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Animals large and small saved by a rescue network forged by years of Bay Area wildfires
Kellie Hwang and Nora Mishanec Aug. 25, 2020 Updated: Aug. 25, 2020 8:18 a.m.
Animals large and small saved by a rescue network forged...
1of6Lisa Frey gets some love from her horse "Ember" on August 24, 2020, at the Cow Palace in Daly City, Calif., after Ember and the other horses were evacuated last Thursday night. Ember is just one of the many animals from livestock to pets who need temporary shelter and care as wildfires continue to rage in the Bay Area. The Cow Palace Arena and Event Center began taking livestock and horses displaced by the wildfires on Friday, a major effort coordinated by the San Mateo County Large Animal Evacuation Group.Photo: Jamie Cotten / Special to The Chronicle
2of6UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine clinicians and staff have been out in the field providing treatment to displaced animals at evacuation centers in response to the LNU Lightning Complex fires.Photo: UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
3of6The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter has received lots of donated supplies including food, crates, bedding and cat litter, which is placed at the front of the shelter for evacuees from the CZU Lightning Complex wildfire to pick up.Photo: Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter
4of6Lori Marshall, Cow Palace CEO, sits outside the arena on August 24, 2020, in Daly City, Calif. Many animals from livestock to pets need temporary shelter and care as wildfires continue to rage in the Bay Area on August 24, 2020. The Cow Palace Arena and Event Center began taking livestock and horses displaced by the wildfires on Friday, a major effort coordinated by the San Mateo County Large Animal Evacuation Group.Photo: Jamie Cotten / Special to The Chronicle
5of6A rare albino peacock paces his pen on August 24, 2020, in Daly City, Calif., after being recently evacuated. The Cow Place and Event Center began taking livestock and horses displaced by the wildfires on Friday, a major effort coordinated by the San Mateo County Large Animal Evacuation Group.Photo: Jamie Cotten / Special to The Chronicle
6of6Jim Rushing, a volunteer assisting with evacuated horses, feeds and records feeding time on August 24, 2020, at the Cow Palace in Daly City, Calif. Many animals from livestock to pets need temporary shelter and care as wildfires continue to rage in the Bay Area on August 24, 2020. The Cow Palace Arena and Event Center began taking livestock and horses displaced by the wildfires on Friday, a major effort coordinated by the San Mateo County Large Animal Evacuation Group.Photo: Jamie Cotten / Special to The Chronicle
It’s very quiet right now at Sweet Farm in Half Moon Bay. No chickens clucking, no cows mooing, no goats bleating. In fact, no animals currently live on the 12-acre farm.
On Thursday night, about 35 farm staff and volunteers hauled 175 animals out of the nonprofit sanctuary as the CZU Lightning Complex fires grew.
Sweet Farm owners Nate Salpeter and Anna Sweet had taken in 35 evacuated animals from a sanctuary farther south on Wednesday night. But within 24 hours, the evacuation zone was extended to just the other side of their farm’s ridgeline. So they jumped into action.
“There’s a vast network of sanctuaries and also various animal rescue groups that all come together in moments of crisis,” Salpeter said. “People really step up when it’s needed. ... It was a very professional and very coordinated effort.”
With the help of the San Mateo County Large Animal Evacuation Group, the animals were shuttled off to sanctuaries a safe distance from the blazes that have engulfed 78,000 acres in San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties. It was the first wildfire evacuation for Sweet Farm, which opened in 2015.
Theirs is just one of many stories of animal evacuation efforts during the recent rash of lightning-caused wildfires that erupted early last week throughout the Bay Area and beyond. From Daly City to UC Davis to Santa Cruz, a network of agencies, animal owners and volunteers is building on practice from previous fire disasters to coordinate care and shelter.
Sweet Farm in Half Moon Bay is quiet and empty after farm staff and volunteers evacuated 175 animals from the nonprofit sanctuary on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in response to the CZU Lighting Complex fires.
Photo: Nate Salpeter /
This recent group of fire “complexes” across 12 counties endangered many farm and ranchlands, forcing owners to act quickly to move animals of all sizes off their properties.
The San Mateo County Large Animal Evacuation Group specializes in these distinctive challenges that are growing more common as wildfire seasons worsen. Organization President Kris Thoren said the early arrival of wildfires this year underscores the need for large-animal owners to have a plan in place before crisis hits.
“Large animals need preparation,” Thoren said. “It’s not like throwing a dog in the back of the car. You need to think ahead, be prepared with your emergency plan and practice that emergency plan.”
Salpeter was relieved to have help from volunteers who understood how to handle different types of animals, including their 37-year-old stallion.
“These animals come from animal abuse situations and are recovering from different types of traumas,” he said. “Just last year (the stallion) had ocular cancer and had to have one of his eyes removed. In an evacuation situation, there's a lot of noise and things going on. Not being able to see out of the side of his face becomes even more stressful.”
Many animals from livestock to pets need temporary shelter and care as wildfires continue to rage in the Bay Area on August 24, 2020. The Cow Palace Arena and Event Center began taking livestock and horses displaced by the wildfires on Friday, a major effort coordinated by the San Mateo County Large Animal Evacuation Group.
Photo: Jamie Cotten / Special to The Chronicle
The San Mateo group has been a major piece of the evacuation puzzle. Dozens of its volunteers mobilized to assist with coordination and care at the Cow Palace in Daly City, which is housing nearly 300 large animals evacuated from across San Mateo County, most from the south coast.
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In five days, the facility has taken in 75 sheep, 68 cattle, 54 goats, 53 chickens, 36 horses, four peacocks, three llamas, one pig and one donkey.
The San Mateo Office of Emergency Services put the Cow Palace on standby Tuesday afternoon, and county officials activated the facility as an emergency evacuation center less than 24 hours later, said Cow Palace CEO Lori Marshall. As part of the state fairground network, the event center was prepared for the logistical challenge of housing a large number of animals on the fly, she said.
“We were already making calls to get stalls and setting up the livestock pens to prepare for the animals,” Marshall said.
A group of 75 sheep and three truckloads of cattle were just some of the large animals evacuated to the Cow Palace on Sunday evening. Animals that arrive together are kept in the same pen to give them a sense of normalcy among the upheaval. Every day, more animals arrive, Marshall said.
They are evaluated by a veterinarian, and notes are posted outside the pen or stable to ensure that volunteers know the correct food and medicine that each animal requires.
Pumpkin, a 21-year-old golden palomino horse, and an 18-year-old donkey named Trouble were among the first evacuees to show up. Pumpkin and Trouble are being kept together in the stables set up in the Cow Palace parking lot. Pumpkin receives her evening medicine in a slice of apple and twice-daily feedings of her preferred grass hay, in accordance with her owner Steve Graham’s wishes.
“We are relieved,” Graham said by phone Monday. “We were very worried, but it’s good to know that they are safe and in good hands.”
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine clinicians and staff have been providing treatment to animals displaced and injured by the LNU Lightning Complex fires.
Photo: UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine / Photo by Don Preisler
In Yolo County, the renowned UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine also ramped up efforts to help care for animals injured in the LNU Lighting Complex fires. Most are coming from Napa and Solano counties.
“Every disaster is different in terms of the types of animals and injuries that we see,” said Dr. Bret McNabb, the clinic’s director. “The nature of where the fires have been so far has affected horses and livestock in the area, and it’s certainly skewing more toward large animal injuries than small at this point.”
Since Friday, the clinic has treated four horses, nine alpacas and llamas, two sheep, six goats, and two cats, mostly for burns and smoke inhalation, or secondary complications from wildfires and evacuations. Teams are also deployed in the field at local evacuation centers and with animal control officials behind fire lines to find animals in need of medical attention.
McNabb said while the clinic has been through this before with other wildfires, COVID-19 has provided another “level of complexity to keep everyone safe while still trying to provide response,” he said. Before, they could squeeze 20 people in the medical area without a second thought. Now they need to be aware of physically distancing.
But one positive from the pandemic is that the staff is already better versed in telemedicine, so the hospital can be reserved for the most critical cases.
“We are able to use FaceTime, Zoom and other platforms to communicate with vets at the evacuation centers,” McNabb said. “This streamlined medical care we’re able to provide reduces the stress of hauling and transportation.”
The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter tapped into its foster volunteer base to help make room for pets evacuated from the CZU Lightning Complex wildfires.
Photo: Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter
Santa Cruz animal shelter moves into ‘next phase’
Meanwhile, down on the coast, the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter moved a majority of its animals out of the shelter on Wednesday night in preparation for evacuations, with 200 pets now in foster care, said general manager Melanie Sobel. Since Thursday morning, a steady flow of dogs and cats has arrived, as well as birds, snakes, geckos, monitor lizards, a frog, a tarantula and two horses. About 400 animals occupy the shelter now.
Sobel said intake has slowed down, and now people are coming in to pick up or drop off donations since many fleeing their homes didn’t have time to grab basic supplies. Now the shelter is refocusing efforts.
“The next phase we’re working on is addressing the hundreds of calls for residual pets left by people, such as chickens and outdoor cats, that are not as easy to round up in a panic,” Sobel said. “Once those areas are clear, we’re sending teams up there to either help the animals shelter-in-place by providing food and water, or taking them into the shelter.”
Some of the worst wildfires in state history have occurred in Northern California in just the past few years. For better or worse, communities are improving response and acting quickly.
“The silver lining to come out of past tragedies is everyone is more and more prepared than the last one,” McNabb said. “The activation of personnel and of resources came together rapidly. There’s been a good job at the local response with local livestock owners, horsemen and volunteers supporting and assisting in working together.”
Now, communities are holding their breath, hoping that possible thunderstorms and windy conditions don’t worsen the wildfires. If things don’t take a turn in the next few days, Salpeter hopes Sweet Farm will have its animals back this weekend, bringing life to the sanctuary once again.
“We’re staying positive,” he said. “We have our fingers crossed that the community comes out stronger than before. Even if something did happen, we will get through it.”
Kellie Hwang and Nora Mishanec are San Francisco Chronicle staff writers. Email: kellie.hwang@sfchronicle.com, nora.mishanec@hearst.comTwitter: @KellieHwang., @NMishanec
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California keeps on saving water, reduces use…
California keeps on saving water, reduces use by 31% in July
Rings around Morris Dam in the Angeles National Forest show the declining water level from past years in this Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 photo. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda/ San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
By Steve Scauzillo | sscauzillo@scng.com | San Gabriel Valley Tribune
PUBLISHED: August 27, 2015 at 1:48 p.m. | UPDATED: August 30, 2017 at 6:54 a.m.
California residents reduced water consumption by 31 percent in July, the largest savings in one month since the state began tracking urban water use more than a year ago, state officials announced Thursday.
The level of water conservation exceeded the governor’s 25 percent mandate for the third month in a row, resulting in a combined statewide savings of 30 percent for June and July as compared to the same months in 2013.
“Californians’ response to the severity of the drought this summer is now in high gear and shows that they get that we are in the drought of our lives. This isn’t your mother’s drought or our grandmother’s drought, this is the drought of the century,” said Felicia Marcus, chair of the State Water Resources Control Board.
Savings in July equaled 228,940 acre-feet of water or about 74.6 billion gallons; the cumulative amount saved for June and July equaled 414,800 acre-feet, or 35 percent of the savings goal of 1.2 million acre-feet by February 2016, the state board reported.
Southern California scored a record-high 28 percent savings in July, surpassing its previous monthly high of 26 percent in May as compared to same-months in 2013.
“We’ve got a lot of people hitting home runs,” Marcus said. Simi Valley reached 40 percent conservation in July, reducing its average residential gallons per capita per day (R-GPCD) to 85 gallons. Los Angeles saved 21 percent, dropping R-GPCD to 113 gallons for the fiscal year ending June 30 from 131 in fiscal year 2014, said the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Valencia Water Company in the Santa Clarita Valley saved 40 percent. El Monte, which increased usage in June, showed a 29 percent savings in July, with a low, 51 R-GPCD. Statewide, the average R-GPCD was 98 for July, down from 133 in July 2014.
“We are really proud of our residents and businesses for working so hard to reduce water consumption,” said El Monte Mayor Andre Quintero.
July 2015 savings were helped along by scattered rain showers in many parts of the state, causing residents to turn off outdoor sprinklers, officials said.
Also, the savings may have been boosted by temporary water surcharges inserted into residential water bills for overusers, said Cris Carrigan, the state water board’s chief of enforcement. He predicted continued savings as more water users open their bills in August and September.
“We still haven’t hit that tipping point or that point of equilibrium yet. There is still some savings to be gained,” he said.
Still, state officials say most of the savings comes from allowing lawns to turn “California golden,” said Marcus, since outdoor watering accounts for at least 50 percent of residential consumption. Come winter, percentages will drop because there’s less outdoor watering.
The state board may consider adjusting its emergency regulations if the expected El Niño brings welcome rainfall and snow to California this winter.
“We need to hope for as much rain as we can safely handle,” Marcus said. “But to quote Yogi Berra, ‘it ain’t over until it’s over.”
The first-ever state-mandated water-reduction ordinance began June 1 and runs through Feb. 29, 2016, putting cities and urban water agencies on a nine-month water diet requiring between 8 percent and 36 percent conservation.
The ordinance adopted May 5 by the board implements the governor’s emergency order of April 1 requiring an aggregate, 25 percent reduction statewide from 411 urban water suppliers. Agencies that do not meet targets can be fined, from $500 a day to $10,000 a day. However, Carrigan said no fines have been issued.
In July, only four suppliers received notices of noncompliance for missing the mark by more than 15 percent — a 75 percent drop in scofflaws from the previous month. Those four are: Livingston, Hanford, Blythe and the Phelan/Pinion Hills Community Service District in the high desert, Carrigan said. In addition, nine agencies will receive conservation orders, asking for more measures such as limiting outdoor watering days and additional enforcement.
Last month, 290 water suppliers serving almost 30 million Californians met or exceeded conservation standards, an increase of 25 since June, while 98 surpassed conservation targets by 10 percent, and 67 by 15 percent or more, the board reported.
Steve Scauzillo | Reporter
Steve Scauzillo has been a journalist for more than 40 years, had has worked as a beat reporter, assistant city editor, Opinion Pages Editor, general assignment and transportation/environment writer. Steve loves to explore the outdoors by hiking the Angeles National Forest and is an amateur bird watcher. Steve is on the board of the San Gabriel Valley LGBTQ Center in Arcadia and a member of Rose City Church in Pasadena. He's working on a screenplay in his spare time.
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Brandon is a traditionally masculine name but in more recent years has been used for girls as well. Its English-Irish meanings vary from "prince" and "brave" to "hill covered with broom" to "from the beacon hill" to "stinking hair" (?!) and beyond.
Famous Brandons in history and pop culture include Brandon Sanderson, Brandon Lee, Brandon Tartikoff, Brandon Christopher McCartney, (aka Lil B), Brandon Routh, Brandon Todd, Brandon Mull, and Brandon Marshall. Brandon Flowers is the lead singer of The Killers. Brandon Teena, formerly Tina Brandon, was a trans man whose murder sparked anti-hate-crime activism in the '90s (and inspired the film 'Boys Don't Cry.')
The name Brandon peaked in popularity in 1992 and has been declining ever since; in 2018 it was the 124th most popular boys' name in the U.S. If you'd like a variant on the name that still sounds similar, you can explore Brand, Brandin, Branton, Brendan, Brando, or even Bran (you know, 'Game of Thrones' names are trending!). Or try other names with the (often Irish) -on or -an ending like Conlon, Canton, Nathan, Aikan, Garvan, Holdan, Vaughan, Landon, or Jadon. Other names meaning "brave" include Aidan, Casey, Conrad, Ethan, Jarrett, Montana, and Wilder. As for other names that mean "stinking hair," we can't help you there.
If you like the '90s vibe of Brandon, try Joshua, Matthew, Christopher, Michael, Nicholas, Daniel or Tyler — some of the decade's other most popular names for boys.
Brandon in quotes:
“In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.”
— Brandon Mull
"In a sense, all Americans are battle-born. Our ancestors came here for something better."
— Brandon Flowers
English Baby Names Meaning:
In English Baby Names the meaning of the name Brandon is: Derived from a surname and place name based on the Old English for 'hill covered with broom'. Broom is a prolific weed. Also, 'From the beacon hill'.
Irish Baby Names Meaning:
In Irish Baby Names the meaning of the name Brandon is: Prince, or brave. Some scholars believe Brendan means 'stinking hair'.
Shakespearean Baby Names Meaning:
In Shakespearean Baby Names the meaning of the name Brandon is: Henry VI, 2' Sir John Stanley. 'Henry VI, Part III' Sir William Stanley. 'As You Like It' A country fellow, in love with Audrey. 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' A boy, son to Page. 'Richard III' Sir William Catesby. 'Richard III' Sir William Brandon.
Teutonic Baby Names Meaning:
In Teutonic Baby Names the meaning of the name Brandon is: From the beacon hill.
American Baby Names Meaning:
In American Baby Names the meaning of the name Brandon is: Prince, or brave. Some scholars believe Brendan means 'stinking hair'.
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Migrants Coming To Bihar From 7 states Will Be Kept In Quarantine Camps
Publish On: 23 May, 2020 05:19 PM | Updated | Shivalik
In view of the rising COVID-19 cases, Bihar government has announced that migrant workers returning from seven specified states will be lodged in quarantine camps.
According to the order by Disaster Management Department, Government of Bihar, migrant labourers coming to Bihar from Surat, Ahmedabad in Gujarat; Mumbai, Pune in Maharashtra; Delhi; Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Noida in Uttar Pradesh; Kolkata, West Bengal, Gurugram in Haryana and Bengaluru, Karnataka will be kept in quarantine camps.
The order mentioned that the District Magistrates may add on to the current list of states and regions depending on the situation in the coming weeks. Migrant workers making their way back home to Bihar from the above outlined states and cities will be lodged in regional quarantine facilities for 14 days, it stated, adding that asymptomatic migrant labourers will be allowed to go home after the 14-day quarantine and will be required to practice home quarantine for another 7 days.
People returning from other places will be required to undergo home quarantine if they don’t show symptoms of Covid-19, the order read.
The order clearly states that strict social distancing norms will be followed at all quarantine facilities. Standard protocol, as laid down by the Ministry of Health, will be followed in cases where migrant labourers show symptoms of the deadly coronavirus.
So far, Bihar has reported more than 2,000 cases of coronavirus. On Saturday, the state Covid-19 tally jumped to 2,177. Out of the total cases, 629 patients have recovered. The death tally of the state is 11.
On Saturday, the total number of coronavirus cases in the country crossed the 125,000-mark.
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Big East Summer Reset: Villanova looks to build on storybook season
Big East challengers like Butler, Georgetown, Seton Hall and Xavier will look to prevent Villanova from running away with the conference in 2016–17.
Molly Geary
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With summer recruiting heating up and summer sessions underway, SI.com is taking a look at the state of each conference. Players are listed by what year they will be in the 2016–17 season. Click here for the American, ACC and A-10. Below, the Big East.
State of the champion(s)
Villanova isn’t just in a prime position to repeat as Big East regular season champions—it also has a real opportunity to win back-to-back national titles. That can be a rare thing to say in the one-and-done era, but the Wildcats were built on experience rather than freshmen stars and bring back their top two scorers, seniors Josh Hart (15.5 ppg) and title-game hero Kris Jenkins (13.6 ppg), as well as sophomores Jalen Brunson and Mikal Bridges and junior Phil Booth. The losses of guard Ryan Arcidiacono and center Daniel Ochefu to graduation will absolutely be felt, but incoming five-star center Omari Spellman should give ‘Nova a strong inside option in Ochefu’s absence.
With all the attention on Villanova winning the national championship, it may be easy to forget that the Wildcats actually fell short in the Big East tournament. That title belonged to a young Seton Hall team that surged into the NCAA tournament having won eight of its final nine games. Big East tournament MVP Isaiah Whitehead has moved on to the NBA (the Utah Jazz selected him with the 42nd pick and traded him to the Brooklyn Nets) and Derrick Gordon’s one year as a grad transfer is over, but the Pirates still bring back a solid core that includes junior guard Khadeen Carrington and junior forwards Desi Rodriguez and Angel Delgado. The Kevin Willard-led group largely flew under the radar last season, and the success the Pirates tasted in 2015–16 should serve them well going forward.
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Notable newcomer: Marcus Foster, Creighton
The Bluejays have taken a step back since the 2014 graduation of Doug McDermott, but they did reach the NIT quarterfinals last season. Waiting in the wings was Foster, who transferred from Kansas State in 2015 and is set to be eligible this season. The guard was an All-Big 12 second-team pick after averaging 15.5 points as a freshman, though he saw his numbers dip across the board during a sophomore season that included a three-game suspension.
Now with a fresh start at Creighton, Foster joins a team that returns three of its top four scorers and looks poised to make noise in the league. He will pair with Maurice Watson Jr. in a backcourt that could wind up the best in the conference.
Notable departure: Ben Bentil, Providence
Few would have expected a year ago that Bentil would join Kris Dunn as Friars to leave early for the 2016 NBA draft, but that’s because few foresaw how Bentil would emerge last season, leading the Big East in scoring with 21.1 points per game. The duo represented half of Providence’s scoring, while Bentil also led the team in rebounding and free throw shooting.
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Dunn’s draft declaration was essentially a foregone conclusion, but Bentil, who was picked 51st by Boston, was less of a sure thing. Bentil’s return would have kept the Friars out of full rebuilding mode, but instead Providence, which has made three straight NCAA tournaments, will likely take a significant step back next year even with the talented but inconsistent sophomore forward Rodney Bullock back.
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Summer syllabus
Butler: An obvious area of improvement for the Bulldogs next season is on defense. They went from one of the top defensively efficient teams in the country in 2014–15 to a middle-of-the-road one in the Big East last season. Butler also needs to find a way to replace the leadership and scoring of Kellen Dunham and Roosevelt Jones, a void Memphis grad transfer Avery Woodson should help fill.
Creighton: Reasons for optimism for the Bluejays are above, but keep in mind they also lost seven of their last 11 games before the NIT. Creighton needs to find more consistency and must fare better against the Big East’s top teams (it went 2–7 against the top four) if it wants to make the jump to a true contender.
DePaul: Not much went right for the Blue Demons last season, and leading scorer and rebounder Myke Henry is gone. Guard Eli Cain had a promising freshman season (10.3 ppg, 42.5% from three) that DePaul should build around, and the squad should get a perimeter-scoring boost from WKU grad transfer Chris Harrison-Docks.
Georgetown: The Hoyas completely fell apart down the stretch last season, and their young core of L.J. Peak, Isaac Copeland and Marcus Derrickson needs to put that in the rearview mirror. Better three-point shooting, offensive rebounding and a tighter handle on the ball are good places to start, as well as taking advantage of what should be great depth.
• Recruiting Notebook: How is Amaker luring top prospects to Harvard?
Marquette: The Golden Eagles were one of the youngest teams in Division I last season, which means that even with Henry Ellenson off to the NBA, they have something to build on (and add USC grad transfer Katin Reinhardt). But Marquette has to find a way to replace Ellenson’s rebounding—a bright spot in an otherwise weak area for the team—and it’s not immediately clear where that will come from beyond senior center Luke Fischer.
Providence: Where do you go next after you lose a duo as important as Dunn and Bentil? Even with those two, shooting was a glaring weakness for the Friars, and improving on it is the most obvious way to compete again this winter. All eyes will be on Bullock, a breakout candidate no longer in anyone’s shadow.
Seton Hall: Free throw shooting was a sore spot for the Pirates last season, as their 65.8% team mark left too many free points on the floor. With Whitehead gone, finding another reliable three-point shooter besides Desi Rodriguez will be important too—incoming sharp-shooting freshman Myles Powell is the most obvious candidate.
St. John’s: The good news for the Red Storm is that it’s hard to go anywhere but up after Chris Mullin’s first year ended on a 1–21 slide. St. John’s needs to get considerably stronger on offense if it wants be more than a conference doormat next season after shooting 40.6% from the floor and 32.6% from three as a team.
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Villanova: How do you improve on a year that resulted in a national championship with a Hollywood ending? The Wildcats didn’t have many flaws last year, but one area of weakness was their offensive rebounding—and they lose Daniel Ochefu, who posted the team’s highest offensive rebounding rate (11.3%). Avoiding complacency as the defending champs will also be key.
