet-friendly parks, but it might be hard to get around a building’s pet requirements. At The Ludlow in The Lower East Side, pets must be fixed before moving in, per the developer/building-owner/animal shelter chairwoman’s request. Pet owner Nell McCaffery told NYTimes, “It was a little nerve-racking [. . .] because our dog is definitely part of our family. You’d find out a place is pet-friendly, but then there would be restrictions — not more than 50 pounds. or not certain breeds.” Some landlords restrict pets because they fear liability issues, damage within the units, disgruntled neighbors, and those unpleasant surprises that are often left on carpeted hallways and sidewalks. Sometimes there’s a pet agreement that can be signed, a pet interview, or an increased security deposit, all in favor of compromise. But here’s a hint, New York City’s pet law: “You fall under the exception if you openly keep a pet in your building for three months, your landlord finds out (or should have found out) about the pet during this time, and your landlord takes no action to enforce the no-pets rule against you.” In this case, without being overtly sneaky, you’d be able to keep your precious pet.
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Wibu-Systems' technology recognized by SIIA as Best Content Rights and Entitlement Solution
CodeMeter earns prestigious business technology industry recognition
CodeMeter takes top honor at the 2017 CODiE Awards for Business Technology Industry in the Best Content Rights and Entitlement Solution category
Wibu-Systems, the world leader in software monetization for independent software vendors and intelligent device manufacturers, announced today that CodeMeter has been named the Best Content Rights and Entitlement Solution of 2017 in the 32nd annual SIIA CODiE Awards. CODiE Award recipients represent the companies producing the most innovative business technology products around the world.
“It is a tremendous honor to receive such extraordinary recognition for our CodeMeter technology from our industry peers,” said Oliver Winzenried, Founder and CEO of Wibu-Systems. “Being named the best in class for the third time since we first applied in 2005 validates the strong design foundations upon which CodeMeter is built and its role in serving as the ultimate protection, licensing, and security solution for standalone, networked, virtualized, and cloud-based applications running on computers, mobile devices, embedded systems, PLCs, and microcontrollers.”
Marcellus Buchheit, Co-Founder and President of WIBU-SYSTEMS USA, who led the demonstration process of CodeMeter to the CODiE Awards jury, added: “Since our inception in 1989, we have kept true to our mission with undivided attention and helped developers monetize their software applications and expand their business opportunities. Our single focus strategy and the goal of world-class technology excellence have proved to bring outstanding results on the global scene.”
CodeMeter is a business-enabling secure licensing platform that protects the intellectual property of software vendors against piracy and reverse engineering, provides versatile, price-responsive business models that meet even the widest array of customers’ requirements, and easily allows for the integration of endpoint security features into Industrie 4.0 frameworks. With the strongest and most innovative encryption methods, a dynamic license lifecycle and entitlement management, and a customizable footprint that adjusts to the specifications of the target system, CodeMeter is maintaining its uniqueness in the global market.
“SIIA’s 2017 Business Technology CODiE Awards recognize the companies that are at the forefront of business innovation. These companies are shaping the future of how we conduct business, and it is truly an honor to recognize these products through the CODiE Awards”, said Ken Wasch, President, SIIA.
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries, announced the full slate of CODiE winners during a special Award Ceremony in San Francisco on July 25.
The SIIA CODiE Awards are the industry's only peer-reviewed awards program. The first-round review of all nominees is conducted by software and business technology experts with considerable industry expertise, including members of the industry, analysts, media, bloggers, bankers and investors. The scores from the expert judge review determine the finalists. SIIA members then vote on the finalist products, and the scores from both rounds are tabulated to select the winners. 60 awards were given this year for products and services developed specifically for B2B software, information and media companies.
Details about the winning products can be found at www.siia.net/codie/2017-Winners.
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Publish Date January 8, 2018
FDA to Review New Treatment for Post-Op Ocular Pain, Inflammation
Steve Duffy
The NDA is supported by two Phase 3 trials of patients who had cataract surgery
The New Drug Application (NDA) for Inveltys (KPI-121 1%; Kala) has been accepted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with a target action date set for August 24, 2018.
Inveltys is an investigational topical twice-a-day product candidate for the treatment of inflammation and pain in patients who have undergone ocular surgery. The NDA is supported by two Phase 3 trials in which Inveltys was administered to patients following cataract surgery. Both trials met their primary endpoints of complete resolution of inflammation and pain at day 8 through day 15, without a need for any rescue medications.
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Currently, ocular steroids used for treating post-surgical inflammation and pain are approved for four-times-a-day dosing; if approved, Inveltys would become the first twice-daily ocular steroid for post-surgical topical treatment. “I believe that if approved, Inveltys will be an important new treatment option for patients and physicians alike,” said Dr. Terry Kim, Chief of the Cornea and External Disease Service in the Department of Ophthalmology at Duke University Eye Center.
The treatment uses Kala’s Mucus Penetrating Particle (MPP) technology, which according to the Company, enhances drug penetration and distribution in ocular tissues. In the trials, Inveltys was found to be well-tolerated with no serious adverse events.
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So Who Is Not Going to NAB 2020?
At about this time in the year, we start to look forward to the NAB show in Las Vegas. It's slightly different this year. With the threat of being exposed to coronavirus, AJA is the first big company to say they are not attending.
Agreed, one company pulling out does not cancel the show and the organisers have already issued information relating to the virus and the show.
AJA don't do NAB on a budget. They have a sizeable stand, fly in many staff (that all need hotel rooms) and organise peripheral events such as the press briefing and social nights.
AJA has made the decision to withdraw from @NABShow 2020. We are excited to share new products coming to market and are transitioning all planned meetings, news and demos to web-based video conferences. https://t.co/j9VtjtXJka #NABShow
— AJA Video Systems (@AJAVideo) March 2, 2020
So this decision (Thank you to Michael Kammes for the link) by AJA to cancel would not have been taken lightly.
Will we see others follow? Probably, this morning Adobe indicated that their 2020 Summit that happens a few weeks before NAB, will now be an online event.
The health and safety of our community is our top priority. After careful consideration, we’ve made the difficult but important decision to host this year’s #AdobeSummit and #MagentoImagine as online-only experiences. https://t.co/wQQVpAo0dy
— Adobe Summit (@AdobeSummit) March 2, 2020
Confidence is beginning to wane and visitors who already find it hard to justify the cost are re-evaluating the decision to go.
At some point a 'critical minimum mass' has to be sunk to for everyone; exhibitors and visitors to think it is not worth going. Why turn up if possibly only half the stands are active and all the social events have been cancelled? Why exhibit if attendances might be dramatically down?
We have seen on social media that NAB stalwarts who haven't missed a show in 25 years are going to make 2020 the first one they skip. Others are reporting that recent trade shows have had it tough, low attendance and unmanned booths.
The NAB show was already in flux. The move to the Sunday was a hat tip to non-broadcast content creators which the organisers knew they had to include. Will the recent events change NAB even more?
So should we be seeing coronavirus as an opportunity, not a problem? We all now have fast internet speeds, the cost of streaming is now at the point where teenagers can broadcast from their bedrooms. AJA has said that they will try to move their demos and meetings online. So why doesn't NAB grab the incentive and have a virtual show?
We don't want to see the show cancelled or postponed, but there might come a point in the near future where the organisers have no choice. There are already bans in France and Italy for large indoor gatherings.
One thing for sure, we will hear a lot more news in the future, good or bad.
Are you planning to attend? Have you decided not to go? Why don't you let us know in the comments below.
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SAWEA calls for swift action by energy minister, Jeff Radebe
SAWEA welcomes the appointment of three key ministers who are directly concerned with achieving South Africa’s energy security, regaining investor confidence and realising energy choices that support national development.
The South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) has issued a statement in response to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet reshuffle this week, which ushered Cabinet veteran Minister Jeff Radebe into the energy portfolio with immediate effect.
