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The Supernaturally Beautiful Blooms of Majorelle
Every castle can claim a swashbuckling moment in its history. In the case of the Castle of Trematon, that moment came in 1580 when Queen Elizabeth I ordered sea captain Sir Francis Drake to stash looted treasure – a hoard of gold, silver and emeralds pirated from Spanish ships while voyaging the Pacific Ocean – in the Castle before it was later moved to the Tower of London.
Now, over 400 years later, we have uncovered a whole new treasure-trove at the Castle of Trematon: an extraordinary collection of artwork, antiques and other one-of-a-kind pieces – all specially curated by the captains of our own ship, House of Hackney founders Frieda Gormley and Javvy M Royle.
Follow @castleoftrematontreasures on Instagram to find out more about each of the rare, covetable pieces in the collection. Then get ready to embark on a voyage of discovery – and find the piece you’ll treasure forever…
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The Palmer Lake wildfire as seen on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020. (Okanogan County Emergency Management)
Wildfire burning across border with Okanagan now nearly half contained
Controlled burns are taking place around the outside of the fire to provide a buffer zone free of flammable materials
By Sophie Carrigan Gray, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Osoyoos Times
Fire crews are gaining ground on the Palmer Lake wildfire which is now reported to be 49 percent contained.
Crews continue to battle the blaze discovered Aug. 18, trying to establish a controlled perimeter.
The fire shrank overnight and is now down to 17,735 acres in size and located roughly 15 kilometres south of the Canadian border, according to maps provided by fire officials.
Cold winds over night Monday caused concern for firefighters, threatening to break through the established perimeters. Crews were able to keep the fire contained despite the winds.
Controlled burns are taking place around the outside of the fire to provide a buffer zone free of flammable materials to stem the spread of the fire. Crews are also using aircrafts to drop fire retardant and ignition to further secure the perimeter, according to fire officials.
“Firefighters made significant progress (Sunday),” said the Northwest Incident Management Team 6 in a written statement. “For the next few days, the focus will shift to mop-up and securing a 300 foot radius around structures in the fire area.”
Over 500 personnel continue to work on the fire. Evacuation orders remain in effect for two areas while evacuation alerts are in effect for two other areas near the towns of Oroville and Loomis.
The Town of Osoyoos Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) is continuing to monitor the situation. The EOC is in regular contact with fire officials on both sides of the border to stay on top of the evolving situation.
A virtual public meeting will be held by Washington state fire officials at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, August 25 via the Okanogan County Emergency Management Facebook page to provide an opportunity for questions and short presentation by the incident management team.
READ MORE: Wildfire burning across border with Osoyoos now 27% contained
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HV Wooding to exhibit at Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle event
Written by Matt Lacey on 07th October 2020
HV Wooding are booked to attend Cenex LCV2020 - the UK’s premier Low Carbon Vehicle event.
Due to the pandemic, Cenex LCV2020 is now an Online Event and will allow buyers and suppliers to meet and networking with others in the low carbon community.
This is a great opportunity for HV Wooding to showcase their capabilities as a manufacturer of Busbars and Motor Laminations for the Electric & Hybrid vehicle market.
A statement on the Cenex website says:
"Due to the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 and considering stakeholder feedback, we have made the decision to move the Cenex events to an online format.
We are very grateful for the support we have received from our many exhibitors and are disappointed not to be able to host the events in our usual way, with the formula that has proven so successful for showcasing technology and for networking. However, public health remains of paramount importance. We are now committed to making a success of an online Cenex-LCV and Cenex-CAM and ensuring these events encourage a green recovery and play a role in getting Britain back to business. The online event allows UK and international audiences to safely engage with UK low carbon and connected automated mobility innovation themes including innovation policy, technology and market developments. The events will take place online on 18th and 19th November 2020 and further details will be announced shortly.
We would like to thank the events team at Millbrook for their assistance and support during the many months of event preparation, including in-depth COVID-19 contingency planning. With their support and advice from the Association of Event Organisers, we were confident we could deliver a safe event for exhibitors and visitors to attend. Unfortunately, concerns related to COVID-19 continue and neither the business community nor the events sectors are expected to return to business-as-usual by November. We have therefore concluded that the online approach remains the most pragmatic and inclusive option.
We look forward to returning to Millbrook in September 2021 and will be announcing these dates shortly".
Guests at the event will be able to speak to technical experts at HV Wooding via a live chat facility, to discuss how we can assist in the manufacture of components to businesses within the sector.
The show takes place on Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th November 2020 - tickets are available from the shows website - https://www.cenex-lcv.co.uk/
Watch our video for the event here
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Sideshow | Feds probe Michael Moore's Cuba trip
Posted: May 11, 2007 - 3:01 AM
Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer
"These things don't turn around overnight," says Katie Couric.
The Treasury Department is investigating whether Oscar-winning director
violated the U.S. trade embargo restricting travel to Cuba when he took 10 ill rescue workers from Sept. 11 to Castro's island in February, the Associated Press reports. The purpose of the trip was to film a segment for
Sicko
, Moore's docu-film indictment of the health-care industry.
The feds say Moore applied for permission to travel to Cuba but never followed up after he was asked to produce details of his trip.
Sicko presents tales of individual experiences with the health-care system. One segment is about a woman who was refused payment for an emergency ambulance ride she needed after a head-on car crash - because the ambulance service was not preapproved.
Moore's film already has caused mondo controversy: The filmmaker reportedly contrasts our health-care system with Cuba's in his docu, which shows the 10 rescue workers as they get treatment in the Communist state.
Couric: Give it time
"I had my eyes wide open going in. I knew this was going to be a big challenge. To get out of your comfort zone is not always comfortable."
So Katie Couric tells USA Today about her resolute commitment to make her gig work as the first solo female anchor at CBS Evening News - even though the show is getting its lowest ratings in 20 years.
Couric, who took over eight months ago, said it doesn't pay to be ratings-obsessed so soon in the process. "These things don't turn around overnight. We're trying to do a smart, compelling, engaging broadcast," she says.
Meanwhile, CBS News prez Sean McManus addresses rumors that Couric is about to be axed: There has "never been any discussion" about changing anchors, he says. "I'm not going to sugarcoat it and say we like being down. I continue to be very optimistic."
Domestic evenhandedness
, 31, who jealously guards the private space she, her Alexandrian Adonis,
, 43, and their four kids share, lets a few beans spill in an interview with Reader's Digest. Ma Angie, whose lil'est,
, turns a year this month, says her biggest challenge is carving out quality time private time with each of the kids. It's important, she says, to make sure they feel equally loved.
Assuring equality can be a tough proposition now that Brangelina has a biological child, Shiloh. To help, Jolie says, she adopted Pax from Vietnam to give Cambodian-born Maddox (and even Ethiopian Zahara) a brother who looks more like them.
"It became clear to us that it might be important to have somebody around who is similar to the other children, so they have a connection," Jolie says.
The serious side of Paris
In a rare display of authentic resoluteness straight out of her fave amateur cook, pipe smoker and celebrity author,
John Paul Sartre
says she is prepared to confront the Abyssal Nothingness of jail.
"I am ready to face the consequences of violating probation," philosopher-celebutante Hilton said.
Paris, who violated terms of her probation in a DUI case, must report to the Century Regional Detention Center in Lynnwood, Calif., on June 5 for a 45-day sojourn.
"I absolutely realize how serious driving under the influence is," says Paris, who assures the public, "I could not live with myself if anyone was injured or killed while I was driving while impaired."
Eva scouts wedding sites
, whose Paris wedding to
is two months away, is in Paris to scout nuptials locations, meet the in-laws-to-be, and shop. The
star isn't playing around: One site she checked out was 1,400-year-old St. Germain L'Auxerrois, known as the parish of French kings since it is regarded as the church of the nearby Louvre.
Expose them no more!
Forbes mag's ranking of the most overexposed stars of the year is topped by - surprise! -
The list of 3,000 personalities (!) said that 72 percent of Americans polled believed Spears is "overexposed," as opposed to 54 percent five years ago. Forbes puts the numbers into perspective, saying most celebs average 3 to 7 percent - even at the peak of their careers.
In one semi-no-duh finding, Forbes shows that celebrity does not depend on talent: Over the last five years, Brit's "talented" score dropped from 35 percent to 25 percent.
The usual suspects round out the top five: Paris Hilton, Kevin Federline, Tom Cruise and Nicole Richie. And the annoyingest? American Idol loser Sanjaya Malakar, who ranks at No. 11. Oh, and our old friend, former Eagles Ego Terrell "T.O." Owens, is at No. 9.
Contact "SideShow" at sideshow@phillynews.com.
This column contains information from Inquirer wire services.
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Reflection: Sovereign Peoples
Thu, 2nd August 2018
Among many heavy decisions that were made at the Assembly meeting in Melbourne, one was the following: That the Assembly resolve: to affirm that the First Peoples of Australia, the Aboriginal and Islander Peoples, are sovereign peoples in this land. Not many words there, but big implications for us. What does this statement mean?
“Sovereignty” is a complicated and controversial concept; the word itself is fraught with misrepresentation and poor definition. For a state to be sovereign in international law is to have ultimate authority against which there is no appeal. For First Peoples to be recognised as sovereign in Australia looks different. Adding to the dilemma, Australia’s First Peoples never relinquished their sovereignty over the land, since they never signed a treaty, war was never declared, and the land was not terra nullius.
On top of this, we as Christians have some overarching concepts in the Bible that play into this issue. First, God’s story of the creation of humanity from the dust of the earth – what does it mean for us to own, till and conquer lands, when we have been created from that same land? Next, the Israelite right of conquest (as seen in Deuteronomy, Judges, Joshua and other OT texts) – God’s chosen people were ordained to conquer Other lands, for the sake of God’s promises being fulfilled. Do we therefore worship a God that made all people in God’s image, but then chose one land/people for particular blessing and the right to conquer others? What is the relationship between faith and nationalism? Next, the conviction of white superiority, often supported by the curse of Ham in Genesis 9, and the synthesis that from then, there was a universal curse on black peoples, condemning them to inferiority and slavery. Does God actually favour certain ethnicities and cultures over others? Finally, the sovereignty of God (e.g. Psalm 103) which asserts that God’s kingdom rules over all. Is anyone sovereign at all?
So, who is sovereign in Australia? If First Peoples are (still) sovereign, who recognises that sovereignty? Does affirming First Peoples as sovereign mean responding to a call for separatism, as per the conversation in Sri Lanka, where the call for Tamil sovereignty is actually a call for a separate, autonomous state?
I don’t believe so. Recognising and affirming First Peoples as sovereign is much less about law and power as it is about humility in acknowledging the following:
Australian politics operate under the same Euro-centric construct of sovereignty, which might be outdated.
Up until very recently, Australian politics has attempted to make First Peoples disappear (Stolen Generation, denying citizenship, not acknowledging in census data).
We have much to learn from our Indigenous brothers and sisters about what it means to tread lightly upon the land God created.
The Church treats churches as sacred sites, but are part of the system that devalues sacred natural sites.
We must take seriously Acknowledgements of Country in all aspects of our life, to ground ourselves as an Australian church, gathering on stolen land.
Affirming the above statement doesn’t solve anything, per se. But it is a statement of humility and identity, as a truly Australian church.
Radhika Sukumar-White is Minister of the Word at West Epping Uniting Church.
This reflection first appeared on West Epping Uniting Church’s website
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DIESEL SALOON 318d MHT M Sport 4dr Step Auto [Tech/Pro Pack]
BMW 3 SERIES DIESEL SALOON
318d MHT M Sport 4dr Step Auto [Tech/Pro Pack]
Metallic - Black sapphire £670.00 Metallic - Mineral grey £670.00 Metallic - Mineral white £670.00 Metallic - Portimao blue £670.00 Metallic - Sunset orange £670.00 Solid - Alpine white £0.00
M Sport brake in high gloss red £300.00 M Sport braking system £0.00 Cruise control with brake function + speed limiter £0.00 Automatic tailgate operation £0.00 BMW Drive recorder £0.00 Electric glass sunroof £950.00 Adaptive LED Headlights £0.00 BMW Laserlights £0.00 High beam assistant £0.00 Preparation for high beam assistant £0.00 Heating steering wheel £170.00 Comfort pack - 3 Series Saloon £990.00 Comfort pack in combination with emergency spare wheel - 3 Series Saloon £990.00 Comfort plus pack - 3 Series Saloon £1,950.00 Comfort plus pack in combination with emergency spare wheel - 3 Series Saloon £1,950.00 Driving assistant professional pack - 3 Series £1,250.00 Extended storage pack - 3 Series Touring/Saloon £190.00 Extended storage pack in combination with emergency spare wheel - 3 Series Saloon £190.00 Parking assistant pack - 3 Series £0.00 Parking assistant plus pack - 3 Series £650.00 Technology plus pack - 3 Series £1,750.00 Visibility package - 3 Series Saloon/Touring £1,500.00 Driver and front passenger lumbar support £265.00 Electric seat adjustment with memory £0.00 Standard seat for driver and passenger with manual adjustment £0.00 Comfort access system with smart opener £0.00 Fully electric towbar £850.00 Space saver spare wheel £190.00
Enhanced bluetooth with wireless charging
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WLTP - FC (l/100km) - Extra High - Min: 4.7
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The BMW 3 Series gets a modest makeover but underneath there are some fascinating changes. Andy Enright takes a look.
The BMW 3 Series features a whole stack of changes under the bonnet, including a four-cylinder 330i and a three-cylinder entry-level 316i, as well as new diesel engines. From the outside, it looks much as before, with only a few very subtle styling tweaks. But it's still likely to represent the class benchmark.
Since 2012, when BMW introduced the sixth-generation 3 Series to its range, not a lot of remedial work has really been necessary. BMW's compact executive weapon was deployed, it decimated the field and normal service was resumed. Fire and forget, if you like. But, as you can imagine, rivals in the compact executive sector don't tend to take that sort of treatment very well and since the launch of the original MK6 model 3 Series, Audi, Mercedes, Lexus and Jaguar have all launched talented all-new rivals into this segment This is BMW's response, a smarter-looking, more efficient, cleverer 3 Series. You'll need to be in the know to fully appreciate the significance of the changes that have been made but take some time to understand BMW's thinking here and it's hard not to be impressed.
If you're of a generation who remembers the badge on the back of a 3 Series denoting its engine size, you might be a bit confused by the latest line-up. The 330i, for example, no longer packs a six-cylinder lump, instead squeezing 252PS from its turbo four, replacing the old 328i in the process. If you do want a six-cylinder petrol engine, BMW will sell you the 340i, a new variant that wings in with 326PS (the same as the old 'E36' M3 Evo super-coupe) and will take a blink over five seconds to get to 62mph. At the other end of the petrol engine range is - and you might want to take a seat for this - a 136PS three-cylinder 1.5-litre engine that's been pinched from the MINI line. Most of the diesel engines are heavily modified or new. At the base of the range is the 116PS 316d trim and the 150PS 318d, but the most attractive models will likely be the 320d and 320d Efficient Dynamics. The regular 320d weighs in with a gutsy 190PS, for a 0-62mph time of 7.2sec in automatic trim. The aforementioned 320d ED wields a more modest 163PS but retains the same 400Nm torque, so it's not much slower but it is a whole lot more economical. The 258PS 330d is automatic only and scuttles to 62mph in 5.6sec, while there's a 313PS 335d at the top of the tree with a huge 630Nm. BMW will continue to offer the 3 Series with its xDrive four-wheel drive system. It's available as an option on the 320i, 320d and 330d and is standard on the 335d. Munich has also made big advances with the latest eight-speed Steptronic transmission.
One thing that hasn't changed all that much is BMW's low-key approach to mid-life styling updates. Blink and you'll miss them. Stand looking at the car for fifteen minutes and you might still miss them. The key design theme seems to be to make the car look wider and lower than before, so BMW has revised the front and rear bumper assemblies with broader horizontal elements. The headlights have also been tinkered with, LED indicators now acting as eyebrows across the top of the light units. At the rear, the tail lamps are full-LED units with more heavily curved light bars. There is also a revised range of wheels, with rims up to 19 inches in diameter available as an option - and 20-inch wheels can be selected from the BMW accessories range. The cabins have had a similarly light touch applied to them, with a splash of chrome here and a high-gloss surface there. Other updates include cup holders in the centre console with a sliding cover and an additional practical storage area for items such as a smartphone, positioned forward of the cup holders. There's a respectable amount of rear legroom for what remains a manageably-sized car. The saloon's luggage bay still measures 480-litres - or there's the Touring estate version with 495-litres.
When you pause to consider that one product line - the 3 Series saloon - accounts for fully a quarter of BMW's global sales, you begin to appreciate quite how much there is riding on this car. That's why you won't see out-there updates, divisive styling or radical technology pioneered on a 3 Series. It's a car that needs to appeal to an awful lot of people. In the UK, only the 318d, 320i and 320d models will be offered with all four trim levels: SE, Sport, Luxury and M Sport, so expect these models to make up the lion's share of domestic sales. Choose the entry-level 318i and 316d models and you get a choice of SE or Sport trim only. Go for the mainstream SE trim and you get cloth seats and a reduction in interior chrome jewellery. The Luxury, Sport or M Sport models get an accent strip in the instrument panel that continues into all four doors, while Sport and Luxury trims get leather upholstery. Business Navigation is now standard on all 3 Series saloon and Touring models. And yes, you can still get the barnstorming M3 super-saloon variant. Prices sit in the £25,000 to £40,000 bracket and there's a premium of around £1,500 to go from the saloon to the Touring estate variant.
BMW has concentrated on improving the efficiency of the 3 Series and there are benefits right across the board. The three-cylinder petrol engine records CO2 emissions of just 122g/km (with the eight-speed Steptronic transmission), a 12% improvement over the previous BMW 316i. Fuel consumption is equally impressive, with the saloon returning up to 54.3mpg and the Touring estate version 51.4mpg. The 320i isn't far behind with CO2 emissions of 134g/km and fuel consumption of 48.7mpg. Of course, most UK customers will look to the diesel engines and they're not going to be disappointed. For example, the 316d returns up to 68.9mpg, with CO2 emissions of only 109g/km. Go for the pokier 320d and though you get more power (up from 184 to 190PS), emissions have been reduced by 6% to just 111g/km, not at all bad for a car that can hit 143mph. The Steptronic automatic transmission option now features a coasting mode so that when the driver lifts off the throttle at higher speeds, for example on a gentle downhill grade on the motorway, the engine is automatically decoupled from the powertrain. It then simply ticks over in neutral, which saves fuel and ensures there is no unwanted engine braking at high speed. An additional fuel-saving feature, which also improves driving comfort, is the new Proactive Driving Assistant, which uses information from the navigation system to "anticipate" upcoming roundabouts, corners and junctions and select exactly the right time to change gear.
'More where you need more and less where you want less - otherwise leave well alone' seems to be the mantra of this latest BMW 3 Series. If BMW wanted to build a model that would convert those who didn't previously fancy a 3 Series, then this revised MK6 design isn't that car. Its appeal is largely the same. If, on the other hand, you're crunching hard numbers, then it's hard to see this Munich maker's much improved compact executive model coming off second best to anything in its division. The class-leading rear-wheel drive driving dynamics are merely the icing on the cake. Beneath the low-key styling changes and modest interior meddling are some serious engineering updates. A new family of petrol engines and big changes to the diesel powerplants comes winging in, delivering unprecedented performance/economy combinations. The 3 Series has changed a lot about the way we buy cars in this class, continually forcing its rivals to play catch up. This one's no different. As you were, people.
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Home Advertising Yahoo! Enters Webcasting Marketing Services
Yahoo! Enters Webcasting Marketing Services
By Christopher Saunders | June 18, 2001
Yahoo! released more details of its plan to bring in new revenues in conjunction with its streaming media offerings, unveiling a suite of advertising and marketing products for the portal's Broadcast service.
But with the new products, which are aimed at corporate marketers, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based portal steps beyond media and ad sales, into the area of providing marketing technology services.
The company's five new offerings are variants on Yahoo! Broadcast's formula of mixing streaming audio and video with multimedia slides. Currently, Yahoo! Broadcast powers the company's FinanceVision and ShoppingVision areas, which stream video in one corner of a media player, while showing related headlines, text, or products, in another panel.
Yahoo!'s new products function similarly to its two "Vision" areas. Its Marketing Seminar is a customized Webcast and interactive presentation designed for companies to sell products to a geographically dispersed group of prospects and customers.
Similarly, Yahoo!'s new Product Demonstration offering will stream on-demand video about specific products, while its Product Launch delivers product or service messaging via a Webcast event to customers, prospects, employees, analysts, etc.
The firm's Sales Support product is meant to serve as a single source for a company's online sales and marketing information -- such as presentations, video clips, reference documents, and so on -- to train and support an in-field sales staff.
Lastly, a Brand Equity product will allow marketers to stream corporate messages to clients and customers.
The new suite comes more than two years after Yahoo! shelled out about $5.7 billion in stock for streaming services firm Broadcast.com, a move that industry watchers regarded as an effort to capitalize on the future expansion of broadband. In April, the company released a new version of Broadcast.com, which it relabeled as Yahoo! Broadcast, and touted its benefits to advertisers -- namely, streaming media's TV-like brand-building capabilities.
But as the advertising market continues to deteriorate, Yahoo! -- like others in the online marketing space -- evidently considers providing the technology behind Web-based corporate and sales communications as more lucrative than streaming media ad sales. (It's also promised Wall Street that it would work to wean itself off of ad revenues as its sole source of income.)
"Our marketing solution packages help marketing departments deliver compelling campaigns to targeted audiences while saving corporate communications dollars," said Jim Lewandowski, vice president of Yahoo! Business and Enterprise Services. "Our latest products further our commitment to help organizations more effectively and efficiently engage, communicate and transact with target audiences."
In recent months, Yahoo! has made other efforts at a similar shift away from media and B2C e-commerce revenues. For one, the portal's Corporate Yahoo! services aim to turn intranet development for companies into a sizable source of income. Yahoo! also recently introduced a domain name registration business aimed at users and businesses.
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Home Security Mobile Apps Are Hot, But Are They Safe?
Mobile Apps Are Hot, But Are They Safe?
By Sean Michael Kerner | July 28, 2010
The popularity of Apple's iPhone and Google's Android-based smartphones has sparked a revolution in the mobile application development world. Users buy the smartphones mainly for the apps and developers track the smartphone sales to decide which platform to create the next must-have application.
But as CIOUpdate reports, security experts want users to know that many of their favorite applications are built on third-party code that often interacts with user information that could compromise both their privacy and their sensitive data.
Something called the App Genome Project is taking a closer look at just how much user information is or could possibly be leaked via these mobile applications.
The initial findings show that 47 percent of Android apps and 23 percent of iPhone apps surveyed use some third-party code and not all of them are thoroughly scrutinized to ensure users' privacy and data security.
LAS VEGAS -- Mobile apps have proliferated in recent years thanks to the success of Apple's App Store and Google's Android market. Apps abound, but how do users know if they are secure?
Two sessions at the Black Hat security conference this week in Las Vegas are detailing numerous concerns in mobile app security. One of the biggest questions concerns the permissions that mobile apps have, and what nefarious things they might be doing with users' personal information.
"The research that my talk is covering is called the App Genome project, and with that we analyzed almost 300,000 applications for Android and iPhone," Kevin Mahaffey, CTO of research firm Lookout, told InternetNews.com.
The App Genome project analysis specifically looked at free applications available for the mobile platforms and attempted to identify if they leaked users' information. Mahaffrey found that 14 percent of iPhone applications and 8 percent of Android apps surveyed were able to access the user's contact data.
Read the full story at CIOUpdate:
Are Mobile Apps Safe?
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Home Software Analysts Laud Microsoft's Dynamics CRM
Analysts Laud Microsoft's Dynamics CRM
By Stuart J. Johnston | August 04, 2010
No doubt that customer-relationship management (CRM) is a dynamic and competitive field. That should give Microsoft reason to smile, now that two of the more prominent market research shops in the tech industry have awarded it top marks in the category.
Those would be Gartner and Forrester, who have both given Microsoft's Dynamics CRM the highest ranking in the category in recent analyses. And Microsoft is hoping to top itself with the forthcoming release of Dynamics CRM 2011. eCRM Guide takes a look.
Two leading analyst firms have rated Microsoft's customer relationship management (CRM) software as a leader in that market.
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced that Gartner has rated its Dynamics CRM package as a leader in its Magic Quadrant for Sales Force Automation in July.
Read the full story at eCRM Guide:
Analysts Give Microsoft Dynamics CRM High Marks
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My Local Culture: our new competition to get Young London Filming
Home | News & Views | My Local Culture: our new competition to get Young London Filming
We're delighted to launch My Local Culture, an exciting new filmmaking competition in partnership with Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's London Borough of Culture award. This unique opportunity invites young Londoners to make a short film celebrating who they are and why they love where they live. Think your borough is best? Now's your chance to prove it.
My Local Culture
If you live in any one of the 32 London boroughs - from Camden to Croydon - we're challenging you to make a short film celebrating your local area.
Closing date Wed 31 Jan, 23:55
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The competition is a celebration of the capital and the young citizens within it who are the life-blood of the city, and is part of the Mayor's plans to support the arts and social cohesion across the 32 London boroughs. We want young people to make a short film (max. 3mins in length) filmed in and/or about their local borough, showing us what they think makes their area so culturally vibrant and valuable. Films must be no longer than 3 minutes in length and follow the theme of 'my local culture'.
From Croydon to Camden, Haringey to Hounslow, this is a chance for London's Primary and Secondary school children to pick up their cameras, tablets or phones and make a film, with a chance to win £1500 of state-of-the-art filmmaking equipment and receive professional training that could be the first step on a path to a career in the British film industry.
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: "Culture is in the DNA of our city. It has the power to transform communities and bring people closer together that's what London Borough of Culture is all about. This is a great chance for young Londoners to tell us what they love about their local area, and why they think their borough should be London Borough of Culture. I can't wait to see the results of this fantastic initiative. Good luck to everyone taking part."
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Both the London Borough of Culture and the My Local Culture competition winners will be announced by the Mayor himself in February 2018 and all entrants are also strongly encouraged to enter their films into our national Into Film Awards, which takes place in March. Submissions for the Into Film Awards are open now, and the closing date for entries is 31 January 2018.
The Into Film and London Borough of Culture filmmaking competition is an exciting initiative for young Londoners. I am passionate about inspiring young people from the talented and diverse communities that the city has to offer. We look forward to discovering our next generation of British filmmakers in the process.
Barbara Broccoli, Producer at EON Productions and Into Film Trustee
London Borough of Culture
All boroughs in London have been invited to bid to be named the Mayor's London Borough of Culture. The winning borough will get over £1m to develop amazing cultural projects and initiatives in partnership with local people and organisations.
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Korf Group LLC was formed by seasoned personnel who have held P&L responsibility in several Fortune 500 companies. They are recognized entrepreneurs that have founded companies, been involved in IPO's, Mergers and Acquisitions, and understand the day-to-day pains that leaders in their industry endure.
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About ITEC
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
Barna recently surveyed churchgoers asking if they had heard of the Great Commission:
Responded “No.”
Responded “I’m not sure.”
Responded “Yes, but I can’ recall the exact meaning.”
Responded “Yes, and it means…”
According to Barna, “The data indicates that churches are using the phrase less, which may reveal a lack of prioritizing or focusing on the work of the Great Commission, but may also indicate that the phrase, rather than the scriptures or the labor, has simply fallen out of favor with some.”
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We believe that both knowing and obeying the Great Commission is important. While not all Christ-followers will be cross-cultural Gospel pioneers, we do all have a supporting role to play through prayer, knowledge gathering, and with our treasure.
Through ITEC’s travels, we have seen a global church responding in obedience to the Great Commission call placed on their lives. The hope of the world is not missionaries from the US going to the ends of the Earth. The hope of the world is Christ, and He is calling all believers to use their gifts, talents, and abilities uniquely in His work.
The most basic explanation of why ITEC exists is to inspire Great Commission participation. This is a broad vision that applies to churches in the US working overseas, believers around the world sending missionaries to unreached people groups, or those praying and supporting these efforts. We desire to see a global Church engaged in Great Commission participation, however God has uniquely called them to participate.
Exploring Great Commission participation starts with taking a posture of humility, submission, and personal education. Here are some great resources that can start you on the journey towards understanding and education.
Learn About the Persecuted Church
There are many great resources to guide you in praying for the nations. Prayer for the persecuted church is a great place to begin in the journey towards Great Commission understanding and participation. Explore the resources by organizations like Open Doors or Voice of the Martyrs to get started.
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Global Mission Changes
This book examines the role of the North American church in a mission landscape that is changing rapidly. We are living in a world where the majority world church is sending mature missionaries across cultural lines to advance the Gospel. So what is our role?
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Is everyone a missionary? What is the mission of the church? What is the mission of God? These questions have unknowingly plagued many churches in North America. This book helps us provide clear definitions for these questions from Scripture with the hope that we don’t lose focus on our neighbors or the nations.
The Connection to ITEC
Since our founding, ITEC’s purpose has been to inspire Great Commission participation. Whether you are a part of a church in the US or a believer on the front lines anywhere else in the world, we are excited to come alongside you, listen to your needs, and prayerfully consider how we can work together.
You may have heard about ITEC because of our founder, Steve Saint. Or maybe you found out about us because of a flying car or other invention designed for frontier areas. While we are involved in many areas, the idea behind the tools we develop, the training we facilitate, and the equipping of others is to encourage participation in the Great Commission.
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This Initiative is Strengthening the Supply Chain
Floriole’s Sandra Holl donates artisan loaves while supporting grain farmers
Rebecca Treon
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The James Beard Foundation is committed to supporting women in the food and beverage industry, from chefs and restaurateurs to entrepreneurs dreaming up new ways to make our food system more diverse, delicious, and sustainable. Our Women’s Leadership Programs (WLP), presented by Audi, provide training at multiple stages of an individual’s career. As part of the Foundation’s commitment to advancing women in the industry and the Audi #DriveProgress initiative, we’re sharing stories of trailblazers who have stepped up to help their communities in light of COVID-19, as well as individuals who are putting inclusion and equity at the forefront of building back better. Through #DriveProgress, Audi is committed to cultivating and promoting a culture that enables women to achieve their highest potential by removing barriers to equity, inclusivity, growth, and development.
Below, Rebecca Treon spoke with Sandra Holl about how she is strengthening the supply chain and donating food to her community one loaf of bread at a time with Neighbor Loaves.
There’s no denying the dramatic economic impact that COVID-19 has had on food and beverage businesses from coast to coast, from staff layoffs to complete closures. With millions of dollars lost and the restaurant industry teetering on the edge of collapse, the pandemic’s toll is something we see nightly on the news.
Less obvious is the cost for other parts of the supply chain, like farmers who have lost a majority of their customers because of restaurant closures, or the millions of Americans who are now struggling with food insecurity because they are unemployed or underemployed. Enter Neighbor Loaves—an initiative launched in the Midwest to the crisis to help those in need put food on the table, give farmers an outlet for their crops, and help small businesses like bakeries keep the lights on.
Formed by the Artisan Grain Collaborative—a collective of bakers, chefs, nonprofits, farmers, millers, and more who promote a regenerative food system—Neighbor Loaves supports restaurants, farmers, bakers, and foodbank recipients in one fell swoop. To participate, restaurants produce loaves of bread using at least 50 percent local grain sourced from sustainable farms and mills. Loaves purchased are then donated to a local hunger relief or community feeding organization.
Over 20 restaurants across Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin have signed up for the cause, including Chicago’s Floriole Café & Bakery.
“It’s really threefold,” says pastry chef and owner Sandra Holl. “People are buying these loaves of bread, which we bake here. The bread is made from Illinois-grown and -milled wheat. We bake them and send them to a food pantry where the loaves are given to people in our community. They’re getting a loaf of bread that provides a lot of nutrients and it’s also helping the farmers continue to move their grain.”
Holl, a 2018 Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership alum, has a long history of championing locally grown goods. Before transitioning to a brick-and-mortar bakery, Floriole got its start as a tent at the area’s Green City Market, whose mission since its founding in the late 1990s has been to emphasize the importance of the Midwest’s small family farms and their role in sustainability practices.
When the pandemic took hold last spring, Holl looked to the Artisan Grain Collaborative, where she serves on the steering committee, for another way to fortify the local supply chain. “Within the first couple of days of the pandemic happening, the executive director of the [AGC] called and said she had an idea that would keep bakers baking and would keep farmers’ grain moving,” she says. “We jumped on the bandwagon and have been doing it ever since. We’re just kind of the middleman. It’s keeping our employees still working, and it’s good not only for our business, but for the community.”
Holl hopes that this project will teach more people about the importance of a local food supply chain. “The idea is connecting farmers and sustainable agriculture, expanding the grain value chain, [and] connecting the farmers to bakers and consumers,” says Holl. “We want to make sure that people understand the value of sustainable farming and provide an avenue for farmers to move that product.”
While rustic loaves headed for food pantries may be a far cry from the French-style pastry she is used to creating for her Lincoln Park clientele, Holl loves the way this project supports small businesses and local farmers while ensuring that people in the community have access to important food staples during a challenging time. “I don’t think food insecurity is going to go away anytime soon,” she says, “and we’re just going to keep doing it because it’s good on so many levels.”
Rebecca Treon is a Denver-based freelance food and travel writer whose work has taken her around the globe. Her work has appeared in publications like BBC Travel, Hemispheres, Huffington Post, and Tasting Table. Follow her on Instagram at @RebeccaTreon.
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Considerations in Selecting an Identity & Access Governance Solution in Financial Institutions
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roadmap alignment
Rosa Caputo CEO
Rosa is Principal and Founder of KeyData, a consultancy specializing in Identity and Access Management, IT Security Management, Operational Risk Management and Compliance Management. A recognized expert in IAM, Rosa provides consulting in all aspects of IAM including: business analysis and...
Mastering the Challenge: Making Access Governance a Part of IT GRC and IT GRC a part of Enterprise GRC
Prof. Dr. Heinz-Dieter Schmelling
Portigon AG
Dirk Venzke
Many organizations are facing sort of a “GRC sprawl”. There are many disparate initiatives for GRC (Governance, Risk Management, Compliance) at various levels of the organization and in different divisions. On the other hand, it is all about enforcing governance, meeting regulatory compliance requirements, and managing and mitigating risks. Access Governance, for instance, is about Access Risk. The only reason to do Access Governance is that Access Risks might result in operational risks, reputational risks, and even strategic risks. Failure in managing access risks even might drive an organization out of business.
Thus, moving forward towards a more integrated view on GRC and cooperation and integration between the various levels and elements of GRC – such as Operational Risk Management, Business GRC, Continuous Controls Monitoring, IT GRC, Security Event Monitoring, or Access Governance – is a mandatory step. This is not about having only one team and solution in place, but it is about defining the interfaces between the various elements of GRC, both from an organizational and technical perspective. One approach on GRC, one approach on managing risk, etc.: Alignment is key to success in real Enterprise GRC.
The panelists will talk about their view on the need for such integration, the approaches to make progress on this, and their overall experience in mastering the challenge of moving forward from GRC sprawl to an enterprise-wide GRC concept.
Prof. Dr. Heinz-Dieter Schmelling CSO
Heinz-Dieter Schmelling is Chief Security Officer at Portigon AG (legal successor of WestLB), a finanical service provider in particular with regard to the management of banking portfolios. His area of accountability as a CSO encompasses all functional arrays of corporate security globally...
Dirk Venzke Director
Academic Studies of economics at Helmut Schmidt University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg (Dipl.-Volkswirt) and of business management at distance university Hagen (Dipl.-Kaufmann). Officer of carrer at the Federal Armed Forces of Germany, in the last position as S6-Officer responsible...
Dr. Martin Kuhlmann
Lead Solution Consultant (D-A-CH)
Darran Rolls
CTO & CISO
WW Sales Leader – Identity Governance
Deepak Taneja
Founder and CTO
Aveksa
When setting up an access management and governance solution, large organizations often have to deal with hundreds of applications with different access control models. This creates various challenges on organizational and technical level, like for example: How should audit policies, attestation campaigns and request processes be set up across applications? How can reports and dashboards be tailored effectively? What is the most efficent approach with regards to connector technology?
This session will provide recommendations for setting up a comprehensive IAG/IAM solution for "many applications" scenarios.
Dr. Martin Kuhlmann Lead Solution Consultant (D-A-CH)
Dr. Kuhlmann plays a key role in the continued development Omada’s solutions, including the award-winning Omada Identity Manager solution that is built entirely on the Microsoft platform and integrates with Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager to provide a robust solution for Compliance...
Darran Rolls CTO & CISO
Mr. Darran Rolls is the Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer and at SailPoint, where he is responsible for directing the company’s technology strategy and security operations. Mr. Rolls has a long history in identity management and security at companies...
Read bio @djrolls
Andrea Rossi is leading global Identity Governance sales at IBM. Prior to this, Andrea Rossi has served as VP Sales & Partners at CrossIdeas, acquired by IBM on July 31st 2014., where he was one of the original founders, Rossi previously served in a number of roles at Novell, where he was...
Deepak Taneja Founder and CTO
Deepak Taneja is the Founder and CTO of Aveksa, a security compliance software company. Prior to founding Aveksa, he was CTO and VP of Engineering at Netegrity. In this role, he was instrumental in growing the company into the market leader in Identity and Access Management. Previously he...
Prof. Dr. Sachar Paulus Scientific Advisor
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UT president addresses racist ‘zoombombing’ of university meeting
by: Billy Gates, Alyssa Goard
Posted: Mar 31, 2020 / 07:54 AM CDT / Updated: Apr 1, 2020 / 11:19 AM CDT
AUSTIN (KXAN) — University of Texas at Austin President Greg Fenves said Monday the school is investigating an alleged “zoombombing” during a university meeting between students, staff and faculty. The meeting which was zoombombed was the first Zoom meeting for UT Austin’s Heman Sweatt Center for Black Males, according to a Tweet from the center.
In the Tweet, the center said they sends “our deepest apologies to those who participated in our first Zoom meeting earlier this afternoon. We are still a space for black men to organize and uplift one another. We denounce the actions of the hackers in our call and are working to better our newly found space on Zoom.”
The Center went on to say that links for their next virtual meetings will be sent through emails and the GroupMe app going forward.
The director of the center, Dr. Ryan Sutton, spoke with KXAN Tuesday and explained that this group provides holistic support for black males on campus. Everyone is welcome to participate, but the center does focus on black male personal and academic development.
At a large university where 4% of the students are black and, as Sutton points out, an even smaller percentage are black men, the Sweatt Center aims to give black male UT community members a space to process their experiences and access resources.
Sutton explained that the Zoom call on Monday was a group conversation about “how do you stay focused, in the midst of the coronavirus, in the midst of not returning back to campus, how do you continue with your mission, vision and purpose despite your environment?”
He recalled that around 20 minutes into the call, some people who were not invited to the call began interfering and “just began calling racial slurs to the young men who were on the call, being disruptive to the meeting,.”
Sutton said, “We had to end the meeting abruptly in order to limit the exposure to that for our young men.”
Sutton followed up with the students after the call and said that he was proud of how the Sweatt Center students involved handled the situation with composure.
He acknowledged that some group members have been trying to draw in more people from around campus to their events by using social media, and that the appeal to open up meetings to more people may have resulted in the Zoom link being shared to the “zoombombers” in this situation. Going forward, the group plans to look to safeguards like password protections and private meetings for these types of forums.
“Unfortunately, with putting on other safeguards, it runs the risk, because we are an open forum, for less people to be able to engage, which unfortunately is one of the consequences to this unfortunate event,” Sutton said.
Sutton added that it doesn’t surprise him that an attack like this would happen during a group meeting.
“Yeah we’re in 2020 but we still have a lot of racial, gender, sexist acts that are going on nationwide unfortunately,” he said, noting that more people notice those injustices when they are elevated into the limelight during situations like this.
“My main concern,” he said, “is with the students and that they are taken care of and supported through this, that they can keep their focus and continue with what they’re set out to do, and that at the university level that we can continue to work to make sure this doesn’t happen again”
He added, “I am happy to see the university is responding in such a way.”
The Heman Sweat Center for Black Males sends our deepest apologies to those who participated in our first Zoom meeting earlier this afternoon. We are still a space for black men to organize and uplift one another. We denounce the actions of the hackers in our call and are…(1/2)
— Heman Sweatt Center for Black Males (@SweattCenter) March 30, 2020
Fenves tweeted about the incident Monday night, calling the act “reprehensible,” and “if the perpetrators are member of the UT community, they will be disciplined.”
We are investigating the racist Zoom bombing of a meeting of UT students, staff & faculty. It was reprehensible. If the perpetrators are members of the UT community, they will be disciplined. We will also increase online security for all UT staff to prevent similar incidents.
— Greg Fenves (@gregfenves) March 31, 2020
Zoombombing is when someone, or a group of people, join a meeting hosted on the video-conferencing platform Zoom uninvited and disrupt the meeting. Sometimes, the meetings are joined in an unauthorized fashion via hacking, but other times, the links to the meetings are publicly shared and anyone can join.
The university has a resource page detailing what zoombombing is and how to stop it before it starts. The University of Southern California also recently had a meeting disrupted by a zoombombing.
Due to events like this, Zoom’s security has been called into question. A Zoom spokesperson spoke to Forbes in regard to other zoombombing incidents and offered ways to help combat unwanted guests joining conferences.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a news release Monday, and characterizes zoombombing as “teleconference hijacking,” which is illegal. The FBI field office in Boston says they’ve seen an increase in zoombombing as more schools and companies move to remote classrooms and meetings due to COVID-19 orders.
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What causes lightning?
Lightning originates around 15,000 to 25,000 feet above sea level when raindrops are carried upward until some of them convert to ice. For reasons that are not widely agreed upon, a cloud-to-ground lightning flash originates in this mixed water and ice region. The charge then moves downward in 50-yard sections called step leaders. It keeps moving toward the ground in these steps and produces a channel along which charge is deposited. Eventually, it encounters something on the ground that is a good connection. The circuit is complete at that time, and the charge is lowered from cloud to ground.
The return stroke is a flow of charge (current) which produces a luminosity much bright
What causes thunder?
Thunder is caused by lightning. The bright light of the lightning flash caused by the return stroke mentioned above represents a great deal of energy. This energy heats the air in the channel to above 50,000 degrees F in only a few millionths of a second! The air that is now heated to such a high temperature had no time to expand, so it is now at a very high pressure. The high pressure air then expands outward into the surrounding air compressing it and causing a disturbance that propagates in all directions away from the stroke. The disturbance is a shock wave for the first 10 yards, after which it becomes an ordinary sound wave, or thunder.
Thunder can seem like it goes on and on because each point along the channel produces a shock wave and sound wave.
How far away from a storm can lightning strike?
It's not clear what the maximum possible distance might be. Lightning has been known to strike more than 10 miles from the storm in an area of clear sky above.
How long can a lightning bolt be?
Recent research from Vaisala-GAI's LDAR and LDAR II lightning detection networks show that lightning can travel 60 miles or more. They find the longest bolts originate in the front of a squall line and travel 62 miles horizontally back into the trailing stratiform region behind the squall line. The longest bolt they have seen to date was 118 miles long in the Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX area. Since 3-D lightning measurements are relatively new, however, scientists are learning more every day and these numbers may change.
What types of damage can lightning cause?
Cloud-to-ground lightning can kill or injure people by direct or indirect means. The lightning current can branch off to a person from a tree, fence, pole, or other tall object. It is not known if all people are killed who are directly struck by the flash itself. In addition, flashes may conduct their current through the ground to a person after the flash strikes a nearby tree, antenna, or other tall object. The current also may travel through power or telephone lines, or plumbing pipes to a person who is in contact with an electric appliance, telephone, or plumbing fixture.
Similarly, objects can be directly struck and this impact may result in an explosion, burn, or total destruction. Or, the damage may be indirect when the current passes through or near it. Sometimes, current may enter a building and transfer through wires or plumbing and damage everything in its path. Similarly, in urban areas, it may strike a pole or tree and the current then travels to several nearby houses and other structures and enter them through wiring or plumbing.
KNOW THESE LIGHTNING DANGER LEVELS!!
The most important statement for everyone to understand, memorize and to act on is: NO PLACE OUTSIDE IS SAFE from lightning NEAR THUNDERSTORMS!
Level-1: Plan your activities around the weather to avoid the lightning strike hazard. If you are going to be outside, know the weather forecast beforehand. Know the local weather patterns.
Level-2: While outside, use the "30-30 Rule" to know when to seek a safer location.
When you see lightning, count the time until you hear thunder. If this time is 30 seconds or less, go to a safer place. If you can't see the lightning, just hearing the thunder is a good back up rule to use to take cover.
Wait 30 minutes or more after hearing the last thunder before leaving the safer location.
The "30-30 Rule" will not work well for "first-strike" lightning from locally developing thunderstorms. Watch for brewing convection and seek shelter before the first lightning is produced.
Level-3: Go to a safer location when required. Don't hesitate; go to a safer place immediately! The safest place commonly available is a large fully enclosed substantially constructed building, e.g. a typical house. Once inside, stay away from any electrical conducting path from the outside, e.g., corded telephones, electrical appliances, and plumbing. If you can't get to a substantial building, a vehicle with a solid metal roof and metal sides is a reasonable second choice. Avoid contact with conducting paths going outside. Convertibles and open-framed vehicles do not count as lightning shelters.
Level-4: If you can't get to a safer location, avoid the most dangerous locations and activities. Avoid higher elevations, wide-open areas, tall isolated objects, water-related activities, and open vehicles. Avoid unprotected open structures like picnic pavilions, rain shelters, and bus stops. DO NOT GO UNDER TREES TO KEEP DRY DURING THUNDERSTORMS!
Level-5: USE THIS ONLY AS A DESPERATE LAST RESORT! If you are outside and far away from a safer place, proceed to the safest location. If lightning is imminent, it will often give a few seconds of warning: hair standing up, tingling skin, light metal objects vibrating, seeing corona discharge, and/or hearing a crackling or "kee-kee" sound. If you are in a group, spread out so there are several body lengths between each person. Once spread out, use the lightning crouch - put your feet together, squat down, tuck your head, and cover your ears.
When the immediate threat of lightning has passed, continue heading to the safest place possible. Remember, this is a desperate last resort; you are much safer following the previous guidance and avoiding this high-risk situation.
Level-6: The first step in lightning first aid is to call 999 All deaths from lightning are from cardiac arrest or stopped breathing at the time of the strike. CPR or mouth-to-mouth-resuscitation is the recommended first aid.
No lightning safety guidelines will give 100% guaranteed total safety, but these steps will help you avoid the vast majority of lightning casualties.
Lightning is THE underrated weather hazard. Fortunately, the vast majority of these casualties can be easily avoided.
er than the part that came down. This entire event usually takes less than half a second.
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At least 1 injured in crash near Bakersfield College
UPDATE: Hwy. 99 near Hwy. 166 back open after crash involving 3 big rigs
Stones fell from Notre Dame’s ceiling after July heat wave
Posted: Aug 14, 2019 / 08:14 AM PDT / Updated: Aug 14, 2019 / 10:24 AM PDT
Police officers clear the area around Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, Monday, Aug. 12, 2019. Authorities started clearing the area around Notre Dame ahead of decontamination and cleanup work which will resume on Aug. 19 after new equipment and stricter safety procedures ensure workers are not exposed to unsafe levels of lead following the fire earlier this year. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
PARIS (AP) — Several stones fell from the vaulted ceiling of fire-ravaged Notre Dame after last month’s European heat wave, a French official said Wednesday, urging renewed stabilization efforts to prevent further damage to the iconic Paris cathedral.
The Culture Ministry official said the stones crumbled after temperatures reached a record 42.6 Celsius (108.7 Fahrenheit) in Paris in late July. The official said heat quickly dried out the mortar that was holding the ceiling stones in place.
The damage is “not serious” but the 12th-century cathedral remains at risk of further damage — and possible collapse, the official told The Associated Press. The official was not authorized to be publicly named according to ministry policy.
The vaulted ceiling is particularly fragile, after the April fire destroyed the massive lead-and-wood roof that kept the cathedral’s overall structure stable. The ceiling vaults are also among the many features that make Notre Dame a treasure of world heritage and testament to medieval ingenuity.
The chief architect of France’s historic monuments warned last month about the danger from exceptional heat to the water-logged masonry.
After three months of painstaking work to clear out hazardous debris and shore up the building, regional French authorities suspended all activity inside the cathedral last month over concerns about lead contamination.
Currently only a few select security officials and experts are allowed on the site, notably to monitor activity such as the falling stones, the ministry said.
The official urged resumed work as soon as possible to secure and clean up the cathedral to prepare it for a costly, yearslong reconstruction.
But the risk of lead poisoning also remains.
Activists and residents accuse authorities of underestimating the danger after hundreds of tons of lead melted in the fire, spewing toxic dust into the Paris air.
Authorities have launched three main lead prevention operations: cleaning up neighborhood schools, de-toxifying surrounding streets, and setting up a stricter new decontamination zone for experts working inside the cathedral.
That zone is expected to be ready next week, and is aimed at ensuring that workers inside the cathedral don’t track lead-based pollution outside the work zone.
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Germany to ban practice of killing newly hatched male chicks
BERLIN (AP) — The German government plans to ban the practice of killing male chicks after they hatch, which results in the death of around 45 million birds per year in the country.
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved legislation that will prohibit the practice from Jan. 1 next year. Government spokeswoman Martina Fietz said that Germany will be the first country in the world to do so.
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Making Maketu: Fictionalising the Familiar in ‘Call Me Evie’
Making Maketu
First Book Club: How do perspective, memory and the demands of genre alter the way we write about real-life settings? Is a ‘true’ depiction of place even possible in fiction?
By J.P. Pomare
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Maketu, New Zealand. Image: Phillip Capper, Flickr (CC BY-2.0)
J.P. Pomare’s Call Me Evie (Hachette) is KYD‘s First Book Club pick for February. Read Ellen Cregan’s review of the novel and stay tuned to the KYD Podcast for a recording of our in-conversation event with the author.
Take a moment to imagine a sports car rounding a bend. It’s red, isn’t it? It has two doors and a spoiler. The bend curls around a rocky cliff face.
