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Bollywood Babes Go Topless: Competition Making Them Feel Insecure?
October 22, 2015 by Aparna
We are seeing a trend where more and more Bollywood actresses are going Top-less. Is the fierce competition in the industry making them feel insecure? Lets find out more here.
Although some of them might say that they are doing it for a cause, or they want to try out something different in their photo-shoots, we all know why they do it….for publicity of course.
And for some of them its just peer pressure. Few years back, you would hardy see such pictures of top Bollywood actresses, but now more and more of them are doing it. Just because someone has done it means even you have to do it.
Nevertheless, check out these top Bollywood babes who dared to bare it all. We start with the bigger ones first (I mean the bigger celebrities), whom the audience least expect to do such photo-shoots.
In Bollywood, Vidya has the image of a simple & sweet girl so you would least expect her to shoot topless. However, Vidya Balan has gone top-less at least on a couple of occasions for Daboo Ratnani’s calendar shoot.
Bebo is among the top actresses in Bollywood, and earlier was known to be a bit conservative when it came to doing bold scenes. The fact that she missed out on movies like ‘The Dirty Picture’ has probably made her change her mind. Her size-zero bikini shot in ‘Tashan’ and her top-less scene with hubby Saif in the movie ‘Kurbaan’ proves that.
More into television, Mandira Bedi is another celebrity whom you least expect to go top-less. But she has done it for a men’s magazine and it has actually turned out to be among the most sensuous cover photo.
Now we take a look at those celebrities, who are either struggling with their career or are trying to make one.
Once considered to be among the sexiest women in Bollywood, and also a happy couple (when she was with John), Bipasha has got sidelined over the years (when it comes to doing films). Bollywood’s dusky beauty has also gone topless for a popular men’s magazine.
Ameesha Patel
Ameesha had worked with Hrithik Roshan in her debut film, but since then, has lost her way. She still manages to get films but not as the lead actress anymore. Ameesha too has gone topless for a bold photo shoot.
Nargis Fakri
Nargis is among the newer lot of actresses in Bollywood, and she was born and brought up abroad, so I guess it would not have been that difficult for her to go topless (compared to others). Nargis Fakri went topless for a photo shoot.
Neha has been in the industry for several years now and has done several films, but hardly any as the lead actress. The sizzling Bollywood babe went topless for ‘Go Green’ calendar to create awareness on global warming.
In her days, Mallika Sherawat was liked for her bold and daring acts. In at least one occasion, Mallika posted her topless picture online and received lot of compliments, as well as flak. But now even such acts don’t seem to be working for Mallika anymore.
We doubt Sherlyn Chopra would ever get to act in the mainstream Bollywood movies. Nevertheless, she does get assignments in India as well as as abroad. Sherlyn also has done a sizzling hot topless photo shoot.
Sonali Raut
If you’re a fan of the television show ‘Bigg Boss’, I’m sure you recognize the hot contestant Sonali Raut. what probably many don’t know is that the Kingfisher model made her Bollywood debut with Himesh Reshammiya’s film ‘The Xpose’. And even fewer know that the actress had done a super hot photo-shoot with Bollywood’s superstar Ranveer Singh, where she was top-less. The topless shoot was for a popular lifestyle magazine.
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Remembrance Day Service - 8th November 2020, 10:30am
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/833091634
A password is not necessary but there will be a waiting room operating
This is an all-age service involving the Baptist Chapel (Pastor Brian) and the Church (Reverend Alison) and there will be a two minute silence at 11.00am - which we can participate in at home or on our doorsteps/driveways.
If you are not able to make this Zoom service, there will be a pre-recorded service you can watch at any time available on A Church Near You Billesdon:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/3500/
The school has provided poppies to share with the villagers - please pop into the village shop to pick up one to display in your window.
The children have all taken part in the prayers for the service; click here for the Lord's Prayer
Each class has produced work to celebrate this important festival:
Joy Class have sung “Big Red Combine Harvester” and produced lots of paintings to go with it. Video here
Peace Class learned and performed an acrostic poem. Video here
Hope Class learned and produced Harvest poems linked to feelings and actions. Their beautifully written poems are displayed in Church. Video here
Faith Class created and read prayers to thank God and the producers of our food for the Harvest. Video here
The whole school have celebrated Harvest Festival in their "bubbles" and shared each other's work.
PowerPoint of work here
The children’s work has been added to the Harvest Festival displays in the church and will be available for viewing after the Church service on 4th October 2020.
Collective Worship - Monday 15th June 2020
Reverend Alison and Mrs Willcocks explore the story of Jesus Feeds the 5000 to share in school and at home. We were thinking about service and how to give to others. Click here for the video.
Collective Worship - Tuesday 16th June 2020
Reverend Rosie shared a video telling the story of Esther on the theme of service. Click here for the video.
Collective Worship - Monday 22nd June 2020
Reverend Alison and Mrs Willcocks share the story of Jesus Turns Water into Wine to share in school and at home. We were thinking about courageous service. Click here for the video.
Collective Worship - Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Reverend Jayne shared a video telling of the Brave Women in the story of Moses on the theme of courageous service. Click here for the video.
Reverend Alison and Mrs Willcocks share the story of A Paralysed Man to share in school and at home. We were thinking about serving the local community. Click here for the video.
Reverend Rosie shared the story of The 10 Lepers who Jesus healed to continuing thinking about serving the local community. Please click on this link to access the video: The 10 Lepers
Collective Worship - Monday 6th July 2020
Reverend Alison and Mrs Willcocks share the story of a Woman Annointing Jesus' Feet to share in school and at home. We were thinking about friendship in good times and bad. Click here for the video.
Collective Worship - Tuesday 7th July 2020
Reverend Jayne shares the story of Jesus Friends Mary, Martha and Lazarus as part of this week's theme. Click here for the video.
Collective Worship - Monday 13th July 2020
Reverend Alison and Mrs Willcocks share the story of Jesus Calms the Storm to share in school and at home. We were thinking about transitions and moving on. Click here for the video.
Collective Worship - Tuesday 14th July 2020
Reverend Rosie shares the story of Ascension; Jesus Says Goodbye as part of this week's theme. Click here for the video.
Collective Worship - Friday 10th July 2020
Year 6 Leaver's Service provided by the Diocese for this special year. Click here for the video.
Year 6 - Black Lives Matters Assembly
Reverend Alison and our local community produced a video to share with school. Click here for the video.
Year 6 - Pride Assembly
Reverend Alison and Reverend Wendy shared a video for Pride Month 2020. Click here for the video.
Well Done to everyone across the school for working with their family on the Homework. The wonderful creations about 'The Woman at the Well' story are going to be proudly displayed in the hall. (See below)
Whole school Homework - Half Term Autumn 2019:
For this half term holiday, we are going to set a ‘whole school’ homework project.
Following on from the 8 words we chose to link our Christian Values with our Route 2 Resilience program last academic year (Curiosity, Courage, Confidence, Perseverance, Problem Solving, Imagination, Independence & Resilience), our next step along our spiritual journey is to learn about the bible story we have chosen to learn about at different levels throughout the school. The homework for Joy class is to see to if they are able to work with adults to find the story of ‘The Woman at the well’ in a bible. Each child from Peace, Hope and Faith Class need to find out about the story of ‘The Woman at the Well’.
Their understanding of the story will be explored through discussions, art, writing, drama, dance, music, song and other activities, at appropriate levels, next half term. The children are welcome to bring a record of anything they have done to find out about the story that can be shared across the school, when we return.
To start inspiring them, below is an image that will be explored of ‘Jesus with the Woman at the well’ by Jhoti Sahi.
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Hello readers, my old friends.Let me talk to you again.About movies.Especially bad movies.Not all bad movies are not visible, most of them are completely accessible.Some are even good for some people.After 15 years of release, "When you drink juice in the hood, don't pose a threat to South Central "?Who knows?Oh, wait...me.What is this movie about?The film focused on the ashtray, which he was sent to live with his father in the "project.
It mainly tracks ashtrays, Loc dogs, pastors and Crazy Legs, and their dayto-day lives.The ashtray saw all the violence and poverty rampant in the project and he decided to quit.OK, now after the initial "serious" look at the plot.
The film is the predecessor of the horror film, but its goal is not to deceive the horror film, but the black film.of-ageâx80x9d movies.They imitate films such as the threat II Society, the rogue boys and the Friday.I don't want to compare it to one of the greatest parody movies of all --Because it's not muddy like a plane.
But of course you can compare.
Oh God, Why?When we met Ashtara's father, we found that he was barely as big as an ashtray.Later, when the ashtray was going to the party, he seemed to be older than his father and said that his father could not come because it was a party over the age of 18.When a movie tries to deliver a message (for example, when the ashtray is in the narrative), the postman shows up and says "message "!Just to make sure you catch it.
He did it four times in the movie, including one time when he showed up on the screen and said what he said about f * kis, when Loc Dog said a statement they didn't know, don't show when drinking juice in the hood, or don't care about posing a threat to South Central.This is all about it.This is all about it.No, it doesn't make much sense when he says it out loud.When we met the family of Loc dog, his grandmother called him "".
Other rubbish.
She dared him to hit her and poke her until he snapped and hit her on the table.The grandma did all sorts of awesome things including driving around, taking a huge joint and taking a break.Loc dog has 4-5 braids, like Curio's hair, only a little thicker.
At the end of the braid, he has different things tied to the end of the braid, including a crazy straw, a binky and a condom, whether in the wrapping paper or outside.Crazy Legs are the best rest dancers in the neighborhood, but now he's paralyzed.Later, when his chair was out of control, he was hit by a car.
They sent him to the hospital and checked again later, and he told his friend that the doctor told him that he would never walk again.Until they remembered that he was paralyzed and everyone was fine and they began to cry.The Ashtray (played by Sean Welles) saw a beautiful woman at the party, but Loc Dog (played by Malone Welles) told him to stay away from her and say that she had more children than she did.
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Ashtray & Loc Dog to the convenience store but not 7-11 â x80 x99 s it was called 40 â x80 x99 s and 9 â x80 x99 s.While they were shopping, Asian shopkeepers were skeptical about them, but ignored the whites who were actually stealing.They all started quarreling, the owner.The lady was shot by a white man and we found out he was a "man ".
He threw the gun to Loc Dog, crossed his name off the list (including Simpson, Tyson and Jackson), threw a leather glove and took off.The ashtray is testing the driver with the coach.The coach told him to turn around and then he told them to pull over.
We saw them parked in front of the bank and the coach robbed the bank.He ran out and stuffed a gun into ashtrai's face and shouted at him for driving.Great Bernie Mack appeared in the film as an officer self-hatred.
He arrested the ashtray and Loc Dog, and throughout the process of arresting them, he kept saying how much he hated black people.It's interesting to hear Mr.3000 of people will say that.When they were in jail, the police had an arcade cabinet called rodney Ride s Ride, and a group of white police officers beat a black man with a baton while someone was filming. The quasi-The villain in the movie has a face tattoo on his toothpick, apparently changing from one scene to another.
If you understand what I mean, the girl who dropped the ashtray is already around the block.She lives at 6969 infiltration Avenue.Wait, has it just happened?Grandma went to church and was walked in by a young man (she patted his ass as he walked away ).The preacher â x80 ¦. it too great.Every word he says has this beat, which is great.
\ "This is God's expectation of his sheep, on the side of the road leading to the jeshoko missionary Zion Baptist Church, on the double rocks of the larger Ebenezer New revival tree of lifeI'm talking about the mounted police!Huh!You will help me!Not all bad..The film is one of the better parody films.This is the predecessor of the horror film, which gave birth to a series of terrible horror movies.
But this is a very good job.
It's been fun all the time, no terrible annoying.The obstacles in the whole run are recalled enough to keep them interesting without letting them bring the jokes to the ground.Don't be a threat, appear in the right way on the parody side, make the movies similar, but subvert what these movies are trying to say.
It's better to make a movie reference these days, then look at the camera and say, "Do you understand ?"?The story in that movie!This will be more subtle.You may like the film.Even though it's 15 years old, it really stands.It's worth a visit if you have a chance.Moviesâx80x9dâx80¦.So, I was told last Saturday about the movie and I really thought about not making it this week and turning it off.
But since I said I would, I will wait until next week to review again.....The tramp with a shotgunBy name alone, you can become a strong contender for Oscar.He has some kind of weapon.I can\'t wait!
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Home > England > Somerset > Historic Buildings > Sir Bevil Grenville Monument
Sir Bevil Grenville Monument
History, tourist information, and nearby accommodation
BY DAVID ROSS, EDITOR
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Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument
A neoclassical monument commemorating Sir Bevil Grenville, who commanded a Royalist troop of Cornish soldiers at the Battle of Lansdown, in 1643.
The Battle of Lansdown
Sir Bevil Grenville was born in 1596. He was the grandson of Sir Richard Grenville, an Elizabethan naval hero. In 1642 he raised a troop of Cornish infantrymen on behalf of Charles I. Grenville led his men in several of the early Civil War battles as part of the king's Western Army. In early 1643 Charles launched an offensive to capture London. He led his men south from Oxford to join forces with the Western Army, who were marching north from Devon.
The monument top
The commander of the Parliamentary forces in the West Country was Sir William Waller, who desperately wanted to keep the two Royalist armies from joining together. Waller arrayed his forces atop Lansdown Hill, north of Bath, in a position where his guns could control the major route to London (now the A4).
On 5 July 1643, Grenville led his men in a series of charges up the steep hill in an attempt to dislodge Waller's soldiers from their commanding position. When you look at the slope of the hill today you can see what a nearly impossible task the charge was. Twice the Cornishmen charged up the hill and twice they were beaten back by Waller's men.
A third time Grenville led his men up the hill, and against all the odds they dislodged the Parliamentary army and captured the guns. Waller immediately launched a counter-attack, but Grenville's men beat them off. The Parliamentary army were forced to withdraw and cede the battle to the Cornishmen.
Grenville was mortally wounded during the Royalist counter-attack and died the following day. He is buried at St James church in Kilkhampton, Cornwall. Grenville's courage helped inspire support for the Royalist cause.
The monument was built in 1720 by Grenvile's grandson, Henry Grenville, Lord Lansdown. The striking memorial of ashlar and slate was erected on the site where Grenville fell. It is generally considered the first war memorial in Britain, though it was a very personal memorial, rather than the more public war memorials that followed. Nowadays it is unusual to find a town or village in Britain that does not have a public war memorial, so it is fascinating to see the monument that initiated the tradition.
The memorial stands 25 feet high and is in the Baroque style that was briefly popular in the early 18th century. On the south side is a panel with an inscription describing the battle. On the north side are a pair of poems, and on the upper section is a griffin holding the Grenville coat of arms.
The monument stands directly beside the Cotswold Way national trail, and is about 100 yards from the road.
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About Sir Bevil Grenville Monument
Address: Battlefields, Wick, Somerset, England, BA1 9DD
Attraction Type: Historic Building - Monument
Location: Open access site. Off a minor road north of Lansdown village and four miles north of Bath. There is a layby on the east side of the road (heading north).
Website: Sir Bevil Grenville Monument
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Opening Details: Open access site, usually accessible at any reasonable time
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Food Not Bombs of Fort Lauderdale has filed a federal lawsuit against Fort Lauderdale over the city's recent homeless feeding ordinance. The group is saying that the city violated its First and Fourth amendment rights through the regulations passed in October last year. Since the ordinance was passed, members of Food Not Bombs have continued to defy it and feed the homeless at Stranahan Park in downtown Fort Lauderdale. They say that the ordinance keeps them from practicing their freedom of expression, speech, and association.
The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, is asking for the ordinance to be struck down as well as for the group to be awarded damages for said violations. The group has in the past called this ordinance a "homeless hate law." A series of five ordinances was passed by the city in 2014 to crack down on the homeless population. They were designed to stop panhandling and discourage people from sleeping on public property.
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The plaintiffs named in the suit are Food Not Bombs members Nathan and Jillian Pim, Haylee Becker, and William Toole. Back in November, Jillian held a hunger strike in protest of the ordinance.
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The ordinance made national headlines after then-90-year-old homeless advocate Arnold Abbott received multiple citations and the threat of jail time for feeding the homeless. The ordinance places restrictions on the sharing of food at outdoor sites, requiring that feedings be located 500 feet from any residence and that feeders provide portable toilets and hand-washing stations.
Over the past several months, Mayor Jack Seiler has received angry letters and has had protesters gather outside his home. Even the hacktivist group Anonymous got in on it when they hacked into the City of Fort Lauderdale's website in an online protest dubbed "Operation Lift the Bans."
Seiler has said he wants to work with Abbott and other advocates.
On December 2, Broward Judge Thomas Lynch issued a temporary ban on the isuing of citations for violating the ordinance so that the two sides could come up with a solution. The ban had been set for 30 days before a second hearing with the judge was held.
"At the last hearing before Judge Lynch on December 22, the city voluntarily offered to suspend enforcement of the ordinance for a period of 45 days," Fort Lauderdale's Public Affairs Manager Chaz Adams tells New Times. According to Adams, this was done "to allow the city and Mr. Abbott to enter into settlement negotiations."
"I have challenged laws across the state of Florida that seek to criminalize homelessness and the work of homeless advocates, and this one is among the most cruel and senseless," said attorney Kirsten Clanton, who is lead council with Southern Legal Counsel, in a statement. "Unfortunately, Fort Lauderdale has joined a growing number of cities in Florida and across the nation in criminalizing the innocent conduct of sharing food with another human being. It is outrageous that the City would waste police and court resources to criminalize the innocent conduct of sharing food with another human being simply because of its misguided belief that the availability of food perpetuates homelessness."
"The right to engage in political protest is at the heart of our democracy," added co-counsel Andrea Costello. "The City of Fort Lauderdale is enforcing laws which attempt to make Food Not Bombs' lawful political organizing a criminal act -- taking political action to share food with those who are hungry while speaking out for human rights is not a crime."
The plaintiffs are being represented by Southern Legal Counsel, the Legal Advocacy Center of Central Florida, and the Law Offices of Mara Shlackman. You can read the full lawsuit below.
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Town clerk :Julie Graeter, current town clerk. Her position is now appointed rather than elected. Phone: 802 264-5520, Email: townclerk@colchestervt.gov
Deciding if general fund expenditures of $13,131,084 should be approved. Of this, $10,938,418 would be raised by taxes, while $2,192,666 would come from non-tax revenues.
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Proposed budget $44.7 million, a 4.78% increase over current budget.
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By COLLINS OMULO
Theirs is nothing luxurious; the trips are cheap with no-frills but fun. They pool resources together or pay for the trips in instalments and stay in cheap lodges.
Young travellers touring Kenya on shoestring budget
Saturday December 12 2020
Wacera Kieha, a member of Lets Drift Community, a travelling group. PHOTO | POOL
For years, tourism in Kenya has been synonymous with the wealthy and foreigners. But young Kenyans are taking up frugal travel as they seek to change their perception of the world, experience different cultures, meet new friends, and make lifelong memories.
Alex Kamau, the founder of Lets Drift Community — a group of more than 250 adventure-loving individuals — is among the young travellers.
The 27-year-old says he was motivated to start the group to allow youth to travel to different destinations on a shoestring budget.
Most local tourism experiences, he says, are too expensive and they are crafted for foreign and rich tourists. Hence the focus is on luxury hotels and activities in beaches and game parks.
To curate packages for the money-conscious youth, he picks less beaten paths and those that are underrated.
“Budget travel is a big thing, especially for millennial travellers. With the flood of information about destinations on the Internet, it’s pretty easy to plan a trip without involving a tour agent,” he says.
Alex says that the group has courted many young people who have fallen in love with exploring the country. They travel by public transport, eat local foods in cheap hotels, and even get hosted by locals in their homes.
For the last two years, he says, they have gone on more than 50 hiking trips in Kiambu County alone, giving young Kenyans access to places they would have never visited at budget-friendly rates. Members can go to unlimited hikes every month after paying a monthly subscription fee of Sh1,000.
He explains that although coastal destinations remain top in the list of places young people are likely to visit, a majority are seeking adventure-filled experiences like cultural festivals, mountaineering, camping, and group road trips.
“This [frugal travel] is the future of domestic tourism. If we have to get more Kenyans to embrace local tourism, we must offer affordable experiences,” he says.
Wacera Kieha was not been a nature-lover, preferring to do yoga. But since joining Lets Drift Community in July, the hiking bug has stung her and no weekend passes without her going hiking or travelling to new destinations.
She says that the group has made travelling affordable. All she has to pay is Sh1,000, a monthly subscription fee, and then cater for transport to the various destinations every month.
“I now love hiking and I do not miss hiking every weekend. I have discovered places I never knew existed at an affordable price,” says Wacera.
The group’s officials scout for new destinations every month then come up with a calendar of which places will be visited every weekend. This is then shared with the members, known as drifters, at the beginning of every month who will then choose which one to go to either on Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
They will then meet at a central location where they take public transport like matatu, which is cheap, to their destination. Each person pays his or her own fare.
“I learnt about the group from a friend,” says the 26-year-old.
“The experience has been amazing, more than I expected. I have gone to places I never knew even existed. For instance, I never knew Kiambu has that many waterfalls. I have come to appreciate nature and I want to experience more,” she adds.
Peter Nyabuto, who joined Lets Drift Community in July, says he has travelled to 15 different places in four months.
Before July, he says, he could not afford to book for a trip through a tour and travel firm.
“I have always wanted to visit different places in the country to see what nature has to offer outside Nairobi. But I could not because tour companies charge expensive rates but since joining Lets Drift, I have not missed hiking every weekend,” says Peter.
The 27-year-old is born and bred in Nairobi and the only time he has been leaving the capital city is to his grandparents’ place, which is not always, and to Mombasa a few times.
“With Lets Drift, I have travelled to many places and met different and interesting people. It has made domestic tourism affordable and has made me curious to see even more. If Kiambu has such beautiful waterfalls and other scenic places, what about other places in Kenya?” he says.
Cynthia Kimola, a communications officer at Knight Frank Kenya, says most Kenyans think that travelling is expensive but the group has disapproved of this notion.
“I have gone to more than six hikes since I joined in March. The experience has been great and I have gone to places I never knew about. We have a WhatsApp group where we share the calendar for the activities,” says the 30-year-old.
“It has re-ignited a desire to travel more around the country and I cannot wait for more,” she adds.
Pancras Karema, the chief executive officer of Expedition Maasai Safaris, a tour and travel operator, says they have adopted a plan akin to budget travelling where clients pay for a trip in installments. This, he points out, is informed by the need to cater to a clientele, mostly comprising young people who have no stable jobs or have just begun working but want to travel on a budget.
“We have a flexible payment plan where one pays in installments even a year. For instance, when you tell a young person to pay Sh15,000 at once to travel to Maasai Mara, it is a bit steep,” says Mr Karema. He explains that most young people do not have disposable income and are looking for something affordable to fit their budget.
“The uptake has been high and because of the volumes we deal with, we negotiate with hotels to get discounted rates because we understand that not every client can afford some of the expensive rates offered by most hotels,” he says.
Simon Kabu, Bonfire Adventures CEO, agrees with Mr Karema pointing out that young people love travelling and exploring but cannot afford the charges by most established tour and travel firms.
As a result, he says, they had to come up with a package known as lipa pole pole — where one pays a deposit, makes a reservation and pays in instalments.
“Young people love travelling but because they do not have a steady income to afford the high-end packages, they opt for budget travelling,” says Mr Kabu.
Tips for travelling on a budget
1. Do away with the luxuries
Be financially-conscious in terms of the kind of accommodation to choose, mode of travel to use, food, among others.
"Look out for discounts. If it is accommodation, don't book the presidential suite, if it is flying don't use first-class, no five-course meal," Mr Karema says.
2. Come up with a plan
Pick a destination(s) you want to visit and the duration. This will eliminate the unexpected expenditure and last-minute rush as these will only add expenses to your travel. Travelling on a whim is great but only if one has money to spare.
3.Do Research
Take your time to conduct some fact-finding on your destination by reading about it, reading reviews about the destination as well as talking to other travellers who have been there before.
4.Travel out of season
Avoid trips during peak seasons like school holidays when prices are high.
5. Book in advance
Be smart by booking in advance when prices are yet to shoot up as the peak season approaches. Book your accommodation and travel ahead of time to avoid the last-minute booking when rates rise.
6. Pool together
Make connections with people who might share the same travelling plan to pool resources. This will help reduce the financial burden that one has to foot when alone as well as making the trip more memorable and exciting.
7. Be flexible
Though it is tempting to plan your itinerary, this is one of the most important qualities of a budget-savvy traveller. Be able to drop plans and switch things up but have a list of important things you miss.
Take advantage of deals and opportunities. Stay in hostels, apartments, or Airbnb.
8. Learn to haggle
Bargain price down from the asking price or wander around before settling on the best offer. However, know when to stop and pay a decent price. You can also avoid shopping in overpriced outlets.
9. Be open to a new adventure
We all have lengthy bucket lists but don't be married to them! Sometimes some of the most amazing destinations in the world aren't on your radar yet but are worth the trip.
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Powering progress or enabling inertia? The role of corporate climate advocacy in 2020
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Hundreds of businesses are now working to deliver net zero emissions, but are their lobbying activities supporting or undermining that goal?
Lobbying has always had something of a bad name. The practice of businesses spending huge sums to improve their access to policy makers and present their preferred proposals to legislators has always been controversial, but in an age of 'dark money' funded campaigns and a revolving door between the public and private sector, lobbying has become more contentious than ever as accusations about vested corporate interests tilting the democratic playing field have become commonplace.
And yet, lobbying can have has its merits. Policy frameworks are hugely complex and seemingly minor decisions made by lawmakers can have huge real world impacts in terms of jobs, investment, and the environment. In this context, businesses setting out their concerns and explaining how legislation can be improved can play a crucial and positive role in the democratic process, especially if businesses are committed to delivering on long term goals to the benefit of society as a whole.
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Whether you regard lobbying as a blessing or a curse there is a lot of it going on, and there are reasons to think it is about to become even more prevalent. With governments unleashing unprecedented spending programmes to reboot the economy in a decade pivotal to the world keeping within the Paris Agreement's warming limit, advocacy has dramatically ramped up. Businesses and the trade groups they are members of have recognised that there is more to play for in their interventions with governments than ever before.
Or, as Tom Brookes, executive director of strategic communications at the European Climate Foundation, puts it: "This really matters now. People have understood that by 2025, you have missed the moment. The moment is now, because this [pandemic] crisis has driven capital reallocation on the scale that could otherwise not possibly have happened. If done wrong, you've set the direction of travel, but if it's done right, you've set the direction of travel." The private sector is massively important in the present moment, given its capacity to either "hugely accelerate change, or create massive inertia", he emphasises.
While the increasingly vocal calls from corporates for a green recovery in the wake of the coronavirus - most recently from the Confederation of British Industry - suggest the private sector is using its voice to advocate positively for the climate, elsewhere work needs to be done to ensure that firms' public sustainability goals and ambitions are not undermined by broader lobbying efforts that harm the climate. As net zero carbon and carbon neutrality pledges have proliferated across the private sector, questions have quickly followed as to whether firms' ambitious in-house climate targets are supported or hampered by their engagements with policymakers. Companies may have a net zero target, but is their lobbying activity net zero compatible?
It is a question being asked by a growing band of investors who have realised that lobbying activity can be something of a blindspot for companies that are otherwise publicly committed to climate action. The fear is that a business can announce new emissions targets, impressing investors and the public in the process, only to then instruct their trade associations or public affairs agencies to continue to lobby against progressive climate policies that would actually help to curb emissions.
It is against this backdrop that corporate climate lobbying has emerged as a major new battleground for investors and environmental campaigners alike.
As Veena Ramani, senior programme director of capital market systems at investor-backed sustainable advocacy group Ceres' explains, companies that do not align their lobbying efforts with climate science are essentially engaging in a form of self-harm. "Climate change is a systemic risk, and any corporate activity that does not recognise the enormity and severity of that risk is a company in effect acting against its own best interests," she argues.
While encouraged by a growing number of companies linking their operational sustainability programmes with their lobbying agenda - and in the case of some companies, such as Microsoft, making responsible climate advocacy a pillar of their sustainability programme - Ramani stresses that much more needs to be done across the private sector to ensure that companies are linking their risk, sustainability, and lobbying efforts.
"Clear-eyed understanding about science and risk should include decisions about climate change within a company, both operationally, and from a lobbying perspective," she says. Earlier this year, Ceres published a blueprint for responsible policy engagement designed to help companies integrate their internal and external climate strategies by encouraging more firms to audit and align their lobbying efforts with climate science.
One company that has won plaudits for its approach to corporate advocacy is Unilever. Last year, chief executive Alan Jope wrote an open letter to all the firm's trade associations asking them to confirm whether their position on climate policy was consistent with the 1.5C ambition set out by the Paris Agreement. The move came after the company left the influential Grocery Manufacturers Association in 2018 over disagreements over climate policy. And prior to that, the firm was part of a coalition of companies - dubbed The B Team - to support a campaign in 2015 that successfully pushed for the 1.5C to become the acceptable limit for warming. It was, according to Thomas Lingard, global climate and environment director at Unilever, a landmark moment for climate advocacy.
"It really was a shocker at the time - business piling in on the 1.5 campaign," he reflects. "But it had the effect of resetting the norm, it put heavyweight businesses and CEOs in the camp of the civil society and deep green advocates."
Unilever wants to be part of a "progressive movement calling for faster ambition from policymakers", Lingard explains, alongside We Mean Business and a growing number of policy advocacy coalitions around the world.
Internal sustainability goals and targets should work in tandem with corporate lobbying efforts and ultimately raise the environmental agenda across the business sector, Lingard emphasises. "Targets drive internal action but targets are also a tool for creating more ambition and an ambition loop dynamic where you can raise the floor for everybody," he explains.
For instance, Unilever's recent pledge to reach net zero emissions from its products by 2039 has resulted in its plans to channel €1bn into initiatives that will purge its cleaning products of fossil fuel derived chemicals - an investment that could help galvanise government investment in carbon capture and storage technologies.
The importance of cranking up this 'ambition loop' to push a cleaner, greener growth pathway is greater than ever, Lingard says, as the global economy buckles under the coronavirus recession. "We've got to keep driving the climate agenda during a period of wobbly economic conditions," he adds. "This is a time to reimagine the economy, to resteer it."
But many companies have a long way to go before they can emulate Unilever, with a large number of firms continuing - whether by mistake or design - to overlook the fact that their trade associations advocate for policies at odds with their own internal climate goals.
Shell, BP and Total have lately - following long-running investor pressure - published the results of internal audits of their trade association memberships, detailing where those groups' climate policies were misaligned with their internal goals. But while the companies withdrew from a select few associations, they remain members of the influential American Petroleum Institute, a group that has consistently and successfully opposed federal attempts at climate change regulation. And in Europe, the cross-sector BusinessEurope group, chemicals sector lobby group CEFIC, and auto trade group ACEA have all been accused to varying degrees of opposing the introduction of tougher EU climate regulation, despite many of their members having announced ambitious emissions goals and called for bolder climate policies on an individual basis. Policymakers would be forgiven for thinking they are getting mixed signals.
Results from a consultation undertaken to inform a new sustainable lobbying framework being created by the Church of England Pensions Board, Swedish investor AP7, and French bank BNP Paribas, have highlighted a continued disconnect between the views of companies and other groups, including investors and civil society, on the influence of industry associations, according to Clare Richards, senior engagement manager from the Church of England Pensions Board.
"You have investors, civil society, and policy makers thinking industry associations are influential or very influential in the set up," she reflects. "But then the very organisations that are members of those industry associations were downplaying the significance that they had." Almost 120 respondents across 18 countries took part in the consultation, which ran over the summer.
Richards surmised that companies' underestimation of their proxies could be remedied if companies undertook more thorough internal audits of those groups' activities. "Companies need to shake off their disbelief in terms of the impact that industry associations are having in the real world and have an honest, open look at how that aligns their own strategic aims and how they are going to transition their company," she said.
The investor coalition is working with Chronos Sustainability on the new framework, which ultimately aims to help climate-focused investors more easily identify those companies helping to drive a net zero transition by embracing lobbying as a force for good. "It's about moving away from a call to 'do no harm' towards what [companies] can actually do to play an active role in lobbying responsibly," Richards explains.
But this shift will require the corporate sector to rethink both its aversion to ambitious regulation, as well as a historically parsimonious approach to collaboration when it comes to advocacy, according to Tom Brookes from European Climate Foundation, who spent 15 years in public affairs for major tech firms, including Apple and Microsoft, prior to joining the non-profit.
"That idea that you can look at the world company by company and not as a connected set of things that we are going to collectively have to deal with - that perspective has to change, and I think it is changing," he muses. "That level of minimising collaboration as much as possible to get the outcome you need - that's the piece that needs to be flipped on its head, and people are starting to understand that."
He adds: "It's not going to be an individual series of self-governed targets or commitments that is going to get this done. Everyone has to be making their own targets, but also committing to advocating for a change in the level playing field."
Meanwhile, companies that fail to modify their lobbying efforts could increasingly have to answer to investors. A flurry of investor resolutions in recent months at major mining, oil and gas, and finance firms have called on management to better disclose their climate lobbying strategies. And just this month, the Climate Action 100+ group of top institutional investors wrote to over 160 of the world's most carbon intensive firms calling on them to set net zero targets. The group also announced the launch of a new Net Zero Company Benchmark, which will be used by investors to gauge corporates' progress. It will judge firms not just on the targets they set, but also on their decarbonisation strategy, governance, capital alignment, and, crucially their climate policy support, or otherwise.
Some investors are even willing to walk away from those firms that fail to respond to their concerns. Nordic asset manager Storebrand recently dumped roughly $27.2m of investments in oil majors Chevron and ExxonMobil, mining giant Rio Tinto, chemical maker BASF, and energy provider Southern Company in protest at their lobbying activity. Plenty of other major companies have been put on notice.
Lobbying may be inherently controversial, but the message for business leaders is increasingly clear. If you want your net zero strategy to be credible, your lobbying activities need to become a force for good.
This article was produced as part of the We Mean Business coalition's partnership with the inaugural Net Zero Festival.
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A Woman "Ordered A Pizza" From 911 To Report That Her Mother Was Being Abused
"You called 911 to order a pizza? This is the wrong number to call for a pizza," the dispatcher initially told the woman.
By Olivia Niland
Olivia Niland BuzzFeed News Reporter
Posted on November 23, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. ET
WTGV / Via 13abc.com
An Ohio woman used "ordering a pizza" as code to let a 911 operator know her mother was in danger, and the operator is now being praised for his quick thinking.
The Nov. 13 call came into Oregon, Ohio, 911 dispatcher Tim Teneyck, who was initially confused by the request for a pizza, but was quickly able to discern that the caller was trying to signal for help in an alleged domestic abuse situation, the Toledo Blade reported.
"You called 911 to order a pizza?" Teneyck asks, according to 911 audio obtained by the Blade. "This is the wrong number to call for a pizza."
"No, no, no, no, you're not understanding," the woman says after giving her apartment address.
"I'm getting you now," Teneyck quickly replies. "We'll get 'em going."
WTVG / Via 13abc.com
After asking the caller if "the other guy" is still there — to which the woman replies yes — Teneyck asks if she needs medical assistance as well. When asked if she can remain on the phone, the woman says no, and repeats that she'd like a pepperoni pizza before Teneyck confirms he's sending help.
Teneyck then told police to turn their sirens off before arriving at the apartment, so as not to alert the suspect of what was happening. Calls to the Oregon Police Department were not immediately returned Saturday.
When police arrived, they arrested Simon Lopez, 56, who allegedly punched and pushed the 911 caller's mother. The mother described Lopez as “disorderly, loud, verbally, and physically abusive," the Toledo Blade reported.
Lopez was charged on Nov. 13 with domestic violence and disorderly conduct while intoxicated and remains in jail, the Lucas County Sheriff's Office confirmed to BuzzFeed News.
Oregon Police Chief Michael Navarre praised dispatcher Teneyck, the Toledo Blade reported.
“He picked up on a woman who was in distress, but was in a position where she couldn’t convey it to him in those words,” Navarre said. “And then he was able to ask her all the right questions without putting her in harm’s way.”
Teneyck told the Blade he worried offenders might catch on to the pizza delivery guise, and advised people calling 911 who are unable to speak freely to at least put the phone down where dispatchers can listen.
“The best thing to do is just have an open phone line and say as much as you can — address and names — until we can figure it all out,” Teneyck said.
Navarre told local TV station WTVG that he'd never encountered a 911 caller trying to order a pizza, but the incident echoes a 2015 Super Bowl ad in which a woman called 911 to order a pizza — and the dispatcher eventually catches on that she's asking for help in a domestic abuse situation.
Olivia Niland is a news reporter and curation editor for BuzzFeed News and is based in Los Angeles.
Contact Olivia Niland at olivia.niland@buzzfeed.com.
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Lewiston NGOs Demand Permanent Shelter For the Homeless Families
Ted Turner Follow on Twitter July 25, 2020
The temporary facilities for the homeless of Lewiston have been shut down, and the dire situation of the poor families, have urged the NGOs to hit the streets and call for permanent shelters for the homeless.
The site of the temporary shelter facilities was Lewiston Memorial Armory. Almost 138 individuals had been residing at the shelter-home for three months during the pandemic and lockdown period. However, with the closure of the shelter facilities last week, 138 citizens have been rendered homeless. Even though the shelters had to be closed last week due to the dearth of funds, the governing authority of Lewiston is still happy about the fact that the homeless had found comfort and care during the raging pandemic. Nonetheless, the governors feel that it is time to face the current situation of homelessness and destitution with a more long-lasting solution, and so the NGOs have decided to call for making provision for permanent shelter facilities to the homeless men, women, and children of Lewiston.
The social activists are urging the government to take steps towards providing permanent shelter to the homeless Lewiston. With families sleeping at open fields and empty streets, it is now high time to probe deeper into the issue and take immediate measures to arrange for permanent shelter-homes.
Some have received housing vouchers during their stay at the temporary shelters. These families will not be housed in the permanent shelter. However, most of the families who have received the voucher are on the waiting list, and the housing complexes nearby, do not fit within their reasonable budgets.
Trinity Jubilee Center Executive Director, Erin Reed, said that it would be more cost-effective to provide permanent shelters than to meet the exorbitant costs of bailing the homeless folks out of prison, or fighting for them in courts, or arranging emergency rooms for them. With the efforts of the NGOs, it is hoped that the governing authority of Lewiston will take immediate steps to provide shelter to the homeless amid the COVID-19 pandemic situation.
Ted Turner is an expert news writer and editor. He holds a diploma in journalism, and presently he is serving as a news editor for the US country's general news at our firm CapitalBay.News.
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Nissan Almera – The Stylish Japanese Sedan With A Class-Above
Nissan, the Japanese giant, is ruling in the global market for its sumptuous fleet. However, this name is not in the top 5 automakers in the Philippines as of now but that makes it no less. From its fleet consisting pickup, SUV, crossover and sedan, Nissan Almera is one of these drives which is winning the hearts of its customers over the years. Initially introduced in the year 1995, this drive is in existence for past 2 decades and still there is no sign of fading of its charm. Just have a look at what this stylish sedan has in store for its customers which is making them crazy –
Sleek & Stylish
Nissan Almera is not a new name and one thing which makes it memorable even with one look is its sleek and stylish exterior. With looks of a premium sedan, this gracious drive has got loads of chrome at the front radiator grille that make a stunning fascia with stylish boomerang headlights. The aerodynamic design of this sedan not only adds more to its aesthetics but also makes it a better performer with noiseless drives and improved fuel efficiency. The sleek structure is further enhanced by 4425 mm x 1695 mm x 1505 mm (L X W X H) along with 2600 mm of wheelbase. The exterior of base variant, 1.2 MT, is complemented by 14-inch steel wheels with 185/70 R14 tires while all the other trims are appointed with 15-inch alloys along with 185/65 R15 rubbers wrapped over them.
Classy Cabin
While traveling in a car, you expect it to be comfortable and convenient and if the same is wrapped with elegance and a class-above, that's like the cherry on the cake. Well, Nissan has ensured that you get the best possible in features available in this segment and so it has added a wide array of aspects which you would hardly find in any other sedan of this class. The greige color scheme of the interior is further enhanced with a piano black finish along with silver accents on the sides of the center console which makes this cabin look absolutely premium. The dash is decorated with all the necessary gauges and gadgets to make the drivings convenient without giving a messy look. You get power windows, manual air conditioning facility, and manual sliding and reclining front seats. Talking about the cabin space, the 2600 mm of wheelbase is pretty good for a drive, which is meant for 5 passengers. The standard boot of this sedan counts to 490 litres which is something you would not find in every other sedan available in this segment. Also, there are various cabin compartments to stuff your handy things.
Uncompromised Performance
For Filipinos, Nissan Almera is offered in 1.2-litre and 1.5-litre engine options and the company proudly claims both to be highly efficient. The 1.2-litre engine knocks out a peak power output measuring 79 PS at 6000 rpm along with a peak torque counting to 106 Nm at 4400 rpm while the bigger sibling, the 1.5-litre power unit, churns out 99 PS of maximum power and 134 Nm of maximum torque.
The 5-speed manual transmission is offered with both the engines while the 4-speed automatic gearbox is restricted only to the 1.5-litre engine. The fuel consumption of this big engine falls between 13.8 to 16.0 kmpl in standard conditions which is quite decent.
Also, the new Almera is engineered for quick response to the steering input and to take the bumps on stride. As far as ride & handling are concerned, you can expect outstanding agility from McPherson struts with coil springs and stabilizer bar front suspension along with a high-response damper which is usually found in high-end luxury sedans. So, you would hardly feel the roughness of an uneven driveway.
Japanese consider safety as an essential feature and not just an optional aspect. Keeping the same in its mind, Nissan has packed the new Nissan Almera with numerous safety and security aspects which can give you peace of mind. There are SRS airbags for driver and front seat passenger to protect you in the case of a collision. Other safety aspects in the package include Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS), Brake Assist (BA) and Electronic Brake-Force Distribution (EBD) to ensure stability and absolute control even on slippery and uneven driveways.
The protection is further enhanced by rear parking sensors (3 Eye) which give the comfort of convenient parking even in tight spots. Also, there is keyless system and trunk remote with a panic button. While some of these features are optional or not available on the base trims, the speed sensing door locks and high mount stop lamp are given as standard features in all the new Nissan Almera variants.
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Only four states — North Carolina, Alabama, Maryland and Virginia — still follow contributory negligence. In cases where a plaintiff is found to have contributed to their damages, then a plaintiff is barred from recovery, including cases such as auto and trucking accidents, premises liability, product liability, and professional liability.
In North Carolina, negligence follows the ordinary or reasonable care standard. Everyone is under a duty to use ordinary care to protect himself and others from injury or damage. Ordinary or reasonable care means the care that a reasonable and prudent person uses under the same or similar circumstances. Failure to use ordinary care is negligence.
When a plaintiff’s contributory negligence is a proximate cause of their injuries for which the plaintiff seeks to recover, it acts as a complete bar to recovery, and the plaintiff recovers nothing.
Unlike the majority of other states that follow comparative negligence, there is no apportionment of fault in North Carolina. The plaintiff is completely barred from recovery if his fault was in any way a cause of the incident, accident or event, even when the defendant was also at fault.
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If a plaintiff can prove that a defendant was “grossly negligent,” then the plaintiff’s own contributory negligence will not bar recovery. However, a plaintiff’s “grossly contributory negligent” can recovery, even when a defendant is grossly negligent.
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By Barbara Davidson
Which Countries Pay The Most and Least for Netflix?
Netflix has achieved global domination country-by-country. But like any plan to take over the world, they needed a strategy. Each Netflix territory has its own subscription price and growing library of titles (shows and movies), so viewers pay more or less per title depending upon where they live.
To find out who is getting the best value, we compared the cost of a basic Netflix package in each country to the national average salary and the number of titles available to watch.
We used World Bank figures to identify average incomes and the crowdsourced Global Netflix Price database to find the cost of Netflix in every country.
Netflix is most affordable in Turkey, where a basic plan starts at 17.99 Turkish Lira (roughly $2.78) per month.
The most expensive place to get Netflix is Switzerland, with a basic plan at 11.90 Swiss Francs ($12.40) per month.
You get the most bang for your buck in Colombia, where a low basic plan of 16,900 pesos ($4.14) gets you access to 4,282 titles (the highest number in South America), giving a cost-per-title of less than 1¢ (0.1 of a U.S. cent).
Angola has the worst deal for Netflix subscribers, with just 391 titles for the equivalent of $7.99, or 2.4¢ per title.
Where in the world do you get more Netflix for your salary?
The World Bank has an average annual salary figure for every country on Earth. We divided each of these figures by 12 to give us a monthly wage for each Netflix territory. Then we calculated the percentage of the monthly earnings you would need to spend to get a basic package depending on where you live.
Monaco is one of just five countries with an average monthly salary of over $5k. This is more than double the average wage of 87% of the countries we studied. Yet Monegasque Netflix costs within a dollar of the majority of countries: $8.69. That equals 0.06% of a Monacan monthly paycheck.
The most expensive places for Netflix compared to local wages are mostly in Africa. In Burundi, the costliest country, the basic package is a real extravagance. Although the price is the same as in Norway, it would account for 45.2% of the average Burundian’s wage.
Who Pays The Most (And Least) Per Netflix Title Around The World?
The movies and series available in each country differ according to local tastes and the deals cut by their producers. While there are nearly 6,000 titles available on U.S. Netflix, the majority of places have fewer than 4,000. Angola has just 391! We divided each country’s Netflix price by the number of titles available to give us a price-per-title for every territory.
Colombia has the best value Netflix in the world, hitting a sweet point between low cost ($4.14/month) and a decent-sized library (4282 titles). Turkish Netflix titles are just a fraction more expensive (0.099¢ each), thanks to the super-cheap price of a subscription. Once more, African countries get the worst deal. Places such as Somalia, Sudan, and Angola have a standard $7.99 fee but fewer than 600 titles – a cost of 1.3¢ or more per title.
The Cost-per-title of Netflix in North America
Canada has the best Netflix deal in North America, boosted by a generous library of 5,730 titles. That makes $0.12¢ per title. Guatemalan Netflix is the worst value due to a paltry library of just 1,800 titles. These titles cost 0.44¢ each.
The Cost-per-title of Netflix in Europe
Our map of Europe shows that Netflix’s value is fairly consistent across the continent. The U.K. has the best rate per title, at 0.15¢ each. The Balkans get a rough ride: North Macedonia is the worst value (1.16¢/title), and Bosnia is second-worst (1.14¢). With libraries of fewer than 800 titles each, a true cinephile would complete Netflix in just a few months in these countries.
The Cost-per-title of Netflix in South America
We’ve already seen how Colombia has the best value Netflix in the world (0.097¢ per title). Brazil and Argentina likewise enjoy low subscription costs, paying 0.007¢ more than Colombia per title. There’s no truly poor-value Netflix in South America. Paraguay pays the most, at 0.23¢ per title with a reasonable library of 3,466 pictures.
The Cost-per-title of Netflix in Middle East & Central Asia
The cost of a Netflix subscription is much the same wherever you are in the Middle East and Central Asia. Turkey – the homeland of MUBI founder Efe Çakarel – is the exception, thanks to its super-cheap $2.78 tariff (0.10¢/title). The size of libraries in this region varies greatly. Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Lebanon, and Jordan each have fewer than 1,000 titles, and Jordan has the worst value at a whopping 1.28¢ per picture.
The Cost-per-title of Netflix in Rest of Asia & Oceania
Australia has the best value Netflix for this region (0.01¢/title). Most of Oceania gets pretty good value, while Asia is mixed: India pays just 0.12¢ for each of its 5,591 titles, while Sri Lanka pays 1.13¢ with 709 titles from which to choose. The big divide in Asia is due to library size rather than the subscription price.