“The Ministers of Energy, Public Enterprises and Finance are key to ensuring South Africa’s socially and environmentally sound economic development,” commented Brenda Martin, the chief executive offer of industry association SAWEA.
Jeff Radebe receives positive reception
Following a year which has seen the appointment of three different energy ministers, the association welcomes the appointment of a senior minister, Jeff Radebe, to the portfolio.
The association urges the three ministers to ensure conclusion of all duly procured outstanding Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with independent power producers.
2018 marks the third year that the PPAs have not been signed.
“The need for swift conclusion of the long-delayed PPAs is particularly critical for the many South Africans whose jobs are at risk in a sector, which has endured extended uncertainty,” added Martin.
On behalf of the many stakeholders in South Africa’s renewable power value chain, SAWEA appeals to ministers Radebe, Gordhan and Nene to ensure a firm date for duly procured PPA conclusion before 31st March 2018, when key legal documents are expired. Read more: Greenpeace urges SA President to act on energy
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The Best Looks From the GQ Men of the Year Red Carpet
GQ's annual Men of the Year party drew some of our favorite celebs out for a lively evening complete with top-notch looks. From Kelly Rowland to Mahershala Ali, these are the stars who took the night.
By Dominique Hobdy · December 9, 2016 October 26, 2020
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Gugu Mbatha-Raw attends the 2016 GQ Men of the Year Party wearing a Sandro Suit and Schutz shoes in Los Angeles, California.
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Kiki Palmer attends the 2016 GQ Men of the Year Party at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, California.
Kelly Rowland attends the 2016 GQ Men of the Year Party at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, California.
Kevin Hart and Eniko Parrish attend the 2016 GQ Men of the Year Party at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, California.
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Black Kids Matter: We Have to Talk About the Exploitation of Black Children in the Hart Murder-Suicide
By Malaika Jabali · May 8, 2018 October 24, 2020
When a photograph of Devonte Hart tearfully hugging a white police officer at a Portland rally went viral in 2014, much of the country saw this as a signal of racial harmony. Devonte, who was adopted by Jennifer and Sarah Hart, is now reported missing. Authorities found the dead bodies of three of his siblings and his white adoptive parents at a crash scene at the bottom of a California cliff along the Pacific Ocean. It is now presumed that the crash, with Jennifer Hart at the wheel, was a murder-suicide.
The feverish coverage of Devonte during that brief moment in his life as he protested brutality far surpassed the scant national reporting of the brutality he and his five siblings experienced in their own home.
In an appearance last month on Dr. Oz, the Harts’ neighbors Dana and Bruce DeKalb revealed that Devonte went to their home anxiously begging for food on consecutive nights, just 10 days before the Harts fled their Portland home. This was the last time the neighbors would see any trace of the family.
“Each time [Devonte came over] it was ‘don’t tell mom… don’t tell mom,” Dana remarks, “I took a moment to unemotionally look at [his appearance]. He was definitely disproportionate. [His sister] Hannah, same thing. She was tiny.” In other reports, the DeKalbs have said that 16-year-old Hannah appeared to be 7.
Dana presumed Devonte was attempting to feed himself and his siblings because he “was specific about six jars of peanut butter, six packages of tortillas. And it was six children.” He informed her that his parents “withhold food as punishment…and it used to only be a meal at a time, but now it was going for days at a time.” In the interview, Dana remarks that she specifically asked Devonte “are they abusing you?” “He said yes and didn’t elaborate.”
These details point to parents who subjected their children to increasing neglect and isolation the more their abuse began to surface publicly. As journalist Kristin Rawls observed, among her extensive investigation of the Hart family, the parents “very much used homeschooling to hide, circumventing already lax regulations.” There is also a pattern of the parents fleeing their homes, apparently whenever authorities caught on to their abuse. First from Minnesota, then to Washington, Oregon, and finally to California, which would be their last, fatal trip.
The troubling depths of Jennifer and Sarah Hart’s abuse is exacerbated by the lengths to which they obscured it with a sort of performative wokeness. In a most extreme form of virtue signaling, the mothers paraded their children at liberal festivals, marches, and meticulously curated photo shoots while privately abusing the adolescents’ frail bodies.
Sherry Davis, the birth mother of Devonte and his biological siblings Ciera and Devonte, told a local news outlet recently that her children were well fed and never neglected even in the midst of her drug problems. Yet, the narrative Jennifer Hart primarily spun to outsiders was that Devonte had “a life of little hope and a future that was over before it began…until Jen and her wife Sara entered [his] life and adopted him,” as shared on a blog.
These fabricated depictions underlie a harsh reality: the exploitation of Black bodies begins early. These six children, malnourished and isolated in the Harts’care, were mere props in the white saviorship saga Jen frequently pushed. What now looks to be the forced invasion of Devonte’s personal space in the 2014 viral photo was part of a pattern, as Devonte wore a “Free Hugs” sign in many public spaces. Forced to be embraced by complete strangers, Devonte’s general lack of bodily autonomy and the physical and emotional abuse he and his siblings suffered under the Harts’ care underscored their prevalent objectification.
Last year, when Jordan Peele debuted his film Get Out to critical acclaim, many Black audiences noted the fictional story was compelling precisely because it dramatized the very real horror of Black American life. Get Out specifically targets the curated images of white liberals, who may speak passionately about equality in theory while capturing Black people from their communities and preying on Black bodies to occupy. I imagine Jennifer and Sarah Hart — who traveled across multiple time zones to adopt six Black children plucked from their homes — would have also “voted for Obama for a third term.” The film’s plot reflected our real trauma while allowing some much-needed comedic relief. Though, tragically, many of our kids don’t actually get out.
The toxic mix of white supremacy and white saviorship that permeates our social institutions, including the child welfare system, means that there are no easy solutions. Sherry Davis told local news outlets that at the time she lost custody of her children to the Harts, she was doing live-in care at least two days a week for work and housekeeping on the side to make ends meet. “They’re so quick to snatch [children] from people like us,” she said, “but once they’re adopted, they don’t even check on them?”
The multiple levels of failure — from next-door neighbors who took months to report the children’s’ abuse, to the child welfare system, to society at large for hinging the weight of white supremacy and police brutality on the shoulders of a terrified Black child — are clear. The solutions are less explicit.
Some advocates are calling for a national child abuse database to track parents who, like the Harts, may cross state lines to avoid detection. With each state operating within their own jurisdiction, records from child protective services aren’t readily available.
Others, like the DeKalbs during their appearance on Dr. Oz, are asking that people contact authorities early on when they see signs of abuse. The irony of having to compel white neighbors to call authorities when they witness Black vulnerability — while cops are called at a moment’s notice to police perceived Black threats — is not lost here.
Because reporting mechanisms may be mired in the same white supremacist attitudes that lead to the disproportionate separation of Black families, another policy measure is to require implicit bias training in child protective services and enhance their existing resources so qualified, diverse social workers can enter the field.
Until legislatures take aggressive measures to create systemic change, we must continue to fight for our lives and make it abundantly clear that Black kids matter
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Trump Aides Accused Of Having 'Constant' Communication With Russia During Campaign
After President Trump’s national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn forcibly stepped down from his role on Monday night for a securty-sensitive call with a Russian ambassador, the FBI began looking into the entire Trump clan.
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By Danielle Kwateng-Clark · February 15, 2017 October 26, 2020
President Donald Trump and his aides are in hot water after it was discovered that they were in constant contact with senior Russian officials during the campaign season.
As suspected months ago, the Russians were involved in cyber hacking that may have affected the results of the election, which gave Trump a minority win over Hillary Clinton last November.
But now U.S. intelligence, multiple current and former intelligence, law enforcement and administration officials are revealing how deep this Russian problem goes.
In January President Barack Obama put a sanction on four Russian officials and five Russian entities because of “Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities” that caused election interference. The administration also ordered 35 Russian diplomats to leave the country and two Russian compounds are being closed.