Xavier: When guard Trevon Bluiett announced in May he was returning to school for his junior season, it solidified the Musketeers as the biggest challenger to Villanova. Xavier brings back its top three scorers but will need to step up on the glass after losing its best two rebounders, lest a strength turn into a weakness.
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Eagles Extra+News
Eagles Complete Comeback from 5-7 Record
Philly faced all sorts of adversity but won four straight challenging games to win NFC East title with victory over New York Giants
Ed Kracz
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – From 5-7 to 9-7 and NFC East champions, it’s really been a storybook ride for the Eagles.
It’s not just the four-game winning streak they pieced together when a win could have effectively ended their season, but it’s the who they were able to win with that makes this something you might see on Disney+ sometime this spring.
They had 11 players go in Injured Reserve since the start of the season, including receivers DeSean Jackson and Alshon Jeffery and their big free signing in the offseason, defensive tackle Malik Jackson.
Yet, they endured.
“It feels great,” said head coach Doug Pederson. “I can remember back in 2017 and we were the number one seed, and at the time I think we were the worst number one seed, quite honestly, and we didn’t have a shot as a one seed.
“So now we’re a division winner, we’re the four seed and probably still don’t have a shot, but that’s OK. We’re going to go to work this week and prepare.”
This is the third straight year the Eagles are in the playoffs and the third time in Pederson’s four years as head coach.
All four wins in this streak to the finish line were difficult, down-to-the wire affairs, with the exception being Sunday. Even though the Eagles won going away, it was 17-17 late in the third quarter.
“To finish a season like this is satisfying,” said defensive Brandon Graham, who had a sack to end the year with a team-high 8.5 “But like coach says, ‘We ain’t done nothing, yet.’ We still have to put in this work.”
The Eagles did it this year were without their top offensive threat Zach Ertz for the first time all season on Sunday against the New York Giants.
They didn’t have Pro Bowl right tackle Lane Johnson or starting cornerback Jalen Mills, either. Then once the game began, they lost Pro Bowl guard Brandon Brooks, offensive rookie of the year candidate Miles Sanders, cornerback Avonte Maddox, and receiver J.J. Arcega-Whiteside was hobbled with a foot injury that limited his effectiveness.
Still, they persevered.
“We have a lot of great guys here and the coaches have been phenomenal utilizing each guy to his strength,” said center Jason Kelce. “They have been adaptive to the game plan, schematically getting to what everybody is good at. I think that’s a testament to a great coach is finding a way to utilize that.
“Everybody in this league has strengths and weaknesses. We put together this roster and we have some guys that can play ball even on the practice squad as we found out.”
Yes, this team would be headed into the offseason right now without practice squad players such as Boston Scott, who accounted for 142 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns in Sunday’s 34-17 win over the Giants that clinched the NFC East title for the Eagles.
Tight end Josh Perkins had the Eagles’ first touchdown pass, a 24-yard that saw him work free across the end zone, where quarterback Carson Wentz found him.
And Greg Ward, who continued making big catches in Sunday to finish with six receptions for 43 yards.
“This means a lot,” said defensive tackle Fletcher Cox, who made a big fumble recovery at the New York two-yard line in the fourth quarter. “It means a lot to the organization, it means a lot to the fans, it means a lot to the city of Philadelphia and it means a lot to us.
“We just came out and everybody did their job, man. The last four weeks, everyone has been focused. We got a lot of guys go down it’s just the next guys have been stepping up. With the guys stepping up, to me, it’s bringing this locker room that much closer.”
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Manchester City defender Richards eyes February return
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Manchester City defender Micah Richards is hoping to return to action at the start of February.
Richards, capped 13 times by England since making his debut in 2006, had knee surgery in October after suffering an injury in the victory over Swansea.
"I am not putting a date on when I will be back because these things are never exact but I am hoping it will be in early February," Richards, 24, told the club's website (www.mcfc.co.uk) on Thursday.
"There is still not too much I can do but I am now on one crutch instead of two so that is progress.
"Of course it is frustrating and there is nothing more I would like than to be out there playing but I am being well looked after, the injury is responding and the knee getting stronger every day. I am busy trying to build the muscle up and I am doing some weights."
The Premier League champions lie second in the table, six points behind rivals Manchester United.
They travel to Newcastle United on Saturday.
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se of pentoxifylline and vitamin E. Surgical intervention may be needed to resolve the issue permanently, further explains Dr. Datz. Why does a 5-pound Chihuahua receive the same dose of a vaccine as a 50-pound golden retriever? SIDE EFFECTS. Annually, rabies causes the deaths of more than 50,000 humans and millions of ani⦠If an older dog has an unknown vaccination history, he usually can be brought up-to-date in two visits scheduled 3-4 weeks apart. Immediately after a vaccine, keep an eye on your dog for about an hour. The rabies vaccination has been instrumental in reducing a disease observation longer to ensure that nothing happens. give your dog a combination shot and wait a few weeks before giving Current research into duration of immunity and side effects from vaccination helps ensure the very best protection possible for dogs in Canada. vaccine antigens or other proteins found in the product. shot. The rabies vaccine is a vaccine used to prevent rabies.There are a number of rabies vaccines available that are both safe and effective. How Long Does it Take for Anesthesia in Dogs to Wear Off? Reactions can be mild, such as an allergic reaction or skin disease near the injection site, but they can also be more serious. Does the rabies vaccine have side effects? They may want to keep your dog in effects for many pets. cases, can lead to a life-threatening reaction known as anaphylaxis. Dogs can also experience soreness after their injection, or develop localized swelling ⦠epinephrine on hand to deliver immediately in case of shock. âDog Vaccination Informationâ.) Although some dogs leave the office and never have issues or problems with the vaccinations, some dogs receive an injection and experience a variety of side effects. injection site, but they can also be more serious. Itâs anecdotal, but in my own experience, senior dogs are more likely to suffer adverse effects from rabies ⦠The rabies virus is dead when injected into your pet, which, in rare This is probably not a behavioral issue. reactions, discuss your concerns with your veterinarian and be aware of For example, a puppy would receive the rabies vaccine at 16 weeks, 1 year and then again at age 4. reaction, there are steps you can take to be prepared in case of ; Has a weakened immune system. This results in difficulty breathing, an elevated heart rate, swelling, itching, diarrhea, general shock and in some cases, death. Current as of: October 28, 2020. This They can be used to prevent rabies before, and for a period of time after, exposure to the rabies virus, which is commonly caused by a dog bite or a bat bite. Not all side effects occur immediately. The signs may be facial swelling, itching, weakness, diarrhea, difficulty breathing, shock and death. that always leads to death in infected pets. Adverse events include any reaction that could compromise the health of the dog or cat, including ⦠Common Dog ⦠Studies indicate that if the vaccine is given immediately and appropriately to someone who was bitten by a rabid animal, it is 100 percent effective. Monitor your dog for any effects. Bad reactions might occur in this timeframe and medical care might be needed. immediately. Epinephrine must be administered immediately. Lumps and Bumps. Rabies is a virus that may affect the brain and spinal cord of all mammals, including dogs, cats and humans. Rabies vaccine should never be administered in the gluteal muscle due to variable immune response. These include allergic reactions and brain or nervous system problems. Dogs who have an allergic reaction to the rabies vaccine may suddenly fall into anaphylactic shock. Talk with the doctor. 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Stray dogs most commonly carry rabies in Asia and Africa, where most rabies deaths happen. However, like any medicine, this vaccine can cause side effects but the risk of serious side effects is ⦠Serious illnesses resulting from the rabies vaccination include: Reactions can also include behavior problems. Although the rabies vaccine used today does have a fairly high rate of side effects⦠the number of vaccinations given. two cases, but the rabies vaccine has also been shown to have side The most common side effects have included local injection site reactions in up to 25% of patients. The most common systemic reactions have included malaise, headache, nausea, muscle aches, and dizziness in up to 20% of patients. months for your dog to have a reaction to the vaccination. If your dog has a Not all side effects occur immediately. I see many vaccine-induced illnesses, especially in dogs around eight years old when theyâve had years of unsafe and unnecessary vaccines. 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Dabengwa better off in Zanu PF
IN 1960 two young boys drove into Bulawayo on Selbourne Avenue — now Leopold Takawira Avenue — from Shabane Mine (Zvishavane) in a borrowed car after lying to the owner.
All of sudden they found themselves face to face with the BSA Police at a tight roadblock on the bridge on Matshamhlophe River next to Evelyn High School.
They were transporting dynamite for carrying out industrial terrorist sabotage in Bulawayo and the eversharp Rhodesian special units had got wind that the explosives were on their way into the city and every car underwent a thorough search at all roads leading to the city.
The two boys developed running stomachs as the traffic queue slowly surged towards the police checkpoint.
There was nowhere to run at this point for the two chaps in the car with a bag of explosives in the boot, but drive straight to jail if they could not quickly think of a plan. That year and day the armed liberation war for this country had begun.
The two terrified boys in the car were Dumiso Dabengwa and the late former mayor of Bulawayo Abel Siwela.
One cannot tell the narrative of the armed liberation struggle of this country and leave out Dabengwa as that would be simply distorted history. Period!
When we take heritage and history tourists through the township tour of the city of Bulawayo in Mpopoma we always show them a simple neglected umgelo (water way) on the side of the road where nine young boys from Makokoba, Iminyela — then called Ezinkabini — and Mpopoma held a meeting that gave birth to what we all now know to be the Zipra forces.
Dabengwa was among those nine boys.
Dabengwa is central to the development of the armed struggle narrative of this country as far back as 1959 when he and others where just nothing, but young boys growing up in the Bulawayo townships.
I am very worried of the possibility of Dabengwa not being buried at the national liberation Heroes’ Acre as this would mean the narrative of this region’s role in liberating this country would be effectively lost to all generations to come. It will be incomplete and wrong history.
Think about it that all of us who walk on this soil called Zimbabwe will not be around 1 000 years from today, but that war memorial Heroes’ Acre on that hill would still be around with people giving it all sorts of interpretations like we are all doing now with the Great Zimbabwe monument.
Those people yet to be born must find Dabengwa’s stone there because he represents the narrative of this country’s bush war main characters and represents all of us from this region.
We all know that it is Zanu PF that decides to inter people in that heritage ground called the Heroes’ Acre and if Dabengwa remains in the current political wilderness he will be left out like many other great fighters from our part of the country that have been left out already.
It is already a lost narrative to this part of the country to have our liberation war greats such as Lookout Masuku, Thenjiwe Lesabe, Welshman Mabhena, Swazini Ndlovu, Nikita Mangena, Richard Dube and many others missing at that liberator’s hill.
It will be a permanent loss to this region and the country if Dabengwa would also be found missing out of the Heroe’s Acre.
What seems today a Zanu PF project will one day many years to come be the liberation national shrine and the only memory and authoritative narrative of how a nation called Zimbabwe was born. All of us who today have our opinions and versions of the struggle will not be around to present arguments about the narrative that would be then expressed by those stones at that heroes’ acre.
It is our responsibility as schooled Africans to interpret and understand the meaning of election numbers if we want to remain truthful to democracy.
The July 31 results informed Dabengwa and all that he is not where the people are. Those that are close to Dabengwa should persuade him to go to where the people are.
Currently people are with Zanu PF and MDC-T and it is for him to choose to go to a group that identifies with his past and history in the politics of this country. For obvious reasons it can’t be MDC-T.
It is not wrong that Dabengwa and many others left Zanu PF due to frustration and went to voices that were in the trenches of Zapu that wanted to govern this country through participating in the democratic processes of elections.
Like all of us we thought there were many thousands of people in those trenches, large enough numbers to form a government. It has, however, turned out that it is too few people in the Zapu trenches.
For this reason it is now very clear that liberation luminaries such as Dabengwa have no business to be in opposition politics where there are too few numbers of the population. Dabengwa, and let me add, Simba Makoni should go back to Zanu PF and be where their experience would meet with numbers that can give them a mandate to be useful in the government and the country.
Dabengwa knows it well that one cannot win in a liberation war as much as in business when large numbers of people are not on one’s side. It was only for that reason, to be on the people’s side that made Dabengwa and Siwela make it through in that tight roadblock on Matshamhlophe River and not get nabbed by the Police Special Unit that was desparately hunting for them.
There are no sufficient numbers in Zapu to justify Dabengwa remaining there as its leader. It is also not his responsibility to build those numbers.
The July 31 election results exposed Zapu as a small movement of yesteryear dreamers too scared to face the realities of the new future from new platforms. Selfish jealous people in Matabeleland lied to Dabengwa and enticed him to dump Zanu PF only to not vote for him come election time.
Being the liberation war legend that our children should be proud of, Dabengwa should be spending his old age closer to the centre of national power where he can do more for this region than spending his last years fighting the same wars that he fought when he was a 17-year-old boy mobilising a youth wing for National Democratic Party and a military wing for Zapu.
He should be contributing to fix the economy and helping the young assisting them to create a better future for themselves in many different ways than doing exactly the same things he did before independence.
It is just not right.
Worse still my heart sinks when I hear or read about him arguing or exchanging hash words with people in Zapu who were not even born when he, Siwela, Akim Ndlovu and others where shipping explosives in the late fifties.
Dabengwa should go back now to Zanu PF, mend relations and work hard on advancing the legacy of other liberation legends of the region that are already in the wilderness of the liberation narrative of this country. He should be making sure that those whose stones have not been placed in the national Heroes’ Acre, but qualify should be erected there.
I don’t agree with the alternative of putting our liberation legends from this region at the little white woman’s Lady Stanley Cemetery or some village grave while some lesser characters in the liberation struggle are laid at the National Heroes’ Acre.
He must also be making sure that late Vice-president Joshua Nkomo’s legacy and vision for Zimbabwe is advanced fairly and correctly.
Today young people across the country think that indigenisation and economic empowerment is a Harare invention and a Zanu PF manifesto creation. No it is not.
Dabengwa and a few others know that it was Nkomo’s vision for a new Zimbabwe. It came from Nkomo’s manifesto.
He even put it to practice and influenced the creation of the Nitram Investment platform just a few months after the end of the liberation war and invited the Zipra fighters to put their own dollars to buy (not grab) companies, land, properties and assets as the next war, he told all, would be that of fighting poverty by producing to drive economic growth, create employment, expand human and capital skills and promote social and cultural integration.
Some will remember the training centres that he set up just after the war.
Dabengwa knows where all that went. He should be engaging President Robert Mugabe to revive uMdala Wethu’s dream projects across the country as just mounting his statue on Main Street and renaming it while ignoring the revival of his projects for a new Zimbabwe will mean nothing to the people of this region in terms of employment creation and better lives.
If those Nitram companies where allowed to grow without interruption at the pace they were growing — to this date — we would be talking of global corporations as big as those that have come out of South Africa in recent years owned by our local men and women. Today all of us would not be talking of reviving the dead industry of Bulawayo.
Nkomo being a visionary that he was, saw it coming and mobilised the young to be pro-active and counter it by creating private enterprises for aggressive global growth.
The companies were frozen in court laws then stripped and abused by visionless greedy individuals to this date.
Dabengwa knows it all and he should be sitting right there at the centre of national power negotiating that this be corrected than being president of 5 000, 60% of whom are in the Diaspora unable to vote.
That will not help this region, the nation and the Zipra founders of the Nitram Investment economic empowerment project the first of its kind in this country who today have nowhere to turn to for redress.
This is more serious work for Dabengwa to negotiate for behind the scenes in Harare than be president of a little old fashioned party that has been rejected by the people.
It is now clear that the voices that called for an exodus of Zapu from Zanu PF were not the voice from the majority of the members of Zanu PF, but voices from the pens and paper of those few that have access to these.
It is not that these calls and the eventual departure of Dabengwa and others did not have an impact on Mugabe and his party. They did and this has led to the reinvention of Zanu PF and efforts to embrace the region as part of Zimbabwe on their part.
Legends like Dabengwa need to move into the centre of Zanu PF power to make sure that a lot of work is done in the right direction in the next coming five years to make up for lost time and make sure that the agenda of reviving Bulawayo and the region is not derailed ever again.
Coal and gas in Lupane is being parceled out to Chinese and others as I write, with the locals of the province excluded while our liberation legends such as Dabengwa are nowhere near the centre of power to defend the locals.
Zimbabwe now has a new Constitution unlike in the past 33 years and every one must serve the new constitution to the best of their ability to build a prosperous Zimbabwe for all of us and for future generations.
Let’s not remain living in the era of the old constitution. That is the old Zimbabwe.
If it means I be the only one to celebrate Dabengwa’s return to Zanu PF then let it be so because Dabengwa is not just a liberation war hero, but a liberation war legend.
Hands up those that drove though an enemy roadblock at age 17 with a load of explosives to liberate their country!
OkweZapu lokho akusebenzi mdala Dabengwa for an icon like you, tshiyana lakho, to put it in urban lingua.
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DC targets young adult readers with two new graphic novel imprints
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Feb 5, 2018, 4:48 PM EST (Updated)
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DC Comics is looking to target a younger crowd in the fall with two graphic novel imprints aimed at budding adults. According to The New York Times, they'll be titled DC Zoom (for middle-school readers) and DC Ink (for young adults). Veteran comic writers will help bring these titles to the masses, but the company is also tapping well-known YA authors like Laurie Halse Anderson (Speak) and Michael Northrop (TombQuest) who don't have previous experience in the comics industry. Other authors hired for the initiative include Melissa de la Cruz (the Descendants series) and Ridley Pearson (the Kingdom Keepers series).
“We wanted to go back to what we used to have in comic books: story arcs for younger readers,” said Bobbie Chase, vice president of talent development at DC Comics and the executive editor for the new imprints. She worked at Marvel in the 1980s and 1990s, rising to one of Marvel Group's editors-in-chief, the highest position a female editor has ever reached with the company. In addition, she stated that these novels are centered around DC's heroes and villains dealing with the world around them, putting up with regular kid stuff like parents and teachers. “They are character studies, not necessarily superhero stories,” she said.
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DC Zoom's first title will be DC Super Hero Girls: Search for Atlantis, by Shea Fontana and Yancey Labat. Fontana has already been helming the DC Super Hero Girls series for the publisher since 2015, and Labat's been drawing them.
DC Ink will start off with a graphic novels featuring Harley Quinn and Mera, a love interest of Aquaman who was portrayed by Amber Heard in Justice League. Quinn's book will be handled by She-Hulk writer Mariko Tamaki and drawn by veteran comic artist Steve Pugh, while Mera's title is being written by Danielle Paige (The Dorothy Must Die series), with no artist announced yet. The focus on female protagonists for the initial books is that the audience for middle school and YA is mainly comprised of girl readers, said vice president for content strategy Michelle Wells.
Softover Zoom books contain 128 pages and are currently priced at $9.99, whereas Ink ones are 192 pages and $16.99. They will also be notable for not entangling themselves in the complex superhero continuities established over the years.
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This is a costings blunder made in political heaven
By David Crowe
May 22, 2020 — 3.52pm
This is a costings blunder made in political heaven.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg have $60 billion up their sleeves thanks to an incredible – and probably historic – maths error in the JobKeeper program.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Prime Minister Scott Morrison have an opportunity to redesign JobKeeper so it does even more to save workers and companies from this economic slump. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
But they will need to move fast to turn this into an opportunity because the disclosure reshapes the argument over their entire stimulus.
The opportunity is to redesign JobKeeper so it does even more to save workers and companies from this economic slump.
This could mean adding universities to the program so their staff – not just academics, but everyone from cleaners to administrators – can join others who already receive $1500 a fortnight in wage subsidies. Or helping more casual workers.
It could mean adding some state-owned companies, which are currently blocked from the scheme but are being championed by Labor and some Liberal MPs.
It could allow the government to phase out JobKeeper carefully over time rather than ending all payments in the last days of September.
And it could make room for a more generous unemployment benefit so the JobSeeker allowance of $1100 a fortnight is not suddenly halved to the old Newstart rate.
Morrison originally wanted everything to "snap back" to the old benefits within six months, but he has been less adamant about that timetable in recent weeks. A gentler transition is clearly better for the economy.
Frydenberg made a virtue of spending 16.4 per cent of GDP on the total stimulus, but the missing $60 billion means he is not doing as much as he thought. He could spend the money in other ways to gain the same lift.
Mistakes with costings usually lead to political pain but this one is different.
JobKeeper was designed quickly in an emergency. It was always going to be subject to human error. Speed was crucial but made flaws inevitable. The government says no money was paid to anyone who did not qualify. The mistake was discovered in time.
This makes the maths error all the more extraordinary. It is probably the biggest mistake of its kind in Australian political history. It could be the biggest opportunity as well.
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Update on School Year 20-21
Dear Families,
The past week has been a roller coaster for sure! We have been busy with summer planning efforts. As soon as we believe we have plans in place and we're ready to take action, the game changes. Our Governing Board voted on June 26 to delay the start of the 20-21 school year from July 20 to August 10. On Monday, June 29, Governor Ducey issued an executive order that in-person school cannot resume until at least August 17. Today, our leadership team is unpacking the executive order and beginning to create a new recommendation for schools reopening. Superintendent John Carruth stated that he hopes to have a plan to offer families by early next week (July 6).
When we return to school, considerations for Civano have been made in alignment with the current recommendations from the Pima County Health Department. These considerations have been made with the best intent to keep staff and students safe. Details about the physical and logistical protections are outlined on our website and on the District's School Opening and COVID19 webpage. These plans are like a lesson plan created for the first time; we can expect to modify them as we settle into school and establish routines. Other considerations are being addressed across the District to outline procedures such as adults and visitors on campus, field trips, and student performances. Once the school year resumes for staff, we will also plan for back-to-school activities, such as how to offer meetings for students new-to-Civano to meet their teachers and visit campus. This is definitely a learning curve for all of us and we appreciate your support, your suggestions, and your grace as we move forward.
In addition to physical protections for students, the District (and soon Civano staff once we resume meeting), will consider the necessary social-emotional support that students and staff may need with the extended school closure and a return to school that has been notably changed. It is great timing that we happened to receive a grant from ADE that supports the hiring of a school counselor for us to share with the VIC and VBL. Ms. Carrie Wrona (her real name!) will join us when school reopens.
These times are hard. We are all seeking something firm to hold onto and what I believe we can hold onto is this -- we can do these hard things. We know from the history of forever that people are resilient and that we are able to solve problems, climb mountains, and move forward. There may be setbacks and mistakes. There may be permanent changes that adjust all of our expectations. There will always be teachers and students and community that find a way to be connected.
Take good care,
School Choice for 20-21
Vail Families have three options for returning to school for the 2020-2021 school year. These options were shared via email from Superintendent John Carruth in June and they are available to view on the District's Webpage.
Very briefly, the three options are:
On Campus Learning – This option is best for students who do not have underlying health conditions.
Brick to Click Learning* – This option is best for students who plan to return to school by no later than January 2021. Students will stay enrolled in their home school with their assigned teacher(s), but lessons will be taught remotely, and classwork will be done at home. This option is least compatible with instruction at Civano as our multi-age classrooms do not align with the curriculum calendar across the rest of the District.
Full Time Digital Learning* – This option is best for students with long term circumstances preventing them from physically returning to school. Students will be enrolled in the Vail Innovation Center. This option requires at least a semester long commitment.
* Any remote instruction will be distinctly different than the educational opportunities offered last spring during school closures. Students who engage in remote instruction will be required to participate daily in instruction, including completing assignments daily and "attending" on-line classes.
Aftercare Survey
Thank you to our families who responded to the survey earlier in June. At this time, we do not have enough families needing childcare to support an afterschool childcare program at Civano. As the school year progresses, we will check in again to see if there is enough of a need amongst our families for the inclusion of an after school childcare services.
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Wealth Stratification in Ancient Mesoamerica
Authors: Steere, Benjamin A.; Kowalewski, Stephen A.