The Cost-per-title of Netflix in Africa
Africa has the biggest disparity in affordability (cost vs. salary). Netflix swallows 45% of your pay in Burundi and just 1.1% in Mauritius. The value per title also varies dramatically. South Africa has it best: 4,987 titles for only $5.86/month gives 0.12¢ per title. Angola pays the most common international fee ($7.99) for the worst library (391 titles), meaning 2.04¢ per title – the worst value in the world!
How Does Your Country Compare to the Rest of the World?
Looking for more details on how your country’s Netflix deal shapes up next to the ones we’ve mentioned? Here’s one for the data nerds: a table containing all the stats we used to draw our conclusions.
Like Google and eBay, the Netflix name has come to be a shorthand for any business that provides the same service. But when choosing a movie streaming service, it’s smart to figure out the value you’re getting, rather than defaulting to the industry leader. MUBI and HBO Now offer quality over quantity, while regional services such as Showmax in Africa is an excellent way to find culturally relevant content and support local talent.
Of course, you might be lucky enough to live in a good value Netflix area – in which case, you can spend your savings on extra popcorn!
Methodology & Sources
To make these visualizations, we used the World Bank’s “Adjusted net national income per capita” data series, which indicates the typical average income of a person resident in a given country. We divided these figures by 12 to estimate average monthly income.
Next, we used the crowdsourced database “Global Netflix Price” (regularly updated and maintained by the Netflix fan community on Reddit) to find out the cost of a Netflix subscription in each country. We then calculated the cost of a Netflix standard subscription as a percentage of each country’s monthly wage. We also calculated the cost of a subscription per title by dividing monthly subscription cost by the number of titles in each library.
Data was gathered in April 2020. For a full breakdown of the data, go to: bit.ly/NetflixPricesMapped
About Barbara Davidson
Babs is a Senior Content Writer and financial guru. She loves exploring fresh ways to save more and enjoy life on a budget! When she’s not writing, you’ll find her binge-watching musicals, reading in the (sporadic) Chicago sunshine and discovering great new places to eat. Accio, tacos!
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A jet boat was seen cruising down the Kettle River at Rock Creek on Saturday, July 18, near children and swimmers. Though it is not illegal to run a power boat on the Kettle River, nearby water users expressed safety concerns. (Cam Thyssen/Submitted)
Police get complaints from swimmers of jet boat in Kettle River
Power boats are legal in the Kettle River, but public safety an issue in summer time
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Jul. 20, 2020 1:30 p.m.
Swimmers were taken by surprise when a jet boat drove by the beach across from the Prospector Pub in Rock Creek on Saturday, zipping over the water where children had minutes earlier been snorkelling.
According to the Grand Forks Conservation Officer Service (COS), at least one call was put in to the R.A.P.P. line to report the boat, which appeared to have three men aboard and was heading downstream towards Midway when reported.
Cpl. Ted Bowen of the Midway RCMP detachment said that two complaints were made about the incident, which claimed the boat was operating dangerously on the river, simply by moving through the same space that tubers and swimmers had been using. Bowen said that an investigation determined that the boat operators were being respectful of other water users.
“All evidence showed they were acting responsibly and not breaking any laws,” Bowen said. The boat owner, a Boundary local, reportedly agreed to not use the boat on the Kettle River for the rest of the season. “At this point in time on the Kettle River,” Bowen said, “it’s just a matter of using common sense.”
Saturday’s incident was not the first such report that local conservation officers have received this season. As such, the Grand Forks COS said it will be submitting a proposed regulation change to restrict the use of jet boats on the Kettle River – if not categorically, then at least for the peak summer season. Saturday’s calls were forwarded to the RCMP “as there may have been a public safety issue with the boat being too close to swimmers,” the COS said.
“It just isn’t an appropriate place for a jet boat – particularly this time of year,” said the Grand Forks COS. With people floating and families swimming in the increasingly warm water – and the water level falling – the public safety risk increases. The COS said that current B.C. regulations are in effect through 2021, so any possible change to the watercraft regulations for the Kettle River wouldn’t likely come about until the spring of 2022.
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Progress reported in Bahrain’s response to Coronavirus
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In recent days the World Health Organisation commended Bahrain’s measures to respond to Coronavirus and protect the public. In late February the virus spread widely across the region among pilgrims returning from Iran; including Lebanon, Iraq, Kuwait and Oman.
As of 11 March, a total of 195 cases have been recorded. Although one case is reportedly in a critical condition; the majority of cases have been reported as stable, with 35 cases that have made full recovery. According to the Ministry of Health, almost all these cases were individuals who had been infected overseas, with only five cases of infection inside the Kingdom being logged. Nearly 8,000 citizens have already been tested.
Along with numerous other states which have had to cancel or postpone major sporting events and public gatherings; organizers of the 2020 Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix have announced that the race will continue to go ahead, but the event will only be televized. Spectators won’t be able to attend and those who have bought tickets will be refunded.
All travel has been banned to Iran and all recent visitors to Iran are in the process of being tested. On 10 March, the first batch of Bahraini nationals stranded in Iran were repatriated. Meanwhile, as a precautionary measure, Gulf Air has suspended all flights to and from Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s borders with Bahrain and Kuwait have been closed, although trucks are still allowed to cross.
A recent press conference by health professionals stressed the priority of protecting the public and ensuring international standards of best practice in confronting the outbreak. Medical staff across the Kingdom were praised for their exceptional efforts in combatting this unprecedented challenge.
The official response to these challenges has relied on mobile testing units and a dedicated hotline (444). Individuals returning from states like Lebanon, Egypt, South Korea and Italy, where there have been major outbreaks, have been urged to isolate themselves and contact the medical authorities for testing.
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Information on non-hodgkin’s lymphoma, one of the 15 health conditions covered by the VA for Camp Lejeune victims.
This information comes from an aggregate of professional sources, including Cancer.org, the Mayo Clinic and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
From Cancer.org:
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (also known as non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, NHL, or sometimes just lymphoma) is a cancer that starts in cells called lymphocytes, which are part of the body’s immune system. Lymphocytes are in the lymph nodes and other lymphoid tissues (such as the spleen and bone marrow).
The main types of lymphomas are:
Hodgkin lymphoma (also known as Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Hodgkin disease, or Hodgkin’s disease), which is named after Dr. Thomas Hodgkin, who first described it
These different types of lymphomas behave, spread, and respond to treatment differently. Doctors can usually tell the difference between them by looking at the cancer cells under a microscope. In some cases, sensitive lab tests may be needed to tell them apart.
From Mayo Clinic:
Many different subtypes of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma exist. The most common non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma subtypes include diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and follicular lymphoma.
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma symptoms may include:
Painless, swollen lymph nodes in your neck, armpits or groin
Abdominal pain or swelling
Chest pain, coughing or trouble breathing
Normally, lymphocytes go through a predictable life cycle. Old lymphocytes die, and your body creates new ones to replace them. In non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, your lymphocytes don’t die, but continue to grow and divide. This oversupply of lymphocytes crowds into your lymph nodes, causing them to swell.
B cells and T cells – Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma can begin in the:
B cells. B cells fight infection by producing antibodies that neutralize foreign invaders. Most non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma arises from B cells. Subtypes of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that involve B cells include diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, follicular lymphoma, mantle cell lymphoma and Burkitt lymphoma.
T cells. T cells are involved in killing foreign invaders directly. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma occurs less often in T cells. Subtypes of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that involve T cells include peripheral T-cell lymphoma and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.
Whether your non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma arises from your B cells or T cells helps to determine your treatment options. In most cases, people diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma don’t have any obvious risk factors, and many people who have risk factors for the disease never develop it. Some factors that may increase the risk of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma include:
Medications that suppress your immune system. If you’ve had an organ transplant, you’re more susceptible because immunosuppressive therapy has reduced your body’s ability to fight off new illnesses.
Infection with certain viruses and bacteria. Certain viral and bacterial infections appear to increase the risk of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Viruses linked to increased non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma risk include HIV and Epstein-Barr virus. Bacteria linked to an increased risk of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma include the ulcer-causing Helicobacter pylori.
Chemicals. Certain chemicals, such as those used to kill insects and weeds, may increase your risk of developing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. More research is needed to understand the possible link between pesticides and the development of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Older age. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma can occur at any age, but the risk increases with age. It’s most common in people in their 60s or older.
From the NIH:
Exams and Tests –
The doctor will perform a physical exam and check body areas with lymph nodes to feel if they are swollen. The disease may be diagnosed after biopsy of suspected tissue, usually a lymph node biopsy. Other tests that may be done include:
Blood test to check protein levels, liver function, kidney function, and uric acid level
CT scans of the chest, abdomen and pelvis
Gallium scan
PET (positron emission tomography) scan
If tests show you have NHL, more tests will be done to see how far it has spread. This is called staging. Staging helps guide future treatment and follow-up.
Treatment depends on:
The specific type of lymphoma
The stage when you are first diagnosed
Your age and overall health
Symptoms, including weight loss, fever, and night sweats
You may receive chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or both. Or you may not need any immediate treatment. Your doctor can tell you more about your specific treatment. Radioimmunotherapy may be used in some cases. This involves linking a radioactive substance to an antibody that targets the cancerous cells and injecting the substance into the body.
High-dose chemotherapy may be given when NHL returns after treatment or does not respond to the first treatment. This is followed by an autologous stem cell transplant (using your own stem cells) to rescue the bone marrow after the high-dose chemotherapy. With certain types of NHL, these treatment steps are used at first remission to try and achieve a cure.
Blood transfusions or platelet transfusions may be required if blood counts are low.
Outlook (Prognosis) –
Low-grade NHL usually cannot be cured by chemotherapy alone. Low-grade NHL progresses slowly and it may take many years before the disease gets worse or even requires treatment. The need for treatment is usually determined by symptoms, how fast the disease is worsening, and if blood counts are low. Chemotherapy can often cure many types of high-grade lymphomas. If the cancer does not respond to chemotherapy, the disease can cause rapid death.
Possible Complications –
NHL itself and its treatments can lead to health problems. These include:
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Side effects of chemotherapy drugs
Keep following up with a doctor who knows about monitoring and preventing these complications.
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Kathryn April 28, 2015 - 8:18 pm
Does anybody know why non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is one of the 15 health conditions at LeJeune covered by the VA listed as but Hodgkin’s lymphoma is not?
Civilian Exposure April 30, 2015 - 9:28 pm
Great question, Kathryn. In the recently released Civilian Mortality Study by the ATSDR in July 2014, researchers found “found increased risk of death in the Camp Lejeune cohort for several causes including cancers of the cervix, esophagus, kidney, and liver, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and multiple myeloma.” Through our own research and efforts, we are quickly realizing that The Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012, which specifically listed 15 conditions for coverage, was vastly limited in scope and approach to this problem. As new research, scientific studies and data come in, we believe that more primary and secondary health conditions beyond the 15 will be linked to contamination at Camp Lejeune. Some in the cause are already pushing the call to make any condition presumptive, rather than having to prove connection. We have also found that the scope of the law was also significantly flawed by not specifically including detailed language also for civilian DOD workers, spouses and children (including those exposed in utero). We hope with more outreach and awareness that your questions and ours will be heard and resolved. To read the Civilian Mortality Study, please click here. Thank you for your comment/question. -GS
Civilian Exposure January 28, 2016 - 3:21 pm
Good question. In February 2014 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its report on the effects of the water contamination. The report found that Lejeune Marines had about a 10 percent higher risk of dying from any type of cancer compared to the Marines stationed at Camp Pendleton. Lejeune Marines had a 35 percent higher risk of kidney cancer, a 42 percent higher risk of liver cancer, a 47 percent higher risk of Hodgkin lymphoma, a 68 percent higher risk of multiple myeloma, and double the risk of ALS. Given this new information from 2014, I wouldn’t be surprise to see it added. The problem so far has been the limitation of the 2012 law list, and the government’s reluctance to add further health conditions to that list. We’re hopeful as the scientific evidence continues to mount that this will change. – GS
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The world blurs and you find yourself in a forest.
You look around to find that you have appeared right in the middle of a pack of anthro-wolves
Written by catprog on 22 June 2007
Looking around, you notice that it's getting dark, and it seems to be autumn. Oh yes, and you are surrounded by a mix of male and female wolf people.
"Oh well," one of the females sighs. "So much for that hunt." She turns to the younger female beside her and continues: "Let's go home, dear. They'll be hunting her now."
Written by Won-Tolla on 22 June 2007
You join the pack and try to fit in.
You choose to join the pack, rather than trying to run away or fight against them like your instincts seem to be telling you to do. You follow the pack back to their village and are given a temporary home to live within. A guard is placed upon your door while the pack tries to decide what to do with you. You slowly walk around the small hut you've been given, which is really more like a one room house. There's a pit in the corner, which you assume must be the toilet. By one wall is a bucket of water, which you quickly use to wash your face and hands of the dust you acquired on the road to the pack's village. By the eastern wall you see a large bed that looks like it could easily fit you and up to three other people. On the opposite side from that, sits a table with a simple chair next to it. On the table sit a quill pen, a piece of paper, and some ink. You walk over and slowly start a quick note to anyone who ends up in a similar situation to your own telling them of your past, and what may have become of you if they find this letter. You finish it and fold up the letter then hide it under the ink bottle and walk to the bed. You slowly lie down and close your eyes trying to relax, knowing that worrying won't help matters any.
After a few minutes your eyelids get heavy, and you realize that instead of becoming relaxed you're getting sleepy. You quickly hop to your feet and stretch out then start pacing back and forth trying to get your mind to start working on a way out of this situation. With a start you remember what the old shopkeeper said about the outfit. You sigh as you realize you'll be stuck as a female wolf among this tribe for two weeks. You hear a soft sound come from the doorway, almost like people whispering among themselves. So, you silently walk to the door and listen as the two wolves guarding you start speaking among themselves. The first wolf looks to his companion and says "So do you think they'll continue the hunt tonight or wait till the full moon in two weeks?" The other shrugs and says "I don't, I think they're all too preoccupied with the new girl to continue tonight. I can't believe she just appeared out of nowhere with no tribal markings of any sort on her. Do you think she's magic?"
The first wolf just laughs at his companion and says "Magic is just superstitious nonsense the old crone tells the young ones to keep them in line. You and I both know there is no such thing, especially with how many times we've patrolled that forest." The second wolf glares at his companion and says "And we both know there are no wolves without tribal markings within ten miles of our territory. So you explain to me how she got in the middle of it, without any of our scouts seeing her?" That causes the first to stop laughing and look thoughtful. He slowly shook his head and said "That's still a mystery; the Alpha went to each sentry and checked on them personally. He said none of them were unconscious, that they couldn't have been asleep since he'd already checked about half an hour before, and that none of them had seen or heard anything. I trust him, so that means this girl somehow either managed to slip into our territory without making a sound, used magic as you seem to think, or has been hiding in our territory without us realizing it. All three options are completely unbelievable, but of the three the most likely is she somehow snuck past our sentries."
The other just shakes his head and you slip back into the room amazed that these people have so much trouble believing in magic when in your own world they're nothing but a myth. You slowly pace around your room trying to figure out how to get out of this situation, and what you'll have to do to get back home as a guy. You sigh and sit on your bed as you hear the guards start talking about this big "Hunt" you heard the two females talking about earlier. You softly sigh and lay back on the bed with your eyes closed, and your feet hanging over the side. Slowly you feel drowsiness start to overcome you yet again, and twist around until your body is lying properly on the bed. Slowly you slip into a deep sleep and find that you've started dreaming of home.
Written by Jake Shadow Wolf on 19 November 2012
You awaken when you hear the guards talking and quickly sit up, not wanting to be taken advantage of, though a slight chill passes through your body and a small voice whispers "It might be fun to try things as a woman." You shake your head and ignore the voice then slowly shift around to where your feet are over the side of the bed. You climb to your feet and shake your head then walk to the water bucket and splash it on your face. With a shock you realize someone replaced the warm water with cold and shiver slightly before shaking your fur dry. As you stop shaking you realize you have to pee so you quickly walk over to the hole in the ground and squat down instinctively. Afterward you hear the sound of liquid hitting dirt and feel a lot of relief. You slowly stand up and watch as the guards step aside and a large wolf with tribal markings going up his arms, chest, back, and muzzle walks into the cabin. He studies you and the voice says "Back down and submit now, or you may not live to regret it."
You ignore the voice and warily watch the wolf as he smirks and says "So the new young bitch thinks she has the right to look at the alpha without being submissive, that's different. I didn't expect anyone who was held captive to have a backbone, I guess I was wrong. That means you're a very interesting she-wolf, care to tell me your story?" You think about it then slowly nod. He watches you as you open your mouth and start to explain to him all about a made up life, you can't stop the words once they start. Eventually you tell him you left your old pack and are currently looking for a new one, he watches you and slowly nods then says "You are either brave or foolish to have left your pack, however I'm more inclined to believe brave since you stood up to me. With that said I believe I'll let you join my pack, and we'll see how you fit in." You're tail unconsciously wags at the thought but you don't notice as the Alpha smiles at you then walks out and says something to the guards.
The guards leave your door, basically meaning you now have permission to leave your house whenever you wish, but it also means that anyone who wants to come in can now do so. You sigh wondering how you managed to concoct such a real sounding story as you're suddenly swarmed by all the females in the camp. They start talking to you in rapid voices that cut each other off after every word until the eldest of them yells "QUIET!!!!!!" The girls stop dead and the old one studies you. She slowly sniffs the air around you then says softly "Ye are a magical one, aren't ye girl." You stare into the old ones eyes and shiver as you can see that she is indeed able to sense the magic around you, and knows more than any other about such things.
You slowly nod your head in agreement and she smiles slightly then says "Tell us your true story girl and we'll keep it among ourselves." You feel the urge to trust the old one and slowly explain to her all about the magic shop and how you got here. She listens for a while then nods slowly and says "Ah, so that explains why ye didn't back down when faced with the Alpha as most young girls do." You look at her and she explains pack hierarchy, and how the younger males and females usually must submit to the alpha. You slowly nod in understanding as she continues to explain then blink as she explains that the alpha is now interested in you because you refused to back down. You stare at her slightly surprised and she laughs then explains about how the alpha has yet to settle down, and has always looked for a strong mate that wouldn't back down. You slowly explain to her about the voice you hear and she sighs then says softly "Child, that voice is the voice of the magic. It's trying to make you think as it believes you should. If you give into it you will be female in mind, as well as body. I know what I'm saying sounds strange, but it's completely true."
Washing.
You slowly nod coming to accept that you can trust the old woman and she smiles then motions for one of the girls to come forward. She glances at her and says "You are to guide this one around the village, don't let any of the males near her. If they ask why, say the Alpha has his eye on her for the next hunt, they'll understand." The girl quickly nods in acceptance and takes your hand then guides you out of the house and around town. She stops at different intervals to explain to you what something you're seeing is. After about ten minutes you start to be approached by males who she quickly turns away.
You're lost as to why the males would approach and you start to question your guide who quickly explains about rituals around the village. You listen raptly then nod your head when she says you need to continue walking and continue onward. The two of you walk along and she points out even more landmarks around the village, including the well, the village wall which you didn't notice when you entered, and the chief's hut where most meetings are held. She then takes you to the baths where you both wash off the grime from the time in the forest. As you sit there cleaning yourself you hear the members of the pack talking about a coming of age ritual that takes place at the full moon, which is when most come into estrus anyway.
After a while the younger girls start to ask some of the elder for their personal stories which makes you a little hot under the collar. The voice you heard earlier starts up again trying to implant thoughts of submitting under the full moon into your head and you growl shaking your head softly then duck under the water, to wash what these people use for soap out of your head-fur. When you pull your head above the water the girls start asking you about what your home was like, and you slowly tell them about where you grew up. After a while all of you get out and start shaking dry then one of the other girls, offers to brush your fur. You mull that over for a while then nod and sit down on a stump letting her do as she wishes. She brushes it out slowly, and by the time she's done the sun has gone down somewhat.
Written by Jake Shadow Wolf on 03 December 2012
After a few minute the two of you get up and she points to the center of town a little ways from the well where the men are setting up wood and says softly "There's a bonfire tonight. If you really want to learn our customs you should attend the bonfire and talk with everyone." You think about it for a while then nod in agreement and walk over to speak with a few of the males as they set everything up. One of the younger ones stops and listens to your questions then replies "The bonfires are a time for the pack to gather and discuss the business of the day; it's also when the alpha and council give directives for the next day. This bonfire is special, because it will be the night we mark who participates in the ceremony on the full moon in two weeks. We were going to practice yesterday, but then you arrived."
You nod in understanding then turn and return to your hut to rest and prepare for the night's bonfire. You may have sat down and relaxed, taken a short nap, or gotten yourself ready for the fire to talk with everyone. It all depends on your personality; however as the sun's light starts to fade you walk out and join the pack at the bonfire. After about ten minutes a group of hunters comes from the forest baring a large wild boar that has been placed upon one of their spears almost as if it were a spit. A few cooks walk over and take the boar from the hunter's then proceed to glaze it in mixture of berries, sweet roots, and other natural flavorings.
Even as you watch the cook's working on this marvelous piece of meat, the alpha of the pack walks forward and lets out a howl to draw all attention to him. You wait a few seconds then turn and glance at him as he starts to look around the town center trying to find if any would dare challenge him. A small part of you, the part that was basically created by the voice, wonders what it would be like to give yourself over to him, but the rest of you just watches him warily, wondering if he's learned your secret or not. The alpha completely ignores you, other than the occasional side long glance as he starts telling everyone that tomorrow's workloads are going to be rather large. It appears that this particular pack of wolves is a group of metal workers and pot makers. The women tend to make pots, while the males tend to make metal items such as spears, swords, and armor. One of the pack's hunters walks up to you and motions for you to follow him.
You get up and do as he asks, silently wondering why a hunter would want you to follow them. Suddenly he leads you to where the Alpha is sitting and motions for you to sit down. You do so, wondering what is going on, but not letting any sign of puzzlement show on your face. The alpha smiles at you and says politely "Would you like some food?" You nod politely in answer and he hands you a large slice of boar on a platter made of clay. He motions for you to eat and you start digging in with gusto. After a few minutes you notice he is watching you and politely ask if something is wrong. He smiles in answer and says "No, I was just wondering if you were willing to join the ceremony this full moon." You think about it then nod and say you may as well to show thanks for all the kindness the village has shown you. He smiles widely then starts eating without saying another word.
As you eat the alpha starts to tell you about governing the village. You listen with rapt attention, enough so that you slowdown in your devouring of the succulent pig. After a few minutes he hands you a cup of wine and takes a drink from his own cup. You take a few sips from it to quench your thirst then set it, and your plate, aside to listen to him talk. Finally he gets up, saying it's late and you nod following his lead, then you head to your separate homes. When you get into your current home you fall asleep with thoughts of whether or not you should stay floating through your head. Your dreams are plagued by instinctual thoughts you've never thought of before, including bearing the alpha's children.
You jerk awake in the middle of the night and shake your head, you were male, right? All your memories say you were male till you got here, so that must be the case. You shake your head and vehemently deny the thoughts your new body is trying to push on you and fall asleep dreaming of your childhood. The next time you awaken it's to find a familiar face leaning over you. The hunter from the night before is gently tapping your cheek trying to convince you to wake up. You slowly shake your head and get up as he says "Hello new comer, only thirteen days left until the full moon. The alpha said we should try to show you as much as possible about our way of life in that time. So today I'm going to show you my brother and I's job."
The two of you walk a few feet in when another wolf, identical to the one leading you walks up and bows politely. You nod in response and his brother points down the path ahead of you. He nods and the three of you start walking along the road, the two males carrying spears, and you virtually unarmed. After a few minutes the elder, and taller of the two brothers, the one who woke you up in other words, stops and hands you his knife. You take it and grip it tightly wondering what you could possibly be hunting when you hear the sound of something digging around in the brush ahead of you. The two hunters motion for you to stop and walk forward slowly. The first stabs his spear forward as the second stands ahead of you, protecting you with his spear at the ready.
Suddenly a wild boar rushes out of the woods with the other warrior's spear stuck in its shoulder. The hunter who stabbed it is chasing, it, but its headed right at you and the warrior. He turns and grabs you then jumps out of the way, causing the boar to run right past you. It suddenly pulls to a stop and you can see just how massive it is. It's got to be at least four feet tall and almost pure muscle. It glares at you and the two hunters, one of which is now wielding a knife just like yours, then turns and rips the spear out of its shoulder with its mouth revealing that its head could turn much farther than any pig you'd seen before.
The boar watches the three of you for a few moments then rushes at the hunter without a spear, figuring him to be the source of its pain and anger. The hunter tries to roll out of the way but still manages to get gored in the leg. The hunter stabs the boar in the head, but the knife only breaks through the skin and bounces off the protective skull cap. The other hunter rushes to his younger brother's aid and stabs the boar in the flank causing it to turn and rush at him instead, with murder in its eyes. A part of you says you should help as the boar knocks the hunter to the ground and tries to gore him. The only thing that is protecting the hunter is the spear he's using as a shield.
Instinctively you get to your feet then rush over and jump onto the boar's back your body seeming to have a mind of its own. You stab the boar in the neck repeatedly your eyes full of bloodlust and the boar falls to the ground as you sever its carotid artery. The beast squeals in pain and falls on its side. You nimbly jump off then hamstring it before it can get back up and stab it in the heart as the hunters walk over, spears at the ready. You look at them and the elder says "My name is Ronas, and this is my younger brother Daru. We are officially in your debt." Daru nods and the two slowly start to lift the boar, however as Daru gets it above his waist his injured leg lets out a snap and he falls to the ground with a yelp.
You walk over and pull him to his feet then put his arm around your shoulder and snap his spear into three pieces, two of which you give to his brother along with your tunic. Ronas nods and ties his brother's leg into a splint then picks up the front legs of the beast and the three of you start back for the village. About half way there you run into another hunting party who take Daru and carry him back to the village's healer while the rest carry the boar back to the village speaking with you and Ronas. When you get back to the village everyone turns out to see if anyone else was injured, and when they see you clutching the bloody knife, and the dead boar being carried by the hunters they let out a cheer. The alpha walks out of his hut to see what's going on then let's out a howl of approval, which the entire village joins in.
After a few minutes the alpha calls the next two days a time of festivity, and as such no one is to work during that period other than those who help prepare for the festivities. You are given a place of honor by the alpha, and then escorted to the bath by the elder and her hand maidens. You bathe slowly listening as the elder explains the village's debt to you and everything else that you need to know about the next two days. You nod as you listen then blink when she talks about the alpha having to grant you any one request at any time. You blink then nod in acceptance and he gives you a ceremonial dress that you must wear. You sigh and pull it on then walk out and join the festivities letting your body relax and just trying to enjoy life.
When you next wake up, you're in your own home and it is midday. A few of the girls are sleeping on your floor; it seems almost as if you had your own party the night before. You walk out into the village where everything else seems to be working as it should. Everyone is quickly going from place to place doing their jobs, girls' are baking for their mates, men are working hard, and in some areas the reverse is true. You smile slightly as you watch children playing, and then take a leisurely walk through the village, checking up on the occasional person you remember from your first day here.
The infirmary and the dyeing of tunics
Eventually you go to the village's infirmary and sit down to talk with Daru. You learn more about his childhood, and his life as a hunter, while telling him all sorts of stories from your home town making them sound like children's tales. He laughs at the funnier ones, shakes his head at the sadder ones, and smirks slightly at the ones where the supposed hero makes it out on top. You never let him know that the hero was you in the past, but you do imply that there is at least some truth in your stories. He smiles at you and thanks you for spending the day with him. You smile and say it's not a problem then turn and head back to your home, as the sun is already starting to set and you're getting tired. When you get there it's completely empty.
You smile and plop down on your bed enjoying the privacy then hear the sound of a large area going up in flames. You run outside then sigh softly when you see it's just the bonfire and grab some food before going back to your room, planning on spending the night alone. You sit in your room and review the last few days as you eat, and wonder what the village has planned for tomorrow. After a while Ronas shows up with a bottle of wine and the two of you drink together musing on the hunt you had the other day, and Daru's condition. After about two hours, the two of you exchange farewells and Ronas goes off to the infirmary to sleep with Daru. As soon as he's gone you lie down on your cot and slip into an exhausted sleep wondering what tomorrow will bring.
The following morning you're awoken at dawn by a pair of weavers. They smile politely and offer to show you some of the more feminine trades of the village. You sigh and get up then follow them to the weaving huts where they show you how they extract dyes from different berries and fruits. They then show you how they make fabric by cutting different leaves from some of the larger trees into strips and slowly weaving them together into simple breeches, tunics, and even boots. After a bit one of the weavers mentions something about leather workers and the other girl's shush her then they sit you down and have you dye one of the tunics a deep blue.
Written by Jake Shadow Wolf on 07 January 2013
As you work you notice that the girls keep giving you sidelong glances as if measuring you as either a rival, or a mate should you ever return to being male. You shake your head at the thought, but the voice, which has plagued you since you arrived here, mentions that none of them are really much competition since you killed the boar. You ignore the voice and wrap your mind around the task at hand as you try to get the dye to seep into the cloth despite the natural oils that used to surround and fill it. After about ten minutes of dunking the fabric in the dye it starts to gain a light blue color and you smile in satisfaction, and a small bit of pride at the fact that you personally managed to get the formerly green leaves to change color.
You go back to dunking the cloth until it gets a rich dark blue color then you hang it to dry on a makeshift clothesline the younger girls hung up. With that done you get up and walk over to a bucket of water that everyone's been using to wash their hands and clean your own hands thoroughly before stretching and sitting down next to one of the weavers who is drying, out the leaves that they use for fabric and cutting them into strips. She smiles and hands you a few of the leaves as well as a simple belt knife. You take it and slowly start scraping away the top layer of the leaf as you saw her do then roll the handle up and down the body of it causing the moisture to come out onto the top. She smiles and motions for you to shake the leaf, then does so herself, with one of them, showing you how all the oils and moisture are sent flying with the motion of the leaves.
You do as she showed you, then start cutting the leaf into strips alongside her, finding the work both rewarding, and relaxing. You do this about ten to twenty more times then put all the strips in a basket and hand them to a girl who runs the basket over to where a few of the girls are weaving breeches and tunics, with looms. You glance at the girl who just helped you out and notice that her ears are perked and she's watching the back of the hut. You follow her eyes and blink as you see a few of the younger males standing there watching everyone as they work. When they catch your gaze they bow slowly then turn and walk out. You start to ask the girl next to you why they did that, when one of the older women walks over and says softly "You've earned their respect as a hunter. Not many females would dare to do what you did without at least five or six others at their back, let alone with only one able bodied companion and a hunter who's injured."
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Christmas Message From Trust Chair
Trust chair Keith Morgan
The year 2020 has been enormously challenging but as we near year’s end, I wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe Christmas.
We share everyone’s disappointment and frustration that fans have not yet been allowed back into the Cardiff City Stadium and that appears likely to continue for the foreseeable future.
The Trust will be involved in future meetings with the club on your behalf when discussions on this and any other issues impacting on supporters do take place.
I also wanted to thank you for your continuing support for the Trust. It is really appreciated and vital that supporters have a strong voice speaking on their behalf with our club.
Merry Christmas, Nadolig Llawen. Stay safe.
Keith Morgan, Chair
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Trust to meet Vincent Tan
The Trust is to meet Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan on Saturday, December 28.
It will be the first formal meeting the Trust has had with the club’s Malaysian owner and it was arranged before the latest email controversy involving Mr Tan and manager, Malky Mackay.
Tim Hartley, chair of Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust, said: “We have been pressing for a meeting with Mr Tan since he became owner of the club and we are pleased to be meeting him along with our friends at Cardiff City Supporters’ Club.
“We have been pushing for greater engagement with supporter groups and fans generally. We hope that this is the start of a regular dialogue.
“There are many issues we will be raising with Mr Tan and will report back to members following the meeting.”
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(Re)Mediating the Real. Paradoxes of an Intermedial Cinema of Immediacy
Author(s): Ágnes Pethő
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Scientia
Keywords: Agnès Varda; Jean-Luc Godard; José Luis Guerin; immediacy; hypermediacy; remediational metalepsis
Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on tendencies that qualify for the label of reflexive and hypermediated cinema, but which, nevertheless, also have the purpose of achieving the sensation of immediacy. Three different types of such hypermediated cinematic experiences of the real are analysed: Agnès Varda’s film Les glaneurs et la glaneuse (2000), presented as a sort of “encyclopaedia of the real,” then Godard’s essay film cycle, Histoire(s) du cinema (1988–1998), presented as primarily a hand-made cinema derived from photomontage and the calligrammatic fusion of image and text. The third type is exemplified by José Luis Guerin’s twin films En la ciudad de Sylvia and Unas fotos en la ciudad de Sylvia (2007), in which we can see an example of how the most transparent techniques can also end up as remediations. All these examples seen as re-mediating to an excess the indexicality of modernist cinema and challenging cinema’s lack of auratic quality through the director’s marked personal implication and traces of his “handling” of media. The paper also proposes the possibility of a “remediational metalepsis” in which cinema exposes the paradoxes of the everyday experience of metaleptic leaps between “real” and “mediated” and thus calls attention to metalepsis as integral part of reality itself.
Journal: Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Film and Media Studies
Intermediality as Metalepsis in the “Cinécriture” of Agnès Varda Intermediality as Metalepsis in the “Cinécriture” of Agnès Varda 2010 Intermediality in Film: A Historiography of Methodologies Intermediality in Film: A Historiography of Methodologies 2010 Jean-Luc Godard’s Passages from the Photo-Graphic to the Post Cinematic. Images Caught in between Intermediality and Convergence Jean-Luc Godard’s Passages from the Photo-Graphic to the Post Cinematic. Images Caught in between Intermediality and Convergence 2011 The Vertigo of the Single Image: From the Classic Narrative “Glitch” to the Post-Cinematic Adaptations of Paintings The Vertigo of the Single Image: From the Classic Narrative “Glitch” to the Post-Cinematic Adaptations of Paintings 2013 The Tableau Vivant as a “Figure of Return” in Contemporary East European Cinema The Tableau Vivant as a “Figure of Return” in Contemporary East European Cinema 2014
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Ardagh Hotel Clifden, Co. Galway, Ireland
Ardagh Hotel Clifden, Co. Galway
The Ardagh Hotel & Restaurant offers a warmly inviting refuge in the very heart of Connemara. On the edge of the enchanting and secluded Ardbear Bay, we’re 2 miles from the lively thrum of traditional music and pubs in Clifden Town and just down the road from the world-renowned Connemara Championship Golf Links at Ballyconneely. The Ardagh Hotel is a privately owned and managed boutique hotel with 20 modern and cosy rooms, an award-winning restaurant serving the finest locally caught seafood and Irish produce, and provides some of the most serene and stunning views of the Irish Atlantic and Connemara landscape. Your host and hostess at The Ardagh Hotel are Stéphane and Monique Bauvet
Ardagh Hotel
Ardagh, R341 Ballyconneely Road
Clifden, Co. Galway, IRELAND H71 X590
P: 95 21384
Clifden, Co. Galway - Ardagh Hotel
Bar Coffee/Tea Making Facilities Direct Dial Telephone Parking - Free Private Bath/Shower Television
Guest Rooms: Designed for comfort and convenience, each of our 20 bedrooms features an en-suite bathroom, television, coffee & tea making facilities, and a unique, warmly inviting décor accented with colours borrowed from the Connemara landscape.
Location: You’ll wind around Clifden Bay and another 3km or 2 miles. The Ardagh Hotel will be on your left, just opposite the head of Ardbear Bay.
Restaurants: Our fully stocked and licensed bar serves 3 delightfully charming lounges. Free WiFi internet access allows anyone who wishes to keep in contact with the outside world. Oak tables, wine casks, candles and plump pillows, as well as an open turf fireplace provide ample opportunity for quiet conversations—or feel free to join us at the bar for a bit of chat while listening to the grand piano.
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Shakespeare's Counselor (A Lily Bard Mystery #5) (Mass Market)
Email or call for price.
This is book number 5 in the A Lily Bard Mystery series.
#4: Shakespeare's Trollop (A Lily Bard Mystery #4) (Mass Market): Email or call for price.
In this Lily Bard mystery from #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris, Shakespeare, Arkansas’ favorite sleuth has to clean up after a clever killer.
Cleaning lady Lily Bard is a pro when it comes to keeping the exteriors of her small town absolutely spotless. But it’s the dirt below the surface that really keeps her busy. Even Lily herself has her share of secrets...
That’s why she’s joined a weekly group therapy session—to open up and finally face the past. That sounds positively enlightening, until the gruesome murder of a fellow member sends a terrifying warning. But which person in the group is the message meant for? Why? And who next will suffer the consequences of a killer’s head games?
Charlaine Harris is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse and Midnight, Texas, fantasy/mystery series and the Aurora Teagarden, Harper Connelly, and Lily Bard mystery series. Her books have inspired HBO’s True Blood, NBC’s Midnight, Texas, and the Aurora Teagarden movies for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. She has lived in the South her entire life.
Praise for the Lily Bard Mystery series
“The writing and plotting are first rate.”—The Washington Times
“A seamless story...In her Lily Bard novels, Charlaine Harris blends a noirish atmosphere with a traditional mystery.”—Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
“Lily Bard brings new meaning to the term ‘strong woman.’ She’s the equal of Kay Scarpetta, Kinsey Millhone, and V.I. Warshawski.”—Library Journal
“[Lily Bard is] one of the best-drawn and most compelling characters in contemporary mystery fiction—complex, smart, streetwise, tough.”—Booklist
Publisher: Berkley
Publication Date: February 1st, 2005
Series: A Lily Bard Mystery
Minimum Grade Level: UP
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Cozy
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth
Kobo eBook (November 5th, 2001): $11.99
Hardcover (November 1st, 2001): $22.95
Paperback (November 1st, 2011): $17.50
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Inside an Unprecedented Eight Weeks at Binc
In early March, as businesses around the country were closed in increasing numbers to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, the team at the Book Industry Charitable Foundation began to see a rush of booksellers applying for assistance.
Many of the requests were related to housing, specifically being able to afford rent for April, recalled Binc executive director Pam French. By about March 13, it became very clear to her that providing assistance to all of these booksellers in need would require "a response like nothing we've ever done before at the foundation."
After looking at all of the foundation's operations, French and her team were able to scale up their operations very quickly. Based on the early requests they received, they decided to focus primarily on housing costs when it came to Covid-19 relief, followed by food and medication. They also decided to structure their grants into bands. In the past, every Binc grant was customized to fit a bookseller's needs. Due to the sheer volume of requests coming in, they created tiers of $500, $750, $1,000 and $1,500 to streamline the application process.Going into 2020, French noted, Binc had planned to create a fully online application by the end of the year. In mid-March, with the help of three volunteers who came on board, Binc was able to create that online application in about three days. Other volunteers joined as well, with Binc essentially bringing on anyone who had a skillset French and her team knew they needed. They also relied on a public health emergency policy that Binc had formulated in the past and was "dusted off" by the foundation's program manager in February, as worry about the coronavirus was escalating. Thanks to all that, Binc was able to send the first checks out to individual applicants on March 17. Said French: "I'm incredibly proud of the team for that."
By about March 18 the foundation was receiving a new request for assistance every 15 minutes, all day every day. Before the pandemic, Binc had earmarked around $15,000 for disaster relief, which of course ran out very quickly. As the foundation worked to raise more funds, a huge number of individuals and organizations reached out to donate.
"People were giving what they could," said Kathy Bartson, Binc's director of development. Going into 2020, Binc's fundraising goal for the year was $610,000, which was its most ambitious goal to-date. By the end of March, through the incredible outpouring of support from both within and without the industry, Binc reached $750,000 raised. "Collectively, we were able to move mountains."
In the roughly eight weeks between March 13 and the middle of May, Bartson continued, Binc provided assistance to more individuals than it had in the previous eight years of the foundation's existence combined. And when it comes to bookstores and comic book stores, Binc has helped just over 1,600 during this crisis. Altogether Binc raised and donated $2,576,000 to booksellers and stores.
"It's humbling to know that what we have been working for for the past eight years, all of the advocacy we did and conversations we had, it paid off," said French. "Folks found us when the need was highest."
As more and more places around the country have started to reopen, the volume of requests has tapered off. There is a new normal of about four requests every 24 hours, and while that level would have seemed huge as recently as February, it seems "very, very manageable" now.
Looking ahead, French said, she and the Binc team feel fairly confident that as long as the volume of requests stays below about 10 per day, they can handle it. If the numbers exceed that mark, it will be an early indicator that things are getting worse again and Binc will likely have to scale back up. To that end, many of those volunteers have told Binc to let them know if they're needed again.
For the first time in about two months, the Binc team has had a chance to reflect. Bartson said it feels like they've survived, and French said: "It didn't break us, and I think it made us stronger." Sometimes she goes over her daily notes from late March and early April, she continued, and thinks, "I can't believe we did that." --Alex Mutter
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Channels Torah Classes
In-Depth Study of the Weekly Torah Portion
Selected verses from the weekly portion are studied with classic commentaries and chassidic insights.
Balaam's "Believe It or Not"
Torah Portion of Balak
An in-depth analysis of some of the most unusual prophecies ever known to humankind!
This class explains in detail the mitzvah of the Omer offering which marks the beginning of the seven-week period of ‘the counting of the Omer’.
Kabbalah and the Bible – Tazria-Metzora
Tzaraat is a supernatural skin discoloration which signifies ritual impurity. The declaration and diagnosis of tzaraat is only through the kohen, why?
The Sin of the Golden Calf
Kabbalah and the Bible - Ki Tisa
Less than forty days after experiencing divine revelation at Sinai, the Jewish people sin in worshiping the golden calf. It seems inexplicable that they completely deny G-d after all they had just experienced.
Why Are the Jews Compared to Stars?
Studying Rashi: Parshat Devarim
“The Lord, your G-d has multiplied you, and you are today as numerous as the stars in the sky.” (Deuteronomy 1:10) Were there really as many Jews on that day as stars in the sky? Is this an exaggeration or perhaps a metaphor? Rashi explains why the Jews are compared to the celestial bodies.
Tearing Open Reality
Studying Rashi: Parshat Va'etchanan
The Torah describes the revelation at Sinai by saying: "You have been shown, in order to know that the Lord He is G-d; there is none else besides Him." (Deuteronomy 4:35) Rashi explains that the way G-d showed the people is that "He tore open the heaven and earth." How are we to understand this unusual imagery?
Do I Have to Do What G-d Says?
Studying Rashi: Parshat Re'eh
In verse 12:17, the Torah says: "You cannot eat within your cities the tithe of your grain...or any of your vows that you will vow..." Rashi clarifies that it does not mean "you cannot" but rather "you are not allowed to." What is the difference between being able and being allowed to do something?
Does G-d Help Those Who Help Themselves?
Studying Rashi: Parshat Shoftim
The Torah says (Deut. 18:13) "Be wholehearted with your G-d" in contrast to those who seek fortune tellers and other ways of knowing the future. Rashi explains that G-d doesn't want us to probe the future, but to simply accept whatever comes. But aren't we supposed to be proactive? Doesn't G-d expect us to do our part as well? How is this to be understood?
Sending Away the Mother Bird
Studying Rashi: Parshat Ki-Teitzei
The Torah says that fulfilling the mitzvah of shiluach hakan (sending away the mother bird from the nest) brings long life. Rashi says that if such an "easy" mitzvah brings long life, it may be inferred that every mitzvah brings long life as well.
How to Recognize a Miracle
Studying Rashi: Parshat Ki-Tavo
On the final day of Moses' life, he tells the Jewish nation, “You have now been given a heart to know, and eyes to see.” (Deuteronomy 29:3) Rashi explains that only at this point was Israel able to “recognize G-d's kindness.” How is it possible that throughout forty years of miracles, the Jewish nation didn't appreciate what had happened to then until that day?
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Why the upcoming high school sports season could be life changing for CMS student-athletes
By Paige Hopkins | July 21, 2020
As we go down the list of things lost in the fallout from Covid-19, from death rates to jobs and closed businesses, high school sports may not seem like the most important. But for student athletes and their families, the missed opportunities could be life changing.
Athletes who’ve spent years practicing, and parents who’ve spent thousands for equipment and training, now face the possibility of a fall season that’s either shortened, or doesn’t happen at all.
Currently, CMS is in an “indefinite suspension on a return to athletic activity on our campuses,” CMS director of athletics Sue Doran said in an email to the Agenda.
Although the North Carolina High School Sports Association is allowing summer conditioning and workouts throughout the state, CMS is not. Due to worsening Covid-19 metrics across the state, the NCHSSA did move the start of the fall sports season practices from August 1 to September 1. That could mean lost games for virtually all high school sports teams.
Planned protest: Despite the risks of Covid-19, some athletes and coaches still want to play.
“It’s really hard,” Tahj El, a senior defensive back at Myers Park, told me. “I know a lot of people are getting discouraged. We try our best to workout by ourselves but just being with a team brings you a lot more happiness.”
El is one of several CMS athletes planning a protest Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m. outside CMS headquarters to advocate for choice. They argue that parents and students should be able to decide whether to participate in upcoming sports seasons.
CMS’ board of education voted for mostly virtual learning for the upcoming school year, but these players want to come to school for athletics.
“We realized, ‘Hey, maybe we can do something to change what our season’s looking like,’ because it doesn’t look very promising,” Myers Park quarterback and protest organizer Drake Maye told the Agenda. “We’re trying to change that. I think this rally could help hopefully make a change and get the fall season back not just for football but for all the other sports.”
More than just a game: Beyond the fun, time spent in athletics usually means time not getting into trouble. That motivation to start on Friday nights is also motivation not to let grades drop. And the opportunity to play on the college level gives some students the chance for educational and career options they’d never have without sports.
The benefits and motivation that come with high school football translate to other sports. As student athletes wait to hear whether they’ll be able to hit the court or the field or the track this year, it really is more than just football, basketball, soccer, volleyball.
“I just worry there’s a lot of other things kids can get into that are now available to them while their sports are not available to them,” says Scott Chadwick, Myers Park’s head football coach. “The ills of society do not take a break because there’s a Covid-19 outbreak.”
When schools first closed back in March, sports stopped, ending the usually critical spring recruiting period. Now the fall recruiting period is in jeopardy. Having a season at all is critically important for all athletes who hope to play at the next level. You know the stories of the famous athletes who grew five or six inches in a single school year, then got recruited by top-notch programs and went on to become pros? Those kids might go unnoticed now.
On June 15, the N.C. High School Sports Association gave local school districts the go ahead for summer workouts. Some counties waited to start on July 6. But on July 2, a Thursday, CMS canceled those workouts, just four days before they were supposed to start. It surprised Chadwick and other coaches here. In neighboring Union County, fall sports teams went ahead with their workouts on July 6.
“I get why decisions are made to keep us from being out there but when you see other teams and other programs out there doing it you’re like, ‘Man, well, maybe we can do that,'” South Mecklenburg head football coach Joe Evans said.
Although coronavirus continues to spread throughout the state, Chadwick was convinced the safety training he and other coaches participated in, along with additional cleaning and sanitation tools, were enough to keep players safe.
“That was Christmas morning for these kids,” Chadwick says of the summer practices. “They were so looking forward to this.”
Those good feelings could extend outward into the community, too. It’s no secret that Charlotte’s seen a spike in violent crime this year. The homicide rate is already higher than last year’s, and many of the victims are young boys under the age of 18. They’re precisely the kids sports teams try to reach.
“Kids need structure,” Chadwick said. “Kids need routine and they haven’t had it since March.”
Covid-19 risks: Sue Doran said the district is waiting on Governor Cooper’s announcement on phase three and on the NCHSSA to communicate the format of a possible fall season.
“CMS will continue to monitor conditions and make a decision to return when we have a greater confidence in the conditions surrounding a return,” Doran said.
While the benefits of high school sports are numerous, the risk of additional outbreaks during a pandemic could be, too. In sports that require close contact, infected players could quickly pass the virus to their teammates.