Now imagine a beach. You see a gentle tide sliding over the shore, turning sea shells, darkening the golden sand. You see kaleidoscopic umbrellas. You see sunken footprints. You feel the warmth of the sun, blazing in an unblemished blue sky. You hear seagulls.
This is what most people see, because the human brain has a habit of conceptualising common things like beaches and sports cars in an instant. There are rules about these common things; the majority of people will call upon the most available representation without a great deal of cognition. But beaches are not all golden sand, carefree locals, and gentle waves. Most beaches are completely different. In short, the beach you imagine is not the beach I imagine.
The beach I imagine is called Maketu, and it happens to be the place I set my debut novel, Call Me Evie. When I transposed my perspective of Maketu on the page, the first thing I did was listed the myriad associations readers had about beach towns. In this way I discovered what parts of Maketu fit the common idea of a beach and parts I would need to focus their gaze on.
I knew that if I was to write about Maketu I would have to get as close to the real thing as possible. But the more I immersed myself in the story, the more my perception changed.
Maketu is an hour’s drive from where I grew up. It’s horses in paddocks, dogs roaming the streets untethered. Maketu is an upthrust of headland overlooking a stony beach; rough surf where fangs of mussel-crusted rocks breach the sea in the gully between waves. It’s a place where the locals either grin or leer, watching you pass without shame or reluctance. I knew that if I was to write about Maketu I would have to get as close to the real thing as possible. But the more I immersed myself in the story, the more my perception of the place changed. If you spend years and years writing about a place, visiting only a few times and largely relying on what you could recall, your imagining of the place is contaminated by both the narrative and the necessary concessions you make in service of the story. Like the characters in my novel, I too was was subject to the biases and fallibility of memory.
I returned to Maketu in January, shortly after my book was released. I was surprised to find that the milk bar was not where I imagined it at all; it was almost as if someone had plucked it up and shifted it down the road. I soon realised that it was I who had moved it in Evie. The plot demanded it of me. I was also surprised to find the local pie maker was much larger than I recalled; again I chose to exclude this Maketu landmark from the story as I saw it was an unnecessary distraction. The cliffs were taller than I’d described, the people more abundant, the local marae much more prevalent. I made the decision early to avoid writing about the strong local gang presence, but of course the first time I took my wife to Maketu, a Mongrel Mob patch was one of the first things we saw. It seems in writing this story my imagination had subtly reshaped the village, and my memories of it seceded to the world inhabited by my characters.
In writing this story my imagination had subtly reshaped the village, and my memories of it seceded to the world inhabited by my characters.
What responsibility do I have as a writer to capture authentic versions of real settings? When you write setting, you are not just writing place; you are writing the time period, the local population, and you are also writing through your perspective and worldview. My worldview, for instance, is not universal. My gaze may linger on things that others pass over. If I were a birdwatcher I might note the call of the tui, or the way the beach is populated more by the larger black-back gull than the ubiquitous red beaked gull.
Perspective is a funny thing – your worldview informs the things you notice. Likewise, the occurrences that elicit an emotional response are the things most readily available to memory. In Maketu, If I see a child with a black eye, or three children on the back of a horse, I am much more likely to recall these things. Emotions are amber, they preserve memories whole. I would feel anger and nostalgia respectively, and when it came to write Maketu, these are the memories I may refer to and the events that shape my perspective of the place.
If memory is flawed and perspective colours the way you describe a real-life setting, then what about story? If I had written a love story, I’d be much more likely to direct the gaze of my readers to the more romantic elements of the setting, like the sweeping estuary or the beauty of the landscape. They might hike the beach tracks, or fish off the pier. Likewise, if I had written a farce, I might call upon the insular nature of the locals to evoke a sense of comedy rather than trepidation. But I wrote a tense psychological suspense novel. This demanded that I direct the gaze of the reader toward the more claustrophobic and paranoid elements of small town New Zealand – the violence, the bovine stares of the local children, the way dogs roam the streets.
When you write setting, you are also writing through your perspective and worldview. My gaze may linger on things that others pass over.
An easy criticism to level at suspense and thrillers such as mine concerns the pervasiveness of the negative elements: the antagonism of the characters, the ominous atmosphere. Writing from first person is again a matter of perspective. To my wife, I’d always spoken about Maketu with love and longing. I told her it’s the best place on the planet. When we first arrived she became ambivalent and soon she was fearful. She made eye contact with the locals and where I saw only an eagerness to start a conversation, she felt a glaring suspicion. When she looked out and saw the waves, she saw inhospitable walls of sea water slamming against jagged rocks and I saw endless sets of curling waves. Seeing a near-hairless dog hobbling along, she imagined the stones of its teeth crushing her forearm, while I rushed over to pat it.
The Maketu of Call Me Evie aligns much more closely with my wife’s experience than mine. But of course the real Maketu is neither, and both. As with everything, it is a matter of perspective.
J.P. Pomare is an award winning writer who has had work published in journals including Meanjin, Kill Your Darlings, The New Zealand Listener and Mascara Literary Review. He has hosted the On Writing podcast since 2015, featuring bestselling authors from around the globe. He was born in New Zealand and resides in Melbourne with his wife. Call Me Evie is his first novel.
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WSU's Leger-Walker sisters running through the Pac-12
The WSU women might make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1991 this season. The New Zealand sisters are a huge part of the program's surge.
Credit: WSU Athletics
Author: Brenna Greene
Published: 7:20 PM PST January 8, 2021
Updated: 7:34 PM PST January 8, 2021
PULLMAN, Wash. — The WSU women’s basketball team is seeing unprecedented success this season.
They are currently 6-1 and projected to go to the NCAA Tournament by ESPN.
Redshirt senior Krystal Leger-Walker and her freshman sister Charlisse Leger-Walker are both new to the Pac-12 this year and are taking the conference by storm.
What’s crazy is that they weren’t even supposed to play NCAA basketball together as Krystal would’ve graduated last year if she hadn’t have transferred from Northern Colorado and had to sit out a year.
“Obviously, it was just meant to be,” said Charlisse of how it all worked out.
Krystal was recruited by her former coaching staff at Northern Colorado to come join them at WSU when she put her name into the transfer portal in 2019. Then, the work began on her little sister joining the squad.
“I gave her a little like, ‘I really want you to come but no pressure.’ The whole time I was definitely sitting there anxiously waiting for where she was going to go,” recalled Krystal.
Now, the New Zealand natives are starting to see success, even if it takes a bit of nudging from each other from time to time.
“It definitely helps having Charlisse here knowing that she’s giving me a look like, ‘Why aren’t you shooting that?’” said Krystal with a smile.
“It would be funny if you mic’d us up on the court and just heard what we say to each other because it would be hilarious,” Charlisse chimed in.
“In trainings Krystal knows exactly what I’m going to do and she’ll get up all over me and be super aggressive. I would argue more aggressive than how she plays other people in the gym because she knows I can probably take a little more physicality, but it’s definitely a good thing. I think it makes me better,” said Charlisse.
Charlisse in particular is having a stellar freshman season as she is leading the entire Pac-12 in scoring at 19 points per game.
“I’m not really surprised," said Krystal of her sister. "I was kind of the only person who knew what we were getting when she signed truly in terms of what she can bring to the table. Not just the tangible stuff, like all the statistics you see. All the intangible things, like her leadership, poise, attitude, and just the maturity that she brings. I just knew that we were getting a great get there.”
A great get that could help lead the squad somewhere they haven’t been since 1991: The NCAA Tournament.
“A couple months ago we were in there, in our gym, and coach was talking before practice and she was like, ‘Look around. We have no banners on these walls. We need something to hang our hat on and something to look at that we’ve accomplished. We’re looking around at bare walls.’ She really just set the tone that you really haven’t done something until you have something to show for it,” recalled Krystal.
Oh, and by the way, due to the NCAA’s rules for eligibility during coronavirus, Krystal could return for a super-super-senior season next year, so we may see more of the duo.
She hasn’t decided yet, but don’t worry, Charlisse is working on it.
“It’s just a lot of whispering in her ear of being like, ‘See that was a great game. You want to do that for another year?’ It’s definitely there, but she’ll make the right decision. No pressure," said Charlisse with a smile.
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The Bus Graveyard
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Where Panama City’s Notorious “Red Devils” Go To Die
Panama City's infamous “Red Devil" buses have had their day. With a new subway system and a fleet of fuel-efficient modern buses now serving the capital, these defining vehicles are mere relics, a memory of the freewheeling way things used to be.
For many of these buses, the final resting place is—well, was—a grassy lot in the suburb of Veracruz. There are no noxious fumes pouring out of them, no engines bellowing. It's a strange state of being for these buses; during the four decades that they plied city streets, a certain type of chaotic functionality is what they were known for.
So-called Diablos Rojos became a phenomenon in the seventies, when the government started importing old school buses form the United States. Their Panamanian drivers owned them. The more fares they collected, the better, and so drivers packed riders in and kept the pace fast and furious. The buses arrived on no set schedule. They raced each other to bus stops, and were involved in a disheartening number of fatal accidents.
But if the lack of regulation made the Diablos Rojos deadly, it was also a source of charm. Drivers outfitted their buses with stereo systems that blasted reggaetón and salsa. Most strikingly, they freely decorated them, emblazoning their exteriors with spray-painted family members, femmes fatales, international and local celebrities, and religious proverbs. A raging color scheme was the norm, hence the popular nickname.
The government started replacing the buses in 2011, and thousands of them ended up parked in the tall grass in Veracruz. The lot was an accidental sort of folk-art museum of Panamanian folk art, until it wasn't. The buses have been turned into scrap.
Photographer - Sofia Verzbolovskis
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JW LEES CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF VINTAGE HARVEST ALE
30th Anniversary brew of legendary cask ale will be poured exclusively at Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 19 th – 21 st January. JW Lees Vintage Harvest Ale will make a very rare UK appearance in cask at The Manchester Beer and Cider Festival. Brewed only once a year with new season’s malt and hops, the vast majority of the beer, once described by the late great Michael Jackson as a ‘British Classic’, is exported overseas. Its sunny-colour and rich smooth malty flavour have been compared to ‘Christmas Pudding in a glass’ and beer enthusiasts all over the world lay down vintages to see how the beer develops as it ages. Michael Lees-Jones, Head Brewer at JW Lees, said: “We are thrilled to be releasing the 30th Anniversary edition of Vintage Harvest Ale at our home festival. Manchester Beer and Cider Festival is a great celebration of beers and we’re proud to be bringing a rare tasting to the event. 2016 Vintage Harvest Ale is part of a range of our beers available at the festival, which includes Manchester Star, Manchester Pale Ale and JW Lees Bitter.” Fully fermented to 11.5% ABV, JW Lees Vintage Harvest Ale was first created in 1986 following a late-night dinner conversation at a Brewers Guild event in Blackpool between by Giles Dennis, then JW Lees Head Brewer, and Richard Lees-Jones, JW Lees Chairman. They set out to brew a beer that was the zenith of British brewing at a time when imported beers were first being feted by the trade and beer writers. 30 years on Michael Lees-Jones, sixth generation family Head Brewer at JW Lees, has pronounced the 2016 vintage as one of the best, with each beer taking its character from the season rather like a vintage wine. Brewed using traditional techniques the fermentation is completely natural, with the wort boiled for a prolonged period in order to concentrate the flavour. Over the past 30 years, the beer has grown in popularity and in some bars around the world it has gained legendary status, it is listed as one of the ‘30 beers to try before you die,’ by www.ratebeer.com Demand for Vintage Harvest Ale at the festival is expected to be high and so it will be served in 1/3 rd pint measures at timed sessions only. JW Lees will also be showing their full range of cask beers at the festival which runs 19-21 January at Manchester Central.
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Thursday, January 19, 2017 - Article by: bcahoone - Global Home Finance Inc -
By rchrisman@robchrisman.comThe lawyer was cross-examining a witness. "Isn't it true," he began, "that you were given $5,000 to throw this case?"The witness did not answer. Instead, he just stared out the window as though he hadn't heard the question.The attorney repeated himself, again getting the same reaction, the same no response.Finally, the judge spoke to the witness, "Please answer the question.""Oh," said the startled witness, "I'm sorry your honor. I thought he was talking to you."How has housing changed in the last 100 years? It's easy to see when a "vertical flight" is put together, and Trulia posted current listings that were built in every decade that are pretty interesting to skim through and look at styles & pricing. Another day, another settlement. In this instance JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $55 million to settle an investigation into whether it charged thousands of African-American and Hispanic borrowers higher interest rates on mortgages than white customers. The discriminatory loans were originated from at least 2006 to late 2009. The mortgages were made by independent brokers and then funded by JPMorgan, and Chase was charged with violating the U.S. Fair Housing Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity ActJPMorgan released a statement. "We've agreed to settle these legacy allegations that relate to pricing set by independent brokers. We deny any wrongdoing and remain committed to providing equal access to credit." Even though JPMorgan did not originate the loans, allegedly the bank gave mortgage brokers some discretion in setting the rates and fees on loans. The prosecutors cited a "causal connection" between the bank's price discretion policies and the racial disparities among the mortgages. The complaint also said that JPMorgan was "directly and extensively involved in setting the complete terms and condition of wholesale mortgage loans." Even when JPMorgan had reason to know there were pricing disparities, it did not determine the extent of the problem and act to stop it, the complaint said. In other words, Chase did not require mortgage brokers to document the reasons for changing rates and failed to address racial discrimination, encouraging it to continue.Does every country have issues with mortgages? Spain set to give banks three months to fix the mortgage crisis over there.Don't think politics interferes, both positively and negatively, with residential lending? The Mortgage Bankers Association spread the word yesterday that, "Based on recent testimony and political pushback, we believe there is a strong chance the most recent MIP reduction (as published in HUD Mortgagee Letter 2017-01) may be one of the rollback actions taken soon after President Trump takes office. This change will likely be effective immediately, and could create significant operational challenges for lenders and their customers. Given this information, MBA encourages members to consider the contingency steps that would be necessary to unwind any changes that have already been made to adjust for the reduced MIP rates if this reversal is implemented. We will continue to provide updates as we receive information."Along those lines, HousingWire reported that per multiple sources the FHA premium cut, which is currently scheduled to go into effect on January 27, will be delayed, at the very least, by the incoming Trump administration. "...repealing the FHA premium cut is on the list of things that the Trump administration plans to review and/or roll back almost immediately. The source also told HousingWire that the Trump administration will not enact the premium cut on the 27th while it considers the impact of the premium cut on the FHA's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund before determining whether to proceed with the cut. But the source said that it is a distinct possibility that the premium cut will be done away with completely."The impact from higher interest rates will likely filter through in coming months, projecting a deceleration in growth in 2017. On the policy front, Zelman & Associates expects the incoming Republican-led administration will be favorable for the mortgage market by reducing regulatory burdens, clarifying FHA policies, and supporting private capital. In the meantime, lenders and investors announced FHA & VA changes.Pacific Union Financial has created a revised gift letter for all eligible products that will also provide gift fund documentation requirements for each product. The Gift Letter is available on FLOW. Regarding FHA products, Delegated Correspondents must insure that acceptable compensating factors are provided when approving manually underwritten loans that require compensating factors.NewLeaf Wholesale issued a reminder about FHA loan that fund on or after January 27, 2017. These transactions must have the reduced MIP rate and all loans that fund prior to January 27, 2017 must have the current and higher MIP rate. If you and your borrower want to delay the funding of the loan to occur on or after January 27, 2017 to take advantage of the reduced MIP and a lock extension is required as a result, the borrower will be charged for the cost of the extension.Ditech Financial LLC Approved Wholesale Clients should note that FHA is reducing its annual mortgage insurance premiums (MIP) for most new mortgages with a closing/disbursement date on or after January 27, 2017. Closing/Disbursement date refers to the later of the date the mortgage is signed or the disbursement date of the loan proceeds, as is entered in FHA Connection. In addition, FHA is eliminating the distinction in rates based upon the base loan amount. Also noted, Ditech will discontinue purchasing loans with applications dated prior to October 3, 2015. All loans submitted to ditech must have been originated and closed with all applicable disclosures required under TRID. This would include all two-close construction loans so the end loan must include an initial application dated on or after October 3, 2015 along with all applicable disclosures required under TRID.AmeriHome will purchase loans at the new, reduced MIP rates without overly announced by FHA on 1/9/2017, in the timeline provided by FHA, subject to the loan meeting all FHA terms and requirements for the MIP change.Brokers in the market for a VA loan, Mountain West Financial announced the following changes to its VA Jumbo products: 3 year waiting period for all Bankruptcies, Foreclosures, and Short Sales. No reserve requirement. The 2-month reserve requirement has been eliminated. No DTI restrictions. Follow the AUS Findings. Cash Out - FICO requirement has been reduced to 620. Loans from 620 to 639 need to be priced under the "direct" product. 640 and above are not required to go "direct".Moving from the primary to the capital markets...The US Supreme Court has rejected an industry appeal and ruled that investors' antitrust lawsuits against a number of banks accused of manipulating the London Interbank Offered Rate, including Deutsche Bank, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase, can move forward.In terms of the bond markets, Wednesday wasn't a great day for anyone looking for lower rates, and was made a little more volatile due to the FHA MIP rumors. (Concerns that the incoming administration could reverse the recent MIP cut on FHA mortgages shifted the pricing on Ginnie Mae securities relative to those of Freddie and Fannie.) We also heard from Fed Chair Janet Yellen whose comments were viewed as somewhat "hawkish." Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said yesterday that the US economy was close to full employment and the Fed's 2% inflation target, making it strong enough to sustain higher interest rates. By the end of Wednesday, the 10-year T-note had worsened .5 to close yielding 2.39% while the 5-year and agency MBS prices worsened .250-.5 worse depending on coupon.Looking at today, we've already had the latest monetary policy decision from the European Central Bank (as expected it left its rates unchanged), Initial Jobless Claims (-15k to 234k), Housing Starts & Building Permits (+11.3% and permits were at a 1.21 million rate - as expected), and the Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Survey (+23.6, whatever that means). At 10AM ET the Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing for Treasury Secretary Nominee Mnuchin starts up, and we'll also have some Fed presidents on the speaking tour. After the initial numbers the 10-year is yielding 2.46% and MBS prices are worse .250-.375 versus last night.
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Scam and War Crime
By Eric S. Margolis
America's Longest War Gets Worse
by Eric Margolis by Eric Margolis Recently by Eric Margolis: Obama, You're No Ike
After nine years of war in Afghanistan, costing over $100 billion in taxpayer money and 700 American lives, the full truth about this murky conflict remains elusive.
The government and media have colluded to paint the picture of a noble, patriotic, heroic, flag-waving American crusade in Afghanistan that is, alas, very far from reality. As the 19th century cynic Ambrose Bierce pointedly observed of patriots — "the dupe of statesmen; the tool of conquerors."
And now we are being told by senior administration officials that al-Qaida's new base and center of activity is…wait for it…in Yemen!
If that's the case, why are 150,000 US and dragooned NATO troops still in Afghanistan? CIA chief Leon Panetta recently admitted there were no more than 50 al-Qaida personnel in Afghanistan.
What, then, are American and NATO troops doing there? The oil and gas of the nearby Caspian Basin and a desire to exclude China from the resource-rich region seems a likely answer.
Three interesting reports about Afghanistan emerged in Washington last week.
First, a political whitewash issued by the Obama White House claiming the war was going well and some US troops might be withdrawn next year. This u2018don't worry be happy' summary was trumpeted by the pro-war New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other members of the government-friendly US media.
US generals spoke of "progress" in Afghanistan, whatever that means, as US forces conducted a brutal campaign around Kandahar to crush resistance to the occupation and punish communities that supported Taliban.
Second, the Red Cross issued a grim report showing that Afghans were suffering widespread malnutrition and serious health problems after nearly a decade of Western occupation. So much for US-led nation-building.
Third, there were leaks about a new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), the combined findings of all 16 US intelligence agencies. This key intelligence report is explosive and may not be fully revealed.
The NIE reportedly asserts that the Afghan War, now costing over $13 billion monthly, is at best stalemated; at worse, Western occupation forces are on the defensive and their vulnerable supply lines increasingly threatened. Taliban is expanding its sphere of control, particularly in northern Afghanistan.
Afghan president Hamid Karzai, who was installed into power by CIA, put it bluntly last year, saying the US-led war was "ineffective apart from causing civilian casualties."
The new NIE may also restate a 2007 report that found Iran had no nuclear weapons program. The pro-war party in Washington is desperately trying to prevent its release or get the report altered.
Frustrated American generals and politicians, facing a failing war and the prospect of ruined careers, are blaming Pakistan for the war they cannot win.
There is not an iota of concern in Washington for Pakistan's national interests, well-being, sovereignty, or the explosive problems in its Pashtun and Baluchi tribal regions. Washington wants Pakistan to follow orders, pure and simple. That's why the US is paying Islamabad $2 billion per annum. Sepoys of the Raj are supposed to obey.
There seems almost no understanding in Washington that the US put a gun to Pakistan's head in 2001 and has since been forcing it to follow policies inimical to Pakistan's national interest and popular will.
It's amusing watching Washington blast poor old Hamid Karzai in Kabul for corruption while the US is furiously bribing many top officials and generals in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Not to mention US collaboration with Afghanistan's top heroin kingpins and communist war criminals. Pretty sordid stuff that will one day come out and cause a furor, just as CIA's involvement in the Laotian and Central American drug trade did.
Last week came news that US air, land, and mercenary forces would penetrate ever deeper into Pakistan. WikiLeaks show that Pakistan's feeble, mendacious, US-sustained government is quietly backing deeper US military involvement and targeted killings of Pakistanis.
The Pentagon is gripped by the misconception that "safe havens" in Pakistan are fueling resistance to western occupation. During the Vietnam War, the Pentagon was similarly convinced that eradicating communist safe havens in Cambodia and Laos were the key to victory. They were not. Invading them spread the war while weakening the US military position.
The so-called Pakistani safe havens are really all part of Pashtun tribal homelands that were sundered by the British imperialists in the 19th Century. Pashtun don't recognize today's Afghan-Pakistan artificial border. Taliban is not an invading army; it is mostly composed of local farmers and herdsmen who straddle the border.
Most Americans know less than nothing about Afghanistan or South Asia and have absolutely no comprehension of its complexities, size, or politics. The few that do, like experts in the State Department and CIA, are not listened to.
CIA, whose role is to supply the president with unbiased information, has become deeply politicized and biased. Thank President Ronald Reagan for this. The yes-men he installed at CIA told him and subsequent presidents what they wanted to hear.
This process culminated during the Bush administration when the CIA's sycophantic Director, George Tenet, validated all the lies about Iraq to please the president and vice president — culminating in Tenet's shameful u2018slam-dunk' assurances that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
Today, CIA has become an active participant in the Afghan War, with its own little army of mercenaries and renegades, and an air force of Predator and Reaper drones.
The over-militarization of US foreign policy continues. What next? Will the Department of Agriculture get its own little army and air force? The State Department is already edging into a combat role in Iraq.
CIA's reporting on the war has become seriously tainted by institutional bias and career concerns.
Wars are wonderful for career advancement. But you can't fight a war and remain objective. As a result, Obama is getting a lot of bad information from people with axes to grind. He certainly is not listening to the people who know.
President Obama declared last week that the US would continue fighting al-Qaida in Afghanistan. He is clearly not telling Americans the truth.
Instead, we got a ludicrous scare campaign from the Obama administration about nuclear threats to US cities that was as dishonest and shameless as the mushroom cloud alarms of Condoleezza Rice. President Obama's advisors on Afghanistan should be hiding in their cellars, not us.
The war's brutality and destruction are growing. US forces around Kandahar are blowing up or bulldozing houses, assassinating suspected Taliban sympathizers and using mass reprisals against the civilian population. Death squads are hard at work murdering those suspected of backing Taliban and opposing western occupation.
Similar "pacification" tactics were used to break the resistance of the Iraqi city of Fallujah, a third of which was razed by US Marines. The Soviets employed similar tactics during their ten-year occupation of Afghanistan.
The same tactics were developed by Israel during its occupation of the West Bank, including giant security walls chopping up the landscape, blowing up houses, and night raids against suspects.
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Eric S. Margolis [send him mail] is the author of War at the Top of the World and the new book, American Raj: Liberation or Domination?: Resolving the Conflict Between the West and the Muslim World. See his website.
Copyright © Eric Margolis
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55803648-8D7B-4598-8D25-C1CD465417F4 Created with sketchtool. Find an Obituary 98426E9F-9FD8-4A17-8E89-A3BA09D39AB5 Created with sketchtool. Grief Support
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Ed Bruce was a country music singer-songwriter who wrote the classic song "Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys."
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Published in Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune on Jan. 11, 2021.
My condolences go out to the family of Ed Bruce. So sorry for your loss.
Gone but Never FORGOTTEN. Rest in PEACE. Thank you for Your Music.
Terry Jackson
he was the best of the best Scotland sends all our love to Ed and his family
One great singer. Miss you already
Audrey Skarness
He was a good man.
lawrence o'neal
Mr Bruce joined the choir of angels in Heaven, I look forward to that performance someday. Thank you to the family for sharing him with us for so many wonderful memories. God Bless
Coni B.
I met Mr. Bruce my first year in college. I was working for Great America Media and one of its radio stations had visitors who were promoting albums. Great guy with an interesting story. God be with his family.
Mark Cartret
My sincerest condolences. I loved his music.
The entire world of country music was enlivened by Ed . What a great voice and all those songs he left with us! Wish those Tennessee ads were still running. Thank goodness we've got his many recordings to enliven our memories. Judith, my prayers are with you, and all his fans appreciate the great joy you gave Ed for all those years. "My First Taste of Texas" will always remind us of the extraordinary love you shared.
Carol Ann Wilson
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Excellent writer. However the real character I saw was his love for,and his unashamed proclamation of his faith.
Bruce Thomas
Alishia
May the words at Isaiah 61:1,2 prove to be comforting to you. God will bind up the broken hearted... and comfort all who mourn.
May the love of God help you through this difficult time. And the comfort of friends and family carry you through your grief.
I'm a long devoted follower of his music. I have all videos of Maverick also. This weekend I will drive the rural roads and listen to the fine music and remember Ed Bruce and watch some of his videos also and Truckin USA Show on the Coulee Region Ed did a show on.
Anthony Ciaccio
Best country. Music singer
What a beautiful song and a beautiful man.
He was my favorite singer of all time, I have so many memories of him growing up. "Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys " is a classic. I am so sad that he's gone. Heaven has another angel .RIP Ed!
My condolences to his family and friends. He was a superb songwriter and singer and a one of a kind talent. I met him once and he was gracious and grateful for his success. A sad day for country music, he will be missed by his many fans and friends.
Bobby Parks
May the love of friends and family carry you through your grief. Please accept my sincere condolences.
JE Sowell
My sincere condolences to the family for your loss. At this difficult t8me, may the God of tender mercies comfort and strengthen you.
Our hearts are positively broken at this news. Ed made every song sound as though he'd written it, sung it or both. He owned it. What a voice, what delivery. Our deepest condolences to his family and friends. We've all lost an absolute master of the art of singing and song.
Harry and Lucille VanDusen
My condolences to the family of Ed Bruce. I know this is a distressing time for all of you but take comfort in knowing that God who is all comforting and merciful will comfort and strengthen all of you in your time of sorrow.
I grew up listening to blues and country music. One of the voices I remember on TV and on my dad’s stereo was Ed Bruce. May the God of all Comfort, comfort his family, friends, and fans. We can look forward to the time when Jesus says Ed Bruce, and he rises with perfect health and sing a new song.
Thomas Smith
A Good Man and what a voice . Thanks for all the great songs Ed ! RIP my friend .
Bill Minard
This is all the way from New Zealand, Ed performed here at our Country music TV programme many years ago and I have been captivated by his wonderful voice and persona ever since. Such a sad loss, rest in peace ED.
Danny Savage
I remember him on TV with James Gardner. I really liked watching the show. May the God of all comfort be with your family during this time of great sorrow.
I really enjoyed listening to Mr Ed. May the family cherish that distinctive voice Ed had and bring about many memorable memories.
Scott Chamberland
I send my sincere condolences to his family. May God bless you and give you healing strength during this most difficult time. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him, My thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.
Pat Chiarello
Deepest sympathy to all. May he rest in peace. Thank you for all you brought to all of us you will be missed.
Nancy Black
Ed Bruce was one of the best singers and writers. My favorite song is "I know". Thank you Ed for all of your great music. John Steel
John Steel
Prayers for the family.
Deepest condolences the Ed Bruce family, truly sorry for your loss,may God be with you in your time of sorrow.
Sincere condolences to the Family, May the God of Comfort mend and bind up your grieving hearts with his peace and tender care. May you be strengthened to cope with your precious loss as each day passes. Ed will be missed, his music lives on.
I offer my sincere condolences to the family of Ed Bruce. Music is the language of the heart and Mr Bruce’s contribution to that is very much appreciated. May God give your family comfort and peace as you mourn your loved one. Philippians 4:7
One of my favorite country singers! I am so sorry to hear of his passing. My condolences to his family. My favorite of his songs was "You're the Best Break this Old Heart Ever Had". He also wrote and sang many gospel songs after he gave his heart to the Lord.
Great Singer and Songwriter, R.I.P.
Betty Brannigan
my condolences to his friends and his family may his songs and His Brilliant words live on forever he was a great Community leader in a role model for our society may he rest in peace
David P Call
Our deepest condolences to the family. We pray that God continues to strengthen and comfort the family during this difficult time.
Your voice will be remembered.
Stephanie Schell
I'm so sorry to hear of Mr. Bruce's death. Don't let your babies grow up to be Cowboys is one of my favorite country songs. My heart goes out to his family. May Jehovah comfort them during their time of sorrow.
Valerie Valentine
While ghostwriting a book not long ago, collaborating with its subject, an incident from years before came up involving an interchange with Ed Bruce.
My collaborator was reluctant to agree to the fact-checking, which would mean a call to Ed was in order. It seemed that, with the passage of time and a suspicion that Ed might not receptive to such a call, the prospect of a such a conversation would produce an awkward moment.
I argued that necessity and accuracy demanded the call be made. It was, Ed could not have been more gracious and my collaborator could not have been more relieved.
Having encountered Ed briefly several times over the years, and admired his versatility and artistry, this last observation is not a bad sayonara.
My husband and I would like to send our heartfelt condolences to Mr Bruce's family. RIP sir.. Cindy and Randy Clarke Gananoque Ontario Canada
Cindy Clarke
An unforgettable song, an unforgettable singer and songwriter, deepest condolences to the Bruce family, so very sorry for your loss, may God be with you in your time of sorrow.
Thank you Ed for being my friend. Thanks for all your advice. Ed was a real true country Artist. I will miss you. We were in the workings for Ed to record my song for a movie soundtrack. The sound is called Angel Fly. I know Ed has earned his wings for Ed was a God loving man. Love you Ed will miss our phone calls.
Joey Garland
RIP Ed. You'll be missed. Well miss your songs. Prayers to friends and family of Ed.
Goodnight, and Godspeed Ed, and thank you for sharing a part of your life with us, and the wonderful music memories....
Harry Simpson
Remember hearing his songs on the radio over the years.
Stephanie D Schell
Rest in peace you were inspiration to many people Doug&Judy Lorenson
What a voice. He used to come to a very popular local honky-tonk often, back in the mid-late 1980s. He'd sing from the DJ booth and wave at the dancers on the back dance floor, and then sign autographs. Another great talent in God's band upstairs. Condolence to the family and friends, hope you will keep his memory alive and maybe some will follow in his legendary footsteps musically.
Carol Sivadge
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ReportMeghan Markle’s Mom ‘Ready To Leap To Her Defense’ Amid Kate Middleton Feud
Jan 8, 2019 10:59 am·
By Melissa Copelton
The Duchess of Cambridge better watch her back! Meghan Markle’s mom, Doria Ragland, is ready to teach Kate Middleton, 36, a lesson if her rumored feud with the Duchess of Sussex, 37, continues. According to Radar Online, Meghan can’t wait for her mother, 62, to come visit the UK again.
“Doria was very happy when the royals were rolling out the red carpet for her daughter, but if she feels they’re mistreating her in any way she’ll come flying to her defense with all guns blazing,” a source revealed to the publication. “She’s a very protective, down-to-earth person who won’t be fazed by anyone’s status — even the Queen’s,” the source continued.
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“Meghan knows this of course, and it’s a huge source of comfort her very own Mama Bear is ready to leap to her defense.” As it happens, Doria isn’t the only one ready and willing to come to her daughter’s rescue. In fact, Meghan’s estranged father, Thomas Markle, recently spoke up about the former Suits actress butting heads with her sister-in-law.
“If there is any animosity between Meghan and Kate, they should put their differences aside,” he said in a recent interview. “I don’t think she deserves it and I don’t think she is doing one-third of the things she is being accused of doing,” Thomas continued. “This just isn’t like her.” Well, whether it’s “like her” or not, it doesn’t seem as if Meghan and Kate will come to an understanding anytime soon. After all, why bother actually making up when they both know how to play nice for the public?
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“Kate and Meghan have had enough media training to last them a lifetime,” a source recently spilled to Life & Style magazine. “They know full well how to put on a happy front for the cameras when it’s a completely different story behind closed doors.” Sigh. So much for new year, new beginnings.
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Rapper Cardi B Hit With Defamation Lawsuit For ‘Racist MAGA Supporters’ Attack
Posted By PopZette Staff On September 24, 2020 @ 1:47 PM In Entertainment | No Comments
The rapper Cardi B, an outspoken supporter of Joe Biden, just got some very bad news when she was hit with a defamation lawsuit for shaming Long Island beachgoers as “racist” MAGA supporters.
Cardi is being sued along with her sister Hennessy Carolina, as well as her sister’s girlfriend, model Michelle Diaz. The three are being sued for assault, battery, defamation, and civil rights violations over an incident that happened on September 6, according to ABC 7 New York [1].
On that date, the three got into a heated argument with group of people on Smith Point Beach, and one of the men they were arguing with was wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat during the altercation. Afterwards, Cardi claimed on social media that Carolina and Diaz were accosted by the group “all because they are a Afro/Hispanic gay couple,” Page Six [2] reported.
In the lawsuit, however, the beachgoers claimed that Carolina and Diaz were the aggressors in the altercation. They argued that they were defamed by the three women, who shamed them on social media by posting edited video and commentary about the altercation.
“These peaceful Suffolk County residents were quietly enjoying a Sunday at the Smith Point beach with their families, when rap celebrity Hennessy Carolina suddenly approached them, raging, spitting, insulting, assaulting, defaming and threatening them, all the while videotaping them because one of them wore a MAGA hat,” said John Ray, the attorney representing the beachgoers.
“Then Hennessy, Cardi B and celebrity model Michelle Diaz deviously edited the videotape and published the edited version all over social media, across the world for all to see, and maliciously falsely labeled these residents and their families as ‘N…s’ and as racists,” Ray added.
Carolina posted a video to social media after the incident claiming that two men told her and her girlfriend to “go to your f—king country.” She added that they were targeted because the group “saw us parking here and we were speaking Spanish and we’re mixed.”
Cardi has yet to respond to the lawsuit against her.
URL to article: https://www.lifezette.com/2020/09/rapper-cardi-b-hit-with-defamation-lawsuit-for-racist-maga-supporters-attack/
[1] ABC 7 New York: https://abc7ny.com/entertainment/cardi-b-sister-model-face-lawsuit-from-long-island-beachgoers/6489700/
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Canon Speedlite 430EX III-RT announced with built-in radio master
The Canon 430EX III-RT adds radio transmission and other improvements to the Speedlite 430EX II.
Wed 8th July 2015 Uncategorised
Canon has unveiled its second flash for the radio transmission (RT) wireless system. The Canon 430EX III-RT is a mid-range flash with optical and radio master/slave functions. It is smaller and less powerful than the flagship 600EX-RT.
The Canon RT system supports up to five groups of flashes, with 15 flashes per group over ranges up to 30 metres. It is more reliable in bright and angled conditions than the equivalent infrared/optical solution.There will also be a plain 430EX III with optical transmission only.
According to the manufacturer, the 430EX III(-RT) has shorter recycle times and a quicker firing rate than its predecessor. The head also swivels further than before and has a new control dial to adjust exposure compensation.
Canon UK specifies (and shows) the 430EX III-RT working as a wireless master, which is a big added feature over the 430EX II. Other news sites and Canon USA seem to have overlooked this. The reason for this discrepancy is not clear. (Update: It was an error in the Canon USA press release.) If it does indeed have master mode, due to the small screen you might not have the full level of control that a 600EX-RT or ST-E3-RT offers, but I expect it to provide basic TTL transmission at least.
Guide number (GN) of 43 metres (Iso-100)
Zoom range 24–105mm
E-TTL
High-speed sync, second curtain sync
3.2-second recycle time
90deg tilt, 330deg swivel (150deg left; 180 deg right)
Flip-down diffuser and bounce card
Included SCF-E2 incandescent colour filter
Powered by four AA batteries (no external battery support)
Advanced optical slave
Advanced radio master/slave (RT version only; also works as a remote shutter release)
It is now a full three years since Canon introduced its radio-controlled Speedlite system comprising the 600EX-RT and ST-E3-RT. In the interim the third-party manufacturers have been hard at work creating alternatives and compatible products. Has the high price of the 600EX-RT put off would-be enthusiasts and pushed them to other systems? It remains to be seen whether the 430EX III-RT has come too late.
In the UK, the Speedlite 430EX III-RT will cost £249.99, to ship later this month. In the USA, it will become available in September for $299. By comparison, the big-brother 600EX-RT is currently £449/$499 and the ST-E3-RT transmitter is £239/$263.
No price has been given for the non-RT Canon 430EX III. If it is anything like the non-RT 600EX, expect it to go on sale basically nowhere ever. To help clear stock of the 430EX II, which the 430EX III replaces, there is £40 cashback (now £159) at UK dealers (e.g. Wex) and $100 off in the US, bringing prices down to $199 at B&H and Adorama.
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Coronavirus: Financial Support for Irish Businesses
PUBLISHED: 11th March 2020
The escalation of the Covid-19 crisis has had, and will likely continue to have, serious repercussions for Irish businesses.
In a bid to counteract the impact, the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (DBEI) has announced a package of financial supports for eligible companies who are suffering direct adverse economic effects from Covid-19. The package, valued at circa €400m, includes:
Working Capital Scheme
A €200m Working Capital Scheme through the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) will make available loans of up to €1.5m to eligible businesses negatively impacted by Covid-19.
Such loans will apply reduced interest rates and the initial €500,000 of each loan will be unsecured
To qualify for a loan, a business must satisfy one of the specified Covid-19 criteria and one of the innovation criteria set out for the scheme
Guidelines on the necessary criteria and details as to how to apply for a loan under the scheme will be made available on the SBCI website;
Enterprise Supports Package
A €200m Enterprise Supports Package through Enterprise Ireland will provide support for affected businesses through a number of schemes including a Rescue and Restructure Scheme.
The Scheme will aim to support vulnerable but viable firms that need to transform or restructure their business.
Enterprise Ireland will supplement direct financial support with an online portal of advice and business continuity tools and webinars for businesses
Increased Maximum Loan Amounts through MicroFinance Ireland
The maximum amount of loans available through MicroFinance Ireland (MFI) will be increased from the existing cap of €25,000 to €50,000, which loans are to be immediately available to support micro-enterprises (i.e. sole traders and firms of up to 9 employees) in specifically dealing with the exceptional circumstances they are facing.
Further details on such loans and the application process through the MFI website or through Local Enterprise Offices.
Credit Guarantee Scheme through Pillar Banks
Covid-19 affected businesses will be able to rely on the Credit Guarantee Scheme through Pillar Banks. Loans will be available of up to €1m at terms of up to 7 years, further details of which are available through the relevant Pillar Banks.
Additional Support Schemes
In addition to the newly announced schemes, additional supports will be made available to Covid-19 affected business through schemes including First Responder support services jointly operated by the DBEI and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection through the Intreo Offices and tailored support services through development agencies, Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland in each region.
While the above announcement and the planned introduction of such new schemes have been broadly welcomed, it is increasingly apparent that the economic difficulties facing businesses will continue to emerge and grow in the weeks and months ahead. Significant challenges will likely emerge for all businesses active in the Irish and international markets and it is vital that financial supports are made available to affected businesses in a time-critical manner. It is likely that further supports will be required as the Covid-19 crisis continues to evolve.
For further information please contact Andrew Power at apower@lkshields.ie.
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Music & Songs Audiobooks For Kids
Browse Music & Songs audiobooks for kids, listen to samples and when you're ready head over to Audiobooks.com where you can get 3 FREE audiobooks on us
The Creature Choir
Author: David Walliams Narrator: James Goode, Lizzie Waterworth-Santo Release Date: 01/12/2019
Sing your heart out this Christmas with a whole choir of characters, in the showstopping new picture book from number one bestselling author David Walliams, illustrated by the artistic genius, Tony Ross! There's more than one star of the show this Christmas... In fact, there's a whole choir of them! Warble the walrus LOVES to sing. Unfortunately, she is not very good at it! And when her atrocious warbling causes an avalanche, the other walruses leave her all alone. But when you SING like no-one is listening, SOMETIMES, they start to hear you... The perfect Christmas gift for anyone who loves to laugh or sing, this brand-new story from David Walliams is a delightfully wonderful warble about doing what makes you HAPPY, and being LOUD about it!
Groovy Joe: If You're Groovy and You Know It, Hug a Friend
Author: Eric Litwin Narrator: Eric Litwin Release Date: 01/08/2018
Groovy Joe is back, and this time he's singing a groovy rendition of a favorite preschool song! Are you ready to sing along? #1 New York Times bestsellers Eric Litwin (Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes) and Tom Lichtenheld (Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site) are back, and adding a groovy twist to the classic children's song "If You're Happy and You Know It." This story will have little ones singing, dancing, and grooving along to a new favorite beat. Signature rhyme, repetition, and musical writing style come together to create a character that will have you singing all day long. Groovy Joe is back, ready to get groovy!
So You Want To Be A Professional Guitarist
Author: Ged Brockie Narrator: Ged Brockie Release Date: 01/07/2018
So You Want To Be A Professional Guitarist is a discussion, by professional guitarist Ged Brockie who has worked in the music business for over thirty five years considers the reality of working in music. He also discusses the skills needed to survive in this demanding business as a guitar player.
Jack B. Ninja
Author: Tim Mccanna Narrator: Tim Mccanna Release Date: 01/06/2018
Hold your breath while Jack B. Ninja dodges, leaps, and evades capture in this fantastical rhyming story from author Tim McCanna! Jack B. Ninja! Jack, be quick! Jack, jump over the bamboo stick! Secret mission starts tonight. Hide in shadow, out of sight. In this imaginative ninja fantasy inspired by the classic nursery rhyme "Jack Be Nimble," cheer on Jack as he sneaks over castle walls, swims through hidden tunnels, and uncovers a secret treasure all while avoiding detection. But when Jack unwittingly springs a trap in the middle of his mission, will he be able to use his ninja skills to escape the bandits and make it back home? A sneaky rhyming reverie with a surprise onetwo punch ending from Bitty Bot author Tim McCanna!
Barry the Penguin's Black and White Christmas
Author: John-Victor, Lesley Ross, Rachel Bellman Narrator: Christopher Eccleston Release Date: 01/10/2017
A Christmas musical adventure like no other, Narrated by Christopher Eccleston (Dr Who) and featuring original songs performed by a West End cast. Barry is a penguin detective with enough gumption to carry him from one end of the earth to the other and back again. When Father Christmas is kidnapped by the evil Bedbug Queen it looks like Christmas will be destroyed forever. Only the chosen one, a girl called Phoebe, can save him. But she hates Christmas... Will Barry convince her to help him? Will they reach Father Christmas before midnight strikes? Will they have the power to stop the evil Bedbug Queen? Featuring unforgettable new songs, this is a superbly original, comical story about the importance of friendship, trust and self-belief. This audiobook features songs performed by a West End cast, including Kerry Ellis (Wicked, Les Miserables), Olivier Award nominee Michael Xavier (Sunset Boulevard West End & Broadway) and Haydn Oakley (Book of Mormon) as Barry the Penguin. Christopher Eccleston said, 'This book is great fun, a mad and humorous adaptation of an original new musical. It has been an absolute pleasure to be part of this unique project and I look forward to seeing it all on the stage one day.'
Twinkle Twinkle Movie Star
Author: Stan Munslow Narrator: Stan Munslow Release Date: 01/09/2017
When Twinkle Twinkle Little Star announces that he wants to be in show-biz, the results are hilarious and quite musical. Sing along with Stan Munslow's lovable ball of hot gas and you'll have a twinkling hot time of your own!
Young McDonald Has A Farm
When Old McDonald retires, he leaves his farm to his son, Young McDonald. Young McDonald has some different ideas about running a farm, as you will see. Sing along with Stan Munslow and enjoy the hilarious fun!
Oi Cat!
Author: Kes Gray Narrator: David Mitchell Release Date: 01/09/2017
According to Frog . . . Cats sit on gnats Dogs sit on logs Raccoons sit on macaroons Armadillos sit on pillows and Chicks sit on bricks But wait! Cat doesn't like sitting on gnats, they keep biting his bottom! Will Frog and Dog help him change the rules? (P) 2017 Hodder Children's Books
The Quite Remarkable Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat
Author: Eric Idle Narrator: Eric Idle Release Date: 01/08/2017
Join the Owl and the Pussycat on their long journey to save the walking, talking Bong Tree in this clever story filled with love and laughter, silly songs, fabulous felines, vile villains, precocious pie-rats, and lots more to tickle one's fancy. Enhanced by an original musical score that contains ten hysterical songs.
The School of Tricks [Russian Edition]
Author: Jack Stewart Narrator: Stanislav Ivanov Release Date: 01/08/2017
Show focus is a surefire way to surprise anyone, but do not you think it's real magic? Each focus has its own secret and very often it is so simple that one can only marvel at how it happened that no one can unravel it. The real magicians always treat their tricks very kindly and never tell us about the ways of doing them - our own book, a textbook, thanks to which you yourself can become an unsurpassed illusionist! You will learn the secrets of performing a variety of tricks, among which: Mathematical tricks Foci for young children Foci with ropes and knots Card tricks Foci with coins Foci with shawls Foci with matches Listen to the "School of Foci" and learn to surprise people and give smiles!
Author: Camille Saint-Saens Narrator: Various Performers Release Date: 01/08/2017
The Carnival of the Animals (Le carnaval des animaux) is a humorous musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. This version features lyrics by famed humorist Ogden Nash and narration by a star-studded array of world-famous actors. These tales are then brought to life by the vibrant piano artistry of Mona Golabek and Reneé Golabek-Kaye.Narrator and Track List:Arte Johnson - IntroductionCharlton Heston - The Royal March Of The LionJames Earl Jones - The Cocks And HensBetty White - The Wild Animals JackassLynn Redgrave - The TurtlesWilliam Shatner - The ElephantJoan Rivers - The KangaroosTed Danson - The AquariumLily Tomlin - The MuleDeborah Raffin - The Cuckoo In The WindAudrey Hepburn - The BirdsDudley Moore - The PianistsWalter Matthau - The FossilsJacklyn Smith - The SwanArte Johnson - The Grand Finale
Old MacDonald Had a Farm and Other Classic Nursery Rhymes
Author: Ladybird Narrator: Various, Various Narrators Release Date: 01/07/2017
Penguin presents the downloadable audiobook edition of Old MacDonald Had a Farm and Other Classics Nursery Rhymes. This entertaining downloadable audiobook collection from Ladybird contains twenty-nine of the best-loved nursery rhymes and songs that children know and love from home, nursery and school. With jaunty music and characterful singers, it's perfect sing-a-long fun for adults and children alike. Content includes: Old MacDonald Had a Farm The House That Jack Built The Wheels on the Bus London Bridge is Falling Down Row, Row, Row Your Boat There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Ten inthe Bed If You're Happy and You Know It Wind the Bobbin Up Five Little Speckled Frogs One Man Went to Mow This Old Man Five Little Monkeys Incy Wincy Spider Down in the Jungle Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer Ten Fat Sausages Jelly on a Plate Sleeping Bunnies The Farmer's in his Den One Finger, One Thumb Five Little Ducks Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush The Ants Go Marching The Grand Old Duke of York Humpty Dumpty Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
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Passive voice is not to be shunned
by Stan Carey
Written by Stan Carey
The passive voice is a common target for complaint and criticism. But there is widespread confusion about when it’s appropriate and what it even is. In English grammar, voice refers to whether a verb is active or passive. In active voice, the subject is what does or is responsible for the action of the verb. In passive voice, the subject is what is affected by the action of the verb. Choosing active or passive changes the emphasis.
Let’s look at an example. The team submits the plan is in active voice, because the grammatical subject, the team, does the action – it submits the plan. We can make it passive: The plan is submitted (by the team). Here the grammatical subject is the plan, and it’s affected by the action of the verb, submitted. Both lines are fine; they just put the focus on different things: the team, or the plan.
By comparing the lines we see the structural differences between the two voices. Passive voice adds a form of the verb be (or occasionally get), followed by a past participle of the verb: is submitted, got damaged, etc. This is followed by the preposition by when we identify who or what did the action – the agent. We don’t have to include the agent – the shorter line The plan was submitted is OK too; it just provides less information.
Most lines in passive voice omit the agent, and sometimes that’s the desired effect. In a news story, for instance, The thieves were arrested does not need the phrase ‘by police’, because who else would arrest them? Putting it in active voice, Police arrested the thieves, foregrounds the police – but the story is about the thieves. Gill Francis looked at this area in more detail.
In passive voice we may omit the agent because we don’t know who they are, or it’s implied or unimportant, or we’d rather not say. Mistakes were made, for example, allows someone responsible for those mistakes to avoid implicating themselves. We made mistakes would be a more principled admission. Notice, however, that Mistakes happened and Mistakes were unavoidable also avoid accountability but are in active voice. Many people think that lines like this – without a clear human agent – are passive, but they’re not. Neither has a form of be followed by a past participle.
Clarity is another factor. Science writing has a tradition of passive voice to avoid mentioning the human experimenters (The study was conducted instead of We conducted the study) and thus support science’s claim to neutrality. But that neutrality is ultimately disputable, and constant defaulting to passive voice can lead to disjointed, overly complicated prose, including constructions like the double passive.