After President Trump’s national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn forcibly stepped down from his role on Monday night for a security-sensitive call with a Russian ambassador, the FBI began looking into the entire Trump clan.
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Reports claim the president has known about Flynn’s actions for some time, but denied it.
As reported by CNN, officials emphasized that communications between campaign staff and representatives of foreign governments are not unusual. However, these communications stood out to investigators due to the frequency and the level of the Trump advisers involved. Investigators have not reached a judgment on the intent of those conversations.
In addition to the FBI, Congressional committees are looking at this, but the process to action will take time and be a “slow bleed scandal.”
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Alfred Brendel plays and introduces Schubert’s Late Piano Works II
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Surely Bach’s French Suites, which he composed during his years at Cöthen (1717–1723), are among the finest inducements to practise that any teacher has ever made to a pupil. In this case Bach wrote them for his young wife, Anna Magdalena. The over…
Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge & Suite for Cello Sollo Nos.1&5
The two films on this DVD combine some of the most demanding chamber works ever written. Recorded at the atmospheric Academy of Sciences in Budapest, the Keller Quartet plays a version of Bach’s unfinished masterpiece The Art of the Fugue for string…
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The famous Thomanerchor Leipzig – a traditional specialist in Bach’s choral music – is joined by the superb Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and excellent soloists to perform one of Bach's most acclaimed pieces of religious choral music, the “Mass in B…
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Real Madrid to face PSG in Champions League
On Monday, defending champions Real Madrid were drawn against big spending Paris Saint-Germain in what will be the stand-out tie of the Champions League last 16 stage. Follow @cnnsportIt is a match which will put Cristiano Ronaldo — a five-time Ballon d'Or winner and the highest scorer in the tournament's history — against Neymar, the world's most expensive player.With 25 goals, PSG finished the group stages with a record number of goals scored and, before the last-16 draw, were the bookmakers' favorites to win European football's biggest club competition. But the two-legged tie, the first of which will be played on 14 February, against Real Madrid will be a first litmus test of PSG's Champions League ambitions after the recruitment of Neymar and Kylian Mbappe last summer.READ: Neymar signs for PSG READ: Neymar, Mbappe and the force of Qatar's 'soft power'Other last-16 highlights include former champions Chelsea versus five-time winners Barcelona and Juventus' clash against Tottenham Hotspur, who beat Real 3-1 at home in the group stages.Pep Guardiola's Premier League leaders Manchester City appear, on paper, to have the kindest last-16 tie after being drawn against Swiss champions FC Basel, while five-time winners Liverpool take on Portuguese side Porto. The first legs will be played on 13/14 & 20/21 February, 2018, with the return legs on 6/7 & 13/14 March.Champions League round of 16 draw: Juventus v Tottenham Basel v Manchester CityPorto v Liverpool Sevilla v Manchester UnitedReal Madrid v PSG Shakhtar Donetsk v RomaChelsea v Barcelona Bayern Munich v Besiktas
Old power versus new
"Nice draw," tweeted Real midfielder Toni Kroos immediately after the Champions League draw. PSG have never won the Champions League and Neymar and Mbappe, reportedly bought for a combined total of nearly $500 million, were recruited by Qatari-backed PSG in a bid to make the Parisians a European force. Last season they failed to progress beyond the last 16 stage, losing a thrilling two-legged tie against Barcelona 6-5 on aggregate, while Real enjoyed one of their most successful seasons, becoming the first team in 27 years to retain the Champions League trophy. In that Cardiff final in June, Real comprehensively beat Juventus 4-1 to collect their 12th European Cup and Ronaldo, who last week claimed a record-equaling fifth Ballon d'Or, scored twice, making him the first player to find the net in three Champions League finals. The tie against European aristocrats Real and the new money of PSG is one of a number of intriguing ties to be played in February and March. Who do you think will win the Champions League? Have your say on our Facebook page.
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"What a match," tweeted former Germany and Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack as his former side were pitted against Barcelona for the sixth time in the Champions League knockout stages. Barcelona, who lead La Liga by five points, have progressed from six of their last seven Champions League knockout ties against English opposition, with the exception being in 2012 when they were eliminated by Chelsea. That year Chelsea went on to win the competition after beating Bayern Munich in the final following a penalty shootout. In Chelsea's favor, however, is Lionel Messi's record against the London-based club as the Barcelona forward has failed to score against them in eight matches. The first leg of that tie will be played on 20 February. The Blues are one of five English sides in the competition — no country has ever had as big a representation in the knockout stages. While Manchester City, who extended their lead in the Premier League to 11 points after victory over Manchester United on Sunday, have now become the bookmakers' favorites to win the competition, their tie against Basel will not be straightforward as the Swiss outfit have lost just four of their 14 Champions League games against English opposition. Basel will host City in the first leg on February 13. Meanwhile, Juventus midfielder Sami Khedira said on Twitter that his club's matches against Tottenham — on 13 February & 7 March — will be "two tough games." The English side have struggled recently in the league, dropping to sixth after a promising start to the season, but were impressive in their demolition of defending champions Real at their temporary Wembley home. England's other representatives, Manchester United and Liverpool, will be relatively content with their last-16 ties having avoided the continent's traditional powerhouses. But one of the competitions other former champions Bayern Munich face a tough test against Besiktas, who became the first Turkish side to finish a group winners in the Champions League. READ: Noisy Besiktas fans 'intimidate' opposition READ: Pepe calls on Ronaldo to join him at Besiktas
Dream Europa League tie
In the Europa League's round of 32 draw, football's new darlings Ostersund FK will face Arsene Wenger's Arsenal. Under English manager Graham Potter, Swedish club Ostersund has risen from the fourth tier of Swedish football to the country's top flight and in progressing to the knockout stages have beaten the likes of Galatasaray and Hertha Berlin. READ: How football's 'culture' club wins with the help of Swan Lake performancesVisit CNN.com/sport for more news, features and videosThis season's Europa League knockout stages feature some of the continent's most successful clubs. Italian giants AC Milan — seven time winners of the Champions League — take on Bulgarian side Ludogrets, while Atletico Madrid — who have reached two Champions League finals in the last four years — face Danish side FC Copenhagen.
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Boat and stream are an important section of mathematics subject from various competitive examinations, which we can understand by the adaptive and counter current of the stream. Effortless flow of current: - If a boat or man moves along the stream i.e. in the direction of the stream, then its speed is said to be in the flow of the stream. Direct flow of the stream: - If a boat or man moves in the opposite direction of the stream, then its speed is said to be opposite the current. Explain that the questions related to boat and stream can be solved only by understanding the formulas like speed of boat = (speed in the direction of the stream + speed in the opposite direction) / 2 or speed of the stream = (speed in the direction of the stream - The opposite move of the stream) / 2. If you are also preparing for any competitive exam, then the important questions based on the boat and stream provided here will help you a lot in your exam preparation.
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The section of boat and stream is an important topic of mathematics subject from competitive examinations like SSC, UPSC, Railways, Banking, which we can understand by the adaptive and counter current of the stream. Questions related to boat and stream can be solved only by understanding the formulas, like speed of boat = (speed in the direction of the...
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McCain expanding Idaho potato processing plant
LISLE, ILL. — McCain Foods USA said it will invest more than $100 million to expand its manufacturing plant in Burley, Idaho. The expansion will include the addition of a third production line, which will make potato products for the food service industry and restaurant clients. It is expected to be operational by the end of 2015.
The Burley plant was built in the 1960s. It is one of several manufacturing plants McCain operates throughout the United States. In addition to Burley, McCain has potato processing plants in New Albany, Ind.; Easton, Maine; Othello, Wash.; and Plover, Wis. The company also operates five appetizer facilities and one pizza plant.