Journal: Social Evolution & History. Volume 11, Number 1 / March 2012
Studies of social stratification in ancient Mesoamerica have taken two approaches. One is to identify legal or emic status positions as these may be defined by indigenous documents (nobility, commoners) or by prior theory (elite). Archaeologists using the direct historical approach can look for material patterns consistent with the historically named social categories. The archaeology then illustrates what is already known. The other approach is etic and offers inductive description of the social distribution of wealth. Commonly used indicators to rank individuals or households are domestic architecture, burials, and portable artifacts. These items are recovered from systematic excavations or systematic surface collecting. The objectives of the two approaches are not precisely identical, since wealth status may not coincide with status as defined by office, occupation, or law.
Our paper takes the second approach. We describe the degree of wealth differentiation among households in a Late Postclassic city in Oaxaca. The results show a distribution broader and more continuous than would be expected if wealth were accessed strictly by noble or commoner legal status. Comparison with other cases in Classic and Postclassic Mesoamerica suggests a similar conclusion, although there was variation over time and across space. Characterizations using only native legal categories fail to identify this important aspect of Mesoamerican society and economy.
Studies of social stratification in ancient Mesoamerica and in other civilizations have taken two approaches. One is to identify legal or emic status positions as these may be defined by indigenous documents (nobility, commoners) or by prior theory (elite). Archaeologists using the direct historical approach look for material patterns consistent with the historically named social categories (see, e.g., Smith et al. 1999). The archaeology then illustrates what is already known. The other approach is etic and offers inductive description of the social distribution of wealth. The term distribution has several dimensions: concentration (a continuum from perfectly equal to all in the hands of one individual), spread or range (the wealth distance from the wealthiest to the poorest), and gradation (continuous versus discontinuous). In archaeology the commonly used indicators to rank individuals or households are domestic architecture, burials, and portable artifacts. These items are recovered from systematic excavations or systematic surface collecting. The objectives of the two approaches are not precisely identical, since wealth status may not coincide with status as defined by office, occupation, or law, but they are also not strictly incompatible (for discussions of the theoretical and methodological issues in the Mesoamerican context see Cowgill 1992; Kowalewski et al. 1992; Sanders 1992; Smith 1987; Stark and Hall 1993).
Our paper takes the second approach. We describe the degree of wealth differentiation among households in a Late Postclassic city in Oaxaca, Mexico. The results show a distribution broader and more continuous than would be expected if wealth were accessed strictly by noble or commoner legal status. Comparison with other cases in Classic and Postclassic Mesoamerica suggests a similar conclusion, although there was variation over time and across space. Characterizations using only native legal categories fail to identify this important aspect of Mesoamerican society and economy. The presentation begins with our case study of Inguiteria, the name of the Late Postclassic capital of the province of Coixtlahuaca. Then we bring in other well-described cases from Mesoamerica.
There have been lively debates in the pages of this journal about the state as a political institution (e.g., Social Evolution & History 7(1) is devoted to the theme ‘Thirty Years of Early State Research’), but little about the economy of states (beyond the factors of production) and less about how the economy may shape social stratification, and, potentially, the character of political institutions. One might ask, for example, if the more collective, less autarchical institutions of the Greek polis (Berent 2006, and references therein) did not have a great deal to do with a relatively broad access to wealth. As we show in this study, in Mesoamerica states were geographically small and their power was limited by communal institutions that gave their members alternative access to authority and means of making a living.
COIXTLAHUACA
Coixtlahuaca was a large kingdom, a regional agrarian center, an important place in the Aztec empire, and a major international trade node. Coixtlahuaca is in the Mixteca Alta, in northern Oaxaca (Fig. 1). It is a 1000 km2 valley situated at 2000 m above sea level. The valley has extensive deposits of soils derived from the Yanhuitlán Formation, which are fertile but also highly erodable. The land, described as rich and populous by sixteenth-century Spanish conquerors, is now eroded and depopulated. Although it has a rich history known from indigenous Mixtec, Chocho, and Aztec historical sources, it has received little archaeological attention since Ignacio Bernal excavated at the major Aztec-period site of Inguiteria sixty years ago (Bernal 1948).
Fig. 1. The Coixtlahuaca valley in highland Oaxaca
In 2008 we began an archaeological project to study prehispanic urbanism in Coixtlahuaca. A primary research goal was to define the limits and understand the internal variability of the city of Inguiteria, where Bernal had excavated. Our study methods included full-coverage survey, systematic surface collections, topographic mapping, aerial photography, remote sensing techniques such as magnetometry, resistivity, georadar, and test excavation. To gauge the size, study the history, and evaluate the degree of heterogeneity of Inguiteria we carried out a surface survey of the whole area. Surface visibility is excellent, and in many places the erosion helped our study because it exposed artifacts and house ruins.
This place had a long history of human occupation and there were substantial settlements in the Late Preclassic and Early Classic periods, but the predominant remains date to the last 200 years before the Spanish conquest. During this Late Postclassic phase the city of Inguiteria sprawled continuously over an area of 30 km2 (Fig. 2).
Fig. 2. Boundaries of Inguiteria and the systematic survey area
The settlement was extensive, but was it densely occupied? We attacked this question using an ordered array of surface survey, geophysical, and excavation techniques. We recorded the sizes of houses and the distances between them in places where they could be seen on the surface. At ten places we carried out geophysical prospection. At all ten we found cultural anomalies and at nine these were suggestive of residential construction and domestic activities. We tested three of these by excavation and all had house remains and domestic debris. More prospection and testing needs to be carried out, but at this stage it is probably safe to say that the density of houses of this Late Postclassic phase ranged between four to seven per hectare, which would mean that the city had 50,000–100,000 inhabitants. Inguiteria was not as large as the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán but it was in the next-highest rank among Late Postclassic Mesoamerican cities.
The city's principle civic-ceremonial architecture was fairly modest in scale, consisting of some thirteen platforms and several small plazas or courtyards. This complex measured about 300 by 150 m in extent (Fig. 3). The remnants of public architecture do not seem especially grand or imposing, especially considering the high population and large spatial extent of the city.
Fig. 3. Helium balloon photo mosaic and GPS/DEM topography of Inguiteria civic-ceremonial center
During the course of our survey we located 75 elevated structures and stone foundations beyond the 13 in the civic-ceremonial center. Many of these were elaborate residences or small civic-ceremonial buildings. Undoubtedly, many more existed, but these are the ones that survived erosion, plowing, and historical/recent construction projects. These structures are distributed fairly evenly across Inguiteria.
Inguiteria does not seem to have been a city of craft specialists. The survey and systematic artifact collecting found a remarkably homogeneous spread of essentially domestic refuse. We found no areas dedicated to craft production. Surely people made things (we found small scatters of basalt flakes, green stone flakes, and chert debitage), but the scale of production was not larger than the household and compared to other sites in Oaxaca there is little lithic and ceramic production debris. On the other hand, Inguiteria was a city of consumers. The inhabitants must have consumed large volumes of construction materials (stucco, basalt, the local stone endeque used in construction), pottery, wood, charcoal, chert, imported obsidian, manos, metates, food, water, and clothing.
We wanted to evaluate the degree of wealth differentiation and its spatial pattern within Inguiteria. Of all the material goods mentioned in the last paragraph, the most persistent and visible are basalt, chert, obsidian, and pottery. We developed a systematic collecting procedure to study the distribution of these items. We carried out this collecting not over the entire site, but over a contiguous block of about 6 km2 of the best-preserved part, away from the modern/historic town. In this study area we made systematic collections of ceramics every 100 m (Fig. 2). Stone artifacts, including obsidian blades, flakes, and cores, chert flakes, basalt flakes and blocks, and other materials were counted in the field, but not kept. In all, we made 461 collections using this systematic technique. Each collection point is a sample of the preserved refuse from a nearby house or houses, so the procedure should provide a representative picture of domestic consumption for these artifact categories.
We can begin by looking at the distribution of ceramic types. Fig. 4 shows collection points with ceramics of the relevant time period, the late Natividad phase. The most commonly occurring pottery types and forms are Yanhuitlan Red-on-Cream and Fine Cream bowls; Yucuita Tan jars, bowls, and other forms; and Chachoapan Sandy Cream bowls, comals, and jars (the types are defined in Spores 1972).
Fig. 4. Distribution of selected Natividad phase ceramics
Next we examine the location of the more costly ceramics, such as incense burners and braziers, composite silhouette bowls, Miguelito gray, polychrome, and Aztec-style wares. Incense burners and braziers are found at only eighteen collection points, but they are fairly evenly distributed, with some clustering near a set of structures in the south-central part of the systematic survey area (Fig. 4). Composite silhouette bowls are also widely distributed, occurring in 183 collections. There is some clustering of this ceramic type around the civic-ceremonial zone and around structures in the southern portion of the study area, but in general composite silhouette sherds are widespread (Fig. 4). Miguelito gray has a distribution similar to the composite silhouette sherds, appearing in 173 collections (Fig. 4).
Polychrome, the most highly decorated and elaborate pottery type, appeared in only 26 collections, but it is fairly widespread in its distribution (Fig. 4). Note that while six of these collection points are near the civic-ceremonial zone, and another fourteen are in two loose clusters several hundred meters north and south of civic-ceremonial area, many occur in other places spaced kilometers apart.
To better understand the Aztec presence in Coixtlahuaca, we made additional, special collections targeting Aztec-style sherds. These are intentionally overrepresented in some areas, especially near the civic-ceremonial zone. However, even with this bias in the sample, it is still clear that Aztec sherds were not limited to the civic-ceremonial zone, but were spread out across the site, mostly in small quantities.
We developed a production step index (see Feinman et al. 1981) to quantify the cost of these various ceramic types – the more production steps, the greater the cost. For each systematic collection point, we calculated a standardized production step value (the sum of the production step values for Late Natividad sherds in each collection divided by the number of Late Natividad sherds in that collection). The average ceramic production step value for the systematic collections is .91 with a standard deviation of .48 and a coefficient of variation of .53. The values range from a minimum of .1 to a maximum of 3. The distribution is left-skewed and continuous, a pattern consistent with stratified societies (Fig. 5). There is no clean break in the distribution between ‘lower class’ and ‘elite’ values for ceramics.
Fig. 5. Histogram of ceramic and combined ceramic and lithic production step index scores for all systematic collection points
We display these ceramic production step scores as though they were elevation data to illustrate the spatial distribution of wealth across the systematic survey area (Fig. 6). Areas with high scores appear as white ‘peaks’, while areas with low scores appear as black ‘valleys’. There are some ‘peaks’ with scores three times above the average near the civic-ceremonial area, but there are equally high points elsewhere. This indicates some concentration of high-cost ceramics near the city center, but the overall spatial pattern shows high-scoring collection points spread evenly across Inguiteria. In this interpolated plot, some of the low-scoring areas are simply places where the artifacts have been carried away by erosion. It appears that most people at Inguiteria had access to some high-cost ceramics.
Fig. 6. Contour map representing ceramic production step index scores. Areas with high cost ceramics appear as white ‘peaks’, while areas with lower values appear as black ‘valleys’
The distribution of obsidian also points to a continuous distribution of wealth. This highly desirable material was an import in Coixtlahuaca, the nearest sources lying 150 km away. Obsidian is present over most of the systematic collecting area, in low quantities (Fig. 7, showing the location of all collection points with obsidian flakes, cores, and blades). The values range from 1 to 7 pieces, with only a few dense concentrations, all of which are at some distance from the city center. Except for one possible obsidian work area just northwest of Inguiteria, our study revealed no major indicators of specialized obsidian working.
Fig. 7. Systematic collection points with obsidian
We also calculated a combined lithic and ceramic production step score. Each collection point was given .5 additional points per piece of obsidian, and .25 points per piece of basalt. These values are arbitrary, but account for the additional wealth represented by costly imported and worked stone. Like the ceramic production step index values, the distribution is left-skewed and continuous, with an average score of 1.39 and a standard deviation of .89 (Fig. 5). The minimum value is .1 and the maximum is 5.5. This distribution is more dispersed than the ceramic index alone, with a coefficient of variation of .64 and a longer tail to the right, but the general pattern is the same. The differences in ceramic and lithic costs across the site are gradual rather than abrupt, with a good deal of variability above and below the median.
The Gini coefficient is a commonly used index of income inequality (Gastwirth 1972). It has been employed by anthropologists to measure wealth distributions in non-monetary situations (Godoy et al. 2004). The Gini coefficient varies between two extremes, 0 for perfect equality and 1 for the total concentration of wealth by one person. If we assume that our systematic collections are each representative samples of the preserved domestic refuse of one or a small number of households, then we can use our combined ceramic production step and lithic score as a proxy for household wealth. We can characterize the distribution of wealth using the Gini coefficient, which for this large part of Inguiteria is .34, roughly on a par with the income distributions of Canada and European countries and unlike the more stratified countries of Latin America, which are in the .50–.60 range (United Nations Development Programme 2008: 281–284).
Some caution is in order, however. The Gini coefficient is good for describing the shape of a wealth distribution, which in our case tends to the egalitarian side. But our sample represents at best Inguiteria and not the whole Coixtlahuaca society, just as a sample of a large part of Montreal would not represent all of Quebec. Another problem with our archaeological data, throughout this discussion and not just in our use of indices, is the fact that we cannot deal with whole classes of consumer goods that are not preserved and visible to us. This uncounted wealth includes such important items as textiles, food, and access to land, as well as things like turquoise, marine shell, and gold, which have been found at Inguiteria by chance and in smaller quantities. The problem of uncounted wealth is common to all archaeological samples. Keeping in mind this limitation it is still fruitful to compare archaeological samples where the same classes of items are available for analysis.
In sum, our systematic collecting and mapping show that costly ceramics, costly stone artifacts, and potential high-status residences were not concentrated in a central precinct but were spread widely and rather evenly across the city. The distribution of wealth among households, as measured by artifacts, was also relatively egalitarian. Inguiteria reflects not a cosmological, pivotal urbanism designed and controlled by an exclusive nobility, but instead an open city with a broad and fairly even distribution of wealth, and no large class of the poor. Coixtlahuaca's major role in the interregional luxury trade certainly contributed to its urban social stratification, yet the city was also and, perhaps, primarily an intensive regional agricultural economy, and the latter factor might explain the city's great homogeneity.
Here we review comparable cases from other places in Oaxaca, the Maya area, and central Mexico. As it turns out, Coixtlahuaca's pattern of a continuous – not discrete – distribution of wealth and relatively well-off masses was common in much of Mesoamerica in the Classic and Postclassic periods.
There are several examples from Oaxaca. In 2002 Veronica Pérez Rodríguez set out to select and excavate two houses of commoners from the Late Postclassic period in the Mixteca Alta region. She settled on the site of Nicayuhu, a large, densely settled agricultural town roughly contemporaneous with Inguiteria (Pérez 2003). Surface collections from different residential areas at Nicayuhu exhibited ‘only slight differences in material indicators of social status’ (Ibid.: 49). The better preserved of the two houses excavated had floors made of stucco plaster. The exterior dimensions were 14 × 13.5 m, the open patio measured 7 × 7 m, and the total amount of roofed space (which included a sweat bath) was 85 m2. Artifacts were abundant but the fanciest painted pottery was quite rare. This is similar to findings in the neighboring Mixteca Alta valley of Nochixtlán, where painted pottery in noble domestic middens outnumbered that in peasant middens by almost 3:1 (and for the fanciest polychrome pottery by 30:1) (Lind 1987: 87).
Heredia's archaeological study (2005) of the Classic period towns in the same Mixteca Alta region illustrates the complexity inherent in social stratification in urban societies. Heredia reasoned that primary cities would have the widest range of material consumption since these were centers of interregional as well as local exchange. To examine the degree of local stratification apart from that which might be enhanced by access to the more exotic goods, Heredia concentrated on secondary centers. She drew her sample towns using a recently completed, full-coverage regional survey (Kowalewski et al. 2009), selecting four large sites of several thousand people each, all located on hilltops. As at Nicayuhu, the inhabitants of these places were involved in intensive staple (maize) production with relatively little craft production. Surface artifacts were a good indication of daily domestic consumption and refuse, at least of preserved items. To represent every part of these towns Heredia used a random design of surface collections. These sites were presumed to have had a concentric layout with the public architecture and wealthier households at the top of the hill, so for comparability Heredia divided each site into four concentric sectors, 1 being the supposedly most privileged at the top of the hill and 4 being the outer neighborhoods. Table 1 summarizes the relative cost of pottery serving bowls (the more production steps, the greater the cost). In these four sites no other sector had pottery fancier than that at the tops of the hills, but in three of the sites the difference is almost unnoticeable. Two sites (Encantado and El Ver-gel) had rather uniform distributions over the whole town but the other two, Cantera and Yucuayuxi, were more differentiated, as seen in the spread of the cost values, and in the standard deviations and coefficients of variation.
Why the difference in the degree of stratification for these consumer goods? The more stratified towns, Cantera and Yucuayuxi, had a different relationship with the market than Encantado and El Vergel. In terms of the marketing landscapes of economic geography, Cantera and Yucuayuxi were more centrally located, they had many market choices, and they probably consumed a lot more goods, both cheap and costly, at lower prices, so market forces would have created a greater range of wealth. Encantado and El Vergel, on the other hand, occupied a more marginal position in the regional market network, the volume of consumption was not as great, and the outcome was more egalitarian.
Jalieza was a large secondary city in the Classic period in the Valley of Oaxaca, east of the Mixteca Alta. Here we can examine the distribution of obsidian, which was a relatively scarce, imported good, using Finsten's (1995) systematic collections at eight sample areas spread over the site. The top of the hill, which has the most secluded civic-ceremonial architecture, was one sample area, where Finsten recorded 17 pieces of obsidian. The other sample areas had 24, 16, 15, 12, 8, 8, and 2 pieces. Apparently there were numerous households with sufficient means to obtain obsidian located in many places in the city of Jalieza.
El Palmillo was another secondary center in Classic-period Valley of Oaxaca and the scene of long-term research by Feinman, Nicholas, and their colleagues (Feinman and Nicholas 2004). Feinman and Nicholas see El Palmillo as an internally differentiated but socially integrated community. El Palmillo played a role as a specialized producer of xerophytic plant products (food, fiber, soap, medicines, etc.) for the regional market system. It is a hilltop settlement with 1453 residential terraces. The terraces are closely packed together and on the whole they are rather small. The distribution of terrace sizes is left-skewed with most under 100 m2, and a few along the long tail of the distribution. To study social stratification Feinman and Nicholas selected seven terraces for complete excavation. The seven represent a continuum from the small and presumably poorer households (near the bottom of the hill) to top-ranked terraces at the top. Table 3 shows the distribution of 21 classes of items, which we have arranged by their degree of variation among terraces. Apart from the top-most palatial house or two, Feinman's project found that ‘...access to certain craft goods, such as stone ornaments and exotic obsidian, varied among households. Consumption ... increased from the bottom to the top of the hill, in line with other axes of variation... Yet these differences in consumption and residential life are more graded and subtle than extreme’ (Haines et al. 2004: 262–263). The data in Table 3 also suggest that some items (e.g., dental modification) were associated with legal status, others (drinking vessels) with the hosting of feasts, while other goods (obsidian, shell) were available through open exchange.
Monte Albán was Oaxaca's greatest city of Classic times. Because the city was built on a mountain, virtually all dwellings had to be constructed on artificial terraces, which can be thought of as the house lot or solar. Terraces are thus a measure of domestic space and an indicator of access to labour. Monte Albán's survey and mapping project documented 2006 residential terraces (Blanton 1978: 68). Of these 1969 have non-elaborate residences and 37 have elaborate residences. Mean terrace areas for the two groups are 459 and 4314 m2, respectively (with standard deviations of 728 m2 and 4269 m2, coefficients of variation 1.58 and 0.99). The residential terraces have a wide range of variation (much more so than at El Palmillo or the Mixteca Alta towns discussed above), and in addition to several dozen very large ones there are many terraces in the broad middle of the range.
In conjunction with the building of a new road to the top of Monte Albán, González Licón (2003) was able to excavate twelve houses (with their tombs and burials) in the affected areas, giving us a sample of what he termed the middle segments of society. Within this ‘middle’ status group González Licón found considerable status and gender related differentiation in funerary treatment, burial offerings, osteological health, meat and other dietary intake, portable artifacts, and domestic architecture.
For the Maya area, there has been considerable archaeological work on household differences, which allows us to make some comparisons. Puleston (1973) described 30 excavated habitation structures from Classic-period Tikal. The houses are fairly small but exhibit a four-fold difference in size (24 to 96 m2) (see Table 2). This sample is probably in the lower to mid-part of the total range at Tikal and no cases of large houses are included. Such dwellings are similar in size and range of variation to twentieth-century Maya peasant houses (Blanton 1994: 240).
In her study of eight rural Late Classic-period households outside Copán, Gonlin (1994; see also Hendon 1991) found a surprising range of variability in the quality of house construction, including overlap in quality with urban building. High-cost Copador polychrome pottery was recovered from each household. Gonlin notes that the relative quantity of costly ceramics, not just their presence or absence, is necessary to evaluate wealth differences between households, but she also argues that ‘it should no longer be assumed that rural areas of complex societies are homogenous in either chronology, function, or sociocultural dimensions’ (Gonlin 1994: 195).
Excavated houses yield accurate measurements and good dating, but surveys can provide larger samples. Liendo Stuardo (2002: table 3.1) mapped Late Classic dwelling platforms and range structures (long masonry structures also thought to be residential) in a survey area adjacent to Palenque. There was a five-fold range of variation in house platforms at the lower end of the distribution. In contrast to Puleston's selection, this series includes houses that are much larger. Overall there was a considerable variation in house size, as reflected in the coefficient of variation in Table 2.
Carmean (1991) published a selection of 57 house platforms from Sayil, a Terminal Classic city in Yucatán. According to Carmean the poorest and richest houses at Sayil may be under-represented but the sample includes all the houses within a large block near the site center. Here as in all these cases wealth in domestic architecture (measured both by area of the platform and an estimate of the labour involved in construction) has a left-skewed distribution, the form taken by income distributions in contemporary societies. The range of differences in houses at the lower end is substantial eight- or ten-fold among the cases falling below the median.
At the Late Classic city of Cobá, investigators mapped house platforms that were typically arranged within a bounded compound or solar, to use the modern term (Folan et al. 1983). They measured the areas of all the house platforms in a sample of solares, and the areas of the solares (Table 2). For the house platforms there was a four- or five-fold difference between the minimum and the median and between the median and the maximum, and a greater spread among the house lots (solares). Folan et al. (1983) compared their Cobá results to the distribution of house platform and solar sizes at Mayapán, the well-known Postclassic center in Yucatán, and found that the Postclassic houses and solares were somewhat smaller and the distribution somewhat more uniform.
Investigators at Aguateca, a Late Classic site in the Pasión region, describe residential units composed of several structures, often arranged around a formal or less formal patio (Inomata 2008: 167–178). The project studied 178 of these residential units. Apart from a royal palace with a total room area of 2307 m2 and a construction volume of 14,475 m3, the rest of the residential units were ‘rather continuously distributed’ (Ibid.: 169), ranging between 5 and 617 m2 in room area and between 2 and 1045 m3 in construction volume. There is a tendency for residential unit size to decrease with distance from the site center.
In sum, wealth stratification among the Maya of Classic times seems to show a broad range and considerable variation or gradation along the continuum. The currently available data suggest some stratification differences within major cities, between richer central districts and less wealthy peripheries, but rural areas were not uniformly poor or undersupplied. Sampling issues preclude explaining more about relative and absolute material wealth differences, but there is no question about the variation, as noted by all researchers. Kintz has marshaled sixteenth-century documentary descriptions of Maya social stratification (Folan et al. 1983) and draws attention to its depth and complexity.
Aztec society of the last two centuries before the Spanish conquest was quite stratified, as attested in the sixteenth-century accounts of Bernardino de Sahagun (1975) and others. The principle class division was between the hereditary nobility and the commoners. Among the nobility distinctions were made between supreme rulers, lesser rulers, and the pipiltin, ‘sons of nobles’. Among the commoners were landed peasants, landless peasants, and slaves. Luxury artisans (toltecatl) and long-distance merchants (pochtecatl) made up a small intermediate group (Berdan 1982: 46).