Context and flexibility are key. Critics of the passive voice often misidentify it and are generally unaware of its utility, but you should be careful to use it judiciously. For more detail on different forms of the passive, the many ways it’s used and scapegoated, you can watch this series of videos on the passive voice.
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Stan Carey is a freelance editor, proofreader and writer from the west of Ireland. Trained as a scientist and TEFL teacher, he writes about language, words, books and more on Sentence first, Macmillan Dictionary Blog and elsewhere. He tweets at @StanCarey.
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Why Brands Should Demand API Before KPI
by Jaisimha Muthegere , Columnist, August 30, 2017
This summer seems to have been open season on “walled gardens.”
There are good reasons why the big-kahuna platforms restrict third-parties from operating on their networks – after all, the biggest walled gardens have few incentives to share their data, and mounting privacy concerns give them good cover. But, for brands trying to better evaluate their media spending, the inability to share data across and layer third-party measurement tools over the big platforms is increasingly an issue.
No wonder we are seeing so many advertisers and brands clamoring for more open platforms. While these DSPs and exchanges may not boast the same depth of customer data that a Google or Facebook do, their algorithms are a differentiator and their apparent connectedness is a potential virtue. By allowing third-party audience data, measurement and verification tools to connect, they are making a tangible play to poach restless buyers.
But buyers should look beneath the surface. While many ad platforms may appear to be more “open” than the walled gardens, the true extent of that openness can sometimes be diminished when you explore the details.
What lacks in openness is often manifested in limited integration. Specifically, support for third-party measurement and verification software is often enabled through a proprietary and private vendor-to-vendor set-up. That means alternative platforms can appear to be open, while actually being only selectively open. You only get to connect your data with your vendor’s preferred partners.
What happens when an advertiser wants to switch one service to a perceived rival, to best optimize their media spend towards reaching the best audience? Not much. When the lack of truly open integration with the range of in-market platforms ends up functioning as a kind of lock-in. Connectivity remains all on a vendor’s terms.
Not many of these proprietary platforms offer an API. A set of rules providers can offer for opening up their platform to third-party peers, for truly connecting functions like campaign measurement to their services.
Some do but I am worried as, lately, I have seen some of the main platform protagonists begin to pull up the drawbridge, restricting that API and reducing the features and value customers could get from plugging in extra tools. If this trend continues, we could just end up with a new host of walled gardens, under another name.
What brands need is to see the utopia of full integration, alongside the ability to reduce their tech stack load in order to drive down tech fees and maximize their ROI. To achieve this, the industry needs to adopt standards aimed at securing a truly-open ecosystem in which platforms can freely connect with one another while protecting consumers’ data and their proprietary edge.
In tech terms, we need to push the industry to adopt an API standard to make it very easy to plug platforms together, servicing the whole of the campaign journey, from set-up to reporting to measurement to attribution, allowing brands to focus on performance and transparency.
Other industries have been here for a long time. In the financial sector, for instance, we already have standards like SWIFT that have smoothed out the previous mess of methods of foreign-currency payments, which had seen banks often unable to talk to each other to receive money.
More widespread platform integration would not just improve access to measurement information that depicts campaign performance, it would also help to solve the transparency problem.
Today, the number-one reason buyers are not getting the information they need is complexity. Opacity of spending decisions and outcomes is not just a product of corporate conspiracy or vendor self-interest, it is also a consequence of the lack of connectivity forcing people to pull data together using spreadsheet surgery, not in real-time and not in a standardized fashion.
So, an “open platform” may not be so different from a “walled garden” in some cases if you look closely enough, and we need to remedy that.
We need the ad ecosystem to look more like a free-market economy, like the European Union, a marketplace with complete unfettered access across boundaries. Advertisers and brands must demand complete and open access to their vendors’ platforms through rich and comprehensive APIs to achieve more transparent, sustainable and profitable return on their media and marketing investments.
JAISIMHA MUTHEGERE, chief technology officer, Visto
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Pay Gap Between Male and Female RNs Continues
Troy Brown, RN
Fifty years after passage of the Equal Pay Act, male registered nurses (RNs) still earn more than female RNs across settings, specialties, and positions, and that pay gap has not narrowed at all, according to a recent study.
Ulrike Muench, PhD, RN, from the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues report their findings in a research letter published in the March 25 issue of JAMA.
Since passage of the Equal Pay Act, the gap between salaries for men and women has narrowed in many occupations, but not nursing.
"[P]ay inequality persists for certain occupations, including medicine and nursing. Studies have documented salary differences across clinical settings for diverse cohorts of physicians and higher salaries for male [RNs]. In nursing, analyses have not considered employment factors that could explain salary differences, have been cross-sectional, and have not been based on recent data," the authors write.
The researchers studied the salaries of male and female RNs over time, using nationally representative data from the last six (1988 - 2008) iterations of the quadrennial National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN), which was discontinued in 2008, and data from the American Community Survey (ACS; 2001 - 2013).
There were 87,903 RNs in the NSSRN sample, of whom 7% were men, and 205,825 RNs in the ACS sample, of whom 10% were men.
Unadjusted male salaries were higher than female salaries every year in both surveys (annual pay difference, NSSRN, $10,775 [95% confidence interval (CI), $10,243 - $11,306; P < .001]; ACS, $9562 [95% CI, $9163-$9961; P < .001]). No statistically significant changes in male vs female salary were observed over time. Regression analysis using the NSSRN estimated an overall adjusted earnings difference of $5148 (P < .001).
The pay gap was $7678 (95% CI, $5319 - $10,037; P < .001) for ambulatory care and $3873 (95% CI, $3144 - $4601; P < .001) for hospital settings. The gap was found in all specialties with the exception of orthopedics, and it ranged from $3792 (95% CI, $802 - $6781; P < .001) for chronic care to $6034 (95% CI, $4175 - $7893; P < .001) for cardiology.
Pay differences were also seen by position, ranging from $3956 (95%CI, $2174 - $5737; P < .001) for middle management to $17,290 (95% CI, $11,690 - $22,891; P < .001) for nurse anesthetists. The model explained half of the variance in salaries (R 2 = 0.46).
"About half of the gap was accounted for by employment and other measured characteristics. This gap is similar in magnitude to the salary differences found for physicians," the authors observe.
The authors note several study limitations, including possible reporting biases with regard to survey data and the paucity of data regarding nursing specialties and positions in the NSSRN.
"The roles of RNs are expanding with implementation of the Affordable Care Act and emphasis on team-based care delivery. A salary gap by gender is especially important in nursing because this profession is the largest in health care and is predominantly female, affecting approximately 2.5 million women. These results may motivate nurse employers, including physicians, to examine their pay structures and act to eliminate inequities," the authors conclude.
One author reported payment for lectures from a variety of organizations, associations, universities, and groups and also reported appointment to chair of the National Health Care Workforce, which was established under the Affordable Care Act, but has not begun any work yet. The remaining authors have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
JAMA. 2015;313:1265-1267. Abstract
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Cite this: Pay Gap Between Male and Female RNs Continues - Medscape - Mar 24, 2015.
Troy Brown, RN is a freelance writer for Medscape.
Disclosure: Troy Brown, RN, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
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Musculoskeletal System /
Lameness in Pigs /
Overview of Lameness in Pigs /
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Lameness in Pigs
Overview of Lameness in Pigs
Lameness in Pigs in Farrowing Houses
Lameness in Pigs in Nurseries
Lameness in Pigs in Grower/Finisher Areas
Lameness in Breeding Gilts, Sows, and Boars
Musculoskeletal Disorders in Large Animals
A seven-year-old Quarter horse gelding presents with a 1-week history of mild lameness. During the examination, the horse raises his head as he places weight on his left forelimb and drops it when placing weight on the right forelimb. Which limb is most likely affected in this horse?
Right forelimb
Left forelimb
Right hind limb
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Jerry L. Torrison
, DVM, PhD, DACVPM, University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine
Last full review/revision Sep 2015 | Content last modified Oct 2015
Lameness has been an issue in swine production for many years and continues to be a problem worldwide. Although lameness can be caused by congenital or developmental abnormalities, most lameness in production animals is caused by pain associated with infections, trauma-related injuries, or underlying metabolic diseases. As such, it has become an area of focus for swine farm audits of animal well-being. It is also an economic issue, because an increasing prevalence or incidence of lameness in a herd is likely to affect viability, growth, or reproduction of pigs. Pig flow may be affected if farrowing targets are not met because of high rates of breeding stock removal or if growth of grower/finisher pigs is slowed by high lameness incidence. As with diseases of other body systems, lameness problems in a swine herd require a comprehensive approach if a diagnosis (or diagnoses) is to be reached so that preventive or curative measures can be instituted.
The types and causes of lameness can vary widely by age of the pig and, to a lesser extent, by gender and breed. Traumatic injury can obviously cause lameness in pigs at any age, but some types of lameness arising from infectious or physiologic causes can have a more limited age range or set of circumstances under which lameness develops. It should also be remembered that some infectious agents can affect and cause lameness in multiple species, so understanding the signalment of not only the group of pigs under evaluation, but also other pigs or species recently in contact or proximity with the affected group, is part of the comprehensive approach required for lameness investigations.
In addition to the signalment of the individual pigs in a population, the signalment of the composite group (ie, demographics) is also an important consideration. Examples of group signalment are the proportion of gilts in farrowing groups because gilts are more likely to pass pathogenic bacteria to their progeny, or the herd immune status with respect to a particular pathogen based on, for example, time since the most recent vaccination against erysipelas. Even the relative body condition of sows going into a cold season can predispose populations to increased or decreased susceptibility to herd health problems.
History taking must be thorough and should include information on age of onset, typical clinical signs, and progression of the lameness. Morbidity and mortality associated with any lameness and the number of groups, pens, rooms, or buildings with affected pigs are all relevant. Morbidity information should include treatments and the responses observed. Culling rates can also provide information on morbidity, although recorded reasons for culling sows are notoriously inaccurate. Condemnations at slaughter can be another way to secure objective data on morbidity, when condemnations for limb abnormalities or fractures have a direct bearing on lameness and for polyserositis or downer pigs, which have an indirect bearing on lameness.
Mortality data can be evaluated as an absolute rate or, more usefully, as incidence by stage or week of production. For sows, body condition score at the time of death or euthanasia can help reveal underlying lameness conditions because recorded reasons for cause of death are also prone to inaccuracy, and lame sows tend to lose body condition before death or euthanasia.
The investigation of a lameness problem on a farm also requires an understanding of the operation of the farm itself. The logistics underlying the establishment of the group of pigs under investigation should be explored: the source(s), transport, and placement of the pigs. The history of replacement breeding stock accessions is relevant, especially if new herds of origin or different genetic lines were introduced.
Health program and practices should be considered. It is important to determine whether vaccination or medication protocols were changed. If possible, it is equally important to determine whether protocols were followed correctly. Audits of product consumption or antibody testing for vaccine titers, if available, can be used as verification methods.
Investigating nutrition programs as a possible contributor to lameness problems can become extensive. However, the fundamental questions can be reduced to determining what rations were formulated, mixed, and delivered to the pigs. Problems are relatively rare but possible during each stage of the process. At the formulation stage, lameness problems can result, for example, when book values of phosphorus are different than actual amounts present in the product used, or vitamin D or phytase activities are not at expected levels because of storage, processing, or other issues, which can affect calcium and phosphorus metabolism. At the mixing stage, mills can have time constraints that do not allow adequate mixing of feed batches, so the feed composition can be uneven. At the point of delivery, feed density differences in sow gestation feed can result in over- or underfeeding when volumetric feeders are not adjusted to keep pace with weight and nutrient density changes in the ration.
Experiences with a series of lameness problems collectively referred to as metabolic bone disease—variably concerning problems in calcium, phosphorus, and/or vitamin D metabolism—have put more focus on the need to test feed constituents more thoroughly before inclusion in the diets, to test mixed feed for adherence to the formulation, and to monitor pigs more closely for serum vitamin D levels and bone densities so problems can be detected earlier.
Farm staff have a large role in caring for pigs on farms and, therefore, are a key source of information and possible solutions to lameness problems. Personnel working with the pigs must also be evaluated as possible contributors to lameness problems. Pig handling and movement are obvious potential causes of lameness, so understanding the level of staffing and extent of staff training are important parts of the case history. Observing the interaction between the pigs and the farm staff can help reveal the nature of interactions likely to occur routinely on the farm.
Understanding the farm hygiene practices is important to determine risks of injury and disease from slippery surfaces or contamination from transport vehicles. If bedding is used, determining the sources and management of the bedding is also significant to characterize disease risks.
Finally, the history of diagnostic results for the farm and the area are critically important to have a starting point for further investigation of lameness problems. If possible, the disease history among neighboring farms can help understand disease risks. At a minimum, a review of all the pertinent diagnostic testing results for the specific herd is required.
Diagnosis of lameness can be complex. At least three body systems (musculoskeletal, nervous, and integumentary) may be affected independently or in combination. Because of the different organ systems potentially involved, a consistent and thorough approach to evaluate all components of lameness is essential. When examining a herd with a locomotor problem, the focus should not be solely on a group of affected pigs. Younger pigs should be evaluated to identify potential underlying causes or predispositions to the problem under investigation. Other groups of pigs of similar ages and older pigs housed in other pens or buildings should also be evaluated to determine whether they have similar or different problems. The conditions potentially causing the problem should not be assumed to be restricted to those most often associated with one particular age group.
When evaluating a population of pigs, it is useful to first consider an inverted pyramid approach of the entire room, followed by pens of pigs and finally individual pig evaluations. The entire room evaluation is intended to provide a general sense of the overall health, activity, and behavior of the group. Pen-by-pen evaluations provide an opportunity to make counts or estimates of the prevalence and severity of the lameness. The individual pig assessments are intended to focus on the specific cause(s) of the lameness.
The pen evaluation is intended to identify the lame pigs. Pigs should be made to move around (in pens or into alleyways), to stand, and if housing allows, to walk, watching for behavior typical of lame pigs. The pen ahead and pen behind the last pigs to stand up and first pigs to lie down should be observed. Pigs that take advantage of the diversion caused by the evaluation to access feed or water should be noted. Abnormal gait and posture, body condition (thin pigs are more likely to be lame), and physical evidence of trauma, infection, or malformation (swelling, vesicles, etc) should be watched for in individual pigs.
If an individual pig warrants a more extensive physical examination, some degree of restraint may be required. If less restraint is sufficient, the pig can remain free in a pen or stall, or a sorting panel can be used to prevent the pig from moving away. If more restraint is needed, small pigs can be lifted or manually held for examination. Larger pigs can be snared or cast using ropes. The advantage of this type of restraint is that it immobilizes the pig. Disadvantages are that the pig is placed in an unnatural posture, excess muscle tone is normally stimulated, and help from additional people is usually required.
Anesthesia is another possible means of greater restraint. The advantage is that muscles are relaxed, allowing manipulation of skeletal structures such as potential fractures. Additionally, muscle mass can be assessed, joint taps or other diagnostic procedures can be performed, and more extensive evaluations such as radiography or other scanning are possible if warranted. Disadvantages are the management of controlled substances used as anesthetics, required withdrawal times, and the challenge of managing recovery from anesthesia with other pigs present or in facilities that may not be set up for such procedures.
Some farms may have lift chutes to immobilize boars, sows, and gilts for foot trimming or other procedures. These chutes allow good restraint with full access to the feet and lower limbs, with none of the disadvantages of chemical restraint. However, availability of lift chutes on sow farms is limited.
A general physical examination of an individual pig for lameness requires a thorough, systematic, and consistent process by individual clinicians. One such approach is to proceed from the bottom up and front to back of the pig, ie, the feet are evaluated first, followed by the limbs and torso in a front-to-back progression.
The feet can be examined most easily when the pig is lying laterally recumbent or lifted (manually for small pigs or using a mechanical chute for sows). Standardized guides exist to score foot lesions by type. Prevalence and severity of foot lesions in a sow herd can be estimated by scoring the feet using statistical sampling. Using a good flashlight enhances scoring foot lesions. Feet may need to be cleaned for pigs housed on non-slatted floors. Exploring lesions by trimming with a hoof knife, clipper, or grinder requires adequate restraint and safety protocols. Foot lesions have been well defined but do not always correlate with lameness on an individual pig basis, because the pain associated with foot lesions depends on exposure or infection of the sensitive tissues underlying the claw, heel, and sole of the toes.
Limb and joint palpation and manipulation should also be conducting using a consistent approach. The amount and type of restraint again depends on age of the pig. Cardinal signs of inflammation, ie, heat, swelling, pain, and redness, should be noted. Strength, range of motion, crepitus, and weight-bearing distribution should be evaluated. Joints embedded in muscle mass (eg, hip, stifle, shoulder) require deep palpation, which may not be possible on large, heavily muscled pigs. Fracture of the head of the femur (epiphysiolysis capitis femoris), a common cause of downer sows, is difficult to diagnose antemortem. Because it is buried under a large muscle mass, even infectious arthritis in the stifle, a site commonly affected by Mycoplasma hyosynoviae, can be missed on individual pigs on cursory examination.
The torso can be evaluated and palpated for muscle mass, tone, and symmetry. Ribs should be examined for evidence of fractures or knobby thickening (rachitic rosary), and the spine examined for kyphosis.
A neurologic examination is indicated in cases when neurologic disease is suspected and should be performed in a similar fashion to that for dogs, cows, and horses (see Physical and Neurologic Examinations).
Postmortem examination of lame pigs is often required to reach a definitive diagnosis for a herd lameness problem. Field necropsy of baby, nursery, and grower pigs is relatively easy to accomplish. However, for larger finisher pigs, gilts, sows, and boars, the process is laborious because of the size of the animal and the need to examine numerous joints and bones, often including the spine if appropriate to the clinical presentation. At a minimum, developing expertise in opening joints on dead pigs that may not be ideal candidates for diagnostic sampling can help direct diagnostic efforts when more suitable pigs are available. Examination of greater numbers of pigs improves the odds of accurately characterizing the cause(s) of lameness.
Although on-farm necropsies are feasible, it may be better to submit entire or even live pigs to a full-service diagnostic laboratory. In particular, submitting live pigs to a laboratory allows greater odds of successfully culturing live bacteria, which are needed for antimicrobial susceptibility determination or production of autogenous vaccines. Additionally, diagnostic laboratories have the facilities and personnel to perform more complete and careful dissections of joints, the spine, and brain. This is particularly true of sow lameness problems. For example, an extensive dissection of the pelvis is required to reveal an apophysiolysis of ischial tuberosity in young sows with characteristic dog-sitting posture after farrowing. Likewise, vertebral abscessation can be a common cause of downer sows, and the vertebral column must be split sagittally to make a definitive diagnosis of this condition.
If pigs are to be submitted to a diagnostic laboratory, appropriate pigs must be selected and delivered, accompanied by an accurate history and a list of differential diagnoses. Adequate numbers of representative, acutely lame, untreated pigs are essential.
If tissues are to be submitted for a lameness evaluation, the diagnostic laboratory should be contacted to determine what tests will be done and what tissues will be needed. In general, tissues from three euthanized pigs with characteristic clinical signs, acutely affected, and untreated (if available) are a reasonable starting point. Alternatively, three freshly dead pigs can be examined and sampled. Samples should be packaged and identified individually for each pig. Whole blood in EDTA and serum should be collected antemortem if possible. For small pigs, postmortem samples can include intact joints with the skin wiped clean and cooled for transport. For larger pigs, two joint swabs of synovial membranes of affected joints should be collected, along with chilled and formalin-fixed synovial membrane samples. Affected bones can also be submitted chilled.
The bone of choice (based on the recommendation of the laboratory) for bone density determination should be submitted if warranted. Protocols to evaluate bone density using front feet have been developed and may be available in some laboratories.
For suspected neurologic cases, one half of the brain should be submitted chilled and the other half fixed in buffered 10% formalin. Additionally, vertebral sections from the cervicothoracic and lumbosacral region should be submitted chilled, with 5-cm segments of spinal cord also submitted fixed in formalin. If muscle disease is suspected, a sample of diaphragm and muscle from affected areas should be submitted fixed in formalin.
As part of the postmortem examination, a rib should be removed and manually snapped (like a twig) to gain an appreciation of the bone mineral density. Depending on the age of the pig, the rib should snap sharply. With practice, clinicians can develop skill in evaluating bone mineralization in this manner.
Evaluation of affected or cull pigs at a slaughter plant is not usually productive, because processing lines run too fast to evaluate all the elements of the musculoskeletal system, and all joints cannot be thoroughly examined. However, specific conditions can be evaluated even at line speed. For example, rachitic lesions may be apparent on ribs on hanging carcasses. Condemned carcass or euthanized slow or down pigs can sometimes be made available for examination. Some abattoirs are willing to cooperate on specific projects to retrieve lower limbs for investigative purposes if asked.
Housing and the manner in which pigs and their environment are managed are central to potential lameness problems, especially the interface between the pig and the floor. Flooring type is a major determinant, and all types have forms of lameness associated with them. Dirt and pasture lots can range from too dry to too wet, leading to vertical hoof wall cracks or foot infections, respectively. Bedding can serve as a source of bacteria that cause infectious arthritis, such as Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in straw bedding. Solid, partial slat, and fully slatted floors also have relative advantages and disadvantages in terms of associated lameness conditions.
In addition to type of flooring, the adjustment and state of repair can have considerable influence on lameness. Holes, gaps, and sharp edges on concrete floors can traumatize the feet and lower legs. Abrasiveness of the flooring surface may be too little, which makes floors slippery and leads to injuries, or too much, which can wear down the claws and promote heel overgrowth.
Cleanliness and moisture are additional factors to evaluate. Buildup of manure in bedded areas can lead to foot infections, whereas excess moisture from misting cooling systems running out of adjustment can lead to softening of the claws, hoof wall cracks, and excess wear.
Interactions among the pigs are also important factors to evaluate. The sourcing and mixing of discrete pig populations can influence whether infectious diseases are maintained as endemic within the population or can become epidemic outbreaks as pigs become susceptible over time with the loss of maternal immunity and have commingling exposure. Stocking density and space for animals to exhibit social behaviors can influence how much aggressive social behavior occurs within groups of pigs. Distance and conditions pigs are required to traverse to access feed and water can affect wear on the feet and trauma to joints.
Group size and stability also have an impact on development of lameness. Sows housed in individual stalls are restricted in terms of movement but tend to develop fewer lameness problems than confined group-housed sows. Pigs kept in very large group sizes have fewer aggressive interactions than pigs housed in small groups. Sorting growing pigs to allow for more variation in size within pens can reduce the time required for social structures to become established at weaning or regrouping times.
Skeletal development may be affected by relatively short-term nutritional deficiencies, especially considering expectations for rapid growth and muscle development in modern hybrid pigs. Problems early in the production cycle may be reflected as abnormal bone growth in nursery or growing pigs, whereas recurrent deficiencies or those seen later in the finishing phase may result in weak bones in slaughter pigs or replacement breeding stock.
During the growing phase, the goal of the nutritional program should be to ensure the development of a strong skeleton so that incidence of spontaneous bone fractures in the finishing barn or during the slaughter process is low, thus preventing large numbers of culls or partial and complete condemnations of carcasses. Fractures of the femur, humerus, ribs, or vertebrae may be induced by strong muscle contractions during the slaughter process; however, if the problem is seen frequently, it may be a reflection of the overall integrity of the skeleton and warrant further evaluation of the minerals and vitamins in the ration. Clinical signs of hypocalcemia can develop before slaughter and can include lameness, including spiral fracture of the femur, leg weakness and posterior paresis, recumbency and paddling, and even sudden death.
In breeding animals especially, foot lesions can cause lameness. Research has demonstrated the need to balance diets carefully for macro and trace minerals, as well as key vitamins such as vitamin D and biotin. Excessive water hardness or high concentrations of iron or heavy metals in water can antagonize trace mineral absorption, leading to foot lesion development.
Some acute infectious causes of lameness in pigs can affect pigs of multiple ages. In particular, vesicular diseases caused by several viruses can cause lameness in breeding and growing swine: foot-and-mouth disease, Seneca Valley virus, swine vesicular disease, vesicular stomatitis, and vesicular exanthema all fit this clinical picture. Prevalence and clinical severity among these viruses is variable, but because of the concern over foot-and-mouth, any episode of vesicular disease in pigs is cause for a full diagnostic investigation involving regulatory personnel.
Therapies to treat or prevent lameness should, of course, be tailored to the presumed or confirmed underlying cause of lameness but can also be symptomatic to reduce pain and improve function. However, the regulatory landscape for use of products to treat or prevent lameness in pigs is changing. This is true not only for federal regulations regarding use of antimicrobials and analgesics but also for the patchwork of commercial marketing programs that are typically more restrictive on product use through contractual agreements. Thus, any product type, dose, form, and use should be carefully considered in light of pertinent regulations for the jurisdictions in which the pigs are being raised and marketed.
Production practices and conditions are also changing. In certain parts of the world, pig farming is becoming more intensive, whereas others are becoming more extensive. These changes can alter the epidemiology of diseases, posing both a challenge and an opportunity to intervene more effectively to reduce lameness.
Diagnostic regimens are becoming more sensitive, increasing the likelihood of detecting and characterizing disease-causing agents. Distinguishing between presence and significance of a disease-causing agent becomes more difficult, but a more precise understanding of exposure and transmission of agents should help develop more effective control strategies.
Pigs with acute diseases that may result in death typically require parenteral therapy with a drug of choice (using approved products first) based on tentative diagnosis and the clinician’s experience until results of a necropsy and antimicrobial sensitivity profiles are available. Virtually all the parenteral products available to treat infections that cause lameness are given IM, with the site of choice behind the ear for all age categories. It may be feasible to provide medication in the water or feed after the initial parenteral treatment. Infectious agents sensitive to a drug in vitro may not be sensitive in vivo, so clinical experience on the farm is essential.
In addition to antimicrobials to treat infectious arthritides, the use of anti-inflammatory agents to relieve pain can be useful and beneficial to the pig. Flunixin meglumine is approved for use in pigs for symptomatic treatment of fever in outbreaks of swine respiratory disease, but anti-inflammatory and analgesic qualities can help relieve pain in a swollen joint or bruised muscle (extra-label). Dexamethasone has been recommended in pigs with streptococcosis and is labeled for glucocorticoid therapy in pigs. Another glucocorticoid, isoflupredone acetate, is specifically approved for musculoskeletal pain that causes lameness in pigs. In a controlled study in Europe, the COX-2 inhibitor meloxicam proved useful to alleviate painful, noninfectious lameness in pigs. This product is approved for use in swine in Canada but not in the USA. All these products are administered by IM injection, so treatment of large numbers of pigs is time consuming and potentially costly. Acetylsalicylic acid and sodium salicylate are allowed for analgesia in swine if manufactured under cGMP and may be a useful adjunct therapy as a water treatment. Additionally, meloxicam and ibuprofen can be compounded from FDA-approved human products. An important consideration with use of any pharmaceuticals in pigs near time of slaughter is observance of withdrawal times recommended by the manufacturer.
Whenever feasible, introduction of a vaccination protocol to protect populations of pigs against a particular infectious agent is desirable. If a suitable vaccine is not commercially available, an autogenous product can be created for some pathogens for use in an individual herd and, provided it is cost-effective, can be used to prevent regular outbreaks of disease. Regular monitoring for causal organisms, serotype, etc, is essential for effective use of either antibacterial agents or vaccines.
Removing lame pigs from competitive group housing environments to hospital pens improves the chances of recovery. Research is inconclusive as to the optimal flooring and husbandry conditions for recovery pens.
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CHK America, a designer of customer information solutions for the U.S. public transportation industry and E Ink Holdings (E Ink), an innovator of electronic ink technology, announced a plan to provide more flexibility to transit agencies and better information to customers. Their first product through this partnership is Digital Bus Stops, which were on display at the Digital Signage Expo in Las Vegas March 16 to 17.
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Lotterywest grants presented to arts organisations
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Melbourne Symphony rocks Wyndham
Missing man found safe and well -Bexley
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May 2, 2019 11:45 pm AESTDate Time
Canada announces support to small and medium organizations for innovative projects as part
From: Global Affairs Canada
May 2, 2019 – Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada
Canadian small and medium organizations (SMOs) will implement high impact, innovative and sustainable development projects to reduce poverty and build a more peaceful, inclusive and prosperous world.
The Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister of International Development and Minister for Women and Gender Equality, today announced that 21 projects, spanning 18 countries, will be the first to receive funding under a five-year $100-million initiative that will deliver on the objectives of Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy.
In November 2017 Canada launched a call for preliminary proposals specifically targeting SMOs. This initiative is a direct response to the feedback received from Canadian SMOs and their local partners during the International Assistance Review consultations.
This initiative plays to the unique strength of Canadian SMOs by providing dedicated access to funding that help SMOs develop and implement innovative programming in partnership with local organizations in support of the six areas of Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy and advance the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. It will also help to foster partnerships that are more effective, engage Canadian civil society and support programs that focus on the empowerment of women and girls, and gender equality.
Canada will further demonstrate its leadership toward advancing gender equality by hosting the Women Deliver Conference- the world’s largest gathering on gender equality and the health, rights, and wellbeing of women and girls.
“By supporting Canada’s small and medium organizations, we are leveraging their strengths and the know-how of civil society to deliver innovative programming in developing countries to help the world’s most vulnerable people, especially women and girls.”
– Maryam Monsef, Minister of International Development and Minister for Women and Gender Equality
The call for proposals was open to SMOs reporting consolidated revenue of less than $10 million in Canada and annual overseas expenditures in developing assistance of less than $2 million.
The next call for concepts for Canadian SMOs will be launched in May 2019.
Canada will host the Women Deliver Conference, June 3-6, 2019, in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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M.M. Ciciovan
PRESENCE IN GALLERIES
Espace MARA
64 9e rue, Roxboro
Montréal, Qc., H8Y 1J5
www.espacemara.com
info@espacemara.com
Galerie d’Art Images Boréales
4 rue St-Paul E.
Montréal, Qc H2Y 1G1
www.imagesboreales.com
info@imagesboreales.com
Elite Art Gallery
Piata Natiunilor Unite, nr.3-5,
Bl. B2, Parter, Sector 4, București
www.eliteart-gallery.com
eliteartgalerie@eliteart.org
Emillions Art
3003 Tamiami North Trail, Suite 300
www.emillionsart.com
info@emillionsart.com
The Canada-Romania Medal
the Canadian Ambassador in Bucharest
With twenty years of artistic carrer, M.M. Ciciovan is one of the leading figures of Contemporary Canadian art. She has staged many solo and group exhibitions and her paintings can be found in public and private collections throughout Canada and abroad, especially in New York, Washington, Boston, Miami, Paris, Madrid, Singapore, Nassau, Bucharest and Cluj.
Born in 1970, in a small Romanian village, M.M. Ciciovan has been drawing and painting since childhood. After the fall of the communist regime, she moved to Montreal to pursue an artistic career. She holds a minor in Fine Arts from the University of Montreal, and a Bachelor degree in Visual and Media Arts (B.F.A.) from the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM). For over 15 years, M.M. Ciciovan dedicated herself entirely to artistic creation.
M.M. Ciciovan's art is based on memory: “more specifically her memories and perceptions of the places from her life, said the Montreal editor and publisher, Wah Keung Chan. She explores an aesthetic and is in search of its beauty and harmony. She challenges her own universe, pushing it to the ideal. The color palette mixes earth tones with light to create a world in orange with hints of blue, yellow and green.”
The Montreal journalist, Dorota Kozinska, is also praising the art of M.M. Ciciovan in the magazine Vie des Arts : "The pleasure of viewing Ciciovan's urban magic is purely aesthetic. it is not even emotional, but rather reflective, a brief glimpse before gently receding back into the memory. […] Ciciovan's roots are Romanian, her creative inspiration universal, and her style all her own."
Somewhere in between abstraction and the figuration, realism and imagination, M. M. Ciciovan’s paintings give a metaphorical and poetic meaning to the urban landscape. Her artwork is characterized by great freedom of execution, through improvisation and spontaneity. The balance and structure remain however very present: the vertical and horizontal geometry, the architectural elements, the game of mirrors and double images, or the effect of juxtaposition of various perspectives in one same image, are a constant in her work, regardless of the technique used. The color and light do not only evoke the shape, but primarily arise the energy and vibration of the image. Those are the words of professor and mentor, the late Antoine Pentsch, who new best to describe the essence of M.M. Ciciovan's art.
2020, Urban Memories, Canadian Art Concepts, Toronto (ON) (solo exhibition)
2019, Retrospective, Queens of ART, POP UP Gallery, Montréal (Québec) (solo exhibition)
2018, Espace MARA's First Anniversary, Montréal (Québec) (solo exhibition)
2018, Urban Renewal, Emillions Arts with Artsy, New York (NY) (group exhibition)
2018, Mystical Forces, Salomon Arts Gallery, New York (NY) (group exhibition)
2017, Official Opening, Espace MARA , Montréal (Québec) (solo exhibition)
2017, Abstraction Sauvage, Le Livart, Montréal (Québec) (Group Exhibition)
2017, Global Art Exhibition, Emillions Art, Naples (Florida) (Group Exhibition)
2016, The Time of Secrets, Galerie d’art Images Boréales, Montréal (Québec) (solo exhibition)
2016, Spring Exhibition, Artblend Gallery, Fort Lauderdale (Florida) (group exhibition)
2016, Winter Exhibition, Artblend Gallery, Fort Lauderdale (Florida) (group exhibition)
2015, The Birds of Paradise, Galerie d’art Images Boréales, Montréal (Québec) (solo exhibition)
2015, Fall Exhibition, Artblend Gallery, Fort Lauderdale (Florida) (group exhibition)
2014, The Land of the Elders, Galerie d’art Images Boréales, Montréal (Québec) (solo exhibition)
2011, In Search of Time Lost, Chapelle historique du Bon Pasteur, Montreal (Quebec) (solo exhibition)
2009, Contemplations, The Contemporary Arts Gallery, Montreal (Quebec) (solo exhibition)
2008, The Great Travelling, Chapelle historique du Bon Pasteur, Montreal (Quebec) (solo exhibition)
2008, Lights and Shadows, Spotlight on Montréal, Hotel Nelligan, Montréal (Quebec) (group exhibition)
2007, Dialogues of the Memory, Montreal Art Gallery, Montreal (Quebec) (solo exhibition)
2006, Mirages, Scotia Bank ScotiaMcLeod, Montreal (Quebec) (solo exhibition)
2005, Beyond the Horizon (II), Olivieri Bookstore/Bistro, Montreal (Quebec) (solo exhibition)
2004, Beyond the Horizon, Brigitte Desroches Gallery, Montreal (Quebec) (solo exhibition)
2003, Souvenirs of the Earth, National Theater, Bucharest (Romania) (solo exhibition)
2002, Variations, Romanian Embassy, Ottawa (Ontario) (solo exhibition)
2002, My Childhood - Roumanie en Rose, Pierre Peladeau Center, Montreal (Quebec) (thematic exhibition with the filmmaker Jean-Claude Labrecque)
2001, Parameter, UQAM Gallery, Montreal (Quebec) (group exhibition)
2001, Leaving the Nest, InterPalace Gallery, Montreal (Quebec) (solo exhibition)
2001, Wavering, C. Brancusi Exhibition Center, Montreal (Quebec) (group exhibition)
2016, X Contemporary, Miami Beach, Florida
2016, SIDIM (Salon du Design), Montréal (Qc)
2015, Spectrum Miami, Midtown Miami, Miami (FL)
2015, Artexpo New York, PIER 94, New York (NY)
2014, Boston International Fine Art Show, Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston (MA)
ONLINE ART CATALOG
You can now download M.M. Ciciovan's art catalog!
"The works of M.M. Ciciovan act like those songs that emerge, incomplete, from our memory and that we must complement with our own new rhymes. Such inspiration is shaped by the strength of the colors superimposed on the canvas, by the movement of the light, but also by the moment’s mood, by our memories, by today. Suddenly, the painting triggers our sensitivity and turns it into its key."
mm.ciciovan@hotmail.ca
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Posted on October 30, 2015 by Pomeroy Daily Sentinel
St. Albans edges Point volleyball
By Donald Lambert - elambert@civitasmedia.com
Point Pleasant sophomore Cierra Porter (7) tipping the ball over the net during the Lady Knights’ loss to St. Albans on Thursday in St. Albans, W.Va.
Donald Lambert/OVP Sports
ST. ALBANS, W.Va. — The Lady Knights’ final game of the regular season yielded mixed results.
The Point Pleasant volleyball team fell to host St. Albans 2-1 on Thursday night in Kanawha County. The Lady Knights (7-18) started the match with a victory, but the Lady Red Dragons took consecutive games to win the match.
The Lady Knights led early in the first set, but the home team took control and went up 15-8. Charli Leach’s three consecutive service points got the Point offense back on track. Late in the game, Cierra Porter got the Lady Knights within one point of St. Albans. After tying the game at 26, Leah Coachran’s two service points gave the vistitors a 28-26 win in Game 1.
The Lady Red Dragons adjusted before Game 2 and it didn’t take long to show. Point Pleasant started out the set with the lead, but St. Albans offense soon took control and didn’t let up. The Lady Red Dragons didn’t let the Lady Knights have many offensive possessions during the second game. St. Albans dominated the set and it took it 25-6.
Both teams traded the lead throughout the third set. Charli Leach got the Lady Knights off to a 2-1 lead. After St. Albans pulled out to a 6-4 lead, Freeman helped Point tie the game at six. Cottrill and Cierra Porter gave the Lady Knights 12-10 lead. Leach and Cochran added a few points to put the visitors up 16-12. The Lady Red Dragons flew past Point Pleasant and took the final game 25-19.
“I tell my girls all the time it comes down to who wants it more,” Point Pleasant coach Marla Cottrill said. “I think my girls are there. We’re looking forward to sectionals, but I’m excited about next year and what’s going to happen. I got a great group of girls and we’re going to work hard.”
Leach and Cochran led the Lady Knights with seven service points. Cottrill had four points, while Porter had three points and Freeman had two points for Point Pleasant.
The Lady Knights will begin sectional tournament play at Winfield on Tuesday. Match time is scheduled for 6 p.m.
Donald Lambert can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2106
http://aimmedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2015/10/web1_10.31-PP-Porter.jpgPoint Pleasant sophomore Cierra Porter (7) tipping the ball over the net during the Lady Knights’ loss to St. Albans on Thursday in St. Albans, W.Va. Donald Lambert/OVP Sports
By Donald Lambert
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Understanding Group Types and Scopes
A group can be defined as a collection of accounts that are grouped together so that Administrators can assign permissions and rights to the group as a single entity. This removes the need for an Administrator to individually assign permissions and rights to each account. Therefore, while a user account is associated with an individual or entity, a group account or a group is created to simplify the administration of multiple user accounts (users). When permissions are granted to a group, all accounts that are part of that particular group are granted the permissions. Permissions actually control which actions users can perform on a network resource. Rights, on the other hand, relate to system tasks.
Windows Server 2003 provides user accounts and group accounts (of which users can be a member). User accounts are designed for individuals. Group accounts are designed to make the administration of multiple users easier.
The following entities can be added to groups:
Computer accounts
Other groups’ members
The administrative tasks typically performed on groups are summarized below:
Assign permissions to groups to access shared resources. Each group member would be able to access the shared resources.
Assign rights to groups so that they can perform certain system tasks such as backing up or restoring files.
Groups are also used to distribute bulk e-mail to its members.
Group type and scope have to be specified when a new group is created. Group types and group scopes are discussed throughout the remainder of this article.
Two types of groups can be created in Active Directory. Each group type is used for a different purpose. A security group is one that is created for security purposes, while a distribution group is one created for purposes other than security purposes. Security groups are typically created to assign permissions, while distribution groups are usually created to distribute bulk e-mail to users. As one may notice, the main difference between the two groups is the manner in which each group type is used. Active Directory allows users to convert a security group into a distribution group and to convert a distribution group into a security group if the domain functional level is raised to Windows 2000 Native or above.
Security groups: A security group is a collection of users who have the same permissions to resources and the same rights to perform certain system tasks. These are the groups to which permissions are assigned so that its members can access resources. Security groups therefore remove the need for an Administrator to individually assign permissions to users. Users that need to perform certain tasks can be grouped in a security group then assigned the necessary permissions to perform these tasks. Each user that is a member of the group has the same permissions. In addition to this, each group member receives any e-mail sent to a security group. When a security group is first created, it receives an SID. It is this SID that enables permissions to be assigned to security groups – the SID can be included in a resource’s DACL. An access token is created when a user logs on to the system. The access token contains the user’s SID and the SID of those groups to which the user is a member of. This access token is referenced when the user attempts to access a resource. The access token is compared with the resource’s DACL to determine which permissions the user should receive for the resource.
Distribution groups: Distribution groups are created to share information with a group of users through e-mail messages. Thus, a distribution group is not created for security purposes. A distribution does not obtain an SID when it is created. Distribution groups enable the same message to be simultaneously sent to its group members. Messages do not need to be individually sent to each user. Applications such as Microsoft Exchange that work with Active Directory can use distribution groups to send bulk e-mail to groups of users.
Group Scopes
The different group scopes make it possible for groups to be used differently to assign permissions for accessing resources. A group’s scope defines the place in the network where the group will be used or is valid. This is the degree to which the group will be able to reach across a domain, domain tree, or forest. The group scope also determines what users can be included as group members.
In Active Directory, there are three different group scopes:
Global groups: Global groups are containers for user accounts and computers accounts in the domain. They assign permissions to objects that reside in any domain in a tree or forest. Users can include a global group in the access control list (ACL) of objects in any domain in the tree/forest. A global group can, however, only have members from the domain in which it is created. What this means is that a global group cannot include user accounts, computer accounts, and global groups from other domains.
The domain functional level set for the domain determines which members can be included in the global group.
Windows 2000 Mixed: Only user accounts and computer accounts from the domain in which the group was created can be added as group members.
Windows 2000 Native / Windows Server 2003: User accounts, computer accounts, and other global groups from the domain in which the group was created can be added as group members.
Domain Local groups: Domain local groups can have user accounts, computer accounts, global groups, and universal groups from any domain as group members. However, only domain local groups can assign permissions to local resources or to resources that reside in the domain in which the domain local group was created. This means that only domain local groups in the ACL of objects that are located in the local domain can be included.
The domain functional level set for the domain determines which members can be included in the domain local group.
Windows 2000 Mixed: User accounts, computer accounts, and global groups from any domain can be added as group members.
Windows 2000 Native / Windows Server 2003: User accounts, computer accounts, global groups, and universal groups from any domain can be added as group members. Other domain local groups from the same domain as group members can also be added.
Universal groups: Universal groups can have user accounts, computer accounts, global groups, and other universal groups from any domain in the tree or forest as members. This basically means that users can add members from any domain in the forest to a universal group. Users can use universal groups to assign permissions to access resources that are located in any domain in the forest. Universal groups are only available when the domain functional level for the domain is Windows 2000 Native or Windows Server 2003. Universal groups are not available when domains are functioning in the Windows 2000 Mixed domain functional level. Users can convert a universal group to a global group or to a domain local group if the particular universal group has no other universal group as a group member. When adding members to universal groups, it is recommended to add global groups as members and not individual users.
When groups contain other groups as members, group nesting occurs. Group nesting occurs when groups are added to other groups. Group nesting assists in reducing the number of instances that users need to assign permissions and replication traffic. As mentioned previously, the domain functional level set for the domain determines what group nesting can be implemented as summarized below:
Windows 2000 Mixed:
Global groups: User accounts and computers accounts in the same domain.
Domain local groups: User accounts, computers accounts, and global groups from any domain.
Windows 2000 native or Windows Server 2003:
Global groups: User accounts, computer accounts, and other global groups in the same domain.
Domain local groups: User accounts, computers accounts, global groups, and universal groups from any domain, and other domain local groups in the same domain.
Universal groups: User accounts, computers accounts, global groups, and universal groups from any domain.
A group’s scope can be changed as well. The Active Directory Users And Computers (ADUC) console can be used to view and modify an existing group’s scope. The command-line can also be used – dsget and dsmod. The rules that govern this capability are summarized below:
Domain local groups and global groups can be converted to universal groups
Universal groups can be converted to domain local groups or to global groups.
Domain local groups cannot be converted to global groups.
Global groups cannot be converted to domain local groups.
If using Windows Server 2003 Active Directory, Windows Server 2003 creates a few default security groups that assign administrative permissions to users. The default security groups are created in the Users folder in Active Directory Users And Computers (ADUC).
The default domain local groups that are created are listed below:
Cert Publishers: Members of this group can publish certificates to Active Directory.
DnsAdmins: Group members have administrative access to the DNS server service.
HelpServicesGroup: Group members can assign rights to support applications.
RAS and IAS Servers: Servers assigned to this default group can access a user’s remote access properties.
TelnetClients: Group members have administrative access to Telnet Server.
The default global groups that are created are listed below:
Domain Admins: Members of the Domain Admins group have permissions to perform administrative functions on computers in the domain.
Domain Users: Group members are user accounts that are created in the domain.
Domain Computers: Group members are computer accounts that are created in the domain. This includes all workstations and servers that are part of the domain.
Domain Controllers: Group members are domain controllers of the domain.
Domain Guests: Group members are guest accounts in the domain.
Group Policy Creator: Group members can change the domain’s group policy.
DnsUpdateProxy: Group members are DNS clients. Members can perform dynamic updates for clients such as DHCP servers.
The default universal groups that are created are listed below:
Enterprise Admins: Members of this group can perform administrative functions for the whole network.
Schema Admins: Members of this group can perform administrative tasks on the schema.
When formulating a strategy for setting up domain local groups and global groups, follow the guidelines listed below:
Add users that perform the same function in the organization to a global group.
Domain local groups should be created for a resource(s) that multiple users need to share.
Add any global groups that have to access a resource(s) to the appropriate domain local group.
The domain local group should be assigned with the proper permissions to the resource.
In addition to the above mentioned group scopes, another group called a local group can be created. A local group is basically used on the local computer to assign permissions to resources that are located on the computer on which the particular local group is created. Local groups are created in the local security database and are not present in Active Directory. This means that local groups cannot be created on domain controllers.
How to Create a Group
Users can use the Active Directory Users And Computers console to create a new group. After the group is created, users can set additional properties for the group and add members to the group.
To create a new group:
Click Start, Administrative Tools, and Active Directory Users And Computers.
Right click the particular domain, organizational unit, or container in which the new group will be placed, and select New then Group from the shortcut menu.
The New Object-Group dialog box opens next.
In the Group Name box, enter a name for the new group. A name as long as 64 characters can be specified.
The Group Name (Pre-Windows 2000) box is automatically populated with the first 20 characters of the group name specified.
In the Group Scope box, select one of the following options as the group scope: Domain Local, Global, or Universal.
In the Group Type box, select one of the following options as the group type: Security or Distribution.
How to Add Multiple Members to a Group
Expand the particular domain, organizational unit, or container that contains the group that members will be added to.
Locate and right click the group then select Properties from the shortcut menu.
When the Properties dialog box opens, click the Members tab.
When the Select Users, Contacts, Computers, Or Groups dialog box opens, click the Advanced button.
Click the Find Now button and select the user accounts, group accounts, or computer accounts that should be added to the particular group. In order to select multiple users, groups, or computers, simply hold down the Shift or Ctrl key.
Each account selected now appears in the Enter The Object Names To Select box.
Click OK to add the members to the group.
Click OK in the Properties dialog box for the group.
How to Manage Group Membership Individually
Double click the user, group, or computer account that will be worked with.
When the Properties dialog box opens, click the Members Of tab.
To add this particular account as a group member, click Add.
When the Select Groups dialog box opens, select the groups of which this account should be a member.
To remove the account from a group, simply click Remove.
How to Delete a Group
When it comes to deleting a group, remember the following points:
When a security group is created, it receives a unique SID. When a group is deleted, that particular group’s SID is never used again, even if a group with the same name is created at a later stage.
When a group is deleted, the following are deleted:
The actual group being deleted
All permissions/rights associated with the particular group being deleted
When a group is deleted, the following are not deleted:
Any user accounts and computer accounts that are members of the particular group.
Use the steps listed below to delete a group:
Click Start, Administrative Tools, then Active Directory Users And Computers.
Expand the particular domain, organizational unit, or container that contains the group to be deleted.
Locate and right click the group then select Delete from the shortcut menu.
Click Yes to verify that that particular group should be deleted.
How to Change the Group Scope of an Existing Group
Users can change the group scope of existing groups when the domain functional level is set to Windows 2000 native or Windows Server 2003.
Expand the particular domain, organizational unit, or container that contains the group for which the group scope should be changed.
When the Properties dialog box opens, on the General tab, change the group scope in the Group Scope box to either Domain Local, Global, or Universal.
How to Change the Group Type of an Existing Group
Users can convert a group’s type from being a security group to a distribution group or from being a distribution group to a security group:
Expand the particular domain, organizational unit, or container that contains the group for which the group type should be changed.
When the Properties dialog box opens, on the General tab, change the group type in Group Type box to either Security or Distribution.
How to Manage Group Scope, Type, and Membership with the Command-line
The dsget group can be used to determine and view the properties of groups in Active Directory.
To determine a group’s scope, use the syntax listed below:
dsget group -scope
To determine a group’s type, use the syntax listed below:
dsget group -secgrp
To determine a particular group’s members, use the syntax listed below:
dsget group -members
To determine a group’s membership, use the syntax listed below:
dsget group -memberof
Use dsmod group to change the properties of groups in Active Directory.
To change a group’s type, use the syntax listed below:
dsmod group GroupDN [-secgrp {yes | no}]
To change or add new members to a group, use the syntax listed below:
dsmod group GroupDN -addmbr UserDN
To remove existing members from a group, use the syntax listed below:
dsmod group GroupDN -rmmbr UserDN
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First, we will install the AD LDS Instance: 1. Create and AD LDS instance by clicking Start -> Administrative Tools -> Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services Setup Wizard. The Setup Wizard appears. 2. Click Next . The Setup Options dialog box appears. For the sake of this guide, a unique instance will be the primary focus. I will have a separate post regarding AD LDS replication at some point in the near future. 3. Select A unique instance . 4. Click Next and the Instance Name dialog box appears. The instance name will help you identify and differentiate it from other instances that you may have installed on the same end point. The instance name will be listed in the data directory for the instance as well as in the Add or Remove Programs snap-in. 5. Enter a unique instance name, for example IDG. 6. Click Next to display the Ports configuration dialog box. 7. Leave ports at their default values unless you have conflicts with the default values. 8. Click N
Configuring SNMP traps for the vCenter Server
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Natalia Ohar
Press mosaic
Memories of the future
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Art. Power. Hope.