“There is an increasing demand for potato products from customers nationwide and around the world,” said Frank van Schaayk, regional president for The Americas at McCain. “We made the decision to invest in our Burley plant because of its strong potato grower community, highly capable workforce and tremendous support from the local and state government.”
Jeff McCray, plant manager at Burley, said McCain intends to buy potatoes locally for the new third production line, which he said means more business for the local community.
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Arsenal 34 21 9 4 69 30 39 72
Tottenham 34 20 8 6 58 37 21 68
Everton 34 15 14 5 50 35 15 59
Liverpool 34 16 9 9 64 36 28 57
West Brom 34 13 7 14 50 52 -2 46
Swansea 34 11 11 12 46 47 -1 44
Fulham 34 11 9 14 49 53 -4 42
West Ham 34 11 9 14 41 48 -7 42
Aston Villa 34 10 11 13 46 53 -7 41
Norwich 34 9 14 11 34 47 -13 41
Stoke 34 9 14 11 33 36 -3 41
Newcastle 34 10 8 16 41 57 -16 38
Sunderland 34 8 12 14 38 46 -8 36
Wigan 34 9 9 16 46 64 -18 36
Southampton 34 7 13 14 40 53 -13 34
Reading 34 6 9 19 39 64 -25 27
QPR 34 3 11 20 28 57 -29 20
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New Fujifilm Jet Press 750S at Straub Druck & Medien AG is the company’s third Jet Press installation in five years
Looking to boost capacity to keep up with consistent year-on-year growth, one of the first companies to install a Jet Press 720S back in 2014 has now become one of the first to install Fujifilm’s third generation Jet Press 750S. It is now running all three presses simultaneously.
Fujifilm today announces that reputable German commercial print company Straub Druck + Medien AG, based in Schramberg, installed a Jet Press 750S in May 2019 to meet growing business demands. A long-term Fujifilm customer, the company already owned two Jet Press 720S presses, making this the company’s third Fujifilm Jet Press installation. Straub Druck + Medien produces a range of high quality printed products, both long and short run, including brochures for luxury brands, short-run promotional packaging and calendars and mailings for regional, national and international customers. It also offers a wide variety of processing and finishing options for all applications.
Francisco Martinez, CEO, Straub Druck + Medien AG says:
Our business is expanding and we are now consistently achieving 35% year-on-year growth. As our demands grew, the Jet Press 750S became the obvious choice for us to ensure that our capacity keeps pace with business demand. The uptime and quality we have been able to achieve from the 720S presses has been outstanding, but with the Jet Press 750S the best has got even better!
The Jet Press 750S is already showing an enormous amount of potential within the short amount of time it has been operating. Initially, we planned to replace one of our 720S machines with a 750S, but we quickly decided we just couldn’t part with any of them just yet and now intend to keep all three for the foreseeable future. The Jet Press 750S is undoubtedly a higher productivity machine, but our 720S models keep on delivering for us as well.
Fujifilm Jet Press technology has been transformational for our business since our first press was installed in 2014. In the Jet Press 750S, Fujifilm has produced a machine that takes levels of quality, productivity and up-time to yet another level. In its first full month of operation we have seen output of one million sheets and we expect that this will only continue to grow once the machine is operating around the clock. We anticipate being able to print up to 2.5 million sheets per month across our three Jet Press presses during the busy period in the lead up to Christmas.
What’s more, the new drying system featured within the 750S gives us greater control and fine-tuning of the drying temperature. Not only is this easier to use and much more efficient, but it extends the range of substrates that we are able to print.
Our Jet Press 720S presses have already enabled us to significantly enhance our environmental credentials. With the 750S, we expect to also reduce our energy usage by 23% and to reduce our already low levels of waste still further. All of which allows us to meet our customers’ expectations as sustainability becomes an increasing concern for them.
Finally, the updated design of the press appealed to us and the smaller machine footprint saves us space – which is an increasingly scarce resource given our recent growth. The sleek exterior and upgraded visual display look great, and the new software interface that can be automated via a tablet or smart phone is an additional bonus to streamline the production process. Our press operators love it.
Martinez has also been complimentary of the service and support received from Fujifilm over the past few years.
As always,” he concludes, “the sales and installation support we’ve had from Fujifilm has been second to none. Fujifilm has always been readily available when we’ve had any problems or questions over the years and we’re excited to be developing this relationship still further.
Taro Aoki, Head of Digital Press Solutions, Fujifilm Graphic Systems EMEA says:
“We’re delighted that Straub Druck + Medien are trusting Fujifilm technology once again for their print requirements, and we’re pleased to have seen the substantial impact that the first two presses have had on its business. The Jet Press 750S is the new benchmark for digital print quality and uptime productivity, and we are confident that this installation will aid Straub Druck + Medien in growing their business still further.
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Gigi Hadid's mum Yolanda Foster in marriage split
Gigi Hadid might be loved up with ex-One Directioner Zayn Malik but her mother, Yolanda Foster is having less luck in the romance department.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star and her husband, David Foster have announced they are to split after four years of marriage.
In a joint statement released to PEOPLE on Tuesday, they said: "Sadly we have decided to go our separate ways. We've shared nine beautiful and joyous years together.
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"During that time we experienced love, friendship and the inevitable challenges that come with managing a marriage, careers, blended families and health issues."
Yolanda, 51, has been battling Lyme disease since 2012, which is thought to have put a strain on the marriage.
She was previously married to Mohamed Hadid from 1994 to 2000. They have three children together, Gigi, 20, Bella, 19 and Anwar, 16 together.
It looks like her children have all rallied around to support their mother through the break-up. She posted a picture on Instagram of them five days ago captioning it: "So grateful for the love and support of my forever....... #ProudMommy #Gratitude @gigihadid @bellahadid @anwarhadid#Thanksgiving2015"
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While the 66-year-old music producer, David has five children from his three marriages to Linda Thompson, Rebecca Dyer, and B.J. Cook.
The split has come as a shock to their close friends particularly Yolanda's Real Housewives co-stars as the pair always seemed loved up on the reality show.
It's not yet clear whether David or Yolanda has filed for divorce.
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Bank branches closing in Erie, Crawford counties
Jim Martin
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Banks have always called their remote offices branches. But in recent years, they’ve been falling like leaves.
That trend is apparently going to continue with some of the losses coming in Erie and Crawford counties.
Pittsburgh-based PNC Bank, Warren-based Northwest Bank and KeyBank, which has its headquarters in Cleveland, were all in the news last week as they announced plans to close some offices.
Those closures are part of an ongoing trend.
According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., U.S. bank branches have been closing at rate of more than three a day over the last decade.
The totals continue to climb.
About 12,000 bank branches have gone dark across the country over the last 10 years, a decline of 12%, according to a report in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
PNC, which has about 2,250 branches, plans to close 280 branches by the end of 2021, according to PNC Chairman William Demchak. Those closures include a drive-through location in the Liberty Plaza and a branch in Linesville.
You will see us continue to thin out our network,” Demchak said, according to the Pittsburgh Business Times. “For that to work, your digital sales have to pick up at a pace that offsets the sales you would get at the branches you are closing. So far, that is happening and then some.”
Despite the planned cuts, PNC isn’t giving up on physical branches, said Marcey Zwiebel, a spokeswoman for the company.
“PNC recognizes that branches still play an important role for many customers, who may still want to have a direct, personal conversation when it comes to major financial decisions, such as discussions re: mortgage, loans, retirement and investing,” she said in an emailed response to the Erie Times-News.
Meanwhile, Northwest announced plans to close 42, or about 20 percent, of its 205 full-services offices.
Planned cuts include the Grandview Plaza location and a branch in Lake City.
In making this announcement, Ronald J. Seiffert, the bank’s chairman, said, "Our customers' banking preferences continue to evolve to favor a more digital banking experience and the COVID-19 pandemic has magnified and accelerated these preferences.“
James Martin, president of the Erie region for Northwest, acknowledged in a letter to customers that not everyone will be happy.