The potential for high school aged kids to face severe side effects from coronavirus is low. However there’s a much higher chance they contract and spread the virus to others, including vulnerable family members.
In its latest bi-weekly report, Mecklenburg County reported 15.9 percent of cases and no related deaths among people under 20 years old. Meanwhile 11.5 percent of cases were among people over 60, that age group accounts for 85.4 percent of Covid related deaths.
[Related Agenda story: Current status of coronavirus in Charlotte: N.C. surpasses 100,000 cases]
Scott Chadwick giving interviews following a game.
The other crisis: Coronavirus isn’t the only public health crisis facing the U.S.; racism is another pressing threat facing the country. This summer protesters have filled the streets of Charlotte, and sometimes Myers Park, demanding justice and an end to police brutality.
For younger generations, this may be the first time they’ve participated in protests or paid close attention to challenges facing other racial and ethnic groups in America.
As a coach at Myers Park, one of the most racially and socioeconomically diverse schools in the county, Chadwick believes he has an opportunity to help start conversations about race with his team.
The indefinitely paused sports season for CMS schools makes this one more thing players are missing out on during the outbreak.
“Everyday I feel like I’m missing a tremendous opportunity for growth,” Chadwick said.
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The heart of Pakistan lies on the Arabian Sea in the mega metropolis of Karachi, the country’s original capital and the de facto capital of Pakistani commerce and politics to this day. Karachi’s evolution from fishing village to trading post to urban city centre is evident throughout the city, where old colonial structures, dome-topped mosques and urban skyscrapers create a stunning skyline against the sandy beaches of the Arabian Sea. Today, Pakistan’s melting pot welcomes visitors to soak up the country’s history, immerse themselves in a microcosm of modern Pakistani culture and indulge in the perks of an increasingly international city.
When taking a flight to Karachi you will see that the amount of attractions and neighbourhoods that compete for a tourist’s attention is almost overwhelming. Beaches surround the city and offer opportunities for watersports like diving and fishing. Green spaces like Bagh Ibne Qasim park are an idyllic retreat in the heart of this urban metropolis, while amusement parks, modern shopping malls and movie theatres keep everyone entertained in Karachi. Add to that a seemingly endless array of local and international restaurants and one could easily fill a few days with modern luxuries.
Such an itinerary might not offer the best reflection of true Pakistan, though and it’s worth seeking out one that shines light on Pakistan’s past and present. A host of colonial and Anglo-Indian architecture remains throughout Karachi, with must-see specimens including Empress Market, the Mohatta Palace Museum and Frere Hall. The National Museum of Pakistan offers insight into the country’s tumultuous history, while Wazir Mansion – the family home of the country’s founder – displays the clothing and possessions of Muhammid Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. Meanwhile, traditional bazaars live on in the shopping district of Saddar, where you can haggle for bargains on everything from clothing and jewellery to rugs and electronics.
How long is the flight to Karachi?
Karachi is one of the most traveled to destinations in Pakistan, and when going there from the United Kingdom, there are a number of ways to do it. Typical flight times are around 10h and 15m to 13 and 40m, however, there are also some longer options available as well. Travel times vary with airline carrier and city of origin. For example, Emirates Airlines offers a 1-stop flight from London to Karachi that takes 10h and 40m, while Turkish Airlines has another route, also with one-stop, that can take about 12h and 25m. Etihad has an option that flies out of Manchester, England that lasts approximate 13h and 15m as well.
Where can you get direct flights to Karachi from?
Typically speaking, there are no direct flights from the United Kingdom to Karachi, Pakistan. That said, there are still several options that travelers can take advantage of that only have a single layover. The location and length of these layovers depend on the carrier, as well as when the flight leaves, but generally speaking, there are a number of short options for those who want to travel to Karachi in a speedy manner. On the flip side, one can get to Karachi by making a couple of lengthy stops along the way as well, which is perfect for anyone who enjoys the journey as much as arriving at the actual destination.
How do you get from Jinnah International Airport to the city centre?
Jinnah is the major airport that services Karachi, and it is barely 20 km from the city center. As such, anyone arriving in the country as plenty of available choices when it comes to securing transportation to and from the city. Taxis and rental cars are often used for travelers, and one can make reservations ahead of time. The latter can also be booked at the car rental company’s service desks which are near the baggage claim. Other options include finding private drivers, which is a viable option as well.
What are some things to do in Karachi?
Karachi happens to be the capital of the Pakistani province for the Sindh. It is also one of the most populous cities proper in the entire globe. As such, there are a number of things to check out that will keep travelers and tourists busy. The Mohatta Palace is a great spot for anyone interested in cultural history or lush gardens. There is also the Mazar-e-Quaid that gets a lot of visitors this year as it is an intriguing mausoleum and tomb. Clifton beach is nearby as well, for those who want some fun in the sun on sandy beaches with great views of the sea. And of course, in addition to museums and other cultural hot spots, there are many shops and restaurants to check out, too.
Do I need a passport or visa to fly to Karachi?
UK citizens who are traveling to Pakistan will need to secure a visa before traveling, even if they already have a passport. There are often restrictions attached to these visas, even if they are a journalist one, that need to be adhered to at all times. Travellers to this area are encouraged to consult the High Commission for Pakistan further information, which is in London.
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”A mother’s physical, emotional and mental health prior to pregnancy and birth play a crucial role in determining the outcome of a pregnancy and that child’s subsequent development. For young mothers, evidence-based home visiting can help ensure they get the proper care they need. In home visits, nurses and other trained professionals engage with a pregnant woman or mother, as well as her partner and other family members, educating them on the importance of regular well-child visits and helping parents to understand the important role that they themselves play in their child’s development.“
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Slovakia, a small neighbour with big concern
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When it comes to Ukraine, mitigating risks will be the crucial task for Slovakia’s EU presidency.
Slovakia`s foreign policy framework towards Ukraine is based on its immediate proximity, relative intensity of economic cooperation (particularly the natural gas connection), its own recent history of a complicated Euro-Atlantic integration and the need for stability on the eastern borders of the EU in order to avoid the “peripherization” of the region of Central Europe.
Ukraine`s Association Agreement was a milestone for Slovakia to gradually tie Ukraine closer to the EU for its own national interest as well as a modernization trigger for its neighbor - both in terms of economy and especially state administration. Bratislava accelerated its relations accordingly, both via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and President Kiska but also via numerous civic actors.
Honest broker
Slovakia has an honest broker position among Visegrad countries and Ukraine`s Western neighbors: while it has neither a checkered history like Poland, nor a sizable minority like Hungary. Yet, this position has not been consolidated for various reasons: the lack of focus and capacity Slovakia devoted to its largest neighbor (as the Euro-Atlantic integration was an absolute priority) as well as its traditionally balanced position when it comes to Ukraine as well as Russia.
With the Slovak public overwhelmingly disapproving Russia`s aggression, there is a growing concern about Ukraine`s dysfunctionality. For Bratislava the upcoming EU presidency (2nd half of 2016) comes in a very difficult period. The Dutch referendum in April, and the halted implementation of the Minsk Agreements have replaced the focus of the EU relations with Ukraine from modernization of the economy - the original aim of the Association Agreement - to security related issues.
While the Dutch should have little to worry about Ukraine, Slovakia may have more concerns. After the annexation of Crimea, and the war in Donbas, Ukraine will remain resisting Russia for generations to come. But there is also a growing realization that the EU alone is unlikely to complete the load of homework Ukraine has, namely to re-build a viable social contract and state capacity. However, what Bratislava worries about, a more inward-looking country without an external trigger, may mean a growing potential of internal frictions.
History of Relations: In the Shadow
Bilateral relations between Slovakia and Ukraine have been in shadow of Russia until 1998, where Slovakia took a pro-Western course after the delay caused by the semi-authoritarian Meciar government. Till then, Ukraine, the only former Soviet state with a 98 km-long border with Slovakia, was merely considered as an energy transit country and a gateway to the Russian market.
The Dzurinda governments (1998-2002 and 2002-2006) accelerated Slovakia`s accession to the European Union and NATO. During this period Slovakia`s key focus was its own (delayed) integration process. Consequently, much less resources were devoted to Slovakia’s relations with Eastern Europe.
Contrary to the dominant perception in the West, Robert Fico`s government (2006-2010) has been an active supporter of Ukraine. But relations cooled during the last years of the Yushchenko-Tymoshenko ruling tandem, due to the gas crisis between Russia and Ukraine in 2009. The then Prime Minister Fico, as the single representative of an EU member state, officially condemned Kyiv as responsible for the crisis. Slovakia’s (justified) grievance was that Kyiv (having a partner status) did not inform Bratislava about the reverse flow and its consequence of shutting down gas to the EU (via Slovakia). However, the gas crisis served as an impulse in Slovakia to reconsider its own energy dependency on Russia – leading to the diversification of the country’s energy supplies.
Selective justice
Relations slightly improved under Viktor Yanukovych` presidency: Slovakia, following Poland’s example, intensified its political dialogue with Ukraine despite Yulia Tymoshenko’s prison sentence – which was widely seen as a case of selective justice. While it may sound ironic today, the Yanukovych government was seen as pragmatic and politically stable back then; especially compared to the previous tandem’s cabinet.
Yet, Slovakia’s support for the EU’s eastern neighbors has not become an obstacle to working relations with Russia, which are based less and less on economic grounds (trade with Russia has been declining as from 2007), and more on the balancing geopolitical logic of (part of) the Slovak elites. This is supported by public opinion as well: although 83% (data from June 2014) supported Ukraine`s choice of its own foreign policy orientation, 64% disagreed that Ukraine is part of the Russian sphere of influence, 45% supports an active Slovak foreign policy toward Ukraine and 54% is also against becoming too critical toward Russia. To recognize this ambivalence, the ECFR Foreign Policy Scorecard put Slovaks into the category of “friendly pragmatists”.
After Maidan: It is the Security, Stupid
Euromaidan, initially a timid reaction to Ukraine’s U-turn on the EU’s Association Agreement before the Vilnius summit, burst into a national resistance movement after Kyiv used violence against protesters. The so-called Revolution of Dignity only re-enforced Ukraine’s previous strategic importance for Slovakia, while Russia’s annexation of Crimea and aiding the Donbas insurgency has altered Bratislava’s security calculus.
Bratislava feels the urge to accelerate relations and support to Ukraine, mainly because of the perceived soft and hard security risks and because it sees modernization of the Ukrainian state as the key remedy. At the same time, Ukraine is in a hybrid conflict with Russia and this new threat has brought consequences for Slovakia as a NATO member: Bratislava is concerned both about Russia’s potential further aggression as well as about the increase in violence. Both would have a direct effect on Slovakia as Ukraine’s direct neighbor.
Slovakia’s biggest support to Ukraine came in energy security. After an interconnection with the Czech Republic was built following the 2009 gas crisis, reverse gas flow has become technically available also for Ukraine. However, it took another almost 1.5 years for the sides to clear all legal and technical hurdles and move to launch the reverse flow. Although Kyiv and its European advocates (notably from Poland) put the blame on Slovakia for the delay, in practice it was Ukraine that refused to accept the Slovak offer to utilize the existing pipeline and pushed for a much expensive (and longer-term) solution.
Moscow was not happy, as both its economic and political leverage was undercut. Hitherto, gas supplies from Russia have been cut by 40-50 percent instantly after Slovakia started to supply gas to Ukraine via the reverse flow at the end of 2014. This has greatly contributed to Ukraine’s energy security[1], and saved up to $3bln according to the Ukrainian government estimates.
Call of the Day: Mitigating Risks
Building the Schengen border with Ukraine required a modernization of the border protection on the Slovak side: smuggling and human trafficking have become serious challenges. While the Slovak-Ukraine border is considered one of the most modern and secure on land, it is still not perfect: underground tunnels for smugglers have been uncovered and two small planes (used presumably for smuggling) crashed in 2015 alone. Both cases show that cross-border security will continue to be tested.
The shooting incident in Mukachevo in the summer of 2015 highlights some of the cross-border risks for Slovakia. The investigation report by the Ukrainian parliament on the incident showed that the local branches of the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior as well as the National Security Service (SBU) were not only directly involved, but literally were fighting over the control of the smuggling business in Ukraine’s western regions neighbouring Slovakia and Hungary. These challenges could be in the future coupled with the greater risk of migration flows from eastern Ukraine, if the Donbas war heats up again. Mitigating risks when it comes to Ukraine – whether Kyiv’s poor reform performance, security challenges as well as the communication after the Dutch referendum, whatever its outcome is – will be the crucial task for Slovakia’s EU presidency.
A potential Dutch NO vote could be a new destabilization factor for Ukraine. The country may become more inward looking, and essential reforms may take a backseat over resistance to modernisation.
Balázs Jarábik is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where his research focuses on Ukraine and Eastern Europe.
[1] In 2013 Ukraine imported 27.973bcma gas out of which 25,842 came from Russia and 2,132 from the EU (92%), in 2014 out of 19,6 imported 14,5 from Russia and 5,1 from the EU (74%), while in 2015 out of 20,8bcma 12,7 came from the EU and 8,1 from Russia (39%). In 2015, imports of gas from the European market more than doubled from 5.0 to 10.3 bcm. In 2015, the import from the Russian Federation decreased 2.4 times compared to 2014, from 14.5 to 6.1 bcm. As a result, the share of Russian supplies in Ukraine’s gas consumption decreased from 34% in 2014 to 18% in 2015.
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ScanSoft buys L&H speech technology
US imaging-software company ScanSoft has paid around $39.5m (£27.67m) for the bulk of the assets of fallen Belgian software...
Published: 29 Nov 2001 15:57
US imaging-software company ScanSoft has paid around $39.5m (£27.67m) for the bulk of the assets of fallen Belgian software developer Lernout & Hauspie (L&H).
ScanSoft acquired the major portion of L&H's core speech- and language-technology business, including the text-to-speech and speech-recognition engines and the Dragon NaturallySpeaking product line.
The winning bid comprises $10m in cash, a $3.5m note and $26m in ScanSoft stock. ScanSoft said it plans to retain at least 150 L&H employees in Belgium and the US.
ScanSoft, known for optical character recognition (OCR) products such as OmniPage Pro, said it sees L&H as a good fit.
"ScanSoft and L&H are similar in a lot of ways. The research that we do on OCR is much like research on speech recognition; our people have similar mathematical backgrounds and our distribution is comparable," said Michael Tivnan, president and chief operating officer of ScanSoft.
ScanSoft, which has already licensed L&H's text-to-speech engine for use in one of its products, is committed to L&H customers and to developing the L&H product, Tivnan said.
"We value the customer base and it is our intent to keep all the positive relationships. We are committed to moving the product forward," he said. "Our first priority is to talk to the customers and the distribution channel, hire the right people and make sure there is no interruption in the service to the customer or the channel."
Other remains of L&H, which was forced to seek bankruptcy protection late last year, were also sold.
James and Janet Baker picked up L&H's audio search engine technology assets, which they helped develop, for $750,000 through a new company called Dragon Catalyst. They had previously sold their company to L&H for $460m of now-worthless L&H stock.
Multimodal Technologies, a company formed by the management of L&H's ISI division, bought the company's remaining speech-recognition products. L&H's Intelligent Content Management and Knexys divisions were acquired by Vantage Technology Holdings.
The asset sales are subject to final approval by the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware and the commercial court in Ieper, Belgium. The US court has scheduled a hearing for 4 December.
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Personal taxation
Inheritance tax is often called a voluntary tax in that, with planning, the payment of inheritance can be avoided. It is a tax levied on a person's estate when they die and on certain gifts made during an individual's lifetime. At Connected Accounting, we can provide taxation advice to help you minimise the potential charge to inheritance tax.
Inheritance tax (IHT) is levied on a person’s estate when they die, and certain gifts made during an individual’s lifetime.
Gifts between UK-domiciled spouses during their lifetime or on death are exempt from IHT. In this factsheet spouse includes married couples and registered civil partners. Most gifts made more than seven years before death will escape tax. Therefore, if you plan in advance, gifts can be made tax-free and result in a substantial tax saving.
We give guidance below on some of the main opportunities for minimising the impact of the tax.
It is however important for you to seek specific professional advice appropriate to your personal circumstances.
Summary of IHT
Scope of the tax
When a person dies IHT becomes due on their estate. IHT can also fall due on some lifetime gifts but most are ignored providing the donor survives for seven years after the gift.
The rate of tax on death is 40% and 20% on lifetime transfers where chargeable. For 2020/21 the first £325,000 chargeable to IHT is at 0% and this is known as the nil rate band.
Residence nil rate band
An additional nil rate band is introduced for deaths on or after 6 April 2017 where an interest in a qualifying residence passes to direct descendants. The amount of relief is being phased in over four years. It was £150,000 for 2019/20 and is now £175,000 for 2020/21. For many married couples and registered civil partnerships (hereafter referred to as spouses in this factsheet) the relief is effectively doubled as each individual has a main nil rate band and each will also potentially benefit from the residence nil rate band.
The residence nil rate band can only be used in respect of one residential property which does not have to be the main family home but must at some point have been a residence of the deceased. Restrictions apply where estates (before reliefs) are in excess of £2 million.
Where a person died before 6 April 2017, their estate will not qualify for the relief. A surviving spouse may be entitled to an increase in the residence nil rate band if the spouse who died earlier has not used, or was not entitled to use, their full residence nil rate band. The calculations involved are potentially complex but the increase will often result in a doubling of the residence nil rate band for the surviving spouse.
The residence nil rate band may also be available when a person downsizes or ceases to own a home on or after 8 July 2015 where assets of an equivalent value, up to the value of the residence nil rate band, are passed on death to direct descendants.
A reduced rate of IHT applies where 10% or more of a deceased’s net estate (after deducting IHT exemptions, reliefs and the nil rate band) is left to charity. In those cases the 40% rate will be reduced to 36%.
IHT on lifetime gifts
Lifetime gifts fall into one of three categories:
a transfer to a company or a trust (except a disabled trust) is immediately chargeable
exempt gifts which will be ignored both when they are made and also on the subsequent death of the donor, eg gifts to charity
any other transfers will be potentially exempt transfers (PETs) and IHT is only due if the donor dies within seven years of making the gift. An alternative way of looking at this is that they are potentially chargeable until seven years has passed. The primary example of a PET is a gift to another individual.
IHT on death
The main IHT charge is likely to arise on death. IHT is charged on the value of the estate treated as beneficially owned by the deceased. This may include certain types of interest in trust property. Furthermore:
PETs made within seven years become chargeable
there may be an additional liability because of chargeable transfers (usually lifetime gifts to trusts) made within the previous seven years.
Much estate planning involves making lifetime transfers to utilise exemptions and reliefs or to benefit from a lower rate of tax on lifetime transfers.
However, careful consideration needs to be given to other factors. For example a gift that saves IHT may unnecessarily create a capital gains tax (CGT) liability. Furthermore the prospect of saving IHT should not be allowed to jeopardise the financial security of those involved.
Gifts to individuals during their lifetime
As these gifts are PETs rather than chargeable transfers when made, no tax at all is due if the donor survives for seven years. Even where a death occurs within seven years IHT may be saved as a result of the lifetime gifts because the charge is based on the value at the date of the gift and does not include any growth on value to date of death.
Nil rate band and seven year cumulation
Chargeable transfers (such as lifetime gifts to trusts) covered by the nil rate band can be made without incurring any IHT liability. Once seven years have elapsed between chargeable transfers an earlier transfer is no longer taken into account in determining IHT on subsequent transfers. Therefore every seven years a full nil rate band will be available to make lifetime chargeable transfers.
Transferable nil rate band
It is possible for spouses and civil partners to transfer the nil rate band unused on the first death to the surviving spouse for use on the death of the surviving spouse/partner. On that second death, their estate will be able to use their own nil rate band and in addition the same proportion of a second nil rate band that corresponds to the proportion unused on the first death. This allows the possibility of doubling the nil rate band available on the second death. This arrangement can apply where the second death happens after 9 October 2007 irrespective of the date of the first death.
Annual exemption
An amount of £3,000 per annum may be given by an individual without an IHT charge. Any unused annual exemption may be carried forward, one year only, for use in the tax year that immediately follows.
Gifts between spouses are generally exempt, if both are either UK or non UK domiciled. It may be desirable to use the spouse exemption to transfer assets to ensure that both spouses can make full use of lifetime exemptions, the nil rate band and PETs. Special rules apply where only one spouse has a UK domicile.
Gifts to individuals not exceeding £250 in total per tax year per recipient are exempt. The exemption cannot be used to cover part of a larger gift.
Normal expenditure out of income
Gifts which are made out of income which are typical and habitual and do not result in a fall in the standard of living of the donor are exempt. Payments under deed of covenant and the payment of annual premiums on life insurance policies would usually fall within this exemption.
A gift for family maintenance does not give rise to an IHT charge. This would include the transfer of property made on divorce under a court order, gifts for the education of children or maintenance of a dependent relative.
Wedding presents
Gifts in consideration of marriage are exempt up to £5,000 if made by a parent with lower limits for other donors.
Gifts to charities
Gifts to registered charities are exempt provided that the gift becomes the property of the charity or is held for charitable purposes.
Business property relief (BPR)
When ‘business property’ is transferred there is a percentage reduction in the value of the transfer. Often this provides full relief. In cases where full relief is available there is little incentive, from a tax point of view, to transfer such assets in lifetime. Additionally no CGT will be payable where the asset is included in the estate on death. Professional advice should be sought to determine whether you have qualifying business property.
Agricultural property relief (APR)
APR is similar to BPR in that it reduces the value of the transfer but it may not give full relief on the value. It is available on the transfer of agricultural property so long as various conditions are met.
Use of trusts
Trusts can provide an effective means of transferring assets out of an estate whilst still allowing flexibility in the ultimate destination and/or permitting the donor to retain some control over the assets. Provided that the donor does not obtain any benefit or enjoyment from the trust, the property is removed from the estate.
We can advise you on whether a trust is suitable for your circumstances and the types of trust arrangements available.
Life assurance arrangements can be used as a means of removing value from an estate and also as a method of funding IHT liabilities.
A policy can also be arranged to cover IHT due on death. It is particularly useful in providing funds to meet an IHT liability where the assets are not easily realised, eg family company shares.
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Individuals now have three nil rate bands to consider. The standard nil rate band has been available for many years. In 2007 the ability to utilise the unused nil rate band of a deceased spouse was introduced which may enable surviving spouses to have a nil rate band of up to £650,000.
From 6 April 2020 some surviving spouses also have up to an additional £350,000 in respect of the residence nil rate band to arrive at a total nil rate band of £1 million. However this will only be achieved by careful planning and, in some cases, it may be better for the first deceased spouse to gift some assets to the next generation and use up some or all of the available nil rate bands.
For many individuals, the residence nil rate band will be important but individuals will need to revisit their wills to ensure that the relief will be available and efficiently utilised.
Whilst some general tips can be made about IHT planning it is always necessary to tailor the strategy to fit your situation.
Any plan must take account of your circumstances and aspirations. The need to ensure your financial security (and your family's) cannot be ignored. If you propose to make gifts the interaction of IHT with other taxes needs to be considered carefully.
However there can be scope for substantial savings which may be missed unless professional advice is sought as to the appropriate course of action. At Connected Accounting, we would welcome the opportunity to assist you in formulating a strategy for inheritance tax suitable for your own requirements. Please do not hesitate to contact us.
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Meanwhile in MAGA land...Trump arrives at Mar-a-Lago with Melania (who's Florida-ready in a a Gucci kaftan) after leaving Biden a 'personal' note at the White House and vowing we haven't seen the last of him in his final speech as President
Boris Johnson hails inauguration of Joe Biden after a 'bumpy period' under Trump saying 'America's leadership is vital' to help overcome coronavirus as 46th president of the US is sworn in
Melania Trump 'didn't write her own thank you notes' to 80 staff who cared for her and her family at the White House' amid claims she has been 'checked out' for weeks and 'isn't sad' about leaving Washington
History of Joe Biden's hefty family Bible: The 130-year-old heirloom he has used for every swearing-in ceremony in his 50-year political career
EXCLUSIVE: Nine star Sonia Kruger to jump ship to Seven after being offered 'more than $1million a year'- and could be the new host of a revamped Big Brother
Today Extra's Sonia Kruger to jump ship from Nine to Seven, sources confirmed
Insiders are keeping her new role at the network under wraps for now
But her return to Seven comes as Seven confirms it will relaunch Big Brother
By Daniel Piotrowski and Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 18:28 EST, 5 November 2019 | Updated: 20:23 EST, 6 November 2019
Today Extra host Sonia Kruger is leaving Channel Nine for the Seven Network after being offered a 'seven figure deal'.
Seven chairman Kerry Stokes is believed to be a 'huge fan' of Kruger's work, but insiders are keeping her exact new role at the network under wraps.
'She's leaving because Channel Seven are prepared to pay far more money than Channel Nine,' an insider told Daily Mail Australia.
Her new salary at Seven is said to be a package worth as much as $4 million over three years, or $1.3 million per year.
Kruger signed on with Nine in late 2011. Nine had reportedly offered Kruger, 54, a new three-year contract worth over $1.5million, but negotiations hit a wall.
Today Extra and The Voice host Sonia Kruger will leave Nine for the Seven Network after winning a 'seven figure sum'
Much-loved TV partnership to end: David Campbell and Sonia Kruger will part ways as she jumps ship back to Seven
A friend of Kruger's said: 'Sonia has been a much loved member of the Nine team for so many years and everyone has been very gracious and wished her well.
'Unfortunately, Nine just couldn't justify paying her what Seven is prepared to pay.
'Nine made it very clear that the amount of money she wanted would have been fiscally irresponsible for their business.'
'The nail in the coffin': Struggling breakfast program Today... 'Everyone wants to be involved': Seven hoses down claims...
6PR entertainment reporter Peter Ford this week reported that Nine had made a 'very substantial' offer to keep Kruger.
Under the terms of that proposal, Kruger would host Today Extra and The Voice, as well as 'any other project as they arise'.
TV executives have suggested Seven's reboot of Big Brother could be a good new home for Kruger.
She previously hosted the Nine version of the show, and Seven has confirmed the reality program will return to screens in 2020.
Nine is said to have offered Kruger a lucrative deal - but industry sources said she was headed to Seven
Coming home! Kruger's partner Craig McPherson is a senior executive in Seven's news division
A separate industry source quipped: 'It is great to have Sonia back but it is surprising that the network has found the money to pay her so much.'
'Maybe the Cash Cow is kicking in.'
Before her lengthy stint at Nine, Sonia was the co-host of the network's long-running Dancing With The Stars, alongside Daryl Somers.
Sonia's partner, Craig McPherson, is also a senior executive in Seven's news division. Both Seven and Nine declined to comment.
Media analyst Julian Evans tweeted that the poaching as a 'major coup' for Seven, in that the deal was 'removing the host of the Voice and Today Extra'.
Casting for Seven's revamped Big Brother remains underway. The network is yet to make any announcements about who will feature on the show.
SONIA KRUGER: NETWORK STAR'S CAREER AT A GLANCE
Sonia Kruger as Tina Sparkle in Strictly Ballroom. She was a dance teacher prior to her career in television and film
• 1992: Sonia Kruger is working as a dance teacher when she signs up to the hugely successful Australian film Strictly Ballroom as ballroom advisor – and starring as Tina Sparkle
• 1990s-2004: Kruger works in a number of television roles, including as an entertainment reporter for Seven and appearing in a commercial for Darrell Lea chocolates
• 2004: Kruger begins co-hosting ratings success Dancing With The Stars with Daryl Somers and Daniel McPherson over eleven seasons
• 2011: Kruger is poached by Nine to host their new daytime television show, then known as Mornings, and Big Brother Australia
• 2015: Kruger begins hosting The Voice
• 2016: Kruger sparks controversy on Today Extra after saying she would 'like to see (immigration of Muslim people) stopped for now', in the wake of a terrorist attack overseas
• 2019: Kruger signs on with Seven once more
Sonia Kruger to leave Nine for Seven after 'seven figure sum'
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How to get The Dallas Morning News on Amazon’s Alexa, Google Assistant and all your podcast devices
Get your daily dose of The Dallas Morning News on Amazon’s Echo, Google Home, iTunes or your favorite podcast app.
FILE - In this June 14, 2018, photo, an Amazon Echo, center, and a Google Home, right, are displayed in New York. Google contractors are listening to some recordings of people talking to Assistant, either on their phone or through smart speakers such as the Google Home. The company says some of its Dutch language recordings were leaked and that it is investigating. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)(Mark Lennihan / AP)
By DallasNews.com Staff
1:00 PM on Aug 28, 2018 CDT
It is now easier than ever to listen to The Dallas Morning News’ audio offerings. A simple one or two-step process will allow you to get your morning news briefings on Alexa-enabled Amazon and Google Home devices as well as in podcast form via iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or any podcatcher app.
Here’s what you need to know to get daily updates on the biggest stories affecting our North Texas community on all your devices:
To start tell your Alexa, "Enable The Dallas Morning News" skill.
Once you do that, ask Alexa to "Open The Dallas Morning News" and you'll hear the most recent briefings at any time.
Google Home and Google Assistant
No skill enabling required. To get our news updates, you can say:
Hey Google, talk to The Dallas Morning News
Hey Google, read The Dallas Morning News
Go to your favorite podcast app and search The Dallas Morning News. Select the podcast of the same name and hit the "Subscribe" button.
You can also set The Dallas Morning News to be your flash briefing. This is a little more involved and will require the Amazon Alexa app on your mobile device.
First you need to enable Flash Briefing on your Alexa-enabled Amazon device:
1. Open the Amazon Alexa app and click the menu on the top left.
2. Tap "Settings." It's at the bottom.
3. Scroll down until you see "Flash Briefing" under "Alexa Preferences."
4. Tap the plus sign next to "Add Content"
5. Tap the magnifying glass on the top right and search for "The Dallas Morning News"
6. Tap "The Dallas Morning News" and tap "Enable to Use."
7. Once you do that, go back to the Flash Briefing (Steps 1-3) and tap "Edit" on the top right. Drag The Dallas Morning News to the top.
Ask Alexa to read your Flash Briefing.
Here are some of the commands you can use:
Alexa, read The Dallas Morning News.
Alexa, what's my flash briefing?
Alexa, what's the news?
To get our news updates, you can say:
Play the podcast The Dallas Morning News
Reach out to us.
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Dayco Dave Back in Porsche Carrera Cup and the Supercar Enduros
January 10, 2020 – Dayco, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of engine components for the automotive aftermarket industry, announces the first activities of the company’s 2020 Australian motorsport program.
Dayco Australia has been heavily involved in Australian and international motorsport for over a decade to date, steadily increasing the international company’s exposure through leading racing categories including Supercars, Porsche Carrera Cup and international GT / Sportscar racing.
The new year is no exception as Dayco once again joins forces with long term ambassador and highly experienced Australian racing driver David Russell in both Porsche Carrera Cup and Supercars.
Russell will be joining Matt Stone Racing (MSR) for the three Supercar endurance races, including the inaugural OTR 500 at The Bend in South Australia in September, followed by Australia’s biggest racing event, the Supercheap Bathurst 1000, along with the Vodafone Gold Coast 600 in October.
The Dayco sponsored driver will be competing with highly talented MSR full time Supercar driver and former Super2 Champion driver Garry Jacobson in one of the team’s two ZB Commodores. Russell is not new to MSR, having been recruited to drive for the team at the Bathurst 1000 Super 2 race last season. Dayco Dave also helped secure the team an outstanding 7th overall, 2nd in class and highest placed Audi honours at the 2019 Bathurst 12 Hour Intercontinental GT Championship race last February.
Russell brings more than a decade of Supercar endurance racing experience to MSR, having competed in the Bathurst 1000 with Fernandez Racing and DJR followed by two seasons with Kelly Racing. The Dayco driver has also carried the company’s highly recognisable logo in the Supercar endurance races with Nissan Motorsport across five seasons and with Tickford Racing in 2018. Russell’s Supercar endurance racing career was highlighted by a second-place finish at the 2015 Gold Coast 600 with Rick Kelly.
Russell will also be partnering with fellow Dayco racer and long-term GT driving partner Roger Lago, sharing race events in the Dayco Porsche GT3 Cup Car during the 2020 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Series. Russell will compete at four high profile events in the Pro category and Lago will compete in four events in the Pro-Am category, where he raced to an outright pole position top three championship result in 2019.
Russell also plans to compete in additional Australian and international GT races during 2020 which are currently being negotiated.
For Dayco Vice President – Aftermarket Asia Pacific, Arnold Mouw, 2020 is shaping up to be a very exciting year for the company both on and off the track.
“We are delighted to see our ambassador Dave Russell back in Supercars with a team that is renowned for punching well above their weight in this most competitive sport.
“The whole Dayco team locally and internationally were super-impressed with our first Porsche Carrera Cup season last year as this is a car and a series that relates to so many people around the world. To have David joining Roger Lago for an entire season across two categories ensures that Dayco will continue to gain strong coverage.
“Our motorsport involvement speaks directly to the mechanics and enthusiasts who use and recommend our quality aftermarket products. The Dayco products range is set to expand significantly during 2020, this forms a key part of our marketing strategy, while complementing our company’s global marketing strategies,” Mr Mouw stated.
Dayco is a global leader in the research, design, manufacture and distribution of essential engine drive systems and aftermarket services for automotive, truck, construction, agriculture and industrial applications.
Through our expertise in transferring power quietly and efficiently, Dayco has emerged as the leading global system solutions provider for hybrid electric vehicles. Dayco’s 100+ years of experience in drive systems allows us to equip all customer applications around the world with the most effective drive systems to meet customer specific performance requirements. Dayco’s world class global distribution network services the aftermarket industry with a full offering of kits and products to meet each local market’s need. We accomplish this with a dedicated global team that respects one another, shows humility through continuous learning and acts like owners in everything we do.
Dayco has more than 40 locations in 22 countries and over 4,500 associates. For more information about Dayco, visit the Company’s website at www.dayco.com
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Why are Politically Exposed People (PEPs) a Higher Risk to Money Laundering?
This guide from DeltaNet explains what makes someone a PEP, the risks they pose, and what companies can do to stay safe. Learn more.
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Posted by: India Wentworth Published: Thu, 06 Sep 2018 Last Reviewed: Thu, 06 Sep 2018
There are different factors that influence the level of risk when it comes to money-laundering. This may come from customers, regions, products, or financial instrument risk. Understanding these risks, as well as the contributing factors, allows the reporting authorities to guard against corruption-related money laundering more efficiently.
Politically Exposed People (PEPs) are a risk when it comes to money laundering because of their social status. This status means that companies see them as a higher risk customer because of their opportunities to gain assets through unlawful means being greater than usual. PEPs may use their position to get involved with corrupt practices.
What are PEPs?
The Financial Action Task Force stress that different types of PEP are regarded as presenting different levels of risk depending on their roles and what that entails. They define a PEP as:
A senior official in the executive/legislative/administrative/military/judicial branch of government (they can be a current or former executive)
A senior official in a major political party
A senior executive for a government owned commercial enterprise
It isn't just if you hold any of these positions yourself, if you are an immediate family member of the PEP or you're publicly known as being linked with the PEP, then you are considered to be a PEP too.
The Risks that come from PEPs
All PEPs have the opportunity to engage in corrupt practices to a certain extent, but those that have substantial authority over state assets and funds, policies and operations, and any other public expenditures can have additional opportunities. Their vulnerability to corruption varies depending on their level of power. They are in a unique position of influence, something that some choose to take advantage of.
Unfortunately for the innocent PEPs, the term "politically exposed person" emerged in the late 1990s after the Abacha affair, giving PEPs a bad reputation. This event was a money laundering scandal in Nigeria where Sani Abacha, the national military director, transferred £5 billion of national funds into forging bank accounts for his eventual own personal use. His position in power meant that he gained the unauthorised access to large sums of money without anyone suspecting anything before it was too late. Although some of the money was recovered, most was never returned. This case pushed for global efforts to prevent the abuse of the financial system by political figures.
The sources for the funds that a PEP may try to launder are:
Illegal kickbacks (a form of negotiated bribery)
Embezzlement (theft of funds placed in trusts or belonging to an employer)
Outright theft of assets or funds from political parties and unions
Dealing with PEPs:
If you are dealing with a PEP, businesses must apply additional anti-money laundering measures to the business relationship to make sure that they don't get into any problematic situations. They are the ones that are responsible for conducting due diligence checks specifically tailored to the PEP.
Customer due diligence checks mean that you are carrying out a background check on who you are potentially going to do business with. An added security that means you are reducing the chances of problems occurring in the future due to dodgy customers.
Failing to do these checks could allow launderers to use your business through a PEP figure, and as a result you become involved in the crime without even realising it.
The checks have a win-win result because they'll either give you peace of mind before getting involved with customers, in this case customers of impressive status, or it keeps you out of the way of money laundering.
Internal Controls and Monitoring
A business must have efficient internal controls and monitoring systems to alert anyone that needs to know when criminals are attempting to use the company for laundering, they can take the right steps to prevent the threat from progressing to an incident.
These controls can include:
Appointing a nominated officer, this is the figure within the business that employees can go to with their suspicions
Appointing a compliance officer, they can create a shared understanding within larger workforces
Making sure senior managers know their responsibilities and importance in the process of AML by providing them with regular information and updates on the risks in money laundering on the business
Providing relevant employee training, this means that the business has a strong front line of defence to deal with threats that come their way
Regularly updating AML policies, controls and procedures
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On The Hunt for the Perfect Sazarac in Rochester ... Again!
Kenneth Warner
Please Note: I tried to run this blog at the change of seasons earlier this year, but after I uploaded it, people told me they had problems opening the file and reading it. Now, with Whiskey week on its way shortly, I thought I would try it again.
It's dark these days between 7:00 at night and 7:00 in the morning. And, even though it's getting better (My Mother always said, once we're past Ground Hog's Day there's light at the end of the tunnel!) during the winter months I put away the gin, the tequila and the vodka in favor of a cocktail that has, let's say, a darker side to it.
Back in 2007 when I lived on North Water Street in the Riverview Lofts, my back door opened to the back door of Tapas 177 Lounge on St. Paul Street, the next avenue over. Tapas is that eclectic restaurant and drink emporium owned by restaurateur and mixologist, Demetrio Cavatassi.
It was at Tapas that I had my first taste of heaven. There, late one foggy night, De and I sampled the first legal Absinthe served in Tapas, complete with makeshift spoon and sugar cube.
I fell in love. (With absinthe, not Demetrio,)
Absinthe was outlawed in the United States for just shy of a hundred years, having been made illegal in 1912. But it was always a mystery to me as to why. Some research reveaeled one possible answer. Wikipedia relates that one critic in France described the drink this way, just before it was banned there.
"Absinthe makes you crazy and criminal, provokes epilepsy and tuberculosis, and has killed thousands of French people. It makes a ferocious beast of a man, a martyr of a woman, and a degenerate of the infant, it disorganizes and ruins the family and menaces the future of the country."
Kind of a dangerous start to a love affair, but really -- not as bad as say, bacon or an Italian Assorted cold cut submarine sandwich, apparently.
Back before legalization, in my search for an absinthe substitute -- I sampled many a glass of Pernod, that yellowish liquid that tastes of licorice and turns decadently murkey when it comes in contact with water. But as soon as my first sip of the real thing I realized -- it just ain't the same.
All of which brings me to my favorite cold weather drink -- the Sazarac. Touted by some as America's oldest cocktail, it is said to have been invented in that most sinful of All-American cities -- New Orleans. In fact, it's the official drink there in NOLA. But, it fell out of favor at the beginning of the 20th Century because of the outlawing of one of the most basic of ingredients -- a glass swished with absinthe.
No absinthe? No Sazarac.
Which is why, when =absinthe became legal, I asked Demetrio to make me one.
He did, and like I said, it was love at first sip.
These days, with the resurgence of craft cocktails, there are Sazaracs all across town, and each mixologist seems to have their own special touch to making it. And so, I decided that I would make a month long research study to find out who makes the best Sazarac in Rochester.
Decidedly a tough job, but someone has to do it.
Cautionary part of the tale -- I always forewarn the bartender to make sure that I have no more than two Sazaracs per sitting -- no matter how much I beg. One is perfect, and I can easily drink two if I am having dinner.
Three makes me say stupid things and act like an idiot.
Of course, several of my friends have asked, "How can we tell the difference?" but, no matter.
I like to think that my search has made me somewhat of an expert at the finer points of the marvelous cocktail. And, I have narrowed it down to a few of my favorite watering holes as finalists in my research report. I'm starting off with the Sazarac at Tapas for obvious reasons, and with Demetrio as it seems to me that having made a Sazarac with absinthe as soon as it was legal, he has the most experience around.
Whenever I decide to explore the recipe for a "traditional" cocktail, I always consult the old standby -- my 1947 edition of the "Bartenders Guide by Trader Vic". On the back of the dust cover, none other than crooner Rudy Vallee describes the guide like this:
"This book contains some of the most taste-tingling and heartwarming concotions that any man has ever passed by a pair of agreeably surprised entails. All hail the Trader!"
If it's good enough for Rudy Vallee, I guess it's good enough for me.
Here's how they say to mix a ZaZarac Cocktail":
1/2 oz. Rye; 1/4 oz. sugar syrup,; 1/4 oz. Bacardi; 1 dash Angostura bitters; 1 dash orange bitters; 3 dashes Pernod. Shake with Ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass." Note that it was Pernod NOT Absinthe ... it was illegal.
The Tapas Sazarac is way less complicated -- but way better. Demetrio starts by swishing the Absinthe in one rock glass, while chilling another with packed ice.
The Rye is all New York State -- Hudson Manhattan Rye from Tuthilltown Spirits in Gardiner, N.Y. And, the bitters? Fee Borothers in Rochester, NY of course!
"I cheat a little," says Demetrio. "I use simple syrup instead of muddling a sugar cube. But I think it makes certain that everything mixes together."
Finally, "It's lemon," he says that makes the difference. Rim the glass and then a twist."
My rating system for this study is simple. One Rock glass is fair. two rock glasses is satisfactory and three rock glasses is incredible. There's no question -- I give Demetrio's three out of three rock glasses!
Next week, I'm headed to another of my favorite cocktail crafters for their version. If you have any suggestions on places I should go to to sample a Sazarac, contact me at kenwarner53@gmail.com.
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ESRI Map Book Publications
Maps to the Center
The Center for Geospatial Technology (CGST) occupies several lab and offices in the $37 million Experimental Sciences Facility (ESB). Our area is located in the GIS wing which includes three large lab workrooms with over 2,000 square feet of space and a GIS computer education facility. The GIS computer education facility is immediately adjacent to our lab workrooms and has over 25 new Dell workstations, ceiling mounted projector and two motorized projector screens. There is also a tiered seminar room for 49 students with multi-media, individual Internet connections and power for student laptops, and distance education capabilities. Office space houses the Director, Associate Director and Business Administrative Assistant for the CGST. In addition to the GIS computer education facility in the ESB, we have access to a 16 seat computer lab with instructor workstation and lab server in Holden Hall, a 5 minute walk from the CGST.
The CGST was formally created and approved in 2006; however we have had the opportunity to work on many projects GIS since 2002. The center web site is available to read about some of our projects at www.gis.ttu.edu.
Our history includes winning awards for our maps three years in a row at the ESRI User Conference; one first place (most unique) and two second place (best analytical and best in-house atlas series). We have also had nine of our maps selected for publication in the ESRI Map Book, a distinction unequaled by any other university in the United States. These are big accomplishments for us considering that our beginnings were more than humble. We started in with a closet full of ancient photographic equipment next to a classic cartography lab with drafting tables.
Our hardware resources include over dozen servers, two powerhouse VM ware nodes and 10 virtual server licenses. Our servers are housed in the Technology Operations Server Management facility with temperature controls and 30-day full backups. Our disc storage includes 250 TB of database and flat file storage. Our storage systems are infinitely expandable. We also access our GIS geodatabases via ArcGIS Server including our SQL2008 server.
The CGST has delivered products for many sponsors. Our first project was initiated in the summer of 2002 for the High Plains Underground Water District (HPWD). The HPWD is the first and largest underground water district in Texas. This effort involved converting well data from 328 USGS quad maps into a geodatabase. We delivered a geodatabase of over 72,000 irrigation wells for a 10,000 square mile area with an accompanying web-based Permit Management Application to maintain well data. This program is used daily by the Water District. Other projects completed for the HPWD included a water level and water level change analysis for the Ogallala Aquifer, and technical support and technology transfer.
Other water resources projects we are engaged in are for the Ogallala Aquifer Program of the USDA Agricultural Research Service. We completed development a geodatabase of underground water resources for the Southern Ogallala Aquifer in Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico for a 19 year period from 1990 to 2008. This geodatabase includes base of aquifer, water level data, and saturated thickness layers. Custom scripts have been developed to process this data to derive water in storage, saturated thickness and changes by county on an annual basis. We have also developed an Ogallala Aquifer Maps website with over 500 maps and graphs depicting the state of the aquifer.
The CGST is a member of the Columbia Regional Geospatial Service Center System (CRGSCS), a consortium of universities and state agencies including S.F. Austin in Nacogdoches, University of Texas at El Paso, Lamar University in Houston, and the Texas Natural Resources Information System (TNRIS) GIS agency in Austin. Our efforts are funded through the U.S. Army National Guard and we work closely with the Texas State Guard on GIS and GPS training for homeland security. One of our key missions is to replicate the states geodata resources to provide backup data, maps and applications in case of a natural disaster or other emergency.
We completed a project for the Canadian River Water Management Authority (CRMWA) to develop a geodatabase containing well and water level data to create hydrologic conductivity and transmissivity layers. This project supported CRMWA in their mission to deliver water to their large service area and eleven municipalities and cities in West Texas.
We had a team of four undergraduate students work with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop the National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) database for the playa lakes region covering 48 counties in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. This project involved re-delineating over 22,000 playa lakes from the originally digitized soils data and then performing photo interpretation of the playa environment. All work is being conducted in a geodatabase environment with full topology rules and validation. Custom NWI topology verification tools are run on each database as a QA/QC procedure. To communicate questions and status between students, staff and sponsors, we developed a web forum which allows messages and photo attachments to be exchanged and stored as threads in a database which can be accessed by all participants. This communication procedure was presented at the annual meeting of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. To date all of the counties we have completed have been accepted by the NWI. This effort represented the second highest priority project of the USFWS for which the CGST completed the largest area of wetlands in the shortest period of time ever accomplished. As a result of this effort, the NWI requested the CGST to perform additional wetlands classification work in 2009 and 2010.
We are also involved in a project to develop the information technology infrastructure and GIS for the Texas Alliance for Water Conservation (TAWC) The TAWC project is a 6 year multi-million demonstration project funded by Texas Senate Bill 1053 to work with 26 producers and their crop and livestock systems to monitor the input and output conditions and total water usage for these system and the economic returns for the amount of water invested (http://www.depts.ttu.edu/tawc/).
We delivered an enterprise geodatabase (ArcSDE) to the University of Texas System, University Lands West Texas Operations in Midland, Texas (University Lands). The significance of the University Lands projects is that they are funded with UT Permanent University Funds from the division that generates the funds from the oil and gas-rich lands of West Texas. University Lands manage over 2.1 million acres in West Texas for grazing leases, mineral leases and pipeline easements. These lands fund the University of Texas and Texas A&M Systems University Permanent University Fund. The CGST is very proud to have been selected for this effort. The development of the geodatabase involved scanning and rectifying NRCS imagery and converted grazing lease data from these images and quad maps. The enterprise geodatabase was produced using ArcSDE and MSSQL server. The application development completed by the CGST allows University Lands to modify the geometry of their leases and maintain a history of the lease geometry and attribute updates in the geodatabase and SQL using a set of custom developed tools in ArcGIS. Included in the deliverables was documentation which included a “Data Dictionary and Standard Operating Procedures Production Processes” document, and a training class to University Lands personnel in the editing of data in the geodatabase.