11 September 2000.
A delicate young woman – just 18 years old – surrounded by three men. Fear, but also a trace of defiance, is reflected in the girl’s eyes, while the powerful men take her to a damp, cellar-like chamber. Her panicky screams fill the cellar exit, eventually giving way to other noises. There is a dull thud when she is hurled against the wall. The steel-hard skull of her tormentor bangs against her head. A strong hand reaches for her neck – she is pressed against the cold wall and choked. At this moment, her eyes darken.
A loud popping sound rattles the silence.
Gun shots …
What sounds like a kidnapping by the Mafia is a state of intimidation. The three men are employees of the Ukrainian UBOP – a special police station created to fight organized crime. Today, this group no longer exists, which treated its victims – under law with lawlessness. Despite this violence and injustice, the young woman is not intimidated.
Natalia Ohar is not only the daughter of a formerly successful Ukrainian entrepreneur, but also a lawyer and publicist. For 15 years, she has been conducting a tireless struggle in her homeland: against corruption and, ultimately, for human rights.
Art can tell.
Art can unmask.
Art can strengthen.
And art can move.
In this sense, Natalia Ohar, born in 1981 in the Ukraine, is working on a large-scale multimedia project. First, she tells her story through a complex collage.
This mosaic image (PRESS MOSAIC) works on several levels: it combines the past and present realities in Ukraine. Graphics and typography illustrate a story about the story through the means of art. On the one hand, they make the almost bizarre paradox visible. All integrated state institutions – the police, the judiciary, the public prosecutor’s office and, above all, the courts – have the task of ensuring justice. Natalia Ohar’s story shows that, in the Ukraine, these institutions, alongside powerful financial clans, are the real criminals.
The individual elements of the motif create the complex image of a fragile young woman, fragmented into a thousand parts. The sum of these parts unfolds the power to stun the system. The artwork also shows the positive effects: successful court trials, enlightening press contributions, crowded officials and high-ranking politicians. All of this gives hope for a free, right-wing Ukraine. People should not be on their guard against their state because the state should protect its citizens.
This project tells the story of a young woman’s resistance to the overpowering corrupt state – and is a sign of hope in these fleeting days of high-tech globalization. Resistance requires courage and perseverance. Just as the hope of a free, fair and strong Ukraine thrives, Natalia Ohar’s project is also growing.
Art Prints are available in two limited editions.
© 2015-2020 by Natalia Ohar. All rights reserved.
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Lesser Rhea Facts | Patagonia Wildlife Guide
The lesser rhea, also known as Darwin’s rhea, stands at about 3 feet in height and weighs between 33 and 55 pounds. With the appearance of a small ostrich, it is at times referred to as the South American ostrich. The rhea has the largest wings in proportion to its body of all ratites.
The rhea is an adept runner, balancing with its wings spread like sails. A talon on each wingtip is used as a defense mechanism, and unlike most birds, rheas have three toes. Their brown plumage, flecked with white, consists of smooth, soft feathers. Females are drabber than males with fewer white speckles, and juveniles entirely lack these white flecks, not obtaining them until 3 to 4 years of age.
GEOGRAPHIC RANGE
Darwin’s rhea is found exclusively in the open scrublands of Patagonia and the Altiplano of South America. They range across the steppes and Puna grassland of the Andean plateau. Though they inhabit arid regions, they often breed near bodies of water such as lakes, swamps and rivers.
Lesser rheas feed on broad-leafed plants as well as fruits, seeds and roots. They also consume insects, small rodents, and lizards. Rhea’s gain most of their water supply from the plants they ingest. Vegetation is abundant year round in the grasslands where they roam, so they are never far from a meal.
Lesser rheas are quite sociable creatures, forming mixed groups of 5 to 30 members. During the mating season, however, males become aggressive and territorial, and receptive females cluster in groups. In old age, some males wander off to live a solitary existence. Though social, rheas keep a fair distance between each other while sitting, lest they be met with threatening displays of head-jutting and open-billed hissing.
Rheas’ keen eyes and ears alert them to potential threats, and they quickly outrun potential predators, able to attain speeds of 37 miles per-hour. Though swift, these giant birds have low stamina. They run with their wings folded and long necks held low to agilely navigate through bushes. When fleeing, they run in a zigzag pattern or turn their course sharply at a 90-degree angle to confuse pursuers. Displaying another escape tactic, they flatten their bodies against the earth under cover of brush and, despite their size, go entirely undetected. They are adept swimmers while crossing rivers. Lesser rheas are diurnal, with the exception of very hot days. They will sometimes forage with other species, and this relationship aids in predator detection, as the rhea combines its sharp eyesight with the other herbivores astute sense of smell.
At the onset of the rhea’s mating season, males battle over territories. Once obtaining a nesting site, they begin attracting females by swiftly running toward them with wings outstretched. After gathering between 2 and 12 females, the male encircles them in a courtship display, calling out and flapping his wings as he runs. He breeds with the female group and takes them to a nest, where they consecutively lay their eggs. The female group then departs, returning every few days to lay more eggs. Once all the eggs are deposited, ranging in number from 13 to 30, the females leave once again. They head off to breed with another male and make ready to lay eggs in another nest. The male is left to incubate and raise his hatchlings alone. He incubates the eggs for 35 to 40 days, fiercely wary of any animal that approaches, including females coming to lay more eggs. In response to this aggressiveness, the females will often lay their eggs nearby, rather than directly in the nest.
After the first chick hatches, it starts to cry out, which encourages the others to hatch. In a span of 24 to 28 hours, all the hatchlings appear, downy gray-brown with black stripes. The male leads the chicks into the brush after a few days’ time, and they communicate with one another through whistles. If a chick is frightened or too cold or hot, it shelters in the safety of its father’s wings. The highly protective male will often adopt lost chicks, leading to substantial age differences within the group. Fathers care for their chicks for six months, but young may stay in a group up until they reach sexual maturity at 2 or 3 years old. The lesser rhea survives an average of 20 years in the wild but can live up to 40 in captivity.
Darwin’s rhea is poached for its soft feathers, large eggs and meat. Its skin is made into rugs, and body parts are used in traditional medicine. The rhea’s habitat is being fragmented due to large-scale conversion of grasslands to agriculture and pasture for cattle-grazing.
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How one young priest is using Christian values to combat climate change
By Patricia Lane | Opinion, Culture | January 5th 2021
Matt Humphrey is a writer, educator and Anglican priest who guides parishioners about the value of living sustainably. Photo supplied by Matt Humphrey
As part of a series highlighting the work of young people in addressing the climate crisis, writer Patricia Lane interviews Matt Humphrey, an Anglican priest, writer and educator who mixes faith with environmental stewardship.
Meet Matt Humphrey, a 37-year-old writer, educator, husband, father of three and Anglican priest. Currently living on Songhees territory in the Cecilia Creek watershed (Victoria, B.C.), he serves as director of theological education for A Rocha Canada and is community life minister of the Abbey Church in Victoria and the curator of Wild Church Victoria.
Matt Humphrey, a Vancouver Island educator and Anglican priest, believes we should all lead sustainable lives close to nature. Photo submitted by Matt Humphrey
Tell us about each of your three titles.
A Rocha is an international Christian organization engaged in scientific research, environmental education, community-based conservation projects and sustainable agriculture. Abbey Church is a Victoria congregation of the Emmaus community, whose members vow to lead lives of prayer, presence and simplicity. Wild Church is a global movement of faith communities, which, in the words of theologian Thomas Berry, has moved from seeing the world as a collection of objects to appreciating it as a communion of subjects, gathering to delight in and defend this Earth, our common home.
Is there a theme that inspires all your work?
I am drawn to a way of interacting with the natural world called “Watershed Discipleship.” Our culture usually understands a disciple as a committed follower of a person who teaches them or models what they want to learn. We are disciples of Jesus who see our home watersheds as teaching us to live sustainably with the land upon which we depend.
This is inseparable from an understanding that God works with and through people who are economically or socially marginalized. Through deep relationships, we can learn from one another how to heal the harm our dominant economic systems inflicts upon us all, but especially on the poor.
"We are disciples of Jesus who see our home watersheds as teaching us to live sustainably with the land upon which we depend," says Matt Humphrey, a Vancouver Island priest and educator who mixes faith with environmental stewardship.
Christians have a reputation for wanting to convert people. Are you interested in convincing environmentalists to become Christians?
Quite the opposite, actually. We seek to convert ourselves more fully into people who pay closer attention to our places — much like many committed environmentalists.
This sounds like a far cry from the image I am sure many National Observer readers have of the life of a Christian congregation. What is your position within the larger mainstream churches?
I am part of an ecumenical movement of the Anglican and United churches. It invites everyone regardless of denomination. Our local Anglican bishop provided material I helped to write to the 50 priests and their churches in this diocese. Many churches have begun gathering for outdoor walks and have engaged with local urban planners about land use decisions. Some conduct letter-writing and public support campaigns. It dovetails beautifully with the commitment of both the United and Anglican churches for Indigenous reconciliation and has led clergy and lay people to publicly support Indigenous land and development rights.
Did your childhood or upbringing influence you in this path?
I like to say I grew up in a John Denver song in the Shenandoah Valley. My dad was engaged in slowly rewilding the place we lived, and I watched a small forest and bird sanctuary emerge over the course of my childhood. When I was in university, I learned how fish farming was poisoning the water for the fish it supported and I could not reconcile that dissonance. I discerned a call to leadership amongst Christians to engage caring for the world even as it cares for us.
While we have enormous responsibility to be careful, we can also have faith that God cares for us through this world of abundance and delight. If we pay attention, we discover a single leaf or a falling raindrop can teach us how we are connected to everything. We do not inhabit a static world of objects, rather we are subjects of a living world, as (poet Gerard Manley) Hopkins says, “charged with the grandeur of God.”
What is your advice to young people who may not necessarily be Christians?
The more I taste of the wonder of the world around me, the more I am drawn into it. It is easy to think that the world is just about competition or survival. But the miracle of small things tells me that there is so much more than mere survival on offer. How good clean water tastes. How a baby’s smile delights. How the sunset blesses us all with beauty. If we can learn to really see and be with the everyday beauty and mystery around us, we will be hopeful — and we need that to anchor us in the coming storm.
What would you like to say to older people?
You are not off the job yet! This is a relay, and you have still more time to carry the baton — so don’t look to younger people to solve the problems we collectively face. Use the power and privilege (and wisdom and understanding) of your agency to fight for good climate policy. To increase the degree to which our economy is fair for all. To make space at the table to ensure other people also get a seat.
‘Love, not fear, had motivated me’ to preserve the environment: Leah Davidson
By Patricia Lane | Features | October 19th 2020
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Fort Lauderdale Bar Owner Asks Officials for ‘Covid Policies That Actually Work'
By Daniela Flamini and NBC News • Published November 28, 2020 • Updated on November 28, 2020 at 7:39 pm
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The co-founder of a hospitality group that runs several restaurants and venues in South Florida has written a public letter expressing his frustration towards local officials' responses to the coronavirus after one of his bars was shut down.
In a public Facebook post, Emilio Guerra, one of the owners of a hospitality company that operates The Wharf Miami and The Wharf Fort Lauderdale, lamented what he calls "mixed messages and inconsistent enforcement of rules" from state and city authorities.
Guerra's Fort Lauderdale bar shut down just last week, a mere two days after reopening, after photos and videos surfaced showing the venue packed with mask-less customers who were not social distancing.
Local officials did not shut down the bar themselves-- the owners closed it down voluntarily-- but they certainly applied pressure, including Fort Lauderdale Mayor Steve Geller, who accused the venue of hosting superspreader events.
"All businesses are responsible for what goes on inside their business, and bars are especially heavily regulated by the State and local authorities," Geller said in a statement.
In his Facebook post, Guerra defends The Wharf, claiming that the bar "was one of the first to close our doors in mid-March, and we were one of the last to reopen out of an abundance of caution and concern." He says the inspectors who came in to check on the venue were inconsistent with their instructions:
"This past week, we had a group of inspectors from a special COVID task force walk through our venue and tell us that everything looked okay to them, only to have a separate inspector from the same task force come in 29 minutes later and simply tell us to close our doors the rest of tonight and tomorrow.”
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Guerra also asks for sympathy following the criticism his bar faced for the videos of packed mask-less partygoers. "We pleaded with our guests in both Fort Lauderdale and Miami to follow the social distancing guidelines," he writes. "We forced everyone to wear masks upon entering and had extras on hand for those that didn’t have them."
"At both locations we increased our security labor force by more than 50%, whose sole job was to plead with guests to practice social distancing and wear their masks. We asked our bartenders not to serve a cocktail if the guest wasn’t wearing their mask. We would not let them into the restrooms without wearing their masks."
Despite all the effort, Guerra implies, it was inevitable that people were going to want to use the venue to congregate and avoid social distancing. "That is why they came to The Wharf in the first place," Guerra admits. "People wanted to stand up and walk around with a drink in their hand, to be social and connect with other people."
His final message to the public, though, is not that he wants his restaurants and bars to be able to reopen without pushback. Rather, he points to the paradox the pandemic and the government are making him face as a business owner: he's technically allowed to reopen and he has to in order to pay the bills, but the reopening policies aren't tailored to properly support the hospitality industry.
"The fact of the matter is that the current guidelines do not work for our concept or for many similar nightlife and event concepts – it is like trying to fit a square peg in a round whole," Guerra writes. "I understand that our government has a responsibility to protect the public. But we, as local businesses, are receiving mixed messages and the inconsistent enforcement of the rules is destroying the little capital we have left to survive."
Rifts between local, state and federal actors have been common as authorities have responded to the coronavirus pandemic. Just last week, a handful of South Florida mayors held a zoom conference to tell Gov. Ron DeSantis they needed more "local control" over enforcing things like masks and social distancing.
Meanwhile, DeSantis still has a statewide emergency order in place that prevents local officials from being able to collect fines for coronavirus guideline violations.
Some cities, including Miami Beach, have gotten around the rule by issuing citations. In Broward, Mayor Dan Geller said last week that while "the governor has suspended our ability to collect on those fines until the emergency order ends, he is not taking away our ability to continue to fine people, and we will collect on them afterwards."
Miami-Dade County's former mayor Carlos Gimenez tried insisting on a midnight curfew, though it faced a challenge in court when a local strip club successfully sued for the right to stay open past 12 a.m. A County Circuit judge ruled that a curfew was illegal since it conflicted with DeSantis's orders, but Gimenez later announced that the curfew would remain until the county's appeal of the decision was resolved.
In hopes of slowing down the spread of coronavirus this holiday season, cities across South Florida are hoping to issue mask citations -- but the governor has yet to lift the ban on fines. In Miami Beach, officers started giving out tickets. NBC 6's Phil Prazan reports
Ultimately, Guerra writes that he feels he has been abandoned by the government given the predicament he's in. "The same government that put unenforceable restrictions on us, then forces us to close despite our efforts to abide by them, does not provide us any relief or clear guidance," he writes.
"I am willing to collaborate with officials to create policies that actually work and are applicable to our industry and business model. If the ultimate answer is that we should not operate in this COVID environment because there are no rules that work for a business such as ours that relies on socialization, then please tell me that; but at the same time, provide us with some significant relief so that we may continue to be a part of your society and be here for you when you need us when this is all over."
In March, Congress passed a historic $2 trillion bill known as the CARES Act that included funding for the Paycheck Protection Program, enhanced unemployment benefits and $1,200 direct payments to most U.S. workers. But many of those stimulus provisions expired or were depleted over the course of the summer, igniting debate on Capitol Hill over whether they need to be revitalized.
Democrats have argued for more robust spending to not only extend unemployment benefits and the PPP, but to also help support state and local governments that have seen steep budgetary deficits due to the coronavirus's impact on business.
The White House and Senate Republicans, who say they are more concerned about the price tag, have called for smaller, more targeted measures that would restrict aid to the hardest-hit industries like travel, restaurants and hospitality.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday that he and senior GOP lawmakers will attempt to draft a targeted stimulus package with Democrats in the coming weeks.
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Lena Dunham, Lil Jon, Fred Armisen Star in Rock the Vote's ”Turn Out For What” Video
By Lily Harrison • Published October 7, 2014 • Updated on October 8, 2014 at 12:00 pm
It's officially fall which means pumpkins, scarves, sweater weather and of course, election season.
That's precisely why Rock the Vote is gearing up — with the help of several famous faces — to encourage everyone to educate themselves and make their voices heard in the polls.
Lena Dunham, Glee's Darren Criss, Sophia Bush, Fred Armisen, Orange Is the New Black's Natasha Lyonne, celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson, Whoopi Goldberg, Devendra Banhart, Ionna Gika and Gabriel Valenciano all team up for a special rendition of Lil Jon's hit, "Turn Down for What."
The twist? The new track is called "Turn Out for What."
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Rock the Vote Spokesperson, Audrey Gelman, told Buzzfeed that the organization hopes to drum up attention surrounding the latest hot-button items like marriage equality, global warming, women's rights and much, much more.
"We hope that the video will connect the dots between caring about an issue and turning out to make a difference," Gelman explained.
"Even in a year where the president isn't on the ballot."
And the many names above aren't alone in trying to rally their fans to get out there and vote.
Kendall Jenner took some time out of her hectic Paris Fashion Week schedule to encourage her young fans to do the same.
In fact, she promoted the organization's new online voter registration tool and shared that anyone who can vote, should "so [that] our generation's voice can be heard this fall."
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Donald Trump Does Not Even Know Where Puerto Rico or Venezuela Are, Says Maduro
By Damien Sharkov On 10/4/17 at 1:08 PM EDT
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia October 4, 2017. Yuri Kadobnov/Pool/Reuters
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has taken shots at President Donald Trump, accusing him of not knowing basic facts about Latin America including the location of Venezuela or even Puerto Rico.
"Trump does not even know where Venezuela is," Maduro said at an energy forum in Moscow on Wednesday, broadcast on Russian state television. "He just does not know," Maduro said. "He repeats what the Pentagon writes down for him.
Maduro went further by adding that the president "does not know where Puerto Rico is" and in reference to Trump's recent visit to the storm-ravaged island where he told locals to feel "proud" that only 16 people died added: "He went to Puerto Rico just to go and insult the people of Puerto Rico in the midst of a tragedy.
"You say to him Simon Bolivar and he thinks that this is a rock singer. He does not know who that is," Maduro said.
Bolivar, known as the Liberator, was a renowned Venezuelan statesman and a central figure in the revolutions against Spanish rule.
Maduro, whose country is the the grips of a crisis that has led to ongoing mass protests against his rule, found kinder words for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Venezuelan leader met with Putin later in the afternoon to discuss, among other things, debt repayments to Russia.
"I thank you for all the support, political and diplomatic, in difficult times which we are living through," Maduro told Putin at a meeting in the Kremlin. Although Venezuela's economic woes are mounting, Maduro assured Moscow that his country will meet all of its debt obligations.
In the meantime, Russia has provided some support for the Maduro government, most recently pledging to supply it with around 600,000 tonnes of grain before next June.
"I'm very thankful for the agreement on grain, it has helped keep consumption in Venezuela stable," Maduro said.
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Two Japan cruise ship passengers die from coronavirus
US health experts are part of a World Health Organization team in China investigating the novel coronavirus outbreak, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Thursday during a press briefing. Tedros said the team on the ground in China includes experts from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US National Institutes of Health, as well as experts from Singapore, Korea, Japan, Nigeria, Germany and Russia. The team includes experts in epidemiology, virology, clinical ...
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G.A.A. Gala Ball, end of the 2018 season
AND the award goes to Moonlight, sorry, with all the glam, I thought I was at the Oscars.
Dressed to kill, these ballers, more used to a G.A.A. ball went all out for their Gala Ball.
With weather to match any Irish match, the game was called off on the rooftop terrace at Gymage near Gran Via and players let the pool overflow above as the drinks flowed below.
There were several awards giving out at the Academy Awards, sorry, award ceremony and lots of celebrating as the club could gratefully boast 5-in-a-row.
As the club includes two men's and two ladies´teams, there were male and female awards up for grabs for MVP and Most Improved players. In addition to the teamwork shown this year, Hall of Famers were welcomed for all that has been done over the years to make the club what it is today.
Gymage nightclub is the closest I have been to a gym in a while and what a night it was for the club.
Different varieties of hot and cold food flowed from the open bar and a DJ entertained the late night revellers until about 2AM.
While one season has ended, a new one is just about to begin, so get out of the Nightclubs and into the gym as 5-in-a-row victories are not easily earned and many clubs around Spain are looking for a chance to dress up and dance so don't drop the Ball, and I´ll see you there next year for 6-in-a-row celebrations.
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MVP Female: Maria Mooney
MVP Male: John Meighan
Most Improved Female: Grace Powell
Most Improved Male: Jason Mallon
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Songbird (2020)
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During a pandemic lockdown, Nico, a young man with rare immunity, must overcome martial law, murderous vigilantes and a powerful family to reunite with his love, Sara.
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MGM Resorts International Provides Critical Resources And Support To Community Partners As They Respond To The COVID-19 Crisis
April 9, 2020 By MovieDebuts
MGM Resorts International has announced a broad range of donations and initiatives intended to help alleviate supply shortages and support local communities through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. By leveraging its supply chain, procurement capabilities, distribution systems, supplier network and other resources, MGM is delivering on a daily basis, urgent logistical … [Read more...] about MGM Resorts International Provides Critical Resources And Support To Community Partners As They Respond To The COVID-19 Crisis
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Corrected entry: The Enterprise crew show Cochrane the Enterprise in a telescope. The size of the enterprise in the telescope field is appropriate to an object in low orbit. However, the speed is way too slow. The Enterprise would zip through even a wide field lens in under a second. (00:40:00)
Correction: Wouldn't it depend on the speed of Enterprise? It is likely that Enterprise was more or less maintaining position over the away team in low orbit is it could beam them out in an emergency, which they couldn't do from the other side of the planet through the all that rock. So it would remain in the telescope's field of view constantly.
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Corrected entry: Cochrane asks Geordi "don't you people in the 24th Century ever pee?" This is a reference to the fact that bathrooms are never shown in Enterprise schematics (on the TV series, it was always a running gag that none of the show's fans knew where the bathroom was).
Correction: In STTFF, Kirk pulled out a toilet in the brig to sit on, and on TNG the schematics showed a toilet to the left hand side of the bridge.
Corrected entry: When Picard leaves the bridge with the first landing party, he leaves Riker in charge of the bridge. A few scenes later, he orders down an engineering detail; a few scenes after that, Riker is now on the planet surface (in the missile silo with Picard, Data and Troi). Perhaps there is a scene on the cutting room floor that accounts for this apparent dereliction of duty? (00:17:15 - 00:23:40)
Correction: It is safe to assume a fair amount of time has passed. Picard wanted more people on the surface to look for Cochrane, so probably ordered Riker down. Also, when Picard goes back to the Enterprise, Worf is in command (Sitting in Captain's chair).
Corrected entry: According to the Star Trek history, Zefram Cochrane is supposed to be in his early 30s during this time, but in this movie he is obviously much older (James Cromwell was 56 at the time).
Correction: He was working near a nuclear weapon, which may have given him radiation poisoning causing him to appear aged. That and having gone through World War 3, there's no telling what kind of chemical agents were used.
Corrected entry: When Picard, Data and Worf are making their way to Engineering, they wake up the Borg that are stacked on top of each other, then they drop down from a second level. How do they get up there in the first place?
Correction: There are shots of the crew trying to escape the Borg by climbing up some ladders, and the Borg subsequently pulling them down and climbing up the ladders themselves. As seen in the series and other films, Borg ships are made up of many levels, so it's likely that the Borg turned the Enterprise's decks into similar multi-leveled areas, using the ladders to climb to the upper levels.
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Corrected entry: At the end, when Picard is standing outside of Engineering, it looks perfectly normal. He doesn't even see any Borg on his way or just outside the doors, even though by this point the Borg have taken over pretty much the whole ship. But, at the beginning, when Data is captured, outside of Engineering there are Borg all around and the walls are all torn apart with wires hanging down, etc.
Correction: Federation starships have more than one entrance to Engineering in case something happens to the main doors.
Corrected entry: The steam coming from the hole in the deflector dish scene falls back on the ship hull even though there's no gravity and no air pressure - the steam should just shoot out into space.
Correction: The Enterprise has gravity plating onboard, so it probably also exerts a small force for a certain distance outside the ship, thereby pulling the steam down.
Corrected entry: They establish on the holodeck that traditional projectile weapons (like a tommy gun - hard to adapt to bullets) will kill Borg. Why don't they make these in the replicator instead of making the phaser rifles they know will only work a few times? Nothing to do with the borg adapting (and they'd be made in the replicater, NOT the holodeck) - hard to adapt to solid bullets ripping through your vital systems. Can't be a worry about the hull - simple steel will stop bullets and Starfleet ships are built with "Tritanium", "Duranium" and other futuristic materials mentioned in the series. I doubt a machine gun round would even scratch a bulkhead.
Correction: The Borg had cut the main power so the replicators were probably offline.
Doesn't explain why Starfleet didn't start stocking some projectile weapons in every ship's armoury for engagement with the Borg, given the threat posed.
Corrected entry: In the scene where the Enterprise destroys the Borg sphere the Enterprise's quantum torpedoes exhibit the visible distortion made when they pass through the ship's shields. However it has already been established that the Enterprise's shields are off-line following their trip back through time.
Correction: Every ship has a navigational deflector screen, to block space debris from hitting the ship.
Corrected entry: When Lilly and Jean Luc are arguing in the captain's ready room look carefully at Picard's mouth when Lilly screams "Jean Luc blow up the damn ship!" Even a Shakespearean trained actor like Patrick Stewart sometimes can't stop himself from mouthing the other actor's dialogue. He mouths the same thing. I am not sure if this can be seen on the VHS or Non-letterboxed version, but you cans see it on the DVD Letterboxed version.
Correction: I have checked this on my video copy of the film (as I could not believe that an acting god like Patrick Stewart would make such a slip). He doesn't mouth the lines - I'm certain of it. Patrick Stewart is acting his socks off at this point and the vague movement of his lips comes from the all-over shake that he develops during the argument - Picard is very upset. His lips don't form any words and his next line was just "NO", so I truly don't think this mistake occurs.
Corrected entry: WWIII didn't seem to do much damage. People have clothes, houses and even electricity. Riker states 37 million people are dead and very few governments are left. 37 million is only 10% of the US population and about .6% of the world population (please forgive the callousness of "only" 37 million.) One would think that government would return a year or less after such a small war. Especially since the majority of government leaders would most likely have escaped to shelters. After all, WWII was 6 years long, killed close to 50 million people and the major world governments never came close to falling (by falling I refer to anarchy as opposed to a new government). One would think casualties would be closer to 500 million-1 billion in order to truly cripple society.
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Correction: First of all, Riker actually says 600 million dead which is a far cry from 37 million. He also said many major cities were destroyed. You are also forgetting that there would be more Weapons of Mass Destruction used. Also, the "houses" we see are hardly that great, and people can use gas generators for electricity. It's not hard to believe people would have clothes, either. For that matter Data says it is 10 years after WWIII so people had enough time to get themselves together somewhat. It seems WWIII did as much damage as Riker said it did.
Corrected entry: When beaming the Defiant survivors aboard the Enterprise, shields were still activated. Since when can they beam through activated shields? (00:10:00)
Correction: Timing is everything! They could just let the shields down to beam and raise them immediately. Also they don't have to deactivate all the shields, only the one at the side where the Defiant is.
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Corrected entry: At one point, several Borg venture out into open space to battle the Enterprise Crew who are in spacesuits trying to disconnect the main dish antenna. The Borg are not wearing any form of protection from the space. Isn't the temperature in open space just about absolute zero? It's at least minus 200-300 degrees F. How could their biological parts survive the hostile environment of open space?
Correction: They have independent shielding protecting them from phaser fire and space.
Corrected entry: During the scene where Picard, Worf and Lt. Hawk are on the outside of the ship, Lt. Hawk becomes assimilated by the Borg. Soon afterwards, Worf blasts him into space. At the end of the scene there is a shot of the deflector dish area. Three officers can be seen walking around the dish, even though only Picard & Worf should remain.
Correction: The third figure is actually the borg that Worf mutilated, not Lt. Hawk.
Corrected entry: Right after Crusher wakes Lili up, the Borg punch the door and make a big dent - Crusher brings the holographic doctor online, she says "20 Borg are about to break through that door." But no one told her that the Borg were on board.
Correction: After fighting the Borg and going through a time warp, Dr. Crusher is probably smart enough to assume Borg are making dents in the door. You could also assume Dr. Crusher and the medical staff have tricorders and could have determined how many Borg were outside the door
Corrected entry: Other than for convenience for the script, there is absolutely no reason the Borg needed to wait until they got to Earth to use the time vortex to go into Earth's past. They could have made the journey back in time long before they decided to make their attack, then surprise Earth with no one to stop them.
Correction: There is nothing in the movie that suggests that was their plan in the first place. The Borg cube didn't launch the sphere and begin the time vortex until after their cube was about to be destroyed because of Picard's instructions on how Star Fleet should attack. The Borg would no doubt have been monitoring Star Fleet communications and would have known the Enterprise was ordered to stay out of the conflict, thus not expected the Enterprise to arrive with Picard's knowledge on how to defeat them. Thus it is reasonable to assume that when the Enterprise did arrive and Picard ordered the fleet to attack their weak spot, the Borg initiated a Plan B, and then sent their forces back in time. The Borg would have known, especially with their queen among them, that traveling to the past would be risky for their future, also due to the unpredictable chain of events that would have been caused by them changing their own history even, calling their forces out of the Delta Quadrant long before they originally were going to. Thus it is, as Spock would say, logical that their initial plan was to attack Earth with their superior Borg Cube, wipe out Star Fleet and take over Earth with Picard and the Enterprise a long way away from the battle, his ship being the only one with weapons designed to fight the Borg. But when Picard disobeyed orders and the Enterprise arrived at the battle anyways, the Borg had to change their plan.
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It is indeed a plot hole. There is absolutely no reason for Borg to fight the federation again (and lose again) when they have time-jump technology in the first place. The "Enterprise Factor" which changed the outcome of the battle, absolutely doesn't matter. It is a lame explanation against an earlier timejump. To be honest it is even a second plot hole (to explain the first one). Picard did not share his Borg tactics with federation long before? What if Picard would've had a heart attack a year before? The precious Borg tactics would be lost and Earth lost to the Borg. Thus changing timeline for the Borg being Plan B cause it is even too risky for Borg, well I don't know, in the end they did it. I don't think Borg think it is too risky for their own future, cause there are other Plan B's, for example sending 10 ships next time and let the "dangerous" time-jump stuff beside.
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Corrected entry: It's stated that as long as the safety protocol is turned off holographic bullets can kill while on the holodeck. So why not just build a machine gun out of the holographic program? It seems rather pointless and kind of overkill to steal a Tommygun out of a holo-novel.
Correction: Because then Picard would have had to program it into the computer. By going into the program, he knew there was already one there.
Well why not just use the replicator on board the ship instead of the holographic program?
Because the replicator is set up to provide a limited number of things, mainly food. The holodeck was a quicker and more guaranteed way of getting what he needed.
Wouldn't those things have included guns and bullets in case they ever fight the Borg on their ship? After all, the Borg cannot adapt to those things.
Well it's not like he wouldn't have had the time to program in it into the computer.
Corrected entry: When Lili shoots at Data, shouldn't that hurt him? There was an episode where Troi shot an arrow through Data (the one where Q made them re-enact the Robin Hood story). While it didn't damage him, they made it sound like it could have. Even if he was bullet proof, being hit by that many bullets should at least have damaged his clothes.
Correction: In the Q episode, Troi is only worried, but Data never looks hurt. Same thing with the bullets. Also his clothes are damaged when shot.
He talks in that scene about how close the arrow got to his sub-processor and how "fortunately" none of his vital systems were affected. So, had he been less fortunate, they would have been. Which means getting riddled with machine gun bullets across his torso makes Data not only probably the luckiest character in the franchise but also presumably someone who has no qualms about risking death to say hi to a new friend.
Corrected entry: Why, why, why the hell didn't the Borg just travel back a few hundred years earlier to Earth (like the 1600s or something) so they could just take over much more easily?
Correction: While the Borg were trying to take over the human race, they were still in it for technology. They would gain nothing by going back into the 1600's. Also, a few hundred years earlier would have meant that their race at the current time was farther away, and harder to contact.
For the original entry - They expected little resistance from Earth populations, no matter how far they went back. In fact, as we saw, they actually completed their goal before the Enterprise went back. There is no reason given int he movie as to why they picked that specific date, so your guess is as good as any. For the corrected entry: The Borg went back in time to assimilate Earth and cripple the federation (or eliminate its founding)...period. There was no technology Earth had in the 21st century that the Borg would need or be able to use of, that they had not already assimilated (they are usually efficient enough in overtaking an enemy that they have access to a functional ship, which means computer access...so they know everything about them). Being further from their race is irrelevant, considering they would have the 24th century knowledge to overtake any enemy in the area with ease, especially with 9 billion drones and 400 years of future knowledge, and no Starfleet to compete with.
Corrected entry: The whole premise for this film is blown if you consider that the Borg are after technology. Why would they want to go back in time to assimilate a race that has almost no 'technological distinctiveness' to add to their own. Earth has a tremendous amount to offer during Picard's time and very little during Cochran's time. The hassle of time traveling to assimilate a pre-warp capable world seems like a waste of effort. Sending a few more cubes to finish the job in Picard's time seems much more advantageous.
Correction: Not really, since Starfleet has proven to be a direct threat to the Borg (and they were right to think so, since the Voyager crew destroyed one of the six trans-warp hubs a few years later), they went back in time with the intent of preventing the Federation from existing.
Okay, there needs to be a consensus here. One person has asked why the Borg didn't travel to an earlier time in order to stop First Contact more easily. The answer given was "they want technology." Another person asked: "why choose the 21st Century? There's no tech to incorporate" And the answer was: "because they want an easy way to stop First Contact." Honestly some of the answers on this page sound like they're bending over backwards to accommodate simple continuity errors but these two are literally the inverted opposites of each other and form a total contradiction. Which is it?
They went back in time to assimilate Earth and cripple the Federation. That is all.
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Continuity mistake: In the scene where Picard, Worf and Hawk are outside the ship and want to separate the transmitter dish from the hull, Picard must move a kind of tube out of an console and must turn it from a low to a high position. In one shot the tube is in the high position, in the next shot it is in the low position and then Picard pulls it out and turns it in the high position. (01:06:40 - 01:10:35)
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Question: How did the Phoenix land on Earth after the warp display for the Vulcans? It looked like a non-reusable rocket to me.
Answer: It was never shown or explained how they landed, so any answer would be a guess. This is set in the future (mid-21st Century), so there could have been new rocket technology.
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Answer: While the main fuselage was a re-purposed intercontinental ballistic missile, and they separated from the ascent stage of the rocket, the payload section housed two deployable prototype warp nacelles capable of achieving lightspeed. Beyond that, the payload also contained the prototype warp core (which was powered by matter/antimatter annihilation), the warp core coolant, elaborate magnetic-containment systems, and probably even impulse drive and landing thrusters (It kind of goes without saying that thruster and impulse technology would have existed before warp technology). There was no space left over in the payload section for conventional rocket propellant, and Zefram Cochrane's enormously-expensive and one-of-a-kind warp components would not be expendable; so he must have devised a way to safely bring the Phoenix down for re-use. Since the Phoenix's return and landing were never addressed in the film, my assumption is that the payload section was powered entirely by the warp core, including its impulse drive and landing thrusters.
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When Lilly and Jean Luc are arguing in the captain's ready room Jean Luc breaks the glass cabinet holding the gold models of the previous enterprises with one of the Phaser rifles. It only causes the gold model of the Enterprise D to spin 90 degrees on its hook. The next shot both the gold models of the Enterprise C and D are broken in half.
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Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
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Revealing mistake: When Picard and Ruafo are fighting at the end of the film, Ruafo gets blown off the ledge and hangs from a beam with one arm. You can see the support wire underneath his sleeve as he spins around. (01:32:40)
Continuity mistake: When Capt. Picard, Data, and Anij are going to the holoship, they start off from the landing dock with (facing them) Data on the left, Capt. Picard on the right and Anij sitting. This is all well and good but after Data opens the door to the holoship, they magically switch places. (00:33:25)
Continuity mistake: Picard has a cut on the right side of his head in the scene where he, Worf and Gallatin are on the Son'a bridge. It is most visible when he says to Gallatin "Take us into position". After Picard takes the rifle from Worf and Gallatin says "We're approaching the collector", the cut on Picard's head is gone. After he has beamed over to the collector, the cut is back and is bleeding a lot more than it did before.
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Revealing mistake: When the Bak'u are fleeing, and running across the bridge, you can briefly see the launchers that are used to propel the stunt people into the air.
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Trivia: There is a scene in the film where Baku people are running to the caves, or something like that. In the original cut of the film, some actors where chewing gum. The director and producer decided it didn't make them look scared, so they filmed than shot again, and it cost about one hundred thousand dollars.
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Question: If the shields on the collector were down while Data was flying the Captain's Launch, why not use that ship to destroy the collector?
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Chosen answer: Probably because the best he'd be able to do is damage the collector, not destroy it.
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When the villagers are running from the attack on their village, they run across a bridge that gets blown up. If you look, you can see that just as it explodes, several people change the direction they are running so as they can plunge dramatically into the water.
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‘Super Mario’ Animated Movie Looking at 2022 Release Window
by Grant Davis (Pomojema) · November 6, 2018
If all goes as planned, then Nintendo and Illumination Entertainment will get an animated adaptation of the popular Super Mario Bros. video game series to the big screen sometime in 2022.
Variety reports that Illumination Entertainment founder Chris Meledandri has a vested interest in bringing the wacky, surreal world of Super Mario to life while promoting The Grinch. Specifically, he seems to hold that Disney’s infamous live-action movie with Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo got it wrong and he sees that as more of an incentive to get it right:
“I like that this was not done well the first time. I think that’s more exciting or more worthy than simply making another version of a film that was done incredibly well to begin with.”
Since the Disney movie wasn’t made with franchise creator Shigeru Miyamoto’s involvement, Meledandri has him being there as step one toward fixing the franchise’s reputation on the big screen. He also notes that there’s an incredible difficulty in adapting a beloved property into the context of a feature-length narrative, particularly since the Super Mario games typically aren’t heavy on the story side of things, but they believe that they’re the right people to do justice to the beloved video game franchise:
“We are keeping him front and center in the creation of this film. I’ve rarely seen that happen with any adaptation where the original creative voice is being embraced like we’re embracing Miyamoto. There’s a history in Hollywood of people believing that they know better than the people responsible for a property. I’ve made that mistake before… It’s an ambitious task. The challenge is taking things that are so thin in their original form and finding depth that doesn’t compromise what generations of fans love about Mario, but also feels organic to the iconography and can support a three-act structure.”
Should everything work out, the Super Mario movie will hit the big screen around four years from now, in 2022. Even though video game adaptations haven’t been all that well-received in Hollywood since Disney’s Super Mario Bros. hit theaters in 1993, the means by which these kind of movies are made have changed substantially in the decades since then, and it won’t be hard to imagine that the new take on the franchise will be a lot more faithful this time around. Plus, with animation, the character designs can be close to the kinds of models used in the video games themselves, so there’s no need for creepy-looking pinheaded Goombas like what the first go went with. Here’s hoping that we can finally get a high-profile video game movie that can finally knock it out of the park.
The untitled Super Mario movie is in development between Nintendo and Illumination.
Grant Davis is a freelance writer who has covered entertainment news for more than four years. His articles have frequently appeared in Star Wars News Net as well as as other entertainment-related websites. As someone who grew up on Star Wars and comic book movies, he’s completely thrilled with the current era of genre entertainment.
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Photo Essay: Linking Ugandan Communities to Tuberculosis Care
Diana Tumuhairwe
A multidrug-resistant TB patient from Kitgum, Uganda. He lost his job because of his illness.Photo credit: Diana Tumuhairwe/MSH
Health workers throughout the developing world provide vital services and improve the lives of the people they serve, and yet they are often invisible. These men and women conduct community outreach, provide key prevention messages in the community, and deliver clinical care, treatment, and follow-up. In Uganda, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) TRACK TB project, led by Management Sciences for Health (MSH), supports 52 community linkage facilitators to help increase tuberculosis (TB) case detection and treatment success rates.
As their name suggests, they serve as the link between the patient and the health facility. The facilitators receive a monthly allowance, mobile phones, paid airtime, and transportation reimbursement as they track treatment adherence of TB patients in and around Kampala, Uganda’s capital. The facilitators are critical to successful implementation of the World Health Organization’s DOTS (directly observed treatment short-course) strategy, which helps patients adhere to treatment.
If patients stop taking their medication, they can develop drug-resistant TB, which threatens to reverse the global progress made in TB care and control. In addition, patients on treatment are less infectious.
The following photos illustrate the work of linkage facilitators in and around Kampala.
In this photo, community linkage facilitator Mary Nkinza (right) tracks a TB patient’s adherence to treatment by reviewing the card that the patient is supposed to update after taking her medicine. Nkinza and other facilitators communicate with patients through text messages, phone calls, and regular visits. Facilitators receive on-the-job training and are chosen based on their previous experience in providing community health services. Each facilitator tracks up to 15 patients, depending on how many are registered at the health facility assigned to support the facilitator.Photo credit: Diana Tumuhairwe/MSH
Facilitator David Kaliisa meets with a patient in the Kawempe area of Kampala as she shows him her medication. An urban slum, Kawempe has a high concentration of TB cases. This patient’s 12-year-old daughter is on treatment as well. The facilitators also monitor contacts of patients for signs of infection, such as coughing, night fevers, and weight loss. Facilitators advise patients to keep windows open in their homes to allow air to circulate, which decreases the likelihood of spreading the infection to others in the home.Photo credit: Diana Tumuhairwe/MSH
In addition to visiting the homes of TB patients, facilitators conduct community outreach to disseminate information about TB, provide counseling, and screen for the disease. In the photo above, a facilitator discusses the warning signs of TB with members of an urban police barracks.Photo credit: Diana Tumuhairwe/MSH
Facilitators also collect sputum samples and take them to their supporting facilities for testing. This facilitator has collected a sample from a community member and is directing her to the next step in the process.Photo credit: Diana Tumuhairwe/MSH
Pediatric TB is widely underdiagnosed in the developing world and efforts are underway to expand screening of children in Uganda and elsewhere. Here, a father waits as a facilitator speaks with his daughter, who he said had developed a cough. The linkage facilitators have already helped make a profound difference in and around Kampala. Their patient support and tracking activities have contributed to TRACK TB treatment success rates of 85 percent so far this year, up from 71 percent in 2013. The number of patients who have been lost to follow-up – when they can no longer be tracked for various reasons – decreased from 26 percent in 2013 to 4.8 percent this year.Photo credit: Diana Tumuhairwe/MSH
TRACK TB works in partnership with the nongovernmental organization AIDS Information Center-Uganda (AIC). The five-year project (2013-2017) implements activities in Kampala, provides specific support to the central National TB and Leprosy Control Programme, and provides technical assistance to district-based USAID-funded partners in Uganda’s four regions. More about TRACK TB
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Discussion dedicated to support to decision-making of persons with psychiatric and mental disabilities in Armenia
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On 26 July, at the initiative of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia, a two-day discussion devoted to the problems related to introduction of a system to support the decision-making of persons with psychiatric and mental disabilities in the Republic of Armenia was organised within the framework of TAIEX instrument of the European Union. The purpose of the workshop is to transmit expert-level information and knowledge regarding the issue to the specialists of state bodies, study the potential models for introducing and implementing support mechanisms for decision-making in the Republic of Armenia in line with international standards, for the benefit of psychiatric, cognitive or mental disabilities.
During the discussion, Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Vigen Kocharyan gave an opening speech.
EU expert on disability issues in Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare Karin Fleicht, who has arrived in Armenia within the framework of the EU expert mission, presented to the participants international documents, including the EU legal regulations and strategies, Action Plans and other legal acts regarding the process of supporting decision-making processes, as well as touched upon issues related to improvement of exercise of self-determination of persons with disabilities in practice.
The EU expert also touched upon the legal regulations and practical measures existing in the EU and mainly in countries like Sweden and Finland and aimed at ensuring participation of persons with such disability in social processes as an alternative to the guardianship mechanism.
Representatives of the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Armenia, the Office of the Human Rights Defender and the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia participated in the two-day discussion. During the meeting, legislative regulations of the Republic of Armenia, peculiarities and possible changes existing in the given sector will be introduced by the Ministry of Justice and other interested bodies of the Republic of Armenia, which will be later followed by a working discussion on the possible introduction of support mechanisms for decision-making in the legal system of Armenia. Issues related to both legislative amendments and practical application of this mechanism and further benchmarks thereof will become a matter for consideration.
The working discussion will continue tomorrow, 27 July.
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Steel ministry to send SAIL's FPO proposal to Cabinet this week
SAIL's share sale is proposed to take place through a two-phased FPO, which will see the government selling 10% of its equity in the company and the steel giant raising fresh equity in the same proportion
The steel ministry on Tuesday said that it will send the 20% share-sale proposal of the country's largest steel maker Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) to the Union Cabinet this week, reports PTI.
"The share-sale proposal of SAIL will be sent to the Cabinet this week. Thereafter, the Cabinet secretary will take a final call on it," steel secretary Atul Chaturvedi told reporters on the sidelines of a conference to announce the price band of NMDC Ltd's follow-on public offer (FPO).
SAIL's share sale is proposed to take place through a two-phased FPO, which will see the government selling 10% of its equity in the company and the company raising fresh equity in the same proportion.
"The first phase is expected to happen in 2010-11 and the next in 2011-12, but both would be based on the market conditions," Mr Chaturvedi added.
The government holds a little over 85% equity in SAIL.
The Union government plans to raise the money to part fund its massive social and infrastructure programmes while the steel maker would partly finance its Rs70,000-crore expansion plan through the share-sale proceeds.
"(The) share sale is expected to fetch Rs8,000 crore in each phase collectively to the government and the company. Thus, the total proceeds of the FPO could be around Rs16,000 crore," he said.
The final amount would, however, depend on the price the government fixes for the FPO. Share sale in Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam, earlier scheduled for the current fiscal, will now be initiated in the next fiscal.
Besides, the Cabinet has given its nod for further stake sale in Engineers India.
As per the Cabinet decision, all listed profitable public sector units (PSUs) should have a public holding of at least 10% and all profitable unlisted PSUs should be listed over the next few years.
According to these criteria, as many as 60 state-run companies are eligible for disinvestment.
Earlier, revenue secretary Sunil Mitra, former disinvestment secretary, had said that the department expected some of the big PSUs like Coal India, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and SAIL to be divested in the next fiscal.
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S.A.Lab Black Knight Reference amplifier review
In Moscow, at the turn of November 2019, Alexey Syomin demonstrated a renewed product line from his S.A.Lab company. The lengthy two-day presentation included the demonstration of updated tube integrated Blackbird and Thunderbird amplifiers, three-piece Samson amplifier, 150W Black Night integrated (amplifier based on germanium solid-state devices,) a new ultimate cable line and even the S.A.Lab branded tubes with their logotype, that were manufactured according to S.A.Lab specs...
This unique opportunity has provided a chance to listen to all amplifiers in systems of various levels. Hercules, the S.A. Lab's was flagship was not completed at the time to make to the presentation, but it's still in development.
Among new products presented at this event the Black Knight Reference, a three-component state-of-the-art germanium semiconductor-based amplifier was premiered for the global launch.
Late in February, the S.A. Lab had also completed the dual-box(with separate power supply) phono preamplifier and headphone amplifier from the germanium line.
I was surprised neither by event invitation nor by the Black Knight Reference amplifier premiere because during more than ten years Alexey always keeps me informed about going on with his company (at least production-wise).
Among the guests at this presentation was also Niccolo Fabi (Alexey Syomin's business partner) who's in charge of S.A.Lab representation and technical support in Europe.
I've extendedly listened to and tested integrated 150W Black Night germanium about two years ago and of course consequently knew already about that Alexey works on the Black Knight Reference, “The Big German” as he nicknamed it. I remember how he told me that the “400W germanium piece” will impress. In short, no such amp was ever built in the history of high-end audio. Yes, there are known germanium amps with 10W or even 15W, but here we're talking about 150W and immediately after that 400W!
What made Alexey use the technology of the past and mostly forgotten part as germanium transistors?
What is behind it? Is it a proximation, that something good can be made out of this particular electronic part or is the intuition of a highly experienced professional engineer, that feels how something meaningful is possible in advancing of the sound.
Maybe it's an expectation of certain reactions in the High-End market by introducing something so obscure? Or even settings to impress Guinness book of world records jury?
The last theory is highly unlikely as an objective one. So what does Germanium mean for S.A. Lab and how can it be connected with the established achievements?
Most people rely on the positive role and wisdom of the market that has to accumulate and implement all of the best and most progressive. Probably, this is the way of how things go. At the same time, it took under the look the subject matter it's the same "clever" industry that had minimized vacuum tube and vinyl records at one stage and woke them up from artificial coma years later...
The former, among many other things, lacked capacities of power density and the latter one was accepted as outdated in terms of limited dynamic range, surface noises, and user's inconvenience.
I see such comebacks from oblivion not so much as vigilantes of business, but more as a result of a basic human nature stubbornness. And it should be understood as such.
It seems that the germanium transistor didn't oblige to the same destiny as a tube - the power above all. Moreover, Germanium based devices are more difficult to be mass-produced.
Today an amateur build Germanium parts can be found. An overwhelming majority, we're talking about the implementation of the old circuits. The corresponding stock items were absent on the market for more than half a century until “The German” of S.A. Lab appeared about two years ago.
S.A. Lab amplifiers based on germanium transistors are not following the old circuitry engineering. Germanium never followed the destiny of vinyl and tube gear, but it was highly interesting for S.A. Lab.