The archaeological evidence certainly confirms that Aztec society was highly stratified, but studies of Aztec houses in a variety of urban and rural contexts show more variation in commoner houses than would be predicted by an overly simple idea of a two- or three-class system. The smaller end of the continuum is seen at Capilco and Cuexcomate, rural villages outside the Basin of Mexico, in Morelos (Table 2). At these sites Smith (1992: 295, 311) found that house areas varied between 13 and 54 m2. But at Yautepec, an urban center in Morelos, Smith (Smith et al. 1999) found a wider range of house sizes, up to a palace of 6175 m2. Evans (1988) excavated a sample of eight houses at Cihuatecpan, a town in the northern Basin of Mexico, and the median size was 179 m2 (Table 1). At the city of Ixtapaluca Viejo, in the southern Basin of Mexico, Blanton found 109 houses that were sufficiently preserved to be measured, and of these, 65 had areas of more than 100 m2 (Blanton 1972: 257).
These data on Aztec house sizes show a wide range of variation and a continuous, left-skewed distribution. But they also suggest another pattern that requires more attention and study. That is, larger towns and cities seem to have had a broad range of house sizes, including a few palaces, appreciable numbers of mid-sized dwellings, as well as smaller houses, while at least some rural villages had uniformly small houses.
How do the data from Coixtlahuaca stand in comparison with these other cases from Oaxaca, the Aztecs, and the Maya? In the spatial aspect of wealth distribution Coixtlahuaca's Late Postclassic capital Inguiteria does not seem to have had the centripetal pattern of Late Classic Maya centers such as Aguateca, where wealth tended to decline with distance from the center. Some Oaxacan sites of the Classic period, including Monte Albán, had that centripetal tendency but at others (e.g., Jalieza) it was not so obvious or there were multiple foci of wealth.
In its artifact distribution Inguiteria seems impressive for its ‘broad middle’ – in this respect it recalls the house sizes at Late Classic Monte Albán and the Aztec towns and cities such as Ixtapalapa Viejo or Cihuatecpan. Inguiteria was probably a wealthier place than El Palmillo, yet its wealth distribution (as measured by relatively common artifacts) tended toward the egalitarian rather than the highly stratified. We do not have a good sample of houses from Inguiteria but our fragmentary information is consistent with the pattern of many middle-size dwellings found in all parts of the city, all the way to its edges.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
In spite of the numerous examples we mention, comparative analysis of social stratification in ancient Mesoamerica is limited by the unrepresentativeness of samples. We have data from individual sites (cities, villages) but thus far no one has put together a sample representative of a whole regional society. Of course, if one is only using archaeological examples to illustrate social categories already presumed, then sample size and bias are not so problematic. But if one wishes to generate a picture of social stratification from the archaeological record itself, then indeed it must be said that the information is still fragmentary.
What can be said provisionally from this fragmentary information? Regardless of their approach, Mesoamerican archaeologists take it as given that Classic and Postclassic societies were stratified – no one accepts Morgan's classification of the Aztecs and their neighbors in the tribal stage of Middle Barbarism (Gibson 1947). Still, the degree and form of differentiation varied considerably, as some places and times may have been more egalitarian or more stratified than others. Mesoamerican societies were complex, but were not necessarily rigid, centralized hierarchies (cf. Bondarenko et al. 2002).
In spatial terms we can say that some richer households are found in close proximity to main civic-ceremonial buildings, but others are not; richer houses occur in both rural and urban contexts. A similar conclusion can be made about poorer households. They too can be found near and far from civic-ceremonial buildings and in both rural and urban contexts. There are indications in the Maya area, Oaxaca, and in Aztec central Mexico that larger towns and cities had the greatest range of wealth differentiation and also had the broadest, most developed middle part of the range. In all, the geography of wealth was a mosaic, not a simple model of center – rich, periphery – poor.
The wealth distributions cited here generally (not always) exhibit three patterns. They are left-skewed, as is common in stratified societies. They are continuous, that is, goods are distributed among households, not in discrete clumps or groups (although with small samples one may prematurely conclude otherwise). They have a broad range of variation both above and below the median. At some times and places that range of variation could be rather restricted and more uniform, even in highly populated cities. These cases are interesting because they juxtapose wealth leveling against wealth stratification in the same civilizational area.
Why was wealth distributed like incomes in the modern world (left-skewed), continuously rather than discretely, over a broad range of variation, and in a spatial mosaic? Since these are archaeological data one set of factors that would contribute to a continuous distribution would be that we are probably sampling units that are not absolutely contemporaneous. A midden or house ruin is the result of an accumulation of many different states of a domestic unit; it is also a subtraction from a household's possessions because the things worth saving were kept and other things were later salvaged or retrieved (see LaMotta and Schiffer 1999; Smith 1987). Likewise, sociologically, chance factors and the domestic cycle result in social differences at any one time inside peasant communities that structurally over the long run are essentially egalitarian (Netting 1993).
At the beginning of the paper we distinguished two contrasting approaches to the study of social stratification in ancient societies, one emphasizing essential culturally or theoretically defined status groups and the other emphasizing the distributions that are found in the record that past people possessed and discarded. These approaches are not irretrievably opposed, for they may address separate aspects of the same whole social reality. Many economic anthropologists studying wealth stratification in modern societies use analytical approaches that consider both quantifiable material wealth or income and socially defined statuses, such as Bordieu's (1986) concept of cultural, social, and economic capital, Ellis's (2000) livelihoods analysis, and Sen's (1983; see also Robeyns 2005) capability approach. Research frameworks that consider both culturally defined status groups and the distribution of wealth offer alternatives to overly simplistic and potentially limiting substantivist/formalist divisions in economic anthropology.
In a recent review of scholarship on ancient state economies, Smith (2004) calls for more empirical and comparative research and urges archaeologists to recognize the variation in these economies and move beyond unproductive primitivist vs. modernist debates. We aim to contribute to this kind of work with our examination of the distribution of wealth indicators at Coixtlahuaca and across Mesoamerica, and we suggest that our approach is not strictly incompatible with direct historical approaches. In our view, ancient Mesoamerican artifacts and construction materials and expertise for houses were consumer goods often obtained by market exchange. Thus, wealth was not accumulated by the same means by which one obtained other social statuses, such as membership in a kin group, holding an office, advancing through the ranks as a soldier, having a particular legal status (noble, commoner, slave), or being of certain gender or age. Wealth could be broadly and continuously distributed at the same time that access to these other statuses may have been categorical and restricted.
This paper was originally presented in shorter form at the Fifth International Conference ‘Hierarchy and Power in the History of Civilizations’, at the Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow, Russia. The authors would like to thank the panel convenors, Ernesto González Licón and Anastasia Valerievna Kalyuta, for their hard work in making the panel a success.
This work would not have been possible without the Consejo de Arqueología del INAH, the support and cooperation of the public officials and citizens of San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca, and the financial support of the National Geographic Society. We also wish to thank Luis Cruz Lara, Custodio del Convento de San Juan Bautista; Alfredo Espinosa, Secretario Municipal de Coixtlahuaca; Enrique Fernández Davila, Director del Centro INAH Oaxaca; Baldemar García; Yuki Huada Tanabe; Fernando Juárez; Presidente Municipal de Coixtlahuaca; Altagracia Lara de García; Antonio Martínez Ramírez; Nelly Robles García; Gustavo y Josefina Salazar; and Ronald Spores. We are grateful for their moral, technical, academic, and institutional support.
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Serving bowl production steps by site sector
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C. Yucuayuxi
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Examples of Mesoamerican house sizes
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Puleston 1973
Palenque region houses
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Sayil house platforms
Carmean 1991
Cobá house platforms
Folan et al. 1983
Cobá solares
Mayapán structures
Mayapán solares
Rural Morelos houses
Smith 1992
Yautepec housesb
Smith et al. 1999
Cihuatecpan houses
Evans 1988
Monte Albán houses
González Licón 2003
Note: a all measurements in square meters;
b excludes palace of 6175 m2.
Goods from excavated terraces at El Palmillo
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bone tools
shell ornaments
objects in offerings
animal bones
house complex size
spindle whorls
largest house size
largest patio size
Table 3 continued
bone ornaments
worked bone
% burnished vessels
drinking vessels
% pitted vessels
large serving vessels
dental modification
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Case Study: Leaking Cast Iron Wastewater Pipe Repair at a London Hotel
Getting a room – Sylmasta solve the problem of a leaking cast iron wastewater pipe in an iconic London hotel
An iconic central London hotel faced having to shut one of its most prestigious rooms after a cast iron wastewater pipe located in the ceiling above developed a large circular crack which initially proved impossible to repair.
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No pressure pipe repair
50 x 25mm hole in a cast iron wastewater pipe
Superfast Steel Epoxy Putty Stick
Superfast Steel was formed into a disc shape and used to seal the crack
SylWrap HD Pipe Repair Bandage
The Superfast Steel was overwrapped with a SylWrap HD Bandage, reinforcing the initial seal
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Several attempts had been made to repair the leaking cast iron wastewater pipe, but its location within the hotel made it particularly troublesome. The pipe was crammed into a gap between the floor of one level and the ceiling of another, leaving virtually no room to work.
The hotel’s initial repair attempt had seen them try and wrap the pipe with a repair bandage. Although the crack was successfully covered, it was not successfully sealed and so began leaking again once pressure was turned back on.
The failed first repair of the pipe
The 50 x 25mm crack was located on an elbow joint
The 50 x 25mm hole therefore required an alternative repair method. To complicate the repair further, the crack in the cast iron wastewater pipe was on an elbow joint.
Sylmasta decided that the most effective pipe repair product to seal the hole would be Superfast Steel Epoxy Repair Stick. The size and the position of the crack still possessed some challenges, which were eventually overcome by some out-of-the-box thinking by the Sylmasta technicians.
The Superfast Steel Stick was hand kneaded as normal, but rather than being pushed immediately into the crack it was instead formed into a disc larger than the hole in order to completely cover it. This disc of epoxy putty was then attached to a strip of polythene sheeting.
Superfast Steel formed into a disc and applied over the crack
The sheeting would support the epoxy putty whilst it was stretched over the crack in the pipe. Once in position, the edges of the disc were pushed tightly down onto the cast iron pipe to form a good seal with the surface of the pipe.
Once the epoxy putty was in place, the whole repair was overwrapped with a SylWrap HD Pipe Repair Bandage. SylWrap is water activated and sets rock-hard to provide an impact resistant layer over the initial repair. It does not need to be stretched for an effective application, meaning that it could easily be applied to the cast iron pipe despite the space constraints.
The Superfast Steel was overwrapped with a SylWrap HD Pipe Repair Bandage
After the repair was completed, the hotel was able to reopen to the public the popular room which had been affected by the leaking wastewater pipe. The solution is permanent and was carried out at a fraction of the cost of hiring a plumber or replacing the damaged pipe.
It also saved time with the repair being effective in less than an hour. Sylmasta have since recommended that the hotel take stock of the SylWrap Pipe Repair Contractor Case, a kit which contains enough products to carry out up to six pipe repairs.
A Contractor Case can be easily stored on site, enabling an emergency pipe repair to be carried out as soon a pipe related problem arises for the hotel in the future. All the products included in the Contractor Case are WRAS approved, making them safe to use with drinking water.
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Case Study: Repair of a Cracked PVC Pipe in a Swimming Pool Filtration System
The swimming pool filtration system repair which helped to keep a Welsh leisure centre’s head above water
When a section of plastic PVC pipe which formed part of the swimming pool filtration system in a Welsh leisure centre developed a 50mm crack, a repair looked impossible until Sylmasta swam to the rescue.
Leisure Centre Swimming Pool
South Wales, United Kingdom
Live leak pipe repair
50mm crack in a 200mm PVC plastic pipe
Wrap & Seal Pipe Burst Tape
Wrap & Seal was applied around the damaged area of pipe to seal the live leak
Used to provide an impact-resistant layer over the Wrap & Seal Pipe Burst Tape
SylWrap Universal Pipe Repair Kit
Both items were supplied to the Leisure Centre in the SylWrap Universal Pipe Repair Kit for live leak repairs
The section of pipework in question had for many years been resting on a steel bracket. Over time, this had caused the PVC to weaken and sag, which ultimately is what led to the crack developing.
What made the leak so challenging was the location of the pipe. It was only 76mm above the ground and surrounded by other components of the swimming pool filtration system, making access for a repair extremely difficult.
Once that problem had been overcome, the next challenge as the crack itself was at the bottom of the pipe, facing towards the ground. This severely restricted the type of pipe repair that could be carried out, not to mention that if the pressure was turned off, the person carrying out the repair from above could no longer tell exactly where the crack was without the guidance of water gushing from the hole.
The 50mm crack in the PVC plastic pipe had to be repaired as a live leak
The maintenance company responsible for the leisure centre would normally have two repair methods for a leaking pipe in a swimming pool filtration system. The first would be to remove the damaged section and plastic weld it. If the damage was too severe, they would simply replace the pipework.
To remove this particular section of pipe however would have required the disassembly of half the filtration system. It would have been a time-consuming and costly exercise which would have required the closure of the swimming pool to complete.
What the maintenance company needed was a product which could carry out a permanent, live leak repair within a confined space. After seeking technical assistance from Sylmasta, we were able to supply a Universal Pipe Repair Kit to fix the leaking PVC plastic pipe.
Despite the lack of space around the pipe, the user was able to successfully apply Wrap & Seal to seal the leak
Because water pressure needed to be maintained during the repair, Wrap & Seal Pipe Burst Tape was used to seal the leak. It is normally recommended that Wrap & Seal be stretched to the maximum of 300% of its length to provide a tight seal around the leak area, where it will fuse into a solid rubber band capable of withstanding pressure up to 30bar.
With just 76mm to play with between the pipe and the ground, the maximum stretch was unachievable. Not that this mattered as the pipe repair tape was still more than capable of repairing the leak. It was then overwrapped with a SylWrap HD Pipe Repair Bandage, which set rock hard in 30 minutes for a permanent solution.
The repair was completed using a SylWrap HD Pipe Repair Bandage
The impact resistant layer provided by the Bandage ensured that the steel bracket would cause no further damage to the PVC plastic pipe. To strengthen and protect the pipe from future wear and tear, it was decided to wrap the entire length in further bandages.
So impressed were the maintenance company with the speed and ease of the repair that they have subsequently recommended that leisure centres and swimming pool servicing companies take stock of SylWrap Pipe Repair Kits for any future emergencies.
The group technical manager said: “Leaks often occur at times when spares are challenging to obtain, such as evenings and weekends, so I suggested they consider stocking SylWrap products as a solution for fixing a leaking pipe quickly as soon as it is reported.”
These companies have since benefited from taking stock of the SylWrap Pipe Repair Contractor Case. Each case contains enough products to carry out up to six repairs at a cheaper cost-per-repair than when buying individual Universal Pipe Repair Kits. They are easy to store either on site or on the van, providing an on-hand solution for whenever emergencies arise.
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Case Study: Pinhole Repair of a Steel Pipe in a Furniture Factory Sprinkler System
Sylmasta’s sprinkler pipe repair saves a furniture company from burning money on an entire system replacement
After a sprinkler maintenance company informed a furniture company that the only solution to a pinhole leak on a tee in their factory’s sprinkler system was to replace the entire length of steel pipe, the furniture company instead sought out Sylmasta to provide a cost-effective and convenient repair.
Furniture Factory
Southern England, United Kingdom
Pinhole leak on a steel pipe tee
Superfast Steel was used to plug the pinhole leak in the steel pipe
SylWrap HD Pipe Repair Bandage was wrapped around the tee junction to reinforce the repair
The repair was carried out using a Standard Pipe Repair Kit which contains both items for no pressure repairs
The furniture company needed a quick repair for a number of reasons. There were two safety elements to consider; the first being the very obvious dangers that come with a faulty sprinkler system and the second that the leaking pipe was located high up in the roof of the warehouse, next to the incoming electricity supply.
Any water which passed through the leaking section was therefore in danger of coming into contact with the electrics. There was also the danger that water escaping from the pinhole would cause damage to the furniture being stored and manufactured below.
The location of the tee junction high in the roof of the factory made fixing the pinhole leak challenging
Initially, the furniture company contacted their sprinkler maintenance company. After inspecting the problem, the maintenance company decided to try and repair the leak with a pipe repair clamp. This proved impossible however due to the pinhole being directly below a tee junction in the steel pipe.
After this failed attempt, the sprinkler maintenance company advised that the only solution would be to replace the entire length of steel pipe, at great cost to the furniture company and forcing the closure of the factory whilst the work was undertaken.
The pinhole leak marked on the steel pipe
Understandably, this was a road that the furniture company did not wish to go down, and so they decided to seek out alternative repair methods, leading them to Sylmasta. Because the pressure was turned off in the damaged section of the sprinkler system, Sylmasta were able to recommend a SylWrap Standard Pipe Repair Kit for the repair.
The furniture factory reached the damaged section of pipework using a tower. Once up in the rafters, a Superfast Steel Epoxy Putty Stick was mixed by hand and used to plug the pinhole leak. The Putty hardened within 5-10 minutes, after which it was overwrapped with a SylWrap HD Pipe Repair Bandage.
The bandage was applied over the pinhole leak and around both sections of the tee junction to provide maximum coverage and pressure resistance. One of the furniture factory’s concerns was that the pressure in the sprinkler system can be as high as 8 bar and they needed a repair method that could withstand such levels.
This was no problem for the Standard Pipe Repair Kit. The cured Superfast Steel and SylWrap Bandage are suitable for repairs up to 30 bar. Within an hour of the repair being completed, the system was put back into use at a fraction of the cost of the replacement recommended by the sprinkler maintenance company.
Following the repair, the furniture company’s maintenance manager got in touch to say: “I found the repair putty and the bandage very easy to use and will no doubt be using Sylmasta products again.”
Case Study: Underground Heating Pipe with Insulation Lagging Repair on a Farm
The heating pipe with insulation lagging repair which will keep a farm’s hot water on until the cows come home
A farm in the United Kingdom was undergoing building work when contractors accidentally drilled through an underground heating pipe with insulation lagging supplying the farmhouse’s hot water, which subsequently required a rapid repair to keep the hot water on
Pinhole leak in an insulation lagged pipe
The contractor was supplied with a Universal Pipe Repair Kit to carry out the repair
The high temperature resistance of Wrap & Seal made it ideal for repairing a heating pipe carrying hot water
SylWrap HD provided an added layer of protection to the pipe from the continuing building works
The contractors were working on a paved yard between two buildings when they came across what they believed to be a disused drainage pipe. It was only once they cut into the pipe using a hole saw that they realised it actually contained two pipes with a layer of insulation lagging which supplied hot water from an outbuilding to the main building on the farm.
After an initial inspection, it looked like replacing the pipe would be both extremely difficult and very expensive. The pipe would have to be dug out from the ground, and the outer pipe and a huge amount of insulation lagging cut away just to access the heating pipe which was leaking.
The hole on the inner pipe caused when the contractors accidentally drilled through
To carry out a replacement, the farmhouse’s hot water supply would have to be shut off, leaving the occupants to go without any hot water or heat. In an industry such as agriculture, that would have been a nightmare.
Instead of this complex, time-consuming and inconvenient replacement, the contractors turned to a SylWrap Universal Pipe Repair Kit to fix the problem in a fraction of the time and for minimal cost. The Universal Kit allows repairs to take place on live leaks, which also meant that water pressure did not need to be turned off.
The outer pipe and lagging were cut away from the inner pipe before Wrap & Seal was applied
Wrap & Seal Pipe Repair Tape successfully used to seal the leak
The contractors began the repair by removing a minimal amount of lagging. Once they could access the heating pipe, Wrap & Seal Pipe Burst Tape was wrapped around the pipe, fusing into a solid rubber bound to seal the live leak. With pressure resistance up to 30 bar and temperature resistance to 200°C, Wrap & Seal was more than suitable for a repair involving a hot water installation.
A SylWrap HD Pipe Repair Bandage was then wrapped over the initial repair to provide an impact resistant layer to the Wrap & Seal. This protective covering was vital in this application to reinforce the initial repair against any further complications during the building works.
SylWrap HD Pipe Repair Bandage offered a further layer of protection to the pipe
Both Wrap & Seal and SylWrap HD Pipe Repair Bandage have WRAS approval, meaning that they are safe to use with water which might be consumed by humans. This was another important consideration for the repair, given that the pipe supplied a domestic property.
The entire repair was completed in less than an hour, a significant reduction on the amount of time it would have taken had the contractors needed to dig out the pipe to replace it. The speed and ease of the repair ensured that there was minimal disruption to the hot water supply in the farmhouse and saved the contractor the expense that would have been incurred by a having to replace the pipe.
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Case Study: High Temperature Live Leak Pipe Repair in an on-site CHP Plant
Saving the planet, one Plant at a time – the pipe repair which kept a carbon-reducing CHP Plant running
A leaking pipe in the CHP Plant of an automotive safety supplier’s factory could have caused serious issues to the site’s power supply and energy efficiency until Sylmasta provided a high temperature repair method
Automotive Safety Supplier Factory
West Midlands, United Kingdom
Leaking elbow in a high temperature pipe
A Universal Pipe Repair Kit was sent to the factory for the repair
Wrap & Seal provided the required temperature resistance and versatility to seal a leaking elbow joint
The entire repair was overwrapped with SylWrap HD for an impact resistant layer of protection
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Plants are used to increase energy efficiency and drive down costs at industrial sites. CHP captures the heat produced when electricity is generated that would otherwise be wasted, using it to provide thermal energy such as steam or hot water. This can then be used for the heating or cooling of sites, producing domestic hot water, or industrial processes.
Typically, a CHP Plant can reduce a site’s energy bills by 20% and carbon emissions by 30% – as long as the system is in good working order. When the systems in a CHP Plant develop a fault or are not managed correctly, then these savings are lost.
Depending on how reliant the site is on the heat supplied by CHP, faults can also be extremely disruptive – especially if the Plant has to be taken completely out of service to have parts replaced.
It looked like this was a problem that an automotive safety supplier in the United Kingdom was going to face when a pipe in their factory’s CHP Plant began leaking. Although it was not a major leak, water was dripping onto other components in the CHP system, including motors and gas tanks which were stored underneath the damaged pipe.
The leak area of the pipe made carrying out a repair extremely challenging
There were three issues which made the repair challenging. The first was that the leak was on an elbow joint, making it difficult to form a tight seal around the damaged area in order to repair it.
The second was that CHP systems deal with extreme temperatures. The pipe requiring repair operated in excess of 120°C, so a solution that was effective in high temperature applications was required.
The third was that the automotive safety supplier could only take the CHP Plant out of service as a last resort. This meant that a live leak repair needed to be carried out to avoid considerable disruption.
After contacting Sylmasta to discuss whether a successful live leak repair on a high temperature elbow joint was possible, a SylWrap Universal Pipe Repair Kit was delivered to the site, enabling the staff at the factory to complete the repair themselves.
Wrap & Seal provided a temperature resistant and versatile repair to the elbow
Wrap & Seal Pipe Burst Tape was applied around the leaking elbow joint. The waterproof repair tape was stretched to the maximum 300% of its length and wrapped around the pipe, where it fused into a silicone band to seal the leak.
The initial repair was then overwrapped with a SylWrap HD Pipe Repair Bandage, which is water-activated and sets rock-hard in minutes to form a protective layer, ensuring a permanent repair to the pipe.
SylWrap HD completed the repair. The red tinge comes from the extreme temperature of the pipe
Both Wrap & Seal and SylWrap HD Pipe Repair Bandage are resistant up to 200°C, making them suitable for use on high temperature pipework such as those in a CHP Plant. The Bandage did cure with a red tinge because of the temperature extremes. Should the automotive safety supplier want the repair to appear more uniform with the rest of the pipe in the future, then SylWrap HD can be painted.
After the CHP Plant repair had been completed, the automotive safety supplier got in contact with Sylmasta to say that they were extremely impressed with the ease and speed which with which they had been able to carry out the repair.
The completed repair allowed the CHP Plant to resume operations without having to undergo a shutdown
For dealing with future leaks, not just in their CHP Plant but across the whole site, Sylmasta recommended that the company take stock of a SylWrap Pipe Repair Contractor Case. The Case contains enough products to make up to six pipe repairs. Keeping one on-site would enable the automotive safety supplier to quickly repair leaking pipes as soon as problems arise.