The CGST also developed an oil well and geologic lease management system using SDE also for University Lands. This project involves integrating third party software with their ArcSDE/ArcGIS system to convert textual legal descriptions into polygons in the correct geographic location. This phase of the project has been completed. The locations of over 34,000 oil and gas wells have been created and updated to NAD83 coordinates. In a separate project over 15,000 oil wells were classified using Railroad Commission information and organized in a geodatabase. We also developed a custom ArcGIS application which automatically updates and adds new well locations to the geodatabase after the GPS coordinates and other attributes have been entered into the SQL Server database.
We have since delivered a geodatabase of over 4,000 pipeline easements to University Lands that were developed using Survey Analyst functionality. Also a water atlas for the three aquifers in their region was developed.
We completed a database of caliche (unpaved) roads for 15 counties in West Texas for University Lands. The compilation of this roads database involved setting up an ArcSDE geodatabase so four students could simultaneously capture data and work in the same enterprise environment. This roads database was delivered to University Lands to enhance their ability to access oil wells and assets on their lands.
The CGST also completed scanning and rectifying hundreds of geologic maps for University Lands as well as mosaicing and clipping DOQs and other imagery to support an ArcPad GPS application which we developed for University Lands field crews.
Many students in the CGST have been involved in projects for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). These projects include ‘A Study of Strategic Military Deployment Routes in the State of Texas’ and ‘Further Refinement of Statewide
Regression Equations for Improved Flood Peak Estimation’. These projects are diverse in nature and require use of functions from dynamic segmentation for linear GIS processing to working with watershed delineation techniques.
We have also been engaged in projects for the F. Marie Hall Institute of Rural and Community Health (IRCH) which resides in the medical school of Texas Tech University. We have completed an on-line Atlas of Rural and Community Health (http://www.gis.ttu.edu/center/cgstARCH) and many maps and projects in support of rural health initiatives in West Texas. We completed a project for the IRCH called “Portraits of West Texas” where are characterizing various layers of data which best portray life, economy, environment and health care in rural West Texas.
Some of our in-house (and award-winning projects) include: The Digital Atlas of Texas Counties (http://gis.ttu.edu/center/DataCatalog/CntyDownload.php/), The Digital Atlas of New Mexico Counties (http://gis.ttu.edu/nmcountyatlas/), Atlas of Rural and Community Health (http://gis.ttu.edu/arch/), and a Unified Model of Phylogeography which involved mapping DNA for bat species in South America. Our tornado map and information is highlighted on the FEMA web site for Safe Rooms and Community Shelters. Our Ogallala Aquifer Maps can be found at http://gis.ttu.edu/ogallalaaquifermaps. Our main center website is http://gis.ttu.edu/center.
The CGST staff and directors provide project management, database and application design. Our center director is, Kevin R. Mulligan, Associate Professor of Geography. Our students and staff have the capability of developing and designing web pages (ASP.NET, VB.NET), as well as perform ArcObjects programming, SQL database and query development, and routine ArcGIS automation procedures. Our automation capabilities include operating in an enterprise ArcSDE environment with full versioning as well as topology validation. We have an infinitely expandable hardware environment with 250 TB of available fiber channel database and file-based data storage. We operate in a full production enterprise development environment.
In 2005 our Associate Director, Lucia Barbato, was selected as a GISCorps volunteer and spend two weeks in Mississippi assisting the local community, FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers with damage assessment mapping after Hurricane Katrina. She is an ESRI Certified Instructor for ArcGIS 10 and has taught many classes through out the West Texas community. She is the principle ArcGIS instructor for TNRIS, the state GIS agency for Texas. As the former manager of the ESRI Authorized Training Program, Lucia brings over 9 years of ESRI experience and over 20 years GIS experience to the CGST.
As a Big XII University we are fortunate to have outstanding student resources to fuel our projects. Our projects also provide our students opportunities that they otherwise wouldn’t have during their formal education. The GIS projects we have done are a win-win situation with our sponsors, students and university. We are fortunate to have sponsors who will be glad to give you references and could tell you about our work.
I hope that gives you an idea of our capabilities. Please let me know if you have any questions. If you are in the area, please come by. We'd be glad to give you a tour.
Lucia S. Barbato
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Qiagen warns against using standard tests to track coronavirus variants
Scientists believe more contagious variants have fuelled a surge in global coronavirus cases that have exceeded 90 million, and nations are racing to procure vaccines and tighten lockdown measures. Standard COVID-19 diagnostic kits, called polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, scan for a few characteristic genes in the viral genome, while whole genome sequencing, the established procedure to identify new variants, means reading out and analysing the entire genetic code.
Germany's Qiagen , a leading genetic testing supplier, on Thursday warned against re-engineering standard tests to monitor for new variants of the coronavirus, saying the more onerous decoding of the entire viral genome was the best method. Scientists believe more contagious variants have fuelled a surge in global coronavirus cases that have exceeded 90 million, and nations are racing to procure vaccines and tighten lockdown measures.
Standard COVID-19 diagnostic kits, called polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, scan for a few characteristic genes in the viral genome, while whole genome sequencing, the established procedure to identify new variants, means reading out and analysing the entire genetic code. Public health systems are eager to track the spread of the new virus types, such as the one that is rampant in Britain, and receive alarms on new ones, exemplified by Germany's bid this week to ramp up genome sequencing.
In principle, it is possible to select a few signature genes of the British variant known as B117 and use them as tell-tale markers of a new PCR test, Qiagen's Chief Medical Officer Davide Manissero told Reuters. But such a test would miss slightly different but equally contagious versions of B117 that might be circulating, he said, adding that variants are not defined by a clear genetic profile but by how quickly they spread or the symptoms they cause.
"I really think PCR is out of the picture to monitor for variants or even identifying the current UK or South African variants," said Manissero. Qiagen, which competes in the diagnostics market with Roche , Abbott, Danaher and Thermo Fisher , supplies PCR tests and makes genetic sequencing tools that run on Illumina analytical machines.
Efforts to harness the cheaper and faster PCR technology to keep up with the spread of new variants are underway. The Danish State Serum Institute told Reuters on Wednesday it had developed a new PCR test to scan specifically for mutated strains.
Danish authorities are prioritising their contact tracing efforts on the mutated variants, in particular to curb B117, which is expected to be the dominant variant in the Nordic country by mid-February. Contact tracing teams, which help infected people to isolate, no longer have to wait for up to two weeks for the sequencing but can react within 12-24 hours.
But Qiagen's Manissero said such a strategy did not take into account future genetic shifts of the virus that are hard to predict and would not work as a surveillance tool for new virus versions to emerge. "You’d be aiming at a single variant when maybe there are going to be hundreds of related variants in a year’s time. You wouldn’t know which variant to look for," said Manissero.
"Today it’s the UK (version). In one month it could be a new German variant." Vaccine makers, such as BioNTech, have said so far that their products are likely to be effective for the variants so far identified.
Qiagen said its standard COVID-19 PCR tests have so far shown a positive result for the new variants and the company stress-tests its diagnostic products every two weeks for any changes in the genetic makeup of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. The U.S. drugs regulator said last week new genetic variants of the virus could lead to false negative results from some PCR COVID-19 tests by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc's and Applied DNA Sciences. (Editing by Barbara Lewis)
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Picture: Tour group of United Street Tours in Nashville | Photo credit: United Street Tours
Ruksana Hussain
Walking tours are an element that travelers are increasingly adding to their itineraries as a way to explore cities by foot rather than via other forms of transportation. For many, this is an opportunity to enjoy an area that warrants a closer look at a slower pace, be it a history tour, architecture themed or any other topic. You could possibly find a walking tour of your interest in many larger American cities.
One Tripadvisor study reports the most growth in bookings in historical and heritage tours, with food tours appearing to be among the top five favorites. Here are a few that are either Black-owned and operated or catering to the African-American historical and cultural experience in the country that you can include in your vacation plans any time of year.
Atlanta: Unexpected Atlanta Tours and Stories
The King Historic District Tour available here is the story of how Atlanta changed the world. Experience highlights and hidden treasures such as Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church and The King Center and the National Historic Site. The company’s signature tour centers not just on the well-known story of Martin Luther King, Jr., but instead on how Atlanta itself had to be the headquarters of the Civil Rights Movement.
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The tour is told chronologically, showcasing unexpected places in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood. “But, it’s a mistake to think of Dr. King as an anomaly, a hero separate and apart from his surroundings. Instead, he was an incredible man shaped by the incredible people who had lived for over a century in this incredible place,” says owner Akila McConnell. “We want to share those stories of the people and places that influenced him and, in turn, how he shaped our world.” She also has a few walking food tours available here for your taste of southern comfort food.
Charleston: International African American Museum
To plan your own trip to the city targeting all things African-American heritage, the museum (scheduled to open in 2020/21) offers resources online for your visit organized by themes and places of interest or by historical timelines from the pre-Colonial era to modern-day.
Tour Charleston has a few offerings, but the Lost Stories of Black Charleston tour is the one you should head for, where licensed guide Damon Fordham talks about names that didn’t make the history books. Charleston Cavalier Tours offers the Tours Above Calhoun Street which is a 1.5-hour walking history tour covering different themes to choose from, including women’s history, civil rights and spirituality. You can also consider tours at individual locations. For instance, Middleton Place, a National Historic Landmark, has a 60-minute Beyond the Fields tour exploring the lives of the enslaved and freedmen while Magnolia Plantation, the oldest public gardens in America, offers a 45-minute From Slavery to Freedom: The Magnolia Cabin Project tour.
The Soul of Dallas Food and Black History Bus Tour
Not one for walking tours? Head out and about in a chauffeured bus in Dallas for a taste of the city’s culinary history and iconic foods, all while supporting Black-owned businesses and touring regional landmarks.
Author Deah Berry Mitchell (“Cornbread & Collard Greens: How West African Cuisine & Slavery Influenced Soul Food”) and local food blogger and writer Delila Thomas organize the tours, usually a five-hour experience, that start and end at the African American Museum. Tours are held monthly, with the focus being a specific theme, such as vegan in February and BBQ in July, or a particular neighborhood. Past venues have included bakeries, bookshops, and also other businesses that aren’t necessarily Black-owned but play an important role in the local community.
Memphis: City Tasting Tours
This tour company is your one-stop-shop for a variety of walking food tasting tours through the city. Owner and native Cristina McCarter knows all the hidden gems and lesser-known spots that make this foodie destination. Of course, the tours also introduce you to the people and places that provide those enticing bites as well as the landmarks that make the historic neighborhoods unique.
Tours are typically two hours or more and McCarter has vegan and vegetarian-friendly options. Having only started the business in 2016, her first entrepreneurial venture quickly garnered accolades, including a mention in Memphis Travel's 200 Reasons to Visit in 2019. While BBQ spots cannot be completely eliminated from the foodie experience here, she tries to introduce locals and visitors to less frequented venues. And if you do not find a tour you like with McCarter, she understands that not all visitors are the right client for her tours and collaborates with other tour operators to recommend options.
Nashville: United Street Tours
Showcasing the lesser-known stories of Nashville’s Black history and culture, United Street Tours Founder Chakita Patterson believes these tours are especially important in today's climate “that seems to be filled with racial tension and misunderstandings. Teaching employees, tourists, locals, and even school groups about the African-American experience unite us because this is the human story, of sacrifice, suffrage, resilience and triumph,” she shares.
Patterson presents these opportunities as a platform for cultural understanding to close information gaps that prevent people from seeing beyond their limited lens. The tours are also a way to help build bridges to rid destructive mindsets about race and cultural differences. “We serve an incredibly diverse, high-end clientele and we make everyone feel included by starting from the beginning of the story and building in essential concepts, ideas, and personal experiences,” she adds. “We hope to inspire more positive cross-cultural connections.”
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New York: Inside Out Tours
Covering some of the iconic neighborhoods with tour options such as gospel music, the history of slavery in New York as well as the Underground Railroad, you want to make reservations ahead of time as tours do sell out. Tours vary in price and duration, and some even get you a slice of the action on the local metro. Learn all about the origins of African American gospel culture and the site of the first slave market in the city.
For other options, consider the Black Gotham Experience walking tours which bring attention to the impact of the African Diaspora on the making of New York City through a 1.5-hour walk looking at very specific venues and events in the history of the city that affected Black life in the area. Harlem Heritage offers walking tours in the area covering everything from civil rights to heritage foods, gospel to soul music and more. Tour guides are all born and raised in Harlem, so you have a local taking you around the area. Stop by The Studio Museum in Harlem for works by artists of African descent.
To create your trip itinerary to multiple locations in the country, head to visittheusa.com for planning options including ideas for a multi-city civil history rights tour, blues legends tour and jazz music tour, among others.
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The Best Digital Piano To Buy in 2020: A Complete Guide
1 Best Digital Piano Reviews
1.1 Top Digital piano for Beginners
1.1.1 1. Casio CTK 2550
1.1.2 2. Yamaha P71
1.1.3 3. Yamaha YPG-235
1.2 Best Electric Piano’s for Advanced Players
1.2.1 1. Casio PX-770
1.2.2 2. Yamaha DGX-660
1.2.3 3. Yamaha YDP-163
1.2.4 4. Yamaha P115
1.3 What brands offer the best digital pianos?
1.4 Why should you learn to play digital piano?
1.5 What are the different types of digital pianos available?
1.6 Final Words on Digital Piano Reviews
Best Digital Piano Reviews
Let’s face it, it is not easy to choose good digital piano on the market if you have never purchased one before. Are you one of the millions who can not decide which digital piano to buy? Today i’m going to help you make that decision.
Finding an electric piano keyboard is getting more difficult every single day with new piano models and accessories entering the music industry. If you are a beginner, it’s important to know that you don’t need to invest big to buy a quality electric piano.
Even advanced piano players sometimes can not decide which keyboards is fit for them. And What are the best brands and models to buy. If you are looking for trustworthy digital piano reviews, you came to the right place.
Price and quality are important, but it all depends on what your expectations are. Surely you don’t need to spend $2000 on a digital piano if your goal is to just play it as a hobby. That’s why we always recommend buying a decent cheaper digital piano to improve your skills before moving on to the higher quality models. I’m sure you didn’t learn how to drive a car with an Aston Martin.
To make your choice a bit easier, we reviewed hundreds of digital piano’s and selected our top 3 digital pianos for beginners and advanced players. Let’s start with our list: the best piano keyboard for beginners.
Top Digital piano for Beginners
1. Casio CTK 2550
Our number one pick for beginners is the Casio CTK 2550. This is a 61- key digital keyboard designed with unique features that are particularly useful to a student or recording musician. The piano is pretty small measuring 12.09 x 37.24 x 3.62 in. It also weighs just 7.28 pounds. This hence makes it very portable. You can easily carry the keyboard to your music class or while traveling for a performance and it wouldn’t take up much of your space nor feel like a burden. Its compact nature also allows it to fit perfectly on a desk and thus you don’t have to rely on a stand for you to use it. This is vital considering that the piano doesn’t come with a pedal or stand. Affordable, and efficient.
The CTK-2550 offers a wide variety of choices when it comes to rhythms as there are 150 different rhythms to choose from. There is also more than 400 different voices! The best part yet is the sampling feature. This piano has a fantastic inbuilt microphone which enables you to record sounds (2 seconds recordings) and then use the sampled voices for the keyboard! This feature is perhaps the reason why the keyboard is remarkable for sampling. Just imagine the opportunities that come with a piano that records countless numbers of sounds and voices for use. This feature and the accompanying USB/MID, I connectivity for Mac and PC, will also make the production a fun experience.
One of the reasons why the CTK-2550 is the best starter keyboard for beginners is its educational features. This piano is fitted with cool LCD which displays a pair of hands for bass, treble, clef, and fingering. Additionally, the display shows you all the music notes you need while playing. There is a mini keyboard which lights up every key you press. It also comes with a songbook that has proven to be very useful to students.
One of the drawbacks of this keyboard is the polyphone count provided. You can only sound 48 keys at any moment which is quite small especially if you were looking for advanced performance.
Its boxed keys also pose another serious problem. These keys are not correctly weighted which can make your transition to a real acoustic piano difficult. With such keys, you will probably need some time and a bit of practice on an acoustic piano to adapt to the new set of keys.
Overall, this electric piano is the best keyboard to learn piano and a fantastic choice if you don’t want to spend too much. Out of 1500 digital piano reviews on Amazon, this electric piano received 4.5 stars out of 5. A guaranteed winner in our digital piano reviews list.
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2. Yamaha P71
Our number 2 in the best digital piano list for beginners is the Yamaha P71. Amazon and Yamaha are two reputable companies that have worked tirelessly to deliver quality products. Imagine what can happen when two such companies team up to come with a product. Such powerful brains will arguably come up with a simply outstanding item, and this is precisely what the Amazon Exclusive P71 is.
This is a full-size electronic piano powered by electricity. It has 88 weighted action keys which will honestly take your playing experience to the next levels. This piano gives you that rare feeling of playing a real acoustic piano. The Graded hammer Standard holds these keys from Yamaha where quality is prioritized and has been successfully achieved. This graded hammer and the high-quality keys are artistically blended which has seen the piano provide an unbeatable playing experience that other brands have been unable to match. It is also designed with a beautiful resonance, premium acoustic voices and quality sounds for ultimate performance. You can also get the CTK-2550 refurbished to save money.
It’s easy to think that with such features the piano is bound to be huge and heavy but this isn’t the case. Thanks to advanced technology, all the significant elements of this piano have been compressed to a depth of just 13 inches making a slim and sleekly designed masterpiece. It is also lightweight which should make storage and transportation easy.
The designing of this piano is also user-friendly, and this will benefit both you and your children. Its easy-to-use nature will allow your children to watch, learn and even practice your moves. This is why the P71 is a fantastic household item that you can use and easily pack it away safeguarding it from the young ones and any pets in the house.
This piano is available in two options: You can either pay for just the keyboard or add a few bucks and then receive it with various high-quality accessories such as a stand, pair of headphones and effects pedal. With this equipment, you can set up your piano and play it almost anywhere!
Easy-to-use pianos also make them an excellent choice for beginners. If you are just starting your music career and want to practice on a keyboard that gives you the perfect experience of an acoustic one, then Amazon Exclusive P71 is meant for you. The P71 is a deserved number 2 on the list best piano keyboard for beginners.
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3. Yamaha YPG-235
Yamaha electric pianos typically come in two categories, i.e., Portable Grands and Portable Keyboards. These pianos are similar in many ways and even share some features, but there are several differences which make every set unique from the other. Portable keyboards, for instance, are more focused on providing a wide variety of sounds and features for more advanced performance. Portable grand piano’s on the other hand, aim at giving the player a realistic piano experience to prepare you for an acoustic piano. This is why they are usually considered to be the best choice for students or upcoming musicians who are still looking to improve their skills. The bottom-line, however, is that whichever Yamaha piano you select you are guaranteed of excellent performance and the YPG-235 can testify to that.
The Yamaha YPG-235 is an example of a portable grand. This piano offers some of the best features any musician would want and does so at a very affordable price. For under $250, you will get the privilege to enjoy its outstanding durability and functionality. The piano is designed in a manner that allows any piano player regardless of their expertise to use and enjoy its performance. As an amateur, the YPG-235 will equip you with skills and then help you in sharpening these skills. It will grow with you to professional level without having to replace it with another beginner piano.
The first impression you’ll get upon seeing this piano is how stunning it looks. YPG-235 is finished in champagne gold color. This gives it a glossy finishing that blends uniquely with the black and white keys. How Yamaha have managed to make a piano with so many features look so breathtaking yet straightforward is still a mystery. There are no too many unnecessary buttons to confuse you. The control interface is user-friendly making it easier for you to navigate around.
While on the subject of looks it is also important to notice the remarkable resemblance between this piano and the YPG-535. These two are related Yamaha products. In fact, some people consider the YPG-235 as a smaller version of the YPG-535. If you are not keen enough you might even fail to notice any difference between the two keyboards. YPG-535 is however different in that it’s a full set of 88 keys, unlike YPG-235 which features just 76 keys. YPG-235 has fewer keys but in no way is it any inferior. Most musicians can correctly work with the 76 keys which are also a significant step up for beginners coming from the 61-key models.
The size of YPG-235 makes it ideal for traveling musicians. It is compact measuring 46 inches by 16 inches. To further boost portability Yamaha made sure that it weighed just 8.3 kilograms (16 pounds). It, therefore, makes traveling or moving it around the house hassle-free.
Another reason for the popularity of the YPG-235 is its 6-track recording system. This system allows musicians to take different layers of effects and instruments and then pieces them together into six tracks! How is this important? If you are a beginner, this feature enables you to gauge your performance and earn skills by piecing instruments. For producers and composers, the feature makes production not just possible but also much easier.
The YPG-235 is an excellent purchase whichever way you look at it. Its USB port enables you to connect it to your PC boosting its functionality. It’s a reliable item whose features are worth spending on. We rank this one as a solid # in our digital piano reviews list for beginners. A well-earned number 3 spot on our list.
The P45 is the latest entry-level digital piano from Yamaha replacing the P35. This keyboard has been designed to offer everything a beginner would ask for in a keyboard. Talk of simplicity in layout and ease of playing. All of these are covered by this incredible machine, and it doesn’t stop there. Yamaha has gone a step further to bring the authentic sound and touch of grand pianos to this beginner keyboard. It is then packed with loads of connectivity options ensuring that all newbies can take full advantage of the various learning software on the internet to perfect their playing skills. The craziest part is that all these come at a very budget-friendly price. For less than $500, the Yamaha P45 arguably offers the best experience any learner could ask for.
Unboxing this equipment introduces you to an elegant machine that will definitely soothe your heart. The keyboard has a sleek designing which gives it a super attractive appearance that you wouldn’t normally expect from keyboards within this price point.
Upon touching it, you will realize that its body is also made of high-quality material. This hasn’t just been useful in giving it a premium look and feel that’s needed but has also made it quite sturdy. When handled correctly, the keyboard should last for a very long time.
Since the keyboard was designed with the learner in mind, the manufacturer was thoughtful enough to ensure that portability was a priority. The P45 is hence small and lightweight enough making it more convenient to carry it whenever you have playing lessons, out-of-town gigs or when you are just going to hang out with your fellow musicians.
The Yamaha P45 features 88-key Graded Hammer Standard keyboard making it the most affordable keyboard with hammer action from Yamaha. The weighting of these key gives them an almost similar feel and action found in acoustic pianos.
The keyboard is also velocity sensitive, and it allows the user to adjust the sensitivity into four preset settings; Fixed, Soft, Medium, and Hard. These settings provide the perfect platform for full expression while also ensuring that every learner gets the sensitivity they can work with depending on the strength of their fingers.
Yamaha uses dynamic sampling technology (AWM) to capture high-quality sounds from acoustic instruments. All the sounds in this keyboard are recorded at different dynamic levels of a full concert grand piano.
Regarding sound options, the P45 doesn’t have too much to offer, but they are just enough for beginners. The sounds include two electric pianos, two grand pianos, two pipe organs, two harpsichords, vibraphone, and strings. There are four reverb types whose depth can be adjusted from 0 all the way to 10.
The Yamaha P45 also comes with 64-note polyphony which is double what the P35 offered. The 64-note polyphony is not really the best, but it is still a lot better than the 32 polyphony.
Connectivity and Speakers
Yamaha P45 features a USB type B port, headphone, and a sustain pedal jack. You can connect the keyboard to your laptop and other electronic units for a more exciting performance.
The keyboard is fitted with two 2 x 12 cm speakers (6W + 6W amp). This produces just enough sound to fill a small room. In case you want to play in a bigger room, you will need to use an external amplifier.
88 fully weighted keys
Features dual, duo and duet playing modes
10 realistic sounds
The speakers are not the loudest
The Yamaha P45 is not a perfect keyboard. A few features are omitted, and some are not at their best, but it still performs pretty well even when compared to other machines within the same price range. Therefore, if you are a beginner with a tight budget looking for a reliable keyboard from a reputable company, the P45 is an excellent place to start.
Best Electric Piano’s for Advanced Players
1. Casio PX-770
The Casio PX-770 joins the Privia range replacing the PX-760. The keyboard features a stylish and modern design thanks to the furniture-style cabinet with a sliding keyboard cover. Below the elegant design are incredible features that will not only help beginners learn the basics of playing a digital keyboard, but will also grow and nurture their skills. It’s also due to some of these advanced features that we believe the Casio PX-770 can also be a decent keyboard for intermediate players.
Compared to its predecessor, the PX-760, Casio PX-770 is now sleeker in design with an even better cabinet. The cabinet features a wooden texture that makes the entire unit look and feels like executive equipment. It has also been fitted with a sliding cover that protects it from dust.
The keyboard comes with three pedals (soft, sustain and sostenuto) that you rarely see in other beginner keyboards. Presence of all the three pedals ensures that all beginners are familiarized to the pedals and how to use them at an early stage thus making it easier for them to adapt when they upgrade to bigger acoustic pianos.
All the controls of the PX-770 are found on the left side of the keyboard. You will find dedicated buttons here that will give you access to functions such as a metronome, MIDI recorder and the main sounds including piano and e. piano. Most of the other functions require the user to hold down the “function” button while pressing the other keys.
One thing that’s easy to notice when looking at this keyboard is the absence of a display. This has helped to keep the keyboard simple, but some people may find navigating through the various settings of the keyboard challenge. The good thing is Casio have programmed the keyboard with beep sounds which help you to know when a particular setting is selected.
The Casio PX-770 comes in three colors; white, black and brown. Getting the right keyboard that will complement your house décor effortlessly is hence very easy.
The Casio PX-770 comes with 88 fully weighted keys. These keys have been designed to mimic ivory and ebony keys that are commonly found in other high-end keyboards. Take note that all the keys here are weighted with real hammers and not springs. These deliver an excellent mechanical feel and movement. The keyboard also comes with a scaled hammer system which makes the keys heavier on one end, but they get lighter as you move up the keyboard.
The keys are also touch sensitive. This basically means that how hard you press the keys will affect the response and sound production. You can adjust this sensitivity to three different settings, or you could turn it off altogether.
The Casio PX-770 uses Air Sound Source with increased memory capacity which enables the keyboard to hold high-quality and accurate samples. We also loved the impact of the lossless audio technology that was used to compress the sound data. This tech has ensured that the sound samples included here mimic the original piano sounds almost perfectly with no quality loss.
The stereo samples of this keyboard can also be utilized to play both soft and extremely powerful tones such as fortissimo.
Casio PX-770 offers 19 different sounds including five grand pianos (mellow, concert, bright, rock, jazz and modern), four electric pianos, four organs (pipe, jazz, and two electric organs), two strings, vibraphone, harpsichord, and bass. There are four types of reverbs and a chorus effect.
The PX-770 provides 128-note polyphony which is quite enough for both beginner and intermediate players.
Casio PX-770 offers different connectivity options that allow you to connect the keyboard to different external devices. The keyboard has two stereo jacks that can be used to connect to two different headphones simultaneously. You can also use these jacks to connect the keyboard to a PA system, external amplifier, and other sound reinforcement.
You can control different settings of the keyboard through the newly released Chordana app which is available to both Android and iOS devices.
Casio PX-770 has two 2 x 12 cm inbuilt speakers with two 8W amplifiers. These produce a sound loud enough for small performances.
The Casio PX-770 has so much to offer for its price. For less than $700, this digital keyboard ensures that all beginners get to learn and grow with a keyboard that will diversify their skills. Intermediate players should also find these features really useful in polishing their playing styles.
2. Yamaha DGX-660
The Yamaha DGX-660 is our #1 pick in the best electric piano for advanced players. The Yamaha DGX-650 was a very popular piano and was, for years, among the best Yamaha keyboards in the market. Yamaha then introduced the Yamaha DGX-660 as its successor but has it lived up to the standards set by its predecessor?
Firstly, this DGX-660 costs around $799 but looking at its features you get a feeling that it could be worth it. The piano features 88 Grade Hammer Standard keys that are supported by a 192-note maximum polyphony. The result of all this is a great feel on your fingertips when playing the keyboard that significantly boosts responses from the keys. In fact, the keyboard has four different settings to choose from when it comes to touch responses. You can select from the Hard, Medium, Soft and Fixed. You are no longer forced to adapt to the piano. Instead, you customize the keyboard to your desired response which should make performance much more comfortable.
It’s also inevitable to notice the Intelligent Acoustic Control feature of this piano. What this control does is that it detects your sounds and then goes ahead to balance all the sounds used finding the middle ground where the output is at its best. It hence saves you from the hassle involved in adjusting sounds as is common in many other primary pianos.
The acoustic control alone isn’t enough to produce the best sound possible. To do so, you need to have equally good speakers. DGX-660 has four speakers, two of them are around 12cm while the other two are 5cm. It uses two 6W amplifiers whose output is just insane! This piano produces highly detailed sound where everything sounds so clear, and this is every musician’s dream. This model comes with a furniture bench, dust cover, sustain pedal, instructional book, instructional DVD, and polishing cloth.
DGX-660 then takes piano playing to a whole new level with its impressive app integration capability. There are seven different iOS apps to use with this piano. Some of these apps include audio, and video recorders and other playback applications and that’s not all; from its split screen (yes, you heard that right, split screen), you can access song sheets and personalize calibrations and settings which will give you the ultimate piano experience.
Now, picture a piano that allows you to download hit songs and then get their music scores. A piano that boots lyrics and lesson features. A keyboard with a fun Style Recommender where you can include backup bands to fit the chords of the playing rhythmic style. A Style Recommender where once you change the chord the piano automatically does the same. This is precisely what the DGX-660 does!
We can’t even extensively cover all the features in this piano. A few other features worth pointing out include:
12 new voices
A dedicated microphone jack
Six new reverbs
Piano room capability
Compatible wireless adaptor
It was hard to be convinced that anything could beat the DGX-650 but Yamaha have proven us wrong. The DGX-660 has rightfully inherited its predecessor and wholly transformed the piano experience. In the end, for the features you are receiving here it’s safe to say that its price tag isn’t that scary after all. A clear winner on our list for digital piano reviews for advanced players.
3. Yamaha YDP-163
The Yamaha YDP-163 is one of those pianos were checking the price tag alone can have you flipping to the next page without even checking out its features. This is because the piano goes for $1100 which is way above most people’s average budget for a keyboard but is it worth spending over $1000 on?
Aesthetically, the YDP-163 is up there among the best looking pianos in the market. It’s an electric piano that looks like an upright one. This is because instead of its harp lying flat, it is designed to stand up on the back resembling a grand piano. The piano is also fitted with an upright cabinet just behind the keys which are attached to two slender feet. This cabinet can open up creating a significant gap in its stands. Two planks of wood hold the stands. The YDP-163 is available in satin white and black colors with a wood grain finishing. Its key covers slide to reveal the ivory colored keys that complete its exquisite look. With such looks, this piano will not only help you with your music career but will also be a great addition to your home décor.
The key covers are also responsible for protecting the keys from external elements which reduces cases of key breakage. YDP163 console has music stands made of wood grains similar to those of the cabinet above. From this console, you can set up your music and compositions sheets conveniently where you can read them quickly without straining your eyes or neck. The wood grains used in this piano are not just for aesthetic purposes, but their strong nature has also made the entire keyboard durable.
This digital piano’s stands come with three durable pedals attached to the bottom. What’s the purpose of these pedals? Every pedal has its unique use. The one located at the far right, for instance, is called a sustain pedal. This pedal is used to remove dampers from the harp. This enables the strings to continue ringing moments after the key has been struck. Holding the pedal means that the key you’ve just hit will keep ringing until you release the pedal. This is a good thing, but you’ll need precision and finesse when using the pedal because if you over-press it then it is likely to blur everything else. It comes in very handy when you want your performance to have a dramatic end.
Technical players usually want to play different songs without losing any notes in between. This is an important feature that some pianos are unable to offer. With the YDP-163n however, you get a 192-note polyphony that addresses this issue.
For students or upcoming artists, the practice metronome and recorder will be useful in improving your skills. The recorder enables you to record a track, and with the playback option, you’ll be able to listen and determine any notable improvements that you need to do on your next play.
YDP-163 also stands out when you look at the sound outputs produced. It may seem like an upright piano, but it is designed to simulate sound production of a grand piano. These sounds are sampled using the Yamaha CF3S concert grand that delivers a variety of tones from huge, rich and warm tones which aren’t very easy to come across in other pianos.
If you are looking for a piano that can deliver excellent advanced performance, then the YDX-163 is one of your options. It may cost more than you’d want but a few times after using it you’ll realize just how impressive it really is. A deserved spot number 2 on our list.
4. Yamaha P115
Number 4 in our list is the Yamaha P115. Graded Hammer action keys are like the bare minimum of any Yamaha entry-level electric piano. At the lower end, the keys are a bit heavy, and they become much lighter as you come to the top notes. Such keys provide players with a balanced weight on the keys which results in a natural feeling when playing it. A natural feel of the keys is essential as it allows for a flawless transition from one key to another when performing. With the P-115 piano, users also get an opportunity to choose between a heavy and light feel in the graded action. All of these settings make it possible for virtuoso skills which is something most pianos out there can’t do. The customization of the keyboards makes the piano usable to a wide variety of people with different preferences. Children can, for instance, change to light settings which will make it easier for them to use the keyboard. Adults with weak hands can also use this setting to make the playing more seamless. Basically, this means that both you and your children can easily play the piano without any problems.
The Yamaha P115 is programmed with 14 voice options, and two of them are an upgrade from previous versions (Rock-Organ and Wurlitzer). It uses samples from the Yamaha’s CF III concert grand which is renowned for giving keyboards incredibly rich tones. In fact, most of the pianos that have used this concert grand are usually a lot more expensive than the P-115, so this keyboard is really a bargain if you think about. The natural resonance from this piano is also impossible to overlook. This string resonance resembles one from an acoustic instrument. The sympathetic resonance familiar in acoustic instruments is also available in the P-115, and hence you can imagine just how great playing this piano sounds. The tweeter has been moved to the top of the piano improving its spacious sound.
Many are times that pianos end up producing a disturbingly poor sound which not only makes it a nightmare listening to your plays but also makes it somewhat impossible for you to monitor your progress. This problem is usually as a result of poor damper resonance. Yamaha has permanently fixed this problem by increasing the piano’s damper resonance response. This has had an impressive impact as the sound is now clearer, finer and effortlessly natural.
App integration in pianos is perceived as an expensive accessory that can only be enjoyed by people on a big budget. This used to be true but not anymore. The P-115 is an example of an affordable piano that you can link to an app. It may not be as sophisticated as the integrations common in other high-end pianos, but it is still a significant upgrade from standard keyboards.
Notable specifications include:
MIDI, Headphone, USB and Aux outputs
Layer, duo and split functions
Two 7w speakers
5-280 bpm metronome
Intelligent acoustic control feature
Sound boost, chorus, and four reverb effects
As a beginner, finding the right piano is not easy. It is always good that you get to practice on a piano that gives you an experience as close to a real acoustic piano as possible. While on a tight budget this may be hard but the P-115 offers such an experience at a quite an affordable price. You can record up to two tracks on this piano for tracking your progress. It’s also quite compact weighing just 11.8kg which makes it portable. With this easy-to-use piano, you are likely to learn and grow into a professional musician much faster.
The Yamaha P125 is a fully weighted digital piano with 88 full sized piano keys. The GHS weighted action in this plays just like an acoustic piano, which many enthusiasts prefer. As an advanced electronic keyboard player, you will appreciate the smooth CF sound engine which reproduces fantastic tonality of the Yamaha 9 feet CFIIIS Concert grand piano; Tempo range: 5 to 280.
The Yahama P125 has a natural feel due to the weighted keys, with incredible piano tone. We found that the tone of this piano is even better than more expensive Yamaha’s. It is one of our finer choices.
Connectivity is fantastic on this machine with MIDI and audio transfer, you only need one cable to connect to your favorite music making software.
The speakers on the P125 are loud and very high quality from such a small unit. You will be very pleased with the way the Yamaha P125 sounds.
There is a theory that when a consumer can understand the proper importance of the tool that he or she is going to buy, the chances are high that the purchase will be a lot smoother than before. Now, the question that you might have in your mind is that why should you go for a digital piano, right? That’s a very good question and we tried to answer that question in this section of the article.
The biggest reason or the benefit for which people go for digital piano is the price. They are a lot more affordable than the acoustic piano models and that makes a huge difference.
Especially, if you are a newbie and you do not know whether you will establish your career on piano or not, a piano is the obvious selection because you do not want to spend much. Think about it. What if you buy an acoustic piano with so much money and end up not using it? That will be a huge waste of money and it should never happen. So, if you are a beginner or if you are still in the learning phase or are planning to learn the piano, the best idea is to go for an electric piano any day.
Another big reason that why people go for the digital piano over acoustic is the compact size and ease of using. It is not possible to deal with a regular king size piano for everyone. On the other hand, digital models are easy to use and you can easily carry them from one room to another or even in your jamming session if required. Those cannot be done with the big acoustic model.
Maintenance is another big reason that why you should go for the digital pianos. Pianos need constant maintenance but when it is a digital piano, life becomes easier. You do not have to tune it and it won’t have problems related to dust, heat or humidity. It is like owning a laptop with all the piano features (Sorry for the bad example).
From volume control to the sound diversity and quality, there are a lot of features that only the best electric piano models can offer. Yes, the acoustic piano will always have that antique look and feature but you can never compare it with the digital piano. Digital pianos are made to be played every single day if required. These are like good horses that you can depend on.
We will have a detailed article on the differences between a digital piano vs acoustic piano models soon but for now, hopefully, you understand why you should go for an electric model.
What brands offer the best digital pianos?
Numerous brands offer digital pianos to the market. Out of them, Yamaha has received a lot of positive attention. Yamaha p71 and Yamaha YDP-184 hold a prominent place out of them. In addition to that, you can also take a look at digital pianos such as Casio Privia PX-870, Kawai ES100 and Roland RD-2000. These digital pianos have received lots of positive attention and you will never regret about the decision that you would take to buy them.
Why should you learn to play digital piano?
Digital pianos are one of the most popular musical instruments that you can purchase from the market. Plenty of reasons are available for people in today’s world to invest their money in order to purchase a digital piano. Here is a list of top 5 reasons why you should start playing digital piano today.
Digital pianos are relatively inexpensive
Digital pianos can be considered as one of the most affordable musical instruments that can be purchased from the market. If you are not ready to spend a fortune on your musical instruments, a digital piano would be a good option available to consider. In other words, it is possible for a person to purchase a digital piano at an affordable price tag. The affordability associated with digital pianos has contributed a lot towards their popularity among people who are looking forward to keeping their first steps in music.
Digital pianos are easy to learn
You don’t need to go through any hassle in order to start playing digital piano. These musical instruments are extremely easy to learn and you will even be able to learn at the comfort of your home. This can keep you away from attending expensive lessons. You just need to use a single finger in order to play most of the digital piano chords. Therefore, a new player will be able to start playing his very first song within 24 hours of getting a digital piano.
Digital pianos are happy instruments
Anyone would love to enjoy the pleasure of playing digital piano. It is such a happy musical instrument. On the other hand, playing the digital piano can bring a smile to your face as well as the people who are in front of you. The bright sound that is made by the digital piano has contributed a lot towards the above-mentioned fact.
Digital pianos can express your personality
Digital piano is a musical instrument that can express the personality of the player. This differentiates digital pianos from the other musical instruments. The digital pianos can be purchased from the market under a variety of colors, shapes and styles. This can also reveal a lot of information about the digital piano player. However, such a variety of styles and color options are not available in other musical instruments. Interested people can even think of purchasing a bright pink color digital piano.
Digital pianos are sociable
Last but not least, a digital piano has the potential to help any person socialize. In other words, it would bring a lot of fun to play digital pianos at parties. This can be considered as an excellent sing-along musical instrument as well. While playing the digital piano at a crowded place, you will get the opportunity to make a lot of new friends. The fascinating sound delivered by this musical instrument has also contributed a lot towards its sociability. Therefore, any person can think of purchasing a digital piano and start playing today.
What are the different types of digital pianos available?
When you are about to purchase a digital piano, you will notice that many different types are available to get your hands on. Here are some of the most prominent options out of them.
Upright digital pianos
The upright digital pianos have been designed to sit against a wall. They are ideal for homes. That’s mainly because of the aesthetically pleasing design. It will be a perfect addition to your living room. On the other hand, they can resemble the appearance that you can get by having an upright acoustic piano at home.
Stage digital pianos
Stage digital pianos are also known as stage pianos. These pianos have been designed for live performances. The stage pianos come along with same features that you can get out of a digital piano. However, they are in a position to deliver a better output. Hence, they are widely being used in live performances.
Digital grand pianos are quite expensive. However, the experience that you can get from a digital grand piano is totally worth when compared to the amount you spend. Instead of purchasing a traditional grand piano, you can think about investing on a digital grand piano. That’s because you don’t need to go through the hassle of tuning and maintaining it. You will be able to make your life easy at the time of using a one.
You will also be able to get a better experience than using a traditional grand piano. That’s because you can control the soft background music. Regardless of these differences, you can get the feel of using an acoustic grand piano as well.
Final Words on Digital Piano Reviews
To summarize, if you’re looking to buy the best keyboard to learn piano, we recommend either the Casio CTK 2400 or the Yamaha P71. These piano’s are by far the best piano keyboard for beginners at an affordable price.
Always remember that when you are buying something valuable like a piano the idea of a great electric piano will be different for each individual. A model which is a great option for your friend might not be that awesome to you. It varies depending on your taste, different features and also on the style of using the digital piano.
What we always recommend is that you take time when looking for a digital piano model. We know you will love to get a piano as soon as you can but take a few minutes and think properly on which model will give you a long-term benefit. A lot of people buy the wrong piano without understanding their own style. Do not fall into that trap.
If you ever have any questions related to the best electric piano models, feel free to contact us. We will try our level best to solve all your queries and confusions.
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Sorry Trump, Apple won’t be donating money or tech to this year’s GOP convention
By Lulu Chang June 19, 2016
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Politicians can’t win everyone over, and Donald Trump is no exception. Despite his purported mutually adoring relationship with American corporations, a number of key corporate sponsors have decided not to sponsor the 2016 Republican convention in Cleveland, where the real estate mogul will be officially introduced as the party’s nominee for president. A Bloomberg report notes that Wells Fargo & Co., United Parcel Service Inc., Motorola Solutions Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Ford Motor Co., and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., all of whom sponsored the 2012 convention, will not be partaking at the same level this year. And on the tech side, Apple is sitting this one out, as is HP, Inc.
The Silicon Valley behemoth’s decision breaks with that of its compatriots, as Facebook, Google, and Microsoft have all signaled the provision of “some support” to the GOP next month. But Apple will not be donating money or technology to the event, which signals the latest sign of a growing rift between Trump (and perhaps the GOP at large) and America’s tech industry. After all, it wasn’t too long ago that Facebook was accused of curating liberal stories in its Trending News section, and in the spring a number of civil rights groups set up a Trump protest at Google’s headquarters.
That said, a few companies that decided not to support the convention have explicitly cited Trump as their rationale, so maybe it’s just unfortunate timing.
Of course, Trump has always insisted that he has more than enough personal funds to pave his road to the White House, so perhaps the reluctance of many corporate sponsors to participate this year won’t be such a big blow to the reality television star. But it’s not just businesses who are suggesting that they may not make an appearance at the convention — indeed, some top Republicans have also indicated that they might be absent from the event.
But sponsors or no sponsors, Republican attendees or not attendees, this year’s convention is sure to be an event to remember.
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Tesla battery packs last longer than you’d think — a whole lot longer
By Bruce Brown November 2, 2016
Concerns about electric car batteries wearing out may be unfounded. Data collected by a Tesla owners’ group show it’s unlikely the Model S battery pack will degrade to less than 90 percent over 200,000 miles or even further, according to Electrek.
Tesla owners who participate in a Dutch-Belgium Tesla forum are tracking 286 Tesla Model S owners around the world. The group updates the information in an open Google Docs spreadsheet.
Apparently, from the data, most Tesla S battery packs maintain about 95 percent capacity after the initial 50,000 miles. However, after that mileage, battery pack degradation is very slow, so slow it appears an additional 5 percent degradation might take at least another 150,000 miles. The group has extensive data and charts, including trend lines that show the aggregate data result and the outliers — those cars with numbers far from average performance.
Another factor tracked in the collected data, which is an ongoing project, is the effect, if any, on the use of Tesla Supercharging stations on battery pack degradation. According to one of the charts from the forum, “When looking at the general trend, supercharging more frequently seems to be better for the battery than supercharging less frequently. One possible explanation is that, during supercharging the battery is subject to heat for a shorter time, thus reducing parasitic reactions.”
During Tesla’s annual stockholders’ meeting this year, CEO Elon Musk mentioned a battery pack they were testing that at the time had more than 500,000 simulated miles and was still holding more than 80 percent of its original capacity.
According to Electrek, Tesla has established a drive unit lifetime goal of at least 1 million miles. If the battery packs can hang in that long, which the Dutch-Belgium forum’s data suggests might not be beyond the realm of possibility, there may be a lot of million-plus mile Teslas in the future.
Assuming you currently drive 10,000 to 20,000 miles a year, it appears that, if the Tesla owners’ group data is accurate and if it represents an indication of electric car battery packs in general — two significant ifs — it would take you 50 to 100 years to hit the million-mile mark so you could then check the remaining battery level. So maybe we can just be concerned about expanding the charging infrastructure rather than how long the batteries will last.
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Flash: Adobe issues emergency update after ransomware attacks
By Trevor Mogg April 8, 2016
Check your Web browser is running the latest version of Flash. And do it now.
Adobe has issued a global alert to computer users around the world warning of a serious security flaw that leaves machines open to ransomware attacks. The company is urging all users to update to the most recent version of the software, which it rolled out Thursday, as soon as possible.
Ransomware locks a user out of their machine until they pay a sum of money to the hacker behind the attack. A user’s machine can be tricked into installing the malicious software after visiting an infected website.
Hackers are said to be using the Nuclear and Magnitude exploit kits to spread ransomware such as Cerber. DT reported on Cerber last month, though researchers only recently discovered how a flaw in Flash can be used to deliver the ransomware, hence Adobe’s response on Thursday.
Rather creepily, Cerber takes control of Windows’ text-to-speech engine to let a user know, out loud, that their computer has been hijacked. The message says, “Attention! Attention! Attention! Your documents, photos, databases, and other files have been encrypted.” In the case of Cerber, victims have reportedly been told to pay $500 to regain access to their files.
Adobe has in the last few hours posted information about cross-platform Flash updates that “address critical vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.” There’s a lot of information on the page, but the main point is to ensure you have the latest version of Flash on your machine. You can do this by hitting this Adobe page via each of the browsers you use (updates may be auto-installing for one browser but not another) to make sure the software is up to date.
Ransomware is becoming an increasing problem for not only individual computer users, but businesses too, where the ransom demands are likely to be far higher. In February, for example, ransomware landed on the systems of a Hollywood hospital, locking staff out of computers holding important patient information as well as other data.
Hackers reportedly demanded $3.4 million to restore access. The hospital said it refused to pay such a large amount, though admitted it ended up handing over $17,000 in bitcoins to resolve the matter.
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Twitter: Cute stickers for photos could be on their way
By Trevor Mogg March 23, 2016
With Twitter’s user growth somewhat stuck in the mud, the company needs some smart ideas to get things on an upward trajectory and calm the nerves of increasingly concerned investors.
So how about cute stickers?
The social media service is currently looking into the idea of letting users jazz up their images in a bid to increase engagement with the app and possibly pull in new users, according to information obtained by Re/code.
The feature, if launched, could help the app appeal to a younger demographic, or simply serve to bring it in line with other messaging and social networking apps that have long offered stickers to users.
In a note to its test group, Twitter says its stickers let you “personalize your photos and connect with users around the world.”
Curiously, it says that besides adding stickers to photos, you’ll also be able to “see how other users from around the world have edited the same photo.” It also says the app will “suggest photos that you can edit and post to participate in trending conversations and breaking news,” though there’s no information on how Twitter will obtain those images.