“Please know that deciding to close an office is never easy,” he wrote.
He promised that enhancements in digital banking will be made in the coming year to improve the customer experience.
PNC’s Demchak made his comments last week during a virtual Global Financial Services Conference hosted by Barclays Capital.
Speaking at the same event, Chris Gorman, chairman of KeyBank, said the pandemic has accelerated the company’ s digital transformation by as much as five years.
Gorman said Key has closed 82 branches over the past two years, including 21 branches this year.
He didn’t elaborate on future closings, but said the company’s objective “is a smaller, more impactful" footprint,” according to a Fox Business report.
Pittsburgh based F.N.B. Corp. has also closed numerous branches this year.
With just 11 locations, Erie-based Marquette Savings Bank does not approach the scale of PNC or even Northwest.
But Marquette has still experienced the same surge in online business in recent years, said Kelly Montefiore, the bank’s chief operating officer.
The move away from doing business in bank lobbies has grown even more pronounced since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
“The drive-ins have never been busier,” she said.
At this point, however, plans by other banks to close branches has worked to Marquette’s advantage, said Pete Sitter, a spokesman for the bank.
“It’s more of an opportunity for us,” he said. “PNC’s plans to close Linesville have brought an uptick in business at our Conneaut Lake office.”
The shutdown associated with the pandemic has given customers of all banks a chance to question their reliance on physical branches, Montefiore said.
“I think some people have recognized that coming into the branch every couple of days isn’t necessary,” she said. “They’re finding ways, like mobile deposits and cardless cash. They are figuring out different channels.”
Many bank executives have concluded publicly that the need for physical locations will continue to decline as more customers shift to mobile and other means of banking digitally.
But at least for now, Montefiore said, Marquette has no plans to reduce the number of branches in its footprint of Erie and Crawford counties.
Location still matters, she said, citing an American Bankers Survey that found proximity remains the top reason customers choose a bank.
“There is going to come a point when everyone is going to need to see their banker sometime,” she said.
Contact Jim Martin at jmartin@timesnews.com. Follow him on Twitter @ETNMartin.
Bank closings
Liberty Plaza drive-up, 3726 Poplar St. was consolidated with the Kearsarge branch, 5001 Peach St., on Friday.
The Linesville branch, 201 E. Erie St., Linesville, will be consolidated with the Meadville branch, 201 Chestnut St., Meadville, on Nov. 20.
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Grandview Plaza location, 1328 E. Grandview Blvd., will close the week of Dec. 14.
Lake City branch, 2102 Rice Ave., Lake City, will close the week of Dec. 14.
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Get Krunk
If Ina Garten says it's OK to start drinking at 9 a.m., you should start drinking at 9 a.m.
By Christopher Powers
If you're like me, you've likely asked yourself this question during this quarantine that's only been about two weeks but has felt like two billion weeks: what time is it OK to start drinking? Thanks to Food Network legend Ina Garten, we have our answer, and it's far earlier than you might think.
3 p.m.? No. Noon? Nope! 11 a.m., aka "the brunch hour"? Wrong again! Try 9 a.m., which is right around the time that Garten, better known as the "Barefoot Contessa" (the title of her show), posted a video of her Cosmopolitan recipe to her Instagram account. But this wasn't just any Cosmo, it was an absolutely massive one that would send even the biggest drinkers falling down the steps like Jim Lahey in that hilarious "Trailer Park Boys" clip. Watch and learn from the queen, folks:
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Goodness gracious, Ina, it's only Wednesday! It is Wednesday, isn't it? Who can tell anymore.
As Katie Couric said in the comments (Katie Couric, ever heard of her?), this video was "iconic." It was like playing a game of Ina Garten bingo. Corny mom jokes: check. Two cups of "good" vodka, as opposed to bad vodka: check. Somehow knowing the exact measurements without needing any measuring cups: check. Something she freshly squeezed: check. The only thing missing is an ingredient picked from her garden followed by a "but store-bought is fine too" comment where she's low-key trashing you for having the audacity to buy something at your local Shop Rite, you peasant. What a legend. There's a reason she's on her 26th damn season of "Barefoot Contessa." A true GOAT.
Now that sports are done forever, The Loop may become strictly Ina Garten content. Just got to run it by my editors first. Will report back as soon as I can. Until then, make yourself a drink in a vat at whatever time you'd like because, as Ina said, during these times of crisis every hour is cocktail hour. Frame that quote and hang it in the Louvre.
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Marine Scotland received 47 applications for seal licences and all have been granted.
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The 27 licences issued for protection of health and welfare and one issued for prevention of serious damage, cover a total of 213 individual fish farms. The other 20 licences issued for prevention of serious damage cover rivers and estate fisheries.
The maximum number of seals involved is 228 Grey and 102 Common. Tables 2 and 3 below provide details. This maximum represents 0.21% of the Grey seal population of 106,250 and 0.38% of the minimum Common seal population of 26,565 (Ref: SCOS-BP 18/08).
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The maximum number of Grey seals allowed on licences granted in 2020 represents a decrease of 3.0% compared to the previous year’s licences.
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The maximum number of Common seals allowed on licences granted in 2020 represents a decrease of 8.1% compared to the previous year’s licences.
*Potential Biological Removal (PBR) is the number of individual seals that can be removed from the population without causing a decline in the population, and is calculated annually by Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) using the latest seal counts.
A full list of licences issued in 2020 by region and company, with the number of seals shot so far, by site, is available to download in the supporting files on this page.
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Watch David Gilmour Play the Blues
By Damian Fanelli 17 November 2017
Although it's safe to say there's always been a strong blues influence in David Gilmour's guitar playing, we don't often get to hear him play in a straight-ahead, full-on blues context.
Which is why this video—taken from the 1988 Les Paul & Friends concert in Brooklyn, New York—is so interesting.
It shows Gilmour, wearing his finest late-Eighties garb, jamming on a I-IV-V blues progression in G with Jan Hammer on Keytar and Tony Levin on bass. If nothing else, It's fun to witness the Pink Floyd guitarist's raw power in this context.
"Is it correct to think there's something of a blues guitarist in you?" asked Billboard of Gilmour in 2006.
"I am a lover of all sorts of different music," Gilmour replied.
"I love blues, and every piece of music that I have listened to has become an influence. But you're right, there's a distinct blues influence within what I do, but at the same time I am not frightened to step out of that. I don't even think whether I play the blues or not, I just play whatever feels right at the moment. I also will use any gadget or device that I find that helps me achieve the sort of sound on the guitar that I want to get."
As Guitar World noted in 1988:
[His] taste [comes] basically out of the blues while young turks like Yngwie and his ilk basically shun the blues in favor of classical scales. As far as Gilmour is concerned, you can keep your Paganini scales and flourishes. He prefers the simple boogie-woogie of John Lee Hooker and the dirty urban blues of Muddy Waters, which he pays tribute to on [Pink Floyd's] "Dogs of War," a sort of symphonic slow boogie blues with a whole section of sample cellos droning that familiar ostinato riff.
Simple, yes, but full of feeling, especially when Gilmour sails over the top with his distinctive stereo delay sound, warm and slightly wet, as opposed to the standard dry, treble-piercing shrieks that many young guitar phenoms seem to prefer today.
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What are the 4 elements necessary in every contract?
by bkabritsor | Jan 6, 2021 | Civil Litigation
Contracts can contain many pages of small print that is not only difficult for you to read, but also difficult for you to understand.
At their core, however, the Legal Information Institute explains that all legally enforceable contracts must contain the following four elements:
Offer and acceptance
1. Offer and acceptance
Your contracts must contain one party’s offer or promise to the other party, plus the other party’s acceptance thereof. For instance, you may promise to deliver something to, or do something for, the other party. Your signature and that of the other party on the contract evidence both your offer and the other party’s acceptance of it.