The authors of the usual reviews follow the traditional narrative and well-known techniques. The scarcity of information about Alexey Syomin is connected with his professional life, where he has spent most of his engineering years working for the military and later on for specific enterprises or laboratories connected with Soviet and later with Russian ministry of defense.
When asked if this work had anything to do with audio, Alexey smilingly said no.
However, one would think that such work has provided a great level of prerequisite experiences. The development of amplifier equipment took a considerable time of Alexey Syomin's life, but nothing was it made public until recently. According to his words, he always developed such kind of electronics almost as long as he remembers.
In the past, he showed interest in both transistors and tubes. As we can see, nowadays the tube equipment underlies the S.A. Lab catalog.
Alexey has explained to me why he prefers old tubes to new ones. He talks with regret about the disappearance of old technologies and industries. However, in last years he more often develops equipment on the basis of relatively new tubes frequently without being specifically of audiophile origin. For example, Soviet “television” 6p36c spectacularly functions in Samson and Hercules amplifiers. Though even in this case, the date of tubes manufacturing rarely dates after the 1970s.
According to Alexey, he “outgrew” direct heating triodes and this is testified by grandiose five-block complex Erato based on powerful triode GU-80 and three-block Ligeia based on British 14D13.
The transistor line of S.A.Lab includes a very interesting White Knight amplifier where the voltage was increased by the uniquely designed transformer (“we could patent this device”) and current of the transistor's output stage. The special liquid compounds were applied for thermostabilization. The first generation White Knight partnered with TAD CR1 is one of the best amplifiers and amp/speaker combinations I've had a chance to listen to.
THE GERMANIUM
And now the Germanium. I've heard about germanium transistor from Alexey nearly three years ago. He told me... “I am making amplifier based on Germanium”. But we didn't follow up on the subject matter. He told me that when the amp will ver ready, I'll be invited to the listening and then we can talk father.
I asked Alexey Syomin what he found in Germanium transistor that is so good, merely from a technological point of view and especially what was he thought that he can achieve sound-wise.
“Actually germanium is much better fitted to operate with sound signal than silicon. The movement of carriers is much higher in it. If in the case of silicon, it acts in two ways... Now is open and then it is closed. With Germanium, it is permanently open. However, to get competitive power it's is quite difficult. To prevent the breakdown of certain isolation mandatory between transitions. And if in case of silicon to make it there is no problem, in case of Germanium such task always presented a problem”.
Alexey is right in his assessment of Germanium advantages. Indeed, Germanium as a chemical element (the 32d one in the Periodic Table) by far excels silicon by the sheer movement of electrons throughout the space and it also by extended the length of electron's free path in average up to three times.
Also, it has a lesser width of the forbidden band. The analysis of voltage drop at p-n and n-p junctions demonstrates that Germanium proves itself as a better conductor than silicon. Therefore, the Germanium amplification stage has lesser energy losses. Also, Germanium has significantly lower switching distortions that are resolved with silicon only by transferring output stage to Class A with correspondingly high costs. A considerable investment was needed to research Germanium projects that are conditioned by many other factors.
From some time, the world market began to feel the deficiency of Germanium transistors due to the stoppage of their manufacturing without recommencing the similarity to the tubes.
The real reason was different. There was no demand, so no offerings and vice versa. In Russia, in contrast to the rest of the world, Germanium transistors of particular series continued to be manufactured down to the turn of millennia. Alexey managed to purchase a very large batch of Soviet 1T813 (20 000 pieces) manufactured in the last fifteen years of the last century. With such stock, he could really handpick and selected properly matching pairs needed for his “Germans”.
Alexey further speaks about the history of transistor circuitry and the causes of manufacturing transition from Germanium to silicon. “It is quite understandable why Germanium was succeeded by silicon that began to prevail from the end of the 1960s. The silicon transistors are by far more reliable and easy to produce. Furthermore, they can provide the power that is more than adequate for modern requirements. There was no Germanium amplifier with power exceeding 100W. Though it is quite possible that there were certain particular more powerful items for stage performance.
Certain high frequency and microwave devices were manufactured along with Germanium audio devices. However, the transistors themselves were far from satisfactory, including the sound. At 20 kilohertz, their amplification came nearer to 1. As regards working temperature, silicon keeps functionality when heating up to 150oC and 100oC as it's their working temperature. Whereas Germanium goes topsy-turvy to garbage pail already at 80oC. And for silicon, the temperature of 80oC is what the needed optimum”.
“In the old days, there were no high-voltage Germanium transistors. Though both theoretically and sound-wise the Germanium suits better to home audio. All its advantages are practically smoothed over by its capriciousness. So, the history of Germanium is not so much history of schematics as the history of thermodynamics and search of modes for maintenance of functionality for this element. The Germanium transistor requires a very large radiator and special conditioning to provide working temperature stabilization. Initially, I didn't understand it enough. For a long time, I couldn't manage to restrain its disposition and to make thermal and current dependencies and relations workable. So, I had to look for approaches for thermostabilization and limitation of current driver and output stage transistors”.
The initial tuning of the Black Night scheme (integrated in the beginning) took more than 2 years. As Alexey admitted this work mostly consisted of disappointments as "none of our amplifiers worked for a long time and withing such difficulties".
Initially, S.A. Lab demonstrated its Germanium integrated amplifier Black Night of 50W. The next two generations of this amplifier added 50W compared to the previous one. Nowadays, the company portfolio offers Black Night integrated with the output power of 150W at 4 Ohms.
While designing Black Night amplifier Alexey Syomin departed from what was achieved in developing “The small German”. According to him, “these amplifiers have very similar circuits”.
The output stages and drivers of both models are based on Soviet 1T813 Germanium transistors. The amplifiers lack global negative feedback and this is a unique principle and feature of Alexey Syomin.
Tipping-up heat sink
The more powerful Black Knight Reference uses more output transistors thus resulting in the development of the bulkier plates, heat sinks and power supplies and ultimately in the adoption of three-chassis architecture.
Power supply compartment
The implementation of the Germanium series of circlotron scheme in S.A. Lab amplifiers became extremely important. Alexey assumes that this scheme matches the Gest germanium transistor with its specific equal admittance on p-n-p junctions.
“I optimized circlotron to receive specific sound quality. This is the most complicated and cost-based case though the most perspective one. The circlotron without global negative feedback permits transistor scheme to sound at the very least not worse than tube one. It is impossible to contest the fact that transistors are never 100% complementary. Complimentary pairs simply don't exist and in the case of circlotron, the signal parts are always complementary because output stage functions on bridge mode. However, the output cascade of circlotron requires two independent main power supplies. Overall, the Black Knight Reference monoblock has four power supplies subjecting to the driver power supply”.
Alexey told me that he had to select Germanium transistors 1T813 based on their parameters in the most thorough way. “The spread is monstrous even within the scope of one single batch. The amplification coefficient ranges from 20 to 150! There are no such problems with silicon since silicon transistors are barely like nuts or… twins” The special precision instrument produced in the USSR was purchased for selecting of the devices.
Thus, the output and driver stages of “The Big German” monoblocks are based on 1Т813 Germanium transistor. The Black Knight Reference amplifier is produced completely on the basis of Germanium transistors. Specifically, rectifiers in power supplies are implemented on the basis of D305 diodes.
The monoblock power circuit includes capacitors with a total capacity of 80 000 mkF. The electrolytes and special bridging film capacitors 4x470 mkF are produced by S.A. Lab and settled after the stabilizers. They are fixed on brackets made of artificial stone.
Rectifiers on germanium diodes
The designer provided multilevel control of thermal parameters to support optimal modes of operation of schemes and also for the unconditional functionality and reliability of the amplifiers.
The massive heat sinks are developed for the output stage and power supply. While the outfit is functioning as the controllers and permanently monitor the temperature of output transistors if the heat becomes higher than 35oС, the noiseless coolers are switched on. Each monoblock includes five such coolers: two for output cascade, two for power supply and one for a driver.
The heat sinks are removeable and tipping-up
The temperature of the amplifier's power supply parts and can be controlled visually and are presented by two digital indicators placed on the plates inside of the monoblock. Apparently, this option is done only for convenient tuning-up and control of the schemes and hence it has no consumer value. The dropping-out plates of amplifier and power supply with relevant cooling radiators are developed for the same purpose.
The protective devices for four power supplies are placed in the compact block with a company logo. The outage of safety devices is indicated by an LED glow.
The scheme of soft start ensures gradual stabilization of the voltage. The amplifier is fully operational approximately after 50 seconds after switching on and that indicated on the display.
Voltage regulation board coupled with heat sink
The principal characteristic of S.A. Lab strategy is that with the exception of integrated amplifiers, other models are manufactured in three-chassis (rarely in two-block) layout as a kit composed of preamplifier and monoblocs. S.A. Lab, during all periods of its existence, proposed a very limited number of single power amplifiers and preamplifiers with the exception of phono stages and preamplifiers with DACs. S.A. Lab's owner implements this principle of his own in the equipment of various price levels. Such are grandiose Ligeia, five-block Erato and Muse’s Whisper and also Hercules, Samson, and even inexpensive Lilt. Such is Black Night Reference too. It is clear that an engineer who chooses this way takes upon oneself to work on the ideal harmonization of all amplifier sections without shifting it off to the consumer.
From this point of view, the Black Night Reference preamplifier is an integral component of the complex structure. And of course, it is totally Germanium based. The preamplifier functions on the basis of several Germanium transistors from the Soviet and Russian production.
S.A.Lab-Acoustic-Cables
The transformer presented here was custom designed and produced by S.A. Lab especially for this particular project, providing amplifies voltage with needed amplitude.
“Theoretically, the transformer is a totally linear device. It manufactured manually hence this device is so expensive. But as far as we produce basic components to manufacture a transformer is not a big deal”. At the input and output, there are balanced transformers. The signal outputs are unbridged and each has a separate buffer. The sound volume control is implemented on the basis of tantalum resistors.
The preamplifier has five linear inputs (three RCA and two XLR) and also three outputs (two XLR and RCA). There is an indicator of the operating time counter. The power of the preamplifier and monoblocks can be switched on manually or by a trigger. The monoblocks receive a signal on the balanced sockets XLR. There are two pairs of speakers terminals designed and manufactured by S.A. Lab.
Amplification board with 8 output germanium devices
The visual appearance of “Knights” fully conforms concepts of Top End class equipment. The traits of design are glassed stone colored with Ferrari line enamel of, grids of stainless steel, high-quality leather with stitching and trademark eye-like display on monoblocs front panels. The amplifiers can be manufactured in any color and not just black, but the amplifier keeps its initial name - the Black Knight.
In order to monoblocks to be moved more conveniently (275 kg each) special platform with casters is provided (covered with leather). The wheels can be removed and replaced by isolating parts.
The amplifier, as compared with the monoblocs staggering with their mighty stature, looks a bit lonely resembling a neat little house at the footing of two towers.
The Black Knight Reference, like all other S.A.Lab products, are fully assembled at the company factory in the Moscow region. A number of such major elements as power transformers and certain capacitors are produced by the company itself. The output transformers of all-tube amplifiers are designed and manufactured only by S.A. Lab.
I had an opportunity to explore carefully the sound performance of S.A. Lab Black Knight Reference during long-lasting listening sessions prior and after the presentation mentioned above. Additionally, I've had a chance to listened to the amplifier extensively at the S.A. Lab's official listening room, including the prototype stage.
For the presentation of Black Knight Reference in the Moscow salon Note+, the high-top level system was assembled that included Kronos Sparta turntable with Kronos Helena arm and Lyra Etna cartridge, Studer A 820 tape-recorder and Moon 750D CD player The loudspeakers were ProAc Carbon Pro Eight. The record-player was assisted by a two-block S.A. Lab phono stage from the Germanium line (demonstrated before Moscow premiere at the end of February 2020) and step-up transformer S.A. Lab Step-Up Black Edition.
Being a musician myself, I deal with the music most part of my life. When more than forty years ago I began to listen to music recordings - initially using equipment made in the Soviet Union and later, as far as being involved into audio expertise, using Hi-Fi of various levels, I was aware that I am forced to listen to audio equipment with a kind of different ears comparing artificial sounding with natural sound. These differences I've kept in aural memory that and I can firmly be distinguished when music is properly reproduced properly. With time my sense to distinguish these two becomes even more profound. In a sense, it becomes a switching principle of comparing.
I also pay a lot of attention to the emotional experiencing purely audiophile quality that is specific to the audio equipment listening and consists of analyzing the purely sound aspects. When listening to the music of the concert the rendering is present only in the slightest degree or is absent at all.
My most powerful impressions of sound relate to those moments when I had no need "to switch" my hearing and when insignificance of purely audiophile feelings fused with a plenitude of musical ones. The listening of S.A. Lab Black Knight Reference is one of such occurrences. The amplifier has a unique musical potential, even for High-End equipment, being not only an audio component but an instrument of converting recorded material into music almost indistinguishable from performed live by a number of its most important components.
I have to clarify what is hidden behind this "almost". By no means, I don't idealize live-sounding that quite often is frankly indifferent. The musicians can be not performing at their best and the musical instruments can be not “Amati” or “Blüthner” at all or even simply untuned and acoustics in the concert hall can be no gem and place for listening can be inconvenient and mood can be lousy and moon in the wrong phase...
Such musical recording should be perceived as a sort of art seeking to create perfect sounding with the ideal balance of the components. This sound is created by sound engineer/producer and the involvement of musicians into this process in many cases is limited by the performance of musical compositions. The sound record will be always inferior to live performance only in one thing - the last one is momentary and inimitable. The emotional experience can be unique and momentary also while listening to records by means of audio equipment of such a class as S.A.Lab Black Knight Reference.
The affirmation “you hear the music such as it was heard by musicians in recording studio or concert hall” is, to put it mildly, incorrect. We hear it such as it was heard by sound engineer/producer. And he hears, to be frank, the bulk of equipment packed in the recording room. Thereby, the recording contains certain music and the task of audio equipment is to reveal exactly what music contained in it and how much of it is there...
The Black Knight Reference, while playing back various recordings supported by matching system partners, every time produced from the sound the "ore", the grains of musical truth, that touched and excited me in a real way and not simply tickled audiophile receptors.
THE SOUND OF THE MUSIC
While listening to opera airs performed by Renée Fleming or Luciano Pavarotti (Hemiolia Records tapes ) I didn't know how actually Fleming and Pavarotti sang during a recording session (by the way I never heard them in live performance), how orchestra played and exactly what sound was brought by studio monitors to ears of the producer. However, I perceived the voices of interpreters as real ones. The sounding was space-full, warm and heartfelt...
The sound of Black Knight Reference has some intricate quality, almost irrespective of reproduced music, that makes these amplifiers very different from the multitude of the tube and transistor amps.
The first that crosses one's mind and connected this special attitude is the functionality of Germanium transistors in fortunately found makeup.
It is obvious Alexey Syomin and his team efforts of painstaking research of the approaches to germanium are the very results. This sonic quality can be appreciated by any listener even without an audiophile background.
Black Knight integrated
Such sound can be appreciated and perceived as straight away as genuine and devoid of artificiality. This specific quality is intimately related to the integrated Black Knight that I listened many times both separately and jointly with the Black Knight Reference.
The special feature of music perception is that prior to when musical sounds, rhythms, timbres, consonances, and spatial patterns begin to take shapes of completed musical thoughts and images the sound is perceived as complex acoustic energy stirring up one or another hearing sensation and various emotional responses.
S.A.Lab “Germans” sound quality felt most natural due to evaluation listenings. The amps establish so to say a friendly acoustical environment.
It is acoustically "ecological". Even more, it excites emotions similar to those one feels admiring the scenery, beautiful architecture, nice face or anything else really sweet...
The S.A. Lab Black Knight Reference's 400W let the moments of musical culminations fulfilled providing the dynamic relief when it was needed to be expressed in all of its magnitudes. The muscly power of amplifiers reflects the spirit of their name - Hercules. The extensive and gradual intensification of sound in Ravel's “Bolero” comes to the only tone modulation in score and culmination of powerful fortissimo at the end of musical composition. This very dramatic point in the presentation by “German” was 100% convincing. Just as a very quiet beginning when dry drumming of the snare drum is superimposed on the underlay of absolute silence.
The Black Knight Reference possesses all arsenal of sound instruments. Dies Irae from Verdi's “Requiem” was presented in such a way that though musical plasma literary spread out in the room. The dense orchestral and choral have issued their painful mood throughout the large-caliber kettledrum fougasses. The whole mood corresponded to the visions reflections of the Last Judgment. And Verdi simply excels.
Immediately after, In Paradisium from “Requiem” by another composer, Gabriel Fauré, was presented most exquisitely. Lace or filigree: against the background of the wavy figures in the orchestra, the sound of choir flowed like an enchanting paradisiacal light from Heaven.
When evaluating and describing the audio component, everyone will most likely want to listen to music he likes and prefers. Authors of the audio reviews are not an exclusion.
Among other things, I've listened to piano music on vinyl: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli performs preludes by Claude Debussy from the first book, Glen Gould plays Goldberg-Variationen by J.S. Bach (1955 recording), Vladimir Horowitz interpreters pieces of Robert Schumann (“The Last Concert in Hamburg”) and Emil Gilels performing the 3d Piano Concert by Ludwig van Beethoven with the Cleveland Symphonic Orchestra conducted by George Szell.
Except for the formal presentation of the piano, everything is different: music, maestros of fingerboards, pianos, time of recording, sound engineers, artistic spaces... Every single time I've heard the system with Black Knight Reference average out nothing reduces nothing to a common denominator and deduces no average temperature over the hospital.
The amplifiers reproduced music with its genuine aesthetic charge. Not only the sound of different pianos were easily distinguished, but also the individual sound of Michelangeli (the art of chiaroscuro and amazing touch subtlety), of Gould (pervasive expression), of Horowitz (unique Hamburg Steinway the “last romantic” performed in concerts and recorded during more than half a century) and of Gilels (inimitable golden sound, wisdom, generosity, and perfection of interpretation)...
The absence of sound sketchiness is the most precious quality of Black Knight Reference that became apparent in the presentation of various music.
The amplifier demonstrated its ability to transmit the broadest timbre palette in all frequency registers and to form diverse unique acoustic spaces, including vast dynamic resources and perfect control of lower case while the records from excellent Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm organ series were played back. The records themselves and how they sounded was real festivity for organ music lovers.
The sounding of records Meet You at Jazz Corner of the World of Art Blakey and Jazz Messengers combo is quite in the spirit of half-professional club recordings. The Black Knight Reference transmitted with ease natural and emotionally charged atmosphere that filled the New York Club Black Birdland on September 14, 1960; how the musicians freely moved around the scene regarding the microphones.
From time to time the sound became lighter or somehow receded into the shade; all this non-studio feeling, a certain sketchy and uneven sound that one can't find in studio albums that quite often sound too ordered and even a bit sterile. Evidently, the discs Meet You At Jazz Corner of the World are considered as one of the best live recordings in the Jazz Messengers’ discography.
Was it worth toiling non-simple engineering tasks to implement Germanium idea in the real audio components? The reply with all its evidence follows from what has been said above. The S.A. Lab Black Knight Reference is a highly complex amplifier of the highest engineering level that is determined not only by the very fact of the Germanium transistors application but also due to its unprecedented high power. This true top-class product embraces the impeccable quality of implementation down to the smallest details.
I would like to mention one more time about the common DNA of the Black Knight Reference and Black Knight integrated amplifiers. The last one costs more 10 times less than Reference and it should interest those who wish to experience the magic sound of S.A.Lab's “Germans”. If the very high price of Black Knight Reference feels to be competitive then the price of the small "German" seems to be attractive.
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Monique Samuels alleges that despite filming scenes for RHOP she ‘did not get paid for three episodes’
Sat Jan 02, 2021 at 6:34pm ET Sat Jan 02, 2021 at 6:34 pm EST
By Natalie Hunter
Monique Samuels films at Karen Huger’s pre-party for RHOP. Pic credit: Bravo
Former Real Housewives of Potomac star Monique alleges that Bravo didn’t pay her for three of the episodes she filmed.
Monique sat down for an interview with All About the Tea during which she accused Bravo of cutting some of her paychecks.
“I was in 16 out of the 19 episodes. I still filmed. I was still working. I did not get paid for three episodes,” she reveals.”That’s money that I’m investing into my businesses that I thought was coming. I had money to pay.”
She explains that she didn’t realize that she was cut out of three of the episodes until the show aired.
“I’m like, ‘Wait, hold up. I just found out that I’m not getting paid for three episodes. Wait, we filmed this a year ago and I’m watching the season…and then I get [a] notice [that] I’m not getting paid for three episodes,” she continued. “I didn’t know that I wasn’t going to be in three episodes. I was still filming.’
Monqiue also explains that it wasn’t the only time that she had felt Bravo screwed her over.
She also shares that Bravo booked her, her husband and her pet bird, T’Challa in the wrong, not to mention much cheaper, hotel for the RHOP reunion. Production had told her it was because the hotel was booked and it couldn’t accommodate T’Challa.
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Once she got to the same hotel as the rest of the RHOP cast, she found out the reasons production gave her were inaccurate.
Monique was a controversial figure on Season 5
Monique got herself into legal trouble while filming for Season 5 after she physically attacked her costar, Candiace Dillard, during a fight they had at a wine tasting.
Candiace sued Monique shortly after the incident. Monique lawyered up, and the case was eventually dropped.
However, it was still a central storyline for the season and caused the majority of her fellow cast members to hold a grudge against her.
Even Andy Cohen broke his typical impartiality to criticize Monique for her actions on the season.
Monique will not be on Season 6
Even though Monique was offered a contract, Monique revealed to fans on social media that she will not be returning for Season 6.
Along with the times she felt Bravo did her dirty, she explained that the main reason she quit is that she wanted to protect her family.
During the RHOP Reunion, she and husband Chris Samuels accused Gizelle Bryant of coming for their family.
They claimed Gizelle tried to insinuate that a personal trainer Monique had an affair with was the father of their son instead of Chris.
However, Gizelle insisted that Chris was the one to bring it up.
Regardless, Monique and Chris’s days on RHOP are done for now.
The Real Housewives of Potomac is currently on hiatus on Bravo.
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A charter bus accident on a snow covered road this month serves as a reminder of the danger posed to passengers and other motorists when bus companies fail to comply with safety regulations regarding inspections and maintenance of their buses, as well as qualifications and performance of their bus drivers. A Pennsylvania tour bus accident reported widely by the national media caused injury to twenty passengers according to an Associated Press report. State police indicated that the bus driver lost control of the vehicle before slamming into a snow embankment. Twenty-two patients were treated for minor injuries while three others suffered more serious injury.
While law enforcement officers did not indicate the estimated speed that the bus was traveling when the driver lost control, the state police indicated that bus operator was driving "at a speed that was greater than is reasonable and prudent for the condition," according to the state police report. While the posted speed limit represents a maximum speed in optimal road and weather conditions, drivers are expected to adjust their speed when navigating their way through hazardous conditions like wet or icy roads.
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A small exhibition with a big message. About the illegal trade with species under threat.
Join family Liljekvist on a trip to a tropical country and home again. The family consists of mother Clara, father Edin and children Amina and Johan. The trip goes well, the hotel is quiet, close to the sea and a lively town is only a short distance away. They shop for souvenirs in markets and shops, but what happens when they get to customs at the airport?
Test yourself in the customs station - do you know what you can buy and take into Sweden?
The family Liljekvist consists of John, father Edin, mother Clara and Amina. Are the souvenirs they find on their journey legal or notto bring into Sweden? The illustrations in the exhibition are made by Magnus Jonason.
Trade threatens many species
Many animals and plants in the world are endangered. Just because of trade approximately 35 000 different species are endangered.
To keep track of all these species is difficult. Many times the products are sold in the open, alive, dead as souvenirs, or perhaps prepared in for example alternative medicines.
Trading in endangered species is illegal, but in some cases you are allowed to take goods to Sweden, if you have applied for and received permission.
The exhibition presents in a simple, fun and educational way what you can consider in order to protect endangered species.
What would you have done in the reptile farm, or in the market? Did you even know what a big problem just trade in souvenirs are? By being aware of the problem you can make a difference.
In order to protect the animal and plant species endangered by trade more than 170 countries have agreed to limit trading through an agreement called CITES – the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
Trading in CITES-listed species is only permitted if it does not affect the survival chances of these species.
More about CITES and information concerning the purchase of souvenirs can be found through the Swedish Board of Agriculture’s web .
The exhibition is produced by The Swedish Museum of Natural History in collaboration with WWF The World Wildlife Fund, Swedish Customs,The Swedish Board of Agriculture and The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
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Prof Russell Foster gives a TEDTalk on sleep.
Russell Foster is a circadian neuroscientist: He studies the sleep cycles of the brain. And he asks: What do we know about sleep? Not a lot, it turns out, for something we do with one-third of our lives. In this talk, Foster shares three popular theories about why we sleep, busts some myths about how much sleep we need at different ages -- and hints at some bold new uses of sleep as a predictor of mental health.
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On the UNESCO International Day of Light, The Daylight Award announce the 2020 Laureates, including Russell Foster who receives the award for his clinical studies in humans addressing important questions regarding light.
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Buying drugs online could be prescription for trouble
Be very careful before you purchase prescription drugs online: The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy reviewed more than 10,000 Internet sites that claim to sell prescription drugs and found that 97 percent of them don’t adhere to the organization’s pharmacy laws and practice standards. Credit: Fotolia
By PETER KING pwking@aol.com June 27, 2014 8:56 AM
You can buy almost anything you want on the Internet. But be very careful before you purchase prescription drugs online.
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy reviewed more than 10,000 Internet sites that claim to sell prescription drugs and found that 97 percent of them don't adhere to the organization's pharmacy laws and practice standards. The association, an umbrella trade group that represents state pharmacy boards, says the worst of these sites "may be selling drugs that are counterfeit, contaminated or otherwise unsafe." The association notes that its list also includes reputable Canadian pharmacies because, in most cases, the Food and Drug Administration prohibits the sale of drugs from Canada to the United States.
For the FDA's position on buying drugs online, even from reputable Canadian pharmacies, go to nwsdy.li/fda-onlinedrugs and nwsdy.li/fda-canada. For a list of the association's "not recommended" online sites, go to nwsdy.li/nabp-sites.
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(Newser) – It's probably never positive for your career if Ted Cruz is calling for your head, but GOP Sen. John Barrasso is looking at last night's SNL Cold Open—which ripped HealthCare.gov and Kathleen Sebelius—and declaring Sebelius "the laughingstock of America. She's lost considerable credibility," he says, per the Hill. Rep. Marsha Blackburn piled right on, declaring that "the incompetence in building this website is staggering," and adding that Sebelius would testify before Congress "before she's out the door." Meanwhile, President Obama "has been poorly served in the implementation of his own signature legislation," says Darrell Issa, as per Politico. "If Kathleen Sebelius can’t reorganize to meet his agenda, then she shouldn’t be there." Other tongues that are wagging on your Sunday dial:
Rep. Mike Rogers on HealthCare.gov: "It was very clear to me that (the websites) do not have an overarching solid cyber security plan to prevent the loss of private information. I'm even more concerned today than I was even last week."
Bobby Jindal: "Fixing the website is the easy part. This is symptomatic of a bigger problem ... Is this administration the most incompetent or most liberal in recent history? Maybe they’ll bring in Al Gore, the guy who says he invented the Internet."
Ohio Gov. John Kasich: "The rollout is the least of the problems here. The rollout looks like a disaster. In my state, most Ohioans are going to pay higher costs. If you rolled it out perfectly, it would not take on what America wants."
Rep. Pete King on the NSA: "Quite frankly, the NSA has done so much for our country and so much for the president, he's the commander in chief. He should stand with the NSA."
Rick Santorum on Ted Cruz: "I would say in the end, he did more harm. I think it was not his objective. I think his objective was a laudable one. I think he didn't do a very good job of planning it out. I think it's one thing to have a goal and another thing to have a plan to get you to that goal."
Meanwhile, the Hill notes that Obama himself didn't want to talk about the website this morning, telling reporters, "C'mon, guys. I'm going to church." (Read more Sunday morning talk shows stories.)
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Home Business CCPA Issued Notices To Various Companies For Misleading Advertisements
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CCPA Issued Notices To Various Companies For Misleading Advertisements
The Central Consumer Protection Authority was established w.e.f. 24 July 2020 under section 10 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019
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The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has, suo-moto, issued show-cause notices to various companies for misleading and misguiding advertisements during the Covid-19 pandemic, an official statement said on Friday.
The Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said that the CCPA has been taking proactive action for protecting the interest and rights of consumers. One of the functions of the CCPA envisaged in the Act is to review matters relating to, and the factors inhibiting the enjoyment of, consumer rights, including safeguards provided for the protection of consumers under any other law in force and recommend appropriate remedial measures for their effective implementation.
Observing that several advertisements are being issued during the COVID-19 pandemic to mislead and misguide the consumers relating to several consumer goods/products, the CCPA has, suo-moto, issued show-cause notices to companies in sectors like water purifier, paints, floor cleaner, apparel, disinfectant, furniture, etc, said the statement.
According to the Ministry, the CCPA’s action will deter unscrupulous businessmen from launching misleading advertisements to exploit the sentiments of the consumers for cheap commercial profits. Notice has also been issued to Cab Aggregators for resorting to unfair trade practices with regard to refund of the excess fare charged. The CCPA will continue to work towards the protection of the interest and rights of the consumers, said the Ministry.
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On analysis of the consumer grievances received in the National Consumer Helpline, the CCPA has recently taken up the matter of failed/canceled transactions while using inter-banking services by the consumers like IMPS, UPI, etc where money has not been refunded to the consumer or where the timeline for settlement of such claims has not been adhered to, with the sector regulator, the Reserve Bank of India with a view to protecting the rights of the consumers, said the statement.
The CCPA has also asked Insurance Regulator, IRDAI, to look into the delay in getting the claim amount by the consumers and take up the consumer grievances with the insurance companies to adhere to the timelines stipulated in the IRDAI Protection of Policyholders’ Interest Regulations, 2017.
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The Central Consumer Protection Authority was established w.e.f. 24 July 2020 under section 10 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 to regulate matters relating to the violation of rights of consumers, unfair trade practices, and false or misleading advertisements which are prejudicial to the interests of public and consumers and to promote, protect and enforce the rights of consumers as a class.
It can conduct investigations into violation of consumer rights and institute complaints/ prosecution, order recalls of unsafe goods and services, order discontinuation of unfair trade practices and misleading advertisements, impose penalties on manufacturers/endorsers/publishers of misleading advertisements. (IANS)
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Huawei is the world’s leading company in 5G. The Chinese company said it has already won 50 5G contracts globally
FILE - A woman stands at the booth of Huawei featuring 5G technology at the PT Expo in Beijing, China, Sept. 28, 2018. VOA
China’s technology giant Huawei has opened in Madrid its largest flagship store outside China.
The two-storey, 1,100-square-metre shop is located in Madrid city centre, where the customers can experience Huawei’s latest technologies, including 5G and artificial intelligence applications, and enjoy the products it has launched such as smartphones, tablets as well as personal computers, Huawei’s Consumer Business Group for the Western European Region President Walter Ji said.
More than 1,000 people came to the new flagship store on the opening day, Xinhua news agency reported.
FILE – The logos of Huawei are displayed at it retail shop window reflecting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing, Jan. 29, 2019. VOA
On June 15, Vodafone Espana, in cooperation with Huawei, rolled out the first commercial 5G mobile services in Spain, making it one of the first European countries with the ultrafast mobile network in Europe.
Vodafone announced that it is offering 5G roaming in four European countries — Britain, Germany, Spain and Italy over the summer.
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On May 30, mobile network operator EE launched Britain’s first 5G service, using Huawei equipment.
Huawei is the world’s leading company in 5G. The Chinese company said it has already won 50 5G contracts globally. (IANS)
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Georgetown Study: Vaping Could Prevent Premature Deaths of Roughly 6.6. Million U.S. Smokers
October 9, 2017 By Steve Birr
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WASHINGTON – AUA top public health researcher is slamming the Australian government’s ban on liquid nicotine in the wake of a study showing that vaping could prevent the premature deaths of millions of smokers.
Dr. Marita Hefler, a researcher with the Menzies School of Health Research in Australia, is criticizing current law in the country that makes it illegal to use liquid nicotine. Hefler was part of a study released Oct. 2 and led by the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center that investigated the potential for eradicating smoking in the U.S. through the promotion of alternative technologies for nicotine delivery, reports Vaping Post.
The study shows that if vaping were to largely replace smoking, roughly 6.6. million smokers would avoid premature death and collectively add 86.7 million extra years to their lives.
The Australian government’s Therapeutic Goods Administration classifies liquid nicotine as a poison. Smokers looking to ditch cigarettes for a healthier alternative are legally allowed to buy vaping devices but are barred from using the fluid necessary to successfully quit. Meanwhile, cigarettes remain legal and smoking rates in Australia are rapidly increasing due to the restricted access to alternative technologies.
“Any other consumer product that kills up to two-thirds of its long-term users remaining legal is unimaginable,” Hefler told The Age. “E-cigarettes, and more recently heat-not-burn tobacco products, most closely mimic, and therefore have the greatest potential to displace combustible tobacco. While they are not harmless they are almost certainly lower risk than cigarettes for current smokers.”
Many smokers in the country are ignoring the law and using e-cigarettes to attempt quitting, but they still run the risk of getting into legal trouble. Vapers in Australia say they feel like their government is persecuting them for making a health conscious choice. Australian doctors in favor of e-cigarettes note the positive impact vaping has had on the smoking populations in the U.K. and U.S., where smoking rates are declining.
A study commissioned by the European Union in 2014 found that roughly 6 million European smokers had quit cigarettes by using vaping devices.
Americans are increasingly turning to electronic cigarettes as a way to quit smoking, according to federal data showing that former smokers made up 34 percent of all vapers in 2016.
A paper released Sept. 28 by the free-market think tank R Street Institute reveals that the overall vaping population in the U.S. declined for the second straight year in 2016, while the share of the population that are former smokers increased, rising from 2.49 million to 2.62 million Americans in 2016.
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Reasons for Jawbone Loss and Deterioration
The following are the most common causes for jawbone deterioration and loss that may require a bone grafting procedure:
Tooth Extractions:
When an adult tooth is removed and not replaced, jawbone deterioration may occur. Natural teeth are embedded in the jawbone, and stimulate the jawbone through activities such as chewing and biting. When teeth are missing, the alveolar bone, or the portion of the jawbone that anchors the teeth in the mouth, no longer receives the necessary stimulation, and begins to break down, or resorb. The body no longer uses or "needs" the jawbone, so it deteriorates and goes away.
The rate the bone deteriorates, as well as the amount of bone loss that occurs, varies greatly among individuals. However, most lost occurs within the first eighteen months following the extraction, and continues throughout life.
Periodontal Disease:
Periodontal diseases are ongoing infections of the gums that gradually destroy the support of your natural teeth. Periodontal disease affects one or more of the periodontal tissues: alveolar bone, periodontal ligament, cementum, or gingiva. While there are many diseases which affect the tooth-supporting structures, plaque-induced inflammatory lesions make up the majority of periodontal issues, and are divided into two categories: gingivitis and periodontitis. While gingivitis, the less serious of the diseases, may never progress into periodontitis, it always precedes periodontitis.
Dental plaque is the primary cause of gingivitis in genetically-susceptible individuals. Plaque is a sticky colorless film, composed primarily of food particles and various types of bacteria, which adhere to your teeth at and below the gum line. Plaque constantly forms on your teeth, even minutes after cleaning. Bacteria found in plaque produce toxins or poisons that irritate the gums. Gums may become inflamed, red, swollen, and bleed easily. If this irritation is prolonged, the gums separate from the teeth causing pockets (spaces) to form. If daily brushing and flossing is neglected, plaque can also harden into a rough, porous substance known as calculus (or tartar). This can occur both above and below the gum line.
Periodontitis is affected by bacteria that adhere to the tooth’s surface, along with an overly aggressive immune response to these bacteria. If gingivitis progresses into periodontitis, the supporting gum tissue and bone that holds teeth in place deteriorates. The progressive loss of this bone, the alveolar, can lead to loosening and subsequent loss of teeth.
Dentures/Bridgework:
Unanchored dentures are placed on top of the gum line, and therefore do not provide any direct stimulation to the underlying alveolar bone. Over time, the lack of stimulation causes the bone to resorb and deteriorate. Because this type of denture relies on the bone to hold them in place, people often experience loosening of their dentures and problems eating and speaking. Eventually, bone loss may become so severe that dentures cannot be held in place even with strong adhesives, and a new set may be required. Proper denture care, repair, and refitting are essential to maintaining oral health.
Some dentures are supported by anchors, which do help adequately stimulate, and therefore preserve bone.
With bridgework, the teeth on either side of the appliance provide sufficient stimulation to the bone, but the portion of the bridge that spans the gap where the teeth are missing receives no direct stimulation. Bone loss can occur in this area.
By completing a bone graft procedure, Dr. Hayhurst, Dr. Yates, Dr. Edwards, Dr. Farnsworth, Dr. Shumate or Dr. Troyer is now able to restore bone function and growth, thereby halting the effects of poor denture care.
Trauma:
When a tooth is knocked out or broken to the extent that no biting surface is left below the gum line, bone stimulation stops, which results in jaw bone loss. Some common forms of tooth and jaw trauma include: teeth knocked out from injury or accident, jaw fractures, or teeth with a history of trauma that may die and lead to bone loss years after the initial trauma.
A bone grafting procedure would be necessary to reverse the effects of bone deterioration, restoring function and promoting new bone growth in traumatized areas.
Misalignment:
Misalignment issues can create a situation in the mouth where some teeth no longer have an opposing tooth structure. The unopposed tooth can over-erupt, causing deterioration of the underlying bone.
Issues such as TMJ problems, normal wear-and-tear, and lack of treatment can also create abnormal physical forces that interfere with the teeth’s ability to grind and chew properly. Over time, bone deterioration can occur where bone is losing stimulation.
Osteomyelitis:
Osteomyelitis is a type of bacterial infection in the bone and bone marrow of the jaw. The infection leads to inflammation, which can cause a reduction of blood supply to the bone. Treatment for osteomyelitis generally requires antibiotics and removal of the affected bone. A bone graft procedure may then be required to restore bone function and growth lost during removal.
Tumors:
Benign facial tumors, though generally non-threateningly, may grow large and require removal of a portion of the jaw. Malignant mouth tumors almost always spread into the jaw, requiring removal of a section of the jaw. In both cases, reconstructive bone grafting is usually required to help restore function to the jaw. Grafting in patients with malignant tumors may be more challenging because treatment of the cancerous tumor generally requires removal of surrounding soft tissue as well.
Developmental Deformities:
Some conditions or syndromes known as birth defects are characterized by missing portions of the teeth, facial bones, jaw or skull. Drs. Hayhurst, Yates, Edwards, Farnsworth, Shumate or Troyer may be able to perform a bone graft procedure to restore bone function and growth where it may be absent.
Sinus Deficiencies:
When molars are removed from the upper jaw, air pressure from the air cavity in the maxilla (maxillary sinus), causes resorption of the bone that formerly helped the teeth in place. As a result, the sinuses become enlarged, a condition called hyperneumatized sinus.
This condition usually develops over several years, and may result in insufficient bone from the placement of dental implants. Drs. Hayhurst, Yates, Edwards, Farnsworth, Shumate or Troyer can perform a procedure called a “sinus lift” that can treat enlarged sinuses.
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MONTREAL — Outside of the locker room underneath Stade Saputo, Orlando City coach Adrian Heath quietly fumed.
After building momentum and demonstrating an aggressive, attacking identity during a five-game unbeaten streak, the Lions arrived in Montreal and looked lifeless. They dragged along during a 2-0 loss to the Impact on Saturday night with no energy despite the stakes against an Eastern Conference foe.
"We carried too many players today," Heath said, the frustration painted across his face. "Too many people let us down."
Orlando City will reach the midway point of its expansion season on Wednesday night against the Colorado Rapids. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. and the game will air on WRBW-Channel 65 and Sun Sports.
A win against the Impact would have set the club up to potentially reach that halfway mark with 26 points — a number that would have set them near the top of the table.
Instead, a loss in Montreal kept the Lions (5-6-5, 20 pts.) in the midst of an Eastern Conference race that shows how integral every game will be the rest of this season. Just three points separate New York City FC in eighth place from Orlando City in third place.
The tight playoff picture only added more frustration to the fact that the Lions looked disinterested on Saturday night.
Orlando City ended up winning the possession battle against the Impact, but the Lions allowed 18 shots and eight corner kicks. The team managed just three shots on target all night. The game was the Lions' third in a six-day span, but players refused to attribute the lackadaisical display to exhaustion.
"We've played a lot of games, but that's not an excuse," said Orlando City defender Luke Boden, who played 120 minutes on Wednesday in the U.S. Open Cup win, but was one of the few players to turn in a strong performance against Montreal. "We're professional soccer players. We play games, and we have to deal with that. Tonight hasn't gone our way, but we'll pick ourselves up and not get our heads down about it and we'll get a result on Wednesday."
Perhaps the biggest takeaway for the Lions is that they have little wiggle room to take their foot off the gas.
Orlando City's five-game unbeaten streak featured a high-pressing team that punished opponents by putting its opportunities away. They took their chances in a 4-0 swamping of the L.A. Galaxy and punished the Chicago Fire in the late stages to grab a victory.
Against the Impact on Saturday, Orlando City allowed several good looks at goal to go without even a shot on frame — rookie Cyle Larin missed the mark when he got on the end of a few well-placed crosses — and some of its star players lacked the impact they usually have on the game.
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"A little bit back to old ways," Orlando City goalkeeper Tally Hall said.
The Lions will need to find the spark that spurred the streak before hosting the Rapids Wednesday.
"I think this team has shown tremendous character so far the first half of the year," Hall said. "When you have character like that and you've shown it, then it shouldn't be a surprise that come next game we're going to be better and we're not going to let this dampen our mentality . . . It was a great opportunity to do something, but we'll have to move on to next game and do something there."
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Fullest cooperation to ensure regional security: Vietnam pledges to stand by SL
Vietnam will always stand by Sri Lanka in the international arena, stated Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang during his bilateral discussion with President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday.
He said Vietnam will always extend its assistance to Sri Lanka in the UN Assemblies, South-South corporation, Colombo Plan and any other international event.
He pledged Vietnam’s fullest cooperation to Sri Lanka to ensure regional security and elimination of terrorism. He appreciated President Rajapaksa for the first telephone call he had made to the then Vietnamese President to inform of the elimination of terrorism in Sri Lanka in 2009.
Vietnam highly values the high level political relationship that exists between the two countries, the Vietnamese President stressed. He pledged to provide Sri Lanka with assistance in defence, defence training, fisheries, petroleum sector, disaster management, and search and rescue missions. Vietnamese multi-national corporations will be encouraged to invest in Sri Lanka, he noted.
Appreciating the Vietnamese President’s visit, the first-ever state visit by a Vietnamese leader to Sri Lanka, President Rajapaksa emphasized the close relations between the two countries which have “matured and strengthened on shared values and historical ties”.
He expressed his gratitude to the government of Vietnam for the support and co-operation extended to crackdown on illegal activities carried out by the LTTE in the East Asia Region.
“Although we have militarily defeated the LTTE, the sophisticated propaganda machinery supported by some INGOs, operating to tarnish the image of Sri Lanka is of great concern to us. I look forward to your consistent support in the regional and multilateral fora to counter such negative effects,” he said.
“Sri Lanka desires to strengthen defence cooperation between the two countries in fighting against the common menace of terrorism. In this context, the conclusion of the Defence Co-operation Agreement between our two countries during this visit would enable to initiate measures for practical cooperation,” he added.
Elaborating on trade and investment, President Rajapaksa said Sri Lanka seeks to engage with Vietnam to create a win-win situation for both countries, capitalizing on mutual advantages. He invited the Vietnamese business community to participate in the Expo 2012 Trade Exhibition in March next year.
Congratulating the Vietnamese President on the success of the 11th Congress of the Communist Party, President Rajapaksa invited the Vietnam Communist Party to establish links with the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He invited Vietnamese Communist youths to link up with the Sri Lankan youths to further enhance the mutual understanding between the two nations. Courtesy PRIU
Courtesy: Daily News
9 Responses to Fullest cooperation to ensure regional security: Vietnam pledges to stand by SL
demala chelvan says:
In a precedent setting order issued by the District Court of District of Columbia USA Thursday on the case against Sri Lanka’s President Rajapakse filed by three Tamil plaintiffs, Judge Kotelly authorized service by posting the full summons and complaint on the main page of the TamilNet website and by publication in two Sri Lankan newspapers. Legal sources in Washington said that Rajapakse being haled into a US court to answer charges of complicity in the extra-judicial killings of plaintiffs relatives is imminent.
UK’s Defence Secretary Liam Fox has resigned from his post Friday afternoon amid mounting pressure over his working relationship with his flatmate and self-styled adviser Adam Werritty. Dr. Fox was widely accused of running a ‘shadow foreign policy’ on Sri Lanka and undermining Britain’s official foreign policy, a mysterious trust he set up to solicit private sector contributions to ‘development’ in Sri Lanka – with Mr. Werritty as its key contact – seems to have done nothing other than fund his visits to the island, and now it appears that Mr. Werritty’s globe-trotting to numerous places Dr. Fox was also visiting on official business, has been partly funded by a corporate intelligence company with “a close interest” in Sri Lanka.
THE SCREW TIGHTENS.
Guru Sathyadasa says:
Good on you, Demala, we can get refuge in Vietnam while you have Eelam.
Amden says:
These tamils think they’re as elephents while being checken shits of west.!
You just can wait forever with Black Moon till the west make happen your dream..!
To the Dharaneeshwara Kalyani:
Dear Excellency,
SRI LANKA’S high commissioner to Australia, former admiral Thisara Samarasinghe, should be investigated for war crimes, a brief before the Australian Federal Police says.
The submission, from the International Commission of Jurists’ Australian section, has compiled what a source has told the Herald is direct and credible evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Sri Lanka Navy.
There are witnesses – Sri Lankans now living in Australia – who can attest to the alleged crimes, the source said.
The then Admiral Samarasinghe was commander of the navy’s eastern and then northern areas, as well as naval chief of staff, in the final years of the bloody civil war against the separatist terrorist group, the Tamil Tigers.
frederick mahakotipitiya says:
No worries mate.
This admiral can become a chicken admiral like the chicken brigadier in New York and claim diplomatic immunity.
Rohana Mampitikotiyage says:
Will SL’s UN guy, PK, who is an Australian Citizen set his foot on Australian soil for the CHOGM meeting?
The chances are he will be the first GOSL official arrested and charged for war crimes, anywhere in the World.
The Blue Brothers and the citizens of Sri Lanka are best off sticking to the brain dead Duminda Silva’s drug filled lands in Sri Lanka.
The ex-Army guys who are in Korea cleaning toilets are being targetted as well.
Ranjith Kotakotirathne says:
Looks like just some mad guy is writting posts here in different names, and replying to his own posts like Mr. Bean. I may call him Demala Frederickotipitiyage.
He must be in a dreamland. Keep dreaming. The same 3-in-1 previously said (or dreamt) that the Hon. President Rajapaksha will be arrested in US during UN meeting last few weeks. This 3-in-1 was itching his rotten balls thinking it’ll happen now, and now, and now. Didn’t happen. What a chicken poo eater!
He is running his parrellel news channel in OnLanka here and posting world news totally unrelated to the story. What an ideot. He must start his own blog site to publish his rubbish rather than wasting time of the OnLanka readers on unrelated matters and utter his mantha Genocide, Genocide, Genocide etc etc etc.
He is the real chicken because he is the one who is hiding in the west and screaming from under the bed. Otherwise come to Sri lanka and make your allegations at a court here in Sri Lanka if you are really itchy about Sri lanka.
Bloody chicken you are pissing in your own pants, being scared to real Sri Lankans. Aren’t you scared that you will be arrested for war crimes and terrorism if you come back to Sri Lanka? Don’t worry Mr. terrorist, we will rehabilitate you and teach some trades and release you back to the society so you don’t have to clean toilets of Westeners.
Now the same 3-in-1 chicken poo eater is itching his same rotten balls until something happens during CHOGM meeting. Keep dreaming.
Typical Sri Lankan blog from Ranjith.
I support King Duminda;
I don’t support chicken brigadiers and chicken admirals.
I abhor name calling.
Nicholas Dias says:
Some think Guru is really an LTTE diaspora Tamil who writes under pseudonym Sinhala names. Some think he is JVP. Will Guru explain himself?
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New York Penal Law 145.20: Criminal Tampering in the First Degree
Home » New York Penal Law 145.20: Criminal Tampering in the First Degree
There are some types of services that are available to the public and are absolutely essential. That means that if there is some sort of disruption in those services, it could have negative effects that can truly be devastating. A good example is a blackout, which can make it difficult for people to perform their normal daily activities, interfere with businesses and lead to financial losses and disrupt the normal operations of a hospital. In most cases, a loss of services that is very widespread occurs as a result of adverse weather, technical issues or even human error. However, other times, it can happen due to deliberate tampering. As per the New York penal law 145.20, it is illegal to willfully cause such a disruption of services.
Types of Businesses Typically Affected by Disruption of Services
Interfering or tampering with the services of the following types of businesses is illegal and can lead to a charge of criminal tampering in the first degree:
• Gas
• Electric
• Sewer
• Steam or water works
• Telephone or telegraph
• Common carrier
• Nuclear powered electric generated facility
• Public utility operated by a district or municipality
Example of Criminal Tampering in the First Degree Under New York Penal Law 145.20
An example of tampering in the first degree under the New York Penal Law 145.20 is that a man was an employee for an electric company for many years. However, due to wanting to reorganize and increase efficiency, the company laid him off, along with around 50 other employees. The man is naturally angry about being let go and decides to “get even.” On his very last day of work, he turns 30 knobs on a group of transformers to the open position, knowing that it would cause major damage. His actions lead to energy being drained from the transformers and a large portion of the city suffers a blackout. Around 100,000 businesses and homes have no power for approximately five to six hours. The actions of the man could see him being charged with and prosecuted for criminal tampering in the first degree.