Case Study: Repair of a Cracked Contaminated Water Pipe in a Puerto Rico Power Station
Riding the storm – how a Sylmasta contaminated water pipe repair helped keep power going in Puerto Rico during Hurricane Maria
In 2015, a contaminated water pipe in a Puerto Rican Power Station began leaking, leaving the Power Authority in charge of the plant with two options – find a way to carry out a repair which did not require taking the pipe out of service or shutdown the generator it was connected to. Little did they know what an important decision they were taking.
Cracked steel contaminated water pipe
Wrap & Seal fused over the crack to provide a high pressure, temperature resistant, solid rubber band, sealing the leak
The taped crack was overwrapped with SylWrap HD, reinforcing the initial repair with an impact resistant layer
The products were provided as part of a Universal Pipe Repair Kit for live leaks
The Puerto Rico Power Authority contacted Sylmasta to ascertain if a live leak repair to the cracked steel pipe would be possible. The SylWrap Universal Pipe Repair Kit was recommended and so the contaminated water pipe was easily repaired.
Which was just as well. Within 18 months, Puerto Rico needed all the power generating capability it could muster after the most devastating natural disaster in the recorded history of the island.
The damaged steel pipe was responsible for running contaminated water from a generator in the Power Station back to a treatment plant. At some point, a crack had developed in the bottom of the pipe, through which contaminated water was now escaping.
Nobody was sure how the pipe had been damaged. It was thought that equipment which had been stored underneath the pipe may have inadvertently impacted on it when it was moved shortly before the leak was noticed.
For the Power Authority to make a repair with water pressure turned off or replace the leaking pipe, the generator which was connected to the pipe would have needed to be shutdown. This would have been expensive and severely reduced the Power Station’s capacity for generating electricity.
There was also the danger that once taken out of the service, the repair could have taken a significant amount of time owing to the complications of getting parts shipped to Puerto Rico and flying in contractors to carry out the work. If all of this turned out to be too time consuming and costly, then the generator may have remained out of service.
An earlier repair attempt made with blue tape had failed
SylWrap Bandage applied to the pipe in the successful repair
Thanks to a Universal Pipe Repair Kit, it did not come to that. Wrap & Seal Pipe Burst Tape was applied to the pipe to seal the crack. The waterproof repair tape stretches by 300% and is twice the thickness of any other self-fusing pipe repair tape, ensuring that it fixes leaking pipes even when pressure cannot be turned off.
A SylWrap HD Pipe Repair Bandage was then applied over the Wrap & Seal. SylWrap HD set rock hard inside 30 minutes, providing an impact resistant layer and turning the repair permanent. Within an hour, the contaminated water pipe repair was completed, the generator was put back into service and the Power Plant was producing electricity at full capacity again.
The completed repair
The true value of the repair became apparent in 2017, when the category five storm Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, Dominica and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane for nine years and left a trail of destruction in its wake across the Caribbean.
Central to the relief efforts both during and after Hurricane Maria was keeping the power on in Puerto Rico. Six months after Hurricane Maria, the contractor who fixed the contaminated water pipe got in contact to say that without the Sylmasta repair of the contaminated water pipe, the Power Station would have had one less generator at a time when Puerto Rico needed all the power available to it.
As a result, the Power Authority were extremely grateful that such a quick and easy repair had been possible. They have since started using the contaminated water pipe case study as an example of why industry should seek repair solutions as soon as problems arise.
Case Study: Burst Underground Water Main is Repaired After 15 Years of Leaking
Repairing the unrepairable – Sylmasta devise a live leak repair method for a burst underground water main which had been leaking for 15 years
For 15 years, no contractor, maintenance company or water board had been able to find a repair method for a burst 400mm carbon steel underground water main. That was until Sylmasta devised a successful live leak repair method which was effective inside an hour.
Underground Water Main
Split 400mm carbon steel water main
Multiple Wrap & Seal Pipe Burst Tapes were used to provide a pressure resistant repair to the live leak
SylWrap HD was overwrapped to offer an impact resistant layer over the Wrap & Seal
All the products used in the repair are available as part of the SylWrap Universal Pipe Repair Kit for fixing live leaks
SylWrap Pipe Repair Contractor Case
A Contractor Case containing enough products to make up to six live leak pipe repairs was recommended to the contractor for conveniently fixing future bursts and leaks
The large split across the diameter of the 400mm underground carbon steel water main had been considered unrepairable for 15 years for several reasons. The normal method for fixing a pipe on the underground water network would be to use a hefty pipe repair clamp, but that was not possible due to the severely confined space the main was located in.
Only a single contractor could access the water main at any one time and there was no room for any heavy equipment, including a clamp. This also made replacement impossible without digging up the area surrounding the water main.
The importance of the water main to the network meant that shutting off flow to carry out work was impractical. The only solution therefore was to find a way to carry out a live leak repair in a restricted space which could be effective even when water pressure could not be turned off – something which had proven elusive until Sylmasta were consulted.
The burst carbon steel water main was buried underground with restricted accessibility
Because of the complexity of the repair and the lack of space in which the contractor attempting to fix the burst water main had to work, Sylmasta recommended the use of multiple Wrap & Seal Pipe Burst Tape and SylWrap HD Pipe Repair Bandage.
It was decided to double wrap 400mm from the flange up the tapered pipe. Double wrapping compensated for the fact that the waterproof repair tape could not be stretched by its full 300%, which could have resulted in less effective fusion.
Applying more than the required number of tapes increased the pressure resistance of the repair. These additional rolls of Wrap & Seal bond to each other in the same way that a single tape fuses to form a solid rubber band. This repair method sealed the leak on the water main.
The Wrap & Seal was then overwrapped using several SylWrap HD 416 Pipe Repair Bandages. On a pipe 400mm in diameter, Sylmasta would normally have advised the use of an 866 Bandage but at 200mm wide by 20m long, there would have been no room to apply such a large wrap to the pipe.
Multiple 416 Bandages were used to cover the same repair area as an 866 Bandage, providing an impact resistant, protective layer to the Wrap & Seal, turning the repair permanent. Once cured, it was evident that the job had worked. Sylmasta had done in an hour what nobody else had managed in a decade-and-a-half by finding a method to repair the burst water main.
The repair of the carbon steel water main was a complete success
Wrap & Seal and SylWrap HD both have WRAS approval, meaning that they are safe to use on drinking water. With the water main in question connected to the public supply network, any repair materials had to meet the stringent criteria set out by WRAS so as not to pose a threat by contaminating water which could be consumed by humans.
The contractor carrying out the repair was delighted that after such a long period of time, they’d finally been able to offer a solution. They said afterwards: “The repair was a complete success, as we knew it would be. The information that Sylmasta provided greatly supported the project and more importantly, future projects.”
Sylmasta have since recommended that the contractor take stock of the SylWrap Pipe Repair Contractor Case. The Case contains enough products to enable a user to carry out up to six live leak pipe repairs, allowing the contractor to fix burst and leaking pipes in under 30 minutes as soon as problems are reported.
They will never have to wait 15 years to repair a leak again.
Case Study: Live Leak Contaminated Water Pipe Repair at a Wastewater Treatment Works
Clearing up a mess – a SylWrap live leak repair saves a Wastewater Treatment Works from an environmental catastrophe
A Wastewater Treatment Works was undergoing a major infrastructure upgrade when contractors mistakenly cut through a 450mm steel contaminated water pipe which required a rapid live leak repair to prevent a serious environmental incident.
Wastewater Treatment Works
Sussex, United Kingdom
Highly pressurised leak on a 450mm steel contaminated water pipe
The site was recommended a Contractor Case in the aftermath of the incident as it would enable them to carry out up to six emergency live leak repairs in the future
Multiple Wrap & Seal Pipe Burst Tapes were used to increase the pressure resistance of the repair
SylWrap HD provided a protective layer over the initial repair
Both Wrap & Seal and SylWrap HD are available as part of the Universal Pipe Repair Kit
The contractors working at the Wastewater Treatment Works in the United Kingdom mistakenly believed the pipe in question had been decommissioned and was due for removal. In actual fact, it was one of the most important live pipes on site as it was linked to all the waste treatment ponds. As a result, there was no feasible way to stop the flow once the pipe had been breached.
From the moment the pipe was damaged, the severity of the cuts inflicted to such a highly pressurised pipe resulted in a significant amount of contaminated water escaping. A rapid, live leak repair to the wastewater pipe was therefore required to prevent a catastrophic situation from occurring.
The break in the contaminated water pipe allowed large amounts of contaminated water to escape
The contractor contacted Sylmasta for urgent assistance. Luckily, the Wastewater Treatment Works was located less than one hour from Sylmasta HQ and so our technical team were able to rush all the SylWrap Pipe Repair products needed to the site and offer assistance throughout the repair.
Several Wrap & Seal Pipe Burst Tape were first applied to the pipe. Wrap & Seal is made from self-fusing silicone which fuses to form a solid rubber band over the hole or crack, sealing the leak. The 450mm diameter of the pipe combined with the high pressure meant that multiple tapes were needed to provide an effective seal.
This initial repair was then overwrapped using a SylWrap HD Pipe Repair Bandage. SylWrap HD is a composite repair wrap with a water-activated resin which sets rock hard in 30 minutes, providing an impact resistant layer over the Wrap & Seal to protect the repair from further damage.
Within an hour of Sylmasta being on site, the contaminated water pipe had been permanently repaired at a cost of less than £300 to the contractor. This included additional SylWrap HD should there be any further mishaps or any existing pipes require strengthening or reinforcing during the construction works.
The successful repair of the contaminated water pipe
Had a live leak repair not been possible, then the Wastewater Treatment Works would have had to shut down the entire site to isolate the damaged pipe whilst a replacement was sourced and fitted. The cost of such a procedure would have been astronomical.
The speed of the SylWrap repair also prevented a serious environmental incident from unfolding. This could have been damaging in monetary terms through the cost of a clean up operation and possible fines, and for the reputations of both the Wastewater Treatment Works and the contractor involved.
Understandably, the project manager was extremely happy with the speed and ease with which the contaminated water pipe had been repaired. He emailed Sylmasta a few days after the repair, saying: “Thank you so much, the pipe repair worked a treat.”
Sylmasta have since recommended that the Wastewater Treatment Works takes stock of a SylWrap Pipe Repair Contractor Case. The Case contains enough equipment to carry out up to six live leak pipe repairs. By keeping one on site, the Wastewater Treatment Works will have everything they need to fix any future leaks as soon as a problem arises.
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Chance, Order, Change 12 (Four Colours)
© The estate of Kenneth Martin
Kenneth Martin 1905–1984
Purchased 1980
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In this painting, Martin used the same procedure to generate the lines as in the 'Chance and Order' painting with black lines also in this room. He used green, red, mauve and blue, in that order. He commented, 'when I turn the drawing round I repeat the first drawing in the new orientation. After completing the drawing of all four directions I would have performed a symmetrical act. However, not only have the first lines of the original position qualified the lines following within itself, but this process has continued throughout the work, so that I get... an asymmetric design. Time takes a part in producing the final configuration. It is a history picture.'
Gallery label, September 2004
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Oil on canvas, 914 x 911 mm (36 x 35 7/8 in)
Inscribed by the artist in pencil on back ‘CHANCE, ORDER, CHANGE 12 (RED, GREEN, BLUE, MAUVE) 1980 Kenneth Martin’ on upper stretcher
Purchased from the Waddington Galleries, London (Grant-in Aid) 1980
Exhibited:
Kenneth Martin: Late Paintings, Serpentine Gallery, London, June-August 1985 (not in catalogue)
Forty Years of Modern Art, Tate Gallery, London, February-April 1986 (no number, reproduced in colour)
Kenneth und Mary Martin, Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, March-April 1989 (60)
Tate Gallery Acquisitions 1980-2, London 1984, p.176-7, reproduced
The series of Chance, Order, Change compositions to which Chance, Order, Change 12 (Four Colours) 1980 and the closely related Chance, Order, Change 6 (Black) 1978-9 (Tate T03190) belong was begun by Kenneth Martin in 1976 and continued until his death in 1984. It signalled a modification of the programmed system of the Chance and Order works, which preceded and overlapped with the new series. As demonstrated by Chance and Order Group VIII, Drawing 6 and Group VII, Drawing 6 (Tate T01847 and T01848), points on graph paper were selected at random, parallel lines were projected between them, and then progressively accumulated and coloured. The qualifying ‘change’ added in the new series designated the rotation of the drawing through 90º after the completion of a full set of lines; after renumbering, the sequence was then redrawn - a process repeated for each orientation. Martin envisaged the parallel lines as ‘paths’ and introduced a variation for their generation. Instead of the earlier progressive accumulation determined on a number chart, he explained: ‘When a path is cut by another it can gain a further parallel with it, thus continuing as two paths and so on. The drawing or painting is making itself’.[1] In summarising the effect, he noted:
After completing the drawing of all four directions I would have performed a symmetrical act. However not only have the first lines of the original position qualified the lines following within itself, but this process has continued throughout the work, so that I get, quite naturally, an asymmetric design. ... How I order the sequence increases the appearance of the work towards the seemingly chaotic. Time is taking a real part in producing the final configuration. It is a history picture. Time gives sequence on the surface and in depth.[2]
The effect of openness - both at the edge and within the heart of a composition like Chance, Order, Change 6 (Black) - was deliberately avoided in the closely woven lines of Chance, Order, Change 12 (Four Colours). The process of generation was fundamentally the same, although enriched by the use of colour. In 1984, soon after acquisition by the Tate, it was suggested that the sequence of application was green, red, mauve and blue, and this was associated with Alfred Hickethier’s Colour Matching and Mixing.[3] However, the artist’s system of overlapping and accumulation must place red before green and blue, with mauve - the least used - last. Furthermore, the assertion that ‘the colour changes on each occasion that the lines overlap’ is mistaken.[4] Instead, just as with Chance, Order, Change 6 (Black), lines were added at these points, and this has the effect of establishing the dominance of the red and the green. This is most evident in the red line which passes across the canvas about one third of the way up and which gains a partner on crossing a rising diagonal; the echoes of this path may be identified for each orientation - as they describe the central red square - on each occasion gaining another parallel. The muted primaries and secondaries of this scheme seem to substantiate Jeffrey Steele’s analysis of Martin’s use of colour: ‘the requirement appears to be a colour programme that exhibits identity at the levels of tonality and saturation and maximal differentiation at the level of hue’.[5] Although apparently programmatic, these works also allowed - as Andrew Demsey remarked of later examples - the ‘surprising combination of rigorous method with painterly sensibility’.[6]
Other issues relating to the Chance, Order, Change series are discussed in the related entry on Chance, Order, Change 6 (Black) 1978-9 (T03190).
Matthew Gale
[1] Kenneth Martin, Chance Order Change, Leicester 1982, p.[14].
[2] Ibid. p.[15].
[3] Tate Gallery Acquisitions 1980-2, London 1984, p.176-7.
[5] Jeffrey Steele, ‘Chance, Change, Choice and Order: A Structural Analysis of a Work by Kenneth Martin’, Leonardo, vol.24, no.4, 1991, p.413.
[6] Andrew Demsey, Kenneth Martin: Late Paintings, exhibition catalogue, Serpentine Gallery, London 1985, p.3.
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Glenn Fahey: Progressive Warfare on Economic Welfare
13 March 2020 - 01:48
Economy / Policy and Legislation / Public Finances / Society / Taxation
There’s a concerted effort to shift the focus of economics away from financial data towards social. Specifically, it’s argued that economic welfare would be better measured by our individual and collective ‘wellbeing’ than by the GDP (the value of goods and services produced in the economy).
Would-be Treasurer under a Labor government, Jim Chalmers, has thrown his support behind this idea, praising New Zealand’s ‘wellbeing budget’. He promises a two-pronged assault: first, to supplant GDP’s primacy with a more holistic measure of wellbeing; second, to weigh up budget decisions in terms of social objectives — rather than economic merits.
Chalmers argues that alternatives to GDP would instead “measure what matters” and “redefine what success means in terms of economic outcomes.”
To better measure a country’s progress, the Kiwis now monitor levels of (among others) loneliness, belonging, mental resilience, and digital inclusiveness — all supposedly more important than money. The marker of success for NZ, then, is moving the needle on these indicators, irrespective of the economics — implying that a happier society is better off than a more prosperous one.
Where this comes from is a pessimistic view that, despite nearly 30 years of economic growth, Australia supposedly hasn’t enjoyed social progress —we’re apparently all living miserably.
It’s important to understand this isn’t supported by the economic data or social indicators. First, as the Productivity Commission argued, income inequality has not significantly worsened in Australia.
Second, according to the OECD’s Better Life Index, Australia scores the second highest of any country in the world. And we are sixth on the UN’s Human Development Index — which includes both economic and other factors — and on an upward trend.
Not to forget that economic factors are themselves important indicators of the health of a society.
Indeed, focussing on social indicators rather than economic growth leads to policymakers treating the symptoms rather than the cause of social problems — many of which stem from, or are exacerbated by, adverse economic outcomes.
In short, healthy economies breed healthy societies — and the progressives are wrong about the direction of this causation.
Social progress and cohesion are important policy goals, but prioritising these over broader economic goals would be counterproductive. It also distorts fiscal policy decisions by evaluating spending proposals on the basis of their direct social impact; not financial prudence, or in context of the macroeconomic stability lever that has been the convention.
We can’t afford for economic priorities and progress to be derailed by progressive social policy — especially with the vulnerabilities of today’s economy.
This article was first published by the Centre for Independent Studies, and is republished with permission. You may not use, copy, distribute, publish, syndicate, sub-license and transmit the whole or any part of such material in any manner and in any format and/or media without the permission of the original publishers.
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Tags: GDP, Human Development Index, Jim Chalmers, New Zealand, OECD’s Better Life Index, progressivism, wellbeing, Wellbeing Budget
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Video Game Writing: From Macro to Micro
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This insightful, revised book explores the challenging and evolving world of the games writer. Part I provides a fascinating overview of the history of games writing following its humble roots in the '60s to today’s triple-A titles; Part II asks and answers the key question: what does a games writer do and how do they do it? Especially useful reading for novice game writers, its chapters cover a broad range of topics including contracts, NDAs, creative collaboration, narrative design, editing, adaptations, and environmental storytelling. Part III, of particular value for more advanced students of writing, addresses deeper theoretical questions increasingly relevant in today’s games titles, including: "Why have story at all? What is plot and how does it work? How best can a writer use agency?" Finally, Part IV presents readers with hard-earned nuggets of wisdom from today’s game writers working in the US, Europe, and Japan. Packed with practical samples, case studies, and exercises, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in the world of games writing.
• Covers history of games writing, narrative design, storytelling, plot, contracts, and packed with practical samples, case studies, and exercises
• Presents readers with opinions and suggestions from today’s game writers who are working in the US, Europe, and Japan
• Includes a broad range of topics e.g., creative collaboration, editing, adaptations, and environmental storytelling
• Mentions games such as Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Borderlands 2, The Walking Dead, L.A. Noire, Grand Theft Auto V, Mass Effect 3, The Stanley Parable, The Last of Us, Alien Isolation, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Life is Strange, Until Dawn, Quantum Break, BioShock, World of Warcraft, and more.
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Digital Storytelling : A Creator's Guide to Interactive Entertainment (Paperback)
Beginning iOS 3D Unreal Games Development (Paperback)
Second Person: Role-Playing and Story in Games and Playable Media
Computational Modeling of Narrative (Paperback)
Game Writing: Narrative Skills for Videogames
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Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.71%
29/01/2020 07:35:00 Stock Market
Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Paper&Pulp, Railway&Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nitto Denko Co (T:6988), which rose 3.82% or 230.0 points to trade at 6250.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) added 3.21% or 57.0 points to end at 1830.0 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) was up 3.08% or 83.0 points to 2779.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which fell 1.74% or 65.0 points to trade at 3665.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (T:8802) declined 1.71% or 38.0 points to end at 2185.5 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) was down 1.62% or 100.0 points to 6060.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1832 to 1730 and 214 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.88.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.07% or 0.57 to $54.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.07% or 0.63 to hit $59.44 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 2.25 to trade at $1567.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 109.08, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 120.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.890.
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Catholic enrolments set to stagnate over next decade
By Henrietta Cook
Catholic school enrolments are projected to stagnate over the next decade as state schools squeeze more than 270,000 extra students into their classrooms.
While Catholic education chiefs say fee rises are to blame, others say confidence in the public school system is increasing and question whether the royal commission into child sex abuse has hurt confidence in the Catholic sector.
The Education Department projections, obtained under freedom-of-information laws by the Australian Education Union, forecast state school enrolments in Victoria will grow at almost 10 times the rate of those in the Catholic sector.
And in NSW, 8412 students are expected to leave the Catholic sector between now and 2027.
The proportion of students attending Catholic schools across Australia is set to drop from 18.5 to 17.2 per cent over the period.
This comes as intense pressure is placed on the state school system, which is expected to increase its share of all enrolments from 65.7 to 66.7 per cent.
Independent schools are tipped to increase their enrolment share from 15.8 to 16.1 per cent.
While government schools will have to accommodate an additional 270,507 students over the next decade, Catholic schools will have to make room for just 11,564 extra students.
Australian Education Union federal president Correna Haythorpe said the figures “made a mockery” of the $4.6 billion package for private schools unveiled by the Morrison government last week.
She called on the government to restore billions of dollars in funding promised to state schools under the original Gonski school funding plan.
“Parents are choosing public education,” she said. “Funding has to be delivered to cater for enrolment growth.”
Catholic education chiefs blame fee rises for stagnant enrolments. Credit:Erin Jonasson
Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan said the government was providing an additional $37.6 billion to all Australian schools, which would see state school funding grow by 101 per cent and non-government school funding increase by 70 per cent.
“The government has guaranteed choice and equity in education through its new funding arrangement with the non-government school sector,” he said, stressing that these changes were in line with recommendations in the Gonski and Chaney reviews.
The government hopes the additional $4.6 billion for non-government schools – which includes a $1.2 billion “choice and affordability” fund – appeases the aggrieved Catholic sector, which campaigned fiercely against the federal government's initial school funding model.
Allegations aired during the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse could have dented Catholic school enrolments, says education policy analyst Blaise Joseph, from conservative think tank the Centre for Independent Studies.
“While historic, it could have impact on reputation,” he said.
He said a long-term shift away from state schools to the private sector had reversed two years ago.
This was due to the MySchool website, he said, which provided parents with objective data on a school’s performance, instead of them having to rely on reputations and individual websites.
“They can see local government schools perform well academically,” he said.
A National Catholic Education Commission spokesman said the data didn’t take into account students enrolled at independent Catholic schools. He said there were 60 of these across Australia, including 46 in NSW which enrolled 38,000 students.
“Other factors that may impact enrolments include the availability of school places due to capital funding constraints," he said.
"From the feedback we have received from our dioceses, the recent fee increases have been the biggest factor."
While the federal government is the main funder of non-government schools, states provide the bulk of funding to state schools.
Victorian Education Minister James Merlino is bracing for a massive increase in government school students, but insists the state is prepared.
He said the Andrews government had invested more than $3.8 billion to build 70 new schools and upgrade 1,300 schools across the state.
“We know Victoria’s population is booming and our education system will grow by at least 90,000 new students over the next five years,” Mr Merlino said.
The Grattan Institute’s schools expert, Pete Goss, said parents voted with their feet if they felt like a school wasn't delivering.
“In every sector, some schools are in demand, and some are not.”
Henrietta Cook
Senior Reporter at The Age
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Graphic novel about World War I depicts gross realities of dysentery
By Carolyn Webb
Updated August 20, 2016 — 12.53pm first published at 12.15am
When it comes to engaging teenagers in science, it helps if you enlist plenty of gross images.
A book called The Invisible War depicts runny poo, eruptions of intestinal mucus, viruses that look like alien spiders and body parts such as the anus and pyloric sphincter.
But the book, to be launched by former premier Ted Baillieu on Saturday, also has a history component; it's a very unusual recipient of a major state government Anzac Centenary grant.
It is a fact-based graphic novel about the "internal war" of World War I nurse Annie Barnaby's fight with dysentery, the infection of the intestines.
From the graphic novel The Invisible War: a bacteriophage virus finds the key to attack the dysentery-causing shigella bacteria. Credit:Artist: Ben Hutchings.