Twitter wouldn’t confirm its sticker plan to Re/code, saying only, “We’re always researching potential new ways to make Twitter more expressive.”
The company has worked hard in recent years to push images front and center on its app, and for several years has let users tweak their photos with a range of Instagram-like filters. Of course, you don’t have to use those filters, and many users likely won’t bother with stickers, but giving users the option seems like an obvious move.
While stickers alone won’t rescue Twitter from its current woes, such a feature could form part of a broader strategy that ultimately helps lift it from the doldrums as it apprehensively enters its second decade of operation.
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When Is 'Ozark' Season 3 Coming Out? The World Is Waiting
By Kate Brierley
Byrd family fans, be ready: Ozark is officially returning to Netflix for a third season. Not surprisingly, the hit crime drama (emphasis on the drama) left us hanging in a major way in Season 2. It did the same when it debuted in 2017. Isn’t that what we love about it?
It’s been a long wait, and in the meantime, we managed to make peace with the fact that this day might never come. But here it is!
So when is 'Ozark' Season 3 coming out?
Netflix tweeted this announcement that Season 3 debuts on Friday, March 27, 2020.
The show was renewed way back in October 2018 following the conclusion of a successful Season 2. Star and director Jason Bateman (who plays main character Marty Byrde) immediately confirmed there would be a 10-episode third season.
But things have been quiet since then. That is, until Jan. 8, when Netflix officially announced a new season, the return of its Emmy award-winning cast, and their ongoing crisis with the Mexican drug cartel (more below).
“Jason Bateman (Marty Byrde), Laura Linney (Wendy Byrde), and Julia Garner (Ruth Langmore) double down on risky decisions to expand their empire in the next chapter of the thrilling crime drama series,” the network says.
I'm happy for me, but concerned for Marty - it's official OZARK 3 is on its way. pic.twitter.com/xeGXZxfrjB
— Jason Bateman (@batemanjason) October 10, 2018
Here’s a crash course on the 'Ozark' plot so far.
Lost track of what’s happening? Let's recap.
In Ozark Season 1, Marty starts out as a family man and financial adviser in Chicago. He ends up tangled with the cartel thanks to his (now deceased) business partner. Marty convinces the cartel he can launder money in the Missouri Ozarks to clear his $8 million debt.
Dark and downright addicting drama ensues from there, not just with the cartel, but Marty's wife Wendy, their two angsty teens, and plenty of characters they meet along the way.
Fast forward to Ozark Season 2. Things go from bad to worse for the Byrds and their cohorts (but better for viewers).
The family business gets crossed with that of a local heroin trade. They become tangled in a complex plot to co-own and operate a riverboat casino, launder money that way, and continue to build their respective crime empires.
But their real plan is to escape to Australia and start over again ASAP. One can dream!
Season 3 promises to bring big riverboat casino drama.
In a press statement, Jason revealed: “The riverboat casino that you see last season in fact goes into operation. We pick up six months later from the end of the second season. The casino is up and running and provides us with more opportunities, both positive and negative. Some of that is temping and some that are calming. Ultimately it all affects the family.”
In early February, the Ozark Instagram posted a teaser featuring — what else? — a bloody casino chip.
Sign. us. up.
Keep a low profile. Speak only in code.
A post shared by OZARK (@ozark) on Feb 4, 2020 at 11:00am PST
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AMP On Sea - Annie Mac Presents
Sat 19th June 2021Saturday 19 June 2021 to Sunday 20 June 2021
AMP On Sea
Annie Mac Presents - Inner City Live, House Gospel Choir, CC:Disco!, Little Gay Brother, Barely Legal, Sally C, Hannah Holland, Nimmo, Ceri, and Maze & Masters
Sat 19th June 2021
Superstar DJ Annie Mac is returning to Dreamland - and she's taking over. After her sensational summer show in 2019, Annie Mac returns with a huge line-up of handpicked talent, including Inner City Live, House Gospel Choir, CC:Disco!, Barely Legal, Sally C, Hannah Holland, Nimmo, Ceri, and Maze & Masters. LGBTQ+ rave collective and dance troupe Little Gay Brother will provide dazzling stage performances throughout, plus one of their legendary DJ sets covering classic house, disco and techno.
The takeover starts from 3pm, with acts split between our outdoor Scenic Stage and indoor Hall By The Sea club venue. Soak up the festival vibes until night falls, then continue the party indoors until 2am.
Tickets include rides.
This is a strictly 16+ event for Day Only Tickets, and a strictly 18+ event for Day & Night Tickets, which include access to the evening sets from 23:00 – 02:00.
Please note that this is a rescheduled date (rescheduled from 26 September 2020 to 19 June 2021). If you have purchased tickets for the original date, they will remain valid without you having to do aything. We promise a great party with Annie and co at Dreamland this autumn! The full line up will return in June, with the exception of Kerri Chandler, who unfortunately can't make it - but watch this space for a very special guest announcement!
Annie is the presenter of BBC Radio 1's weekday evening show, and has forged an enviable reputation as one of the most influential music ambassadors working today. When she isn't warming the airwaves with her eclectic selections, she is touring the world to headline festivals and fill clubs, including her own Lost and Found festival in Malta.
Getting to the event:
Big Green Coach are the Official Travel Partner for this event, running Day Return Coach services from London and Canterbury. Coaches are timed to arrive before the music starts and leave for home only after the headliner has finished. Click here for timetables and prices.
If you have purchased your ticket from one of our other authorised ticket sellers (including See Tickets, DICE, Skiddle, and Resident Advisor), please refer to their individual websites for customer service information.
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èBella EXTRA
Making it through the Marathon
Reclaiming Your Happiness
Deliberate Intention
Getting through Grief
Managing Stress with Multiple Sclerosis
Helping People Stay the Course
A First in August
What’s Your Royal Name?
Preparing for the Finish Line
The COVID-19 mental health marathon could be the toughest of our lives
We’re not going to sugarcoat it: This pandemic has been disastrous.
We’ve lost loved ones to COVID-19. We know people who are battling the disease and enduring its effects. We fear for our own health and safety every time we step outside our doors and into another. We argue about wearing masks. We struggle with the decision to send our kids back to school and lose sleep about household bankruptcy. We fight with our spouses, family members, friends, kids and loved ones over big and little grievances because We. Are. Over. It.
But it is not over.
So, what can we do? We can … Breathe. Journal. Acknowledge grief. We can be grateful. Embrace nature. Sleep. Laugh.
This 17th edition of èBella èXtra addresses the human condition in just eight articles.
We can’t fix the mental health marathon we’re all running, but we offer perspectives to inspire and empower you to regain a stronger sense of self and society in these awkward and troubling times.
We believe we are equipped to run this race through to the finish line.
We hope you know you are not alone.
We trust you will care for yourselves in body, mind and spirit.
We wish you well.
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NCH-sponsored webinar series helps people navigate grief in light of COVID-19
Naples mental health counselor offers coping skills as pandemic persists
Americans are unhappier than they have been in a long time. According to the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, some 23% of Americans polled in late May said they feel less than happy — the highest percentage reported since 1972. That’s an almost 50-year low. As the public grapples with the fear, grief and other emotions that characterize our response to COVID-19, it feels like we’re heading into another “Great Depression” — literally.
So, is it possible to be happy in a pandemic? Karen McGregor, author of “The Tao of Influence: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Leaders and Entrepreneurs,” says it is. Even in a world where misery has gone viral, we can train our minds to be happy, but it’s going to take work.
No. 2 - Move your body to “reset” your mind
McGregor says the reason we get fixated on a thought is that we don’t have the discipline to move away from it, so moving your body makes this practice easier. As soon as you have the thought, reposition your body, get up, go and look at something completely different, and allow your thoughts to move on to another topic. Your mind will follow your body if you let it.
No. 3 - Breathe
As you move, take full, deep breaths and notice what is around you. Focus on something relatively neutral, like a favorite chair or plant. Continue to fill your body with breath, reminding yourself to be present to your breath, feeling it come in and out of your body. Imagine breathing in all the goodness of life and breathing out the process of letting go of thoughts and the stress that comes with those thoughts.
No. 4 - Take 10 minutes a day to connect with your inner child
Your inner child often holds onto the original wound that led you to live in your chaotic and stress-filled mind, with thoughts that are trying their best to protect you and keep you safe from unhelpful beliefs created in your formative years (usually around 5 to 7 years old).
Talk to your inner child, instructs McGregor. Get to know what it is that the child is asking for or needs. Perhaps it’s for you to be gentle on yourself, or love and appreciate yourself more. Perhaps you are not standing up for what you really want in life, so the child is feeling angry or betrayed. Perhaps you are living in a lie and want to come back to the truth of who you are, and your child is deeply hurt by your lack of action toward what you know to be your truth.
“Whatever it is, assure the child that you — the adult — will take care of what is needed to come back to and honor self,” says McGregor. “And then do some small or large action toward fulfilling that promise, as soon as possible.”
No. 5 - Eat living, plant-based foods
“The energy contained in living foods supports a joyful, calm being, while dead foods and/or excessive animal products and highly processed foods often contribute to feelings of sadness and irritation,” says McGregor. “When you grocery shop, try buying 80% fruits and vegetables. When you eat out, try choosing meals that are veggie-forward.”
No. 6 - Set yourself a 10-day challenge that solidifies your new calm and joyful state of being
It could look like this: No complaining for 10 days, and no blaming anyone or anything for 10 days. Replace the complaining and blaming with gratitude. Or try a healthy risk challenge: For 10 days, step outside your comfort zone, lean into your intuition, and take risks that move your life and business in a positive direction. Journal each of the 10 days, reflecting on insights and lessons learned.
“When you become serious about getting to a state of calm and joy, you will take every opportunity to do these six practices,” concludes McGregor. “Ignore your mind if it wants to keep you safe in your old ways that are based in fear. Simply acknowledge the thoughts that resist the above practices, knowing that the more you release and let go, the closer you are to true freedom from the traps that keep you in stress and unhappiness.”
Karen McGregor is the author of the much-anticipated book, “The Tao of Influence: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Leaders and Entrepreneurs.” She has shared her message on stage with Tony Robbins, Deepak Chopra, John Gray and David Wolfe. Learn more at www.karenmcgregor.com.
by Brant Menswar
The emotional tornadoes caused by Covid-19 have made it incredibly challenging for all of us.
Should we send our kids back to school?
How are we going to stay afloat financially?
Is it safe to visit a doctor’s office?
These are some of the difficult questions we ask ourselves daily. Is there even a “good” decision to be made during these times? What is a “good” decision, and how do you know when you’ve made one?
If you are like thousands of people whom I’ve asked that question over the last year, your answer will be based on some sort of outcome:
“The results are there!”
“People are happy with the decision.”
“No one got hurt!”
Using an outcome to justify whether a decision is good or bad is something behavioral scientists call “outcome bias.” This is a dangerous and uninformed practice for one simple reason: You can’t control outcomes.
Unless your name is Gandalf or Glinda, you don’t have that kind of power. All you can control is the deliberate intention that goes into your decision-making. Once the decision is made, it’s out of your hands.
Three Steps to Good Decisions
To make a good decision, you must do three things:
Account for your core values (your non-negotiables).
Consider all the facts.
Honor your feelings in the moment.
The uncomfortable truth is that most of us have no idea what our non-negotiables are. These are deeply held personal core values that simply will not be influenced or changed by outside forces. We must first define our non-negotiables.
The second step requires you to consider all the facts you can get your hands on. Sometimes the “truth in the room” doesn’t give you a full picture of what’s possible. Expand your search of trusted information.
The last step is about honoring what you are feeling in the moment. If you don’t acknowledge your feelings, they can have the strength of Hercules, the bad judgment of a crack addict and the stability of North Korea. Allowing your emotions to lead the decision-making process can be dangerous!
There has never been a more important time to define what matters most. Take some time to discover your non-negotiables. You must act with deliberate intention if good decisions are to be made.
Brant Menswar is the CEO/founder of Rock Star Impact, a boutique agency that addresses values-based leadership. His newest book, Black Sheep, to be released Sept. 29, is available through major booksellers.
by Julia Browning
If recovering from substance use disorder is imagined as a road, people like Deb Lewis can be envisioned as the person holding the map, directing people to stay on course.
A peer recovery coach supports someone who is recovering from mental and/or substance use disorders, such as alcohol and drug addiction. They provide talk therapy, teach coping skills and share healing modalities. But the main thing they offer is their own experience, because peer recovery coaches are also in recovery, along with their clients.
The position is relatively new to the mental health community, following research that demonstrated the benefit to people in recovery who learn from someone who has already been there.
“The first time I heard the definition of peer recovery coach, I knew that was who I am,” says Deb Lewis about applying for the position at David Lawrence Centers for Behavioral Health.
Lewis made her dream job a reality.
“People who are dealing with substance use disorder issues really relate to (peer recovery coaches),” she says. “We’re able to connect to them in a different way.”
Lewis and her co-workers remind their clients of who they could be if they stay on the road to recovery. She sees this as another way to help end the negative stigma toward addiction — people in recovery have a lot to offer the mental health community and the world at large.
Deb Lewis
“Hopefully, the world will start to realize that we’re a new part of society,” Lewis says. “It’s not a shameful thing. It’s something that happens to people. And people recover. And they can be a powerful part of the solution.”
“Her positive attitude is an inspiration to us all,” says Lewis’ supervisor, Maggie Baldwin, clinical director of Crossroads recovery programs. “I feel like I learn something from Deb every day.”
100 Iconic Works from the Permanent Collection
Roberto Montenegro (Mexican, 1885-1968)
Niña sentada (Seated Girl), 1958 - Oil on canvas - 30 x 26 inches - Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum. 2002.2.039. Gift of Harry Pollak.
Artis—Naples recently reopened The Baker Museum for guided tours to community first responders and its Friends of Artis—Naples.
Kathleen van Bergen, CEO and president of Artis—Naples, said that opening the museum in August — the first time in its history that it has been open during that month — is a way of thanking first responders and Artis—Naples donors for their support, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, noting the “healing power of art.”
Artis─Naples docents and Director of Curatorial Affairs Rangsook Yoon will give tours of two current exhibitions from The Baker Museum holdings: “100 Iconic Works from the Permanent Collection” and “Subject Matters.”
Those who are not yet Friends of Artis—Naples can join online to become eligible for tour registration.
First responders and Friends of Artis—Naples need to reserve tour tickets in advance (with a limit of two), and will be required to sign a liability and COVID-19 exposure form. Guests will also be required to observe social distancing, wear face masks and have their temperatures checked upon entry.
First responders and Friends of Artis—Naples can register online at www.artisnaples.org or by calling 239-597-1900.
Lord or Lady
The last thing you ate
Add “of”
The last place you shopped
Example: a woman’s pet is Baxter. The last thing she ate was tofu. And the last place she shopped was online at Wayfair. She would be Lady Baxter Tofu of Wayfair.
Share the fun at the dinner table, on social media or your next Zoom call.
Laughter, after all, is the best medicine!
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, people are experiencing mental health issues, many for the first time. And as the pandemic nears the seventh-month mark, it’s clear this challenge isn’t a road race. It’s a marathon. That’s why it’s important to develop the skills necessary to get to the finish line.
Since the pandemic began, Mental Health America reported a 250,000-person increase in those who screened positive for anxiety and depression. As the pandemic wears on, that number is expected to rise.
We asked Kathy Feinstein, a licensed mental health counselor practicing in Naples, to help us all get through this marathon mentally intact. Here are some practices she suggests.
Coping Skills for Anxiety and Depression Caused by the Pandemic
The first thing to do is stay connected. We need to exercise social distancing to stay safe, but do not confuse that with social isolation. Stay connected with others any way you can. Call family and friends. Offer to help other people. Ask for help when you need it.
Set boundaries around what you talk about. With family and friends, there’s so much talk about the virus and the political climate and everything going on with racial unrest. That, a lot of times, creates anxiety. So, it can be helpful to set boundaries about what you want to talk about.
Set boundaries around how much news you’re taking in about the virus. You can get an overload of information, which can take over your thinking. What you think determines how you feel (and) how you feel determines what you do.
Maintain your routine. Especially if you’re working from home, it’s easy to not get out of your sweatpants. However, it’s important to stick with your routine. Get up, move your body, take a shower, make your bed — do the things you would typically do.
Get outside. There is something really healing about being in nature. Move your body, go for a walk or just be outside.
Prioritize sleep. Sleep is really underrated. When you’re not sleeping well, everything is worse.
Practice mindfulness. Anxiety, in particular, is all about things in the future. It’s the “what ifs.” We find ourselves thinking, “What if I get the virus? What if someone I know gets the virus? What if I never get to leave my house?” These things can create a lot of anxiety.
When you find yourself in that future, reel yourself back to the present. Practice mindfulness through meditation or being in the moment with one of your five senses.
Stay connected to your spiritual community. If you’re typically in touch with a spiritual community or you’re a faithful person, you can derive a lot of comfort from that.
Practice gratitude. Resilience is really all about being flexible and adapting to adversity. People who practice gratitude are very resilient. Having a gratitude practice is also a great intervention for depression. So, implement a gratitude practice into your routine.
If You are Newly Struggling with Mental Health
Be gentle with yourself and know that you’re not alone. Particularly if an emotion is something that’s new, we have the tendency to judge ourselves for feeling that particular way. Instead, just be gentle with yourself.
Use this Time to Reach your Greatest Potential
Think about the opportunities that exist when you’re at home. This is a great time to learn a new skill. Ten years from now, how do you want to look back on this time?
Thinking about that helps you set goals and have a purpose to pursue. It could be as simple as increasing your fitness level or having a project at home with the family. Define a purpose and set some goals for this time to keep you intentional in what you’re doing.
Kathy Feinstein is a licensed mental health counselor and certified sport performance consultant. Since 1998, her unique practice has empowered adolescents, adults, couples, families and teams to achieve greater satisfaction in sport, health and life.
More than 170,000 people in the U.S. have lost their lives to COVID-19. Whether you have experienced personal loss, witnessed related deaths as a health care worker, or are feeling grief from a lost job, personal dream — or even the loss of life as you knew and expected it to be — grief counseling is extremely helpful.
That’s why NCH Healthcare System’s Department of Spiritual Care is sponsoring a free webinar series to help people cope with grief and loss.
The series, offered by Loving Spirit, a nonprofit dedicated to helping people navigate loss, was launched in June and includes six one-hour sessions that are accessible on all devices.
“There are many challenges our staff members experience as a result of the visitor restrictions that are in place to protect our community and our patients,” says Director of Spiritual Care Rev. Jennie Thomas. “These challenges are not just felt by our staff, but by the patients and their families, as well. My hope is that this workshop will be a source of healing for our employees and our community.”
Grief is most often associated with death, but people all over the world are grieving the loss of the lives they thought they would be living, include seeing friends, traveling and spending time with family.
“Social distancing is important to helping reduce the number of people infected and affected by COVID-19,” Thomas says. “Our chaplains have spoken with many people who are struggling with the grief of being isolated.”
To learn more and register, visit www.LovingSpiritWebinar.com.
With compromised immune systems, people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) are understandably fearful of contracting COVID-19.
The increased stress and anxiety brought on by the pandemic can exacerbate MS symptoms, says Kay Jasso, executive director of MS Center of Southwest Florida. Because of that, and in addition to moving exercise classes online, Jasso has added monthly facilitated support groups and revved up existing mental health services with the help of a grant from the Community Foundation of Collier County.
Today, the MS Center offers its members one-on-one meetings with a licensed mental health counselor.
“New people are coming into counseling who are having trouble managing this isolation and the fear of becoming ill,” Jasso says. “Our counselors are providing coping skills for the clients and giving them exercises they can practice that can help them manage their stress levels.”
When COVID-19 first hit the area, Jasso and her team worked quickly to get exercise classes online, knowing what a vital resource it was for clients who attend the classes religiously.
Now, the classes have an even higher attendance rate. Being streamed over Zoom makes them more accessible.
The classes provide more than just a workout. MS patients are at high risk for mobility and balance issues, with many having to use canes or walkers as the disease progresses. Exercises specifically formulated for their condition help prevent or even reverse symptoms.
But Jasso found that during the Zoom classes, the women — who have become friends through shared experiences and past meetings at the center —longed to catch up with one another and talk about their experiences. While the instructor urged them to focus on the task at hand, an idea was born in Jasso’s mind, and the support groups via Zoom were created.
“This is their opportunity to talk about a range of issues — not just MS, but the fear people are experiencing and social distancing during COVID,” Jasso says.
To help clients meet their basic needs like food and health care, the center has also added a case management aspect for its new and existing clients.
“We’re here for a lot of different reasons — not just exercise, but to help people manage their everyday lives,” Jasso says.
“It’s important for national organizations like the MS Society to focus on research and finding a cure. But it’s also important to help people manage their everyday struggles. We are here for those individuals in Southwest Florida.”
To learn more visit www.MSCenterSwfl.org.
“Science has proven that our thoughts manifest our reality. Most of us understand this on some level, yet the mind inherently resists changing the thoughts that make us fearful and depressed,” says McGregor, whose TEDx Talk on the subject has been viewed by over a million people.
She says the mind’s nature is to keep us safe at all costs. This is why it’s hard to tear ourselves away from media coverage of rising infection rates, spiraling economic markers and other “bad news” stories — not to mention social media conversations that offer up scary interpretations of what’s happening and predictions on how terrible the future is going to be.
Here’s the problem: Not only will all of our negative obsessing not change the world; it drains all joy from the moment. Only when we can deal with the mind’s resistance to change will we be able to experience more happiness.
Here are six tips to help you find happiness — even in a pandemic.
No. 1 - Don’t resist or analyze your fear-based thoughts
“Don’t aim for only positive thoughts, or become frustrated because your thoughts are negative,” says McGregor. “Do not make any of it mean anything about you or anyone else. Simply let the thoughts go. Resistance only creates more of what you don’t want.”
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Eleusis Launches Clinical Development of Psychedelic Infusion Therapies for Major Depressive Disorder and Acquires Kalypso Wellness Centers
Acquisition of Kalypso accelerates the clinical development of psychedelic infusion therapies
ELE-Ket+ and ELE-Psilo+ are psychedelic infusion therapies in clinical development for adjunctive treatment of major depressive disorder; initiation of Phase 2 clinical trials expected in Q4 2021
LONDON & NEW YORK - Dec. 14, 2020
Eleusis Ltd, a clinical-stage life science company dedicated to unlocking the full therapeutic potential of psychedelics, today announced the launch of its clinical development of psychedelic infusion therapies and acquisition of Kalypso Wellness Centers (“Kalypso”), a leading provider of ketamine infusion therapies in the United States. Under the terms of the agreement, Eleusis will acquire Kalypso and its intellectual property in an all-stock transaction.
“Eleusis is transforming psychedelics into medicines across a broad range of unmet needs, starting with major depressive disorder where conventional psychedelic drug therapies may be undermined by problematic tolerability, reliability, accessibility and affordability,” Shlomi Raz, Chairman and CEO of Eleusis. “Overcoming these challenges has been the focus of our scientists and clinicians since 2013, and the acquisition of Kalypso underscores our commitment to accelerating the development of broadly accessible psychedelic drug therapies for patients in urgent need of treatment alternatives.”
Eleusis is developing psychedelic infusion therapies intended to enhance the therapeutic profile of ketamine and psilocybin. ELE-Ket+ and ELE-Psilo+ are expected to enter Phase II clinical trials for the adjunctive treatment of major depressive disorder at the end of 2021.
“Improving the safety, tolerability and convenience of psychedelic drug therapy will enable broad patient access to these promising new treatment alternatives while reducing both the complexity and duration of treatment,” said Bryan Clifton, M.D., Co-founder of Kalypso, who has joined Eleusis as Chief Medical Officer.
Beyond psychiatry, Eleusis is developing the full therapeutic potential of psychedelics across a diverse range of medicinal applications. The company's pipeline includes preclinical and clinical-stage assets that harness the profound anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective potential of psychedelics without perceptual effects.
Cannon Clifton, CEO and Co-founder of Kalypso, added, “We are thrilled to combine Kalypso’s comprehensive drug infusion expertise with the impressive scientific and clinical capabilities of Eleusis to accelerate the transformation of psychedelics into medicines.”
About Kalypso Wellness Centers
Kalypso Wellness Centers (“Kalypso”) was formed in 2016 by two board certified anesthesiologists, Dr. Cannon Clifton and Dr. Bryan Clifton, and two board certified pain management physicians, Dr. Mark Moran and Dr. Scott Worrich, with the intention of providing ketamine therapies for patients in need of new treatment alternatives. Kalypso manages seven clinics throughout the US and has pioneered the development of combination ketamine therapies, delivering over 10,000 patient infusions, to date. For more information, visit https://kalypsowellness.com.
About Eleusis Ltd.
Founded in 2013, Eleusis is the first privately held, clinical-stage life science company dedicated to unlocking the full therapeutic potential of psychedelics, guided by science and enabled by drug discovery, clinical development and care delivery design. The company’s comprehensive discovery, development and delivery capabilities enable it to target a broad spectrum of unmet needs within psychiatry, and beyond psychiatry. For more information, visit https://www.eleusisltd.com/
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Amazon in Kuwait! Online Shopping at Official Kuwaiti Amazon Site
June 6, 2020 March 5, 2019 by David Elfering
There’s no need to tackle with expensive international shipping charges and delays on Amazon. In January, 2021, Amazon has a local site version in Kuwait.
Also Amazon is now in both in English & Arabic!
Click here for the official Amazon website in Kuwait
Good news for those who want to use, and buy from Amazon in Kuwait, as there is no need to tackle with the USD currency, package forwarding charges, or poor international shipping availability on the US based Amazon.com website.
The official Amazon website in Kuwait, is now known as Souq.
They support fast & safe, nationwide shipping with low shipping charges, online shopping in Kuwaiti Dinar and cash on delivery to name some advantages.
How Amazon works in Kuwait;
Headquartered in Dubai, Souq has become a known brand and the largest site for e-commerce among Arabic countries. Owned and run by Amazon, it’s also now officially the most popular online shopping website in Kuwait.
Acquired by Amazon in 2017, the online store has it’s founding roots as far back as 2005 when a Syrian businessman, Ronaldo Mechor founded the site.
It works in a similar fashion to the main Amazon site, which includes a seller portal where other businesses are also selling their products.
Save! The Kuwait Souq has a “deals of the day” page, which has a variety of discounted offers for each day, some include free shipping — check it out!
Shipping & delivery options to Kuwait;
There are a few shipping options, mainly by courier services with delivery to your doorstep. Similar to Amazon, you can see the final price that includes cost of shipping after placing items to the shopping cart and proceeding to checkout.
They deliver to all major Kuwaiti cities such as; Şabāḩ as Sālim, Janūb as Surrah, Ar Rābiyah, Al Farwānīyah, Al Faḩāḩīl, Bayān, Ar Rumaythīyah, Kuwait City, Al Finţās, Al Manqaf, Ar Riqqah, Al Jahrā’, Ḩawallī, As Sālimīyah, Salwá, Al Aḩmadī.
Also all of the six governorates are supported for shipping, which consists of the Al Asimah, Hawalli, Farwaniya, Mubarak, Ahmadi & Jahra Governorate.
Delivery services are available each day of the week, excluding Fridays. With the delivery time being during working hours, between 9:00 and 18:00.
For cash on delivery, there will be an additional fee.
English & Arabic language settings;
While the Amazon in the USA only supports the English language, the Souq equivalent also has support for Arabic, although it does not speak Kuwaiti Arabic.
You’ll see a flag of Kuwait at the top menu, which opens up the language settings tab after clicking on it. Select “Arabic”, or “English”.
The interface is almost entirely bilingual, with titles, descriptions and the rest of the shopping interface offered in both languages.
To directly access the English language site version click here.
Shopping categories;
To buy from Amazon in Kuwait, you can browse through an extensive list of categories, which include smaller sub-categories similar to Amazon.
Available main categories are; Health, Beauty, Eyewear, Pets, Wearable, Technology Devices, Home Appliances, Networking & Computers, Furniture & Home Decor, Electronics, Movies & Music, Books, Fitness & Sports, Baby & Infants, Home Supplies & Kitchen, Home Improvements & Tools, Tablets & Mobile Phones, Kitchen Appliances, Groceries, Cameras, Vehicle Parts, Collectables & Art, Game Consoles, Stamps & Paper money, Perfumes, Office Products, Clothing, Toys, Accessories & Jewelry, Outdoors & Garden, Bath & Bed, Furniture.
Refunds & return policy;
The website has policies in place to tackle counterfeit or poor quality items, however you can safely shop among items sold directly by Souq.
In any case, they guarantee your money back in 15 days if the ordered item is in it’s original packaging. Return shipping costs will be returned for items that are damaged, counterfeit or differ from that product description upon purchase.
However, some items are marked as “non-returnable”, which includes categories like; Earrings, Underwear, Music & Software, Books, Socks, Lingerie, Swimwear, etc.
And that’s the end of my online shopping guide..!
There are some other, competing alternatives to Amazon in Kuwait, but the only official equivalent is Souq. Which is highly competitive in pricing & availability.
Inquiries, comments or anything concerning Amazon in Kuwait?
How to buy, shipping, deliveries, etc. all questions welcome.
Thank you and please, share if possible. David.
For transparency sake, I want to inform you my dear reader, that affiliate links could be present in the posts you are reading. This helps me work hard to write helpful content which is aimed for mutual benefit. Much gratitude!
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English Forum Switzerland > Living in Switzerland > Daily life
fatmanfilms
Location: Verbier
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1.1 million people have recovered so far. That's 0.01% of the world population. Unless it would drastically change, I think that's a segment too small for separate planes, hotels and restaurants.
It's probably many times more.....
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omtatsat
Location: CH
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Since last week I've been in a good mood because a lot of things will reopen next Monday 11th of May:
schools: my wife will leave the house and go to work
gyms: I've been riding my bike a lot, but I miss the sauna
family reunification visas for Switzerland: not affected by this one but it's great news for other EFers https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home...wFKQksCqORmrak
time to forget about the no lockdown Sweden with higher deaths per million than here. We'll also have no lockdown next week and a lot less dead, what's not to like?
Yes. Good to get the wife out from under your feet
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Location: Kt. Zürich
It is no worse than flu
The Trump administration is projecting that the United States could see up to 3,000 deaths per day from the coronavirus by June 1, a person familiar with internal documents confirmed to The Hill on Monday.
The projections show the U.S. reaching 200,000 new cases daily by June 1 with a daily death toll of roughly 3,000. The number of daily cases peaked in late April at just over 30,000. The current daily death toll varies, but typically falls between 1,500 and 2,000.
This, of course, takes account of the states to begin to ease stay-at-home orders.
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All this talk of immunity passports and those that have been tested positive & proved to have survived
the virus & therefore assumed to be safe from reinfestion becoming 'a new class of citizen' in the post
lockdown world; when we all emerge into 'the new normal' for however long it takes before a vaccine
or an inoculation against the virus is perfected.
Will Restaurants and bars become divided between immunity passport customers and non immunitity
passport customers; like we had smoking and non smoking areas in bars & restaurants of the past
as well as 1st, 2nd and 3rd class carriages back in the days of steam trains.
On planes - will 'immunity passport passengers' enjoy Business class travel with few restrictions
while those who've never had the virus, have to travel in people distancing sections of the aircraft,
complete with masks, gloves and stewardesses disinfecting everything they touch, with the byword
being 'bring your own sandwiches' ? Or even go so far as to have 'immunity passport' flights
and 'non immunity passport' flights.
Then when you arrive at your destination will there be Immunity Passport Hotels and Non Immunity
Passport Hotels and maybe even going so far as having Immunity passport beaches and
non Immunity passport beaches ?
Well more likely non-immunity-passports won't be admitted into the country at all...
Samaire13
Given that less than 1% of world population were confirmed to be infected, that'd be a mighty stupid idea, assuming people travel mostly for tourism, also known as a key contribution to roughly any country's GDP.
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Location: Rheintal
Maximum about 10 times. That's still only 0.1% of the world's population.
Lol, no. My home country for instance has almost no income from tourism (I mean tourists coming from abroad, internal tourism - yes, and I hope there will be a lot more after corona because we have a very beautiful country). Well, nothing worth mentioning, really. But we travel, so asking from anyone a immunity certificate would create a huge bureaucracy. I'm actually curious how could this measure be implemented and if it would make any sense....probably not.
Immunity passport-such nonsense that it being created!!
The world is rapidly being taken over by dumb technocrats.
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Location: Risch
There will be a market for fake tests, a sort of Trump test certificate , will allow you to access any golf course in the world as long as you pay in advance.
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Ah ! but the number of people infected by the virus across the world is rising steadily, as are the number
who have had it and survived as well as ( sadly ) the number of people who have died from the virus.
The lockdowns might have slowed the rate of infections down but it hasn't stopped or eliminated
the threat altogether, as I mentioned further in my post:
Many scientists have said that we cannot hide from the virus forever and that we will all be
infected by it eventually, although hopefully a cure or an inoculation will be found before
it gets too serious.
So the world percentage will still climb albeit at a slower rate but until such a time as a vaccine or
an inoculation against the virus is found, then it will always be a threat. This is the unknown
factor and although many are pinning their hopes that a number of trial vaccines will work,
they all remain unproven at this moment in time.
Also with no viable cure in sight, the number of people infected by the virus and have survived the virus
with ( hopefully ) having been tested thoughout these stages, means those that become immune
will steadly rise in the world. Meaning more people becoming eligible for immunity passports.
Although the great unknown will be how long, months, years, two years or more ?? we will have
to live in the 'new normal' environment.
But it will not go down well with families unless they have all gone down with the virus & survived.
By doing this the world could be slipping back to the 1920/30/40 & 50's class ridden society but determined
by immunity passports from the virus.
Surely the time has come for Boris to 'circle the wagons' for a bit of herd immunity ?
an inoculation against the virus is found, then it will always be a threat.
I dont need a scientist to tell me that.
You can't say with any certainty that the max is 10 times, at least 10 times is likely probably more, especially when the French now realise it's been in France since December & it's likely the majority of people show zero or mild symptoms.
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But we travel, so asking from anyone a immunity certificate would create a huge bureaucracy. I'm actually curious how could this measure be implemented and if it would make any sense....probably not.
It wouldn't of course Most countries don't ask for proof for any immunity (via vaccine or otherwise) for any other disease, many of which are significantly more contagious (Measles, for example). Why would anyone ask for this?
And implementation would be next to impossible, especially in less wealthy countries.
Nonsensical all around.
the threat altogether, as I mentioned further in my post
Which wasn't the intention and won't happen either way.
It will hardly rise to 50, 60, 70% of world population. Or actually: if it did, then good going as that would actually mean it will peter out altogether. Alternative: MANY more have been infected than is currently known (very likely), meaning it's contagious, but much less lethal, making it a very limited threat overall.
Didn't they make a small sample study in the Bronx that showed 30% were infected or something? Need to look it up. Granted, clearly very different social and economic make-up and circumstances, but still intriguing...
There's no evidence for your assertion that 10 times is the maximum. Its probably more like a minimum...
Funny. Tbh I kind of got used with OH being at home all the time (we won't file for divorce after the quarantine ), bars - I never frequent, restaurants, gyms - well....I missed having the option to go there, not really the going to restaurants/gym/etc if you can make any sense of this.
I'm actually not too happy that the schools will re-open so soon, I think it is too early and they based this decision on the hypotesis that kids are less likely to contract the virus, which hasn't been supported by any study as far as I know.
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First case of corona in France was 27th of December, a local man who didn't travel. That is 1 month before the official first case in France.
As it seems the virus is spread much more than some people think...
https://www.lefigaro.fr/sciences/un-...bondy-20200503
In the unlikely event that English Forum members might like to read this news in English.
terrifisch
This is a problem, not something to be happy about
There are currently 45 countries that require travellers to have the International Health Certificate for Yellow Fever Vaccination.
So there is a working system for checking vaccinations in place that could be used.
So? I've been to several of them, none ever asked for proof that I was vaccinated. That's the point - not whether it's a "requirement", but whether anyone realistically would ever ask and the answer to that is nope.
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So you are a lawbreaker; nothing to be proud of.
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Norwich parents hit out at First buses after fare confusion leads to child fears
John Owens
A Norwich couple who feared they might have to pull their child out of school over bus cost fears have hit out at the company that they say has repeatedly misinformed them.
Lydia and Greg Escandon, of Burges Road, Mile Cross, claim they were treated aggressively by a First bus driver who told them they were only allowed one, rather than two, children per adult under five to travel free.
After complaining, they say they were then reassured by staff at the company's Norwich headquarters that the two child policy was correct, as the couple previously thought.
However, this week they received a letter from First telling them that the one child policy prevailed – a statement that also turned out to be wrong.
Mrs Escandon, 28, said they were contemplating removing four-year-old Winter from the new Free School Norwich after the letter because they could not afford to take him.
She explained that this was because her husband's shift work meant she had to take her other two young children with her on each journey to school.
Mrs Escandon said she was left in tears and made to feel like 'a criminal' by her encounter with the bus driver.
She said: 'How can anyone use public transport confidently if nobody knows what is going on? I don't want to have to use them but I have no choice. It turns out I was right. I think when you get on a bus it should say clear as day in front of you what the policy is.'
A spokesman for First encouraged the couple to contact them and said: 'The policy on all First bus services is to allow two children under the age of five and accompanied by an adult to be carried free at all times, providing they only occupy one seat at busy periods.'
Are you having bus problems? Contact John Owens on 01603 772439 or email john.owens@archant.co.uk.
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Warning to Norwich dog-owners as killer virus strikes
Kate Scotter
Published: 1:00 AM June 28, 2010 Updated: 6:18 PM October 10, 2020
Kate ScotterPet owners are being urged to vaccinate their dogs against the deadly parvovirus after another outbreak of the killer disease. The canine killer last struck Norwich in 2006 when about 70 dogs were infected and more than 40 died.Kate Scotter
Pet owners are being urged to vaccinate their dogs against the deadly parvovirus after another outbreak of the killer disease.
The canine killer last struck Norwich in 2006 when about 70 dogs were infected and more than 40 died.
Now alarm bells are ringing with the discovery of a new outbreak of parvovirus which has already infected a number of pets in Norwich.
It is believed several dogs have been infected with the disease in recent weeks with at least one fatality.
The news has led to fresh calls for pet owners to get their four-legged friends vaccinated and to ensure they clean up after their pooch.
A spokesman for Norwich City Council said: 'This is a really important issue for the public to be aware of.
'From our side, our contractor's technical support team that looks after strays in the city will be extra vigilant when collecting dogs, carrying out thorough cleansing of vehicles and holding kennels.
'We have notified kennels we work with so they are also aware.
'We would urge dog owners to ensure their pet is vaccinated against this disease. This is even more reason for people to make sure they clean up after their dogs and dispose of their mess responsibly, to avoid spreading the disease.'
In 2006, a serious parvovirus outbreak claimed the lives of 43 dogs with 70 animals infected with the disease in just one month.
Parvovirus is highly contagious because it is transmitted via dog faeces rather than direct contact with other animals.
It can be carried around on people's shoes and get into homes where it can stay infectious for several months.
There is no specific cure to parvovirus, which causes heart disease and is most dangerous to young dogs and puppies.
The main symptoms are vomiting, diarrhoea, severe lethargy, dehydration and high fever.
Stephan Martini, a joint veterinary partner at Companion Care in Hall Road, said: 'Parvovirus is a severe problem, especially in non-vaccinated dogs.
'It is extremely quick from the outset and unfortunately can be fatal. We have had cases here in Norwich and parvovirus spreads like bushfire. It's highly contagious.'
Fixed penalty tickets of �50 can be issued to people who do not clear up their dogs' mess.
Magistrates can impose a fine of up to �1,000 if a case is referred to them.
Have you been affected by the parvovirus outbreak? Call Evening News reporter Kate Scotter on 01603 772326 or email kate.scotter@archant.co.uk
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Track 1: DOCUMENTATION AND DIAGNOSTICS – UNDERSTANDING HISTORIC PLACES / Volet 1 : Documentation et diagnostic – Comprendre les lieux historiques
Seismic Vibration Monitoring of Centre Block on Parliament Hill
Speakers/Conférencier(s)
Daniel Cusson
Session Chair(s)
Tim Crowe
A major program is currently underway to rehabilitate Canada's historic Parliament Buildings in Ottawa. Centre Block must be restored structurally (including a major seismic upgrade), modernized to current standards, and rehabilitated to provide functional parliamentary and visitor facilities that meet the technical expectations of the 21st century. The planning for the major rehabilitation of Centre Block is currently underway, with the work slated to begin in 2018 until 2028. To better design the seismic upgrade of Centre Block, the dynamic characteristics of this heritage building need to be estimated from acquired data of future seismic events.
NRC was mandated to select, procure, and install a network of seismometers at Centre Block to monitor vibration data from seismic events. The vibration monitoring system, installed in February 2016, consists of a central recorder, hard-wired to ten tri-axial accelerometers located on three floor levels, which is planned to stay in operation until at least the onset of rehabilitation work.
From a review of the vibration data recorded in the past twelve months and a preliminary modal analysis, the following conclusions are drawn:
• Five earthquake events have been detected by the monitoring system; however, they had low magnitudes (between M 2.8 and 3.4), with epicentre distances from Centre Block ranging from 56 km to 176 km. Unfortunately, none of them were strong enough to generate a building response suitable for modal analysis. For example, the maximum peak acceleration response was 0.015% g.
• Eight non-earthquake events have been detected, including blasting-induced ground motion from nearby construction sites, and sound waves induced from the firing of cannons as part of ceremonies on Parliament Hill. Some of these events generated significant building responses with a maximum peak acceleration of 2.4% g.
• Signal processing of the data from the 10 tri-axial accelerometers confirmed that the cannon-generated sound waves were suitable for conducting operational modal analysis by meeting these two requirements regarding input forces: (i) derived from white noise (i.e. constant power spectral density over the frequency bandwidth of interest) and (ii) applied at multiple points on the structure.
• Preliminary operational modal analysis was conducted using two different methods: the Enhanced Frequency Domain Decomposition method, and the time-domain Stochastic Subspace Identification method. Both methods gave nearly identical results, which were validated by analytical results from an independent dynamic study of Centre Block.
• Seven natural frequencies (from 4.0 to 8.5 Hz) were identified by both methods within the frequency range of interest (0-10 Hz), along with corresponding damping ratios (up to 2.7% of critical).
• Above findings demonstrate the potential of operational modal analysis using ambient vibration data to estimate a building’s dynamic characteristics such as natural frequencies, and damping ratios.
Understand the work conducted along with the reasons that motivated it.
Appreciate the challenges associated with field research on an historic building.
Learn on operational modal analysis using ambient vibration data.
Learn about some dynamic characteristics of the Centre-Block building.
Dr. Cusson is Senior Research Officer at National Research Council Canada. He earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Université de Sherbrooke (1993) and Postdoc at LCPC in Paris (1994). His expertise combines field testing, remote monitoring, numerical modeling, and service-life prediction of bridges and buildings. He is member of several ACI and RILEM committees.
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Canyon Police looking for missing woman
UPDATE: Police are no longer looking for the missing woman, she has been located
by: Judd Baker
CANYON, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — The Canyon Police Department is asking for help in finding a missing woman.
Evie Starr, 18, is described as around 5′ 2″, with brown hair, brown eyes, and has a flower tattoo and a sun / moon tattoo on her inner forearms.
Police said Starr may be with her silver 2003 Buick Century with Texas Tags FGB2771. The vehicle has a green front bumper and a broken driver door window.
If you have any information Starr’s location, you are asking to contact Canyon Police at 806-655-5005.
POLICE UPDATE: “Evie has been in contact with her family. We thank all of you for your assistance in locating her. Your assistance is truly invaluable!”
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HARLINGEN, Texas (KVEO) -- Vice President Kamala Harris showcased a stunning purple outfit on Inauguration Day. Even though she was dressed by two Black designers, her clothing was sewn by a Rio Grande Valley native.
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HOUSTON (KXAN) — An officer with the Houston Police Department is in FBI custody after his suspected participation in the violent riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
According to the FBI's criminal complaint, agents questioned Richmond, Texas, resident Tam Dinh Pham after he turned himself in. During the interview, Pham said he had been in Washington, D.C., with his wife on a business trip from Jan. 5 to 7 but had not attended the rally in support of now former President Donald Trump.
Former Houston police officer charged in US Capitol riot
HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say a former Houston police officer is facing federal charges for his alleged role in the mob attack at the U.S. Capitol.
Tam Pham was charged Tuesday with entering a restricted building and engaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct on Capitol grounds.
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Potential Effect: cancer76x EWG'S HEALTH GUIDELINE
Bromodichloromethane, one of the total trihalomethanes (TTHMs), is formed when chlorine or other disinfectants are used to treat drinking water. Bromodichloromethane and other disinfection byproducts increase the risk of cancer and may cause problems during pregnancy. Click here to read more about disinfection byproducts.
Bromodichloromethane was found at 76 times above EWG's Health Guideline.
The EWG Health Guideline of 0.06 ppb for bromodichloromethane was proposed in 2018 by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a one-in-a-million lifetime risk of cancer. Values greater than one-in-a-million cancer risk level can result in increased cancer cases above one in a million people.
EWG HEALTH GUIDELINE0.4 ppb
Chloroform, one of the total trihalomethanes (TTHMs), is formed when chlorine or other disinfectants are used to treat drinking water. Chloroform and other disinfection byproducts increase the risk of cancer and may cause problems during pregnancy.
Chloroform was found at 18 times above EWG's Health Guideline.
0.4 ppb or less
15.1 ppb
The EWG Health Guideline of 0.4 ppb for chloroform was proposed in 2018 by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a one-in-a-million lifetime risk of cancer. Values greater than one-in-a-million cancer risk level can result in increased cancer cases above one in a million people.
Dibromoacetic acid
Potential Effect: 40x EWG'S HEALTH GUIDELINE
Dibromoacetic acid, one of the group of five haloacetic acids regulated by federal standards, is formed when chlorine or other disinfectants are used to treat drinking water. Haloacetic acids and other disinfection byproducts increase the risk of cancer and may cause problems during pregnancy. Click here to read more about disinfection byproducts.
Dibromoacetic acid was found at 40 times above EWG's Health Guideline.
The EWG Health Guideline of 0.04 ppb for dibromoacetic acid was defined in a peer-reviewed scientific study by EWG and represents a on-in-a-million lifetime cancer risk level. This health guideline protects against cancer.
Dibromochloromethane, one of the total trihalomethanes (TTHMs), is formed when chlorine or other disinfectants are used to treat drinking water. Dibromochloromethane and other disinfection byproducts increase the risk of cancer and may cause problems during pregnancy. Click here to read more about disinfection byproducts.
Dibromochloromethane was found at 17 times above EWG's Health Guideline.
The EWG Health Guideline of 0.1 ppb for dibromochloromethane was proposed in 2018 by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a one-in-a-million lifetime risk of cancer. Values greater than one-in-a-million cancer risk level can result in increased cancer cases above one in a million people.
Dichloroacetic acid
THIS UTILITY12.2 ppb
Dichloroacetic acid, one of the group of five haloacetic acids regulated by federal standards, is formed when chlorine or other disinfectants are used to treat drinking water. Haloacetic acids and other disinfection byproducts increase the risk of cancer and may cause problems during pregnancy. Click here to read more about disinfection byproducts.
Dichloroacetic acid was found at 61 times above EWG's Health Guideline.
The EWG Health Guideline of 0.2 ppb for dichloroacetic acid was proposed in 2020 by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a public health goal, the level of a drinking water contaminant that does not pose a significant health risk.a one-in-a-million lifetime risk of cancer. Values greater than one-in-a-million cancer risk level can result in increased cancer cases above one in a million people.