Possible Defenses for Criminal Tampering in the First Degree
If you performed a certain action or actions that resulted in the interruption of important services but did them by accident, you would not be charged and convicted of criminal tampering. This is because there must be intent behind the actions to be considered a criminal act. The statute also applies only to certain types of companies, which means that if you performed actions to interfere in services at one that doesn’t fall under the category, the statute would not apply. For instance, if you were accused of tampering with cable TV services that resulted in an outage, your NYC criminal lawyer could argue a defense against a charge of criminal tampering in the first degree.
Penalties and Sentences for Criminal Tampering in the First Degree
The crime of criminal tampering in the first degree is considered to be a class D felony. That means that if you are convicted of the crime, you may face as long as seven years in prison. In addition, criminal tampering in the first degree also carries the penalty of a fine. Depending on the circumstances surrounding your case, the judge may choose to give you a sentence of probation for five years instead of a stay in prison.
New York Penal Law 145.15: Criminal Tampering in the Second Degree
Public utilities and various other types of services governed by a company are off limits to most people. Tampering with them or trying to gain access to them without permission is simply not allowed. New York Code 145.15 deal specifically with this violation of the law. If you are accused with tampering with electric, gas, water, or sewer lines you could be charged with criminal tampering in the second degree
An Explanation of Criminal Tampering in the Second Degree in New York
Criminal tampering is generally taken to refer to an individual that attempts to alter or make an illegal connection with the following types of companies or public utility lines: Gas, electric, sewer, steam, water works, telephone, telegraph, a common carrier, a nuclear powered electric generating facility, or a public utility that is financed and operated by a local municipality or district. Many people might decide to tamper with such lines in order to gain free or cheap access to necessary utilities throughout the New York area. Now only does this compromise the integrity and safety of the overall system, it also contributes to decreased revenue for the city. As such, criminal tampering the second degree in New York is a serious charge. While it is a class A misdemeanor, you could be sentenced to up to one year in jail, while a probation term of 3 years is also possible. Because of this, you need to retain the services of a NYC criminal attorney right away upon being charged with this crime.
Example of Criminal Tampering in the Second Degree
There have been cases throughout New York where an electric power company found jumper cables in the meter box of various residents. Because of the jumper cables, an estimated 10 percent of the total electric flowing to the home actually bypassed the meter altogether. Because of this, the resident enjoys a reduced power bill as a result of the jumper cables being present, which is a direct affront to the integrity of the entire electrical system in New York. Once discovered, the individual could face a charge of criminal tampering in the second degree. Other charges, such as theft of services and petit larceny are possible as well. Again, as soon as you are charged with such a crime it is important to consult with a NYC criminal attorney. You have rights and they need to be protected through the process.
Possible Defenses to Criminal Tampering in the Second Degree
It is quite possible that you were unaware that the tampering you are accused of perpetuating was actually taking place. If that can be proven, your innocence can be established. In fact, the prosecutor needs to prove that the accused was aware of the tampering in order to gain a conviction. It is also possible that the tampering device, such as the jumper cables mentioned in the example, were installed by a previous tenant. If that is the case, the current occupant cannot be held responsible. In order for this particular charge to stick, prosecutors need to establish intent. It is up to nyc criminal attorneys to establish that such intent did not exist and that any tampering was the result of the actions of another person.
Keep in mind that sentence for criminal tampering in the second degree, while not severe, can have a pronounced and negative impact on your livelihood. You need to have a criminal lawyer on your side that understands how to establish your innocence and get the charges dropped.
New York Penal Law 145.20: Criminal Tampering in the Third Degree
There are laws in place to protect the personal property of others, and if one breaks these laws they could face charges of tampering. Tampering with a person’s property, and intentionally inconveniencing them, or others because of the tampering, could result in criminal charges. Anyone who is being suspected or charged with tampering should consult a criminal lawyer for their defense, and needs to gather all evidence or information that is relevant for the case for their legal representation. Understanding the crime and the consequences that it can bring is important.
The lawyer will first determine if the defense can prove that the accused was intentionally tampering, or if they did something accidentally, or without knowing, that ended up problematic for the victim. Disconnecting someone’s phone line whey they have a small business so they aren’t able to get calls for jobs for the day would be blatant tampering in the third degree. Someone who accidentally caused a problem because they weren’t trained properly, thought they were doing what was expected, or just didn’t know what they were doing was wrong, could have a strong defense. The lawyer will look at the case and determine if the charges could be thrown out.
There are different consequences when you are charged with tampering in the third degree. The charge would put a class D misdemeanor on the accused’s personal record. This could lead to 90 days in jail with a guilty verdict, or one could face a full year of probation. Fines and other punishments like community service could also be required. During probation, the person charged with tampering will be expected to meet all probation requirements, and failing to do so could lead to jail time or a longer extended probation sentence. There may also be a fine that has to be paid to the victim to cover the different losses that they experienced because of the tampering, and depending on what type of punishment the victim wants enforced.
Employers may not want to employ someone who intentionally tampered with another person’s property, since it can be a question of character, and any time there is a criminal background check performed, someone who has been charged with criminal tampering in the third degree will have to explain what happened to the person seeing the information. This is why getting a lawyer is so important, and why it’s best to get one before speaking with any police or investigators that are working on the case.
One mistake or a bad decision can have long term effects on one’s personal and professional life if they are charged with this crime, which is why finding an experienced New York City criminal lawyer is important.
If there is too much evidence that proves the accused person is guilty, and no way to possibly fight the charges, coming up with a plea deal with the prosecution may be the best option for the accused. The accuser can agree to pay the dollar amount that was lost by the victim, and to do the probation as needed, along with community service or other things to possibly avoid jail time. If the person has a past criminal record, their age, and the situation will all factor into the judge’s decision to allow a plea deal and what the punishment will be.
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human-comics interaction
« The "page" is getting continuously redefined by screen-based media. »
"In this context, fields concerned with screen-based media interactions, such as Human-Computer Interaction Design, should be expected to continue making important contributions to our understanding of comics."
Parte 2 em 3 em revisões e introspeções: dos últimos dez anos para os próximos dez e teses publicadas que se confundem às nossas, mashup para "The Question Concerning Comics as Technology: Gestell and Grid" 24 set 2018.
Grelha, definições.
The comics grid, the array of panels, can be understood as a specific technology of "revealing" through "enframing" and as such is the key element in comics technology.
The enframing of the page puts every component of the page into a potentially meaningful visual relationship with all the other components. The grid does not necessarily have to be regular or perfect. It just has to apportion space in a way that creates and fulfills expectations about where one might go within it to find something and bring it out.
The grid operates oppositely to the frame around a painting in that its job is to contextualize a panel among others rather than to isolate a singular work of art from the world around it.
While film comes at us, comics require that we go at them with a double movement of the eye and mind: the linear tracking that is familiar to us in reading words and the free scanning we use to look at a photograph or a painting. (...) The exploitation of the grid requires a kind of contract between the creator and the audience: this book will work better for you if you can decipher the rules of its enframing.
The grid represents the liminality of techne and art, the tension between the merely functional and the beautiful. It is the technological feature of comics that allows the art to happen. Manipulations of the grid—such as breaking regularity, insets, and different sizes of panels—illuminate this tension because we only notice it when it is disrupted. The grid can be used more technologically: when it is consistent, steady, indifferent; or the grid can be used more artistically when the artist alters it to achieve certain effects or to provide variety in presentation.
Enframing holds resources in such a way that they are ready to be brought into action. Enframing is potential energy right on the verge of becoming kinetic. The purpose of the grid is to manage, dynamically, a potentially overwhelming sublime space.
in "The Question Concerning Comics as Technology: Gestell and Grid" 24 set 2018
Porque nos importa?
If enframing continues to take place well beyond the printed page, traditional comic scholarship approaches will need to continue adapting their focus to what new technologies reveal about comics.
Et tech — portanto.
Does the comics grid presuppose or even require a material page? Even if the grid once upon a time depended upon this materiality, in the form of periodical comic books, albums or collected edition we wonder whether it is now possible to throw the material support away. The definition of comics as an "art", "language", "medium" or "system" is in itself a complex debate with a rich history [do qual] materiality is a key issue. Once the comic can be lifted from its previously necessary material supports and turned into code that can be recast on a digital display, what happens to the spatial concepts of the grid, the page, the book? Are we in a situation where an old medium is the content of a new one (McLuhan)? Or does the song remain the same when played on a new instrument? Do different ways of consuming comics mean a radical transformation of the art form itself? [Alguns teóricos (citam-se Pierre Fresnault-Deruelle Tehierry Smolderen)] take the printed page for granted, and always-already associate the linearity and tabularity implicit in the comics grid with the technology of the printing press, and of print as the essential material support for comics. In an age in which most of the screens that dominate our information-filled lives are rectangular, we argue that the purpose of the grid is to manage a potentially overwhelming sublime space. Our contention is that as long as the grid is the key structure of producing and consuming comics, the art form persists as a relatively undisturbed continuation from its origins rooted in the technologies of print. This status does not mean that the grid will persist eternally as the underpinning of comics technology. Indeed, the grid"s historical emergence gives rise to the question of what comes after it. Comics, an art form that until recently has been considered disposable and ephemeral, is the one that engages so clearly with modern technological enframing. The comic is the intersection of the totalising "danger" of technology and the "saving power" of art.
Familiar? Senhores, OS POSITIVOS: vimos esta merda a chegar quando ainda eras só um brilho malandro nas intenções do teu pai. "Radical Digitisation", alguém?
In particular, the problem of intentionality rears its ugly head: when is a grid just a grid and when is it an orchestration of narrative drawing.
In spite of efforts by Scott McCloud, with his "infinite canvas" and Daniel Merlin Goodbrey"s "New Experiments in Fiction" and platforms like Electricomics and Madefire that have enhancements that attempt to take comics beyond the grid, the grid somehow persists in digital comics, whether they be webcomics or comics presented through Comixology or Sequential. We argue that this persistence is not because of an inherent conservatism or unwillingness to experiment but rather because the grid"s enframing is such a powerful generative technology. Draw the grid and the rest will follow. While the physicality and materiality of the paper may have brought the grid into being in the first place, its staying power seems to have to do with a conceptualization of space that can transfer to any platform, medium, or context. The grid is not so much a tool as a meta-tool that allows other tools, materials, and means to come into play.
E aqui recuperam outras coincidências de leituras: "A Thousand Plateaus" de Deleuze e Guattari.
The relationship between smooth and striated space [is] a relationship that is worth thinking about when we interpret comics: the comics grid is the perfect demonstration of the interdependence of territorialization and deterritorialization, of smooth and striated space.
The multiframe rectangle is the human shape extraordinaire for organizing and interpreting the world. Rectangular enframing dominates our spatial organization and perception. It is our defense against chaos, disorder, untenable openness. Most of the screens that dominate our information-filled lives are rectangular, as are the "windows" within them. Consequently, the movement from the rectangular grid to the rectangular screen is not such a radical one. It is no surprise, then, that the promise of the digital comic"s "infinite canvas" is quickly boxed up again to become finite. Revealing requires limiting, organizing, constraining the infinite with an illusion of finitude.
Get's better. Walter Benjamin, "The Comic in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" :
To consider Walter Benjamin, the grid is what denies comics art (but not "comics") an "aura". Not just in the sense that the comic book is an obvious result of mass production but also in that the dividing up of space into panels connected by the grid detracts from the singular authenticity and mystique of the individual image. As each panel becomes one among many, it becomes a part of the whole, a part we don"t linger on unless we make a conscious effort. The individual drawing works in service of the larger system that the grid enables. The danger of enframing is that it subjects and subordinates as it reveals; that which is enframed is no longer anything special. It is just one more component in a totalizing technological enframing.
Scott McCloud e o seu infinite canvas, "A Thousand Plateaus" de Deleuze e Guattari, Walter Benjamin e arte cómica na era de reproduções...: se não viram esta a chegar não nos andam a ler com a atenção que deviam.
Comics multiframe may have originated as a technology specifically dependent on a rectangular piece of paper, but it is no longer bound to that materiality. The comics grid simply requires a compartmentalized, singular field of view. The screen of the tablet or computer continues to provide this field even in the absence of paper. Comixology introduces a crisis to both linearity and gridded Cartesian space, so that the "old" frame as stabilizing structure in comics gets torn apart in favour of disconnected series. Scrolling, swiping, and pinching become the new gestures that operate the new frame. Comixology may be a boon to comics, making them more accessible and "readable" but what will it do to the grid? Maybe the days of the grid are over.
Talvez não: ainda as intenções e o determinismo tech.
The panel by panel viewing technology arises out of the field of view limitations of mobile phone and tablet screens, which are too small to present the entirety of a grid clearly but can display an individual panel better than a print comic by providing a zoom effect that allows the panels to have an intensity unavailable in print comics. However, the isolation and sequential presentation of panels creates a linear tracking that inhibits our ability to scan the entirety of the page and move around it in different patterns. They tend to present the comic as a series slides in a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation.
Enter arte para o rescue...
The grid, as enframing, reveals the ways, the manner in which the world matters to us.
...o que vos explica o "break that window and have both" anterior, esperamos. Conclusões que se apresentam:
If technology is something of an evil twin copy of art, what if comics were an imitation of technology, a way for art to recapture [what] technology "steals" from it? Comics would then be a re-staging of technological enframing that makes it possible to imagine controlling the system from a god-like perspective rather than being a pawn within the system. Whether the digitisation of comics and their apprehension through a computer or tablet affect this illusion in a meaningful way depends upon whether their relationship to enframing reinforces or challenges the grid.
Dizíamos, have both.
The new way of reading comics will obliterate that theorisation.
In order to avoid technological determinism or overtly abstract critique, only a diverse, critical, multidisciplinary, multimodal collective scholarship, blending and contrasting different methodologies and tools, can hope to offer more insightful revelations about the complexity of comics in the future.
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Home / Business / Castle Rock’s Epic Adventure Park Rebrands to The EDGE Ziplines & Adventures
Castle Rock’s Epic Adventure Park Rebrands to The EDGE Ziplines & Adventures
Fresh New Brand Conveys the Park’s Energy and Attitude
Castle Rock, CO: Castle Rock Adventure Park today announced its name change to The EDGE Ziplines & Adventures. The adventure park, which is part of Philip S. Miller Park and offers ziplining and other outdoor thrills such as its epic Sky Trek “playground in the sky,” retains its same ownership and energetic team.
“We’ve built incredible outdoor experiences for all ages that people absolutely love,” said Ty Seufer, owner of The EDGE. “It’s been incredibly rewarding to see things like the Sky Trek delight families like we had hoped, and the thrill-seekers have been big fans of the zipline tour and Adventure Tower too. We wanted to create a name and brand that better matched the overall experience and attitude, and The EDGE is a great fit.”
Adam White, general manager, added, “This is a one-of-a-kind park. You won’t find anything else quite like it in the U.S. We wanted a brand that was equally bold and unique.”
The four main experiences retain their names:
Sky Trek – a 4-story “playground in the sky”
Adventure Tower – A climbing and high-adrenaline free-fall tower
Ninja Course – A test of speed, endurance, and agility
10-line zipline course with speeds reaching 50 mph
About The EDGE: The EDGE Ziplines & Adventures is a zipline tour and outdoor adventure park in Castle Rock, Colorado. Founded in 2015, it quickly climbed to Tripadvisor’s #1 outdoor activity in Castle Rock, with nearly 1400 5-star reviews. The EDGE is open year-round.
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HealthTraining & Performance
Sustaining a Lifetime Passion for Your Sport
The hardest part about your athletic pursuits may be building a long-term relationship with them
Focusing on why you enjoy your sport could be the key to beating burnout. (Photo: Alex Brylov/iStock)
Brad Stulberg
We all want to have long and healthy relationships with our athletic pursuits, so we take care of our bodies through proper training, sleep, nutrition, and mobility. And while that’s all important—vital, even—few of us pay as much attention to how we nurture our minds. For example, how do we sustain passion for a sport over the course of a lifetime? How do we keep a healthy perspective on competition? How do we bounce back when we fail to achieve our goals, and at the same time, prevent ourselves from becoming addicted to success and results?
The key, psychologists say, may lie in the difference between two mindsets: harmonious passion and obsessive passion. In harmonious passion, you become hooked on an activity—music, art, writing, sport—because of how it makes you feel; you are driven from within and want to get better for the sake of personal improvement and fulfillment. With obsessive passion, externals like achievement, results, rewards, and recognition become more important. According to 2012 research published in the journal Psychology of Well Being: Theory, Research, and Practice, people who exemplify harmonious passion are generally happier, healthier, sustain higher performance, and are less prone to burnout than those who demonstrate obsessive passion, which is linked to depression, anxiety, and poor overall life satisfaction. Another study, published in 2016 in the Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, found that athletes who display obsessive passion are more likely to have favorable attitudes toward the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Harmonious and obsessive passion are not mutually exclusive. For most athletes, it is important to care about results in some capacity—the goals and benchmarks you set facilitate progress. The key, according to Ricky Soos, a middle-distance coach at ALTIS World and former Olympian in the 800 meters, is to ensure that the majority of your motivation remains personal and harmonious. “It sounds cliché, but it’s really important to emphasize mastery and a focus on the long-term process of getting better over immediate outcomes,” he says.
“I struggle to know if I actually loved running, or if I just loved the positive feedback that came with it.”
This, of course, is easier said than done—athletes care about miles logged, calories burned, rankings, and personal records. And while Soos admits that obsessive passion can, at times, lead to positive short-term results, in the long-term both physical and mental health inevitably suffer. “As obsession with numbers goes up, joy in what you’re doing goes down. Sport turns into compulsion,” he says. “If left unchecked, obsessive passion can, in varying degrees, lead to depression. As an athlete becomes more single-minded, they begin to withdraw from their normal support networks.”
“Everyone says they are doing something because they love it,” says Phoebe Wright, a recently retired 800-meter runner who just barely missed qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Games. “Yet it’s easy to love something when you’re winning. I struggle to know if I actually loved running, or if I just loved the positive feedback that came with it.” Wright says that as her career progressed, her passion for running went from harmonious to being more obsessive. “In college, I had emotional support and could focus on getting better for the sake of getting better. When I turned pro, I had an employer, Nike, that basically said, ‘If you don’t hit these certain marks, you’ll get fired.’ That’s not a good way to thrive.” As pressure mounted, Wright became focused on attaining results and enjoyed running less. She walked away from the sport at age 28.
Though few compete at the same level as Wright, everyone could benefit from cultivating a harmonious passionate toward their sport or career. Though there is no one-size-fits-all plan, Soos says a few key practices can help.
Focus on the Process, Not the Results
You can’t control who else shows up to the starting line. You can control your preparation and training. Two-time Olympic marathoner Des Linden maintains harmonious passion by always linking results to her broader personal development. “I ask myself: What did I gain from the last four months beyond a number? How did I grow as a person?”
Stay True to What You Loved About Your Sport
Few people initially take up a sport with the sole intention to win. Instead, it’s about how the sport makes you feel, a healthy sense of competition, or being part of a community. Regularly reflect on your original reasons for being an athlete, especially after big wins or losses.
Linden says she regularly reminds herself that it’s just a sport. “We are running from A to B, not curing cancer.” It was only after Linden was sidelined with a femoral stress fracture following the 2012 London Games that she realized “I really like running for the sake of running itself.”
Seek Social Support
Surround yourself with other athletes who seem to have a harmonious passion with their sport. Research shows that motivation is contagious.
Periodically Remove Objective Feedback
Complete a few workouts where you pay no attention to pace, pounds, or any other metrics. Doing so allows you to experience the freedom of simply enjoying your sport.
Set an Ultimate Goal of Personal Development
You can learn and grow from both failure and success. If your objective is to get better as a person, literally any athletic result will help.
Brad Stulberg (@Bstulberg) writes Outside’s Science of Performance column and is author of the new book Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success.
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Non-Violent Protests
At what point does a demonstration become something else?
James Joyner · Tuesday, July 21, 2020 · 138 comments
Dave Schuler is tired of the media frame that police are cracking down on “non-violent protests” when, in fact, the protests are violent.
In a posting (“‘Largely Non-Violent‘”) yesterday, .he observes,
I recently read one of the most foolish things I have ever encountered, characterizing the situation in Portland as months of “largely non-violent” demonstrations. Demonstrations are either violent or non-violent. By the standard the author is laying down the First World War, famously characterized as “months of boredom punctuated by moments of terror”, was largely non-violent.
That was on the heels of another post titled “Peaceful Protests,” on the situation in Chicago, where he’s lived for decades. He cites a report from the local NBC affiliate wherein “What started as a peaceful demonstration led to several clashes between police and individuals who were protesting the presence of the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park” and which notes, “Chicago police released video Monday that appears to show protesters jabbing officers with PVC pipe from a banner and throwing items such as rocks, fireworks and frozen water bottles.”
Dave observes,
I think I would claim that pre-sharpened PVC and certainly fireworks constituted Class II weapons, those who employed them against the police are guilty of several felonies, and anyone who knew that the pre-sharpened PVC and fireworks would be brought to the event, for example through social media, is guilty of conspiracy to commit armed violence. That was no peaceful protest.
Over the weekend, in a post titled “Non-Violent Protests vs. Violent Protests,” he laid out the argument in more detail. He contrasts the protests in which the late John Lewis participated in the 1960s with what’s happening in his city:
Protests in which cans, bottles, or explosives are used and in which people are destroying or attempting to destroy property including public property are not non-violent. The moment the first rock is thrown or when people start actively rather than passively resisting police a threshold has been crossed. Those who set out to protest non-violently have been coopted into a riot. The media is dissimulating when they characterize a protest in which some of those protesting are non-violent but some are violent as non-violent and they are dishonoring the non-violent protesters of the civil rights era. They are on the wrong side.
I’m sympathetic to the argument here but am not sure I agree.
It’s entirely possible for a group of people to peaceably assemble to protest police violence and have their protest coopted by rioters. I think that happened several times early on in the ongoing demonstrations prompted by the killing of George Floyd.
While I worried that the rioters would become the face of the movement and undermine its message—which hasn’t happened—it never occurred to me to blame the protesters for the rioting. That was largely outside their control.
It seems absurd to suggest that, at the “moment the first rock is thrown,” good citizens must disburse lest they be seen as part of a mob. It’s an extreme form of a heckler’s veto. Further, it would be an invitation for those who disagree with the message of the protestors to literally throw the first stone.
At the same time, there comes a point where Dave is right. If it’s widely known that a significant number of thugs with sharpened PVC pipes are going to show up to commit acts of mayhem, something other than a “peaceful protest” is at work. And, regardless of good intention, those who attend with nonviolent intent are coopted.
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HarvardLaw92 says:
Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 09:36
Finally, somebody decides to speak the truth about these events – both what they are and what they are not.
mattbernius says:
This is most definitely the case.
It seems absurd to suggest that, at the “moment the first rock is thrown,” good citizens must disburse lest they be seen as part of a mob. It’s an extreme form of a heckler’s veto.
Correct as well. Additionally, we have also seen a number of cases where police escalation has more or less initiated the violence. The key difference we appear to be seeing is that unlike in the case of Lewis and Bloody Sunday, where the protesters were specifically trained in non-violent tactics and generally speaking “took the beatings,” crowds have members who are explicitly fighting back (for a number of reasons) when police escalate to asymmetrical violence.
I also think a lot of the dialog and concerns around this (i.e. the emphasis on “looting/rioting” versus “police violence/instigation”) really shows how deeply rooted “law and order” ideologies are within American cultures. For some people, no matter what the police do, if there is any escalation to violence, it means the crowd deserves what it gets.
Sadly, these are also the people who, when pushed, will tell you that George Floyd and Eric Garner ultimately deserved what they got for resisting the police. After all, they had criminal histories and if they had just complied they still would be alive today.
Kurtz says:
@HarvardLaw92:
For clarification, are you referring to Schuler or Joyner?
drj says:
Why on earth should we take Dave Schuler seriously?
His “observations” are moronic. To wit:
Demonstrations are either violent or non-violent.
This is just dumb. If were were to assume that one guy out of a thousand throwing a brick could make the entire protest violent, how could we ever distinguish between a “violent protest” and a “violent protest” where hundreds of people using improvised weapons start causing trouble?
How does it assist us in understanding what is going on to call both kinds of protest “violent?” (Hint: it doesnt.) In short, this is just a blatantly transparent attempt at guilt by association.
By the standard the author is laying down the First World War, famously characterized as “months of boredom punctuated by moments of terror”, was largely non-violent.
During WW1 there were on average ca. 20,000 military casualties per day. Nobody is going to call that “largely non-violent” Obviously, this includes the unnamed author who Schuler (for obvious reasons) doesn’t bother to cite.
Also, for his “takedown” to work, Schuler needs to pretend that a thrown brick and a thousand-gun artillery bombardment can be reasonably compared. After all, violence is violence, amirite?
This is kindergarten-level reasoning.
@Kurtz:
Both. The time for pretending that these people follow in the footsteps of, or can even remotely be compared to, civil rights protestors in the 1960s has long passed. Time to recognize them for what they are.
Dave Schuler:
I recently read one of the most foolish things I have ever encountered
Me too. It came right after those words…
characterizing the situation in Portland as months of “largely non-violent” demonstrations. Demonstrations are either violent or non-violent. By the standard the author is laying down the First World War, famously characterized as “months of boredom punctuated by moments of terror”, was largely non-violent.
If there are (hypothetically) 27 demonstrations, and 21 of them are non-violent, would it not be reasonable to describe those demonstrations as “largely non-violent”?
And if there are 1200 demonstrators, and 1000 of them behave nonviolently and do not support those who are being violent, isn’t it accurate to describe the demonstrations as “largely non-violent”?
Schuler’s war analogy says more about his own biases than it does about the situation on the ground in Portland. It shows that he thinks of the demonstrators as a unified and homogeneous group — a “them”, like one side in a war — rather than as a heterogeneous collection of individuals.
In general, a spontaneous protest is not one thing — it is many simultaneous things, because it is made up of many diverse people with different values, different goals, different grievances, different preferences. Focusing on the worst of them to dismiss the rest of them is logic on a par with “all men are rapists”.
Blue Galangal says:
@DrDaveT:
Aren’t we told repeatedly that police officers who extrajudicially execute black people for sleeping in their car or driving without a tail light or playing in a park are just a few bad apples, and police officers are largely law-abiding servants of the people?
Slugger says:
Crimes should be punished, and vandalism, graffiti, etc are crimes. The police should act in such situations, and the police must act lawfully themselves. Tear gassing large numbers of people, swinging batons at people standing quietly, firing “nonlethal” bean bags into a crowd, and flash-bang grenades are weapons that are indiscriminate and outside the legal processes. I am against mobs, but I’m also against unrestrained police actions. we all have an obligation to act lawfully, and this obligation falls most heavily on the authorities and cops.
I have the sense that the Portland unrest was dwindling with time until the federal authorities decided to crack down. Whacking a hornets’ nest is not a good step.
@Blue Galangal:
The data well bears that assertion out.
de stijl says:
JFC, Schuler?
This is an important topic. We can discuss this, but you are spoiling the waters.
James, you are likely the most institutionalist person I have ever encountered. You side with the Man always and instinctually. After much feedback you acknowledge your first take was hasty and hyperbolic.
A lesser person could say that you are enabling police violence and murder.
Garner was selling unlicensed loosies on the boardwalk, ffs. A boot strapping entrepreneur. Not a crime to be choked to death for in my mind.
It is reasonable to assume that people will be upset and angry at his death. At Floyd George’s. Will want justice. Will demand change.
This is so frustrating.
I think I’d describe 21 protests as non-violent and six as “violent.”
Honestly, no. The violence would clearly outweigh the nonviolence there.
In general, a spontaneous protest is not one thing — it is many simultaneous things, because it is made up of many diverse people with different values, different goals, different grievances, different preferences.
Yes, that’s at the core of the problem.
@de stijl: I honestly don’t understand what point you’re trying to make. Where have I said killing Garner or Floyd was okay?
I’m not at all “institutionalist” on the matter of police brutality. As noted in the update to the OP, I’ve written dozens, if not scores, of posts over the years about the militarization of police and its ill effects.
I am, I suppose, “institutionalist” on peaceful protest vs. rioting.
KM says:
The protests are not some monolithic thing. You can have several protests going on simultaneously, sometimes in the same “crowd”. Does a protest end when the original protesters leave at the agreed upon time but hangers-on and agitators that showed up stay to break windows or is the same protest? If some randos show up to set fires during your peaceful protest, is it now considered violent even if you tried to stop them? Are alt-right dudes allowed to infiltrate your protest and get you labelled violent because they decided to break some windows and blame BLM?
Who gets to make that call – the people who want to discredit the protests or those who look at the numbers and realize that for the most part, the media’s characterization has been correct?
SKI says:
@HarvardLaw92: Wow, you really are this out of touch…
Or ignorant of the actual reality of protests in the 1960s…
@HarvardLaw92: No, it doesn’t.
The data bears out that the overwhelming majority of police tolerate and accept brutality on the part of their fellow officers. They do not repudiate it or take any action to stop it. They elect, as union representatives, leaders who protect and promote immunity for bad actors. They are complicit.
They believe that they are entitled to use violence against anyone at any time for any reason if they have any concern at all of threat to themselves, even if that threat is irrational, racist or unreasonable. They justify and protect those who commit violrence in their name and in their uniform. The majoritry are the problem.
@SKI:
I seem to recall that the overriding theme of protests in the 60s was non-violence with respect to civil rights protestors. I’m not sure that the same can be said for the hippies / anti-war folks, but I never deputized them into my argument to begin with. They are, however, probably a much more apt comparison to today’s protestors.
As I’ve said many times, you and I will never agree regarding civil disobedience and mayhem, and I do not wish to rehash that pointless argument yet again here. The ends do not justify the means. When your protest impedes my ability to exercise my rights as an equal citizen in any way, it becomes illegitimate. If it’s possible to have a dialogue with the understanding that I will not move one millimeter off of that position, then we certainly can.
Two thoughts:
(1) Since we tend to process the present through the lens of an “imagined” past, its worth looking at actual contemporaneous opinion studies. This Gallup one from 1961 touches on people’s views on any form of confrontational protest and their impact on the Civil Rights movement:
https://www.crmvet.org/docs/60s_crm_public-opinion.pdf
(2) It’s worth noting that a lot of people tend to compartmentalize the 50/60’s civil rights movement into a “non-violent” crowd phase (pre-MLK assassination) and a riot phase (starting with MLK’s assassination in ’68). However, violent protests/resistance were happening in conjunction with the non-violent movement. The Rochester, Harlem, and Philadelphia “riots” all occured in 1964 during the “Summer of Freedom.”
@James Joyner:
I honestly don’t understand what point you’re trying to make. Where have I said killing Garner or Floyd was okay?
I’m not sure about that one either. I was the one who brought Garner and Floyd into the discussion and I did not intend to suggest you would defend either of those incidents (given the available facts).
Poppycock. You’re seeing what serves your agenda.
Out of an estimated 375 million unique police/citizen encounters in 2019, a whopping 55 of them resulted in the death of an unarmed individual. 0.00001% . That isn’t even statistical noise.
A whole 14 of those 55 were African-American. 0.000006% …
An unarmed person in the US is 38 times more likely to be struck and killed by lightning than he/she is to be killed by a police officer.
So much for endemic brutality … It’s ludicrous.
I seem to recall that the overriding theme of protests in the 60s was non-violence with respect to civil rights protestors.
You are ignorant of the reality. Riots and violence were absolutely a large part of the civil rights movement. They may not be in the disney version of history taught in grade schools but they were a significant factior and impetus in forcing the underlying issues to begin to be addressed.
MLK in 1966:
“I think that we’ve got to see that a riot is the language of the unheard. And, what is it that America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the economic plight of the Negro poor has worsened over the last few years.”
You don’t like to be inconvenienced. Why is your convenience more important than someone else’s oppression?
Northerner says:
If a small percentage of a group determines whether a group is peaceful or violent as a whole, does that mean that our society as a whole is violent given that some citizens are violent (as a glance at the crime rate will show). If not, then why hold protests to a different standard than society.
The evidence seems pretty clear that most citizens don’t engage in violent crime, and most protesters don’t engage in violent protests. So what is gained by saying society or these protests are violent? In fact, isn’t that exactly the same as saying that since some police use excessive force (to the point of unnecessary killing or even murder), that the police as a whole should be considered guilty of using excessive force?
Since the ROTC building on the campus at Kent State in ’69 was burned down on May 2d it is clear that Dr Shuler supports the protective efforts of the Ohio National Guard May 4th.
He is in a vanishing small minority.
@Northerner:
The evidence seems pretty clear that most citizens don’t engage in violent crime, and most protesters don’t engage in violent protests. So what is gained by saying society or these protests are violent?
The evidence also suggests that, while the majority are non-violent, they implicitly approve of the violent tactics while declining to actually engage in them. Otherwise they would attempt to intervene, but they overwhelmingly do not.
If you stand by and watch a woman being raped, but take no action to attempt to stop it from happening, aren’t you equally culpable for it – if not in a legal sense then at least in a moral sense?
What is gained is accuracy.
@JohnMcC: That’s a non sequitur.
Schuler isn’t calling for protestors—even violent ones—to be gunned down. He’s saying the media are making a category error.
It’s not more important. That having been said, it’s also not any less important.
Monala says:
@HarvardLaw92: there were 10 million arrests in the US in 2018. That’s less than 3% of 375 million. Granting that many police encounters are for things like traffic violations that generally result in a ticket, not an arrest, 375 million still seems high. It’s higher than the entire population of the US. Where did that statistic come from?
dazedandconfused says:
” Demonstrations are either violent or non-violent.” is a binary strawman, taken literally, which Dave, whom I respect, has left no choice but to take as literal by first stating there is no such thing as “mostly peaceful”. It’s absurd to say that 10,000 people are instantly transformed from a peaceful protest to a violent one the moment one clown tosses one rock.
It’s an analog world. Deal with it.
Feigned obtuseness is not an appealing characteristic.
I really need to back off. I am way too angry and frustrated to communicate well. Grr aagh
@HarvardLaw92: this point weakens your argument. A big complaint about the police is that they don’t restrain or discipline their members who brutalize the public. In fact, there are several cases in which an officer tried to stop a colleague from using excessive force, and found themselves disciplined or fired. So by your argument, all police officers are equally culpable for the brutality of a few.
@Monala:
There are more than 800,000 sworn police officers now serving in the US. Even if each of them has a single officer/citizen encounter per day, that’s already 292 million per year. You ever met a cop who only interacted with one person per day?
And you get to the crux of my point – the hypocrisy. You expect police officers to hold each other accountable, but give these “protestors” a pass on the same expectation. Why is that?
Note that I have never argued that police officers shouldn’t be expected to hold each other accountable. I’m just tired of the self-serving hypocrisy.
these people
Interesting phrasing. Don’t take it the wrong way. I’m not condemning you–I don’t think you meant it that way.* But I do think it’s worth pointing out.
But your criticism is based upon a distorted view of the Civil Rights movement of the 60s and King.
I’m not going to pull quotes from it. I trust that you will read it when you have time. And before you say it, I’m not entirely sure that Sebastian’s arguments in the piece are air-tight.
You argued the other day that you aren’t that far removed on your family tree from those who faced bigotry. Indeed, Baltimore wasn’t the friendliest place for Jewish immigrants. But I implore you to spend some time thinking whether your success colors your positions on current race relations. Indeed, you remind me of the northern liberals Sebastian mentions.
Here is where I also remind you that the full description of your immigrant family was essentially penniless, but well educated. That latter part is a key distinction between them and many black people then and now.
*In the Deep South, the phrase “I don’t mean anything by it,” is (or at least was) a common response to objections to the casual use of the N word by whites. I don’t put you in that category, but would understand the inclination to do so.
@JohnMcC:
Jerry Casale later from Devo was there that day at Kent State.
As was Chrissy Hynde later from The Pretenders.
On a Monday in May the state decided to kill some kids because they were uppity.
Michael Reynolds says:
Schuler has zero credibility. He’s yet another clueless old white guy who abandoned his principles the minute Trump was elected.
Either/or? Either violent or non-violent, no shades of gray, no nuance? That’s absurd. That’s not data, that’s propaganda written to justify a law n’ order approach which has been utterly ineffective.
Old white dudes just love them some law n’ order. Unless it’s the authorities who are violating law n’ order in which event they are blind, as is @HL92. Deaf, dumb, blind and clueless.
Again: the entire civil rights movement was civil disobedience. It was at times ‘violent’, contra the narrative, because not every black protester was happy to be beaten. Stonewall was civil disobedience, violent. AIDS protests were violent. Why do protesters resort to violence? Because it’s the only thing that penetrates the thick blubber of privilege and indifference that surrounds people like Schuler and @HL92.
Yelling for crackdowns is the simple-minded go-to for old men afraid of their own decline. Buy a fucking sports car.
@HarvardLaw92: Wow, going full nutjob are we. Notice you don’t cite your source for those numbers. Could that be because you recognize Heather MacDonald is not a reliable or honest source? That she isn’t an actual data scientist but a conservative grifter pushing a narrative? That her schtick is to limit the discussion to a ridiculously narrow point (unarmed deaths) to try to get everyone to ignore all the other facts and data.
She, like you right now, is a troll – trying to change the subject from police brutality and systematic racial issues in US policing to a cherry-picked inaccurate statistic – unarmed deaths. Not unreasonable or wrongful dearths but “unarmed”.
So Philando Castile doesn’t count because he had a gun in the glove box. Tamir Rice doesn’t count because he had a toy gun in the park. The definition of “armed” that is used: “whether the victim had a weapon (including objects used as weapons, such as vehicles, or perceived as weapons, such as toy guns)“.
Does possessing a toy gun or being in a car mean that the killing is justified in your view? It does in MacDonald’s narrative.
More importantly, she – and you- insist we ignore the actual lived realities of blacks in this country and tries to change the subject. Driving while black – an actual real thing doesn’t matter or play any role in this narrative because it isn’t being shot while unarmed. Being beaten or manhandled or strip-searched doesn’t matter.
The fact that blacks are 2.8 times more likely to be killed by the cops than whites (2016 study) doesn’t count because (A) more whites are killed or (b) the cops must have had a reason.
She, and you, are looking at a very real problem and trying to find ways to say it isn’t serious. It is akin to looking at someone with skin cancer and saying we don’t have to deal with it because it isn’t a gunshot wound that nicked an artery.
Do you deny that we have an major issue in our policing practices? That the burden of those practices falls heavier on blacks and other minorities? That, whatever its cause, we need to actually address it?
Or are you like a climate denier claiming that because one piece of evidence cited by adherents isn’t quite accurate in your view, you can ignore the whole issue? Because that type of anti-intellectual dishonesty is what you appear to be advocating for.
To be honest, I haven’t said a single word about race here today. In fact, from all that I can see, the majority of these folks protesting – especially the ones causing the destruction and vandalism – are white.
I’m simply saying that property destruction is not a valid means of protest, and if you allow it to happen when you could have intervened, you are to some degree equally culpable for it – again, if not from a legal standpoint, at least from a moral one (given the tendency to push the superior morality platform around here). At the very least, given that context, it’s disingenuous to expect me to draw some sort of moral line between the two. From my perspective, morally they’re the same but for degree.
These people? “These people” should be pretty easy to identify. They’re the ones setting buildings on fire and throwing rocks.
Jesus Christ. That is the dumbest fucking thing I’ve seen from an educated grown-up in some time. Why do we hold cops to a different standard? Seriously? That’s your actual position, that cops should be held to the same standard as protesters. You have jumped the track.
@HarvardLaw92: There have been numerous reports, including from our shared hometown of Baltimore, of protectors doing exactly that.
You seem to be engaging in the same hypocrisy you think you are pointing out.
Notice you don’t cite your source for those numbers
That would be the Washington Post …
That’s a facile assertion which presumes that all demographics commit crime at exactly the same rate, therefore brutality statistics should be exactly proportional with societal makeup. Are you making that assertion? We can, of course, delve into the socio-economic motivators for divergent crime rates, but you’re far too intelligent to come back at me with that ridiculous argument.
@HarvardLaw92: I absolutely expect more accountability from trained, taxpayer-supported police officers than random protesters. That’s hardly hypocrisy.
There have been numerous reports, including from our shared hometown of Baltimore, of protectors doing exactly that.
Isn’t hypocritical at all. If a few protestors out of a much larger crowd attempt to intervene, while the larger crowd does not, wouldn’t that mark those that did try as outliers who are not representative of the larger crowd as a whole? Much like you’re trying to assert that those who engage in violence are outliers. Just saying …
I agree that’s a more useful datum than the number of “unarmed” black men killed by police. But, that, too can be dismissed when controlling for encounters: black men are simply much, much more likely than white men to have the sorts of interactions with police that can escalate to violence.
And, obviously, that’s a problem. It’s something we need to figure out how to make not a thing, because it undermines our entire system if people in many communities genuinely fear the police.
The whole “driving while Black” thing is likewise a huge problem. I’m sympathetic to “profiling,” in that I don’t know how cops can do their jobs without taking into account markers of that sort. An APB that doesn’t mention race, sex, age, or body type would be pretty damned useless. But the default position that a Black man is likely a criminal is insidious.
I absolutely expect more accountability from trained, taxpayer-supported police officers than random protesters. That’s hardly hypocrisy.
So you are saying that random protestors should get a pass with regard to accountability? For that matter, what do you consider to be accountability? Simply being reported? Being convicted? Being punished in some way? Is the divide between outcomes or the expectation that what the system does justify shouldn’t be justified? It seems like a very vague, broad complaint.
black men are simply much, much more likely than white men to have the sorts of interactions with police that can escalate to violence.
Bingo. Now why is that the case? Is it entirely because of prejudice, or does it possibly also have some other grounding in the proportionality of crime?
wr says:
@HarvardLaw92: “Time to recognize them for what they are.”
Yes. American citizens who have a right to have their voice heard, even if it makes some of the rich and powerful uncomfortable.
Who wants to bet on a date that HL posts in sorrow rather than anger that all these awful noisy protesters have forced him to vote for Trump?
@HarvardLaw92: Using crime statistics that are the result of racist police practices to hand wave away why the statistics indicate racial bias is a neat trick. Dishonest but neat.
Do you contend that a black person and a white person, both engaged in the same drug use, have equal chances of being arrested or charged or get similar sentences?
We know that stop and frisk disproportionately impacted people of color (9 times the rate of stops for blacks than whites) but that the “hit rate” – the times something was actually found – was actually higher for whites who were stopped – literally twice as often they found a weapon or other contraband. And yes, that makes sense because whites who were stopped were more likely to be actually acting suspiciously as opposed to have “suspicious” skin color but that proves the point.
A reminder:
In 2009, black and Latino people in New York were nine times as likely to be stopped by the police compared to white residents.
The strategy was used with such intensity that officers in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Brownsville conducted 52,000 stops over eight square blocks between January 2006 and March 2010 — the equivalent of one stop for each resident there every year. The arrest rate was less than one percent for the 14,000 residents.
The likelihood a stop of an African-American New Yorker yielded a weapon was half that of White New Yorkers stopped, and the likelihood of finding contraband on an African American who was stopped was one-third that of White New Yorkers stopped.
The hashtag #PortlandUnderSiege is trending as people are posting dozens of photos of Portland looking fairly normal. To counter the bullshit conservative media narrative.
It is systemic racism – both in the policing and in the socio-economic impact over generations. That really isn’t deniable.
@wr:
Nope. American citizens who have a right to have their voice heard right up until the moment when there doing so impedes the rights of other American citizens. Easy on the rich and powerful thing there, Che …
I’ll almost certainly do exactly what I did in 2016 – write in Dwight D. Eisenhower.
@HarvardLaw92: You seem to want to give the police a pass?
Nah. If that’s all you’re willing to see, the only possible factor you’re willing to consider, then there is no point in even having the discussion.
If you’re more likely to commit crime as a demo, you’re going to be more likely to interact with the police. What you are coming up with is excuses for why that shouldn’t be relevant.
@Michael Reynolds: Yeah a lot of his posts this year have been reactionary lunacy. At some point I tuned out.
@HarvardLaw92: non-violent protests during the Civil Rights era frequently impeded other citizens…
I believe he means something else. 😀
No at all. I support greater accountability and I think that the TBL is problematic. I’m just not willing to make the jump – that the end of accomplishing that justifies whatever means may be necessary – which many here seem to be willing to countenance. If we are to have a civil society, it has to be civil on ALL sides.
non-violent protests during the Civil Rights era frequently impeded other citizens…
Which was wrong …
Of course you do. Your anger at what I’m saying is more easily processed by attacking the messenger than the uncomfortable act of actually having to consider it.
We do love our party line around here, after all …
@HarvardLaw92 :
You are a lawyer, are you not? Then you must understand that individuals in power or authority are ALWAYS held to a higher legal standard BECAUSE of that authority. Doctors are expected to not make mistakes the average person doing first aid would and can be sued for negligence as such. Police, because they have the ability to arrest and incarcerate individuals, are held to higher standards of behavior so that they don’t abuse that power.
You are flat out wrong here. YES, the cops have a higher standard then the person on the street. If they don’t like it, then they shouldn’t be a cop. Accountability by authority is a cornerstone of civilization and for someone who claims to dislike those who don’t follow the rules, you are going out of your way to give cops a pass for not following their own damn rules. It’s not unfair cops can’t do something non-cops can’t nor is it unfair they get chastised for being unprofessional and abusive when they actually abuse their privileges. It is a privilege to be a cop, not a right – one that We The People can and should take them to task for should it misused.
I’m disappointed in you, @HL92. I understand you favor Law and Order and a more rigid rule set but with it comes expectations of those that set the rules. They are not the hoi polli and don’t get to complain about different sets of standards when they are the ones enforcing the standards. If they cannot comply with the rules, then they must be removed aka defund the police. We expect proper behavior from those we entrust with positions of power, including holding others with the same power accountable; bitching that protesters aren’t held to the same standard completely ignores the problem.
@HarvardLaw92: “Is it entirely because of prejudice, or does it possibly also have some other grounding in the proportionality of crime?”
It is indeed interesting, albeit depressing, to watch HL steer closer and closer to the flat-out racism he usually manages to hide. Soon we’ll start hearing “lazy and shiftless” again.
@HarvardLaw92: “Easy on the rich and powerful thing there, Che …”
@Michael Reynolds:
That’s your actual position, that cops should be held to the same standard as protesters. You have jumped the track.
No, actually. That protestors should be held to the same standard as cops.
If it pisses you off, I can’t help that.
Nor do I care …
Because it reveals the actual radical underneath the pretend cloak of rationality.
“Buy a fucking sports car” is now officially my favorite diss. Respect!
@HarvardLaw92: “If you’re more likely to commit crime as a demo, you’re going to be more likely to interact with the police.”
What an adorable way to put it. What that means, of course, if other people who happen to share your ethnic attributes are more likely to commit crimes — or be stereotyped as committing more crimes — then the police should always be allowed to target and harass you, just in case you’re one of the bad ‘uns.
And yes, this is the belief of a lawyer who used to work for the US government: If you bear superficial similarities to people who have committed crimes, you should always be under suspicion.
And there we go. Why is it that anything which presumes to ask difficult questions which are soundly grounded in the data must be doing so based on racism? Your tendency lately seems to be to lie in wait until you find something you can twist into justifying your vendetta. It really would be easier, and more honest, for you to just say “I hate you. Why are you still here?”
I didn’t even bring it up. I just pointed out that it’s bullshit. You evidently don’t like anyone calling your sacred cows bullshit.
But you certainly either can’t or won’t answer the question either. Can’t possibly do that …
@HarvardLaw92: “Which was wrong …”
Think of all those poor, hungry (white) souls who just wanted to have a peaceful lunch at the segregated lunch counter. Should they have been deprived of their sandwich just because some people objected to systematic racism? Both sides matter equally!
Just nutha ignint cracker says:
WA! 63 comments and it’s only 9:40 PDT. I’ma think I’ll just pass on reading this one altogether as another “dog ate my homework” thing. I’m probably wrong– I hope I’m wrong, but I haven’t been feeling well and am not up to that sort of stress.
Which, of course, nobody actually said. You do love putting words into other people’s mouths …
@HarvardLaw92: yes, yes, and yes. Random protesters are often very young (many are teens or college age), usually unarmed, generally have little training, and often don’t know who the people are who are causing trouble. As someone noted above, the peaceful protesters often leave when the violent ones show up. That is probably the best expectation for them. If they can intervene to stop violence, great, but no, I don’t expect it.
Compare that to older, armed, trained police officers who have sworn oaths you serve-yes, my expectations are much higher. Here’s an article about some of the ways officers have tried, and the consequences they’ve faced.
No at all. I support greater accountability and I think that the TBL is problematic.
I don’t see that in your posting.
James comes across this way and he states that he acknowledges the underlying issues, even if he is uncomfortable with some of the actions.
If you really mean this, you are doing yourself the disservice of posting like an extremist who refuses to admit that there actually is a fundamental problem.
To use my analogy from earlier, you are like a person who keeps attacking people advocating for addressing climate change and who never acknowledges that the underlying issue is real. You keep throwing stones but make no actual proposals to deal with the issue.
I’m just not willing to make the jump – that the end of accomplishing that justifies whatever means may be necessary – which many here seem to be willing to countenance.
Sophistry.
What I see is you deliberately not engaging with other posters in good faith. You are projecting extremism on the majority while claiming you are they rational one. It seems like the reverse is true to be honest. You complain and complain but never say what you are for. What would your solution be? How will you pursue justice?
If we are to have a civil society, it has to be civil on ALL sides.
But it isn’t today. And there is “incivility” being propagated by the GOVERNMENT. The protests are in response to that incivility.
You keep saying you don’t want any protectors to damage property or be violent or in any way disruptive of your life. What are YOU willing to do about the underlying issues? Other than keep denying they exist or are all that bad…
IMO, if you stay on the sidelines, you don’t get to complain about how people working to solve the issue are doing so.
@HarvardLaw92: “Because it reveals the actual radical underneath the pretend cloak of rationality.”
Actually it reveals a liberal who believes firmly in rationality — and in the fact that the last 40 years have seen a massive transfer of this nation’s wealth from the vast majority of the populace into the hands of a tiny few. You don’t have to be in favor of nationalizing oil companies to see that this is unsustainable if we hope to maintain the United States as a democracy.
@HarvardLaw92: they wouldn’t have achieved anything if they hadn’t. Nice to know where you stand.
I think that, of all the people here, you’re by far my favorite 🙂
they wouldn’t have achieved anything if they hadn’t. Nice to know where you stand.