Consideration means that which the other party promises to do or refrain from doing in exchange for your offer. Usually consideration consists of a monetary payment, but many other things qualify as consideration as well.
Under the bargain-for-exchange theory of consideration, adequate consideration consists merely of your making a promise to the other contract party in exchange for something else. Under the benefit-detriment theory, adequate consideration entails a promise on the part of the other party that benefits you in some way or negatively affects him or her in some way.
Under either theory, your offer or promise specifically induces the other party to make his or her exchange promise.
3. Capacity
Capacity means that both you and the other contract party have attained legal age, usually 21, and have the mental capability to understand what you are agreeing to do or refrain from doing.
4. Legality
It goes without saying that your contracts must have legal purposes. In other words, no court will enforce a contact that calls for criminal behavior or activity on the part of either party.
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Judy Zerzan, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, Washington State Health Care Authority
2008 Fellow
Dr. Judy Zerzan is the Chief Medical Officer for the Washington Health Care Authority (HCA) which administers the state’s Medicaid program and the state’s Employee and Retiree Benefits which covers state employees and teachers. Dr. Zerzan is a general internal medicine physician and began her career as an academic researcher at the University of Colorado. Prior to joining HCA in August 2018, Dr. Zerzan was Chief Medical Officer for the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing for over nine years providing clinical guidance and overseeing data analytics, pharmacy and quality. She has held leadership positions in the Medicaid Medical Director’s Network and served on a number of committees nationally including for AHRQ, NQF, NCQA, NASHP, PCORI and CMS.
Dr. Zerzan is a native Oregonian who received her MD degree from Oregon Health and Science University in 1998 and her MPH in Health Policy and Administration from the University of North Carolina in 1999. She completed the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at the University of Washington/Seattle VA in 2007. She was a 2008-2010 non-residential Health and Aging Policy Fellow in the office of Senator John D. Rockefeller IV of West Virginia working on the Affordable Care Act.
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Office of U.S. Senator John D. Rockefeller IV
The 2008 Fellows
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Toni P. Miles, MD, PhD
Dorry Segev, MD, PhD
The National Program Office (NPO) is based at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, in New York City.
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#HerWorldHerStory: Ex-national sprinter Glory Barnabas who’s still passionate about the sport ...
#HerWorldHerStory: Ex-national sprinter Glory Barnabas who’s still passionate about the sport at 78
by Hayley Tai & Cheong Wen Xuan / May 19, 2020
She hopes to inspire youths to take up sports as a career
#HerWorldHerStory is a collection of 60 women sharing their successes, passions, challenges, inspirations, hopes and dreams. Together, they give a snapshot of what it is to be a woman today.
Every month from March till August, we present 10 women navigating their lives now – and in their own words. This is Glory Barnabas’ story…
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My former coach used to tell me, “An athlete has to have CPF: commitment, perseverance and focus.” It’s a quote I live by, and the reason why I still compete today! I recently won the gold and silver medals for the high and long jump events at the 2019 Asia Masters Athletics Championships (veteran athletes aged 70 and above) in Kuching, Sarawak. It was fun, and beating my competitors gives me an adrenaline rush.
I trained for this at the Kallang Practice Track every day. I’m proud to say that I cleared a clean 0.85m for high jump this time – not far from my previous high-jump win (0.92m) at the 2013 International Gold Masters in Japan.
Competitions give me the opportunity to carry on the skills I learnt and have excelled in. I switched from sprints to jump events in 2004 to try something new.
I always think back to the days when I competed for Singapore in track and field events. It reminds me of my deep passion for sports. What kept me going as a Physical Education (PE) teacher were the students. They’re the reason why I spent 58 years as a PE teacher in primary and secondary schools.
I enjoy their company, and they would ask me, “Mrs Barnabas, what was your timing in 200m then?”, “Were you the fastest runner in Singapore?” and “Wah… how many medals do you have at home?” I hope I can inspire these youngsters to consider a career in sports.
Even though I’m retired, I still apply for relief and adjunct teaching positions. When it comes to keeping fit, there is no such thing as being too old! I also continue to train, running around my neighbourhood in Marine Parade.
I started sprinting competitively when I was in secondary school, and got my big break at 30. In 1973, I won a gold medal for the 200m sprint at the Southeast Asian Peninsular (SEAP) Games, now Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. I remember the cheers from Singaporeans in the stands. I felt so exhilarated!
My team took home a gold medal for the 4x100m event, with a record timing of 47.5 seconds.
I still follow the track and field scene closely, and I hope our athletes get more support from Singaporeans.
This article was first published in Her World’s May issue. Grab a copy today!
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Tha Alkaholiks "21 and Over" (Press Kit, 1993)
"Make room for three of L.A.'s dopest rappers, Tha Alkaholiks! They will poison you with their deep liquid hip-hop beats and their hardcore drunk lyrical skills - a chaser is not needed for this trio. RCA/Loud Records brings you J-Ro (James Robinson), 23, who raps and writes; Tash (Rico Smith), 22, who also raps and writes; and E-Swift (Eric Brooks), 23, who raps, writes, flexes his skills on the tables ... Along with all this talent, E-Swift produced "21 and Over" as well as other projects including the St. Ides commercials. This crew met in Los Angels and with eight years of experience between them, began putting their beats and rhymes together. Just pull out your latest King Tee album ("The Triflin' Album") and see for yourself. Tha Alkaholiks are featured on the hit single, "Got It Bad Ya'll." This was their first commercial release and their first sip of success..." (Continue reading below...)
"They will keep you synchronized and amused with tales of their experiences with alcohol. With inspirations such as Slick Rick, LL Cool J, Eric B. and Rakim, and Run DMC, they knew they had all the right flavors... Their name and their songs highlight the times when they just kick it, drinking 40 oz.'s, and making dope drunk beats. The group encourages people not to drive when they drink and chose to title their album "21 and Over." In other words, alcohol is not the end all and be all to Tha Alkaholiks - they simply like to drink and have fun. 'It's tha LIKS baby, it's tha LIKS!'" - Press Kit
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Debonair P "Debonair Blends 4" (Mixtape)
Zoo York Mixtape (1997, VHS)
Pumpkinhead "Orange Moon Over Brooklyn" (CMJ, 2005)
Ugly Heroes "Ugly Heroes EP" (EP Stream)
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Novi belies its 2-4 record in football playoff win over Brighton
Bill Khan
Livingston Daily
BRIGHTON — Records can be deceiving, especially in the year of COVID.
Technically, Novi entered the state football playoffs as a 2-4 team, but one of those losses was a forfeit to Brighton when the teams’ Week 1 game was canceled because of coronavirus cases at Novi.
Another loss, this one on the field, was a three-point decision to unbeaten KLAA West champion Canton.
So, given an opportunity to finally face Brighton, this time in a first-round Division 1 district game, Novi coach Jeff Burnside stressed that his team belonged on this stage.
The Wildcats certainly looked the part, coming away with a 41-27 victory Friday night over a Brighton team that played in the state championship game a year earlier while Novi went 2-7.
“As I told my kids this week, this is a playoff-caliber team in a normal year; I think this team earns its way in,” Burnside said. “Our record says we’re 2-4. One of the losses we never played, so I had a hard time accepting the fact we were 2-4. I wanted to make clear to our kids this was a playoff team. They played like a playoff team tonight. They deserved to be there. In our league, there are no weeks off. Good teams come out of our league. Our league is a top-three league in the state overall.”
With the game scoreless in the first quarter, the teams combined for three touchdowns in a 33-second span.
Novi’s Maurice Langford scored on a 5-yard run, Brighton’s Nick Nemecek responded with a 70-yard run and Novi quarterback Luke Aurilia countered with a 39-yard run to give the Wildcats a 13-6 lead.
Novi built its lead to 27-6 by halftime on a 5-yard run by Alexander Vargas and a 1-yard run by Aurilia in the second quarter.