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)†
Potential Effect: cancer172x EWG'S HEALTH GUIDELINE
LEGAL LIMIT60 ppb
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Haloacetic acids are formed when disinfectants such as chlorine are added to tap water. The group of five haloacetic acids regulated by federal standards includes monochloroacetic acid, dichloroacetic acid, trichloroacetic acid, monobromoacetic acid and dibromoacetic acid.
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) was found at 172 times above EWG's Health Guideline.
Legal Limit
60 ppb
The EWG Health Guideline of 0.1 ppb for the group of five haloacetic acids, or HAA5, was defined in a peer-reviewed scientific study by EWG and represents a on-in-a-million lifetime cancer risk level. This health guideline protects against cancer.
Radium, combined (-226 & -228)
THIS UTILITY0.64 pCi/L
EWG HEALTH GUIDELINE0.05 pCi/L
LEGAL LIMIT5 pCi/L
Radium is a radioactive element that causes bone cancer and other cancers. It can occur naturally in groundwater, and oil and gas extraction activities such as hydraulic fracturing can elevate concentrations.
Radium, combined (-226 & -228) was found at 13 times above EWG's Health Guideline.
0.05 pCi/L or less
0.64 pCi/L
5 pCi/L
pCi/L = picocuries per liter
EWG applied the health guideline of 0.05 pCi/L, defined by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a public health goal for radium-226, to radium-226 and radium-228 combined. This health guideline protects against cancer.
Naturally Occurring
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)†
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Trihalomethanes are cancer-causing contaminants that form during water treatment with chlorine and other disinfectants. The total trihalomethanes group includes four chemicals: chloroform, bromodichloromethane, dibromochloromethane and bromoform.
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) was found at 121 times above EWG's Health Guideline.
The health guideline of 0.15 parts per billion, or ppb, for the group of four trihalomethanes, or THM4/TTHM, was defined in a peer-reviewed scientific study by EWG and represents a one-in-one-million lifetime cancer risk level.
Trichloroacetic acid, one of the group of five haloacetic acids regulated by federal standards, is formed when chlorine or other disinfectants are used to treat drinking water. Haloacetic acids and other disinfection byproducts increase the risk of cancer and may cause problems during pregnancy. Click here to read more about disinfection byproducts.
Trichloroacetic acid was found at 34 times above EWG's Health Guideline.
The EWG Health Guideline of 0.1 ppb for trichloroacetic acid was proposed in 2020 by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a public health goal, the level of a drinking water contaminant that does not pose a significant health risk.a one-in-a-million lifetime risk of cancer. Values greater than one-in-a-million cancer risk level can result in increased cancer cases above one in a million people.
Potential Effect: cancer3.3x EWG'S HEALTH GUIDELINE
LEGAL LIMIT20 pCi/L
Uranium is a known human carcinogen. The federal legal limit for uranium is set at 30 micrograms per liter (corresponding to parts per billion), but utilities can also report uranium in picocuries per liter (pCi/L), which is a measure of radioactivity in water. EWG translated all uranium results to pCi/L using a conversion factor developed by the EPA. With this conversion approach, the limit of 30 ppb corresponds to 20 pCi/L. Drinking water with this much uranium would cause more than 4.6 cancer cases in a population of 100,000. California set a public health goal for uranium of 0.43 pCi/L.
Uranium was found at 3.3 times above EWG's Health Guideline.
20 pCi/L
The EWG Health Guideline of 0.43 pCi/L for uranium was defined by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a public health goal, the level of a drinking water contaminant that does not pose a significant health risk. Three most common uranium isotopes are U-234, U-235 and U-238. All isotopes of uranium are radioactive, and the total radioactivity depends on the ratio of isotopes. This health guideline protects against cancer.
Includes chemicals detected in 2015-2017 for which annual utility averages exceeded an EWG-selected health guideline established by a federal or state public health authority; radiological contaminants detected between 2012 and 2017.
† HAA5 is a contaminant group that includes monochloroacetic acid, dichloroacetic acid, trichloroacetic acid, monobromoacetic acid and dibromoacetic acid. TTHM is a contaminant group that includes bromodichloromethane, bromoform, chloroform and dibromochloromethane.
Atrazine
THIS UTILITY0.130 ppb
LEGAL LIMIT3 ppb
Atrazine is a herbicide commonly detected in drinking water that comes from cornfield and other agricultural runoff. It is a hormone disrupter that harms the male and female reproductive systems of people and wildlife.
How your levels compare
3 ppb
0.0219 ppb
The EWG Health Guideline of 0.1 ppb for atrazine was defined by EWG based on epidemiological studies of human exposure to atrazine in drinking water.. This health guideline protects against harm to the developing fetus, harm to the reproductive system and hormone disruption.
THIS UTILITY115.0 ppb
EWG HEALTH GUIDELINE700 ppb
LEGAL LIMIT2,000 ppb
Barium is a mineral present in rocks, soil and water. High concentrations of barium in drinking water increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and hypertension.
700 ppb or less
115 ppb
2,000 ppb
The EWG Health Guideline of 700 ppb for barium was defined by EWG as benchmark that protects against harm to the kidneys and the cardiovascular system.
NO EWG HEALTH GUIDELINE
LEGAL LIMIT200 ppb
Cyanide is a toxic chemical that causes central nervous system and thyroid toxicity. Water contamination is generally the result of metal mining and chemical industry waste, runoff from agriculture and road salts used for melting ice.
Runoff & Sprawl
THIS UTILITY0.190 ppm
LEGAL LIMIT4 ppm
Fluoride occurs naturally in surface and groundwater and is also added to drinking water by many water systems.
0.19 ppm
4 ppm
0.507 ppm
ppm = parts per million
Manganese is a naturally occurring element that is common in food and drinking water. Excessive manganese exposures may impair children's attention, memory and intellectual capacity. Click here to read more about manganese.
The EWG Health Guideline of 100 ppb for manganese was defined by the state of Minnesota as a health risk limit, the concentration of a contaminant that can be consumed with little or no risk to health. This health guideline protects against harm to the brain and nervous system.
EWG HEALTH GUIDELINE0.14 ppm
LEGAL LIMIT10 ppm
Nitrate, a fertilizer chemical, frequently contaminates drinking water due to agricultural and urban runoff, and discharges from municipal wastewater treatment plants and septic tanks. Excessive nitrate in water can cause oxygen deprivation in infants and increase the risk of cancer. Click here to read more about nitrate.
0.14 ppm or less
The EWG Health Guideline of 0.14 ppm for nitrate was defined by EWG . This health guideline protects against cancer and harm to fetal growth and development.
Includes chemicals detected in 2015-2017 for which annual utility averages were lower than an EWG-selected health guideline established by a federal or state public health authori.
Other Contaminants Tested
Contaminants detected between 2012 and 2014 and were not part of EPA's UCMR-3 testing program or radiologicals:
Nitrate and nitrite
Chemicals tested for but not detected from 2012 to 2017:
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane, 1,1,2-Trichloroethane, 1,1-Dichloroethane, 1,1-Dichloroethylene, 1,1-Dichloropropene, 1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene, 1,2,3-Trichloropropane, 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP), 1,2-Dichloroethane, 1,2-Dichloropropane, 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene, 1,3-Dichloropropane, 2,2-Dichloropropane, 2,3-Dichlorobiphenyl, 2,4,5-T, 2,4,5-TP (Silvex), 2,4,5-Trichlorobiphenyl, 2,4-D, 2,4-DB, 2-Chlorobiphenyl, 2-Hexanone, 22'3'46-Pentachlorobiphenyl, 22'33'44'6-Heptachlorobiphenyl, 22'33'45'66'-Octachlorobiphenyl, 22'44'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl, 22'44'56'-Hexachlorobiphenyl, 3,5-Dichlorobenzoic acid, 3-Hydroxycarbofuran, Acenaphthene, Acenaphthylene, Acetone, Acifluorfen (Blazer), Acrylonitrile, Alachlor (Lasso), Aldicarb, Aldicarb sulfone, Aldicarb sulfoxide, Aldrin, alpha-Chlordane, Aluminum, Anthracene, Antimony, Arsenic, Asbestos, Baygon (Propoxur), Bentazon (Basagran), Benzene, Benzo[a]anthracene, Benzo[a]pyrene, Benzo[b]fluoranthene, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene, Benzo[k]fluoranthene, Beryllium, Bromacil, Bromobenzene, Bromochloromethane, Bromoform, Bromomethane, Butachlor, Butyl benzyl phthalate, Cadmium, Carbaryl, Carbofuran, Carbon tetrachloride, Chloramben, Chlordane, Chloroethane, Chloromethane, Chromium (total), Chrysene, cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene, cis-1,3-Dichloropropene, Dalapon, Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate, Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, Di-n-butyl phthalate, Dibenz[a,h]anthracene, Dibromomethane, Dicamba, Dichlorodifluoromethane, Dichloromethane (methylene chloride), Dichlorprop, Dieldrin, Diethyl phthalate, Dimethyl phthalate, Dinoseb, Endrin, Ethyl methacrylate, Ethylbenzene, Ethylene dibromide, Fluorene, gamma-Chlordane, Heptachlor, Heptachlor epoxide, Hexachlorobenzene (HCB), Hexachlorobutadiene, Hexachlorocyclopentadiene, Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene, Iodomethane, Isopropylbenzene, Lindane, m-Dichlorobenzene, Mercury (inorganic), Methiocarb, Methomyl, Methoxychlor, Methyl ethyl ketone, Methyl isobutyl ketone, Methyl methacrylate, Metolachlor, Metribuzin, Monobromoacetic acid, Monochloroacetic acid, Monochlorobenzene (chlorobenzene), MTBE, n-Butylbenzene, n-Propylbenzene, Naphthalene, Nitrite, o-Chlorotoluene, o-Dichlorobenzene, Oxamyl (Vydate), p-Chlorotoluene, p-Dichlorobenzene, p-Isopropyltoluene, Pentachlorophenol, Phenanthrene, Picloram, Propachlor, Pyrene, Quinclorac, sec-Butylbenzene, Selenium, Silver, Simazine, Styrene, tert-Butylbenzene, Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene), Tetrahydrofuran, Thallium, Toluene, Toxaphene, trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene, trans-1,3-Dichloropropene, trans-Nonachlor, Trichloroethylene, Trichlorofluoromethane, Trifluralin, Vinyl acetate, Vinyl chloride, Xylenes (total)
Ricewood Municipal Utility District compliance with legally mandated federal standards:
From April 2016 to March 2019, Ricewood Municipal Utility District complied with health-based drinking water standards.
Information in this section on Ricewood Municipal Utility District comes from the U.S. EPA Enforcement and Compliance History Online database (ECHO).
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Water Filters That Can Reduce Contaminant Levels
Contaminant Activated Carbon Reverse Osmosis Ion Exchange
CONTAMINANTS ABOVE
HEALTH GUIDELINES
Bromochloroacetic acid ✔ ✔
Bromodichloromethane ✔ ✔
Chloroform ✔ ✔
Dibromoacetic acid ✔ ✔
Dibromochloromethane ✔ ✔
Dichloroacetic acid ✔ ✔
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) ✔ ✔
Radium, combined (-226 & -228) ✔ ✔
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) ✔ ✔
Trichloroacetic acid ✔ ✔
Uranium, combined (pCi/L) ✔ ✔
OTHER CONTAMINANTS
Atrazine ✔ ✔
Barium ✔ ✔
Cyanide ✔ ✔
Fluoride ✔
Manganese ✔
Nitrate ✔ ✔
Contact Your Local Official
One of the best ways to push for cleaner water is to hold accountable the elected officials who have a say in water quality – from city hall and the state legislature to Congress all the way to the Oval Office – by asking questions and demanding answers.
Filter Out Contaminants
Check out our recommendations for filters to protect your water against the detected contaminants.
EWG’S WATER FILTER GUIDE
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January 2021 - Exergen Expands its Autosmart IRt/C Product Line with the AGRI Version Focused on Smartly Enhancing Accurate Results in Horticultural
January 2021 - IRT/C Repeatability and Long-Term Accuracy
December 2020 - Understanding Field of View
TOM TOM-TOOLS Integrates micro Sensor of Exergen Global in Their Ovality Tool for Temperature Measurement in the Cement Industry
Arni, Switzerland and ZIJTAART, the Netherlands, February 21, 2017 – Exergen Global, an award-winning thermal solutions provider, today announced that TomTom-Tools, a Swiss-based company that provides state of the art measurement tools for the cement industry, is employing Exergen’s micro IRt/c-K as part of a customized solution to help its cement manufacturing customers maintain ideal operating temperatures and increase production.
Rotary kilns, used in cement manufacturing, must maintain a very specific temperature range to prevent damage to the refractory stones inside the kiln and to ensure optimal cement mixing temperature. TomTom-Tools selected Exergen’s micro IRt/c-K for the task because the non-contact sensor employ Exergen’s patented heat-balance technique to provide the industry’s most accurate and reliable non-invasive temperature measurement.
TomTom-Tools engineers integrated the Exergen micro IRt/c-K into their Ovality Sensor, a one of a kind tool that is fixed to the exterior of the kiln and that helps extend refractory life by measuring stress in the kiln shell during operation. From outside the kiln, Exergen’s sensor employs the heat balance technique to accurately detect the kiln’s interior temperature, and both the Ovality Sensor (http://tomtomtools.com/product/ovality-sensor/) and the Exergen Sensor send measurements to a personal computer using a Bluetooth connection. The Exergen sensor solution employs a PID controller to continuously calculate the difference between the desired and measured interior temperature and takes corrective action to maintain the optimal setting.
“We were facing a tremendous technological challenge. But the use of the Exergen’s infrared sensor dramatically helped to reduce refractory stone damage and significantly diminished replacement and maintenance costs. At the same time we were able to increase production time,” said Mr. Thomas Rheinegger, CEO of Tom Tom-Tools.
About TomTom-Tools
TomTom-Tools GmbH is a Swiss-based company with experience in diverse, condition based monitoring measuring applications in heavy industries; mainly cement. For many years, mechanical root causes of failures were not well understood. Thorough measurements could only be conducted when the equipment was down, which in many applications rarely happens. Therefore the company has developed several, high precision measurement systems, which will result in to superior condition based monitoring and planned maintenance activities. Thus, failures can be significantly reduced in frequency and severity. For more information please visit www.tomtom-tools.com.
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JO HENLEY
The songwriting duo of Andy Campolieto and Ben Lee have been collaborating about the existential meaning of life for the better part of two decades. During that time they've managed to grow as musicians, songwriters and family men and there's a brotherly bond between these two friends that is palpable both on stage and off.
As a band Jo Henley is greater than the sum of the parts even though all are accomplished players. Mike Migliozzi is a beast of a drummer and along with bassist Kent Stephens forms a juggernaut rhythm section that powers the Jo Henley engine. It's clearly Campolieto's vocals and Ben Lee's explosive guitar work that front Jo Henley but as a foursome they are a formidable side. We should note that long-time organ and keyboard ace Amer Saab was not along for this evening but he's an integral part of the full Jo Henley experience. It's a crunching classic rock base with heavy influences of folk-rock, jam band and alt-country that create the Jo Henley sound. Having a band with a variety of backgrounds means Jo Henley has the option to shift into multiple gears when the songs call for it. Campolieto has a booming stage presence that compliments Ben Lee's understated brilliance hidden under the 'man in black' fedora. Lee can shred with anyone we've seen but he's far more to the Dire Straits - Mark Knopfler side of the flash meter than he is the "Guitar God" side. He's a quiet assassin that demands concerted attention.
The band, and all of it's great positives aside, relies on great songwriting from the onset and that's what separates Jo Henley apart from many of their contemporaries on the jam band, roots circuit. Campolieto writes songs that are best served with a churning groove that builds , peaks and builds again around catchy hooks and compelling lyrics. Whether the song is a historic reading like "Over the Pine Plains" or lamenting a relationship too far gone like the anthemic "Inside Out" the hooks can be found in the groove or in the lyrics and that makes for ear candy that enters the head and plans to stick around. At times you can zone in on the lyrics and miss how great the music is and vice versa which almost always assures that you'll go back to these songs over and over.
There's a lot to like about Jo Henley. A genuinely great bunch of people that get together to celebrate music and friendship, lament the shape of the world and to think about things that matter...friends, family and community. They're not a band that slogs through 220 dates a year and, at this point, they don't need to be. So long as they remain a band that demands the best from each other and from themselves and consistently re-new their commitment to the quality of their music we'll have to settle on seeing them when we can. If you haven't, you should.
'Inside Out' - Jo Henley - from The Extended Play Sessions
'Over the Pine Plains' - Jo Henley - from The Extended Play Sessions
'Bailey Hazen Road' - Jo Henley - from The Extended Play Sessions
'Promised Paradise' - Jo Henley - from The Extended Play Sessions
Andy Campolieto - vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar
Ben Lee - guitar
Kent Stephens - bass, vocals
Mike Migliozzi - drums, vocals
The Session Crew
Produced and edited by:
Bill Hurley
Maribeth Arena
H. Nat Stevens
Joanne Craig
Eric Nordstrom
Connor Quigley
Mixed by:
Lighting/Special Effects:
Stage Production:
Gerry Earabino
Dan Busler Photography
© 2018 The Grass Roots Cultural and Performing Arts Center
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article 16 January, 2013
Intellectual property in China - what do businesses need to know?
By Xanthe Vaughan Williams
Azhar Sadique from patent and trademark attorneys Keltie provides some valuable guidelines for anyone doing business in China.
The protection of intellectual property in China is probably the hottest topic for anyone doing business in China at the moment, whether this is in the form of distribution or manufacturing.
There are many ‘scare stories’ about business in China that make companies hesitant about doing any business there.
Should I worry about protecting my IP in China?
I can’t do anything to stop infringing parties anyway so what’s the point?
I don’t plan on selling to the Chinese market or doing any business there.
Problems with IP in China are not only faced by UK/EU companies doing business there. Chinese counterfeiters and pirates export to UK/EU markets, they may sell or provide services under your trade mark to your own customers, they may be selling or providing services under your mark in China and may even operate at trade shows under your mark.
There are many instances in which the true owners of trade marks have had to deal with baffling complaints from countries in which they have no presence. The owners then find that Chinese counterfeiters have been distributing inferior quality products in countries where they had not even started doing business. This can be very harmful to the future progression of a brand, particularly if global expansion forms part of the long term business plan.
Does it affect me?
As China is the largest single source of seizures of infringing products by EU customs, counterfeiting and piracy can affect any company. The online presence of mirror sites is also becoming more common. As an example, the market value of counterfeit goods in China is between £12 – £15 billion (International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC). Given the speed in which Chinese companies act in obtaining up and coming brands and put them to use, it can have a substantially detrimental effect on your market share, loss of reputation and loss of revenue.
When should I consider protection?
If the answer to any of the questions below is yes, then you should be considering trade mark protection in China.
Do you plan to market in China?
Do you plan to serve other markets?
Do you plan to manufacture in China?
Do you plan to purchase supplies in China?
Do you attend large international trade shows? Would you be surprised if a Chinese company set up as your company at a trade show and negotiated distribution agreements in countries in which you currently do not have a presence? (it has happened)
Is it important to have complete control over the IP of your business?
Trade Mark Filings
China is the most active trade mark office in the world, with over 600,000 trade mark applications per year. Whilst there are provisions for the protection of well-known marks in China (ie globally recognised brands), China is a first to file country and so having a reputation is not always a guarantee that you can stop someone from registering your trade marks.
When considering trade mark protection in China, the following points can be used as a checklist.
Conduct a search to see if someone else has registered the mark.
File all elements that appear in your mark separately. This affords the broadest rights.
Register the mark in English and Chinese. A Chinese registration is very useful as this is how the brand will be known to Chinese consumers.
Register company names and the basic domain names if required.
Be prepared for an onslaught of opportunistic emails offering you every Chinese domain available for your trade mark.
If you don’t register, someone else will.
It may come as a bit of a surprise that few British companies actually own Chinese trade marks. For example, Dixons, Sainsbury’s, John Lewis and Waitrose are not owned by the UK owners.
There are now many big Chinese companies that register the trade marks of foreign brands in the hope that they will enter the Chinese market. This practice is known as trade mark squatting. When the unlucky company does enter China and when that company realises the mark has already been registered, they are then in the difficult position of having to buy back the name for a very high fee or take a fight to the opportunistic owner. Winning back a trade mark if it is registered by someone else is very difficult and companies end up simply paying to regain the rights. It is therefore vital to consider protection in China at the very earliest stage.
If you do have an earlier right in China, or a substantial reputation right, there are options available to you in taking action. It is also becoming easier to enforce rights as the Chinese trade mark office is developing its capacity to handle such complaints. For example. 55,000 infringement cases were filed at the Chinese trade mark office last year. In addition to civil enforcement at the trade mark office there are also other options available such as:
Administrative Enforcement – this is a cheap option where a local enforcement agency in China conduct investigations into the actions of suspected infringers and have the authority to conduct raids, cease goods and issue fines.
Criminal prosecution – complaints via the Police can be slow and depend on the area of infringement. However, the larger exporting cities have the capacity to handle such complaints.
Customs applications – these are a very useful tool to control exports from China and is a method of preventing infringing products entering the markets of interest to you. Here, an application is lodged at a particularly customs authority, ie Guangzhou in China or UK Customs with details of the IP rights owned by a particular proprietor in that territory. This may also include details of how to identify genuine goods or lists of authorised manufacturers. If the Customs Officers find anything which suggests the goods are counterfeit or if they have been shipped via an unknown source, they will inform the trade mark owner who can then take action against the shipment.
Ultimately, if China features in any future plans of brand owners, either as a potential market or for manufacturing purposes, it is important to consider obtaining trade mark and copyright protection at the earliest possible stage.
Keltie is a partnership of patent and trade mark attorneys based in the City of London.
Xanthe is a co-founder and director of Fourth Day PR
More about Xanthe
PR in the UK – a beginner’s guide
International Women’s Day 2020: celebrating women in business
B2B Tech PR: A US perspective
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TikTok Bans Live Action Over Unspecified ‘Violations,’ Pro-Life Group Says
Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
UPDATE: In a statement shared with Faithwire on Friday afternoon, a spokesperson for the video-sharing app TikTok said the pro-life group Live Action made “no violations” to the platform’s community standards.
The representative for TikTok went on to say the account had been banned as a “result of a human error by a moderator.” You can read more about that here.
The U.S. government is concerned TikTok might be a national security threat and its plagued with a nudity problem, but the head honchos of the video-sharing app are apparently more worried about the spread of pro-life content.
Lila Rose, founder and president of Live Action, a pro-life advocacy organization, tweeted Friday that TikTok removed a video posted by the group one day prior before deciding to ban the account altogether.
TikTok has just BANNED & permanently removed Live Action from the platform
My team grew the largest pro-life voice on the platform
We had 21,000 followers & over a million video views
This is another egregious attack on the pro-life movement by pro-abortion Big Tech
— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) January 31, 2020
Alison Centofante, director of external affairs for Live Action, told Faithwire on Friday the pro-life group had experience no problems with TikTok before Thursday at around 2:30 p.m., about an hour after posting a video the social media platform removed, claiming the clip “violated community guidelines.”
Thirty minutes later, Live Action was completely banned from TikTok. The app has accused Live Action of “multiple community guideline violations,” Centofante said, but has so far offered no explanation for the accusation.
TikTok has over 800 Million active users. And over 40% of these users are between the ages of 16 and 24, a key demographic we must reach with the truth about abortion.
— Alison H.Centofante (@AlisonHowardC) January 31, 2020
“It’s really disappointing,” she said, “because pro-abortion messages, and accounts, and videos are allowed on the platform, but not ours — not the pro-life side.”
It’s important to note, too, that Live Action was “playing very nicely” on TikTok, according to Centofante, by never posting graphic footage, such as its animations depicting what happens during abortion, to its account.
“TikTok was our next frontier, really,” she explained. “It was an amazing way to reach the next generation. The users are majority young people, young women, our demographic. And we grew to 21,000 followers in less than four months.”
Live Action Permanently Banned from Pinterest for Spreading ‘Harmful Misinformation’
Centofante pointed out that Live Action’s videos were “beautiful,” often highlighting women who have changed their minds on abortion thanks to the group’s efforts and “poking fun at how illogical the pro-abortion industry is.”
Despite banning Live Action from continuing to post its content due to ambiguous “violations,” TikTok has allowed disturbing videos like the one below to remain on the social media app.
The platform BANNED Live Action's educational content, yet regularly permits videos that simulate brutal harm to preborn infants.
This video has 1.2 MILLION watches. pic.twitter.com/f3BRVR7YD9
“You can find videos that are simulating abortions, that are pretending to hurt young children, nudity, violence — things that should really be flagged, not our beautiful, winsome work,” Centofante said, later describing TikTok’s actions as “blatant discrimination.”
She went on to say Live Action is continuing to press TikTok, requesting specific details of how the pro-life group violated the app’s policies and asking for its account to be reinstated.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is likewise calling for accountability:
How long before Big Tech shuts all pro-life and conservative voices out of social media?
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) January 31, 2020
“We should all be encouraging and advocating for free speech on these massive platforms that are now our biggest way to consume news and to educate each other,” Centofante said.
This is not the first time Rose’s organization has faced discrimination. Last year, Pinterest labeled content posted by Live Action as pornographic before ultimately banning the group completely.
At the time, Rose said she believed Pinterest blocked Live Action from its platform “because our message is so effective at educating millions about the humanity of the preborn child and the injustice of abortion.”
Faithwire reached out to TikTok but has not yet received a response.
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fanatix | American Football | NFL | Houston Texans | (Video) Houston Texans DL J.J. Watt takes it 80 yards to the house
(Video) Houston Texans DL J.J. Watt takes it 80 yards to the house
Ian O'Brien
Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt came up with an interception and gave his team the lead by taking it back 80 yards for a touchdown.
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The Houston Texans are ahead of the Buffalo Bills, 17-10, in the third quarter. Defensive end J.J. Watt has proven to be a difference maker in this game, which has not been unusual for a player of his caliber.
At the beginning of the third quarter, Bills quarterback E.J. Manuel threw an interception to Watt. The former Defensive Player of the Year took it 80 yards back all the way to the end zone to give the Texans a 14-10 lead.
Watt is widely known as the best defensive player in the entire NFL, and he validated this by reminding the NFL how big of a playmaker he is.
Here is a video from Vine of the defensive behemoth scoring this momentum-changing touchdown.
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also known as Double Dutch Jump Roping
Black Magic1986
Sorry. This film is not currently available.
Directed by David Hoffman
Black Magic was one of the greatest double dutch teams ever. This PBS primetime special BLACK MAGIC shows the intricacies of competition and their attempt to try and beat their own world record for fastest speed.
1986 American Film Festival
Blue Ribbon Award
Cast & Crew information not available.
American Film Festival
CINE Golden Eagle Awards
Rivers of a Lost Coast 2009
directed by Justin Coupe
In 1974 an article titled "The World's Best" appeared in the pages of Sports Illustrated and forced the off-kilter fly angler Bil Schaadt into the national spotlight.
Brooklyn Stories 2003
directed by Jos de Putter
Brooklyn Stories
Former fans of the legendary baseball team the Brooklyn Dodgers remember the history of a team which always found a way to lose in the very last moments of a game.
One Wall 2013
directed by Joe Glickman
One Wall
Following the most talented athletes you’ve never heard of as they vie for the coveted National One Wall Handball Championship title in 2011.
Around the World 1955
directed by Orson Welles
Orson Welles made his first of many forays into television in 1955 when he signed on to produce, direct and host a series of twenty-six travelogues for British television.
Vietnam Long Time Coming 1998
directed by Jerry Blumenthal, Peter Gilbert +1 other
Vietnam Long Time Coming
In 1998, World T.E.A.M. Sports organized a 16-day, 1100 mile bicycle expedition through once war-torn Northern and Southern Vietnam.
Memories of the Future 2011
directed by Rodrigo Reyes
Memories of the Future
Mexican 1hr 10m
A woman writes increasingly passionate love letters without answer.
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Written plans help build farm’s financial strength
2.5 min read
Building financial strength takes follow-through with made-to-measure plans, experts state.
Once growers are engaged in determining where revenues go and gain education in making money grow, they need to execute the plans they’ve formed to meet the goals.
“Don’t get too busy that you don’t take action,” cautions WomenCents founder Vanessa Stockbrugger.
The former investment banker acknowledges farmers are busy throughout the year, but if they want to improve their financial situation, they need to recognize the need to set time aside to work on it.
Before analyzing the situation and ultimately execution, farm owners should outline when the decision must be made and who should be involved, says Erich Weber, business finance specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
“The best way to execute your vision, or ‘wish,’ is to have a written plan,” adds Heather Watson, executive director of Farm Management Canada.
Not only does a written plan provide certainty in an uncertain industry, it’s also the most effective tool for uniting the farm team around a vision for the future, Watson says.
She believes farms should ideally have a three- to five-year strategic plan, and a one-year operational plan that includes all aspects of the business, like marketing, human resources and financial planning.
Which two written plans you should ideally have and what you should measure in terms of your farm’s performance.
BDO Canada national agriculture industry group leader Mark Verwey stresses the importance of being able to financially measure any changes made to an operation.
“For many producers, one of your best sources of information is your debt/service ratio,” Verwey says. “This shows you how you are financing your existing debt and your ability to take on new projects/purchases with new debt.”
Stockbrugger says there’s no one-size-fits-all solution. Each grower has different biases and experiences to risk-taking and debt and is at different career stages.
“Don’t be paralyzed and not implement a plan because it doesn’t feel right. Find the plan that fits for you,” Stockbrugger says.
Weber points out that dealing with a decision that significantly impacts financial strength can lead to “paralysis by analysis,” potentially resulting in missed business opportunities.
There can be an impulse to compare yourself to your farm neighbours, but remember that each operation is different in numerous ways.
“Often the best benchmarks are your own data and how you have trended over the past three to five years,” Verwey says.
Adds Weber: “When making business decisions, you have to be realistic and know what your individual farm business circumstances are.”
Watson encourages growers and their teams to test their tolerance to risk in order to understand where everyone is coming from when deciding which action to take.
Building financial strength requires executing a comprehensive written plan, one that fits the experiences of individual growers and their operational situations. Avoid paralysis by analysis, experts say, and the impulse to compare the farm operation with a neighbour.
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By Associate Editor Karen Kwan
Q: Is it true I shouldn’t do hot yoga when I have my period?
A: For some women, the hormonal changes during that time of the month can cause a rise in body temperature and a feeling of lightheadedness. That may make you more sensitive to the temperatures of hot yogas (such as Bikram and Moksha), where the room temperature is elevated to at least 41 C. “There are some practitioners who advise against holding advanced inversions, such as headstands, for long periods of time,” says Mandi Hooper, director at Bikram Yoga Montreal. However, hot yoga doesn’t involve those strenuous positions, and she’s found that it often helps ease PMS symptoms. “You just need to be aware of your fitness level and experiment with what works for you.” Use your common sense: stay hydrated and, if you feel lightheaded during a posture, ease out of it and rest.
Q: Is there anything diet- or fitness-wise I can do to improve my sight?
A: Unfortunately, there’s not much you can do to improve your eyesight, although a diet rich in beta carotene and lutein, found in dark-green leafy veggies and dark-orange veggies and fruit, can help slow macular degeneration (destruction of the layers of the retina) and is beneficial to general eye health.
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Q: My friends say they must exercise or they don’t feel as good. I have no idea what they mean. Am I doing something wrong?
A: It could be the type of workout you’re doing. While your pals may be enjoying the feel-good effects of the rise in endorphin levels when they work out, you may not be reaching the same level of intensity to release those hormones. “To get those endorphins going, you have to be at 60–80 percent of your maximum heart-rate for 20–30 minutes,” says Jennifer Cohen, a fitness expert who’s helped whip Hollywood celebrities into shape. “So you definitely have to be breaking a sweat and breathing a little heavier.” If you’re walking leisurely or doing a type of yoga that involves mostly stretching, then you’re not going to achieve that same high.
Q: Is water fortified with vitamins a healthier choice than regular water?
A: “If you’re chronically over-supplementing—if, for example, you eat well and are also taking a high-potency multivitamin, snacking on power bars and other fortified foods—a surplus of fat-soluble vitamins can accumulate in the body and cause detrimental effects,” says Calgary registered dietitian Carole Dobson. For example, an excess amount of folic acid can mask a vitamin B12 deficiency. “Also, those beverages are not fortified with all the vitamins and minerals your body needs, so you’d still have to take a multivitamin and eat a healthy diet to get the full spectrum,” says Dobson. A fortified drink is healthier than a basic soft drink, but improving your diet and taking a multi is less costly and more effective.
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Exclusive interview with Ashlee Simpson!
By Flare Staff February 22, 2006
Flare Asks… Ashlee Simpson
Up Front with Ashlee Simpson
Why? Ashlee is eclipsing her superstar sister these days with her latest release, I Am Me.
Born? Dallas, Texas
Little known fact: At age 11, Ashlee Simpson was admitted to the School of American Ballet in New York City.
Flare: Who is your favourite designer?
Ashlee Simpson: “Chloe.”
F: What’s your biggest fashion pet peeve?
A.S.: “When people don’t try new things and are boring.”
F: What does the word style mean to you?
A.S.: “Making everything your own.”
F: What is in your CD player right now?
A.S.: “Steel Pulse.”
F: What do you think is the one album everyone should own?
A.S.: “[Anything by] Bob Marley.”
F: What’s the one item you can’t leave home without?
A.S.: “My phone.”
F: What was the last book you read?
A.S.: “Hidden Messages in Water by Masaru Emoto.”
F: What was the last movie you saw?
A.S.: “A documentary of Edie Sedgwick.”
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F: How do you stay in shape?
A.S.: “Walking.”
F: If you could attempt any career other than your own, what would it be?
A.S.: “Direct movies or a makeup artist.”
F: What’s your most prized material possession?
A.S.: “My house!”
F: What is your favourite travel destination?
A.S.: “Hawaii.”
F: Where have you not been that you would love to go?
A.S.: “Fiji.”
F: When you have spare time, how do you like to spend it?
A.S.: “Hanging out at home with friends.”
F: Who do you most admire?
A.S.: “My mother.”
F: How would you like to be remembered?
A.S.: “As a fun-loving person.
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GOD OF WAR Review — Midgard Dad Simulator
Published by: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Developed by: SIE Santa Monica Studio
Platform(s): PlayStation 4 Exclusive
Genre(s): Third-person action-adventure
Mode(s): Single-player
Game Type: PlayStation, PlayStation 4
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Immersive combat. Satisfying crafting mechanics and stat building. Absolute eye-candy. Phenomenal story and solid interpretation of the Norse Mythology.
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Posted May 23, 2018 by Dian Raval
The God of War franchise is a brutal, mythologically-fueled, hack-n-slash PlayStation Exclusive from Sony Santa Monica Studio which debuted back in 2005 for the PlayStation 2. It was known for it’s over the top action (both literally and figuratively) and intensely brutal interpretation of Greek mythology. The franchise was able to spawn several games across two console generations, coming out with a couple of them on PlayStation Portable and even one in the mobile platform (God of War: Betrayal).
Each big console release took the franchise a huge step further than the last until it no longer could, as was evident in the unanimously forgotten God of War: Ascension. Since then, no one expected to ever see Kratos again, especially after literally wiping out the entire Greek pantheon. And yet, after a long hiatus, here he is again, this time in an entirely new mythology
God of War takes place sometime after the events of God of War III. Kratos is much, much older now and has a new kid—a boy named Atreus who’s as much the protagonist of the story as Kratos is. The game plays around the idea of Kratos post-godly-genocide and explores his second-attempt at a normal life. Beginning with the death of Kratos’ second wife, he and his son embark on a journey to the highest peak to scatter her ashes as a final request. Naturally, things do not go smoothly for the Spartan, struggling to protect his son as well as his secrets.
It’s interesting to see this god-killing fury machine struggle with something so daunting as fatherhood. But what’s even more surprising is how well he and Atreus fit in this new Norse Mythology setting. I can not stress how much I like God of War’s take on the whole Norse Mythology. It does a great job getting you invested no matter the level of your familiarity with the Norse mythos. There wasn’t a single dull moment throughout the entire main campaign.
“Even between fights when there’s nothing going on?”
Especially between fights when there’s nothing going on. Because this is usually when all the quips, stories, and father and son dialogue come into play. There’s a metric ton of lore surrounding the Norse mythology so don’t expect much of them to be involved in the main plot. That being said, there are lots of interesting references and stories to be found and heard throughout the 30+ hours or so of gameplay.
Despite being flung to an entirely new mythology, the setting isn’t what separates it the most from previous God of Wars. The combat system has had a major overhaul, electing for an over the shoulder perspective as opposed to the staple isometric fixed camera angles from past titles. Kratos’ weapons of choice have changed as well, forcing Kratos to fight more personal battles with his Leviathan Axe. Personal doesn’t necessarily mean close, as Kratos can also hurl his Axe at distant enemies —complimented by its convenient ability to be recalled back to Kratos at will, similar to Thor’s Mjolnir. His Leviathan Axe can lodge into an enemy’s body and become frozen, at which point Kratos has access to a barehanded move set utilizing his fists and a retractable shield that can be used to block and parry incoming blows.
Kratos’ son, Atreus, isn’t at all useless in combat as many of us might have thought he would be. Sure, he may start off with very limited capabilities, but he quickly catches on and actually becomes invaluable to Kratos in combat. Kratos’ and Atreus’ combat synergy puts Joel and Ellie’s to shame. You can choose to command Atreus to fire his arrows on a target with the square button. But even if you don’t, he remains autonomous and helps out Kratos to the best of his abilities.
Technically speaking, God of War’s combat isn’t really that far removed from previous God of War games, but the new perspective and combat system added a significant amount of depth and immersion that previous God of War games didn’t have. From start to finish, each encounter almost always forced me to think on my feet, which I found immensely satisfying. In fact, even exploration is more rewarding this time around. Kratos will come across all manner of items as he goes along, ranging from pieces of armor to enchantments that improve Kratos’ attributes and provide active/passive abilities. Kratos will also happen upon resources which he can then use to craft stronger equipment and/or upgrade them.
Kratos’ has attributes akin to that of a typical RPG game: Strength increases his normal attacks’ damage, Defense reduces the damage he receives, Luck increases the activation chance of his passive abilities, Cooldown reduces Runic attack cooldowns and so on. Improving these attributes increases his Power Level, which represents how strong he is when compared to an enemy’s own Power Level. Trying to fight enemies that have a higher Power Level than Kratos can be quite tricky and with limited funds and materials especially early on, you’d do best to spend them wisely on lasting equipment. Thankfully the game does well to encourage and incentivize you to explore the many areas around GoW’s large interconnected world outside of the main campaign. It’s a fantastic way to learn more about the mythos and also to strengthen Kratos’ Power Level.
There’s still a bit of puzzle solving here and there but nothing so complex that it would pull you out of the immersion. There also aren’t a lot of variety in terms of enemy types but they throw enough variation of enemy groups that the game seldom felt repetitive if not at all. This is largely thanks to Kratos’ vast moveset and the game’s satisfying combat flows. There’s a ton of activities and distractions beyond the standard campaign, which, by the way, takes somewhere between 20-30 hours of playtime to finish.
VISUALS & PERFORMANCE
This may come as to no surprise to some of you as it has become somewhat of a standard for first-party PlayStation titles, but God of War looks absolutely phenomenal. I have nothing bad to say about the visuals. What I loved the most about it is that everything looks like it’s been sculpted by hand. No rock formation and shrubbery looked at all the same. No obvious repeating textures and/or resources either, despite my relentless search for ‘em. Everything looks so detailed, down to the last strand of hair in Kratos’ beard. I’m not even kidding, the added photoshop mode allowed me to zoom right in there and found absolute tranquility.
The game also offers two graphical options for those rocking the PS4 Pro: A resolution mode and a performance mode(fps). But those with the standard PS4 need not worry because I reviewed the game on a standard PS4 and it still runs like a million bucks. God of War is also very immersive. Even normal encounters sometimes look and feel very cinematic. The particle effects are all very spectacular and even the controller vibrations were somehow done so well that you can really feel the impacts as you pummel everything that moves. The game is almost worth getting for the graphics alone.
God of War is a masterpiece of a single-player action game. It has revitalized the franchise in a way that can be appreciated by fans and first-timers alike. It somehow succeeded in creating a fresh new experience without losing or compromising the God of War feel. It’s a singleplayer title that can easily pull you in for hundreds of hours without losing momentum. This is no mere hype. If you’re a proud owner of a PlayStation 4, you’d be doing your console, and yourself, a disservice if you let this solid 2018 GOTY contender slip by.
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Dian is a writer for Flipgeeks who, in his spare time, stares at a wall in his basement. If you'd like to discuss music, video games, or the infinite wisdom of concrete, follow him on twitter @iburnandfume or subscribe to his YouTube channel @iburnandfume. He's pretty much iburnandfume in everything. Apparently he... burns and fumes.
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3 Top Diabetes Stocks to Watch in April
Find out why our team of healthcare experts is laser-focused on these diabetes stocks right now.
Brian Feroldi, Chuck Saletta, and Todd Campbell
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Apr 13, 2019 at 7:30PM
Brian Feroldi has been covering the healthcare and technology industries for The Motley Fool since 2015. Brian's investing strategy is to buy high-quality companies and then let compounding work its magic. See all of his articles here. Follow @brianferoldi
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The diabetes market is massive and gets bigger every year. The numbers are so big that investors have lots of publicly traded companies to choose from that address diabetes treatment.
So which diabetes stocks do our team of Motley Fool contributors have their eyes on right now? They've called out Dexcom (NASDAQ:DXCM), Tandem Diabetes Care (NASDAQ:TNDM), and Medtronic (NYSE:MDT).
The CGM Leader
Todd Campbell (Dexcom): The expected launch of Abbott Labs' (NYSE:ABT) next-generation Freestyle Libre 2.0 continuous glucose monitor (CGM) has increased worries that Dexcom's status as the best-in-breed CGM player could be in jeopardy.
Diabetics often rely on frequent finger sticks to determine insulin dosing, but that approach only provides point-in-time insight, so patients spend a lot of their day outside their desired range. That's a problem, because it can lead to dangerous glucose highs and lows that contribute to disease progression.
To better control their disease, patients are embracing CGMs for real-time insight. Dexcom and Abbott are the biggest CGM manufacturers, and sales at both companies have been surging because of new products. Dexcom's revenue has been rising because of its G6 launch in the U.S., while Abbott's sales have benefited from the launch of the Freestyle Libre 2.0 in Europe.
There's no timeline for a Freestyle Libre 2.0 approval in the U.S., but it's expected this year. When the Libre 2.0 launches, Abbott should be able to better compete against Dexcom, because the Libre 2.0 is the first Abbott system to include glucose high-and-low alarms, and its sensors last 14 days, versus 10 days for the G6. The Libre 2.0 is also expected to launch in the U.S. at a price that could undercut the G6, making it even more attractive to users.
The Libre 2.0 threat shouldn't be ignored, but investors might not want to bet against Dexcom. Millions of patients can benefit from CGMs, so there's room for multiple offerings. In addition, the G6 is incorporated into Tandem Diabetes' insulin delivery system, which pairs it with a pump to deliver insulin automatically. A similar system incorporating the G6 is expected to be available from Insulet (NASDAQ:PODD) in 2020. The G6 is also being incorporated into smart insulin devices at Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, the two biggest insulin drugmakers.
Furthermore, Dexcom's collaborating with Alphabet spinoff Verily on the G7, a cheaper solution that could help insulate it against Abbott beginning late next year.
There's no telling how market share will shake out, but Dexcom reports its most recent quarterly results on May 1, so investors will want to tune in to see what it says about the competitive landscape, market share, and its progress on the G7.
The comeback kid
Brian Feroldi (Tandem Diabetes Care): I worked in the diabetes industry for more than a decade, so I've been following Tandem Diabetes Care since its product first hit the market. I've been highly skeptical of the company for years, since I didn't think its product offering was different enough to set it apart in a crowded market. I even thought the company was going to have to close up shop last year, since it was running out of money and its stock price had fallen drastically.
Thus far, Tandem has proved me wrong on both accounts. The company has done an incredible job at stealing market share from the likes of Medtronic and Insulet. What's more, the stock price has seen a remarkable recovery ever since the company performed an incredibly dilutive common stock offering in early 2018 -- Tandem sold 34.5 million shares of stock for just $2 each, which diluted existing shareholders by several hundred percent at the time.
Tandem is in a much better financial position today than it was just a year ago, and it looks poised to continued rapid growth. Management is calling for revenue growth of at least 39% in 2019, which is a clear sign that it expects the company to continue grabbing market share. That fact alone puts this company high on my watch list.
To be clear, "watch" is the keyword I want to emphasize. Tandem does look poised for continued growth, but I can't help thinking Wall Street's enthusiasm for this company has gotten way ahead of the fundamentals. Shares are currently trading for more than 20 times trailing sales, a figure that's pricing in a lot of continued prosperity. While I'm no longer fearful about this company's ability to survive, I do question whether it can live up to the extreme optimism baked into its share price. After all, the company is still squaring off against formidable competition, its longtime CEO is stepping down, and it's still expected to post big losses both this year and next. When combined with an astronomical valuation, I can't help thinking caution is warranted.
I've been dead wrong about Tandem before, and it's possible the company could go on to be a great investment from here. However, my view is that the risk/reward ratio is very unfavorable at today's prices, so I'm happy to watch this story from the safety of the sidelines.
The closest thing to an artificial pancreas
Chuck Saletta (Medtronic): Type 1 diabetics are typically totally dependent on externally supplied insulin for their survival. Without it, their bodies can't metabolize sugar properly, and they would eventually die from the disease if left untreated.
The challenge with treating diabetes with externally administered insulin, however, is that patients need to be careful how much they take and when they take it. Dosing insulin incorrectly can itself cause health problems, so vigilance is the constant refrain of Type 1 diabetics who want to live long and otherwise healthy lives.
Yet while there still isn't a clear cure for Type 1 diabetes, there is a treatment that can help sufferers of the disease better manage their condition. It's called an insulin pump, and it can monitor diabetics' blood sugar levels and automatically provide appropriate dosages as needed. The typical insulin pump user has better A1C scores -- an important measure for how in control a diabetic's condition is -- and lower risks of complications than those that don't use the technology.
When it comes to insulin pumps, Medtronic stands out as a clear winner in the space. Its pumps have been called "probably the closest systems to artificial pancreases available on the market today." That leadership position gives investors reason to believe the business has staying power. The fact that its shares have drifted down over the past six months makes it worth looking at today.
Thanks to that downward direction in its stock price, Medtronic can now be purchased for around 16 times the company's anticipated forward earnings. With those earnings expected to grow at around 7.8% annualized over the next five or so years, today's investors are getting an opportunity to consider buying a strong company at a reasonable valuation.
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Home » Tournament in Focus » - English Premier League » Liverpool top the chart for spending on agent fees
Liverpool top the chart for spending on agent fees
Posted by: Andy Dalziel April 5, 2018
ESPN reports that Liverpool have topped the charts for money spent on intermediaries and agent fees in the 12 months to 31st January 2018 according to figures released by the Football Association.
Liverpool spent £26.7 million on fees, as Premier League payments to agents and other representatives reached a new record of £211 million. The Anfield club’s expenditure reflects some of their recent big-money signings, such as Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk, and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, and is an indication as to how much third parties are involved in major transfers.
Second on the list were Chelsea who spent £25.1 million, closely followed by Manchester City who spent £23.4 million. They were followed by Manchester United (£18.1 million) and surprisingly by Watford, who spent more than Arsenal, Tottenham and Everton.
The lowest spenders in the Premier League were newly-promoted Huddersfield Town who spent just £2.5 million on agent fees in the period.
The figures released by the Football Association cover the top five divisions, including the National League, with the lowest spent by Aldershot Town who spent the grand total of £112!
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Are Indian businesses as innovative as we think they are?