So, in other words, the ends justify the means …
(but only as long as it benefits you …)
Nice to know where you stand too
Suuuuure *wink* 🙂
@HarvardLaw92: “It really would be easier, and more honest, for you to just say “I hate you. Why are you still here?””
I don’t hate you, and I’m sorry if you think I do. I find your postings on other topics very interesting. But when you start posting on issues of “order” you reveal a pathology that is as ugly as it is rigid. It is reminiscent of Victorian British junior officers in India, loathing all the swarthy masses while reveling in their superiority.
@HarvardLaw92: “I think that, of all the people here, you’re by far my favorite ”
We all see what we wish to see and disregard the rest.
Am I actually an extremist, or does it just seem that way because the perspective through which it is being viewed is so far to the left? Food for thought
You keep throwing stones but make no actual proposals to deal with the issue.
To be frank, the issue doesn’t affect me, so it isn’t my problem to solve. I support others who want to do so, as long as they do so in a civil manner, but I don’t feel beholden to engage. It’s when they get less than civil, and actually do begin to affect me, that I become engaged.
What I see is you deliberately not engaging with other posters in good faith. You are projecting extremism on the majority while claiming you are they rational one.
Again, perspective. Far left vs center. Which one is the extremist?
What would your solution be? How will you pursue justice?
Don’t feel obligated to supply one, and I already have justice.
So now you’re advocating the abridgement of speech? Seriously?
To be frank about it, I could argue just about any side of any issue, something I’m sure that you of all people should be familiar with. I think you’re just misunderstanding what the issue I’m pursing is.
@HarvardLaw92: yup, you oppose the struggle for Civil Rights, since it inconvenienced and impeded white people. Black people should have accepted being second-class citizens, unless white people decided on their own to change things.
By the way, all means do not justify all ends. But some most certainly do.
@KM: Excellent points.
yup, you oppose the struggle for Civil Rights, since it inconvenienced and impeded white people. Black people should have accepted being second-class citizens, unless white people decided on their own to change things.
Some methods, perhaps. Not the struggle itself, by any means. That’s the hallmark of an absolutist though – if you disagree with me about ANYthing, you must disagree with me about everything.
And therein lies the danger – if you can make that rationalization about tactics used against others, then others can equally make rationalizations about the tactics to be used against you. Righteousness only takes you so far.
@KM:
Was that a gripe about the cops or a gripe about the rules?
Anyhoo, as always, it has been immensely enjoyable. Time for dinner 🙂
@HarvardLaw92: actually, you’re the absolutist. “When your protest impedes my ability to exercise my rights as an equal citizen in any way, it becomes illegitimate.” Sit-ins, marches down public streets — these were the hallmarks of Civil Rights protests. All of these impeded white people in some way. All, therefore, are illegitimate according to your view. What would be legitimate? Strongly worded letters to the editor?
What’s your view on just war? Can you rationalize WWII? Were the violence and bombings that killed German citizens illegitimate?
Our shared tradition would vehemently disagree with your individualistic conception of justice as being about oneself and not societal.
I’ve been called many things, including a centrist and part of the establishment but far left is a new one – and not remotely accurate.
I was giving you the compliment of presuming a discussion in good faith. It seems that your purpose is just to act like a troll – to participate in a thread without caring about the underlying issue but solely about how you can use sophistry to upset and irritate people.
I have no need to play that game with you given you have no interest in having a good faith discussion.
I don’t see them as comparable in the least. The police are in a position of authority; the protestors are not.
Conflating the rule of law with body of law is an error. The former is aimed directly at the state as a constraint on the exercise of power.
To respect the rule of law is to hold accountable those with power vested by the State. This, in our particular system, is a priori as illustrated in criminal law. The guilt of a citizen comes after scrutiny is applied to the actions of investigators and legal teams in obtaining evidence.
Applying that principle–that an agent of the state must justify his actions before the citizen does–to police behavior on the street and in the courtroom would dictate scrutiny of the conflicts of interest generated by our judicial system before we evaluate the justification for ‘rioting.’
Your position erodes the rule of law rather than protecting it by putting citizens and the State on the same plane. I don’t know you, so I don’t question your motives. But I am sympathetic to those who succumb to the temptation.
EddieInCA says:
Sometimes people reveal who they are. People are complicated, and often have contradictory views that, to them, aren’t inconsistent or contradictory. I’ve found that in those instances it’s impossible to get them to see what is so obvious to others. In a recent thread, someone took offense to everyone calling out their position because it was clear to all that the person was wrong. But that person insisted they were correct, and refused to even acknowledge what the others were saying. In this thread, it’s happening again.
When the person becomes a troll, and just starts posting to piss others off, it’s not worth continuing the dialogue. Step away.
Don’t wrestle with a pig. You end up filthy, and only the pig enjoys it.
@EddieInCA: Yeah, I’m starting to realize it.
Steven L. Taylor says:
The problem is that lightning is an unbridled force of nature that cannot be controlled.
Police officers, on the other hand, can control whether they kill unarmed citizens or not.
The Lounsbury says:
Ah I see the usual dialogues de sourds in all it’s predictable sterility.
Schuler, however, is without reservation without any soupçon of an ability to provide any useful analysis, my recollection of his stream of inane error relative to Iraq reminds me.
James Comey:
The idea of a shadowy, uninvited federal force is troubling, but it is not clear that federal officers in Portland are acting unlawfully. Federal and Oregon laws appear to offer wide latitude to make arrests and forgo identifying insignia in service of their mission to protect federal property, including courthouses. Maybe that should change, but current law appears to give them a lot of room.
What is clear is that they are acting stupidly, a mistake they may be about to repeat in other places, with lasting consequences for federal law enforcement. With some protesters itching for street confrontations with officers in full tactical gear, federal officials are giving a small group of violent people what they want. And they are giving the citizens of Portland — and the rest of us, no matter our politics — what we don’t want: the specter of unconstrained and anonymous force from a central government authority. It has been the stuff of American nightmares since 1776.
Fairly or unfairly, visions of Department of Homeland Security officers in camo without apparent identifying insignia dragging people into unmarked vans are now seared into the collective memory. Federal law enforcement, like all parts of the justice system, depends upon the faith and confidence of the American people, a credibility now being spent, recklessly, by the Trump administration. And the Department of Homeland Security, a key element of this administration’s chaotic and often immoral immigration enforcement, had precious little credibility left to spend in the first place. Thanks to Portland, its cupboard is now empty.
The idea that police and protestors have equal responsibility in every way seems to ignore the simple and obvious fact if a protestor assault a police officer, the protestor is likely to be arrested, charged, and punished (and likely beaten by that officer’s comrades).
However, if a police officer deploys force, they are likely to be seen as justified (and even when not justified and filmed in the act, likely to not face sanctions).
Indeed, professional constraint on the part of the officer is supposed to help give moral force to his/her decision to deploy force only if necessary.
The notion that these are co-equal actors is laughable, as is the notion that the law sees them as equal (and hence an odd position for an attorney to take).
@Steven L. Taylor: This is not an endorsement of violence by the crowd, or of rioting, but simply an observation on the problem of equivalencies.
Two groups of people face each other.
One side has the state’s monopoly of the legitimate use of violence, shared only with the armed forces. The other doesn’t.
One side is trained in the use of violence to ensure, in theory at least, that it is only used in extreme circumstances, when absolutely necessary. The other is a random collection of people that occasionally includes people who, without the approval of the rest of the group, throw rocks, spray paint slogans on public buildings, set fire, and loot buildings.
One side is a group of supposed professionals who work with each other on a daily basis. The other is, again, a random collection of people.
One side has extensive, well-defined procedures that are supposed to handle situations when another group member breaks the rules. The other doesn’t.
It’s right to say that both sides have an obligation to follow the law. It’s ludicrous to say that they are equivalent.
I’ll add one more dimension of comparison:
One side has rights enumerated in the US Constitution. The other side has duties and responsibilities.
@Steven L. Taylor:
Protesters have agency. The actions of one infect the whole.
Cops do not and are fragile. A bad apple or two is to be expected. No worries. I’m sure the system will cull them eventually after a few more beat-downs and street executions. All will be well. Those citizen lawsuits are paid out by taxpayer money, after all. No skin off our butt.
We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was “legal” and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was “illegal.” It was “illegal” to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler’s Germany. Even so, I am sure that, had I lived in Germany at the time, I would have aided and comforted my Jewish brothers. If today I lived in a Communist country where certain principles dear to the Christian faith are suppressed, I would openly advocate disobeying that country’s antireligious laws.
I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action”; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a “more convenient season.” Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.
I had hoped that the white moderate would understand that law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and that when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress. I had hoped that the white moderate would understand that the present tension in the South is a necessary phase of the transition from an obnoxious negative peace, in which the Negro passively accepted his unjust plight, to a substantive and positive peace, in which all men will respect the dignity and worth of human personality. Actually, we who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive. We bring it out in the open, where it can be seen and dealt with. Like a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be exposed, with all the tension its exposure creates, to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion before it can be cured.
– Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” April 16, 1963.
@Kingdaddy: Well said.
While we’re debating how protesters should handle people within their ranks who commit crimes, here’s a video of the response to a “Wall of Moms,” a chain of Portland mothers who wanted to interpose themselves between the paramilitary types and the protesters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At3hYLlGkyo
@Michael Reynolds: Comey has the right angle. Not merely a crime, a blunder.
@EddieInCA: Perhaps you should also learn not to label as Troll persons generally sensible who merely have a significant disagreement with you.
A large segment of the Left ideological commentariat here take any disagreement with their vision and views as not merely difference of opinion, but moral failing and any disagreement as ‘trolling’- in short disagreement with the ideological party tendency being dishonest and a moral failing.
(of course in the days when there were more a predominance of the Right ideological commentariat, the roles were reversed.)
senyordave says:
Someone sounds like Archie Bunker without his charm. When a lawyer puts behavior of police and protesters on an equal footing it is hard to believe that he is arguing in good faith.
BTW, it is hard to someone seriously when he talks about the rule of law and writes in DDD for president when Trump is on the ballot. Has he slept through the last three and a half years of Trump skirting the law on a regular basis (not to mention his appointees joining in on the fun)? The fact that he could look at Trump and Biden and say they’re both bad so I’ll vote for a dead man speaks volumes.
@Kingdaddy: Concur with all of this. Police ought to be highly vetted, highly trained professionals renowned for their stoic manner in the face of petty insults and the like. It’s a crappy job in a lot of ways, but one they’ve signed up for.
@Monala: – Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” April 16, 1963.
I’m half expecting someone to say “Wasn’t he that guy who inconvenienced a lot of people?”.
Thank you for posting that, it is perfect for this discussion. I wonder how far the police would have to go for some to recognize that there is at least a problem. My guess is for many it would be when they went after someone they actually gave a shit about.
@The Lounsbury: “A large segment of the Left ideological commentariat here take any disagreement with their vision and views as not merely difference of opinion, but moral failing and any disagreement as ‘trolling’”
I don’t know why this is so hard for some posters here to understand: Disagreement is not trolling. Differing views do not equal trolling.
Arguing in bad faith in order to piss off the person on the other end — that’s the definition of trolling.
So that when, for example, HL — a particularly good example because he has bragged about this on occasion — says that he does not actually stand by the things he’s been posting but has merely been putting them up to prove he will get a certain reaction from come people, yes, that is the very definition of trolling.
You may notice that when HL posts that he believes his convenience has equal importance to other people’s civil rights, or that a driver is perfectly justified in running over any protester in his way, or that certain ethnic groups are “lazy and shiftless,” no one calls him a troll. They may call him other things, but making an honest statement of your values, even if others find it despicable, is not trolling.
And with that, I urge you to return to castigating the other posters here. Just please do it accurately.
@The Lounsbury:
I’ve been around here a long time. I’ve disagreed with Reynolds, wr, Dr. Joyner, Monala, Dr. Taylor, Doug (I miss him), Kingdaddy, Kurtz, de stijl, and many, many others. They’ve disagreed with me. I’ve never called any of them a troll. I have no problems with disagreements. Trolling is different, and you’re smart enough to know the difference. But instead you get defensive, and chalk it up to not liking another point of view.
In the past two months alone, I’ve posted on how I’m spending most of my time on right wing sites, and listening to right wing radio, and watching alot of Fox news as a way of checking myself.
If my comment affected you, perhaps you should look in the mirror. I mentioned no names.
Mostly it’s a performative statement regarding how unbelievably, interminably, exasperatingly, reproachably insufferable some of you have become over the last few years in this daily stroke fest about how virtuous you are and how anyone who disagrees with you must be stupid, or callous, or both. Forget espousing a cause; you’ve become walking causes that make Ghandi look like a used car salesman. I feel at times like asking you where you keep your statues of yourselves.
So If I take some time here and there to poke at the holes in your bubbles and rhetorically flip you off, know what motivates it – which is NOT trolling – and feel free to ignore it.
Not that you’ve ever been able to …
rhetorically flip you off,
Kinda sounds like trolling to me.
@EddieInCA:
When did we have a beef? Sorry, if so. I was likely in the wrong.
I have come to a point that not reacting to foolishness is okay. If someone is irksome ignore them. Purposefully do not read them.
It’s the internet. Someone is always wrong and just itching for a rhetorical beat down. There are too many. Waay too many. Pick your battles. Ignore minor vexations or stiletto them by jumping on someone else’s response. (Totally works: recommend.)
We choose our words here. What we talk about; what we don’t. Who we respond to; who we ignore. We can walk away any time time we choose to. All of us, hosts included.
May I suggest that framing your arguments in terms of an obscene gesture, and other people’s arguments in terms of masturbation, is a poor basis for respectful debate.
@de stijl:
I know we disagreed. I remember it. Strongly, too. But it makes my point that neither of us remember why. It was respectful. We disagreed. That was it.
I could probably go back and find it, but why?
My larger point was that respectful disagreements are different than trolling. And that I don’t have the energy or desire to engage with posts that are trollish. That’s all.
Taking a step back I think there are older people – and I am one – not willing to relinquish a degree of control. What’s happening in Portland and other places is our fight, but not primarily ours. We’re old farts in easy chairs telling people out in the streets what to do. To a certain extent that is our position in the ecosystem, being wiser, cooler heads. But only to a limited extent.
This is the new generation gap, something we who are Boomers should recognize. They’re tearing down statues, well so did we in our own way. They have a right and obligation to find their own meaning within American history. Our heroes don’t have to be theirs, they get to pick their own. And their concept of justice, their notions of equality, their views on community, don’t have to exactly mirror ours.
Am I annoyed by some of what I see on the streets? Of course. I was annoyed by a lot of the tactics in the 60’s and 70’s, too. But we aren’t the ones driving this bus, they are. I interact a lot with people in the 14 up to 30 demo, and sorry to generalize, but on balance I think they’re smarter than we were in our day. I think they’re more determined. I don’t entirely trust them, but I like them.
After January 20 we can fight out the internecine battles between liberals and moderates and progressives. I think we are at a point where, to mangle some Dylan, we need to not stand in the doorway or block up the hall. This is their future being decided, not ours.
The question we wise elders should be asking is why didn’t we deal with police brutality. We’re the ones whose taxes went to militarizing cops around an asinine drug war. Why didn’t we tear down Bobby Lee’s statue? We didn’t know he was a traitor who slaughtered Americans in an evil cause? How did we allow a system to develop that leaves so many people out of the rewards of our economic system? How did we make a world where tens of thousands of our fellow citizens sleep under bridges? Our view of the speck in their eyes would be improved by removing the log from ours.
Scott F. says:
@Steven L. Taylor: Be careful. You were very close to being unbelievably, interminably, exasperatingly, reproachably insufferable there. /snark
Hope we are cool now. I am towards you.
I do not remember toeing up with you. Sorry if I rubbed you the wrong way back then. It was not intentional. I really peg it upfront if I am going to be antagonistic and remember the names – why be coy? If I don’t, it was absolutely unintentional.
It would be interesting to know over what. I am sorta curious now.
Be well, friend. I respect your honesty.
I like you a lot.
I read every comment and agree with 82% of them.
This is really wise. Really well said, too.
Our kids and grandkids are smarter than we were at that age.
I was a stupid kid enraged at a country that did not behave properly. Brayed it in their face.
Of course I was outraged at racial injustice and queer rights, but in retrospect I did nothing but be an ally. On moving the stakes I essentially did nothing but talk.
Kids today have an agenda. A goal. I respect that so much. We had fuzzy goals. They have concrete ones.
Go, you young idiot bastards. Far and fast. I am with you. Life may clip your wings, but never forget this day.
The kids are all right.
If I may interject a moment of levity here… (some of this is getting pretty nasty).
In 1970, there was an antiwar riot in Harvard Square. People running up and down Mass Ave and Mt.Auburn Street. Cops in hot pursuit, tear gas all over the place. Screams and alarums…
The next day I ran into a friend of mine, and as we were walking down Mass Ave by the Law School, he told me that the night before he was booking down the street and jumped behind a wall just as a tear gas canister came over behind him. He reached for it and somebody else got there first. He looked at the guy, and it was someone he’d gone to high school with. “Shit, how you been? What’s up??” The canister goes off. They throw the thing back, jump the wall again and take off running down the street again.
Now, he’s telling me this story, cranked up to about an 11, with plenty of “fucks” thrown in: “Fucking cops”, “Fucking tear gas”, arms waving, etc. etc. And as he’s telling me this story, cranked up to 11, we’re walking by a long, black limo. I look inside the limo, and in the back seat there’s two guys wearing dark suits, dark glasses, and very stern looks of disapproval. Between these two stalwarts is this very attractive young blond woman who’s laughing. It was Tricia Nixon.
Excellent story!
Lounsbury says:
@EddieInCA: Your comment effected me by reminding me how much the ideological activist are blindly and smugly self-righteous. If you wish to imply you were thinking of me (it is otherwise painfully obvious it was a bit of arch and smug holier than thou poking at Harvard), that’s fairly pathetic posturing.
I do not, I would note, particularly feel in agreement with some factual points of view set out by Harvard, but he is perfectly correct here:
this daily stroke fest about how virtuous you are and how anyone who disagrees with you must be stupid, or callous, or both.
Smug, self-righteous and anyone disagreeing with the True Point of View is bad, stupid, evil, Trollish.
Of course the same person when agreeing with you is a fine hero. As he was when he provided fine anti-Trump fodder. But one should not stray from the straight morally preferable path…
American’s obsession with generational over-generalisations never ceases to amuse me. Every decade you manage to invent huge, utterly idiotic and overdone generalizations about Marketing Label X generation being different than Boomer or Previous Marketing Label Y generation. Based on the thin gruel of anecdote and focusing in on a narrow set of activist youth that … are the same more or less narrow percentage of ever age cohort. The marketing delusion really has you lot.
Actually mate I don’t notice that at all. What I notice is that the term Troll does get slung around at mere disagreement – although you lot tend to piously search for justification.
As I found the overall back and forth rather sterile, tedious and utterly non-illuminating, I can’t say I found it useful to try to parse a pretended difference between responses to Harvard supposed sincere positions and insincere or perhaps provocation out of frustration.
Since the fellow has been here forever, and for me in reading his disagreement with a certain ideological narrow-mindedness (obviously not evident to those inside) is a sincere one, I find calling him a troll another sign of the increasing shrillness and closure.
@Lounsbury:
Try not to be a dick.
Making a performative statement that castigates others for masturbatory behavior is a little self-indulgent, no? It almost seems masturbatory. But I guess it should not surprise anyone that a poster who uses a credentialed handle is well practiced in self-love. Takes one to know one, I guess?
On what side of the fence do you think Joyner sits? Jen? Taylor? Jim Brown? Eddie? Teve? Bernius? wr? Monala? Myself?
It’s a trick question, because the order is probably a decent approximation of a continuum from right to left. I think it requires some grouping to make sense, but I imagine it’s relatively close. The other regulars mostly fit somewhere within those edges. The one tie that binds the various groups is a view of Trump as a dangerous buffoon.
So when you assert that you’re “piercing a bubble” or @The Lounsbury: identifies us as “the Left ideological commentariat” I wonder what exactly you all are reading. This isn’t The Nation or /r/LateStageCapitalism, it’s a blog written by a Conservative, a Moderate, and until Doug left, a Libertarian.
You know what’s insufferable? Claiming to pierce some sort of bubble you conjured in your mind’s eye. We mostly fight with each other. Hell, the most ideogical of us–wr, Monala, and I–don’t exactly agree on everything either.
If you think responses to you are claims to virtue, it’s quite possible that it’s reflective of your self image rather than an issue with any of us. Maybe it’s you who needs his bubble burst.
@HarvardLaw92: Wow. One hundred and seventeen words simply to say “I’ve chosen to troll.” I guess this is what you learn to do when you bill by the hour.
@HarvardLaw92: “how unbelievably, interminably, exasperatingly, reproachably insufferable some of you have become over the last few years in this daily stroke fest”
Hmm, I used to comment occasionally at Lawyers, Guns and Money, and found that their commentariat was looking to me like this is looking to you.
Of course I did what a sane person would do, and stopped commenting and reading the comments there.
Spending months reading stuff that would invariably annoy me and then insulting those people whose very existence was so annoying to me simply never crossed my mind. I guess I just value my time a little more than that.
We mostly fight with each other
Actually you lot have mostly gotten to engaging in up-voting fests congratulating each other – oh and yes quibbling over small details around the agreed-on-agenda. And before they changed things, massively down-voting the few non-Left (of which some genuine trolls to be sure) voices still returning to the blog.
The identify of the authors mate I am quite aware of, I have read and commented here since the days when its readership was quite on the right wing and few of you were around (this the era of the Iraq war). The change in readership is quite remarkable really.
the fact a sporadic commentator of long date like myself was labelled, some time in the past year as I recall a “Russian troll” on some non-party-line PoV rather highlights the closure.
@Lounsbury: “the fact a sporadic commentator of long date like myself was labelled, some time in the past year as I recall a “Russian troll” on some non-party-line PoV rather highlights the closure.”
I don’t know who called you that. Probably some newcomer who saw your ludicrous prose style and assumed no native English speaker could write like that deliberately.
We have a system for change. Not perfect, but it works. Sometimes the mills of the Gods grind slow. Who among us has not had fits of pique and frustration with the courts, post office, city hall, IRS, and other agencies?
If government property, including statues, monuments, police cars, and storm drains are fair game for vandalism and stealing, then why even have them? We are talking about taxpayer property here.
On one news network either ABC or CNN, a reporter was talking about how peaceful the protest was, while right behind him a store was on fire! Ridiculous!
In another newscast, the reporter had on a mask. Until the camera was turned off, and off came the mask.
I recall seeing
I was lucky to be in a foreign country as a temporary guest worker when they had an election.
I had enough of the language to get the gist if not the full nuance. Plus friends who could culturally interpret. Swedes travel far and are culturally sophisticated.
Such and such county is the equivalent of Alabama. Will always vote conservative. Etc. The south always goes liberal.
I was so curious.
It was fascinating. A parliament system so different than winner takes all.
I really enjoyed watching it. I missed most of the nuance, but it was truly fascinating. Made me reconsider our system. There are many ways.
I can’t speak for the two who I identified as closest to me on the Left, but I can tell you exactly where I am in relation to the majority of the posters here. And it ain’t close.
But I have a choice to make: either not participate, waiting for someone aligned with my view; or engage in the political system. I choose the latter. You can’t see the differences, because you are determined to see homogeneity.
Your argument about generations could be persuasive if you managed to grasp basic facts about how it came about. Generational data is used to varying degrees by all the social sciences. Labeling it a marketing technique reveals your ignorance on the matter more than anything. Otherwise, I agree that the generational arguments can easily be overdone. So, next time you want to stereotype a country of 300 million people, go elsewhere to do it.
On the other hand, your attitude is making me re-think my pro-immigration stance. Good job on the persuasion, mate.
I love de stijl, but I disagree here. Please keep being a dick, because for once, I don’t feel the least bit bad about being a putso toward someone here.
To be clear, it isn’t because you disagree on the issues. It’s because you’ve revealed yourself to be, like HL has suddenly become lately, an ideologue who has managed to avoid any bit of self-reflection. I manage to get along with Trump voters in my life daily, including discussing politics with them. So what does that say about you?
Anyone who visits this blog regularly and thinks that the general tone is far left is either nuts or is a liar. There are three blogs I read regularly: Outside the Beltway, balloon Juice, and Digby Hullabaloo. Digby doesn’t have comments, but the other two do. I am slightly to the right of most people at Balloon Juice, and definitely well to the left of most people at OTB. And I do not consider Balloon Juice far left. Some people are definitely far left, but most of the posters range from left to left of center. But OTB far left? Give me a break. The Republican party is no longer a serious party in terms of policy, not when people like Rand Paul, Tom Cotton, Matt Gaetz and Jim Jordan have any influence. IMO, OTB is left of center primarily because, politically, right of center has become lunacy in the United States. We have two political parties in this country that matter, and one is led by a racist, semi-literate moron who is running as a white nationalist.
I see your point. Well argued.
@Tyrell: “In another newscast, the reporter had on a mask. Until the camera was turned off, and off came the mask.”
You were able to keep seeing the reporter even after the camera was turned off? How did that work, exactly?
It’s funny that HL92 seems to think his mission here is to puncture what he perceives as the haughty, holier-than-thou commentariat of this site, when it is the person who is defending him who acts much more like that than most people who comment here…
Mister Bluster says:
@wr:..You were able to keep seeing the reporter even after the camera was turned off? How did that work, exactly?
Tyrell has been staying at the EconoLodge City Center in Portland since this fracas began. He is using his OTB press pass to get close to the front lines so he can send his dispatches back to us.
Bob@Youngstown says:
I’m simply saying that property destruction is not a valid means of protest,
Boston Tea Party
@Bob@Youngstown:
1. The Stamp Act Riots-1765
2. The Boston Tea Party-1773
3. The Pennsylvania Mutiny-1783
4. The Dorr Rebellion-1841
5. The Detroit Riots-1967
6. The Stonewall Riots-1969
7. The Kent State Riots-1970
8. The Mount Pleasant Riots-1991
9. The L.A. Riots-1992
https://www.bustle.com/articles/79397-are-riots-effective-9-times-violent-demonstration-changed-american-politics
10. Black Lives Matter – 2020
I was focused on HL92 use of the term valid.
The others you cite may have been effective as well as valid, but to suggest that the Boston Tea Party (which involved property destruction) was invalid and somehow not useful is ….. a bit too far.
I’m sorry, I don’t speak pretentious twattle — can someone translate this?
The same people who convinced him that water powered cars are real and being suppressed by the big auto-manufacturers and big oil. And that volcanos and solar radiation are the real causes of global warming.
BTW, he has some amazing literature about children being shipped in furniture to pizza joints. Just ask him about it!
Though be warned, he may ask you to sign his petition for getting a criterion releases of “Birth of a Nation,” “Song of the South,” and the complete “Amos and Andy.”
@senyordave:
The Republican party is no longer a serious party in terms of policy, not when people like Rand Paul, Tom Cotton, Matt Gaetz and Jim Jordan have any influence. IMO, OTB is left of center primarily because, politically, right of center has become lunacy in the United States. We have two political parties in this country that matter, and one is led by a racist, semi-literate moron who is running as a white nationalist.
This. You have Hannity expressing some (mild) concern about federal troops shooting unarmed protestors, and Cotton pushing back completely with how much the violent anarchists deserve it. The NYT op-ed was an outline, not a proposal.
@Kurtz: @Lounsbury:
I’ve been commenting here for at least a decade – longer, I think, since I remember having discussions about Sarah Palin and I remember when David Frum tipped the alarm about the conservatainment complex tail wagging the GOP elephant.
In that time – for me personally – I went from sometime Republican/libertarian (Palin was the tipping point – I voted Republican/3rd party in the 90s and Democratic from the 00s) to liberal Democrat. Or, rather: the Republican Party went from governance to batshit fascism.
At this point no matter what the GOP does I can’t see myself ever aligning with or identifying with a white supremacist fascist party. But my own political convictions haven’t wavered much except to become more aware of the systemic racism and inequalities in our country and that may have shifted me more to the left side of center. On the other hand, Nixon created the EPA and we were all in favor of that.
That now makes me a screaming socialist according to today’s GOP, and some of the OTB commentariat. My refusal to accept Sarah Palin as a heartbeat away from the presidency, and the poo-flinging demented monkey currently in office ENABLED BY THE GOP has lost all semblance of respectability and and claim to serious “governance” from the GOP for the rest of my life. Trump was the outcome, but we were told repeatedly that the Serious Republicans would rein him in and that the systems in place would prevent his worst excesses.
Moms are being teargassed by unmarked federal troops in Portland in pursuit of Trump – and the GOP’s – fascistic fever dream of a white supremacist nation.
Indeed, I did not leave the Republican Party. It left me, and sanity about 12 years ago – coincidentally when a black man was elected president.
So if citizens see say a bank robbery taking place and don’t intervene, that suggests they implicitly approve of robbing banks?
The reason for your average protester not intervening when someone is violently protesting seems obvious: most people will not put themselves in harms way to stop a violent crime. Why do you think it should be any different for protests than for any other crime?
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Olivia Pope, the Redeemer
By Pooja Bhatia
SourceDaniela Federici/Corbis OUTLINE
If red-wine-chugging, white-garb-wearing healer Olivia Pope is truly a Jesus figure, she might well die before Scandal ends.
Pooja Bhatia
Pooja Bhatia is an OZY editor and writer. She has written for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the Economist, and was once the mango-eating champion of Port-au-Prince.
I was raised in the hinterlands of eastern Iowa by Hindu parents who told me, “God is a mountain, and there are many paths to Him.” That was the extent of my religious education, and although as an adult, I aspire to many values considered Christian — love, peace, forgiveness, humility — I am not in the fold.
So when I say unto you that Olivia Pope is Jesus Christ, I say it humbly, and with no intent to cause offense to you, yours, or the Lord above. Forgive me if I do. In fact, could we please blame Shonda Rhimes for any blasphemy contained herein? The woman is pushing Judeo-Christian buttons I never knew I had.
The Season 3 finale of Scandal airs Thursday, April 17.
Several have already pointed out the likenesses between Olivia and Jesus, usually obliquely. Last year, a Times reviewer leavened his criticism of Kerry Washington’s acting by noting, “It’s never easy to play Jesus.” By then, What Would Olivia Pope Do (WWOPD) had become a kind of mini-meme — one that Scandal character David Rosen name-checked in a mid-March episode: “Someone really needs to put that on a bracelet.” (Um, they already have. And on T-shirts, too.)
She has a taste for wine, she preaches an ethic of good to “white-hat” gladiators who were once lost or lowly…
Others point out that Olivia favors white garb, that her last name has a holy connotation, that she has a taste for wine, and that she preaches an ethic of good to a cohort of “white-hat” gladiators who, like Jesus’ disciples, were lost or lowly before they were saved by her.
Elijah Pope, left, and Olivia Pope, right, having dinner together
I glommed onto these references only in retrospect. For me, the true epiphany struck last month, in Episode 14 of the third season, “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.” Olivia has just discovered that Jake Ballard, her sometimes-lover and supposed good guy, has murdered a few people to cover up the coverup of another murder. (Of all people — Jake! He of the expansive pectorals and stubbly square jaw, he who lustily beseeches: Save me, Olivia! Let’s live in the light together! )
Stay with me here.
In her crisis of faith, Olivia seeks counsel from her father, Rowan (aka Eli) Pope. (Note that alias, too: It’s short for Elijah, the prophet sometimes considered a harbinger of Jesus.)
Everyone is worth saving. Even the monstrous.
“I don’t know what the point is,” Olivia laments. “Of this. Of democracy and freedom and patriotism. If there are no white hats, if everyone is evil, if the deck is always stacked, if everyone I love is a monster, if no one is worth saving — what’s the point?”
Papa Pope laughs. How little his child understands. First, he explains that Jake has already been punished, because he serves as command of supersecret agency B-613. He must choose who will live and who will die, and that is the heaviest burden.
Papa Pope knows from what he speaks. As former command, he ordered nearly 200 deaths, and:
…always suffered a bit with each one. The responsibility of that. The gravity of that. The weight of it. It marks me, it stains me, it never leaves me. I am responsible. Being the Hand of God is already the worst punishment in the world.
He delivers all this in staccato, deep-voiced intonations that seem intended to evoke the Almighty.
Olivia quivers on the verge of nihilistic collapse. That is, until Papa Pope elucidates the larger lesson of a world where everyone’s a sinner.
“And if everyone you love is a monster, there is in fact someone worth saving,” he tells his daughter.
“Who?” she asks.
”Everyone!” says Papa Pope…
Everyone is worth saving. Even the monstrous. Even the demons. Everyone is worth saving. In the face of darkness, you drag everyone into the light. That is the point. At least I like to think that is the point of you.
So. The self-described Hand of God is telling his progeny that her duty is to drag all the sinners, the whole ugly monstrous world, into the light. Sound familiar?
Even a heathen like me knows the verse “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” That, after all, is what many are honoring this weekend on Easter: the sacrifice and the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who died to save everyone else.
After that revealing father-daughter scene, I began to see more connections between Olivia and Jesus. She and her father have Sunday dinners that involve copious amounts of red wine. A colleague pointed out that Olivia’s mother, Maya, started off with the name Marie. Olivia has kickass intuition. And, she is charged with being of the world, but also better than it. She takes upon herself the sins of everyone else. Like a confessor, Olivia must know everyone’s dirtiest secrets — their sins — and absorb them.
That’s hard, too. “I want to be a normal person,” she laments. “I don’t want to live in this world and know these things.”
It could get worse for her. After all, Jesus died on the cross to absorb the sins of the world. His own father sacrificed him. Is Olivia destined to be sacrificed by her father, too?
Now, plenty of people would disagree with the ”Olivia is Jesus” hypothesis, starting with a long line of Christian pastors who use Scandal as a teaching lesson for their flocks. Many of their sermons deal with adultery – ”turning Olivia Pope into Hester Prynne for a hip-hop generation,” as a commentator wrote last year.
’Scandal’ is so replete with plot twists and machinations that you can see nearly anything you want in it…
To be sure, Scandal is a melodrama so replete with plot twists and machinations that it’s like a Rorschach test: You can see nearly anything you want in it. Cultural critics have had a heyday. Many see Olivia as an empowered black woman —– all the more so because Scandal generally doesn’t hyperventilate over people of color holding positions of power. In contrast, others consider her a prop of the white male patriarchy — “a political mammy mixed with a hint of Sapphire,” as Brandon Maxwell argued last year. (He accused the show of “peddling the same tired societal representations of black womanhood albeit under the guise of progressivism.”) Some cast the show as a sign of disenchantment with Obama, while others wish Obama would be more like Olivia.
My demands are comparatively simple. I don’t even want to be right — in fact, I’d prefer that Olivia Pope survive another season rather than watch Ms. Rhimes spin this allusion all the way to Calvary. Save yourself, dear Olivia, not us. Do I hear an amen?
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Kuang Chen was a grad student when he descended on Dar es Salaam in a programmer’s cape, ready to save the day. In Tanzania on summer break from his doctoral program at UC Berkeley and with a plan to make clunky old nonprofits less inefficient, Chen figured he’d write a few SQL queries and be a hero.
But as any idealist could have guessed, that’s not exactly how things went. Chen’s eagerness and competence encountered some of the daily realities of work in the developing world. At his health clinic job, Chen found his colleagues were collecting massive amounts of data on paper as they dispatched community health workers to quiz residents of nearby towns and villages about their health practices. What’s a coder to do? Write an app that makes the whole thing move faster, right?
Wrong. Chen went the other way — in the direction of paperwork. Mounds and mounds of handwritten reports and surveys, some more legible than others, contained useful, even invaluable, data. But inputting all that data by hand was achingly slow and expensive, and rarely done. So that’s where Chen focused, on the chasm between the chickenscratch and the computer; he built system that bridges them easily. Today, that system is a high-tech startup called Captricity, which holds $50 million in funding from players including Silicon Valley’s Social Capital; Chen himself was on the MIT Technology Review’s list of 35 innovators under 35 in 2014. Oakland-based Captricity does on a large scale what Chen began doing that summer, seven years ago, in Tanzania: Using a combination of human and machine intelligence, it parses scribbled forms and paper piles, feeding them into neat electronic systems, allowing nonprofits, nongovernmental organizations and others on the low-tech end of the spectrum to actually play the data game.
Chen is a case study in how reverse innovation— the principle of designing based on the needs of the developing world — pays off. Why not work with limitations in the developing world, the reasoning goes, instead of just trying to slap an app on top of everything. What’s more, the company suggests how the benefits of reverse innovation can rebound to rich economies. Captricity’s client roster includes corporate giants like Dell, major insurers and the government agencies like the Federal Election Commission. The revenue Captricity pulls in from its private sector clients each year — which they won’t confirm, but say has tripled each year for three years — helps subsidize the software for nonprofit clients like the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab and the African Leadership Academy. The eventual goal, they say, is a dollar-for-dollar model: “The payoff isn’t profit, it’s karma,” Chen says. But who says there can’t be both?
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Captricity’s idea itself is simple — plug paper into the modern world — but the technology to make it happen isn’t. Organizations with thousands of paper forms upload photos of their documents, snapped with basic smartphones or cameras, to a storage room in the cloud. Captricity then takes a “digital fingerprint” of each form using the same sort of image recognition that powers self-driving cars and Snapchat. Next, so-called microworkers — the lingo refers, creepily, to actual humans who grab gig work via Amazon’s Mechanical Turk crowdsourcing platform — mine the info to create pristine data sets one field at a time— e.g., name, date, or age — to preserve privacy and make the process more efficient. As the microworkers tell the computer what they see, the technology learns to see like the humans, and it snowballs. Eventually, computers take over and people decipher only the messiest of scribbles. Captricity claims a 99.9 percent accuracy rate.
“It’s the sort of rich combination of merging technologies that really stands out as Kuang’s technical achievement,” says data systems expert Joe Hellerstein, a professor of computer science at Berkeley and co-founder of Trifacta. Chen’s “synthesis effort” was something that hadn’t been done before, Hellerstein says. The impact can be huge for cash-strapped nonprofits, since evaluation can cost as much as project investment, according to a Stanford Social Innovation Review article by Dalberg, a global development consulting firm. Data-backed success can mean more funding, and more funding means the nonprofit gets to keep doing whatever (hopefully good) work it’s already doing. Like Young 1ove, a nonprofit that fights HIV in Botswana by educating teens on the health risks of sugar daddies. Over the course of 40 days, the organization surveyed 42,000 kids across much of the largely rural country, and all with paper forms. Using smartphones would have been too expensive and slow and would have required one-on-one interviews, not an option for taboo subjects like sex. It was a “gargantuan” task, says Noam Angrist, Young 1ove’s executive director, and with Captricity, Angrist and his team were able to avoid weeks of inputting all that data by hand. “Captricity is a dream for us,” he says.
Like any startup, Captricity will need to stay relevant. Since its launch in 2011, machine learning companies have become ubiquitous. And the tech to upgrade the paper economy might itself become obsolete: There’s the chance that big, paying clients will scrap paper for good and go fully digital, which means Chen will need to find more markets, says Hellerstein.
What keeps Chen up at night? His company’s legacy as a profitable social enterprise. He is, after all, the child of Chinese immigrants who fled the Cultural Revolution to become scientists in Kansas; the story he tells of himself is about doing Mother Teresa’s work through code. Like so many in Silicon Valley, he’ll have to fight for the right to wear that title.
This editorial article was originally created by OZY Media and published on OZY.com prior to, and independently of its inclusion in this JP Morgan Chase & Co. sponsored series. OZY Media claims the full rights and responsibilities of this article.
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Mayor Richard M. Daley today led community leaders and educators in a ribbon-cutting to open a new campus park at Burnham/Anthony Mathematics and Science Inclusive Academy, 1903 East 96th Street, on the Southeast Side.
“Campus parks are invaluable to the quality of life of a community because they provide a peaceful place for residents and families.,” Daley said. “Thanks to our campus parks program, we are creating green, open spaces with grass, trees and flowers and replacing concrete and asphalt.”
The new campus park, built by the Public Building Commission of Chicago (PBC) for the Chicago Public Schools in a joint effort with the Chicago Park District, replaces broken pavement with a multi-purpose playing field and two fully equipped playgrounds with soft play surfaces.
“In addition to the right academic environment, kids need safe play areas,” said Arne Duncan, CPS chief executive officer. “Physical activity is just as important to a child’s growth and has a tremendous impact academically.”
“The Park District continuously seeks opportunities for new parks and green space,” said Chicago Park District General Superintendent David Doig. “By helping to develop interactive parks on school property, we create an environment that serves as a community center when class is not in session.”
Kevin Gujral, PBC executive director, noted the landscaping brightens the area and gives it a warmer feeling. “We’ve added 74 trees, 391 shrubs and 1004 perennial plants,” Gujral said. “These plantings and improvements turn a schoolyard into a campus park.”
Additional amenities at the academy’s campus park include:
Ornamental lighting
Benches and ornamental trash receptacles
Trash compactor to replace dumpsters
Two new staff parking areas
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Four-foot ornamental fence around entire campus
Initiated in 1997, the four-year, $50 million Campus Parks Program is a joint effort by the City of Chicago, the Public Building Commission, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Park District to build 100 new parks.
The initiative was launched as a result of Mayor Daley’s vision to replace concrete and asphalt with green, and open spaces. The campus parks are anchored by local public schools and can include playgrounds, baseball fields, basketball courts, tennis courts and running tracks.
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This SCTG webinar series includes topics that will educate viewers about PBIS implementation, discuss methods for alignment with SEL practices, and provide strategies for cultivating cultural wellness. Click the presentation's title to access the webinar.
Date: 1/13
Time: 11:00 EST
Title: Using PBIS to Build a Culture of Wellness for All
Description: Using key features of a MTSS, we will describe ways to organize, align, and allocate resources to cultivate a culture of health and wellness for all.
Title: Implementing PBIS with a Racial Equity Lens
Description: Many schools are implementing PBIS in efforts to reduce racial disproportionality in school discipline. Research shows that schools implementing PBIS with fidelity have more equitable school discipline, but eliminating disproportionality will likely require a specific equity focus. The presenter will share specific strategies and free Center resources for enhancing the cultural responsiveness of PBIS systems.
Title: Rural Implementation
Description: Rural settings have a variety of unique challenges that can make accessibility to resources challenging but also have strengths that can be utilized. Learning environments that support the social, emotional and behavioral needs for all students and adults have been shown to positively impact outcomes regardless of setting. Multi-tiered behavioral frameworks, such as PBIS, have been successfully implemented in rural schools, helping to promote a positive school climate and better student outcomes. This webinar will review some of the lessons learned in implementing PBIS in rural settings, explore strengths, and describe the adaptations needed for improved PBIS implementation.
Title: Alignment and Integration of RP and SEL
Description: Schools across the country are tasked with installing multiple initiatives to address the social-emotional-behavioral (SEB) needs of their students. These initiatives include, but are not limited to, social-emotional learning, trauma-informed care, restorative practices, school safety, and suicide prevention. This session will provide an overview of how to align and integrate initiatives, such as those mentioned above. Examples, tools, and resources will be shared, specifically to address restorative practices and SEL.
Title: Supporting Alternative Schools & Using SROs Effectively
Description: The success of PBIS in typical school settings has led to PBIS implementation in alternative settings, including disciplinary alternative day schools, residential mental health programs, and juvenile justice programs. In this webinar, we will describe important considerations for planning and implementation in these settings, and how to manage possible challenges that may be encountered during planning and implementation. In addition, we will encourage state and district PBIS teams to include the full range of educational settings in PBIS plans and activities.
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Title: Implementation of PBIS in High School
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A Native American tribe located in coastal Louisiana will become the first community in U.S. history to be relocated due, in part, to rising sea levels, said Marion McFadden, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, on Thursday.
The Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw has lost 98 percent of its land since 1955, according to a HUD report released in January. Tribal land loss has been attributed to rising seas and to sediment mismanagement caused by nearby oil and gas operations, according to a 2008 study by Northern Arizona University. Their canals ushered in saltwater that steadily eroded the freshwater wetlands.
The relocation is projected to begin as early as 2019. In a statement, advocacy group Climate Nexus characterized the relocating tribal community as “refugees” of climate change. Louisiana state official Patrick Forbes told Reuters that federal officials didn’t consider the tribe to be refugees.
“I think of refugees as being scattered and chaotic retreat. This is a resettlement and we are careful to use that word,” Forbes said.
HUD has earmarked $48 million in federal grants for the tribe’s relocation, Forbes added. Tribal members told the New York Times in 2006 that residents have seen a football field of wetlands vanish every “every 20 minutes, every half-hour, every hour.” According to the NAU study, the island was once approximately 23 square miles in area. Today, it’s been reduced to an area about a quarter-mile wide and a half-mile long.
The tribe first settled the Isle de Jean Charles in the early 1800s while fleeing forced relocation under the Indian Removal Act, according to The Guardian.
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It's a nice life. PC World staffers and contributors are continually deluged with the latest technology products, so as you can imagine, we set a high bar on the hardware, software, and Web sites that we choose to use ourselves. What are they? To answer that question, we compiled the following list of the top 25 products that we don't just like but that we absolutely, positively can't live without.
Because of my TiVo recorder, I could never go back to the regular way of watching TV. TiVo lets me skip all the commercials and watch a 1-hour show in 45 minutes. If I want to record all programs and movies with a particular actor, TiVo will do it automatically. I can keep up with series such as "Heroes," "24," or "Lost" and still be able to leave the house. And since I got my second TiVo, I don't even have to worry about two shows airing simultaneously. I have the units connected to TVs in different rooms and transfer shows between them. (Newer models have dual tuners so you can record two shows with just one machine.) I can also move recordings from a TiVo to my PC, where I can convert them for playback on portable devices. And TiVo can download video from the Internet so I can watch it on my TV. But the simplest features, such as pausing a show when you need to get up and do something, are the most important.
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Sure, the Belkin N1 Vision is the fastest, most reliable wireless router I've ever used, with gigabit ethernet ports and three antennas juicing a draft-n Wi-Fi radio. The real fun comes when you start reading the LCD status screen on the front of the router. Dials, gauges, and graphs show you how fast your downloads are running, exactly what's connected to your network, and how much data each computer is sucking down. For geeks, it's a guilty pleasure akin to pushing a performance car past the redline--all without having to get up from your chair. For additional information, read our review, which found the N1 Vision less than perfect due to its lack of an 802.11n-only mode at the time.
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The ability of Skype to make cheap and free calls over the Internet is a gift that keeps on giving, shaving thousands of dollars off my AT&T phone bills over the past five years. As a journalist covering international issues, I make phone calls to various countries almost every day to connect with sources for stories. Skype provides prices (and in some cases, voice quality) that conventional phones cannot. Though the service suffers from some stability and lag-time issues, the cost savings it offers makes it critical, especially in my line of work.
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Though Microsoft acquired FolderShare in 2005, this Windows Live service is still listed as a beta. I use it to keep folders synced on multiple PCs. That sounds simple to do without help, but in my experience it really is not. Since I work at home about 60 percent of the time, I find myself constantly moving documents from my home PC to my work notebook and back. With FolderShare, I set up a designated folder on both computers where I want the documents automatically synced. As long as both machines have an Internet connection, synchronization is nearly instantaneous.
--Tom Mainelli, GeekTech columnist
My laptop is an Apple MacBook; my cell phone is an HTC model (similar to AT&T's Tilt) that runs Windows Mobile 6. In theory, that's a problem, since Microsoft's synchronization software is for Windows only. But Macs actually work with Windows Mobile better than Windows Vista machines do, thanks to Mark/Space's The Missing Sync for Windows Mobile. Of course, I use this $40 utility to shuttle calendar and contact information between Pocket Outlook and OS X's iCal and Address Book apps. I'm most smitten, though, with The Missing Sync's iTunes integration, which makes getting playlists of podcasts and unprotected music onto a Windows Mobile device as painless as it is with an iPod. (See also our review of The Missing Sync for BlackBerry.)
--Harry McCracken, editor in chief
Ever since I began using the Fujitsu LifeBook P7010D--a 10.6-inch wide-screen ultraportable laptop--about two years ago, I knew I'd found something I couldn't live without. This was the first time I could do everything I wanted to do--play DVDs, take notes, edit high-resolution photos, copy files from SD Card and CompactFlash media (without an external card reader)--all on a notebook that weighs about 3 pounds. Its light weight makes going through airport security a breeze, and I've yet to see the back of an economy-class airplane seat that will crunch into the P7010D's display.
--Melissa J. Perenson, senior products editor
Intuit's Quicken Premier 2008 personal finance software, even though its straight-out-of-1998 interface frustrates the heck out of me, gives me comfort that I won't be living in a refrigerator box five years after I retire. I love that it can download transactions automatically; I hate that it can't download transactions from many organizations or for many types of accounts (for example, 403b plans and 529 plans). But once I've entered all those tiny transactions, I really know how much I've got--and how far I still have to go. For more, read our review of Quicken Home & Business 2008, which is similar to the Premier version but also adds business tracking tools.
--Alan Stafford, executive editor
Hands down, Siber Systems' $30 RoboForm (I use version 6.9.3) is the best tool for storing user names, passwords, and other contact data for Web sites. Here's why: You provide RoboForm with all the vitals you might need to complete a site's form--name, address, phone numbers, and even credit card numbers. When you click the Fill Forms button, the program does just that. Click a Web site from the RoboForm Passcard screen, and RoboForm transports your Web browser to the site, logging you in if necessary. Need an industrial-strength password? RoboForm will generate one for you. And don't worry about security: RoboForm is itself password-protected. --Steve Bass, Hassle-Free PC and Tips & Tweaks columnist
My passion for duplicate bridge got me on the Internet early on: I joined OKBridge, an online bridge community, in 1992. It has progressed from a free text-based Unix game to a sophisticated, graphical Java application that runs in a Windows or Mac browser. I'm happy to pay $100 a year to play with or kibitz the likes of Warren Buffett and bridge pros from around the world, participate in online tournaments, and read articles by well-known bridge columnists. You can play bridge elsewhere on the Web, but OKBridge remains the best implementation with the best community.