It is 1916, and Sister Barnaby is nursing at a field hospital near the front during the Battle of Pozieres, in France, where her patients are suffering from gassings and psychosis, and have had amputations and faces blown off.
But one Australian soldier, Private Robbins, is dying from dysentery, and a fly that lands on his bloody diarrhoea (yes, that is depicted, too) picks up a few million of the dysentery-causing shigella flexneri bacteria and flies off with them.
Sister Barnaby takes a rare break to go on a picnic. The same dirty fly lands on some stinky French cheese, which Sister Barnaby eats (gross again) and unwittingly sends the shigella "army" into her digestive system.
Soon she is in the toilet and then bedridden, and folds of her gut become trenches for an internal battle between the nasty microscopic invaders, dubbed "the Shiga Gang", and her body's defenders, a type of virus called bacteriophage.
Art director Briony Barr was part of a team of artists, scientists and a writer who created The Invisible War. Credit:Simon Schluter
These "phage" (under a microscope they do look like aliens) can kill the rod-shaped shiga, if they can work fast enough to mutate and replicate the right keys to latch on and infect them.
This being a graphic novel, the phage sing: "We hunt and connect ... kill and protect."
The graphic novel called The Invisible War, a very different Anzac Centenary project about a WWI nurse with dysentery. Credit:Artist: Ben Hutchings.
Meanwhile, Sister Barnaby faces death by dehydration. Cells in her intestinal wall react from the bacterial invasion by erupting with mucus to try and flush out the disease. Cue gleeful (gross) images of a mucus volcano.
The book was created by Collingwood art and science collective Scale Free Network, which creates workshops and exhibitions about the microscopic world.
Sister Annie Barnaby, the central charachter in the science-history graphic novel set in World War I, The Invisible War. Credit:Artist: Ben Hutchings.
Microbiologists Gregory Crocetti and Jeremy Barr contributed the science in the book, which was written by Ailsa Wild, and illustrated by Ben Hutchings.
Art director Briony Barr said The Invisible War would be sent to 1100 Australian schools, and could be ordered online.
Mr Baillieu, the Anzac Centenary Committee chairman, said it was an "extraordinary" publication that told the lesser known story of casualties from disease in World War I,"in an unprecedented and compelling way".
"It is hard to imagine any other medium being so successful with such a difficult subject," Mr Baillieu said.
Ms Barr said grossness is a feature of the book, but it does reflect the reality of the internal world of the human body, and the life and death role that micro-organisms played.
"It's true grossness."
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Gordon (Frederick) Slater. Carillonneur, b Toronto 22 Aug 1950. He studied piano 1954-64 with Carmel Archambault at the RCMT and bassoon 1968-71 with Nicholas Kilburn at the University of Toronto. His first carillon teacher 1957-68 was his father, James B. Slater (carillonneur at Metropolitan United Church, Toronto). Later, 1973-4, he worked with Robert Donnell in Ottawa. While organist-choirmaster 1969-72 at Riverdale Presbyterian Church, Toronto, and a pipe organ builder, tuner, and repairman 1970-7 at the Legge Organ Co in Islington (Toronto), Slater was carillonneur at Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto, 1969-77, at Rainbow Tower, Niagara Falls, Ont, 1972-5, and at the CNE Carillon 1975-6. Slater performed as the Dominion Carillonneur at the Peace Tower in Ottawa, 1977-2008. In 1987 he became conductor of Divertimento, a 60-member amateur orchestra in Ottawa; since 1991 he also played bassoon and contrabassoon in local orchestras and chamber ensembles.
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Dishonorable: Trump Awards Bigoted, Hate Monger Rush Limbaugh Medal Of Freedom
Posted By: Mark Taylor February 6, 2020
‘Both Disgusting and Pure Right-Wing Genius.’
By Eoin Higgins
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Progressives were quick to pounce after President Donald Trump on Tuesday night awarded radio host Rush Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the middle of the State of the Union, pointing out the right-wing provocateur’s long history of bigotry and hate speech and his contribution to poisoning the American political conversation.
“Few people have done more to degrade our political discourse than Rush Limbaugh,” tweeted Matt Duss, foreign policy advisor to the 2020 Democratic presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). “It’s an absolute disgrace that he’s being honored here.”
Limbaugh announced on his syndicated, widely popular radio show Monday that he has advanced, stage four lung cancer and is undergoing treatment. Trump’s decision to award Limbaugh the medal was reported earlier Tuesday but the radio host still pretended to be surprised.
First Lady Melania Trump hung the medal on Limbaugh’s neck to applause from the GOP side of the chamber.
Intercept journalist Mehdi Hasan called the move a diabolical performance by the president.
“You gotta hand it to Trump. He knows how to keep the base onboard,” tweeted Hasan. “Having Melania present Rush Limbaugh with a Presidential Medal of Freedom (!) in the midst of #SOTU is both disgusting and pure right-wing genius.”
Reaction from the left to the spectacle was a mixture of shock, outrage, and disgust.
“Donald Trump is honoring Rush Limbaugh with the highest civilian honor America can bestow, specifically because Limbaugh spent decades calling feminists ‘Nazis’ and liberals ‘traitors,’ so that when real Nazis and traitors appeared, they were well-camouflaged,” writer A.R. Moxon said on Twitter.
CNN reporter Jim Acosta noted Limbaugh’s long history of racism and hate speech after the president’s address, pointing out that any electoral benefit the president may have hoped to gain from appealing to black Americans was likely undercut by the award.
“He was trying to make appeals to the African-American community,” said Acosta. “It can’t be forgotten he was awarding the Medal of Freedom to Rush Limbaugh, who has a history of making derogatory comments about African-Americans. So I think, you know, overall it’s a wash.”
Derogatory comments is putting it mildly. Limbaugh once told a black caller upset over his rhetoric to call back into the show after she took the “bone” out of her nose. He defended slavery on numerous occasions and made multiple racist comments about black athletes on his show.
As Media Matters explained as part of an exhaustive rundown of Limbaugh’s bigoted, hateful comments Tuesday night:
Limbaugh also referred to then-presidential candidate Barack Obama as a “Hafrican American,” and played a mocking song called “Barack the Magic Negro.” Barely nine months in the Obama presidency, Limbaugh declared, “In Obama’s America, the white kids now get beat up with the black kids cheering.” In 2011, he accused then-first lady Michelle Obama of “uppity-ism,” and he also promoted a conspiracy theory that “race riots are part of the plan that this regime has.”
With a 32-year-career in hate radio, Limbaugh has made many other comments that are offensive, poisonous, and aimed at stoking white rage.
Calling then-12-year-old Chelsea Clinton a “dog”;
Repeatedly analogizing gay marriage to bestiality;
Launching a series of sexist attacks on then-law student Sandra Fluke in 2012;
Referring to poor children as “wanton waifs”;
Spreading rumors that The Hill journalist Krystal Ball posed nude at 14 years old; and
Accusing actor Michael J. Fox of faking Parkinson’s
Limbaugh also, according to Tuesday’s Media Matters report, spread conspiracy theories aimed at discouraging right-wing accountability to his audience:
“Indeed, there were many other conspiracy theories that Limbaugh has promoted in his career, including one about the death of Clinton White House aide Vince Foster. He also claimed that Obama might cancel the 2012 elections or that Obama was both an “African Colonial” or an anti-colonialist (both of which were bad). In 2018, he suggested that mass shootings in New Zealand might have been a false flag attack to smear conservatives. (On that subject, he also alleged, “The people that are shooting up schools more than likely vote Democrat when you get right down to it, if they vote.”) He also suggested that Al Qaeda may have given up Osama Bin Laden “for the express purpose of making Obama look good.””
A truly exhaustive accounting of Limbaugh’s bigotry is beyond the scope of this news article.
Those who have followed his career, however, found the award to be an outrage.
“Rush Limbaugh has done nothing but spread hate,” said immigration lawyer Mana Yegani.
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‘God is working in all this’: Mike Pence Gushes Over Rush Limbaugh
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Vice President Mike Pence praised Rush Limbaugh as a godly man, and complained that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had disrespected the conservative broadcaster.
Limbaugh, who announced this week that he has advanced lung cancer, was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Donald Trump during the State of the Union address, and Pence — a former conservative radio host himself — sang his praises on “Fox & Friends.”
“Rush Limbaugh plowed the way for conservative men and women on the airways of America, not just radio but television,” Pence said. “His contributions to this country, the memorable — and I know for a fact he did not expect the medal last night. I reached him shortly after he and (wife) Catherine left the Capitol, and he was very moved and he told me he was going to spend the rest of his life trying to earn it, and I said, ‘Rush, you have already earned it.’” [Um, no, Mike, you spineless idiot, he hasn’t. He’s the last person to have earned it. — Ed.]
Pence said he and his wife offered their prayers to Limbaugh, whose wife assured the couple that “God was working in all this,” and then the Fox News hosts steered the conversation to Pelosi — who the vice president sharply criticized. …
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Review: The Wombats at The O2 Academy, Bristol
By Meg Holland on April 5, 2018 Live, Reviews
A near perfect concert, featuring all of the most important components: a brilliant band, an atmospheric venue, a wombat-inspired backdrop and mesmerising encore.
There’s no denying that The Wombats know how to put on a good show. The Liverpudlian trio – aka Matthew Murphy (vocals), Dan Haggis (drums) and Tord Øverland Knudsen (bassist) – have been touring up and down the UK with their new record Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life, and we joined them on their penultimate stop at the O2 Academy in Bristol for a night full of moshing, giant teddy bears and plenty a millennial sing-along.
After arriving and buying the standard ridiculously overpriced pint (£10.20 for two!), we settled in for the generous supply of support acts The Wombats had lined up. First up Bloxx, the female-fronted four piece from London, set the tone for a night filled with indie goodness, whilst also delivering some grunge. Lead singer Ophelia has a near-perfect consistency in her voice, the perfect opening to make that costly pint a bit more bearable. Following on, The Night Café brought us indie anthems to rival the main event. The fellow Liverpudlians (who released their debut EP last year) had a good group of the audience singing along to their tracks, something which can’t be said for a lot of support acts. After finishing on a high, The Night Café had all of the audience anticipating the arrival of our favourites.
Right on time, The Wombats were finally ready to bring exactly what we were waiting for. It’s worth taking the time here to mention how great the O2 Academy Bristol is as a venue, and The Wombats are the perfect band for explaining why. After positioning ourselves in the middle and in front of the stage, it was clear that we’d made the wrong decision. As the trio started to play their first song, ‘Cheetah Tongue’, we found ourselves in the centre of a mosh pit and realising that to properly enjoy the concert we needed to get ourselves out of there (Damn, I feel so old writing that). Luckily, the venue completely caters for this. As well as the crazy epicentre, there’s a less crazy bar area, stairs and a top deck to view all of the band’s glory from above. This set-up is what makes the O2 Academy in Bristol such a special venue, and one which, when The Wombats played tracks like ‘Kill The Director’ and ‘Let’s Dance To Joy Division’, made it a truly inclusive experience for every kind of fan.
Getting back into the music itself, the band produced a setlist with just the right amount of old and new to keep all satisfied. Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life, perhaps their most divisive record to date, fitted in seamlessly. The encore, which started off with ‘Turn‘, got the entire crowd pumped and rivalled its equivalent in ‘Emoticons‘ from Glitterbug. As well as the stellar setlist, the band’s ability to maintain a stage presence is unparalleled in any similar band of the past couple of years. Matthew Murphy’s chats to the audience provided some new personal anecdotes to tracks I’ve sung in my bedroom for years on end. One particular example was the revelation that ‘Pink Lemonade’ was a track written on a writers retreat to Barcelona, where Murphy became convinced his ex-girlfriend was “sleeping around with all of London”. This, accompanied by the consistently driven and motivated performance, made The Wombats’ performance incredibly enjoyable. One final thing I feel like I need to mention was the impressive animated wombat-like backdrop – who doesn’t love colourful wombats flashing across the screen as you jam out to ‘Moving To New York’?
Finishing the show with my personal favourite, ‘Greek Tragedy’, the Liverpudlians left the audience pining for more and likely hurrying home to listen to the entirety of their discography on repeat. The opening melody is enough to render me on the verge of tears and when the drums hit, we were all in it to the end. It was one of those moments from a gig that I’ll always remember, probably because of how much the song means to me and its place at the end of the setlist left me leaving the show on a high.
The Wombats are one of those bands that can only be fully appreciated through seeing them live. Their anthems, take on a completely elevated form in a live setting, in such a way that makes them one of the bonafide indie performers of our generation. Make sure to catch them on one of their many festival slots this summer, you won’t regret it.
The Wombats are currently embarking on their European tour. Get tickets here.
Meg Holland
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By Vivian KaneDec 28th, 2020, 1:44 pm
Donald Trump managed to avert a crisis that he himself set into action by finally signing Congress’ federal spending bill right before the deadline that would have caused a government shutdown. The COVID-19 relief package is attached to that bill, so Trump had to give up on his demand that Congress increase the amount of those one-time direct payments from $600 to $2,000.
Trump clearly wanted to come off as the hero with that demand for larger checks, a real man of the people looking to give everyone more money, but in the end, he actually made things a whole lot worse for a lot of people.
The direct payments are far from the only time-sensitive item in the bill. Trump signed the bill before the government shutdown deadline but about 18 hours after supplemental unemployment benefits had expired. The new package includes $300 a week in federal supplemental benefits, meaning Trump’s delay—which he said was for the purpose of getting people an additional $1400—actually cost a lot of people $300.
Even worse, because state unemployment benefits are processed weekly and because Trump signed the bill after the start of the week, those same people will also likely lose out on their regular benefits as well.
Trump’s performative posturing was not only harmful, it was completely unnecessary. He said he wouldn’t sign the bill until payments were increased (he also insisted lawmakers get rid of the “pork” without explaining what that entailed), but he could have signed it as is in order to meet that unemployment benefit deadline, and then sent the signed bill back for changes, which is what he’s now doing.
“I will sign the omnibus and Covid package with a strong message that makes clear to Congress that wasteful items need to be removed. I will send back to Congress a redlined version, item by item, accompanied by the formal rescission request to Congress insisting that those funds be removed from the bill,” he said in a statement Sunday night.
The House will pass a bill to give Americans $2,000 checks. Then I will move to pass it in the Senate.
No Democrats will object.
Will Senate Republicans?
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) December 28, 2020
I don’t know if he didn’t know that that was an option (after four years in office, he still doesn’t seem to know how the government works) or if he just wanted to grandstand. It doesn’t really matter either way, the damage is done.
Trump spent nine months not participating in COVID-19 relief negotiations, then came in at the last minute and made totally impractical demands, blaming Democrats for keeping larger payments out of the bill when it was Republicans blocking them the entire way. Then he left for a golf vacation in Florida (!!!) before finally signing the bill after it was too late to get people their unemployment benefits the week after Christmas.
What a legacy.
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ACE Home Services Honors Our Warriors by Providing a New AC to Military Member this July 4, 2020
To celebrate this upcoming July 4, a military member will be nominated by the community to be honored and rewarded - ACE Home Services will provide and install an AC unit for the selected individual
Source: ACE Home Services | Thu, 11 Jun 2020, 07:15:17 EDT
PHOENIX, Ariz., June 11, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ACE Home Services is a top HVAC and Plumbing company servicing the Phoenix Metro area. For years since it was founded, they have provided homes with quality AC and Heating facility maintenance, equipment installation, and repair, ensuring smooth operation in homes. This veteran owned and operated company is proud to support and hire military members for over 25 years.
In keeping with esprit de corps, the company announced they will be taking nominations from the Phoenix Metro community to select a military member, who will be the recipient of a new air conditioning unit. ACE Home Services will pay for the cost of the unit and provide the equipment installation. Throughout the month of June and up until July 3, 2020, submissions for nominations can be made online at https://www.acehomeaz.com/honor-our-warriors/ – or by calling 602-943-2000.
The announcement of the selected military member will take place Saturday, July 4, 2020.
Veterans, active duty and reserve military members are eligible to be nominated. The selected individual must be a homeowner that resides within the Phoenix Metro area. One unit will be replaced for a single household. Additional work, such as duct modifications, are not included.
This July 4, ACE Home Services would like to take the opportunity to honor veterans and families in the surrounding community. It is a chance for all of us to thank and be mindful of those who serve or have served our country.
The Owner and CEO, Kwan Jin, is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. In addition to actively hiring veterans of all military branches, ACE Home Services also gives additional discounts to all military members and first responders.
The Director of Marketing, James Sesay, is also a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Regarding the overall goal of the campaign, James says “Too often many of us take the sacrifices that led to our independence and current freedoms for granted. This year, as a company, we want to go above and beyond the normal discounts and appreciations. This year, we want to truly give back to those that serve our country.”
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Tauriq Hassen
The demolition of two illegally built shacks in Hangberg last week resulted in a clash between residents and police, who exchanged stones and rubber bullets.
The demolition of two unoccupied structures in Hangberg as storms lashed Cape Town, has raised a few eyebrows among locals, all asking the same questions… Why during lockdown?
On Thursday June 11, the City of Cape Town sent their Anti-Land Invasion Unit, accompanied by police and other law enforcement agencies, to demolish two half-built structures, claiming to be curbing down on illegal land invasions within Hangberg.
On one of the coldest days of the year, in the pouring rain, a clash then followed, with rubber bullets and stones being exchanged by police and a handful of residents.
Sentinel News has since confirmed that both structures had indeed been vacant after reports were rife that the City had evicted families from the structures.
But it was not so much the demolition that bothered locals. It was the fact that this operation had been given the go-ahead during lockdown.
Justin Vaardien who watched “the madness” from his Hangberg home, said the situation had been dealt with “incorrectly”.
“Our community leaders were not aware of anything and the community did not know this was happening. I was watching this madness from my house, watching these guys throwing armed police officers with stones,” he said.
“I understand why people get uptight when such things occur, but surely there was a better way to do this.”
He added that there was very little time for anybody in Hangberg to react, and that the operation had caught everybody by surprise.
“We thought it was part of the lockdown crew coming to chase everybody into their homes or maybe the president decided to visit. Instead they came to throw down ‘hokkies’, got everybody out of their houses to stand on the corners and watch this,” Mr Vaardien said.
Another resident was shocked at the lack of communication from the City and the level of force which had been used.
Estelle Vredenburg said if children wanted to see how locals had to fight with police during apartheid, they got an “exclusive preview” last week.
“There were even kids throwing stones from the hills, cheering others on. It was not the reaction we were asking for. Yes, we want to curb the amount of people illegally occupying land, but the City must know this is a very sensitive issue and needs to be handled that way,” Ms Vredenburg said.
The news of the operation went viral, with many under the impression that the City had put families out on the street during the storm – and lockdown.
Ward councillor Roberto Quintas described these reports as “disingenuous and misleading”, reiterating that the two structures which had been demolished had been “uninhabited”, had no roof, no walls and had no personal belongings inside.
“Our teams were met with violence whilst upholding the rule of law, and acting on requests from the very community of Hangberg,” Mr Quintas said.
He added that the violence had forced the City’s service teams which had been providing tarpaulins and sandbags, and doing housing maintenance, out of the area.
“We are now a day behind in the delivery and maintenance of much needed relief and services,” Mr Quintas said.
The Peace and Mediation Forum’s chairperson, Jan Lewis, said most residents were starting to understand the reasons behind last week’s operation.
He said he had known about the structures being built on the dunes, and had warned locals about building there.
According to Mr Lewis, permission can be granted to locals to put up structures only once they have followed an application process and the application went through the correct community and City channels.
“They came to me to sign their application forms. I told them that the space where they wanted to put up a structure is a problematic space and it is in a lease process. I also asked them is there no other space that they want to identity to put up their structures. However, they insisted and proceeded to erect their structures on that sand dune,” Mr Lewis said, adding that the family had applied, but received no feedback from the City.
“These residents that occupied the structures must be given alternative space and must get the necessary help and services. That is what I think will be the way forward.” Community activist Roscoe Jacobs called the community to a meeting on Sunday June 14 to discuss last week’s operation. “ We believe the narrative of whether the structures were occupied or not is irrelevant as the action led by the City was illegal as it violated a standing High Court Order grant by the Western Cape High Court,” he said.
According to Mr Jacobs, this court order is also know as the Hangberg Peace Accord and it outlines how to deal with illegal structures.
“We strongly condemn the heartless actions of the City of Cape Town (which) was a violation of our Human Rights, a middle finger to the rule of law and the Western Cape High Court,” Mr Jacobs said.
They now plan to add last week’s events to their case, as residents are currently taking the City to court over violations of the accord, with the matter set to come before the High Court next month.
“We have decided to strengthen our matter before the court against the City by including Thursday’s incident in the current matter as it too is a contravention of the High Court Order know as the Hangberg Peace Accord,” Mr Jacobs said.
The City demolished two structures in Hangberg last week, sparking violence, when police and residents clashed.
The remains of yet another illegal structure being demolished by the Citys Anti-Land Invasion Unit last week.
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Steelers run over Bills
Mike Ganter
BUFFALO — In a game that was expected to be the best gauge of where this Buffalo Bills football team is heading into the 2012 season thus far, the answer, not surprisingly, is somewhere in the middle.
In the only half of the game that mattered, with the starters for both teams in for the first 30 minutes of play, the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers turned a C.J. Spiller fumble on his own 19 into a game-tying touchdown. That offset an earlier Buffalo touchdown drive capped off by a Fred Jackson one-yard run.
Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who had been ineffective throughout much of the first half, in part because of the pressure he was under from Buffalo’s front four, caught fire in the final two minutes putting together the drive of the game.
He and the Steelers stormed down the field in 1:20, going from its own two-yard line all the way to pay dirt in 11 plays. A lot of no-huddle seemed to knock the Bills, who had been very stingy to that point, off kilter.
That was the difference.
Forget the second half where even Buffalo head coach Chan Gailey reminded reporters — “Half of this football team won’t be here when we get to that first game, well almost half,” he said before adding, “Our backup crews played horrible tonight.”
The second half was almost all Steelers as they went on to an easy 38-7 win that had the Bills fans leaving in droves midway through the third quarter.
Overall the defence, particularly that front four, looked extremely good in its one half of action. With limited reps together in the first two pre-season games, and even without right defensive end Mark Anderson in the lineup Saturday night, the trio of Marcell Dareus, Mario Williams and Kyle Williams looked very comfortable.
Mario Williams was credited with the only two sacks by the Bills in the first half but really it could have been anyone on the front line finishing things off. This unit just seems to work well together and it’s only going to get better once Anderson returns.
“Everybody is smoking and it helps everyone out,” Mario Williams said. “If we are getting around the edge (the QB) is not dropping deep and is stepping up and it gives the inside guys chances. If the inside guys are pushing up the middle, (the QB) is not stepping up and he is dropping deep, it gives us chances. We just play off one another and like I said, keep going vertical and putting pressure.”
About that O-Line
Yes, they are beat up and a couple are playing out of position but if the Bills offence is going to become consistent, Ryan Fitzpatrick is going to have to get a little better protection than he is getting.
Too often Saturday night Fitzpatrick was forced to throw the ball earlier than he wanted. Too often those resulted in incompletions as either the receiver got the route short or Fitzpatrick just overthrowing his target. And too often he wound up on his backside.
“I thought the line blocked pass protection average,” Gailey said. “The run game wasn’t bad, but we were average in pass protection.”
As for a handful of poor throws by Fitzpatrick, Gailey suggested it wasn’t necessarily the quarterback’s fault.
“We had somebody stop on a route,” he said. “We had somebody think that it was going to be down the field when it was going to be a back-shoulder throw, a stop throw. We just got to keep working on getting on the same page with those things.”
As for an overall grade for the offensive line, Gailey thought the line was average.
And as any concerns with Fitzpatrick, Gailey couldn’t have been more clear.
“No, not at all,” he said.
Fitzpatrick who finished 7-for-18 for 89 yards said he remains confident that once the games start to count for real, the Bills offence will produce.
Young hurts his cause
Vince Young didn’t do himself any favours in shoring up his spot as the expected back-up QB to Fitzpatrick.
Young threw an interception on his first pass of the game going across the field in what was either a terrible play call or a poor read by the veteran quarterback.