“They gave us fits in the first half,” Brighton coach Brian Lemons said. “We just couldn’t execute on defense at all. A couple bad bounces here and there on offense kept us out of the end zone. We came out and made some good adjustments defensively at halftime. We made it a lot tougher on those guys on offense.”
Brighton charged back to make a game of it in the second half.
After a scoreless third quarter, a 10-yard run by Nemecek with 9:32 left and a 48-yard touchdown pass from John Aurandt to Owen Ehman with 8:37 remaining got the Bulldogs within 27-20.
The Bulldogs forced Novi to punt on its next possession, but Cameron Bloom nailed a punt out of bounds at the 2-yard line to put Brighton in the shadow of its own end zone. The backbreaking play for the Bulldogs came two plays later on a fumble in the end zone that was recovered by Tyler Patrick with 5:28 left in the game.
“That’s tough to come back from mistakes like that,” Lemons said. “But we kept fighting down to the last couple minutes.”
Novi expanded its lead to 41-20 on a 3-yard run by Langford with 2:51 left. Brighton completed the scoring on a 35-yard pass from Aurandt to Mason McGuire with 2:44 remaining.
The Wildcats gained 461 yards and scored five touchdowns on 46 carries. Aurilia threw only four times, completing one pass for 29 yards. Langford had 215 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries, Aurilia had 168 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries, and Isiah Washington had 68 yards on four carries.
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“The opponents we face in our league, there’s not a big gap between the teams,” Lemons said. “You’re facing some tough players every week. Novi did a great job.”
Nemecek had 144 yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries to lead Brighton (4-3). Tegan Kogler had 10 tackles for the Bulldogs.
Novi’s Niko Krall had 11 tackles, including 5.5 for losses and two sacks.
Contact Bill Khan at wkhan@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @BillKhan.
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""A Hole in the Head"" Lot no. 2380
By George Wachsteter (1911-2004)
Feb. 28, 1957 (Estimated)
Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1957 Broadway Comedy, `A Hole in the Head` with Paul Douglas, Tommy White, Lee Grant & David Burns. Directed by Garson Kanin, designed by Boris Aronson, Patton Campbell & Jean Rosenthal, the production ran 2/28/57 - 7/13/57, for 156 performances at the Plymouth Theatre. The play`s author, Arnold Schulman, also adapted this work for the 1960 Frank Sinatra film of teh same name that introduced the Oscar-winning song, `High Hopes` and which became JFK`s presidential campaign song.A ppeared in the New York Herlad-Tribune. Includes original 8.00" x 10.00" photo.
On 20.00" x 15.00" illustration board, the drawing measuring to 16.50" x 12.00." The illustration features blue to indicate halftone. Minor soiling.
See all original artwork by George Wachsteter
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Natixis Investment Managers Summit Highlights
The New Geopolitical World Order
Rising populism, accelerating technological advancement, and global monetary policy are reshaping the world as we know it.
The inaugural Natixis Investment Managers Summit held on November 7, 2018 in Paris assembled an impressive array of world leaders, financial experts and global innovators to examine important social, economic and political issues impacting the world for generations to come.
So, what does the “new geopolitical order” mean for investors across the globe?
Hosted by Jean Raby, Chief Executive Officer for Natixis Investment Managers, the one-day interactive forum was designed to gather creative ideas and insights from 70 influential thinkers and political power players known for changing their industries and the world by thinking differently and taking chances.
The gathering stemmed from Natixis Investment Managers’ own corporate philosophy known as Active Thinking®. This brand platform is an ideology that encourages innovation and flexibility to challenge the status quo and surface new ideas.
"Active Thinking, for us, means that our investment managers pursue a rigorous investment process where they are not afraid to adopt and develop strong points of view,” Raby explained. “They are not afraid of zigging when others are zagging, and they try not to listen to the short-term noise of the marketplace.”
Summit highlights include:
Juan Manuel Santos, former President of Colombia and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, and Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Prince of the Royal Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, exploring the complex state of international relations and its future impact on trade, finance, security, and human rights.
Former European heads of state Nicolas Sarkozy, Matteo Renzi and Gerhard Schröder, discussing their experiences, ideas for solving international challenges, and visions for the future of Europe.
Three political insiders sharing perspectives on the US mid-term election results and what they could mean for America, Europe and the world.
Two cybersecurity experts sharing safety tips and answering questions about corporate breaches, artificial intelligence, hacking, insider threats and data protection.
“The true success of our Summit will be the interaction it has engendered, the conversations it allowed, and the ideas it sparked,” Raby said. “We can all contribute to the changes we deem positive and we can all resist the changes we deem negative, individually, at the level of a company, and more efficiently, at the collective level.”
Speaker opinions may not necessarily be those of Natixis Investment Managers. Not all speakers are employed by Natixis Investment Managers, but may receive compensation for their services. Content should not be considered a solicitation to buy or an offer to sell any product or service to any person in any jurisdiction where such activity would be unlawful.
The Natixis Investment Managers Summit was hosted by Natixis Investment Managers. Natixis Investment Managers includes all of the investment management and distribution entities affiliated with Natixis Distribution, L.P. and Natixis Investment Managers S.A.
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Near-term challenges will remain, but improved treatments, consumer and business adaptations, and the vaccine rollout are reasons for optimism.
Jack Janasiewicz - Garrett Melson
Global Market Strategist Esty Dwek outlines her Top 10 potential risks – and questions to consider – for the year ahead.
Loomis, Sayles & Co.’s Senior Macro Strategies Analyst Craig Burelle presents his 2021 investment outlook.
Vaccines Drive Optimism – But Are They Already Priced In?
Inflation is unlikely to be a concern amid an accommodative monetary environment, while risk assets remain attractive despite the risk of reversals, writes Esty Dwek of Natixis IM Solutions.
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You can now watch YouTube TV on your big screen with this new app
Youtube has finally released a native YouTube TV app for Android TV and Xbox One devices, with a version for Apple TV and Roku coming soon.
Tory Foulk
Back in April YouTube launched its new television streaming service YouTube TV, which offers live streaming content from traditional broadcast networks and several cable channels for $35 monthly. Originally, the only way you could watch any YouTube TV content was by using a Google Chromecast. However, today in a blog post YouTube announced that it has released a new native YouTube TV app built for a wide array of TV devices.
According to YouTube, within the next few days the new app will only be rolling out for the Xbox One family of devices, Android TV devices like NVIDIA SHIELD, and TVs with Android TV built-in, such as Sony. However, within the coming weeks other versions of the app will be released for smart TVs such as LG, Samsung, Sony, along with Apple TV and Roku.
Though you'll be able to find the YouTube TV content you desire in the same way as you would on the mobile app, there will also be a few new features:
New ways to control the interface: In the new YouTube TV app, you'll now be able to control your live TV experience with your TV's remote control or game controller.
Dark background: For a more cinematic look, YouTube has made the menu background dark on your TVs.
Revamped Live guide: The YouTube TV app's Live guide is made for your big screen so you can more efficiently get a sneak-peek at what's airing soon.
Background playback experience: Never miss the action with YouTube's background playback experience built for your TV.
Multi-device streaming: Easily pick up where you left off on another device when you get home.
If you don't already have a YouTube TV subscription, you can sign up for a free trial and try it out today. If you don't have a smart TV, don't worry — you can still use YouTube TV on your iPhone or iPad.
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EPIC Turnaround
Mercy Housing Mountain Plains
We know that stable homes and supportive services have the power to change lives. Because of your support, Mercy Housing Mountain Plains residents have the foundation upon which they can thrive. On behalf of the more than 5,000 residents who call a Mercy Housing Mountain Plains community home, thank you for making this possible.