--Yardena Arar, senior editor
I'm a compulsive tech-bargain hunter, and one of my favorite ways to find red-hot specials and the absolute latest in price drops is to use deal-scanning sites such as SearchAllDeals.com. It sifts through other bargain and coupon listing services, including Ben's Bargains, FatWallet, SlickDeals, DealCatcher, DealNews, TechBargains, and more, to spot great deals with one simple search. Now that's one-stop shopping! (For more on bargain-hunting sites, see this Skeptical Shopper column on the subject.)
--Danny Allen, associate editor
Microsoft's Word has been the center of my professional life for many years now, primarily because I've yet to find another word processor that handles outlines so well. The outline view is based on hierarchical text styles, so turning an outline into an article or reorganizing an article as if it were an outline is easy. I haven't always been pleased with Word's updates, however. I still miss Word 95 with its fantastic Word Basic macro programming language. Nor am I happy with the user interface changes in Word 2007; I reverted to Office 2003 rather than learn a whole new way to use my primary program.
--Lincoln Spector, Answer Line columnist
Anyone who takes public transportation will likely agree that an iPod is a must. My 80GB Apple iPod with video--which I've nicknamed "Ducky"--helps drown out crying babies, overexcited shoppers, rowdy teenagers, and unrepentant cell-phone abusers on multiple city buses. Between the 10,000-plus songs, scattered videos, and Spanish-language podcasts I've loaded onto Ducky, I'm assured of a ride home listening to my own personal soundtrack. The shuffle setting saves me from having to make mix CDs, and since the iPod is ubiquitous among my friends, I've never had a problem finding a docking station for impromptu dance parties or for playing songs in the presence of other audiophiles.
--Amber Bouman, On Your Side columnist
There's no safer way to surf or to try out new software (including operating systems) than from within a virtual machine--that is, a PC emulator running inside a window. Download Microsoft's free emulation product, Virtual PC 2007, or VMware Server, which is also free. Install your VM host, configure your virtual machine (easy), and then install an operating system. (VMware Server calls the virtual machine a Virtual Appliance, by the way.) With a VM running, my main operating system is safe: If malware attacks or if I don't like the software I installed in the VM, I simply close the VM without saving its state, and the unwanted software will be gone next time I start up.
--Jon L. Jacobi, contributor
"Can you print that up for me?" That question used to frustrate me because it meant that I had to tether my otherwise wireless laptop to a USB printer. Enter my savior, a Wi-Fi-based Lexmark Z1420 printer, which I bought in utter frustration after repeatedly hunting for my old printer's USB cord. The Z1420 is almost a bottom-of-the-line model, but who cares--I can use it with all my Wi-Fi-equipped computers. Now, when I need to print out driving directions, I can feel the full effect of wireless freedom.
--Mike Barton, senior editor
Between the DVR, the DVD player, the TV set, the CD changer, the Xbox 360, the Mac Mini, and the receiver connected to them, my coffee table would be drowning in remotes but for my Logitech Harmony 670 Advanced Universal Remote. Logitech's universal remotes don't just replace the controllers that come with your A/V components, they go far beyond them. Press the Harmony's Watch Movie activity button, and the appropriate devices turn on, switch to the right inputs, and begin playing. It takes some configuration (you'll have to install an app on your PC and tell the remote which components you have and how they're connected), but once the Harmony is dialed in, you'll never need your old controllers again. This is the way all remotes should work.
--Eric Dahl, senior editor
Okay, this is two products, but they go together. The M-Audio MicroTrack is a portable digital recorder that captures excellent audio and saves your recordings in .wav or MP3 format. I bought it to create podcasts--something I haven't gotten around to yet--but it's ideal for recording phone interviews, meetings, and such. I can play back my recordings on the M-Audio or on my iPod. (See the M-Audio site for the new MicroTrack II.) Audacity is free audio software that allows audio novices like me to edit their recordings easily.
--James A. Martin, Mobile Computing columnist
I use My Yahoo to keep up on blogs and news sites, preview my Yahoo Mail account, learn about new DVD movie releases, drool over the latest Epicurious recipes, and envy backpackers who post photos on Flickr. These are all content modules that I can drag and drop around the page over a pretty background of my choosing. Other people may prefer such rival services as iGoogle or NetVibes, but I've been using My Yahoo to bring a little joy into my workday for so long that I'm reluctant to fix what's not broken.
--Narasu Rebbapragada, senior editor
Yes, the Palm OS is long in the tooth, but if you've been a user for ages, you look past the cobwebs and the 20th-century look-and-feel and know you're home. No one has ever constructed a PDA interface half as user-friendly and as tap-minimizing as the Palm OS calendar/contacts/memos/to-do suite. Mashing that OS up with a phone--the Palm Centro--that has a decent Web browser, an e-mail client, and an open development environment makes for a killer combination. Third-party apps are legion; I use an SSH (Secure Shell) client to connect to my home PC all the time, and a freeware music player for all my Ogg Vorbis and MP3 files. I can even listen to Internet radio. I had a Treo 600 and then a 700p for years, but they were built like tanks. The Centro is lean--happy in my pocket--and makes me hope that Palm is headed for a renaissance when its promised new OS comes out, rather for than the dustbin of tech history.
--Matthew Newton, Free Agent columnist
It's hard not to love an office suite that does everything I need and costs me exactly $0. It's not merely that I'm a tightwad (I am) or that I hate Microsoft (I do). The OpenOffice.org suite simply works. It handles Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files with ease and seamless integration: When I'm in Writer, I can open a spreadsheet or presentation file with a couple of clicks--without sucking up half my system memory or crashing my PC. OpenOffice is not perfect, of course. To send files to non-OpenOffice users, I must convert the documents to something more Microsoft-friendly. The suite has few bells and whistles, too. But if I wanted bells and whistles, I'd get myself a choo-choo train.
--Dan Tynan, Gadget Freak columnist
This obscure little gadget--the SATA HDD Stage Rack--is an external USB desktop docking station that accepts ordinary 3.5-inch SATA hard drives. It helps me migrate data to new PCs, and it turns unused drives into quick-and-dirty backup cartridges--Veritable 100GB floppies. This device has breathed new life into my old drives, which were just collecting dust in a closet.
--Dave Johnson, Digital Focus columnist
When I use an unfamiliar PC and get search-engine results that lack the colored safety icons of SiteAdvisor, I feel like I'm stumbling blind into questionable territory. The terrific free safety tool from McAfee for Firefox and Internet Explorer adds a small colored icon next to results from Google, Yahoo, or MSN to indicate whether a site is hunky-dory, might send me spammy e-mail, or could even try to attack my PC with malware. What's more, it gives full details on why a site received a particular rating. Of course, it doesn't offer absolutely impenetrable protection, but I'd hate to live without it. A $20 Plus version offers extra features such as site blocking.
--Erik Larkin, Privacy Watch columnist
I could live without Verizon's $60-per-month wireless broadband Internet access service--if I didn't have a 3-hour daily commute. Since I don't want to move, I have to be connected while commuting (by ferry, by the way; I don't try to type while driving!). Out on the water, speeds aren't always what Verizon promises (600 kbps to 1.4 mbps for downloads), but are still fast enough for me to deal with e-mail, do Web research, and keep up with the news. And all that helps me forget about the killer commute.
--Edward N. Albro, editor
As a child in the 1980s, I learned that my brain was an egg and that my brain on drugs was a fried egg. As an adult, my brain is more like scrambled eggs: I can't remember everything I need to remember. But my Apple iPhone has changed that. I now have all of the essentials of my digital life--my e-mail, calendar, contacts, text messages, Web bookmarks, latest YouTube obsessions, and music--at my fingertips in a single sleek device. My iPhone makes me more connected, more accessible, and more productive. It fits my crazy, busy, on-the-go lifestyle perfectly. With the iPhone, I'm always sunny-side up.
--Kellie Parker, online community manager
Google Earth grew a whole lot more powerful--and engrossing--when it added the Google Sky feature last August. As if being able to visit your childhood home, your first school, and the site of your first wedgie without leaving your desk weren't enough, Google Sky lets you fly around the galaxy and search for monoliths. This is one application that can actually bring generations together: It's probably the only piece of software that fascinates my grandma. And it costs nothing, which is much cheaper than a flight to Europe. Or a flight to Venus.
--Tim Moynihan, senior editor
My fingers fall perfectly on the contours of the Kinesis Advantage USB/QD Keyboard for Macs and PCs. This funny-looking but friendly device, which comes in white and black, puts the space and backspace buttons directly under my thumbs. Now that I type in the ergonomic Dvorak layout, I barely have to move my fingers beyond the home row. My typing speed is faster, and my long hours at the keyboard are much more comfortable than when I used a flat QWERTY keyboard. The QD model has a hardware switch for alternating between the unusual Dvorak and the ubiquitous QWERTY layouts, so I can change it to a standard keyboard for visitors who need to use the latter. (See also our review of the Kinesis Advantage Pro.)
--Laura Blackwell, Download This columnist
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Guilty Until Proven Innocent?
We are all aware of the saying, innocent until proven guilty. But what do we actually believe? Is there really no smoke without fire?
It seems that the principle of the presumption of innocent until proven guilty is under threat, despite that presumption being preserved in the Human Rights Act and, further, that this presumption is fundamental within our legal system. Is this presumption truly upheld?
This is particularly relevant to those in the spotlight as they are, in effect, hung out to dry even if found not guilty or never charged in the first instance.
For example, Cliff Richard being investigated by the police following an allegation of sexual assault of a child. This was reported back in 2014. Cliff Richard was never charged and yet this is occasionally referred to in the media. Well, he was actually never charged and yet this still hangs over his head.
Most recently, we have heard of R Kelly being charged with sexually assaulting teenage girls and allegations of a sex cult. In my view, sexual assault is abhorrent, and I am all for eliminating it. However, in this case, R Kelly has yet to be found guilty (pledged a plea of not guilty), and instead of presuming innocence until proven guilty, his name and reputation have been dragged through the mud without even a guilty sentence.
Netflix released a documentary, “Surviving R Kelly”, and they are no doubt making a considerable amount of money through R Kelly’s charge (I note charge and not sentence).
Hey, he may be found guilty. But the point is that he has not yet been found guilty in a Court of law and therefore who are we to drag names and reputation through the mud.
There are too many well-known examples; such as Michael Jackson, Snoop Dogg, and so on.
Is JLS star, Oritse Williams, a good example of recent? This case hit the headlines and thereafter he house had been burned down in an arson attack, shortly after being found not guilty of rape.
Is it not right that we wait until the outcome of proceedings? That way, we will not shame those that have in fact not committed the crime that they have been accused of. What we need to think about are those who are found not guilty, yet have had their reputations tarnished, documentaries made against their name and are a result of slander.
I am all for those that commit crimes being punished, however, should we not punish those who make false allegations (now that’s a different argument and article altogether) and should we not preserve the presumption of innocence until proven guilty.
You hear those say, “if you are not guilty, then why are you worried”. Well, if that person is not guilty, of course, they would be worried. Not only the fear of receiving a guilty sentence but even upon receiving a not guilty sentence, in this society, that person will still be judged and prosecuted by society for a crime they did not commit.
In my view, the presumption of innocence is replaced with a presumption of guilt. What are your thoughts?
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in reply to Insert Language Here Monks
The following is satire. I'll accept any downvotes, but I had a lot of fun writing this:
PerlMonks: There's more than one way to do it, but they're all ugly.
PythonMonks: There's really only one way to do it, but it'll probably throw an exception.
JavaMonks: There's only one way to do it, but it takes too long.
CMonks: There's a preferred, structured way to do it.
C++Monks: There's a preferred OO way to do it, and it involves rude and obnoxious overloading of bit-shift operators.
C#Monks: Come on... not another way to do it!
RubyMonks: There's more than one way to do it... but we're not Perl!
TclMonks: There's no way to do this. Someone please save me.
AwkMonks: There's half a way to do it, but you need sed to do the rest.
SedMonks: There's half a way to do it, and awk needs us to do the rest.
PHPMonks: We know there's more than one way to do it, but instead we'll spend our time slandering Perl.
shMonks: There's more than one program to call to do it.
kornMonks: There's a way to do it without Perl! Use the Korn shell! It's the path to salvation!
LispMonks: There's more than one way to do it (if you count all the (different) permutations (or combinations) of parentheses (the things you place around something (like this))), and we're proud (of it).
OmniMarkMonks: OmniMark is cheaper than Perl! Use OmniMark if you want to know what your program will do in three months! (Footnote: there is a three-month waiting period to be told what any arbitrary OmniMark program does.)
JavaScriptMonks: There's more than one way to snoop around the user's cookies. Too bad our syntax sucks.
HTMLMonks: What? HTML's not a programming language? But this web-board was written in HTML!
Thank you. /me bows
Update: More slogans! Many of these languages can be found at Cat's Eye Technologies, and many are written by Chris Pressey.
BrainF*ckMonks: There's probably more than one way to do it, but you will die before you finish writing it.
BefungeMonks: There's more than one dimension to write it in.
SMITHMonks: Alan Turing would kill us if he found out how we were doing it.
SMETNAMonks: There's more than one way to do it, especially when you use commands that don't exist.
MalbolgeMonks: You are going to hell no matter how you do it.
Jeff japhy Pinyan: Perl, regex, and perl hacker.
s++=END;++y(;-P)}y js++=;shajsj<++y(p-q)}?print:??;
Comment on __LANG__Monks slogans
Re: __LANG__Monks slogans
by ChemBoy (Priest) on Jul 27, 2001 at 21:17 UTC
PascalMonks: there's a way to do it provided your strings are all 255 characters or less.
And for other scientific-programming geeks...
FORTRAN4Monks: there's a really fast way to do it if you don't need subroutines.
FORTRAN77Monks: there's more than one way to do it, but only one way to type it.
SPLmonks: there's a proprietary way to do it.
JSLmonks: there's more than one way to spell it (but it still won't work in the next version).
However, I must insist on a modification:
C#monks: this is how you will do it today
If God had meant us to fly, he would *never* have given us the railroads.
--Michael Flanders
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Jul 27, 2001 at 21:30 UTC
asmMonks: You can do it ... if you can figure out how.
JAMMonks: You can't do it in any sane way.
SQLMonks: You can do it, but our functions have been renamed.
RegexMonks: I can do anything, but you can't read it.
RegexMonks could also be: I can do anything, but so can my modem.
Re: Re: __LANG__Monks slogans
by maverick (Curate) on Jul 27, 2001 at 22:14 UTC
RegexMonks: I can do anything...?
<sarcasm>
Write a regex that determines if an arbitrary set of parentheses are balanced within a string. :-)
/\/\averick
(MeowChow - I am the lizard king...) Re3: __LANG__Monks slogans
by MeowChow (Vicar) on Jul 28, 2001 at 02:04 UTC
$re = qr/(?:(?>[^()]*)|\((??{$re})\))+/;
print 'I (pity (the (fool) who) dont) know (regexes)' =~ /^$re$/;
MeowChow
s aamecha.s a..a\u$&owag.print
by Malkavian (Friar) on Jul 27, 2001 at 21:09 UTC
What about ADAMonks?
There's only one way to do it, but you can vary the amount of people making it happen
Malk
by Masem (Monsignor) on Jul 28, 2001 at 02:24 UTC
A few more:
ForthMonks: "to do it" "one way" "more than" "there's"
VisualBasicMonks: There's more than one way to do it, but if it's not point and click, it's not documented.
Dr. Michael K. Neylon - mneylon-pm@masemware.com || "You've left the lens cap of your mind on again, Pinky" - The Brain
by John M. Dlugosz (Monsignor) on Jul 27, 2001 at 23:29 UTC
APLMonks: (unprintable)
4GLMonks: There's a way to do it without any programming!
There's got to be a good APL joke out there, but I can't think of it. I just wanted to mention APL.
Need one for INTERCAL, too.
Re^2: __LANG__Monks slogans
by runrig (Abbot) on Oct 16, 2009 at 23:34 UTC
APLMonks: There's a way to do it, but it's all Greek to me.
by suaveant (Parson) on Jul 30, 2001 at 23:27 UTC
BasicMonks: There is a numerically ordered way to do it.
PHBMonks: There is only my way to do it.
Seriously, if you took the Monk off of the better known languages and touched it up, that would make a great geek t-shirt... :)
- Ant
by FoxtrotUniform (Prior) on May 21, 2002 at 19:53 UTC
May as well throw in on an ancient discussion....
PrologMonks: There's more than one way to do it, and we'll backtrack until we find them all.
SchemeMonks: Hey, we should be listed at LispMonks. What's that? Hey! Scheme is a Lisp, too! Shut up! Shut up!
SmalltalkMonks: The class browser makes doing it really easy.
PDLMonks: There's more than one way to do it, but they all take ages to translate to real code, and never get updated.
by Desdinova (Friar) on Jul 31, 2001 at 02:06 UTC
or for anyone who has played with ibm 360s
JCLmonks -- there is only one way to do it and it better start in coloum 3.
by one4k4 (Hermit) on Jul 27, 2001 at 21:01 UTC
You also need:
Brainf**kMonks:>>What>>was>>I>>doing>>again?
_14k4 - perlmonks@poorheart.com (www.poorheart.com)
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Pianist, vocalist, producer, and composer
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In a completely solo endeavor, Dallas composer and musician Poppy Xander, uses her silken voice and piano alchemy to weave vivid stories that blend blues, folk, downtempo, and classical piano into emotional, spiritual experiences and haunting stories, whether they be about slave burial grounds in Tennessee – like “Blackwater on the Rise” – or whistleblowing the misdeeds of the powerful in “Keep Calm and Carry On.” Traces of the piano greats can be heard in her compositions, from Bach and Chopin to Kate Bush, Fiona Apple, and Sir Elton John. The album, “Snake in the Grass,” composed, performed, and produced by Poppy Xander, is a refreshingly intellectual baroque pop debut.
Recorded at Palmyra Studios in Palmer, Texas with engineers Sam Damask and Pappy Middleton, the album features Xander’s performance on a fully restored 1922 Baldwin 9 ft. Concert Grand and a Korg Stage Vintage Piano. The album was mastered by award winning engineer John Dent, who has produced Marianne Faithful, Radiohead, Massive Attack, and many more at LOUD Mastering in Taunton, UK. The album also includes several pieces of Xander’s artwork on the packaging as well as a 12-page booklet with handwritten lyrics and artwork for each song.
Xander began composing the album after a six-week solo camping expedition that took her from Dallas to Philly, through cemeteries, boardwalks on the east coast, and parts of the Appalachian Trail. Upon return, the adventures continued with the title track, “Snake in the Grass,” a song about a local Dallas favorite, The Libertine Bar. These songs, several styled after the German “art song” tradition, are scored for piano and voice as tributes to the past, present, and future. For those with ears, you will feel this one.
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How the New Cast of The Crown Stack Up to the Real-Life Royal Family
The Crown Season 3 Royals in Real Life
November 23, 2019 by Quinn Keaney
Just as in the previous two seasons of The Crown, season three dives into a number of important high-profile ceremonies, events, and scandals that affected the British royal family in real life. But just how accurate is the Netflix drama? If we're judging by costumes alone, very, as you'll see in the photos ahead. Keep reading to see how the new cast physically embody the royals during key moments of their lives — coronations, balls, funerals, etc. — then take a peek at the show's spectacular re-creation of Prince Charles's investiture in Wales compared to real photos and video footage of the day.
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more... Guitar Tracks • How-Tos • Gigging Advice • Recording Tips • June 2010
Exploring Nashville Tuning
Bob Furlong
Guitarists and record producers of all stripes have used Nashville tuning for years as a way to make a six-string guitar track sound like it was recorded with a 12-string. But the usefulness and appeal of this method of stringing a standard acoustic or electric guitar hardly ends there. For the cost of a new set of strings, you may just find that—in addition to endless possibilities in the recording studio— Nashville tuning can open the door to a whole new world of inspiration for songwriting and live playing, whether you use it on electric or acoustic guitars.
What Is Nashville Tuning, Anyway?
Unlike open G or DADGAD, Nashville tuning isn’t an alternate tuning in the way guitarists normally use the term. The strings are still tuned E, A, D, G, B, and E. The difference is that the four lower strings are tuned up an octave from standard tuning, while the highest two—the B and high E—are left unchanged. You can therefore also look at Nashville tuning as using the octave strings from a 12-string guitar in place of the E, A, D, and G strings.
To avoid confusion, we should clarify that some people refer to Nashville tuning as “high-strung” guitar. However, true high-strung tuning is a different but similar technique most often used for certain African folk music styles. It differs from Nashville tuning in that it only raises the three lowest strings an octave. The G string, the B, and the high E are left tuned to their standard pitch.
OK, back to Nashville tuning. Because you’re tuning four of the strings up an octave, you can’t use a standard set of strings. It used to be hard to find string sets made specifically for Nashville tuning, so you would have to either use six strings from a 12-string set or piece together your own set by buying strings individually. These days, however, it’s easy to find strings made for Nashville tuning. The D’Addario EJ38H set—gauged .010 (high E), .014 (B), .009 (G), .012 (D), .018 (A), and .027 (E)—is a great example.
Take It for a Spin So, you’ve invested in a new set of strings that will work for Nashville tuning, put the cat outside so you can restring in peace, and installed the new strings on your guitar. Once you’re all tuned up, strum a few chords and you’ll immediately be taken in by the chiming timbre coming from your old guitar, as well as the fresh new angle this tuning brings to even basic, first-position chords. You can only play this tuning for the first time once, and chances are you’re going to come up with some cool new song ideas—so make sure you have a portable recorder handy!
Give It a Whirl in the Studio
As we’ve already discussed, a Nashville-tuned guitar completes a 12-string guitar when doubled with a standard six-string guitar. But the combination of a Nashville and a standard guitar will be richer and more shimmering than what you would get by using a 12-string to play the same part. This is because of the unavoidable inconsistencies that occur when you combine two different performances.
But now that your 12-string has been pulled apart in a way that the laws of physics would never allow, why not take advantage of it? Try doubling a Nashville-tuned track with a standard-tuned guitar, but pan them opposite each other to achieve a huge, atmospheric 12-string sound. Add reverb or other effects to each track independently. Change their relative volumes in the mix as you move from one section of a song to another. To paraphrase T.S. Eliot, only those who risk going too far can possibly know how far “too far” is!
Writing Inspiration and Live Application
Because Nashville-tuned guitar strings are clustered more closely together in pitch than with standard tuning, chords tend to be voiced more like a keyboard player would voice them. Chord progressions that might suggest certain melodic ideas on a standard-tuned guitar may lead you in very different directions because the notes within the chords will stand out to your ear in a different way. The harpsichord- or mandolin-like sound and higher pitch of the tuning might also inspire new vocal ideas. And it’s easy to stumble onto fresh melodies and arpeggios, because even tired old licks and chords suddenly sound fresh with Nashville tuning.
For live use, Nashville-tuned guitars lack the bottom end that solo performers tend to prefer for most of their songs (although they might try it as a special flavor for a specific song). However, guitars strung this way definitely shine onstage as part of a group, particularly when blending with another guitarist in standard tuning.
Don’t Let the One Downside Dissuade You
One problem with Nashville tuning is that there can be intonation and action issues when it’s applied to a guitar set up for regular string gauges. If you want to really explore this sound, you could set up a guitar specifically for it, or you could check out the new Nashville Special acoustic and acoustic-electric six-strings that Wechter Guitars now offers—they’re designed and set up specifically for Nashville tuning.
If you’ve never tried Nashville tuning, give it a shot! All it costs is a few bucks for strings and a few minutes to put them on your guitar. Who knows—before long you might consider having a Nashville-tuned guitar in your arsenal as essential as having a Les Paul or a Strat!
Sweetwater Sales Engineer Bob Furlong has a master’s degree in education from Wilmington University. For most of the past 20 years, he toured and recorded professionally as a drummer and keyboard player. These days he plays and records guitar more than anything else. Contact him at bob_furlong@sweetwater.com or (800) 222-4700 ext. 1326.
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It's understandable if you believe end of the year "Best Of" lists are largely self-indulgent, because it's fucking true. Music critics write for other music critics and no one else. When the musicians in question sometimes actually read the review, it's largely by accident. All of us writing simple bullet lists of the releases we liked on this revolution 'round the sun are doing it for ourselves, because most of us are geeks and losers who can't play a note -- but hey, we can write, so let's apply that to music somehow. Okay.
Well, I don't care. I read every year-end list from every publication I respect (SPIN, yes, NPR sort of, Rolling Stone, hell no.) because I want to make sure there weren't any albums I might've overlooked. FOMO, the syphilis of our generation, right? Then, in the most menial corridors of my mind, I begin ranking things like the bored ape I am because I can't help it. Even though I realize it amounts to nothing, it's still more fun than making New Year's resolutions I won't accomplish anyway, although I do that, too.
So imagine my surprise (spoiler: none) when I realized many of my favorite albums from 2013 were loathed by better-paid critics. But because they're completely wrong and I'm completely right, (Objectivity? What the fuck is that? You're in the wrong place, buster.) I present to you "Four 2013 Albums Everyone Else Hated That I Loved." Okay, yeah, sure, "everyone" is hyperbole, but it's at least enough people to matter. There's no reason for you read this bullshit except maybe you also neglected these albums and would like to learn more? I don't know! Feed that Fear of Missing Out and turn the page!
Indigo Meadow - Black Angels (Blue Horizon)
What the Critics Said:
4.9/10 - "[W]hat's initially thrilling about these Texas psych-rockers gets run through a loop that quickly turns monotonous, then tedious, and finally deadening.
Indigo Meadow
, is more of the same ... they resemble a knuckle-dragging garage-rock band from the LBJ years now more than ever."
2.5/5 - "The band's fourth album flirts intermittently with heaviness without ever risking metal; suggests spaciness without ever blasting into the stratosphere . . . It's a pleasant-enough swirl . . . But it never expands your mind." -
6/10 - "[A]fter the first few listens to
, there's a nagging suspicion The Black Angels may have developed a case of writer's block . . . suffers as a whole from both a lack of cohesion and ultimately, quality." -
My Small Voice in a Sea of Cynicism: Maybe, like me, The Black Angels have taken you to places you can't really articulate, landscapes nearly impossible for others who haven't visited to understand. And maybe this new direction for the band, this dip away from protracted entheogenic corkscrews and toward cursory pop-rock jams, has frustrated you. I feel ya if you think Indigo Meadow is just kicking the tires on Phosphene Dream's lackluster attempt at a radio hit, "Telephone," a serious low-point on that 2010 release.
The problem with that attitude is it doesn't allow a band to take its progression into its own hands. Many folks I know turned their nose up at Arcade Fire's Reflektor for the same reason -- it didn't sound familiar. But maybe that's a good thing. I applaud any artist that undermines what built their fame in search of something new. In these cases you have to separate the past from the present. Directions to See a Ghost will always be there, same as it always was, and realizing that will prevent you from missing out on an actually decent album.
Admittedly, Indigo Meadow isn't radically different from The Black Angels' previous albums, but this energetic abbreviation still has application. These guitars can still shred you to ribbons on tracks like "Evil Things" and "War on Holiday" and the introspection on "Holland" and "Black Isn't Black" was worth a visit. No, this won't ever be my favorite Black Angels album, but there still isn't one worth hating.
Exorcise Tape - Demon Queen (Rad Cult)
5/10 - "
Exorcise Taps
manages to recycle musical puns and then proceeds to endlessly check back in with you to see if you still "get it."" -
3/5 - "Tonal inconsistency is less a problem with
Exorcise Tape
than an intention -- rigorous plotting wouldn't exactly suit such an endearingly slapdash sleazefest -- but as short as it is (30 minutes), it's not without its duds, especially after the spell of greatness cast by "Demon Practice" has worn off." -
What Others Were Perhaps Too Deaf to Hear: This album wasn't panned so much as ignored, which might be worse. C'mon, it's a hip-hop album that's actually literate, evading the gangsta tropes that have turned rap music into this generation's hair metal. Even much-lauded "alternatives" like Childish Gambino only want to rhyme about their dicks, the haters, and how fame makes them sad. Give me a fucking break. I'll take Zackey Force Funk's apocalyptic falsetto strung through the diabolical musings of Tobacco, the analog brainiac behind Black Moth Super Rainbow, any day.
I might be biased on this one. I did shimmy on down to Tucson to hang out with Zackey, but I only did that because I fuckin' dig on this kind of frenzy, okay? If you don't, fine, fuck you, go listen to Eminem hawk his tired pantaloon shtick yet again. "Lamborghini Meltdown" titillates better than almost anything Def Jam has thrown out lately, "Love Hour Zero" is more affectionate than any whining Drake can produce and "Despise The Lie" (featuring Isaiah Toothtaker, a guy who once collected the molars from his numerous bar brawls) has enough left hooks to keep Tyler, The Creator on his toes.
The mere fact that Exorcise Tape is tailored with the chaotic violence of Tucson hip-hop crew Machina Muerte should only make you Phoenicians proud, maybe even step up your game a bit. The only real downside to this album is it's too damn short.
MGMT - MGMT - Columbia
4/10 - "MGMT's impressive global following should keep them on the festival circuit for awhile, where the uneven acoustics, heat, and distance between stage and audience actually match their blurred music."
2.5/5 - "[T]hose earworm moments are glossed over almost as soon as they appear, and many of these songs end up sounding drawn-and-quarterd because of it." [sic] -
D "
marches languidly in place, conserving its meager ideas by stretching them out far past the point of interest." -
Why Those Critics Are Wrong and I Am Right: It totally blows every fucking time a single like "Kids" comes along with such permeating, ear-gouging, all-encompassing popularity -- not because the song is bad, but because it really gums any future attempts for the artist to grow. Lorde is gonna have a helluva time doing a follow-up. Critics and fans alike pissed all over MGMT's sophomore album Congratulations because it wasn't a "Time to Pretend" clone, and completely ignored the multitude of gifts that album expanded on. Morons.
This junior attempt had quite a few misses on it. Nothing sounds in tune and there are so many jagged transitions that it took me several listens to realize this was actually a pleasant thing. Weird, huh? The jangly work on "Mystery Disease" and "I Love You Too, Death" were hard on the ears at first, but give it some time and the notes fall into their own, eccentric place. Discord that evolves, challenges you and isn't readily accessible? No wonder everyone hated this album.
Yet, the cover of Faine Jade's 1968 single "Introspection" was especially nice and even the sloppy flute work adds something unconventional. And you know what? Your fucking life IS a lie and so is mine, so there.
Right Words, Right Thoughts, Right Action - Franz Ferdinand - Domino
"[A]n angsty account of the band's struggle with (you guessed it) mediocrity. There are a few tolerable songs, but the rest are obnoxious, and there's a track called "Treason! Animals." Pass, and then pass some gas." -
2/5 stars - "The satisfaction appears sonic alone: Not a song sticks." -
"These lyrics are all ... wordy ... the album is merely some Jack Daniel's-soaked madeleine to summon memories of another time." -
I Beg to Differ Because Begging Is All I Can Do: Okay, maybe this one doesn't count, since I technically liked only half of it. I'd still rather like half a Franz Ferdinand album than half a Kanye West album (there you go, my review of Yeezus in one sentence. Fuck your idols) or even a full Vampire Weekend album. Despite all my cynicism and bitching (thanks for getting this far), I really do try to focus on the positive, and perhaps that was this article is all about.
Anyway -- yeah, in my not-so-humble opinion, I think tracks like "Evil Eye" and "Bullet" add far more to the so-called "new Scottish Gentry's" canon than is taken away with "Treason! Animals." Maybe it's something personal. "Love Illumination," "Fresh Strawberries," and "Right Action" bring out some slick alter-ego that still wishes it were Alex Kapranos. Still, all the reviews that took potshots at Franz Ferdinand's past fame and growing age acted as if that makes a difference. It really doesn't.
Motherfuckin' Conclusion:
Some idiot/genius named Lester Bangs once said, "The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious." If you read this far without slitting your wrists and developing some warped contempt for this self-indulgent, yet patently insecure author, remember that. This was whole exercise was merely a tongue-in-cheek reminder that music reviews don't have to be the end-all-be-all. Admittedly, every single negative quote was cherry picked from dozenss of other reviews that praised these magnificent musicians, but it serves to make a point. Criticism is weird like that, and objectivity is that white buffalo critics wish to chase off a cliff.
I can almost guarantee these pessimistic evaluations were all written by weirdos like me, with a similar set of problems, fears and an identical amount of inflated self-importance. Still, this is probably one of the few places you'll find a critic admitting that. But enough about my opinion. I want to hear what albums you liked, especially those the music gatekeepers totally neglected. Comments, go.
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The Swan Coastal plain stretches for over 600km along the west coast of Western Australia. It's Mediterranean climate has proved attractive to the majority of residents of the state, resulting in extensive clearing of original vegetation and the drainage or filling of most wetlands. Climate change is placing an additional layer of uncertainty over the future of remaining natural vegetation, with reduced rainfall and a lowering of water tables causing extensive loss of Banksia woodland and the complete or hastened drying out of ephemeral wetlands. The project proposal is to:
* revegetate much of the former quarry site with Banksia woodland vegetation in the knowledge that quarrying has reduced the thickness of sand between the new land surface and the climate-change-induced lower water tableand
* create new wetlands that will add to the biodiversity of the post-quarrying minesite and replace some of the natural wetlands lost over the last 200 years of urban development on the Swan Coastal Plain.
The creation of new habitat complexes that previously did not occur on the quarry site will theoretically allow the introduction of some wildlife species that either are now endangered on the Swan Coastal Plain such as the mainland quokka or which have suffered major range reductions through wetland loss and/or climate change such as many species of waterbirds.
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by Nico DeMattia December 30, 2020
The Audi RS6 Avant is a brilliant all-around performance car. It’s fast, it’s fun to drive, it looks great, has a lovely cabin and is a practical family wagon. There’s really very little the RS6 doesn’t do brilliantly. However, there are some enthusiasts that are less than thrilled with its straight-line speed. Although the RS6 Avant is fast, it’s not quite as fast as its closest rivals, the BMW M5 and Mercedes-AMG E63. Despite having supercar levels of speed, the RS6 is a few tenths slower than both of its aforementioned competitors, which does dampen the thrill a bit. However, RS6 Avant owners should still be proud of how fast their car is, as it was still one of the fastest cars Motor Trend tested in 2020.
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Admittedly, it still wasn’t as fast as the Mercedes-AMG E63 S Wagon (BMW M5 wasn’t tested in 2020) but the Audi RS6 Avant was fast enough to rank in the top fifteen. Thanks to its 4.0 liter twin-turbocharged V8 and 591 horsepower, the Audi RS6 Avant was able to get from 0-60 mph, in the hands of MT test drivers, in just 3.1 seconds. That’s a tenth behind the AMG but two tenths faster than the more expensive BMW M8 Competition Coupe.
It was also faster than both the BMW X6 M Competition and Porsche Cayenne Coupe Turbo by one tenth of a second to 60 mph. Those two cars are SUVs, so maybe it’s not that impressive that the RS6 was only a tenth faster but it was faster nevertheless.
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The reason this is important is that fans seem to get a bit bummed when they see the Audi RS6 Avant lose drag races in videos against cars like the M5 and E63. However, seeing just how fast the RS6 Avant really is and how it stacks up against some of the fastest cars on the market really puts things into perspective. The RS6 is still a shockingly fast car and one that will eat sports cars for breakfast with ease.
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My first video games console was the Sega Genesis. From there, I got a Nintendo 64, a PlayStation One, and so on and so forth. Why am I mentioning these ancient machines? Because these are the ancestors of what we play today. Sure they’re not in production anymore, but that doesn’t count. Okay, so they also have outdated graphics, sure I’ll give you that. Yes they run on outdated format. No, I know the controllers are better nowadays, would you just let me get to my point?
Thank you. Just like these systems from a bygone era gave us the foundation for a bright future where games are now recognized as one of the biggest forms of entertainment, and as a form of art, they also gave us something else. They gave us classic titles to inspire today’s developers. Many of the people working on today’s hits were once programming 16-bit titles. Sometimes its good for both gamer and developer alike to pay homage to the ones who have come before.
So let me ask you this then, have you ever heard of a Super Nintendo game called Putty Squad? Yeah, me neither, but apparently it was slated to release on a number of other systems and never quite made it past that point. The good news is that it’s coming back, on the PS4!
They’re releasing a SNES game on the PS4? You’re kidding right?
No, I’m not kidding, and even though it’s technically a SNES game, it’s not like they’re just porting it, dated graphics and all. Come on, give them some credit. The classic game has been redone with a fresh coat of paint and on PS4 it runs in glorious 1080p resolution. The game is also coming to PS3, and Vita. At a glance, the game seems like a standard side scrolling adventure, but it does have some unique features.
For one, the story is a classic setup with a unique character. You play as Putty, a literal ball of sentient putty who goes on an adventure to save his kidnapped friends. I would love to know his backstory. For example, how did he gain intelligence? Was it through some science experiment gone awry? Was he mistreated and therefore given life through the sympathy of some deity who breathed life into him to rescue his friends and exact vengeance?
No, and I don’t think that’s going to be addressed in the game, so any of my suggestions will do just fine. The game is split into levels which you access through a classic world map. Each level has you exploring, finding friends, and dodging traps. What’s interesting how Putty can morph to suit his needs. Your attack involves becoming a fist and punching your enemies.
You can constrict and release yourself to dash across short distances. You can also use this to reach high ledges and you can even smush yourself down to fit through tight spaces. All this, and you can inflate to reach higher places. Seriously Mario, you could take a few lessons from this guy, he’s very versatile and environmentally friendly. You also find power ups and additional attacks through the course of the game.
So how does it look on PS4?
In a word, pretty. Running at 1080p makes the colors and updated graphics shine with a crisp quality. This isn’t going to rival Killzone: Shadow Fall, but it does look very nice when compared to some of the more dull shooters of our day. Although it seems that attractive colors and sharp graphics are very prevalent in the PS4’s launch lineup.
The game also features a variety of environments to keep things fresh. Everything from jungles, to egyptian tombs, to laboratories, the game keeps everything fresh and interesting so you’re never bored of how it looks.
So, let’s recap the main features of this game.
1. A classic reborn with new graphics and running at 1080p resolution for great color and crisp clarity
2. Fast, fun, and addictive gameplay across a wide variety of levels.
3. Many different traversal and attack options, keeping things engaging.
4. Tons of nostalgia for anyone who has played the original.
Putty Squad will release as a launch title for the PS4, and be available for download on the PlayStation Store.
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The Hornets are third in NorCal Division II by Cal-Hi, benefitting from the 30-28 loss from previous No. 3 Northgate of Walnut Creek to Concord, which moved into the rankings at No. 10.
Enterprise continues to win decisively after thrashing Foothill 56-0 last week, and is in line for a NorCal bowl game behind two North Coast Section teams Clayton Valley (Concord) and Casa Grande (Petaluma). But the Hornets have a big test this week at the Sutter Huskies, No. 10 in D-III North, one in which Cal-Hi Sports has labeled as one of their "Upset Alerts" for the week. Cal-Hi is 5-7 on their upset alerts on the year.
In the MaxPreps state bowl game computer rankings, Enterprise has been No. 1 every week and hold that spot as one of two unbeatens in the top 10. It is also the only NSCIF team in the top 10 while Casa Grande is third and Clayton Valley is fourth - the two ranked ahead of Enterprise in the human polls.
As mentioned above, Sutter is ranked in the top 10 by Cal-Hi, and is also fifth in D-III North by MaxPreps. West Valley is third by MaxPreps but has been a Cal-Hi bubble team since losing its only game to Enterprise on Sept. 13.
Central Valley has also made it as a bubble team for Cal-Hi.
The only other Northern Section team mentioned by either rankings is Biggs in D-IV North, coming in at No. 9 by MaxPreps at 7-0.
MaxPreps' computer rankings
D-II North
1. (1) Enterprise (Redding), 7-0, 44.3
2. (2) Inderkum (Sacramento), 5-2, 41.9
3. (3) Casa Grande (Petaluma), 7-0, 39.0
4. (4) Clayton Valley Charter (Concord), 6-1, 35.2
5. (6) Casa Roble (Orangevale), 6-1, 34.5
6. (9) American Canyon, 6-1, 32.2
7. (NR) Rio Linda, 6-1, 30.8
8. (7) Milpitas, 5-1, 29.4
9. (8) Miramonte (Orinda), 5-2, 29.2
10.(10) Manteca, 6-1, 29.1
D-III North
1. (1) Campolindo (Moraga), 7-0, 43.2
2. (2) Marin Catholic (Kentfield), 8-0, 41.7
3. (3) West Valley (Cottonwood), 6-1, 36.9
4. (4) El Cerrito, 5-2, 36.3
5. (6) Sutter, 6-1, 29.3
6. (7) Analy (Sebastopol), 7-1, 29.8
7. (NR) Sacred Heart Prep (Atherton), 6-0, 28.9
8. (NR) Hilmar, 8-0, 28.5
9. (5) Ripon, 7-1, 27.4
10. (8) San Marin (Novato), 6-1, 25.5
D-IV North
1. (1) Central Catholic (Modesto), 6-1, 31.3
2. (2) McClymonds (Oakland), 4-2, 18.6
3. (3) Middletown, 6-1, 17.3
4. (5) Modesto Christian, 4-3, 13.3
5. (6) Capital Christian (Sacramento), 6-1, 10.6
6. (4) Le Grand, 7-0, 9.2
7. (7) Valley Christian (Dublin), 3-3, 9.6
8. (8) Bradshaw Christian (Sacramento), 5-2, 8.5
9. (9) Biggs, 7-0, 7.0
10. (10) Ripon Christian, 6-1, 4.4
Connect with T.J. Holmes on:
Twitter: @tjholmes_RS
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Email: tholmes@redding.com
Blog: Prepbeat
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Quiz: This Week in Celebrity History: Nov 26 – Dec 2
What character does Robert Downey, Jr, Will Ferrell, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ian McKellen, and Jonny Lee Miller all have in common?
Victor Frankenstein/His Creature
They've all played Sherlock Holmes! The character originally appeared 130 years ago this week. Will Ferrell recently wrapped shooting on Holmes and Watson, co-starring John C. Riley. The movie is set to premiere in 2018.
Happy birthday Janelle Monáe! Do you know the name of the successful art collaborative she started when she was just 15?
Wondaland Arts Society
The ArchAndroid Club
The Electric Lady Community
The Janelle Monáe Experience
Wondaland Arts Society! Monáe banded together with like minded artists after moving to Atlanta, Georgia in 2001 to create the arts collaborative.
The Divine Miss M is also celebrating her birthday today! Do you know who she was named after?
Bette Davis! Midler's mother was unaware that Davis pronounced her first name "Betty", and that's how a star was born named!
Nov 1994 – The world was shocked when Susan Smith finally admitted to killing her children. Do you remember her original story?
Husband kidnapped them
Kids ran away
23 years ago, the nation was heartbroken over the news that two young children were missing after a carjacking. The nation was furious when the truth came out. Susan Smith had pushed her car into a lake, with the young children inside.
Casablanca turns 75 this week! The movie was released early to coincide with this victory.
Allied troops re-capture Casablanca during Operation Torch
The Casablanca Conference of 1943
The defeat of Italian forces at the Battle of Keren
The sinking of German battleship Bismarck
The world premiere of Casablanca was moved up to Nov. 26, 1942, after Allied troops re-captured Casablanca, Morocco during Operation Torch!
Frank Sinatra was arrested on Nov 27, 1938 for _____.
Swindling
Seduction! Ol' Blue Eyes was a ladies man from the very start. He was arrested for carrying on with a single woman with no intention of marrying her. The charge was escalated to adultery when it came to light that the young woman was actually married. The charge was eventually dropped.
Jackie Chan & Joan Lin are celebrating a big wedding anniversary this week. Do you know which one?
30th - The Pearl Anniversary
35th - The Coral Anniversary
40th - The Ruby Anniversary
45th - The Sapphire Anniversary
It's their 35th anniversary! Like every marriage, they've had some ups and downs, but have persevered!
Erin Caffey's 2008 crime mirrored this 1996 Reese Witherspoon thriller.
Fear. Just like the '96 thriller, Caffey's story is full of forbidden teenage love, murder plots, and danger.
Marilyn Monroe was a huge star in 1953, but this scandal had the potential to ruin her.
Featured in first issue of Playboy
Divorced Joe DiMaggio
Publicly undergoing psychoanalysis
Refused to film a movie with Frank Sinatra
Marilyn Monroe was the cover girl and centerfold for the debut issue of Playboy, which was released Dec. 1, 1953. This potential scandal threatened her career, but she didn't let it ruin it. She explained to the public that the nude photos featured were taken years before when she was a struggling artist with little options. The public embraced her for it.
Anna Nicole Smith would’ve been 50 this week. Do you know the name she went by before her most famous moniker?
Vickie Nicole
Anna Hogan
Nikki Hart
Her name was always Anna Nicole Smith
Born Vickie Lynn Hogan, and dying as Anna Nicole Smith, there was a large part of her life before fame, where she was Nikki Hart. When she was 5, Smith's mother Virgie married Donald Hart, and she changed her name to Nikki Hart.
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Turqouiz Noiz / Sweat Lodge
TURQOUIZ NOIZ "sweat lodge" LP
"I chose to review this sucker before I even had a chance to test it out. Thank God. Clearly I nabbed the “B” side of the record first, as the track “Aware” was the first thing to slip through the speakers in my direction from the vibrant turquoise vinyl. “Aware” hits at a fast clip, not wasting any time getting to the punchline. Its instrumentals operate mainly staccato chords, imploring its listeners “I’m aware” repeatedly, though keeping the “of what” quite vague. “Glad I laughed” spirals along with more of a spaceship vibe to it, while “Windows” has more of a devious flare to it, with guitar chords that could rip into your soul they’re so raw. Lyrics like “let’s tell the morning light it’s never ever too bright” also make it the most positive track on this side of the album, but we’re interested in hearing more. The last track on the “B” side is a track called “Braid”, which I find to be incredibly gorgeous in its simplicity. It begins as though it’s a love song, then turns into nostalgia while it slowly leads us out of this collection of music. But I’m not done, because we’ve still got side “A” to explore. “Green Hair” has a similar sound to “Aware” instrumentally, but it’s got an incredibly uplifting message in words like “everything’s alright right now everything’s all good now I got faith in all of us.” Apparently they fell in love with San Francisco, and perhaps the green hair was a part of that love story? “Until We Die” – although we can’t say much of the morbid title – is actually our favorite composition on the album, weaving its way into “Nursery Rhyme” which starts out as such, but goes through ebbs and flows of insane energy as well. “Choices” probably has the best potential to be a radio hit, while its subject matter implores its listeners that, essentially, if they’ve fucked up in life at all, “it’s too late.” Heartwarming. And if you’re looking for a heartwarming track, “Stoner” is definitely where it’s at. It’s a track about partying and doing what you want, and I’m 100% on board with that. Turqouiz Noiz isn’t lying with their name. But it’s a safe choice if you’re looking for an entire album you can jam to. Case closed." - Impose Magazine
RELEASED: November 16th, 2016
PRESSED: 500 LP's
01. Green Hair
02. Until We Die
03. Nursery Rhyme
05. Stoner
06. Aware
07. Glad I Laughed
08. Windows
09. Noise
10. Braid
Artwork by Simon Thornton
TURQOUIZ NOIZ "sweat lodge" TAPE
TURQOUIZ NOIZ "maize" SKATE DECK
TURQOUIZ NOUIZ tour poster
SWEAT LODGE "2013" TAPE
SWEAT LODGE "plaid" PATCH
TURQOUIZ NOIZ "white" (XL) T-SHIRT
SWEAT LODGE "tour bus" T-SHIRT
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Over three quarters of executives predict an increased focus on supply chain sustainability in the next three years
By bayshoreJune 19, 2014December 30th, 2020Business & Economic, Environmental, General, Industry News, Press Releases, Supply Chain Management
Over three quarters of supply chain executives and operations managers predict their firms will increase their focus on sustainability over the next three years, according to a survey.
The poll, conducted by PwC and the APICS Foundation and titled “Sustainable Supply Chains: Making Value the Priority,” found 43 per cent of respondents attributed cost reduction to supply chain sustainability initiatives and 35 per cent reported improvements in their company’s environmental impact.
According to PwC and APICS, when companies broaden their perspectives on sustainability and adopt clear strategies to tap ethical, economic, social— and environmental—levers across their extended supply chains, new sources of value can emerge. Companies are realizing the significance of sustainable supply chain initiatives; however, multiple challenges continue to impede widespread adoption of sustainability across environmental, social, economic, and ethical dimensions.
The survey found the biggest barrier to the success of a company’s sustainable supply chain practices was a lack of leadership support. Approximately 30 percent of operations executives surveyed said their company has a documented supply chain sustainability strategy, but only 17 percent of managers and below agreed. As a result, mid-level management is not able to take the steps needed to drive meaningful change in the supply chain.
“It is widely accepted that supply chain sustainability is a priority for many CEOs, but this is a complex business issue that brings with it multifaceted challenges at the management level,” said Sharon Rice, Executive Director, APICS Foundation. “This study identifies patterns in the challenges that arise, helps us understand why these barriers remain, and underscores how supply chain sustainability translates into measurable business value.”
While disconnects about sustainable supply chain strategy may occur between the C-suite and mid-level management, 76 percent of operations professionals said their companies’ focus on creating a more sustainable supply chain will increase over the next three years. Already, 43 percent of operations professionals attributed cost reduction to supply chain sustainability initiatives, while 35 percent reported improvements in their company’s environmental impact. And a quarter of all respondents reported improved customer satisfaction as a result of programs tied to improving supply chain sustainability.
“There is a clear correlation – and in some instances causality – between sustainability and supply chain performance for companies who believe they can do well by doing good,” said Nic Delaye, a director in PwC’s Sustainable Business Solutions practice. “Companies should aim to better understand the major dynamics of supply chain sustainability and how to overcome the obstacles that traditionally arise, in order to both improve their impact on society and create tangible business value in new ways.”
The major barrier cited in the survey was that leadership does not supply the mandate, incentives, and resources to turn sustainability strategies into action. Additional barriers reported by supply chain professionals included inadequate sustainability education and training, significant confusion about the scope and company goals on supply chain sustainability, and the perception that the impact on shareholder value for such practices is difficult to measure.
More than a third of professionals (38 percent) said that barriers to success included the ability to measure and monitor to targets and goals. Another 40 percent believe employee performance measurement and incentives are not aligned to supply chain sustainability results.
Click here to view the full report.
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