When Young threw the ball downfield, he looked much more impressive. Early in the fourth he again tried to go across the field and once again was picked off. This time it looked like the Steelers would return it for a major but credit Young for not giving up on the play and making a touchdown saving tackle.
The number three man on the depth chart, Tyler Thigpen, didn’t even see the field, which likely bodes well for Young’s chances of holding on to his No. 2 status.
The kicking game
Brian Moorman had a sold day punting the football as he repeatedly had the Steelers starting drives from under their own goalposts.
Brad Smith, a guy who made his name running the wildcat offence, was a standout on punt cover special teams as time after time he was one of the first Bills down the field.
Bit of a head scratcher
Chan Gailey threw a challenge flag contesting a call that the Steelers had downed a punt on the one-yard line. It turned out he was right, but wouldn’t you want to put your offence in that situation in a pre-season game to see how they would handle it. It’s not like the outcome of the game meant anything to anyone.
The game might prove costly for the Steelers who lost highly touted guard David DeCastro to a knee injury midway through the first quarter. He did not return. After the game, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin admitted the injury is “potentially severe” but wouldn’t know until DeCastro had an MRI... While Fred Jackson had a decent night rushing the ball seven times for 34 yards and a touchdown, it was Tashard Choice (admittedly playing against the Steelers backups) who raised eyebrows. Choice finished the night with 50 yards on seven carries.
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Hamleys owner Reliance Industries drops out of the race for UK department chain Debenhams
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The Reliance Industries owner and richest man in India, Mukesh Ambani, has dropped out of the race to buy Debenhams, the Sunday Times has reported over the weekend, having emerged only last month as one of the possible suitors for the UK department store chain.
At the time, the Reliance Industries chairman, managing director, and largest shareholder was one of a handful of parties interested in acquiring all or part of the retailer, who has suffered a major blow at the hands of the UK’s increased move to online shopping over the course of the year.
However, Ambani’s current retail empire, one that also owns the British toy retailer, Hamleys, will not encompass the Debenhams name after all, as news emerged over the weekend that Reliance Industries was no longer taking part in discussions with advisors.
A source close to the sales process was cited by The Sunday Times over the weekend.
As reported by the Retail Gazette, the investment firm Lazard has been overseeing the sale process of Debenhams’ core business in the UK, and had asked interested buyers to submit offers by 5pm on September 1.
The deadline passed with no immediate resolution, with reports earlier this month suggesting it was only a “checkpoint” to confirm if there was interest in a rescue deal.
Debenhams reportedly wanted to strike a deal by the end of September otherwise it would start exploring other options.
The department store chain began the sales process of its Danish retail business Magasin du Nord earlier in September in a bid to generate between £150 million and £200 million.
Restructuring firm Hilco Capital has also been drafted in to work on “contingency plans” for Debenhams, should a sale or other rescue be unsuccessful.
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Obese or obsessed? American health & wellness culture
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Elsie Bernaiche
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America is a culture of obsession. We obsess over celebrities, sports, our social media following, what our frenemies from high school are doing with their lives now… the list goes on. Slate recently wrote an opinion piece about “obsession culture” in America: we’re obsessed with being obsessed with anything from people to shows to brands to dance moves.
The most recent American obsession is debatably a positive one: health and wellness. People are getting hooked on specific diet trends (hey there, keto community), workout methods (how many of your friends have tried to peer pressure you into doing Soul Cycle? It’s a cult, I’m sure of it…), and all sorts of data monitors and trackers that report our health stats to us constantly. We can know how many steps are taken, calories burned, and minutes slept at the glance, and we can easily find out how many Oreo cookies our strict diets can afford us at 10:08pm on a Tuesday night.
Oh, I’m the only one cheating on my diet? Yeah right! Diets are infamous for being broken, why else are there currently over 11+ major apps that purport to help people stay on-track? In this industry report, we’re taking a look at key dieting apps and how they’re sponsoring over time to not only attract new customers but build a cult following that drives organic mentions for them. We’ll also be breaking down key workout influencers and which brands are dominating the fitness space. And most importantly, we’ll be forecasting the future of natural, vegan, and superfoods through some handy analytics from the ThoughtLeaders platform.
Dieting dynamos dominate podcast
We’re all familiar with fad diets like Atkins, South Beach, Paleo (AKA the “caveman” diet), and Keto. Most people will tell you that all diets are alike in the end: a balance between restricted eating, elimination or reduction of certain macronutrient groups and other lifestyle elements like sleep patterns, hydration, and physical activity.
Lately, diets aren’t marketing themselves so much as a playbook on how to lose weight, but more so as a method to change your lifestyle to fit the health-obsessed culture we are seeing on the rise in the US.
Just look at diet app Noom, who says they AREN’T a diet app. Noom’s website states: “Most diets aren't effective or safe. Learn healthy weight-loss habits with Noom. Virtual Coaching. Long Term Weight Loss. 14 Day Trial. Services: Weekly 1-on-1 Appointment, Daily Lessons, Tracking Tools, Support Groups.”
See what I’m saying? They’re a cult. Kidding. In all seriousness, they’re focusing on community building and small habit changes for long-term results, and they help people stay on track using a handy app.
Noom is appearing almost exclusively in Lifestyle content and is favoring podcast over YouTube, where they still appear to be testing out channels. In fact, of the new tests in the past month, 7 of 10 of them were new YouTube channels that Noom is exploring. On the flip side, in the past month, all of their podcast sponsorships have been on channels where they already sponsored at least 4 times. That shows a strong ROI from their podcast lineup.
Here’s where it really gets interesting: when we run a custom keyword search in the Lifestyle category, we can really see which “lifestyle” content Noom is succeeding in sponsoring. Searches for “mom” and “healthy” actually appeared more than “diet” and “weight loss” or “lose weight”. Noom has defined itself as a healthy habits maker and lifestyle changer for women, rather than a blanket weight loss solution, and their sponsored content is driving this brand image:
Perfect Keto has figured out that female lifestyle content is a winner, like Noom, but has taken it to the extreme:
Almost 70% of their content features discussions about moms, being a mom, women’s pop culture - think Bachelor episode reviews - fashion advice and beauty tips for women, women’s running and fitness podcasts… the list goes on.
However, Perfect Keto doesn’t mind positioning themselves as a weight loss or dieting solution. In fact, the keywords “clean foods”, “superfoods”, “clean eating”, and “detox” appear much more frequently in the content they’re sponsoring than does more general terms like “habits” and “make a change”, which is the type of language Noom likes to use when promoting their program.
There are many more dieting, weight loss, and healthy lifestyle apps on the rise in sponsored content, and we’re keeping an eye on these top 5 challengers to Perfecto Keto and Noom:
Yazio
Fooducate
UnCrave Rx
Ate app
HIDDEN GEM: Intermittent fasting is a key factor in dieting, and the apps above focus heavily on water intake. It follows that Noom and Perfect Keto’s best sponsorship relationships should be prime real estate for water bottles like Hidrate (an innovative flashing water bottle that tells you when to drink more water). I've noticed in our content feed that the most mentions of "water bottle" are linked to videos also discussing "intermittent fasting". This would be a genius video format to sponsor on YouTube since intermittent fasting often requires a person to drink a ton of water to offset periods of fasting. We’ve identified at least 29 channels sponsored by Perfect Keto, Whoop, and Noom more than 3 times in the past 6 months that talk about intermittent fasting almost 100 times. Want to see the playbook? Chat with us.
Meal prep nation
Most of these apps have a built-in section to track macro intake (how many carbs, fats, and proteins you’re eating a day), and some of the influencers that Noom and Perfect Keto leverage to promote their programs mention that “meal prep” is one of the main ways to stay consistent with your eating habits. Meal prep allows people to cook food for the week in advance so that healthy eating doesn’t cost as much time or money. Meal prep removes any barriers to healthy eating that might otherwise demotivate people to continue with diet programs. We can see in our platform that mentions of “meal prep” have spiked in the past 4-5 years, correlating with the rise of “ready-to-go” food kit companies.
It’s worth noting that within this content, "vegan" has been talked about 755 times by 152 YouTubers in the past year. That’s because most of the leading meal prep and food delivery brands are targeting people with specific dietary restrictions.
A sidenote about vegans
When looking at top healthy foods brands that are heavily sponsoring podcast and YouTube, we can look at 2 brands in particular: Athletic Greens and Four Sigmatic.
Just check out how much content in "Health" both of these brands are sponsoring:
Athletic Greens and Four Sigmatic both appear on Hurdle podcast and also on The Tim Ferriss Show, two majorly popular Wellness Lifestyle podcasts:
At first it seems like both brands are sponsoring the same type of content. But when we run a keyword search, we find that Athletic Greens’ sponsored content mentions keywords like “health” and “athlete” in 37% of their content, compared to Four Sigmatic at only 23% (and keep in mind, Four Sigmatic has almost 3x the sponsorship relationships as Athletic Greens currently!).
On the flip side, Four Sigmatic has clearly defined themselves as a nutrition brand, heavily targeting keywords like “vegan”, “wellness”, and “healthy”: Four Sigmatic focuses on topics of food and diet in 32% of their sponsorships whereas Athletic Greens is only showing 16%.
In fact, I identified 46 total podcast and YouTube influencers from Health, Food, and Lifestyle categories that are discussing "vegan" diets, and were sponsored by Four Sigmatic and/or Athletic Greens over 240+ times. This shows that the 46 influencers are winning for these 2 brands, and are successfully promoting these health food products to vegans.
We can also look at companies like Thrive Market, who is upfront about catering to the vegan and gluten-free populations.
Thrive Market is making a killing sponsoring runner podcasts. Even though Thrive Market has done more YouTube sponsorship, recently, all of their sponsorships have been in podcast.
In fact, Thrive Market is sponsoring 13 podcasts specifically designed for runners: running newbies, mommy runners, and fitness-obsessed marathoners can all find their own special podcast. Thrive Market is sponsoring topics of running 247 TIMES from these 13 podcasts.
Every single one of their sponsorships is promoting $20 off, which is really driving traffic for them:
Thrive Market is testing both new fitness/running channels AND mommy podcasts this quarter, with at least 7 new podcast sponsorships in the past 30 days.
But Thrive Market is just a health food marketplace much like Four Sigmatic. So who are the meal prep titans in the world of sponsored content? Veterans like Blue Apron are still in the game, but newcomers like Thrive Market and HelloFresh are offering “more” and “better”: they cater to people with unique dietary needs and offer superfoods for improved nutrition.
HelloFresh is the largest meal-kit provider in the United States, and steadily growing a following in Canada and Europe. They focus heavily on health and nutrition and present themselves as somewhat of a diet program where people can be guaranteed to order healthy foods at the correct proportions, making clean eating possible on a dime in no time at all.
They’re clearly dominating YouTube, but they also have a solid podcast strategy that they've been investing more money in overtime. It’s not surprising that they’re being talked about in the food category of content, but lifestyle is an equal contender in the spaces they’re sponsoring. Sponsorship is clearly driving not only short-term interest in their products, but the influencers they’ve chosen are creating long-term customers for HelloFresh, which explains why they’ve repeated sponsorships on so many key health and lifestyle podcasts and YouTube channels.
We can see how well they drive short-term and long-term results in this particular example. They’re offering $40 off the first box for a discounted price of $19.94. This is really nice because they’re not directly mentioning their subscription fees. Subscriptions historically don’t do as well in sponsored content as the promotional offer because many consumers are gunshy to getting ripped off with cancellation fees relating to subscriptions. This is a really smart way to get people to click-thru for a discounted price and also gain traction towards the subscription on the landing page.
In fact, this sponsorship has worked so well that they’ve sponsored Designer Jen over 1000 times in the past 2 years alone, as recently as 6 days ago. Now THAT’S a strong content creator relationship - kudos to HelloFresh.
They have an amazing track record in sponsorship, actually, starting their influencer marketing journey in March 2014. Whereas we are seeing a ton more YouTube in the recent months from HelloFresh, they actually started their branded content journey in podcast.
They continued to sponsor this channel until 2017, but they definitely transitioned away from testing both podcast and the gaming content category in general. Still, it’s really interesting to see that they have thoroughly tested many of their content creator partnerships, because they continued on this podcast gaming channel 4x in 2014, plus a few more times in 2016-17. Most unsuccessful channels are not tested more than 3 times, so HelloFresh can be used as an EXCELLENT example when analyzing channels for success. Their biggest channel category is actually the 6-10 mentions test section. In total, the number of channels that saw 3+ mentions outweighs the number of channels where they tested 1-2 times.
HelloFresh should be commended for their 26.88% average successful testing rate. From our analysis, there are 52 GO TO MARKET channels for other health and food-related brands.
As for what’s remaining for their competitors? HelloFresh is testing like crazy, but we’ve still identified about 371 channels that would be a winner that they haven't’ gotten to yet: there’s clearly a race to the top!
So how well do its competitors stack up? Blue Apron is probably more of a household name than HelloFresh at this point.
Interestingly, Blue Apron has dominated podcasts much more than HelloFresh, although they both seem to have an equal YouTube (YT) presence. That’s probably due to the exclusivity agreements each company has where the podcaster or YTer cannot feature ANY OTHER meal kit brands on their channels.
In a keyword search of “healthy foods”, “nutrition”, and “dieting”, HelloFresh has both more mentions and more thought leaders than Blue Apron. That definitely can explain why Blue Apron has moved away from sponsorship in the past year: they clearly have not figured out what type of content and which types of influencers best drive sales of their meal kit service. HelloFresh has nailed down food and dieting/health lifestyle influencers and they know YT is the #1 way to drive sales right now.
In summary, HelloFresh is showing that YouTube sells meal prep kits, especially if you leverage food influencers. All in all, meal prep kit brands have realized that podcasts are not the ideal format to promote food delivery, with almost all competitors of HelloFresh preferring YouTube.
HelloFresh is continuing to scale out this strategy, which presents a huge threat to other meal kit providers. Remember, they require exclusivity with their partnerships, so the more channels they test and win on, the less available inventory there is for other meal prep kit brands.
Other brands are keeping their eyes on which channels are working for these branded content giants: Bulletproof Snack Bars has been sponsoring on 5 of the same podcasts as Thrive Market, 2 of the same channels as HelloFresh, and 2 of the same as Four Sigmatic. Of the 44 total sponsored channels we've seen Bulletproof Snacks mentioned on, that's 9, or nearly 25%, that overlaps with these other leading brands.
In looking at sponsorship strategies for health food and diet brands, it’s clear that it’s not just the type of podcast channel or YouTuber that you’re sponsoring, it’s also the content of that particular episode or video that your brand is being mentioned within that drives the most results. As we’ve identified, the cultural shift in the US to healthier habits and lifestyles has extended to influencer content as well, and unique diets have a significant followership that is very specific channel to channel.
There’s still a huge amount of opportunity for emergent brands in the health foods and dieting space, and it helps a ton that predecessors have already hit on some niche content creators like vegan and naturopath nutrition channels, running podcasts, and true crime/conspiracy channels.
But it’s equally important to avoid sponsoring content that doesn’t truly align with your target demographic, so looking at brands like Noom and Perfect Keto can show us how to design successful campaigns around differences in age, gender, and even household size/income.
Other brands can show us how to promote specific types of foods, whether it be shakes and drink supplements or protein snacks and entire meal plans.
So whether you’re a superfood brand, a health foods marketplace, a meal delivery service, or a lifestyle tracker app or program, there’s a unique strategy for success, and our platform can help you discover it. Talk with us to get a custom analysis for your brand.
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MEGAseats has begun offering a free N95 face mask to go along with every shipped ticket purchase, the company announced Wednesday. The transparent ticket resale marketplace says that consumers are rearing to get back to live events in 2021, but that many are wary about their safety in large groups as the COVID vaccination process continues to unfold.
The N95 face masks are provided through a partnership with Connecticut BioTech, which imports the high-quality masks from manufacturers abroad and serves both consumers and medical facilities.
“After so many things were postponed or cancelled in 2020, we’re seeing a lot of excitement to get back to arenas, amphitheaters, and stadiums,” says MegaSeats managing director Up Punyagupta. “With an expectation that face masks are going to be required at most events for a while, we want to go the extra mile for our clients and offer them the peace of mind that these masks can help provide.”
This week marked what many believe to be the beginning of the end of the COVID pandemic, as vaccinations began across the country with frontline healthcare workers and other high-risk individuals. Confidence is high that live events will be back to pre-pandemic levels soon. That said, local authorities are likely to continue requiring face masks for entry at most events for the foreseeable future, and many consumers will have to wait until summer or later for their vaccination.
A spokesman for CT Biotech says the N95 masks that MEGASeats will be providing customers are its best-selling item. Due to a huge backlog in Food and Drug Administration certification, the masks are not approved for medical use, however the masks have been independently verified to meet the NIOSH medical standards for protection by Nelson Labs.
“We believe this unique partnership with MEGASeats is a great way to help boost consumer confidence in the safety of attending concerts and games in 2021,” says CT Biotech’s Sean Burns. “Between huge steps taken by venues on their hygiene and ventilation protocols and the availability of high quality and affordable PPE, there’s no reason not to feel that you can get back out to events safely as soon as local authorities sign off on them happening.”
The promotion between MEGASeats and CT Biotech began on December 16 and will continue through at June 1, 2021. The offer is only valid on orders where a physical ticket is shipped to a consumer.
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Efficient fleet management with MAN Solutions
Integration of various services for maximum customer benefits
Increase performance, cut costs: competition on international long-hauls especially is constantly increasing and demands that companies continuously improve their fleet management. Hauliers can rely not only on the dependable and particularly efficient trucks of the TG family, but also on a comprehensive portfolio of services from MAN Truck & Bus. MAN Solutions combines the service brands MAN Service, MAN Support, MAN Rental and MAN Finance into integrated transport solutions precisely matched to the individual needs of each and every customer. A MAN consultant will assist the customer in optimising the cost structure of his fleet and in guaranteeing maximum dependability while maintaining a high level of flexibility.
With MAN Solutions, customers are able to concentrate completely on their actual core business because, to mention just one example, professional MAN fleet management reduces customers' administrative effort to a minimum and ensures the smooth, efficient operation of the entire fleet of vehicles.
Thanks to flexible financial, maintenance and repair contracts, transport companies can minimise the risk of incalculable costs for fleet management. Nevertheless, they are not trapped by fixed rates should orders unexpectedly decline. MAN Solutions makes it possible for the monthly rates to remain flexible and for transport capacities to be easily adapted to seasonal order fluctuations.
Well-trained and motivated truck drivers are the A and O of successful fleet management. MAN Solutions provides the set of data for a fair and transparent incentive system through which you can significantly improve the performance and commitment of your drivers. Qualified driver training helps to ensure that vehicles are always driven safely and efficiently, which for the company means a smaller risk of accidents and a reduction in fuel costs.
Trucks must remain in movement, because being at a standstill means loss of earnings and angry customers. MAN Solutions provides replacement vehicles in a quick and uncomplicated way should a truck be involved in an accident or if it cannot be repaired quickly enough following a breakdown. To prevent trucks from breaking down in the first place, MAN Solutions offers the option of constant monitoring of the technical condition of the vehicle. As such, faults can be detected early on and the affected vehicles can be taken to a workshop for testing as a precautionary measure.
MAN TeleMatics® for economical vehicle operation and transparent logistics
MAN TeleMatics® software in new design
Different packages of services for every purpose
Control fleets while on the go: the MAN TeleMatics® app
MAN ProfiDrive® intensive telematics seminar makes fuel savings of up to ten percent possible
MAN TeleMatics® is the efficient solution for fleet control, fleet management and logistics. The system enables particularly economical vehicle operation and makes transport processes transparent. Dispatchers, fleet managers and drivers all benefit from the TeleMatics system: detailed information on where vehicles are located, the remaining driving times, servicing data as well as orders and trips result in fewer empty runs and less idle time. This gives the operator greater planning security and reduces administrative effort. In addition, the automated "over the air" download of tachometer data and driver card creates transparency. The analyses of driver and vehicle deployment can be retrieved at the touch of a button and enable an economical style of driving to be trained and achieved in a sustainable manner.
MAN TeleMatics® in new design
The redesign of the MAN TeleMatics® software has given the user interface a fresh, new, modern appearance. The operating concept makes it possible for the customer to operate the software more easily and intuitively. For example, the operating procedures have been adapted to the everyday work of the dispatcher/fleet manager. Functions that are important and used regularly can be accessed in just a few clicks using easy-to-remember icons. The new user interface simplifies fleet management and provides a quick and clear overview of the facts that are important for the user.
Efficient fleet management for all types of operation
The five MAN TeleMatics® service packages - Data Smart, Data Eco, Entry, Data and Dispo - offer tailor-made functions for every requirements profile. One of the most important functions within the MAN TeleMatics® software is vehicle deployment analysis (VDA). Vehicle deployment analysis provides the basic data for optimising consumption and operating costs. With the help of VDA, the deployment of both vehicle and driver over a defined period of time can be evaluated. The deployment analysis values are calculated on the basis of evaluation profiles. These profiles distinguish between vehicle ranges and type of deployment (long-distance transport, local transport, distribution transport) and are available as standard. When required, the haulier is able to create individual evaluation profiles and assign them to vehicles. The MAN TeleMatics® report indicates potential for improving the driving style at the touch of a button. The data relevant for an economical driving approach obtained from the deployment analysis is clearly presented and evaluated.
With the aid of service management, dispatchers and fleet managers are able to optimise resource planning and simultaneously increase vehicle availability. The service data sent back from the vehicles shows at a glance which vehicle must be scheduled for servicing when. The workshop is able to actively draw up an anticipated maintenance plan. In this way, on-line service management helps to reduce workshop stops considerably.
With "Tracking & tracing", the momentary positions of vehicles are shown on a digital map. The route of a trip is traceable at any time by analysing the messages received. Deployment history gives the dispatcher a detailed overview of operating and idle times, mileages and fuel consumption on the individual stages of routes.
Tachometer management provides information on the remaining driving time, which makes for added planning security and transparency. Moreover, mass-storage and driver-card data can be read out from the digital tachograph (DTCO), transmitted to the MAN TeleMatics® portal wirelessly throughout Europe independently of the vehicle's location, and archived. Even the transfer of the data into the existing evaluation software is possible.
In addition to the above, the Dispo service package offers further features, which, in conjunction with the MAN DriverPad® logistics device, add professional functionality to fleet management. Trips and orders can be processed with the aid of this logistics device. By clicking the current status, the driver transmits it to the dispatcher. Addresses for loading and unloading can be adopted directly by the integrated truck navigation system. This reduces the probability of error due to manual input. Standard and free text messages on the seven-inch display round off the options available for information exchange. Trailer management has been designed for equal ease of use. Integrated trailer management informs drivers which trailers have been hitched up or unhitched. The dispatcher in turn is always informed of which tractor/trailer combination is on the road and where.
Telematics that fit in your pocket
The free MAN TeleMatics® app expands the MAN TeleMatics® system by adding a mobile access. The program, which is available for iPhone and iPad, provides haulage companies with all relevant data quickly and in compact form, so that entire fleets can be managed with particular efficiency. For example, the app shows precisely where individual vehicles are currently located, thus enabling the operator to decide on the go which vehicles are available for orders. The user has an overview at all times of whether vehicles are technically sound and whether they are being driven economically. The MAN TeleMatics® smartphone app was distinguished with the iF Communication Design Award 2013 in the category "Mobile Application" for its exceptional information design.
Significant fuel savings thanks to intensive telematics seminar
In cooperation with MAN ProfiDrive®, MAN TeleMatics® is offering an intensive seminar on telematics. Decisive here is the holistic view that is taken of driver, vehicle and vehicle data. Professional MAN driving instructors convey an especially fuel-saving approach to driving in both theory and practice. The telematics data generated is also evaluated and analysed to ascertain where driving styles have potential for improvement. Seminar participants are then coached intensively in how to make their day-to-day driving more economical. In this way, completion of the economy training course can result in fuel savings of up to ten percent with the aid of telematics data - without the loss of any time on the route.