India ranked as low as 66 in the Global Innovation Index last year. It slipped to 76 this year. Do we really understand what innovation means?
By Ravi Kiran
Updated: Sep 10, 2014 01:56:24 PM UTC
As a child, I used to wonder where mosquitoes in winter hide, why fish keep swimming, how birds learn to fly and other such 'un-natural' occurrences. After a career in marketing & communications for over 20 years, building and running businesses of excellent sizes and in many a geography, hiring and training dozens of successful managers, I continue to be aggressively curious about beings and things. In 2011, I co-founded Friends of Ambition, a Business Growth Platform for Middle India. It works with growth-minded businesses in Middle India and helps them professionalize their operations, build internal capability and become agile. Our focus on Middle India [a.k.a Tier 2 towns] stems from a strong conviction that the next several decades of explosive business growth in India will come from that geography. As I often find myself in cities and towns I might have only heard of just a few months ago, meet business owners there and hear their stories, dreams and challenges, I feel a sense of elation and sadness, sometimes simultaneously. This blog is a chronicle of my experiences in Middle India - mostly gleaned from real life encounters with business owners, their influencers and well wishers.
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Last week, I was in Rajkot, Gujarat, speaking at an event organised by INC Magazine and sponsored by ICICI Bank. My topic was Growth Stage Innovations in Owner Managed Businesses. The fact that nearly 180 people came for the event despite only 60 being invited meant that the topic sounded very exciting and meaningful to the invitees.
As you can imagine, each of the three aspects of the topic–GROWTH STAGE, INNOVATIONS and OWNER MANAGED BUSINESSES–is powerful in its own right. However, since the central theme of the discussion was INNOVATIONS, we spent most of the time on that.
Earlier in the day, I had met a few local industrialists to get a sense of business in Rajkot. They and many guests at the event told me that people in Rajkot were very entrepreneurial and innovative. I have heard similar things elsewhere in the country as well. And this is heartening.
I am also aware that the National Innovation Council, created in 2010 under the chairmanship of Dr Sam Pitroda, has many luminaries working on driving our country’s innovation agenda. This sentence on NIC’s website is very encouraging: Realising that innovation is the engine for the growth of prosperity and national competitiveness in the 21st century, the President of India has declared 2010 as the ‘Decade of Innovation’.
Similarly, the 14-year-old National Innovation Foundation created by the Department of Science & Technology [DST], and its much older associate networks such as GIAN, SRISTI and the Honeybee network, led by powerful personalities such as Dr RA Mashelkar, formerly of CSIR, and Prof Anil Gupta, have been working tirelessly in the area of grassroots innovations.
What used to be the DST’s Science and Technology Policy changed its name after 10 years in 2013 to Science, Technology and Innovation Policy.
A quick search online would reveal many more bodies, policies and initiatives around innovation.
We graduate the world’s largest number of engineers every year and as part of their curriculum, all engineering students have to complete a project that’s expected to be an engineering innovation.
If you look at the enormous startup wave sweeping across our country, our metros in particular, or look at many awards shows centred around innovation, you would think we clearly have innovation as one of our national focus areas.
How innovative are we in other people’s eyes?
In 2013, India ranked as low as 66 in the Global Innovation Index, a global ranking of countries on innovativeness that three highly respected institutions have been collaborating to publish for the past seven years. I would be quite forgiving if we stayed at that level and improved our position consistently. But alas, the same list for 2014, published just a couple of months ago which is creating a lot of noise in the media, puts us at 76, 10 points down from last year. A rank of 76 in a list of 143 countries, that’s where India is in innovation capability, behind countries such as Lithuania [39], Belarus [58], and Armenia [65], no disrespect intended.
So is all really well? Or, are we just in a century-long self-congratulatory mode?
Specifically, are our businesses innovative?
I have a fundamental doubt in mind. Sure, we may have many exceptions and many great examples, but as people and as businesses, do we really understand innovation? And assuming we do, do we know how to drive it within our organisations?
Growth stage companies would be wise to remember a few simple things about innovation.
My thoughts will come in the next post.
What are yours?
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Kim Kardashian Regrets Sex Tape, Poses for More NSFW Nude Photos
By Meredith B. Kile 5:25 PM PST, February 6, 2015
Kim Kardashian is stripping down yet again, for Love Magazine.
The reality star posted some pics from the recent photoshoot to her Twitter account Friday, and several more images (some of them full-frontal nudes) were posted by a fan account.
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Kardashian may be taking her clothes off for the magazine, but she still claims that’s not how she got famous in the first place. Kim admits to being annoyed when people say her infamous sex tape with singer Ray J in 2003 "launched her career."
"Maybe that's how some people heard of me but I didn't launch my career off of that," Kim told Love. "That was 12 years ago, no 13 years ago, so I just try to move on and put it in the past because I think everyone in life does things that they're not proud of but you can't sit and dwell on them forever."
Kardashian has done her best to move on from the sex tape scandal, but admits, "if I do have one regret in life that's it."
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Last fall, Kim stripped down to "break the internet" for a Paper Magazine cover shoot. See more on those pics in the video below.
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About: Jan Kuciak
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Slovak entrepreneur charged with ordering journalist murder
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Slovak authorities identify possible witness in journalist’s murder
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Electricity - Mains Electricity
A 3-pin plug is used to connect electrical appliances to a mains socket in the UK.
Mains electricity is the phrase used to refer to the general-purpose 230 V AC electricity supply, as opposed to the specialist higher voltage industrial electricity supplies. You can regard it as the electricity that is supplied to normal wall sockets, lighting circuits etc. in homes and places of work like offices and shops. In GCSE Physics, mains electricity is focused on electricity in the home. Mains electricity is useful but, if used incorrectly, it can be deadly, so understanding this form of energy and how to use it safely is a very important life skill.
Any form of electricity is a source of energy which can be transferred into other forms of useful energy. There is usually at least one form of waste energy during any energy transfer. With home electrical appliances, it's a good bet that this waste energy will be heat (unless it is an electric heater of course!). This means that no appliance will ever be one hundred percent efficient, but some come quite close.
Electrical appliances all have a power rating. This represents the rate at which they transfer electrical energy into other forms of energy. The power rating is given in watts (symbol W), 1000 watts is also expressed as one kilowatt and you will often hear people talk about a three kilowatt heater rather than a 3000 watt heater but they mean exactly the same thing: at full power, the heater will transfer energy at a rate of 3000 joules every second. In everyday life, you will hear people talk about the wattage of an appliance but power is the correct scientific term.
Knowing the power rating is particularly useful for two reasons: it enables you to work out the cost of using an appliance, and you can also use it to work out the correct size of fuse. Electricity is sold in units of kilowatt hours. An appliance with a power rating of 2000 watts would use two units of electricity per hour. How do we know? As well as telling you how many joules per seconds is transferred by the appliance at full power, the power rating also tells you how many watts it uses per hour, so a 2000 watt appliance will use 2000 watts per hour, in other words, two kilowatts each hour which is 2 units of electricity. To find out how much that would cost you, all you need to do is to multiply that by the cost of each unit of electricity.
To work out the fuse size, you use the relationship between power in watts, potential difference in volts and current in amps (P = I V). You need to rearrange it to work out the current, so dividing the power by the potential difference will give you the maximum current used by the appliance. If you choose a fuse with a lower current rating than this, the fuse will keep blowing, so you choose the available fuse with the nearest but slightly higher value. Take for example the 2000 watt appliance mentioned in the previous paragraph. Dividing the power by the potential difference works out at a current of 8.6 A (based on UK mains voltage). Standard common fuse sizes are 3 A, 5 A, 10 A and 13 A so in this case, you would choose the 10 A fuse. Since a fault would produce a much higher current than this, it would still blow should the appliance develop a fault.
Which colour wire is the live wire in a 3-pin plug?
Yellow and green
The blue wire is the neutral wire, yellow and green is the earth wire and the brown wire is the live wire
What is the main difference between a circuit breaker and a fuse?
A circuit breaker can be used to control electrical circuits
A circuit breaker can be reset whilst a fuse needs to be replaced
A fuse can be reset whilst a circuit breaker needs to be replaced
A fuse can be used to control electrical circuits
They also respond much faster than fuses and are generally used to protect complete circuits that are fitted with several sockets or lights
What kind of a plug is used to connect electrical appliances to a mains socket in the UK?
2-pin plug
2-pin plugs are found on low power items. They either need an adaptor or have a 'dummy' earth pin made out of plastic so that they can be used directly with a normal wall socket
If an appliance uses mains electricity at 230 V and the service manual for the appliance recommends using a fuse of 13 A, what is the power consumption it can safely use?
Power (in watts) = current (in amps) multiplied by the potential difference (in volts). Fuses allow the appliance to operate at a safe capacity. If there is a power surge through the appliance, the fuse will break the circuit stopping an unsafe level of electricity flowing through the appliance which could either damage the appliance or cause an electric shock
What size of fuse would be required for an electrical appliance which has a power rating of 600W and running off UK mains voltage at 230V?
600 W divided by 230 V = 2.61 A so you choose the next highest standard fuse
What does the power of an electrical appliance represent?
The amount of current that passes through the appliance
The rate at which it transforms energy
The speed at which it performs a task
The size of voltage that the appliance uses
An appliance that transfers one joule of electrical energy per second has a power of one watt
What do electrical appliances transfer?
Chemical energy
Light energy
Sound energy
Appliances convert electrical energy into other forms of energy
Some cables for electrical appliances only have two wires within them. Which wire is missing from this configuration?
This is used normally for low power items like smartphone chargers, bedside lamps and items whose casing is made entirely from plastic
Why do some appliances not need an earth wire?
These appliances do not need an earth wire as they don't use electricity
They are double insulated so that shocks cannot be caused if the appliance malfunctions
They have been incorrectly wired
All appliances need an earth wire, some do not have a neutral wire
Double insulation of appliances is designed to make sure that, in normal use, it is not possible for the electricity to come into contact with the outer casing
Most appliances have their power consumption and potential difference printed on them. Which of the following can be calculated from these values?
Internal resistance of transformer
The ability to calculate the current that the appliance uses allows us to correctly identify which fuse should be used in the plug, to ensure any electrical surges are prevented from damaging the appliance or posing safety risks
Author: Martin Moore
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Nom Wah Tea Parlor
Gwyneth Paltrow declared New York City, NY, USA’s Nom Wah Tea Parlor the “Best brunch in NYC.”
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Drew Barrymore said being at Los Angeles, CA, USA’s Kadampa Meditation Center Hollywood in August 2018 was “Such a nice way to spend a Sunday.”
Balloon Saloon
Drew Barrymore gave a shoutout in June 2018 to New York City, NY, USA’s Balloon Saloon “for helping me make my best friend happy on her birthday!” She picked up a huge balloon bouquet and added, “You rule and always make me a better gifter to those I love!”
Candytopia
Drew Barrymore had a date with her daughters at Los Angeles, CA, USA’s Candytopia in March 2018 and shared, “Woooooohoooooo. When you go back to being a parent after a lot of work, and take your kids to @thecandytopia and spend a wonderful Sunday. I love my girls so much. Some times, it would be fun to just jump down the wormhole, and see a different world. For now, we just pretend to, and be silly about it!!!!!!!!”
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“Good morning” is what Gwyneth Paltrow was having when she was admiring the landscape in Sedona, AZ, USA in March 2018.
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Hailee Steinfeld fit in a visit to the wall during her December 2017 trip and said, “It was short but sweet Berlin!”
Billie Lourd teased, “#youturnneon” and “#weatthehotelmotelholidayinn,” when she visited The Neon Museum in December 2017.
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Updated: 08 Jul 2020 2:47 pm
Some horror games made a lasting impression, did these make your list?
BY: Cassaundra Cluth
15. Dead by Daylight
Dead by Daylight Gameplay
This game features both the element of being the hunter and the prey. You and four friends can either take the role of a famous killer or one of the four victims. With interesting hide and seek, team effort based gameplay- you’ll feel like the mouse being stalked by the cat more often than not.
If you have the health for it, you might be able to fight for your life to continue on.
14. Outlast
Outlast Gameplay
From start to finish this game paralyzes you with fear that around every corner is going to be a new or returning threat. Between insane preachers, patients, wardens, and death personified- you’re not sure whether this all is real or if you’re losing your mind just like them. Mount Massive holds many cruel crimes inside her walls and exploring it can tell her story.
Behind every locked door is always something that might surprise you.
13. The Forest
The Forest Gameplay
After surviving a terrifying fall to your death- you and your son’s plane crash lands. Soon as you wake, you see your son taken from you and horrors that you think must be only brain trauma. Not long after you are stalked, then hunted by the locals who have taken your son; deeming you next.
The longer you live, the harder they hunt you. Deeming you worthy of their soldiers...
12. Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Amnesia: The Dark Descent Gameplay
This forever classic horror game is still a popular favorite on steam. With thousands of mods with even more storylines and plots- this game should always be in a collection. This 2010 release covers the experience of living through a nightmare with unique puzzles and horrible realities.
Inside all of us is a tour of a void, and it is of the darkest of descents.
11. Doki Doki Literature Club!
Doki Doki Literature Club Gameplay
This seemingly innocent game puts a cute spin on demonic infiltration into a high school literature club! If that doesn’t scare you, this game takes some sudden and terrifying turns that make you shocked at the brutality of suicide, gore, and mutilation. With interesting choices and unknown outcomes, this horror game is more than ribbons and lace.
Some girls just want to have fun, others thrive on murder and sacrifice.
10. Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 2 Gameplay
This most anticipated game of the year sent people into hysterics when released with heart-stopping moments and never-ending danger. Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield near death at all times, fight to save what remains of Raccoon City. Uncovering a horrible plot beneath the surface of their city, they found a corporation has released hell on Earth purely from bruised ego alone.
Oh- Uh, sorry, we didn’t realize this room was occupied...
9. Half-Life: Alyx
Half-Life: Alyx Gameplay
This game isn’t just a game, its an amazing experience. Every moment and texture feels real and you’ll have the time of your life playing through the story of Alyx. Move like you would as a member of the resistance and fight the good fight.
This VR experience will put fear into your soul, turning around and seeing this horrible thing.
8. Pacify
Pacify Gameplay
Pacify is an indie game that is partially fun, partially unnerving. With both a single and multiplayer mode, this game had a sad plot that leads you to a house filled with horrors of a haunting. Hunt for the truth and burn her until she is pacified permanently.
She knows the horrors of what happened in this house, and she won’t let you forget them.
7. SOMA
SOMA Gameplay
This thought-provoking game makes you wonder really what makes up a soul. Following a story of a man out of time in many different ways; who wakes up at the bottom of the ocean in a body that isn’t his. He struggles to survive, and save the last hope of humanity.
Some fates are worse than others, and yet you wouldn’t volunteer to swap...
6. Layers of Fear
Layers of Fear Gameplay
You follow the story of a man who loses his mind the moment his wife’s health declines after a horrible fire. As she dies, so does he- and his soul remains to scream in both agony and anger over the lives that were ruined in his insanity. Layers of Fear goes deep into a man who was once a gifted painter, a loving father, and dutiful husband turned psychopath.
The painting reflects both the horrors and the madness within one’s mind.
5. Five Nights at Freddy’s
Five Nights at Freddy’s Gameplay
This classic game on both mobile and PC gives us all strange Chuckie Cheese flashbacks with a terrible twist. These once cute machines have now turned into bodyguards, murdering all who don’t obey the rules. Cursed by children raped and murdered by a former employee, this place will not rest until all those who dare stay late are destroyed.
They look cute until they shove you into a suit filled with parts until you’re nothing but meat.
4. Dead Space 2
Dead Space 2 Gameplay
While the series as a whole is fantastic, Steam still puts this in the top tier of horror. Dead Space follows the story of the haunted engineer Isaac Clark still recovering from the alien invasion of his fiance’s ship. Now they’re back, and he has to once again fight to survive the impossible.
New enemies, old friends, and a dash of heavy breathing- you won’t have an easy fight.
3. Alien: Isolation
Alien: Isolation Gameplay
Following the story of Amanda Ripley, you track down clues to discover the fate of your mother. Boarding a station soon to be shut down, you discover the world inside is in chaos. Those left alive will do anything to remain that way, and the alien actively hunts you with the more noise you make.
The alien is a specialized AI that will track you from the beginning of the game, every step, and gunshot.
2. Among the Sleep
Among the Sleep Gameplay
There is nothing more innocent and defenseless than a child. Explore the world from a child’s perspective, sorting the painful realities of divorce, loneliness, and anger. Among the Sleep is a stylistic, beautifully done game that rides the line of terror and love.
Keep your teddy close and your enemies- actually, they can stay over there.
1. Slender: The Arrival
Slender: The Arrival Gameplay
The game that shut down schools across the nation, and the story of the demon and saint- the Slender Man. The saint who would protect children in the forest from their abusers and eat those who dare chase them. Only, he would keep the children forever and leave their drawings behind in his wake in an eternal attempt of protection. Some hunt him though, wanting to know the true demeanor of the Slender.
The drawings lead the way but don’t look at him...
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[Top 50] Upcoming Horror Movies of 2020 We're Excited For
[Top 15] New & Upcoming Horror Games of 2020!
[Top 50] Best Horror Movies of 2018
[Top 15] Anime Horror Games With Great Storyline
Top 11 Co-op Horror Games To Play With Friends
The 15 Best Horror Mangas Loved by Millions Worldwide
Top 15 Best Japanese Horror Games We Love!
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Cassaundra Cluth
Welder by day and writer by night. I've spent the last few years stretching out my talents into personal blogs, books and video games. Now I seek to lift the curse set upon me by my ancestors.
Favorite Genre: PVP
Currently Playing: Days Gone
Top 3 Favorite Games:Fallout 4, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dragonborn, Outlast
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Election Irregularities — Over 300 legislative members of “battleground” states listened via Zoom to President Trump’s team. Go to The Epoch Times for additional information.
“A six-person team that included Rudy Giuliani and Peter Navarro on Saturday briefed hundreds of state lawmakers on evidence of election irregularities.
The Zoom meeting included hundreds of legislators across Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, Navarro, the White House director of trade and manufacturing policy, said during an appearance on Fox News.
“These legislators, they’re hot, they’re angry, they want action,” Navarro said. “We gave them the receipts. We explained exactly how the Democrat Party, as a matter of strategy, stole this election from Donald J. Trump.”
John Eastman and John Lott were also part of the briefing. Eastman represented Texas in the now-dismissed interstate challenge to the outcome of the election. Lott, a senior adviser for research and statistics for the Department of Justice, authored a recently released report on election theft.
Legislators were briefed on evidence of alleged voter, ballot, and election fraud, which can be viewed on a webpage hosted by Got Freedom?”
Election “irregularities” — we must investigate BEFORE certify. How about an Election Commission as suggested by Ted Cruz ?
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Lost Fifth Album | Frenz Forum
Lost Fifth Album
The Pineapple HeadSecret God
What's everyone's thoughts on the 'Lost Fifth' album of Crowded House which would have been released some time after 1994.
Has anyone made their own version using rarities?
Do you have an order?
Which tracks would be the singles?
I'd love to find out!
Sugar MouseAddicted
The Pineapple Head posted:
What lost fifth album?
Sugar Mouse posted:
The album that would have been made after Together Alone but wasn't completed/made.
I have, but I'm not at home and don't have the iPod it's on with me. I'll try to remember to dig it out sometime and get back to you.
slowpogoAddicted
I don’t get the question. It’s confusing because they released Afterglow after TA, and then of course two more albums later.
I don't find it confusing at all. Afterglow was a "leftovers" album released after they broke up, some of which is post-TA, plus other material from that period exists. An "album" could be made from that material (and a pretty good one at that). The other two came years later after they reformed.
Thanks for explaining, but the subtlety of the question was not implicit to me. I was unsure if the OP even knew there were albums after TA.
I know they recorded a few demos with Peter Jones (ie Help Is Coming) but I didn’t know there was enough for a whole album. Are you counting the tracks with Paul recorded for Recurring Dream as well? B sides from Try Whistling This that were originally conceived as CH songs (ie Tokyo)? The parameters still aren’t very clear to me.
Last edited by slowpogo 10/29/186:55 PM
slowpogo posted:
Let me rephrase the question. If you were to create a 'Lost Fifth' track listing using demos, Recurring Dream tracks, B sides, rarities ect, what songs would you pick from that period of the band?
K koabacSecret God
I know they recorded a few demos with Peter Jones (ie Help Is Coming) but I didn’t know there was enough for a whole album. Are you counting the tracks with Paul recorded for Recurring Dream as well? B sides from Try Whistling This that were originally conceived as CH songs (ie Tokyo)? The parameters still aren’t very clear to me
Do we know which songs from 'TWT" as well as the Afterglow demos, etc were actually considered for a new CH album? I hadn't heard "Tokyo" was considered for CH? any others? I assume many TWT songs, as well as Finn songs and others written after "TA" could have been new CH songs. Neil's often says he just writes and then decides where the songs should end up. I'd love to see a list.
WhysusAddicted
The lost 5th album was also raised in the topic thread below.
https://www.frenzforum.com/top...lbum-finally-arrived
Camus presented a good track listing of:
Help Is Coming, Anthem, I Don't Know You, Taste of Something Divine, Spirit of the Stairs (York St Demo), Loose Tongue, Instinct (York St Demo) Everything Is Good For You, Not The Girl, bonus track Instinct (single version)
Tokyo would fit pretty well onto that track list too, making it a 10 track album.... I wasn't aware it was originally penned with CH in mind. I would love to hear a Crowdies version, but I'm not aware of them actually recording a version.
Last edited by Whysus 10/30/183:59 AM
Different order, but mine are basically the same as Camus'. Used the studio demo of Stairs and the rough mix of Loose tongue. Some have suggested that Astro was considered, but seems like Jaffa or someone shot that down. Have not heard it suggested that Tokyo was considered.
I don’t know if Tokyo was ever officially considered or rehearsed by Crowded House, but I recall reading that it was written during the band’s tenure.
CamusAddicted
Astro was kicking around at that stage, it was performed at a Finn concert in 1995/6 it's in one of the fan club CDs. Listening to the stuff recorded at the time there was some cracking material.
PaināporoAddicted
I am quite fond of my lost CH album, which I call Something Divine. I chose to imagine a word where some new songs are being worked on at the same time that outtakes from TA are being considered and that Paul is still a member of the band.
1. New castle Jam
2. Anthem
3. Instinct
4. Everything is Good For You
5. You Can Touch
6. A Taste of Something Devine
7. Not the Girl You Think You Are
8. My Time is Now (Paul Hester)
9. Convent Girls
10. Help is Coming
11. Spirit is the Stairs (studio demo)
Last edited by Paināporo 11/3/186:42 PM
M MariolaAddicted
Paināporo posted:
I can tastify that Painaporos album Something Divine is one of the best albums CH (never) released.
Thanks, Mariola! And it has cover art:
Painãporo do you have a link of any description to "This is massive" as I can't find it.
If you mean "My Time is Now", it's by Largest Living Things and is available on Other Enz: Split Enz and Beyond.
LL Lance LaSalleSecret God
I've made a playlist that could have been released in 1996 or so, it utiilizes a couple of outtakes from Together Alone, though. (And they do sound ever-so-slightly out of place.) But it's a great album full of fantastic mid-nineties rock. I actually really, really really like it and I think I would have just loved in 1996, which was right when I was getting into all things Finn. I even think it might have been a big international hit, it sounds so "of the times."
It goes like this:
Newcastle Jam
Taste of Something Divine
Help is Coming
I Am In Love
Convent Girls
You Can Touch
Not the Girl you Think YOu Are
I Don't Know You
Spirit of the Stairs
Everything Is Good For you
Depending on my mood I might add either "Loose Tongue" or "My Time Is Now."
SOOOO much good music from that time frame! Sad they called it quits in what seems in retrospect to be a very creative time for Neil. But at least this stuff is "out" and we can enjoy it, shuffle it around and create interesting playlists and "what ifs".
Another thought just came to me, "Walk Tall" was from that period. Though it was a live cut, would have been interesting to see it developed and see what would have happened in the studio. Could have fit well on the "lost album".
Steve Shealy posted:
To me, if these songs we know were on that "lost" album, it would be most probably second best album of CH, shortly after Together Alone, and maybe even with Woodface... Most of that songs are just brilliant, just to mention Anthem, Help is Coming, Taste of Something Divine, Everything is good for you, Spirit of the stairs are all just fantastic. Rest of them are also great...
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I totally agree. My "Crowded House 96 " is my favorite Crowded House record after Together Alone.
In addition to the 1996 CH album I shared previously, I also have a "bonus disc" to that album, which I call the Lost Tapes '96. It includes the following:
1. Most Unwanted (MTV UK live)
2. Instinct (demo from FTTW DVD)
3. Be My Guest (live on the Internet)
4. Not the Girl You Think You Are (demo)
5. Dots on the Shell (live acoustic performance)
6. Everything Is Good For You (demo)
7. Loose Tongue (demo)
8. Falling Star (live acoustic radio performance)
9. I Don't Know You (demo)
10. Spirit of the Stairs (home demo)
11. I'm So Scared of Losing I Can't Compete (home demo)
And the cover art looks like this:
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Yvonne Mullins Carr, of Abingdon, Va., went to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 02, 2020, at her home.
She was born April 17, 1936, in Dickenson County, Va., to the late Troy Mullins and Clarsie Smith Mullins. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, James Robert “JR” Carr; and three brothers, Ishmael Mullins, Fred Mullins and Troy Mullins, Jr.
Yvonne loved shopping and spending time with Dee Webber and her campground family at “her home away from home”. She was retired from Reynolds Metals and was a former volunteer and usher at the Barter Theatre. Yvonne was a member of Trigg Street Church of God where she was active in the Senior Bible Study.
Survivors include three children, Bobby Carr (Kelly) of Jackson, WI, Kathy Price (Daniel) of Abingdon, Va., and Wilma Norton (Rob) Chilhowie, Va.; six grandchildren, Jeremy Norton, Todd Price (Niki), Kimberly Price (fiancé, Sam White), Justin Norton, Bryson Carr and A.J. Carr; one great grandson mamaw’s little doll, Grayson Norton; three sisters-in-law, Mildred Inscore (Bobby), Tippy Thomas and Birdie Carr; numerous nieces, nephews and special friends, Ted and Barbara Sanders; and Dr. Allison Whitman.
Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m., Wednesday, February 5, 2020, in the Frost Funeral Home Chapel. A funeral service will follow at 2 p.m., in the chapel with Pastor Steve Vaughan and Pastor Wayne Chant officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Hills Memory Gardens.
Active pallbearers will be Jeremy Norton, Todd Price, Bryson Carr, Justin Norton, Ted Sanders, Bobby Inscore, Sam White and Danny Hance. Honorary pallbearers will be A.J. Carr, Paul McPeake, Barry Compton, Fred Roberts, Gene Robinson and Pete Shatley.
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Located 18 km from Barra Longa (MG), the district of Gesteira Velha was one of the towns affected by the collapse of the Fundão dam on November 5, 2015. The daily routine and way of life of the community that lived on the banks of the Gualaxo do Norte river was shattered. In all, twenty families, eight houses, one shop, eleven lots, one Catholic church, one soccer field and one school were affected.
Over the years, the town of Gesteira has been marked by environmental disasters. In 1979, the town was flooded by the Gualaxo do Norte River. The residents took refuge in a neighboring area located in a higher part of the region. This area was donated by a local farmer to the families to rebuild their lives. Together, the residents built their new houses, their recreational areas, shops, sports court, square, their backyards, livestock installations and plantations.Thus, Gesteira was divided into two parts: the Old one, located on lower ground, and the New one, located on higher ground, today called Mutirão. This area also sustained damages due to the collapse.
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By far the most crowded therapeutic area is oncology
25 Up and Coming Gene Therapies
Alex Philippidis Senior News Editor Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Investment, Incentives, and IP Drive Growth in Clinical Development
Gene therapy’s numbers look promising. In a year full of biopharma mergers and acquisitions, one of the biggest deals has been Novartis’ planned $8.7 billion purchase of AveXis, whose lead candidate AVXS-101 has advanced into a pivotal trial following positive Phase I data published in November in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Additional figures furnished to GEN by Informa show the extent of gene-therapy development: Informa Pharma Intelligence’s Trialtrove database records 729 gene therapies as having been developed, of which nearly two-thirds (461) were preclinical. Those therapies have been assessed in 1,855 clinical trials, most in early phases: 657 in Phase I, 509 in Phase I/II, and 455 in Phase II. As for later development, 89 have reached Phase III, 32 are in Phase II/III, and 28 in Phase IV.
By far the most crowded therapeutic area is oncology, accounting for two-thirds or 1,254 of the 1,855 trials. The next-largest indication is cardiovascular with 214 trials (11.5%), followed by infectious disease (6.5%).
Clinical activity is expected to increase, in part due to the FDA’s Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation, created through the 21st Century Cures Act. “There are a lot of incentives for sponsors who get RMAT, including early and frequent interactions with the FDA, as well as the ability to discuss early on any potential surrogate or intermediate endpoints in their clinical trials,” Amanda Micklus, principal analyst with Informa Pharma Intelligence, told GEN. “The RMAT designation potentially could really advance the progress of these therapies through the pipeline.”
Patricia Reilly, Informa Pharma Intelligence vice president, Intelligence Alliances and Product Unification, highlighted another sign of growth: The number of gene-therapy developers has ballooned from the 69 counted in 2014 by the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM), to 255 today.
Below is a list of 25 “up and coming” gene-therapy candidates that had reached Phase III and/or registrational trials as of the first quarter of 2018, based on figures from ARM, as well as ClinicalTrials.gov and/or company announcements. Each candidate is listed by name, sponsor(s), indication(s), mechanism, late-stage trials, and updates.
Two gene-therapy candidates on ARM’s list not included here are TransVax™, whose co-developer Vical eliminated more than half its staff and halted development after it failed the Phase III HELIOS trial. The other is Amgen’s Imlygic® (talimogene laherparepvec), which is in trials for additional melanoma indications (NCT02263508 and NCT02211131) following initial approval in 2015.
Axalimogene filolisbac (ADXS11-001) and ADXS-DUAL
Sponsor(s): Advaxis
Indication: Metastatic cervical cancer
Mechanism: Targeted immunotherapy based on a platform technology that uses live attenuated Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) bioengineered to secrete antigen/adjuvant fusion proteins. ADXS-DUAL is second-generation of axalimogene filolisbac.
Trial(s) (Identifier): Study of ADXS11-001 in Subjects with High Risk Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer (AIM2CERV; NCT02853604; Phase III)
Updates: Advaxis is assessing axalimogene filolisbac in combinations with Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo® (nivolumab) and AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi® (durvalumab). On March 12, Advaxis acknowledged the FDA’s clinical hold on a Phase I/II study of axalimogene filolisbac/Imfinzi after a patient died in February.
AMG0101 (AMG0103)
Sponsor(s): AnGes, Shionogi (global license for dermal diseases), MEDRx, and Alfresa Pharma
Indication(s): Atopic Dermatitis [Japan]; Chronic discogenic low back pain (DLBP) [U.S.]
Mechanism: NF-kB Decoy Oligonucleotide, a specific inhibitor for NF-kB that acts as a switch to a gene cluster involved in the immune inflammatory response in the body. Administered via ointment in atopic dermatitis, and via injection in discogenic low back pain.
Trial(s) (Identifier): Phase III study in atopic dermatitis (details unavailable); AMG0103 in Subjects with Chronic Discogenic Lumbar Back Pain (NCT03263611; Phase Ib)
Updates: As of April 12, AnGes stated, the Phase III atopic dermatitis study was completed, and failed. On February 28, AnGes said the first patient was dosed in the Phase Ib study.
AMT-061
Sponsor(s): uniQure
Indication(s): Hemophilia B
Mechanism: AMT-061 consists of an AAV5 viral vector carrying a gene cassette with the Padua variant of Factor IX (FIX-Padua).
Trial(s) (Identifiers): Dose Confirmation Trial of AAV5-hFIXco-Padua (NCT03489291; Phase II)
Updates: Phase II study not yet recruiting patients. uniQure announced plans to advance AMT-061 into a pivotal study on October 19, 2017.
AVXS-101
Sponsor(s): AveXis (to be acquired by Novartis)
Indication(s): Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
Mechanism: A non-replicating adeno-associated virus 9 (AAV9) capsid is used to deliver a functional copy of a human SMN gene to the nucleus of the patient's own cells. The gene is meant to supplement the cell's production of the SMN protein, increasing that production to an adequate level.
Trial(s) (Identifiers): Pre-Symptomatic Study of Intravenous AVXS-101 in Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) for Patients With Multiple Copies of SMN2 (SPRINT; NCT03505099; Phase III); Single-Dose Gene Replacement Therapy Clinical Trial for Patients With Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 (STRIVE-EU; NCT03461289; Phase III); Gene Replacement Therapy Clinical Trial for Patients With Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 (STR1VE; NCT03306277; Phase III)
Updates: On April 25, AveXis said the first patient was dosed in the Phase III SPRINT trial. A day earlier, AveXis released initial results from the STR1VE trial showing that all six patients were alive and event-free as of April 11—plus 24-month follow-up data from a Phase I trial of AVXS-101 in SMA Type 1 showing that all 15 patients were alive and without need for permanent ventilation.
Sponsor(s): Cold Genesys
Indication(s): Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC); muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC)
Mechanism: Oncolytic immunotherapy based on a modified common cold adenovirus backbone that contains a cancer-specific promoter and a GM-CSF transgene. CG0070 is designed to replicate inside the tumor cells, causing tumor cell lysis and immunogenic cell death.
Trial(s) (Identifier): Safety and Efficacy of CG0070 Oncolytic Virus Regimen for High Grade NMIBC After BCG Failure (BOND2; NCT02365818; Phase II)
Updates: Cold Genesys last year reported topline results from BOND2 that included a six-month Complete Response rate of 46.7%.
Sponsor(s): Marsala Biotech, Guangzhou Dabo Biological Products
Indication(s): Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
Mechanism: E10A uses the Endostatin gene to prevent angiogenesis and shut off the nutrient supply to tumors, starving the tumors and leading to tumor shrinkage. The gene is integrated into an adenoviral vector which is injected into the tumor. The vector infects the tumor cells, delivering the endostatin gene inside the cell.
Trial(s) (Identifier): E10A for the Treatment of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (NCT02630264; Phase III)
Updates: NCT02630264 status is unknown.
Generx® (alferminogene tadenovec, Ad5FGF-4)
Sponsor(s): Angionetics, Huapont Life Sciences, Gene Biotherapeutics (formerly Taxus Cardium Pharmaceuticals Group)
Indication(s): Angiogenic growth factor gene therapy for cardiac microvascular insufficiency in patients with myocardial ischemia and symptomatic chronic stable angina pectoris due to coronary microvascular dysfunction in association with advanced coronary artery disease.
Mechanism: Generx consists of the human fibroblast growth factor-4 (FGF-4) gene, a CMV promoter sequence, and a signal peptide, encapsulated in a human serotype 5 adenovirus. Generx is delivered to the heart using Angionetic’s optimized cardiac catheter technique, binds to heart cells via the coxsackie adenovirus receptors, and transfects the cells with the FGF-4 gene.
Trial(s) (Identifier): Ad5FGF-4 in Patients with Refractory Angina Due to Myocardial Ischemia (AFFIRM; NCT02928094; Phase III)
Updates: NCT02928094 active but not yet recruiting patients as of January 10.
GSK2696274
Sponsor(s): GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Ospedale (Hospital) San Raffaele–Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (OSR-TIGET)
Indication(s): Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD)
Mechanism: Autologous cluster of differentiation 34+ (CD34+) cells transduced with lentiviral vector containing human arylsulfatase A (ARSA) complementary deoxyribonucleic acid (cDNA)
Trial(s) (Identifier): A Safety and Efficacy Study of Cryopreserved GSK2696274 for Treatment of Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD; NCT03392987; Phase III)
Updates: On April 12, GSK said it will hand off its rare disease gene therapy portfolio to Orchard Therapeutics in return for a 19.9% stake in the acquirer, undisclosed milestone payments, royalties, and a seat on Orchard’s board. The portfolio includes GSK269274, another late-stage clinical candidate GSK269275, and the European-approved gene therapy Strimvelis™.
GSK296275
Sponsor(s): GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Ospedale (Hospital) San Raffaele-Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (OSR-TIGET)
Indication(s): Wiskott Aldrich syndrome (WAS)
Mechanism: Genetically modified autologous hematopoietic stem cells that were collected from bone marrow and/or mobilized from peripheral blood and transduced with a lentiviral vector encoding for WAS.
Trial(s) (Identifier): Gene Therapy for Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (TIGET-WAS; NCT01515462; Phase II)
Updates: On April 12, GSK said it will hand off its rare disease gene therapy portfolio to Orchard Therapeutics in return for a 19.9% stake in the acquirer, undisclosed milestone payments, royalties, and a seat on Orchard’s board. The portfolio includes GSK269275, GSK269274, and the European-approved gene therapy Strimvelis™.
Sponsor(s): GenSight Biologics
Indication(s): Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) caused by mutation of the ND4 gene
Mechanism: AAV2 gene-therapy vector that encodes the human wild-type ND4 protein
Trial(s) (Identifier): Efficacy Study of GS010 for the Treatment of Vision Loss up to 6 Months From Onset in LHON Due to the ND4 Mutation (RESCUE, NCT02652767; Phase III); Efficacy Study of GS010 for Treatment of Vision Loss From 7 Months to 1 Year From Onset in LHON Due to the ND4 Mutation (REVERSE, NCT02652780); Efficacy and Safety Study of Bilateral Intravitreal Injection of GS010 for the Treatment of Vision Loss up to 1 Year from Onset in LHON Due to the ND4 Mutation (REFLECT, NCT03293524; Phase III).
Updates: On April 2, GenSight said the Phase III REVERSE trial missed its primary endpoint, as the 48-weeks improvement of +11 ETDRS letters in GS010-treated eyes was similar to that of untreated eyes across the study’s 37 subjects.
Lenti-D
Sponsor(s): bluebird bio
Indication(s): Cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD)
Mechanism: Transplantation with a patient’s own stem cells modified to contain a functioning copy of the ABCD1 gene, which is designed to result in production of functional adrenoleukodystrophy protein (ALDP).
Trial(s) (Identifier): A Phase II/III Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Hematopoietic Stem Cells Transduced With Lenti-D Lentiviral Vector for the Treatment of Cerebral Adrenoleukodystrophy (Starbeam or ALD-102, NCT01896102; Phase II/III); Long-term Follow-up of Subjects With Cerebral Adrenoleukodystrophy Who Were Treated With Lenti-D Drug Product (NCT02698579).
Updates: bluebird bio said February 21 it plans to file for European approval of Lenti-D in CALD in 2019. The company in October published interim data in the New England Journal of Medicine from the Starbeam study showing that as of the April 25, 2017, data cutoff, 15 of 17 patients (88%) infused with Lenti-D remained alive and free of major functional disabilities after 24 months.
LentiGlobin™ (BB305)
Indication(s): Transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (TDT, also known as β-thalassemia major), severe sickle cell disease.
Mechanism: Insertion of a functional human β-globin gene into a patient’s own hematopoietic stem cells ex vivo, followed by autologous stem cell transplantation.
Trial(s) (Identifier): A Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of the LentiGlobin® BB305 Drug Product in Subjects With Transfusion-Dependent β-Thalassemia, Who do Not Have a β0/β0 Genotype (Northstar-2 or HGB-207, NCT02906202; Phase III); A Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of the LentiGlobin® BB305 Drug Product in Subjects With Transfusion-Dependent β-Thalassemia, Who Have a β0/β0 Genotype (Northstar-3 or HGB-212, NCT03207009; Phase III).
Updates: On April 18, bluebird bio published interim data in the New England Journal of Medicine from Phase I/II clinical studies assessing LentiGlobin in TDT. Most of the studies’ 22 patients remained transfusion-free after two years. On February 21, bluebird said it plans to file for European approval of LentiGlobin in TDT and non-β0/β0 genotypes in the second half of 2018.
LYS-SAF302
Sponsor(s): Lysogene
Indication(s): Mucopolysaccharidosis IIIA (MPS IIIA), also known as Sanfilippo type A syndrome
Mechanism: AAVrh10 virus containing healthy copy of N-sulfoglucosamine sulfohydrolase (SGSH) gene administered directly to the brain via injection, designed to stimulate production of enzyme that breaks down heparan sulfate, slowing down or halting progression of the disease.
Trial(s) (Identifier): Planned Phase II/III pivotal trial (not listed on ClinicalTrials.gov at deadline); International Pivotal Observational Study (SAMOS)
Updates: Lysogene said April 16 it plans to start a pivotal Phase II/III trial of LYS-SAF302 in the second half of 2018, “a change compared to initial expectations due to a manufacturing delay.”
Nadofaragene firadenovec/Sny3 (rAd-IFN/Syn3, Instiladrin®)
Sponsor(s): FKD Therapies, Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Indication(s): Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC)
Mechanism: Non-replicating recombinant adenovirus type 5 (Ad5)-vector encoding the interferon alpha-2b (IFNα2b) gene, combined with the excipient Syn3 (rAD-IFN/Syn3). It infects nearby tumor cells and expresses INF alpha-2b intracellularly which activates the transcription and translation of genes whose products mediate antiviral, antiproliferative, antitumor, and immune-modulating effects.
Trials(s) (Identifier): A Study to Evaluate Instiladrin® in Patients with High-Grade, Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Unresponsive NMIBC (NCT02773849; Phase III)
Updates: On May 3, Ferring Pharmaceuticals acquired an option to secure global commercialization rights to Nadofaragene firadenovec/Syn3 from FKD.
Nexagon
Sponsor(s): OcuNexus Therapeutics
Indication(s): Persistent epithelial defects that are non-responsive to current standard of care treatment
Mechanism: Natural, unmodified oligonucleotide (30-mer) that downregulates expression of the key gap junction hemichannel protein Connexin43 (Cx43). Nexagon is formulated in a thermoreversible gel placed under a contact lens or amniotic membrane to ensure contact with the corneal/conjunctival surface for sufficient time to get the active drug into the cell.
Trial(s) (Identifier): Details not available
Updates: Nexagon is in Phase III development, according to the company and a study published online last year. OcuNexus has disclosed discussions with the FDA aimed at finalizing a clinical development plan to advance Nexagon into a pivotal trial.
NSR-REP1
Sponsor(s): Nightstar Therapeutics
Indication(s): Choroideremia
Mechanism: AAV2 vector containing recombinant human complementary DNA (cDNA) that is designed to produce REP1 inside the eye. NSR-REP1 is administered surgically by injection into the sub-retinal space.
Trial(s) (Identifier): A Safety Study of Retinal Gene Therapy for Choroideremia (GEMINI; NCT03507686); fficacy and Safety of AAV2-REP1 for the Treatment of Choroideremia (STAR; NCT03496012)
Updates: Nightstar said April 3 that it expects the STAR trial will be fully enrolled by the first half of 2019.
OXB-301 (TroVax®; MVA-5T4)
Sponsor(s): Oxford BioMedica
Indication(s): Ovarian cancer, colorectal cancer
Mechanism: Cancer vaccine containing an attenuated modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) as active ingredient. OXB-301 is engineered to deliver the 5T4 oncofetal antigen gene and is designed to destroy cancerous cells by stimulating the immune system.
Trial(s) (Identifier): The Activity of TroVax® Versus Placebo in Relapsed Asymptomatic Ovarian Cancer (TRIOC; NCT01556841; Phase II)
Updates: Last year, Oxford Biomedica announced “encouraging results” from a Phase I/II trial of TroVax and low-dose cyclophosphamide in advanced colorectal cancer, with “significant anti-5T4 immune responses” generated at treatment day 43.
Pexa-Vec (Pexastimogene devacirepvec; JX-594)
Sponsor(s): SillaJen, Transgene, Beijing Shenogen Pharma Group, Lee's Pharmaceutical, GC Pharma
Indication(s): Hepatocellular carcinoma
Mechanism: Wyeth strain vaccinia virus engineered to directly lyse tumor cells and stimulate anti-tumor immunity
Trial(s) (Identifier): Hepatocellular Carcinoma Study Comparing Vaccinia Virus Based Immunotherapy Plus Sorafenib vs Sorafenib Alone (PHOCUS; NCT02562755; Phase III)
Updates: Pexa-Vec is also in a Phase I/II study in refractory colorectal cancer with AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi® (durvalumab) and tremelimumab (NCT03206073); in a Phase I study in metastatic/avanced solid tumors with Bristol-Myers’ Squibb (BMS)’s Yervoy® (ipililumab; NCT02977156); a Phase I/II study in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with BMS’ Opdivo® (nivolumab; NCT03071094); and a Phase I study in renal cell carcinoma with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ REGN2810 (NCT03294083).
ProstAtak®
Sponsor(s): Advantagene
Indication(s): Prostate cancer; hepatocellular carcinoma; pancreatic adenocarcinoma; non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Mechanism: ProstAtak is based on Advantagene’s Gene Mediated Cytotoxic Immunotherapy (GMCI™) tech platform and consists of aglatimagene besadenovec and valacyclovir. Initial injections at the tumor site deliver aglatimagene besadenovec (AdV-tk), a gene vector derived from an adenovirus and engineered to deliver the thymidine kinase (tk) gene, derived from the Herpes Simplex virus, to the target cells. The target tissues and cells then produce the TK protein.
Trial(s) (Identifier): Phase 3 Study of ProstAtak® Immunotherapy with Standard Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer (PrTK03; NCT01436968; Phase III); Randomized Controlled Trial of ProstAtak® Immunotherapy During Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer (ULYSSES; NCT02768363; Phase II/III); Multicenter RCT of ADV-TK Gene Therapy Improving the Outcome of Liver Transplantation for Advanced HCC (NCT03313596; Phase III)
Updates: On April 27, Advantagene said it will partner with Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) to assess the combination of ProstAtak and BMS’ Opdivo® (nivolumab) in newly diagnosed, malignant glioma patients receiving standard-of-care surgery and radiation with or without temozolomide.
RT-100 (AC6 Gene Transfer)
Sponsor(s): Renova Therapeutics
Indication(s): Heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF)
Mechanism: RT-100 is infused during cardiac catheterization directly into the arteries that feed the heart. The gene encoding human AC6 is delivered via a modified adenovirus vector that is able to enter the cells but cannot reproduce itself (Ad5.hAC6).
Trial(s) (Identifier): AC6 Gene Transfer in Patients with Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Heart Failure (FLOURISH; NCT03360448)(Phase III)
Updates: As of April 10, NCT03360448 was active but not yet recruiting patients.
Toca 511 (vocimagene amiretrorepvec) and Toca FC
Sponsor(s): Tocagen, ApolloBio
Indication(s): Recurrent high-grade glioma (Phase II/III); metastatic solid tumors, including colorectal cancer, renal cell cancer, melanoma, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, and breast cancer (Phase I); newly diagnosed high-grade glioma (Preclinical)
Mechanism: Two-part cancer immunotherapy. Toca 511 is an injectable retroviral replicating vector (RRV) that encodes a prodrug activator enzyme, cytosine deaminase (CD). Toca FC is an oral extended-release formulation of the prodrug 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC), which is converted into 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), when it encounters CD.
Trial(s) (Identifier): The Toca 5 Trial: Toca 511 & Toca FC Versus Standard of Care in Patients With Recurrent High Grade Glioma (Toca 5; NCT02414165); A Study of Toca 511, a Retroviral Replicating Vector, Combined With Toca FC in Patients With Solid Tumors or Lymphoma (Toca 6; NCT02576665); A Study of the Safety of Toca 511, a Retroviral Replicating Vector, Combined With Toca FC in Subjects With Newly Diagnosed High Grade Glioma Receiving Standard of Care (Toca 7; NCT02598011)
Updates: On April 19, Tocagen granted ApolloBio exclusive rights to Toca 511 and Toca FC in the greater China region, in a deal that could generate up to $127 million-plus for Tocagen.