An EPIC Turnaround
As a teenager, Ashley was diagnosed with endometriosis by a local physician in her hometown of Kaysville, Utah. Although prescription medication helped Ashley manage the painful symptoms of the disorder, after just a couple years of treatment she had become addicted to her medication. Her addiction rapidly grew and spiraled out of control. Ashley turned towards heroin and life took a turn for the worse.
Life only got harder for Ashley as the years passed. As she continued to struggle with her addiction, Ashley unexpectantly became pregnant and had a daughter. She co-parented with the baby’s father until he was tragically killed by a drunk driver. Their daughter was just two years old. The stress of being a single parent, topped with years of drug addiction, became Ashley’s rock bottom and she knew she needed help.
At the young age of 16, and after months of struggling, Ashley was diagnosed with endometriosis by a local physician in her hometown of Kaysville, Utah. Although prescription medication helped Ashley manage the painful symptoms of the disorder, after just a couple years of treatment she had become addicted to her medication. Dependent on a daily high, her addiction rapidly grew and quickly spiraled out of control. Ashley then turned toward heroin and not surprisingly, her life took a turn for the worse. At the young age of 16, and after months of struggling, Ashley was diagnosed with endometriosis by a local physician in her hometown of Kaysville, Utah. Although prescription medication helped Ashley manage the painful symptoms of the disorder, after just a couple years of treatment she had become addicted to her medication. Dependent on a daily high, her addiction rapidly grew and quickly spiraled out of control. Ashley then turned toward heroin and not surprisingly, her life took a turn for the worse.
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Holly Park Rededication
We celebrated the reopening of Holly Park in Commerce City, CO, after a two-year renovation.
Aromor 10th Anniversary
We commemorated the 10-year anniversary of Aromor Apartments, a home for formerly homeless individuals, in Denver.
Home/Maker
We held our first pop-up art exhibition and sale to benefit Mercy Housing residents and art programs in Colorado.
Live in Hope Denver & Phoenix
We hosted two Live in Hope fundraising breakfasts, raising over $85,000 for Resident Services programs in Colorado and Arizona.
Health Navigation
We expanded our successful Health Navigation program to communities in Nebraska, after starting them in Colorado.
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Our donors and partners are committed to creating affordable homes and inspiring dreams, as we continue our important work of serving the most vulnerable families and seniors. As we enter a new fiscal year, our services are needed now, more than ever, to meet the growing needs of people of all ages across the country.
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W.A.M. Awards
Fareed - 'One'
Review Written By Victoria Scott & Staff
"One" by Fareed is featured on BWH Music Group’s new release, ‘On Peace Street, Vol. One.’ The compilation album is a collection of 19 original songs in various genres by today's best independent artists and songwriters. Sharing songs about peace and social justice, the artist's songs will ultimately remind you of the importance of peace, fairness, love and unity. Filled with meaningful lyrics and exceptional music, this playlist is an example of how music can influence, and even change, people, movements, and society.
“One” has a slow hip-hop/electronic pop-groove with modern elements that accentuate the artist hypnotic performance. The vocals are doubled and have an electronic robotic effect that teleport you to another world. Junior Galan, DJ Flex, and bass player Doris Mejia play as a unit.
The arrangement is creative and unique with the use of live drums, beat machine, and auto-tuned effects and compression. In the last chorus, there is a rhythmic switch to a heavy drum beat with an inspirational rap. Fareed El Boricua Arabe brings a dynamic group of musicians together to create an addictive sound.
Fareed reflects on his life journey and concludes that world peace is possible because, “We will overcome to be as One is what we strive, forgive thy neighbor for their sin the war is coming to and for we are one.”
Fareed openly communities in the rap, “We must live as one society, we must learn to practice unity, no matter your race or the color of your skin this is a war that we must win, One one one.”
“One” represents hope. Fareed, inspired by his life journey, wrote this song to motivate others to love, be tolerant, and supportive of others. His hypnotic beats, smooth vocals, and lyrical flow intensify a vital message. Fareed has had a very successful music career and songs like "One," filled with musical and meaningful substance, showcase Fareed's powerful songwriting gift.
About Fareed El Boricua Arabe
Fareed also known as El Boricua Arabe & El Boricua De La Bachata was a founding member of the legendary Freestyle Group Spirit Matter. Born to parents Abdelkrim Abdallah Senior and Ramona Abdallah Reyes of Moroccan and Puerto Rican descent, in Hell's Kitchen New York City, Fareed's successful career spans over 30 years as a recording artist, promoter (Lyrics at The Nuyorican Poets Cafe) rapper, singer/songwriter and poet.
Fareed started his music career as a member of the Hip Hop Crew Future Force along with Andrew Welsh, John Lindsey and Louis Sharpe a.k.a K7 of TKA/K7, at the world famous Roxy Nite Club, as the opening act for the Legendary Hip Hop group The Cold Crush Brothers on August 19th 1983. The Roxy performance opened up the door of opportunity for Fareed to record demo tapes with Full Force and Cultjam.
In late 84, K7 departed Future Force to form TKA. Fareed, Andrew Welsh and John Lindsey then formed the Hip hop group Death City Boyz. As a member of Death City Boyz Fareed was signed to Snowflake/Prism Records in 1985 and released his first single titled "Bopsey Twins" produced by Dj Tony Torres, Stephen Korlas and mixed by the now legendary Dj Frankie Bones with edits by Omar Santana. "Bopsey Twins" aired on WBLS Mr. Magic's Rap attack show. It is now considered an Electro Hip Hop classic.
After DCB decided to go separate ways, Fareed and Andrew Welsh formed the Freestyle group Spirit Matter in early 1986. Fareed, while shopping Spirit Matter's demos for a record deal, had a chance run in with Frankie Bones at RPBC, a popular record pool in New York City. Frankie Bones was working at the time with Tommy Musto for Midnight Sun/Tropical Heat Records on a song titled "Crimes Of Passion" originally for a female vocalist, but Bones loved Spirit Matter's vocal style and invited Fareed and Andrew to audition. Fareed and Andrew then co-wrote Crimes Of Passion and were signed by Silvio PTancredi (former head of Atlantic Records Dance music division) to Tropical Heat Records. "Crimes of Passion" became an instant club hit in the New York City Latin hip hop club scene and was aired on Hot 103 in various mix shows. Soon after the song aired on Power 96 Miami's top Dance Music radio station on full rotation.
"Crimes Of Passion" changed Fareed's life forever making it to number 3 in airplay and sales in South Florida and giving him the opportunity to perform to sold out crowds all over New York City's top Dance Clubs (1018, Hearthrobs, Roseland and Palladium), and Miami (Casanova, 1235 and The Hialeah Racetrack). Spirit Matter's "Crimes of Passion" hit big and today the song is considered a Freestyle Classic. His follow up single titled "Betrayal" was one of the first Latin Hip Hop Dance songs to combine live latin percussion with live guitar power chord samples often imitated in today's EDM sound. Betrayal was also club hit in New York, Miami, Philadelphia and Chicago. In 2012 Fareed and Producer Junior Galan started Sosua Sound Recordings and released Fareed´s debut Latin album-cd Love n Tears which spawned the now classic Merengue Track Bailando en La Playa which became a Youtube international hit.
Fareed has since recorded the remake in bachata of" In The Air Tonight Profundo" which featured the hit "Esa Mujer," Urban Tek Volume One with the EDM REMIX of Bailando En La Playa and the hit reggaeton track "Vamos Pa La Calle" and his current release Urban Tek Volume 2 El Boricua Arabe released on January 7th 2018. Urban Tek Vol. 2 El Boricua Arabe is his crossover Pop and Latin album which features the hit remake in reggae of "Ain't No Sunshine" fused with reggaeton.
Fareed is the new voice in the Urban Pop Latin market bringing you a diverse mix of styles
Also Fareed is Program Director and Partner at the newest hottest internet radio station LHMPR RADIO latin heat meets Pop and RnB.
For more information about Fareed, please visit his website.
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