Valoctocogene Roxaparvovec (formerly BMN 270)
Sponsor(s): BioMarin Pharmaceutical
Indication(s): Hemophilia A
Mechanism: AAV-factor VIII vector
Trial(s) (Identifier): Single-Arm Study To Evaluate The Efficacy and Safety of Valoctocogene Roxaparvovec in Hemophilia A Patients (BMN270-301, also called GENEr8-1; NCT03370913); Single-Arm Study To Evaluate The Efficacy and Safety of Valoctocogene Roxaparvovec in Hemophilia A Patients at a Dose of 4E13 vg/kg (BMN270-302, also called GENEr8-2; NCT03392974)
Updates: BioMarin said April 25 it planned to dose “in the near future” the first GENEr8-1 patient with valoctocogene roxaparvovec manufactured in the company’s new commercial gene therapy facility in Novato, CA.
VB-111 (ofranergene obadenovec)
Sponsor(s): Vascular Biogenics, operating as VBL Therapeutics; NanoCarrier (Japan rights)
Indication(s): Solid tumors, including recurrent platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (Phase III)
Mechanism: Targeted anti-cancer gene-based biologic administered as an IV infusion once every two months. VB-111 was developed through VBL’s Vascular Targeting System (VTSTM). VBL says the mechanism combines blockade of tumor vasculature with an anti-tumor immune response.
Trial(s) (Identifier): A Study of VB-111 With Paclitaxel vs Paclitaxel for Treatment of Recurrent Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer (OVAL; NCT03398655) (Phase III)
Updates: On March 8, VBL acknowledged that VB-111 missed its primary endpoint of overall survival in the Phase III GLOBE study assessing the treatment in combination with Roche/Genentech’s Avastin® (bevacizumab) in patients with recurrent glioblastoma (NCT02511405).
VGX-3100
Sponsor(s): Inovio Pharmaceuticals, ApolloBio
Indication(s): Cervical high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL)
Mechanism: Immunotherapy designed to treat precancers and cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV); Inovio says VGX-3100 is the first immunotherapy for HPV-related cervical precancer. Using ASPIRE™ (Antigen SPecific Immune REsponses) technology, VGX-3100 includes DNA plasmids targeting the E6 and E7 proteins of HPV types 16 and 18. VGX-3100 is delivered intramuscularly using CELLECTRA® 5PSP electroportation technology.
Trial(s) (Identifier): REVEAL 1 (Evaluation of VGX-3100 and Electroporation for the Treatment of Cervical HSIL) (REVEAL 1; NCT03185013) (Phase III)
Updates: In March, ApolloBio closed an agreement with Inovio to develop VGX-3100 within China, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. ApolloBio agreed to pay Inovio $23 million upfront, up-to-$20 million in milestone payments, and double-digit tiered royalty payments. VGX-3100 is also in two Phase II trials.
Sponsor(s): ViroMed, Beijing Nuosilandi Biotechnology, Reyon Pharmaceutical
Indication(s): Painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy [DPN; U.S. and South Korea]; Chronic non-healing ischemic foot ulcer in diabetes [U.S.]; Critical limb ischemia [China]; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [ALS; U.S.]; Acute myocardial infarction [South Korea]
Mechanism: DNA-based medicine designed to express two isoforms of HGF (hepatocyte growth factor), HGF728 and HGF723
Trial(s): Safety and Efficacy Study of VM202 in the Treatment of Chronic Non-Healing Foot Ulcers (NCT02563522; Phase III); Phase III Gene Therapy for Painful Diabetic Neuropathy (NCT02427464); Hepatocyte Growth Factor to Improve Functioning in PAD (HI-PAD; NCT03363165; Phase II)
Updates: On April 17, ViroMed said a second Phase III trial in DPN was approved in the U.S. A day earlier, ViroMed published results from a study showing that VM202 reduced neuropathic pain symptoms in a mouse chronic constriction injury model.
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Managers Divulge The Weirdest Complaint They've Ever Received About An Employee
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People Break Down The Weirdest Facts They've Ever Learned
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I love trivia. Don't you?
Here's a fact that will do your head in. Did you know that Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza? That really messes with your perception of time, doesn't it?
But that's not the only weird or interesting fact the internet has up its sleeve, as we discovered after Redditor baconburner123 asked the online community, “What is the weirdest fact you know?"
“During the interim...”
The Chicago Cubs didn't win the World Series between 1908 and 2016.
During the interim, Arizona became a state, got a baseball team, and that baseball team won the World Series.
“The scientific term...”
The scientific term for butt crack is "intergluteal cleft.”
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“For the U.K. folk...”
For the UK folk out there: Jaffa Cakes are legally cakes. It was ruled that they are cakes as biscuits go soft when stale, and cakes go hard. Jaffa Cakes go hard when stale, so are legally cakes and so enjoy a lower rate of tax.
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“Arizona...”
Arizona just straight up doesn't participate in daylight savings time changes.
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“The American National Anthem...”
The American National Anthem is a poem about a battle in the revolutionary war sung to the tune of a British drinking song.
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“Jumping spiders...”
Jumping spiders can lift 170 times their own weight, while tarantulas can only lift 16 times their weight.
“They only have...”
Spiders have hydraulic legs. They only have flexor muscles, and thus rely on pumping blood through their leg to extend it. This is also why the death curl is a thing.
“This name was used...”
Velociraptors (Velociraptor Mongoliensis) were actually about half a meter tall and two meters long. What most people think of when they're hear "Velociraptor" is actually the Deinonychus Antirrhopus, which was once incorrectly called Velociraptor Antirrhopus. This name was used in Jurassic Park because the author thought Velociraptor ("Speedy Thief") sounded cooler than Deinonychus ("Terrible Claw").
“The two from the Jurassic...”
5/7 of the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park are from the Cretaceous, not the Jurassic. The two from the Jurassic were the Brachiosaurus and Dilophosaurus.
“The flattest state...”
The flattest state in the United States is Florida. It's highest point is under 500ft above sea level.
"Alaska..."
Alaska is the most northern, western, AND eastern state in America. The Aleutian Islands just barely cross over the latitude line into the eastern hemisphere.
imaloony8
"Vikings..."
Vikings used the bones of slain animals when smithing new weapons believing this would enchant the weapon with the animals spirit. This actually made the weapons stronger because the carbon in the bones coupled with the iron made a primitive version of steel.
J4wocky
"In Japan..."
In Japan more paper is used to make manga than toilet paper.
david1324p
"This gives China..."
Mainland China has a population in excess of one billion people... while less than one million are foreigners. This gives China the lowest score in the world for migrant percentage of total population - less than North Korea.
EddieHitler
"There is a species of mushroom..."
There is a species of mushroom that grows in the northern hemisphere that can get people high, but some other chemicals in the mushroom also make you very ill. However, if a reindeer eats the mushrooms, the illness producing toxins are filtered out... but the hallucinogen survives in the reindeer urine! Long story short, some cultures historically got high off of reindeer pee.
ARTextplains
"If it were brighter..."
If it were brighter, the Andromeda Galaxy would appear six times bigger than a full moon.
"The inside of the cheek..."
The inside of the cheek and the inside of a vagina are made of the same tissue.
badlifechoices
"From when it was discovered..."
From when it was discovered to when it was declassified as a planet, Pluto did not make a full orbit around the sun.
Zooclaw
"Kale..."
Kale, collard greens, Chinese broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kohlrabi, brussels sprouts and broccoli are all the same plant; brassica oleracea. They are just different cultivars.
cokecakeisawesome
"The smell that people associate..."
Natural gas has no smell. The smell that people associate with natural gas (mercaptan) is added to the gas lines to allow people to detect it before an accident occurs.
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The impressive collection on display at the Brandhorst Museum includes more than 1,200 works produced by international artists between the late 1950s and the present day.
Located right next door to the Pinakothek der Moderne, the Brandhorst Museum has been home to a stunning ensemble of contemporary art since 2009, making it the newest partner of the Bavarian State Painting Collections. Work phases by talented artists from the second half of the 20th century and by representatives of contemporary art from around the world make this huge collection of more than 1,000 works of art stand out from the crowd. The artwork on display at the museum used to be part of Udo and Anette Brandhorst's private collection.
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Corona: An enjoyable beer or new legislation…
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Coronavirus came upon the world as an unknown and everyone is now trying to ‘fight’ their way through what is COVID-19 and a severe pandemic. Unlike Corona beer which is rather enjoyable especially on a warm sunny day, the coronavirus is anything but a chilled afternoon sitting in the sun supping on your favourite beverage. It could infect up to 80% of the population leading to a reduced workforce, increased pressure on health services and death management processes. As a result, the UK government sought to invoke emergency legislation to enable it to respond to an emergency and manage the effects of COVID-19.
To explain the context a little we have laid out this brief guide. It is not intended to be in-depth but more to provide an overview.
Unlike any other legislation in recent times, the legislation gives the government wide-ranging powers. The measures introduced are temporary, proportionate to the threat, will only be used “when strictly necessary”. They will remain in place only for as long as required to respond to the crisis. The legislation will be reviewed every six months to ensure its continuation is necessary or as it was put by politicians… to ensure parliament is “content with its continuation”.
The legislation includes:
Multiple sections aimed at reducing the pressure on frontline sectors. From health workers, police officers and even the legal profession.
Measures to restrict events and shut down premises such as pubs and clubs.
Powers to close the borders in the event that the Border Force is under intense pressure due to staffing shortages.
The legislation allows the four UK governments to switch on these new powers when they are needed and, crucially, to switch them off again once they are no longer necessary. This decision will be based on the advice of the four Chief Medical Officers.
Coronavirus Act 2020
It took just 6 days from when the Coronavirus bill was introduced to receiving Royal Assent. As we all know the act is in now in force. The measures in the act are intended to protect life and the nation’s public health and ensure NHS and social care staff are supported to deal with significant extra pressure on the health system.
They fall into five key categories:
Containing and slowing the virus;
Easing legislative and regulatory requirements;
Enhancing capacity and the flexible deployment of staff across essential services;
Managing the deceased in a dignified way; and
Supporting and protecting the public to do the right thing and follow public health advice.
To ensure the NHS and adult social care have the additional staff capacity they need to respond to increasing demands on services during the outbreak, the powers enabled recently retired NHS staff and social workers to return to work without any negative repercussions to their pensions.
Paperwork and administrative requirements will be reduced to help doctors discharge patients more quickly when clinically appropriate. This is to free up hospital space for those who are very ill and enable clinicians to focus on delivering care.
We don’t intend to expand on the NHS issues beyond what has been said.
Other measures in the legislation include:
Allowing police and immigration officers to support and enforce public health measures, including powers to detain people and put them in appropriate isolation facilities if necessary to protect public health;
Making arrangements for statutory sick pay for those self-isolating without symptoms from day one;
Allowing small businesses to reclaim statutory sick pay payments from HMRC;
Allowing more phone or video hearings for court cases to stop the spread of the virus in courts; and
Enabling Border Force to temporarily suspend operations at airports or transport hubs if there are insufficient resources to maintain border security.
The bill allows the four UK governments to switch on these new powers when they are needed and, crucially, to switch them off again once they are no longer necessary, based on the advice of the four Chief Medical Officers.
The bill builds on the Treasury’s recent investment of £12 billion to support public services, people and businesses through the disruption caused by COVID-19 in the 2020 Budget. It follows considerable action from the government to control the epidemic, including a nationwide public health campaign and a cross-government ‘war room’ of communications experts and scientists.
Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020
The Coronavirus (Scotland) Act received royal assent on 6 April 2020, it’s purpose is to enable the government to respond to an emergency situation and manage the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation contains temporary measures designed to either amend existing legislative provisions or introduce new statutory powers which are designed to mitigate these impacts.
The measures set out are deemed essential to respond to this current emergency and cover a range of measures intended to ensure that:
Renters are protected while confined to their homes;
The justice system can deliver essential services; and
Public services, business and consumers can still operate despite new restrictions.
Now don’t get us wrong we could have made this blog a lot more detailed however it would have run to pages and no-one not even our ‘nerdy’ boss wants that! So please do beware that there are many other things that the legislation does that we have not covered, such as financial, budget matters and working time regulations, etc.
In the next few blogs we will look at specific topics arising out of this COVID-19 pandemic including returning to work, what your organisation needs to do and COVID-19 prosecutions.
In the meantime, stay well, stay safe and #getlawsavvy
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Due to increased COVID-19 restrictions, this production has been postponed until later in 2021. New dates will be announced soon. If you are a current ticket holder, we will be contacting you shortly.
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson
Adapted by Caroline Devlin
Directed by Marieke Audsley
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1886 A malevolent creature prowls the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian London. Only two men know its true identity; one of them is dead, the other is in a race against time to understand the terrible events he’s witnessed and to stay alive…
“He put the glass to his lips and drank at one gulp… his face became suddenly black and the features seemed to melt and alter.”
The original psychological thriller, Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘shilling shocker’ has fascinated readers and audiences for 130 years.
Stevenson’s gripping novella explores the respectable Dr Jekyll’s association with a mysterious and violent young man called Edward Hyde. Through the eyes of Jekyll’s friend Utterson, we learn of the diabolical experiment Jekyll has carried out, and are brought, literally, face to face with humanity’s basest capacity for evil.
Now GSC invite you to experience The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in a captivating new stage adaptation, which places a single actor centre stage.
Matt Pinches, GSC Co-Producer: “Reading Caroline’s script we were on the edge of our seats with tension! The conception of it as a one-person show bestows an additional layer to the split personality at the heart of the story and brings it electrifyingly to life.”
See below for the measures we're taking to help keep audiences and artists safe
This production will run without an interval for approx. 65 minutes.
We are thrilled to welcome back the wonderful CAROLINE DEVLIN, who will be celebrating her 10th year of collaborating with GSC. As a director, her first production in 2011 was “A Hamlet to die for” (British Theatre Guide), and she has since gone on to direct some of our most memorable shows including Othello, The Winter’s Tale, The Merry Wives of Windsor and most notably King Lear with Brian Blessed in the title role. In 2017 she adapted and directed The Legend of King Arthur in the Spiegeltent.
We're delighted that MARIEKE AUDSLEY will be making her directing debut with GSC for Jekyll & Hyde. Her directing credits include a touring production of Julius Caesar for the RSC and Sleight & Hand by Chris Bush at Summerhall in Edinburgh which was broadcast to 30 Odeon cinemas nationwide and BBC iPlayer. As an Associate she has worked on numerous RSC productions and for the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company in the West End.
ROBERT MOUNTFORD
Taking centre stage and bringing Stevenson's story to will is the brilliant ROBERT MOUNTFORD. Robert played Polixenes in The Winter’s Tale (2016) and Parolles in All’s Well That Ends Well for the company’s first co-production, and London transfer, with Jermyn Street Theatre in 2019. Other theatre credits include Much Ado About Nothing for the RSC; Alan Bennett's The Habit of Art; House & Garden at Newbury Watermill and Macbeth in Macbeth for Tara Arts.
Set and Costume Designer NEIL IRISH returns, and is joined by Lighting Designer MARK DYMOCK and Sound Designer & Composer MATT EATON, who have collaborated on our last four Winter seasons.
DATES, TIMES & TICKETS
Due to increased COVID-19 restrictions, this production has been postponed until later in 2021. New dates will be announced soon.
£25 Full
£23 Concession (Over 60, students, Equity, Jobseekers)
£16.50 Children under 16
£78 Family (2 full, 2 children)
£18 Previews ALL tickets
Strictly limited availability.
Running Time 65 mins (approx.)
HOW ARE WE KEEPING YOU SAFE?
Our measures at a glance:
Reduced audience numbers
All audiences must wear, by law, a protective face covering throughout their time with us - including during the performance (unless exempt).
Temperature checks on arrival
Staggered audience arrivals to reduce congestion
Clear signage and one-way system
Seating blocks placed 2m apart
Where practical to do so, we will keeping the venue as well ventilated as possible
Face coverings for our Box Office and Steward Team
Hand sanitiser stations and protective equipment for staff
Regular and thorough cleaning
Pre-ordering of bar drinks and programmes
Reduced, at-seat bar service available
Contactless payments - no cash handling
Read our full COVID-Secure protocols here
Measures and protocols are under constant review
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SRT Technical Panel – NAB Show 2019
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SRT Technical Panel at NAB Show
Video streaming experts from Bitmovin, Deluxe, Gogo, Haivision and Wowza explore the latest technical developments of the SRT open source protocol.
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The Latest Technical Developments and Implementations of the SRT Open Source Protocol
Recorded at the Streaming Summit at NAB Show 2019, this panel session explores the SRT open source protocol and how it continues to gain widespread support and recognition as the de facto standard in low latency streaming and file delivery across the public internet.
Expert panelists discuss their experiences of implementing SRT in their video streaming workflows and original developer, Haivision, shares the latest technical developments of the protocol and provides a glimpse into the future of what’s next on the roadmap.
In this video, learn about:
Growing Support for SRT
Find out more about the SRT open source protocol and how it continues to gain widespread support and recognition as the de facto standard in low latency streaming and file delivery across the public internet.
Understand the SRT Technical Roadmap
Find out about the latest technical developments of SRT and get an exclusive preview into what’s next on the roadmap.
Real-World Implementations
Watch as leading video experts walk through their streaming workflows step by step, highlighting how they’re successfully harnessing the power of SRT to solve some of their biggest challenges.
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Cobham Aviation opens cadet pilot course
Cobham Aviation has opened the application process for its 2020 cadet pilot course at Adelaide's Parafield Airport.
The Australian course, which was introduced in 2018, welcomes aspiring pilots with little or no experience to train for Cobham's dedicated Special Mission crews.
Cadets are readied for the role of First Officer on Cobham’s fleet of highly-modified Dash 8 aircraft which operate aerial surveillance on behalf of the Australian Government.
“This is not regular passenger transport flying; it’s unique, hands-on, low-level flying," said Cobham’s Vice President Special Mission, Russell Dyer.
"Ultimately, graduates have the rare opportunity to combine their love of flying with national security and environmental protection."
The cadet pilot course involves 53 weeks of classroom tuition and includes practical and simulation training.
Cobham's inaugural classes of cadets achieved a big milestone recently by flying solo for the first time.
"Though only a short flight, it is the culmination of a lifetime’s dream of flying," said cadet Ed Duhig.
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About Green Hope Farm
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Molly's Reflections about the Farm
Written for the first version of the website in 2000
I do not know when Green Hope Farm was really born. I was slow to wake up to what was unfolding here. As I look back, I see that the seeds of what was to happen were visible from my first encounter with this land, yet I didn't see it then. Perhaps later I will say this again about other things that unfold here. Life at Green Hope Farm has been one unexpected gift after another! The first time I saw the land that was to become Green Hope Farm was in 1980. I was driving around with a friend in a borrowed pick-up truck, exploring the back roads of Meriden, NH. We stopped at the crest of the hill (where the farm sits now) and climbed over the barbed wire that ringed the property. What an amazing view greeted us! I distinctly remember thinking "This is Heaven on Earth." I then got back in the pick-up truck and didn't get back to this land for six more years.
"I remember an acquaintance walking into my pantry and, seeing the hundreds of bottles of Flower Essences, commenting, 'Molly, you have a business here.'"
Sometimes I imagine what the Nature Spirits who saw me that day said to one another: "Oh, there she is. She'll be back, but first she has to begin to wake up." I wish I had known this myself. My husband and I were living in a dorm of forty teenage boys at the school where we worked. While I loved the relationships I had with the students, I desperately wanted a place to REALLY garden. The tiny plot out front of the dorm, subject to the athletic enthusiasm of all those boys, just didn't count. We searched for several years for a piece of land, and sometimes I felt I would never find a place to farm. In retrospect, the disparity between my "I'll be in a dorm the rest of my life" talk and what actually happened is a good reminder to me to pay no attention to the pessimism of the mind. An incredible place was on its way, but in God's own time. A particularly low moment for my runaway mind came when the deal for a farm fell through in the eleventh hour. How glad I am for that! This land is more beautiful than anything I could ever have even dreamed of, and that other farm... well, it was on Hell Hollow Road. Not exactly an address like the one that came with this land- True Road.
One day, after more disappointments in our land search process, Teddy Grobe (who lives next door at True Farm) insisted I go stand on this land. I told her I didn't want to fall in love with one more piece of land I couldn't have. In an unusually forceful way (for her), she insisted I go out on the field again. It was another Sound of Music moment. I twirled like Maria Von Trapp as hawks circled a porcupine waddled into view, and all sorts of other unusual animals, birds and insects hovered. The Universe was finally saying, "YES, THIS IS IT!" Miraculously, when I approached the farmer who had owned the land since 1938, he was ripe to sell. In the years that followed, this farmer took me under his wing. We went to farm workshops all over New England together, and he supported me at every juncture, even as the kind of farming which I was doing departed from the norm.
Meanwhile, my husband's family convinced us we really could build a home for ourselves. Jim's father promised to teach us what we would need to build a farmhouse. He then spent the next few years following through on his promise, teaching Jim to plumb and wire, frame and do finish work, roof and shingle, etc. etc. There is not a corner of this house that isn't a reflection of Jim's dad's love and their tireless partnership.
During the years 1987 and 1988, while Jim built our farmhouse with a lot of help from family and friends, I took on the gardens. By the time of the Harmonic Convergence (and what was that one about, again?), we had a good acre sown in soil-building buckwheat. I had planted trees and berry bushes, asparagus beds and fruit trees, shrubs and perennials. In retrospect I am awed by how much was begun. I thank the Nature Spirits who gave me such strength, cheered me on and added their oomph to each shovel of manure I moved.
My relationship with the Nature Spirits was an evolving one. As a child, I knew they were there but didn't know exactly what to do with that knowledge. I loved them and talked to them, but didn't believe I would ever be able to really hear them. As I began to farm this land, I just hoped to honor them as best I could. In particular, I hoped my basic landscaping decisions were in accord with their desires for the land. A woman who owned a nursery in nearby Cornish, NH was willing to trade me trees and shrubs for my labor. She had a very unusual assortment of specimens and the diversity of my early plantings is a testament to her. Amazingly, the architecture that I created in my first seasons' endeavors and the choice of plants has worked exceedingly well with what came later. Barns, new gardens, the placement of our first Flower Essence headquarters -- all harmonized with the overall plan begun in 1987. I see this as evidence that love for Nature can open the way for someone to receive very correct and specific guidance without even knowing it.
The Nature Spirits had a curriculum for me, which included reading many books about Findhorn, a community in Scotland built from cooperation among Angels, Nature Spirits or Elementals and Humans. By 1989, I was fully committed to working consciously with the Nature Spirits and Angels of the farm. I spent much time listening in my heart for their guidance. The unusual and arduous directions I began to receive in my meditations made me know I wasn't talking to myself. "Take down all your raised beds. They don't work on this windy hillside. You need to use deep mulch instead," was the first piece of guidance that I knew for sure was not me talking to myself. This kind of difficult direction gave me confidence that I was not imagining our dialog. I knew the suggestion was right because the beds were dry and desiccated by the wind. I also knew that, given how much time had gone into building the forty raised beds and how much time it would take to dismantle them, it was not anything I would suggest to myself! By the summer of 1990, I was full tilt into creating very unusual garden geometries with my friends, the Nature Spirits' very specific guidance, and yes, I was making Flower Essences, too.
I made the first Flower Essences without knowing what they were for or why I was making them. I loved all the beauty that unfolded as I followed the Angels' and Elementals' advice on gardening. If they wanted me to make something called Flower Essences, then I was ready and willing. The first couple of summers I made many Flower Essences from Flowers in the vegetable and perennial gardens. I kept a logbook of how I was directed to use each Essence for my family and myself. I took dictations from the Angels about what each Flower Essence was for. I read a little bit about Essences, mostly to make sure I wasn't completely off track, and the little I read encouraged me to leave behind whatever literature I could find and have the Angels, Nature Spirits and dear God be my only guides.
I remember an acquaintance walking into my pantry and, seeing the hundreds of bottles of Flower Essences, commenting, "Molly, you have a business here." I laughed and told her that they were just for my family. I didn't take her remark at all seriously even though it was the only logical conclusion one could make from the fact that I had enough Essences to take care of half the United States! By the time there was no room in the pantry for anything but Flower Essences, I had begun to realize maybe she was right, but lots of other things were unfolding at the same time too. From the moment when I planted the first Green Hope Farm garden in conscious cooperation with the Nature Spirits and the Angels, the farm attracted a lot of visitors. In 1993, I decided to open the gardens on a more formal basis to those who wanted to see what gardens created in cooperation with the Nature Spirits looked and felt like.
Several friends and fellow gardeners agreed to join me as partners in opening the farm for tours and tea. We were guided in the creation of about a dozen large gardens. As with the previous four growing seasons, the Angels and Elementals told us what shape each garden would be, how the rows would be laid out and what was to be in each row. The gardens were complicated mandalas, with circular rows and star geometries, tunnels of flowers and patchworks of unusual specimens. The luminous, mysterious, healing Eight Garden was born that year, later to be reborn as the Venus Garden. Some of the gardens were perennial beds, but many were newly dug and filled only with annuals. We worked from the Winter Solstice to the Summer Solstice to get ready to open the gardens.
On a soggy June afternoon, we welcomed our first crowd. We took folks through the gardens, telling the adventures and misadventures of our newly created community endeavor. After they were completely wet, we ushered our visitors into our new barn to dry out and savor Teddy Grobe's goodies and tea. We had filled the barn with flowers, vegetables, arts and crafts, books, and Flower Essences. The Flower Essences had been something I had shared with others for several years, but not in a large scale way. We were surprised and thrilled that so many people wanted to take a tangible vibrational reminder of the gardens with them when they left, and that for the visitors this meant the Flower Essences. When the Angels told me to arrange for UPS pick-up in midsummer, I was sure that the Angels were being wildly optimistic, but of course they were not.
So many people came to the gardens and so many of them wanted more Flower Essences when their first bottles ran out! Our mail order business was born. It was time to write the first edition of our "Guide to Green Hope Farm Flower Essences." Lynn Tidman and I began our series of epic trips to make Flower Essences on the island of Bermuda. Travels to the Adirondacks also brought a beautiful harvest of new Essences. Meanwhile, back in the gardens, we were surfing a big beautiful wave of interest in our work. Never in our wildest dreams had we expected so many people and so much interest in the gardens. People were coming from all over the country to visit the gardens, and Teddy was baking up a storm. We were so busy with tours that it was hard to find time to even weed the gardens. It was a celebration, an event, a nonstop circus of a party. I am glad we could open so many eyes to the beauty of working in concert with the Nature Spirits. That summer was our chance to share our passion for flowers, vegetables, herbs, Flower Essences, gardens and most of all, the wonderful Nature Spirits behind all of it.
Come fall, our living room had become an office, our playroom the shipping room, and basically we had about two shelves for food in our enormous pantry, which was filled to capacity with hundreds and hundreds of bottles of Flower Essences. Lynn Tidman, who has worked here from day one, still loves to regale all the staff with her stories about the years our house and business were one and the same space. In fact when it came time to build the Flower Essence addition, she worried that it was going to be dull to have the office in a separate space! Her worries were for naught. There continue to be many humorous events unfolding here, nearly on an hourly basis.
By the middle of the next winter, the mail order business had grown so much that it was clear that it would be very difficult to keep both the mail order and the garden tour "balls" in the air. We asked the Angels and Nature Spirits for advice. Together we decided that the best way to share the vibration of the gardens with the most people was with the Flower Essences. The Angels told us that if we really wanted to make the very best Flower Essences that we could, then it would be very important to keep the gardens closed so that the Nature Spirits and the Angels could build up the energies in the gardens to a very high level and thus facilitate the creation of Flower Essences of a very high vibration. At first none of us realized that, as the years unfolded, this would mean that all of us on the staff would be asked to stay out of certain gardens for weeks on end.
In 1995, we built the much-needed Flower Essence wing onto the farmhouse. A wonderful finish carpenter built us beautiful storage racks for all the bottled Essences and all sorts of other needed furniture, including a shipping desk. Almost as soon as we had moved into our new space, it was clear that we needed more room. Jim's brother Stephen, who is an industrial engineer, analyzed all our systems for space and time efficiency. He revolutionized the way we do practically everything, thus making it possible for us to work from this small facility. Stephen also built our two much-loved bottling gizmos.
Having continued to grow since 1995, we find ourselves once more in need of a significantly larger space. Our hope is to build a new building for Green Hope Farm Flower Essences next summer. Jim has spent the last two summers honing his skills building a cabin in the Adirondacks. The place on the farm where the new building will sit is being prepared, and Jim is keeping his nail belt handy.
The evolution of Green Hope Farm has been a wonderful adventure. As we grow, we connect with more of you, and it is like having family all over the world! Truly, I had no idea how many friends I would make through doing this work. It really is a most amazing thing. I get to garden in this incredibly beautiful spot with the impeccable guidance of beloved Angels and Nature Spirit friends, work with an incredibly fun and devoted group of people and send Flower Essence love out to wonderful folks all over the planet. I am grateful!
My Love Affair with Flowers
Written for the first website in 2000
I love Flowers. Have you noticed? My lifelong adventures with Flowers began with sludgy brews of Goldenrod tea. The invited guests, my dolls Heidi and Wendy, were polite. They drank their tea without complaint. Later, I branched out and offered my wild foods concoctions to a more particular group of diners; my parents and siblings. If the skunk cabbage pancakes had tasted better, this book might not be in your hands. But the pancakes were really bad. No one would eat them. My family did not like the sautéed cattail tubers or wild chokecherry jam either. At age ten, I abandoned a career as a wild foods chef and looked to the Flowers for different ways to share their glory with the world.
The Flowers and I never looked back. As a young girl, I painted a watercolor book of Adirondack wildflowers. I started seedlings on the windowsills and planted Flowers at the edges of my family's vegetable garden. I entered Flowers in the local grange fair and wondered at the mysteries of ribbon allocation. Mostly, I visited with every Flower I met in field, parking lot, or garden landscape. No one suffered any digestive woes.
I created my first Flower garden in my early twenties. I dug a small plot outside the boy's dormitory where I lived as a dorm parent. Keeping the Flowers safe from errant Frisbees was a full time job. How happy I was when, in 1987, my husband and I moved with our small children to the hilltop that would become Green Hope Farm. It was bliss to garden to my heart's content without incoming lacrosse balls.
Angels as well as Flowers have been my constant companions since my Goldenrod tea days. But when an Angel whispered in my ear that Flowers and something called Flower Essences were central to my spiritual work in the world, I was surprised. Could my spiritual purpose really be that fun? My life purpose was in the GARDEN with the FLOWERS? I could imagine no happier calling.
Pictures of Green Hope Farm
The Things We Cook: A Green Hope Farm Cookbook
Written by Molly Sheehan, Illustrated by Alli Howe
"Life brings so many moments on a farm. There are always flowers and food to add to the joy. Here at Green Hope Farm, when any beloved has something to shout about, we cook up a meal together with bounty from our gardens.
In this cookbook we share with you our favorite recipes for all things cooked and eaten at Green Hope Farm gatherings, large & small. It's with much delight and gratitude to everyone who has ever been a part of this Farm that I share this cookbook with you! I hope you love this cookbook as much as we have loved creating it for you!" -Molly Sheehan
In our cookbook you'll find…
* A treasure-trove of tried-and-true family recipes
* Tips on how to cook with what's growing in the garden
* Funny stories behind these recipes
* The cooks that have inspired Molly
* Beautiful artwork & handwritten recipes by staff goddess, Alli Howe
Order a copy for you and one for a friend!
The Trail: A True Tale of the Camino
Written by Elizabeth Sheehan
How does one move forward in the turbulent decade after college? What happens when community evaporates, a job ends and relationships crumble? And what's a woman to do when all three fall away simultaneously? This was the crossroads that faced Elizabeth as she set off on the ancient Camino de Santiago de Compostela. Following the intuitive nudge from a recurring dream, she embarked on a six hundred mile trek across Spain.
"I was at loose ends, searching for my place in the world, unsure who I wanted to be and where I belonged."
The thousand year old pilgrim route carried her from high in the Pyrenees in France to a place on Spain's Atlantic coast known as the end of the world. Along the way her solo journey would transform itself into a communal life filled with a cast of international characters, a group that would give her the chance to lay the past to rest and find new love.
It is the story of an ancient land, of pilgrims and of walking. It is a story of the Camino herself.
Order The Trail or Visit the Book's Website!
Lizzy created two collections of Essences while on the ancient pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain:
The Camino Collection holds the wisdom and spiritual momentum of specific places along this thousand year old pilgrimage trail.
Camino 2: The Healer's Toolbox Collection reminds us of the deep link between the physical body and healing work.
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Police update on robbery which left woman shaken
Humberside Police officers investigating a robbery in Brigg have released new images of a man they are looking to trace
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Police have released photographs of a man officers are looking to trace in connection with a robbery in Brigg (Image: Humberside Police)
Police are looking to trace a man in connection with a robbery in Brigg which left a woman shaken.
Images have been released by officers investigating the incident, which happened in the town centre.
The 72-year-old woman was reported to have been approached from behind as she walked on Coney Court and had her bag snatched.
A brave member of the public gave chase and the bag was recovered.
The incident took place on Monday, March 25 at 11.30am, and Humberside Police have now released the images of a man officers are looking to speak to in connection with it.
Humberside Police officers are looking to speak to this man in connection with a robbery in Brigg (Image: Humberside Police)
The man is described as 6ft tall, thin and bearded. In the images, he is wearing a flat cap and a light-coloured tracksuit top and bottoms.
The victim was not harmed in the incident, but was said to be very shaken.
Anyone who saw the robbery or knows who is responsible for it is asked to contact Humberside Police immediately. This can be done by calling the non-emergency number 101, quoting log 187 of 25/03/19.
The 72-year-old woman was left shaken but was unharmed (Image: Humberside Police)
Coney Court is an alleyway in Brigg town centre, linking the Market Place with Cary Lane and leading through to the town's main car park.
Centuries ago, it was the site of a thriving industry which provided rabbit fur for making hats and garments.
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White House finalizes CBD policy review (Newsletter: July 13, 2020)
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Home Breaking How many “secret” wives was Konstantin Chernenko
How many “secret” wives was Konstantin Chernenko
Biography 21/01/20 tvc.heskolko “secret” wives was Konstantin Chernenko
Until now, most official biographies Konstantin Chernenko indicated only two of his marriage. However, there is information about what the “strange” the Secretary General had a lot more wives. And children Chernenko was not five. Leonid Mlechin, author of “Dynasties, clans and families in Russia. From Lenin to Putin,” has noticed excessive activity on the personal front, nearly cost Chernenko’s career.
the First wife is cheating
according to Alexander Ostrovsky’s book, “Who put Gorbachev?”, the first wife of Konstantin Chernenko was Faina V. Eliseeva, an agronomist by training. Eliseev had Chernenko’s son albert and daughter Lydia. Despite having children, the marriage quickly disintegrated, and the fault of Konstantin Ustinovich. In 1941 he was appointed Secretary of the Krasnoyarsk regional Committee of the party. During the great Patriotic war Chernenko is not sent to the front, and in Moscow, the higher school of partorganizatsii of the CPSU Central Committee. In August 1944, in one of his trips Konstantin Ustinovich met his second wife.
a novel 33-year-old Chernenko 31-year-old Anna Dmitrievna Lyubimova, a member of the party Committee of the people’s Commissariat of workpieces, developed rapidly. According to Lyubimova, their meetings continued even after the return to the capital. However, less than three months from the date of their first meeting as lovers decided to register their relationship. According to Ostrovsky, if deceived Faina V. would not agree to give her husband a divorce, most likely, would have been a scandal, and career Chernenko on this would have ended. But, apparently, Eliseeva didn’t mind, because parting with Faina, of course, which had two minor children, no consequences for Konstantin Ustinovich had. At least at that moment.
Second wife, and having Affairs
Despite what Anna D. is, in essence, was the so-called a home wrecker, colleagues Chernenko spoke about it only positively. So, Egor Ligachev in his book “Who betrayed the Soviet Union” characterizes her as a woman not only humble and kind, but also courageous. Ligachev argues that in the period of illness Konstantin Ustinovich his wife, realizing that the days of Secretary General are numbered, remained undaunted and did not give away his anxiety. Anna Dmitrievna, who, incidentally, had Chernenko three children: Vladimir, Vera and Elena, Konstantin Ustinovich lived until his death, more than forty years.
Unknown defend Chernenko once, his last wife, but there is reliable information that in his youth the “strange” the Secretary General was not able to control myself at the sight of female charms. He writes about this in his book “the Most private people” and Nikolay Zenkovich. And Victor Piatnitski, the author of the book “Love stories of the rulers of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union”, noted that one of the characteristics Chernenko stated: “Greedy for women.” Complained about Konstantin Ustinovich and General Dmitry Shepilov. Once he reported to the Secretary of the Central Committee Suslov: “Comrade Chernenko, converging with other women, threw their wives with children.”
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thanks to such “reviews” Konstantin Chernenko was transferred to work in Moscow as planned, and in Chisinau. However, this turn was for Chernenko happy. In Moldova, he gained the location of the future General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, who played not the last role in the career of Konstantin Ustinovich. However, then Chernenko certainly took a “link” in Chisinau as a punishment, and rightly so. The fact that the words of Dmitry Shepilov was based not on his personal observations or hearsay.
If you believe Leonid Mlechin, in 1948, in the name Shepilov, then Deputy head of the Department of propaganda and agitation, received a letter from some of Nina Vasilievna, Kushner. Kushner told Shepilova about all the wives Chernenko towhich was listed (except for Faina Eliseeva and last wife): she, Nina, her namesake, as well as doctor Maria Levin. According to the author of the letter, they Chernenko the baby died, then her husband left her in serious condition. Left Konstantin Ustinovich and Levin, who had already raised their child. In connection with the message Kushner against Chernenko was verified, and, according to Mlechin, all the above facts have been confirmed.
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Thousands of Zelaya Supporters Renew Protests in Honduras
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Tegucigalpa — Thousands of supporters of ousted Honduras president Manuel Zelaya took to the streets of the capital Thursday for the first time since President Porfirio Lobo took office last month, AFPreported.
Lobo, who was elected in controversial polls held under the de facto regime, took power on January 27 and granted Zelaya safe passage to the Dominican Republic.
Zelaya, a centrist who swung to the left while in office, had spent several months holed up in the Brazilian embassy after secretly returning to the Central American nation.
Thursday’s protesters called for reform of the constitution and denounced corruption and rights abuses since Zelaya was ousted last June.
Some 10,000 people set off from the capital’s main university but were blocked by soldiers from nearing the presidential palace and diverted to the parliament in the city center instead, according to organizers.
Six teachers’ unions backed the protests and called for classes to be suspended nationwide.
Lobo’s foreign minister said Sunday that Honduras had restored diplomatic ties with 29 nations that broke off with Tegucigalpa after the coup, while 10 others had not renewed relations.
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The Christmas Swap
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The actual writing flowed well.
I have never been on a pair of skis, and I enjoyed learning about some of the technique.
The sorta love interest sorta brother figure sorta annoying family friend Grant entertained me. I spent a good third of Good Points:
The sorta love interest sorta brother figure sorta annoying family friend Grant entertained me. I spent a good third of the book trying to decide of he was plain annoying or charming before I settled on, "charming because he's annoying." Like in the way a member of your extended friend group can be both, and you kind of enjoy them for it.
The premise of hidden identity, while not new, was a good hook for me.
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Why on earth is our heroine Emma friends with these people if they treat her so badly, especially the snobby man-stealing liar Jillian? Why couldn't either of our protagonists stand up to Jillian's connivings sooner? It would have made for a much shorter book. The book would have benefited from giving Jillian more redeeming qualities, so we could understand why Emma was friends with her in the first place.
A lot of the thwarted romance reminded me of high school misunderstandings. This was made worse by Jillian's cattiness. You're adults, people, talk to each other honestly.
Very specific to the audiobook, the narrator gives Emma a constant nervous warble in her voice. It's a stylistic choice that I simply think was overdone. I just wanted to hug Emma and give her voice lessons or confidence lessons.
Overall: I looked forward to finishing this audiobook every time I paused, in spite of any objections I had. Kept me nicely entertained while I did chores. ...more
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I actually liked it better than the trilogy. True, without the trilogy, it wouldn't mean as much. There are loads of allusions to the trilogy, origins of songs, certain smells and weapons, the operations of the games.
But while I found these "origin s I actually liked it better than the trilogy. True, without the trilogy, it wouldn't mean as much. There are loads of allusions to the trilogy, origins of songs, certain smells and weapons, the operations of the games.
But while I found these "origin stories" interesting, that's not why I really enjoyed the book. The trilogy is about war and power from the side of the oppressed. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is about war and power from the side of the oppressor. I think this book is a fascinating meditation on privilege. Coriolanus Snow doesn't start as either a saint or a villain. He's a survivor and someone who wants to excel and improve his life. Sure, eating cabbage and not being able to pay taxes for the family home are not as dire as what folks may face in the districts, but they are real stakes to him. I interpret it as a comment on first world problems, that nevertheless are real problems to those who face them, enough to motivate them to hold on to the power and privilege they have. This book helped explain why someone might not fully agree with some things their society does, may even be repulsed by some of them, but will still buy into the idea that "This is is best we have. I should support this flawed system because without it something worse will take its place, for everyone or for me personally."
It was intriguing to watch Coriolanus's journey in exploring his own society. He comes of age in a society he doesn't completely agree with, but is determined to do well in. At times I empathized with his choices. At times I despised his lack of true care for other characters, or his sense of possession toward others. But at all times his character remained clear and consistent. If Lucas had showed Anakin's turn to the Dark Side like this, more of a slow fall based on a series of choices completely in character, the Star Wars prequels would have been way better.
One of my favorite parts of the trilogy was the role of the media. How can you manipulate it to gain power? Does the media create a sense of false emotional connection to those it objectifies? Are we the viewer complicit in the exploitation and cheapening of lives for entertainment? The Ballad of Songbird and Snakes explores these themes through a much more saavy female lead - Lucy Gray Baird. Not saying Katniss wasn't saavy in her own way, but Lucy practically invents playing an audience in the Hunger Games. She and Coriolanus Snow are a pair to watch in using their wits and perception to get what they want.
The side characters in this book are also memorable. The patriotic and dignified grandmother, the loyal cousin Tigris, the creepy Dr. Gaul. Coriolanus's complex relationship with fellow student Sejanus is another standout of the book. Side note - have a field day researching the etymology of all the names in the book and how they reflect character.
Collins rode in on the first book wave of the YA dystopian craze. Here she is again as the bloom is off the rose. (Yes that was a reference to the books.) I was skeptical she would find something new to say in the cacophony of dystopian voices, when we have grown weary of the usual tropes. But for me, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes worked. It brought back themes I enjoyed in the original trilogy while exploring them from new angles. Anyone in a place of privilege in their society should take heed of the tale of Coriolanus Snow and his justifications for what he will do to land on top. ...more
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Davids worried over his P10m business empire
It had to take the discernment of football veteran Sexton ‘Tshidi’ Kowa to capture the complexity of the straggling character that was Isaac Davids whose death has revealed how an innately kindly man can be regarded by the world as an unruly hoodlum
THABO BAGWASI
The late MP for Mochudi East, Isaac Davids, lost sleep over the possible collapse of his business empire because none of his children were shaping up as suitable heirs.
This is according to former politician, the MP for Mochudi West, Gilbert Mangole.
Speaking at Davids’ funeral in Mochudi on Saturday, Mangole said Davids had confided his worries in him over the sustenance of his business empire whose value was estimated at P8 million to P10 million.
Davids main gripe, according to Mangole, was that his children were pursuing their own passions and seemed to lack interest in learning to run the family businesses.
Mangole revealed that as he grew older, Davids even contemplated selling off his businesses so that he and his wife Banyenyi may enjoy a retirement flush with cash.
“He was even wondering whether to sell the businesses and enjoy his wealth with his wife,” Mangole said.
Davids was brutally allegedly murdered by his herd boys at his cattlepost in the Kweneng District just over a week ago. He sustained multiple stab wounds all over his body.
A pathologist report noted three major stab wounds which were grave enough to independently end his life.
It was revealed that the late MP sustained a major gash to the head, a stab wound that punctured his heart, as well as another grave wound in the belly.
To buttress Mangole’s narrative, those close to the say Davids’ first born child, Botlhale, who lives in Maun, moves in professional circles far detached from his father’s.
He states in his LinkedIn profile that he has been a Senior Estates Officer with the parastatal Botswana Housing Cooperation for close to seven years.
Botlhale also seems keen on quad biking. The other Davids’ son, Kevin, works for the government. The youngest, Raymond, seems to have a nose for the urban culture and photography.
According to her social media profiles, Davids only daughter, Penny, has her heart in sports such as athletics, swimming and javelin.
But two of Davids brood have pursued or are still pursuing business-related higher education. Penny notes on her social media page that she is studying for a degree in Business Administration while Botlhale is armed with a property valuation degree.
Davids’ business empire straddles big time farms filled with beasts and horses, a property portfolio and petrol stations, among others.
Meanwhile, Mangole also said although Davids had met his end while a member of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) to which he defected in August last year, his soul was with the opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC).
Hinting at the alleged broken financial terrain that occasioned Davids’ floor crossing, Mangole noted: “His physical body was at the BDP but his soul was in disagreement. He was in a dilemma. His physical body was saying ‘I was forced by circumstances.’”
Mangole further noted that the Davids he knew was a fervent critic of the ruling party and was a very quiet man towards the end of his life.
WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY:
WILLIAM DAVIDS
Davids only surviving brother, William, noted that the pathologist report on his brother’s corpse stated that he had major stab wounds to his head, heart and torso.
He said that he was called to Molepolole Police Station on the January 14 where present were the Station Commander and an eyewitness to the murder who had driven with others to Davids’ farm to buy cattle on the fateful Sunday.
William explained that two of his brothers’ herd boys and two horses were missing. It was explained to them that they had left for Sorilatholo, 10 kilometers away, the previous day.
“Due to his stubbornness, he went after them to Sorilatholo so that they may come and help with what he had come for,” William explained.
He said that after he arrived, a war of words erupted between Davids and his herd boys that quickly descended into chaos.
“Davids never had the chance to defend himself,” said William.
He got trapped in the corner of a fence as he tried to escape his youthful assailants who quickly caught up with him and descended on him with knives.
According to William, the crazed herd boys then went to work shredding their masters’ clothes with knives, leaving him to die naked in the scorching heat.
But the herd boys were far from done. William said they quickly set their sights on the witness who escaped to the double cab bakkie that he and Davids had come in.
He started the engine and sped off in a frenzy, but not before the herd boys had shattered the windscreen. “My brother died a gruesome death,” William ended his speech.
KGOSI BANA SEKAI
Kgosi Bana Sekai of Bakgatla-ba-ga-Kgafela seemed to have cherished Davids’ presence in the community. He said characters like Davids were needed in every society and should not be killed.
In his view, people like Davids occupied a special place in society because they made a village enjoyable.
Kgosi Sekai also attested to the rambunctious behaviour of Davids. He narrated how he once sustained a head injury when he and his friends went swimming at a local creek where an adolescent Davids and a companion pelted them with stones.
The Bakgatla aristocrat said he was still contemplating suing Davids when the latter met his demise.
VICE PRESIDENT MOKGWEETSI MASISI
Feeling a compulsion to respond to Mangole’s remarks, Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi observed that making a life changing decision like returning to one’s old party could never be easy.
He described Davids as a diehard BDP member, saying he had always longed to come back. “He had told us what he intended to do with the constituency and the message he had given to his family,” Masisi said.
“It doesn’t matter what party he was in. We are still a small country and we are still managing the peace.”
SEXTON KOWA
Football veteran, Matshediso Sexton Kowa, described Davids as a repository of all the human qualities, including evil and compassion.
He revealed that Davids was the brain behind Mochudi Centre Chiefs colours of black and white.
Kowa explained that Davids “abrogated” the colours from Juventus FC of Italy where he once studied.
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