MAN Service for greater efficiency in the fleet
Reliable, high-quality service: repair and maintenance contracts from MAN
Sights set on the entire transport unit: MAN Service Complete
Increase efficiency, ensure mobility: the MAN ServiceCard
Commercial vehicles from MAN are your reliable companion in the haulage business and master tough challenges day in, day out. Vehicle breakdowns are all the more annoying because they cost time and money. Accidents, breakdowns and improper maintenance are reasons for the truck ending up in a garage rather than at its scheduled destination. As a supplier of holistic transport solutions, MAN provides reliable support to its customers, also after the vehicle has been purchased. Tailor-made repair and maintenance contracts from MAN guarantee a long service life for the vehicle and minimise downtimes. Security against the uncertainties of day-to-day operation is something that is also offered by the MAN ServiceCard, which enables customers to improve efficiency and enhance mobility.
Higher levels of readiness for operation with service contracts from MAN
Proper maintenance and professional repair work increase the availability of a vehicle and prolong its service life. With repair and maintenance contracts from MAN, vehicle operators are always on the safe side: they can concentrate on their core business, while MAN deals with service. Depending on their requirements, customers can choose from four contracts offering various scopes of service. The Comfort service package comprises all regular servicing and includes, for example, the annual service plus oil change and replacement of filters. Also included in this package is the winter service. In addition to regular servicing, with the ComfortPlus contract MAN also deals with all statutory tests and inspections. The ComfortRepair package not only contains a service contract but also takes care of wear and tear repairs to the vehicle. The ComfortSuper contract is a real "don't worry" packager: it includes regular servicing with the statutorily required tests, wear and tear repairs to the engine, gearbox including clutch, chassis, steering gear and wheel suspension as well the brake and electrical systems. Moreover, the contract covers further services, such as the cost of towing, which will be borne by MAN up to an amount of €1,500. Additional services such as tyre service or the maintenance of bodies and attachments can optionally be added, depending on the type of contract.
With MAN service contracts, customers acquire financial-planning and accounting certainty and benefit from lower maintenance costs and greater operating reliability. Downtimes are minimised and personnel and management costs reduced. In addition, fuel consumption is reduced by means of optimal vehicle tuning. Added to which, professional MAN Service also increases the resale value of the vehicle because service and repairs are always carried out by specialists.
Service for the entire transport unit
In Service Complete, MAN Truck & Bus Deutschland GmbH offers customers complete servicing for the entire transport unit, i.e. vehicle and semitrailer or trailer and attachments. The scope comprises servicing, wear and tear repairs and work done under guarantee. Vehicle operators can rely on a comprehensive network of more than 150 MAN Service Complete outlets. All servicing work is done in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions using exclusively Genuine parts. Qualified personnel ensure that the work is done properly and to a very high standard of quality.
Thanks to the complete service, the repair and servicing of the entire transport unit can be carried out together during a single visit to the workshop. The expanded service competence of the MAN Service Complete outlets increases the level of readiness for operation of the customers' vehicles and decreases the downtimes of tractors and trailers. Moreover, the close-meshed network of Service outlets means that long trips to the workshop are a thing of the past and that less administrative effort is required.
Transparency and efficiency on the road with the MAN ServiceCard
MAN has joined forces with VW Leasing GmbH as the product provider to introduce the MAN ServiceCard in Germany. With its many functions, the fuel and service card not only ensures mobility but also enhances transparency in fleet management and increases fleet efficiency. As a universal means of payment it simplifies the day-to-day operation of vehicles, makes the complex exchange of currencies a thing of the past, and brings advantages in terms of interest and liquidity. With its extensive network of acceptance points independent of brand, the card ensures seamless service in 42 European countries plus unparalleled independence and flexibility. Not only that, but customers benefit from attractive terms to save money when refuelling. Alongside refuelling, the card can be used to pay tolls and fees for motorways, tunnels and bridges, for example.
The MAN ServiceCard also offers customers security against the uncertainties of day-to-day operations. In the event of a breakdown, it guarantees quick repair services around the clock via Mobile24, the MAN breakdown service for trucks and buses. Within the MAN Service network in Europe, maintenance and repair services, including spare parts, can be obtained quickly and easily on a cashless basis.
The settlement service, in combination with the online controlling and reporting system "FleetTRUCKS" ensures complete cost transparency for the entire fleet. All technical vehicle data, as well as all transactions settled using the MAN ServiceCard, are processed automatically in "FleetTRUCKS". This intelligent reporting tool saves fleet managers valuable time on evaluations and analyses. At the same time, they have a better overview of their fleets and greater transparency, allowing them to specifically control and, if necessary, to reduce costs. If desired, highly informative standard reports are sent regularly by e-mail to customers who want to process the movement data stored on their MAN ServiceCard in their own fleet management systems.
MAN EfficientLine - maximum transport efficiency even with Euro VI
Rising diesel prices, increased pressure from the competition and stricter environmental regulations pose major challenges to fleet operators. Customers must increase their commercial viability and reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). MAN has responded to customer needs and is offering the EfficientLine models for long-distance, as they are designed for fuel efficiency. The particularly environmentally-friendly trucks have convinced both the international trade press and customers. Thus the TGX EfficientLine already has numerous international awards to its credit. The market success is highlighted by the impressive sales figures: a total of more than 15,000 MAN EfficientLine vehicles in Euro V and Euro VI versions have been sold.
Efficient long-haul transport solutions save up to three litres of diesel fuel
MAN EfficientLine now provides substantial fuel savings even with Euro VI and reduces CO2 emissions. All efficiency-boosting features have been incorporated, so that the fuel consumption advantage will be retained in full. This means, for example, a reduction in consumption of up to 3 litres per 100 kilometres even for the TGX EfficientLine compliant with Euro VI, compared to a standard truck. Each TGX EfficientLine which replaces a conventional long-distance haulage truck, therefore saves up to 4,500 litres of diesel or 12 tonnes of CO2 per year. In addition to the basic model, a two-axle semi-trailer tractor with an XLX sized cab, there are TGS and TGX versions available with three axles, larger or smaller cabs and different suspension variants with EfficientLine packages. MAN also offers EfficientLine packages for use of the TGS in long-distance transport. From July 2013 onwards, the emergency braking assistance system, MAN Emergency Brake Assist (EBA), will also be available for the new EfficientLine models.
The new TGX EfficientLine compliant with Euro 6 is also equipped with MAN TeleMatics®, the efficient solution for fleet control, fleet management and logistics. The hardware is pre-installed. Customers can try out the Telematics software free of charge for four months and convince themselves of the advantages of cost-effective fleet utilisation and more transparent transport processes. The number of units is limited.
More efficient transport by means of optimum vehicle configuration
MAN EfficientLine stands for particularly efficient transportation, irrespective of whether the long haul truck TGX EfficientLine 4x2 is selected, or a vehicle is equipped with an EfficientLine package.
Since aerodynamic drag plays a significant role in fuel consumption, special attention was paid to optimal aerodynamic configuration of the vehicle. Accessories such as sun visors and compressed-air horns were omitted. Correct setting of the spoiler and the aerodynamic chassis cladding provide additional help in saving fuel. Setting the driving speed limiter to 85 km/h instead of 89 km/h reduces the rolling resistance by approx. 10%. In addition energy tires are used. These tires reduce rolling resistance and fuel consumption by virtue of their special material composition and type of structure.
The high increase in efficiency cannot however be obtained merely by improving individual components. It is rather the result of MAN's development competence when it comes to optimising the entire power train. The various components such as common-rail diesel engines, low-loss power train components and the intelligent gear-change strategy of the MAN TipMatic® are all matched to one another to form a perfectly coordinated unit. The alternator with 120 A has a four per cent higher energy efficiency and has a longer service life. Daytime driving lights require only about a quarter of the power of halogen dipped beams. The MAN Air-Pressure -Management (APM) turns the air compressor off automatically when it is not required, and thus decreases the loss of power in the compression of air. Compressed-air tank, fuel tank and wheel rims of aluminium all contribute to downscaling vehicle weight. However, an efficient driving style will also help to significantly reduce fuel consumption. This is why customers are given a MAN ProfiDrive® coupon upon purchasing a vehicle: Experienced MAN-specialists provide training in particularly economic and fuel efficient driving in one theory module and one practical module.
EURO-Leasing sets new telematics standards in the rental business
Telematics solution identifies savings potential in fleets and increases vehicle availability
EURO-Leasing GmbH, a unit of MAN Finance, presents an up-to-date telematics offering that is independent of manufacturer. This solution will be available from mid-July and will enable rental customers to ascertain savings potential in their fleets and take the necessary measures for improvement right away. Sales and Technology Director Marcus Burmeister has this to say: "Our telematics solution optimises the flow of information and customer service. Seamless vehicle monitoring not only reduces fuel costs but in a practically oriented manner also records cost drivers such as waiting times on the ramps during loading and unloading."
Moreover, route planning now allows for the improved coordination of workshop stops, meaning that idle times due to servicing and repair can be minimised or even avoided. This guarantees the highest levels of vehicle availability for hauliers, freight forwarders and logisticians, thus optimising their fleet management. The new offering comes in conjunction with uniform tariffs applicable throughout Europe, which can be flexibly activated and deactivated.
A further advantage of the new telematics solution is its ease of handling and operation. This begins with activation: when vehicles are rented, the customers receive an e-mail with an activation link and can immediately log into the newly designed MAN Rental/EURO-Leasing telematics portal, register and activate their vehicles. The individual vehicle data is then available within 24 hours. Activation and deactivation are both free of charge.
Burmeister adds: "The telematics fees are itemised separately in the monthly rental invoice. A great advantage for customers is that they can decide for themselves whether they want to make use of our telematics offering and if so, for how long (starting from a period of one month). This is completely independent of the rental agreement and without risk. In addition, they benefit from the six years of solid know-how that we have gathered in the field of telematics rental since 2007."
The data of the rental vehicles (motorised units/semi-trailers/trailers) can be accessed by the customer around the clock in the MAN Rental/EURO-Leasing portal, independent of manufacturer. Thanks to cooperation with the neutral telematics platform NIC-base, hauliers can if required also access the data on their entire fleets (all makes).
This comprises momentary vehicle locations as well as data from the electronic braking system (EBS), the refrigeration equipment and the vehicle management system (VMS). This means that all temperature data is continually monitored and recorded in compliance with statutory regulations. The telematics of the "Pharmaliner", the new, certified offering from MAN Rental/EURO-Leasing, ensures that the temperature is checked uninterruptedly (including anti-theft options and route monitoring) and thus meets all the requirements for certification for pharmaceutical transport acceptance. The default interval for notification is 15 minutes with shorter intervals possible if required.
The scope of service includes the following: data on the current location and the route of the trip, depicted on a digital map, data concerning temperatures and refrigeration equipment, information on speeds during each transmission cycle, information on the condition and energy consumption of the batteries as well as status messages concerning the semi-trailer's portal doors.
Active alarm messages result from the monitoring of geo-circles, the opening of doors, refrigeration equipment data (setpoint, operating mode, etc.), temperature sensors installed in the body of the vehicle and the coupling status (hitched/unhitched). In the framework of a vehicle list, all units can be administered at vehicle level, geo-circles set up and alarms activated/deactivated and assigned to groups of vehicles.
About EURO-Leasing GmbH
EURO-Leasing GmbH was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of MAN Finance International GmbH in Munich. The company rents out around 13,000 tractors, trailers/semi-trailers and special vehicles under both the EURO-Leasing and MAN Rental brands. As one of Europe's leading full-service fleet management providers, EURO-Leasing employs a total of over 150 staff at its headquarters located directly on the A1 motorway in the north German town of Sittensen, in 60 outlets and depots in Germany and at its subsidiaries abroad.
With Germany as the hub, rental and service structures are currently being set up all over Europe. EURO-Leasing und MAN Rental are already established in Denmark, Poland and Sweden, having been a force there for years. In 2012 the company also launched in Austria and Romania. Activities in Great Britain, France and Switzerland are to follow in the course of 2013. The services offered by EURO-Leasing range from the purchase of new vehicles to rental to the professional marketing of used vehicles in Germany and abroad.
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Episode Synopsis: Filming on “Pucks!” is drawing to a close and everyone is focused on what they will do next.
Series Summary of Episodes: Matt LeBlanc stars as Matt LeBlanc in EPISODES, the hilarious comedy series about remaking a comedy series. When husband and wife writing team Sean and Beverly set out to reproduce their British TV hit for an American network, all of their worst fears come true as Hollywood lives up to its reputation for absurdity. Not only does the network cast Matt LeBlanc in the starring role, but Matt takes the lead in deviously twisting their beloved series into a terrible cliché, while testing the couple’s marriage with diversions and temptations.
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Jordan, who currently resides in Seattle, WA, has slowly become a film fanatic over the past couple of years. He attributes his love for film to the smash hit THE DARK KNIGHT which has created an (un)healthy obsession with both Christopher Nolan and the Batman franchise. Although he appreciates all genres of film, his favorite movies are typically psychological thrillers, with an emphasis on non-traditional narratives.
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‘Twin Peaks’ Season 3 Episodes 12-13: Over the Top (And Under the Gun)
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IACUC Information
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Protocol Submission and Review
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Requesting Facilities
Animal Ordering and Disposition
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The UAF Office of Research Integrity (ORI) facilitates the responsible conduct of research through educational, preventive, outreach, and service activities. ORI provides administrative support for the Institutional Official, IACUC, and researchers. Organizationally, the ORI is located in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (West Ridge Research Building, Suite 212) and reports to the Vice Chancellor for Research (VCR). The VCR is the UAF Institutional Official charged with oversight of the animal care program.
Researcher Consultations
ORI staff serve as subject area experts on institutional and regulatory requirements associated with the care and use of animals in research, teaching, and testing activities. ORI staff are available to meet with faculty, staff, and students on a variety of topics including, but not limited to, the following:
State and federal laws, regulations and guidelines:
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Coordination with Pre- and Post-Award for Funded Activities
Most funding agencies do NOT require IACUC approval of animal activities at the time of proposal, but rather at the time of award. ORI works with the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) and Office Grants & Contracts Administration (OGCA) to ensure that sponsor requirements are met. ORI works with OSP to flag potential animal care issues at the proposal stage so that everyone is aware of what will be required if the proposal is funded. ORI works with OGCA to insure that IACUC approval is obtained before award funds are released and that approval is maintained for the duration of the work involving live vertebrates.
Coordination of IACUC Reviews with other Institutions/Investigators
IACUC review and oversight is the responsibility of the institution receiving the award; responsibility follows the money. That means that UAF subawardees or subcontractors are typically responsible for obtaining approval from their own IACUC. However, when the work will be performed jointly by researchers from two or more institutions ORI can often make arrangements (via an Inter-Institutional Agreement) for one institution's IACUC to take the lead which may prevent researchers from having to apply to multiple IACUCs for approval of the same work.
An Independent Investigator Agreement is required for non-UAF personnel working on a UAF Protocol when there is no Inter-Institutional Agreement. In essence, this agreement formalizes the individual's willingness and intent to abide by all UAF policies, procedures, and the approved protocol(s).
General Reminders
The electronic submission system IRBNet sends email notifications to principal investigators related to approaching deadlines of their Protocols (i.e. expiration dates and progress report deadlines). Reminders are automatically issued 60, 30, and 7 days prior to the expiration date specified in the original protocol approval. The ORI will also notify new personnel of training and occupational health and safety program requirements related to their specific assigned duties.
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The ORI provides administrative support to the IACUC: setting meeting agendas, taking minutes, drafting inspection and program evaluation reports, managing IACUC correspondence, distributing and tracking all IACUC submissions, and maintaining IACUC files and databases. In addition, the ORI serves as the point-of-contact for faculty, staff, students, the public, and regulators for all questions and concerns associated with the care and use of live vertebrates at UAF or by UAF researchers at other locations.
Training Program Management
ORI manages the online training program through CITI (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative) on behalf of the IACUC. ORI personnel are responsible for directing new personnel to the training program and verifying training is completed prior to issuing protocol approval letters.
Training in the care and use of animals is a required element of UAF's Assurance of Compliance with Public Health Service Policy on the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (PHS Assurance), on file with the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW).
Occupational Health & Safety Program Management
Participation in the Occupational Health & Safety Program (OHSP) for UAF Animal Facilities is mandated by UAF Policy #04-004 (Note: Research policies are accessible from the policy page on the Center for Research Services website. The ORI is responsible for management and oversight of this component of the UAF OHSP and works closely with the department of Environmental Health, Safety & Risk Management (website) which oversees rest of the UAF OHSP.
Participation in the OHSP is mandatory. Initial enrollment is accomplished by completing the Personnel Information Form (PIF). Further program requirements are determined based on administrative the review of the information. More information about the OHSP is available from the Health and Safety Program link on the IACUC website. The OHSP for UAF Animal Facilities, like the training program described above, is a required component of UAF's PHS Assurance with OLAW.
Controlled Substances Program Oversight
The Anchorage Resident Office, Seattle Field Division, Diversion Control Office, Drug Enforcement Agency, is responsible for oversight and enforcement of controlled substances regulations in Alaska. The Anchorage Resident Office has determined that the UAF research institutes may hold research registrations for schedule II-V substances. Field offices in other areas have made other determinations.
Currently, only the Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB) holds a DEA registration. The Director of IAB is responsible for authorizing and overseeing all uses of controlled substances under the institute's registration. The Director may only authorize individuals under direct supervision; this means only faculty, staff and graduate students within the institutes, not non-UAF collaborators, contractors, or volunteers. ORI coordinates with the Veterinary Services in the oversight of controlled substances at UAF since they are primarily used in the conduct of animal research; however, ORI can advise on individual research registrations (typically for schedule I substances), drug storage lockers/safes, transport and export of controlled substances.
All concerns related to the care and use of live animals at UAF or by UAF faculty at other locations should be reported to the IACUC. To facilitate reporting, the IACUC offers a Compliance report template; however, you may also express your concerns directly in-person, by telephone or email to any member of ORI or the IACUC.
IO Support
The ORI provides administrative support to the Institutional Official (IO) by maintaining institutional registrations, certifications, and permits associated with the care and use of vertebrate animals. ORI drafts initial applications, renewal requests, and commonly required reports on behalf of the IO.
In addition to assisting the IO in maintaining required institutional registrations, certifications, and permits, the ORI makes required non-compliance reports to State and Federal regulatory agencies on behalf of the institution. Non-compliant activities and associated repercussions that may impact progress on funded awards must also be reported to the sponsor, in most cases. The ORI coordinates sponsor reports with OGCA.
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Russian-led forces violate ceasefire in Donbas five times
On March 26, the armed formations of the Russian Federation violated ceasefire in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in Donbas five times.
“The enemy used 120mm and 82mm mortars banned under the Minsk agreements, grenade launchers of different systems, heavy machine guns and small arms to shell Ukrainian positions,” the press center of the JFO Headquarters reports.
In the zone of action of tactical force “East”, Russian-occupation troops launched attacks from 120mm and 82mm mortars on Ukrainian positions near Pavlopil (25km north-west of Mariupol); grenade launchers of different systems – outside Talakivka (17km north-east of Mariupol); automatic mounted grenade launcher and heavy machine guns – in the area of Slavne (26km south-west of Donetsk); heavy machine guns – near Avdiivka (17km north of Donetsk).
In the zone of action of tactical force “North”, Ukrainian positions came under 82mm mortar fire in the area of Luhanske (59km north-east of Donetsk).
No casualties among Ukrainian troops were reported over the past day.
Today, the Russian-occupation troops have not opened fire yet.
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October news!
Posted on 8:04pm Sunday 2nd Oct 2016
Our very first update and what a six weeks it has been since our launch! We were pleased to have 52 runners in our 'Back to School Race' and the first batch of medals were sent out last week. It was great to see them pop up on our Facebook page over the weekend. The September run supported CLIC Sargent and we will be transferring £93.60 across this week!
Our October and November races are already on the site and we have had a steady flow of runners entering already. What's more, we have had many requests from schools to organise events for them. The events and medals are very much aimed at children and we are pleased to see that schools are embracing our runs and events.
It's Sunday night and it's back to the day job tomorrow with being a Deputy Head of a large Junior School. Life is never dull but that's what makes it fun.
Happy running until the next update and thank you very much for your support of our short but exciting journey so far.
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Under the Christmas Tree November 20, 2019
Channel 4 announces Christmas at Chatsworth special
Channel 4 has announced a one-off Christmas special, Christmas At Chatsworth House which will take a look behind the scenes of the historic Derbyshire house.
Image credit: Chatsworth House Trust
We’ve got all the details…
Taking a look behind the scenes of the historic Derbyshire house which was the backdrop for Pride and Prejudice, Christmas At Chatsworth House follows the most important weeks of the year and gets ready to open its doors to over 200,000 Christmas visitors.
Filmed behind the scenes of the country mansion throughout this year’s festive preparations, you can discover that Christmas is Chatworth’s most important event.
With stunning gardens, parkland and 35,000 acres of farm and moor, their corner of the Peak District employs 800 staff.
In just five days housekeepers, designers, gardeners and foresters transform Chatsworth with traditional and nostalgic Christmas displays. The house along is decorated with over 30 Christmas trees, 60,000 baubles and a mission fairy lights.
The theme this year is, A Land Far, Far Away with the grand rooms of the house dressed in homage to countries that had influenced generations of the Cavendish family.
However they face the greatest challenge yet as they face torrential rain and a countryside crippled by unprecedented flooding. Will this festive season be remember for all of the right reasons?
ITN Production’s Executive Producer, Will Smith, said: “Viewers will be amazed at the amount of work that goes on behind the scenes to transform Chatsworth House at Christmas and make it such a magical and enchanting time for visitors. This one-off documentary will provide a compelling insight into the sheer scale of getting the house ready so that guests can participate in the festive fun and have a Christmas to remember.”
We can’t wait to see what’s in store for Chatsworth house this Christmas.
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How to Get from NEW CHITOSE AIRPORT to SAPPORO & OTARU
Before Sapporo came to be, Hokkaido was first inhabited by the Ainu people. But at the dawn of the Meiji Period, major developments for Japan’s northernmost main island were set in motion, eventually establishing the city of Sapporo. From having only seven people as its total population in 1857, it is now buzzing with almost two million residents, making it the fifth largest city in Japan.
Sapporo is the capital city and also the largest in Hokkaido, which is currently the largest prefecture of Japan. Much of Hokkaido’s population is concentrated in the capital city. Although it lacks the character of ancient traditional Japanese structures and buildings, it still has some old establishments like the Clock Tower and the Former Hokkaido Prefectural Government Building. Odori Park, the remarkably long stretch of green space at the heart of the city, is transformed into one of Sapporo’s famous festival — the Sapporo Snow Festival.
Sapporo has a grid-type street system, so it is easier to navigate. If you are flying in Sapporo from another country or other major cities of Japan (like Tokyo and Osaka), the New Chitose Airport is the main gateway to Sapporo and other parts of Hokkaido. It is the largest airport in Hokkaido (also one of the busiest in Japan) and serves international and domestic flights. It handles one of the world’s busiest routes — Tokyo (Haneda)- Sapporo route. The majority of the flights to Sapporo, especially international, will have a stop at Tokyo for the connecting flight to Sapporo. The New Chitose Airport is located about 50 kilometers from Sapporo city center. There are plenty of transportations options that operate between these two points.
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When you arrive at the airport, you can go to the JR Hokkaido New Chitose Airport Station. The train station is located just beneath the airport on the first-floor basement.
From the station, purchase the ticket for JR Rapid Airport Line train to JR Sapporo Station.
Alight at JR Sapporo Station.
Fare: ¥1,070
Travel Time: Approximately 40 minutes
Transfer: None (direct)
Unreserved seats are FREE. If you want to reserve a seat, you need to pay ¥520 on top of the fare.
The Rapid Airport line only operates from 8 AM to 10 PM. If you arrive at the airport before 8 AM or after 10 PM, you can just take the local train to Sapporo.
There are two bus companies serving the New Chitose Airport-Sapporo route — Hokuto Kotsu Bus and Hokkaido Chuo Bus.
Bus terminals are present at both domestic and international terminals. At the domestic terminal, the boarding locations and ticket counters are located on the first floor. If you are boarding the Hokuto Kotsu Bus, you should be at the arrival lobby of ANA. If you are boarding the Chuo Bus, you should be at the arrival lobby of JAL. If you are arriving at the international terminal, the boarding location for both bus companies is on the first floor arrival lobby. Look for the Transportation Information Counter.
Bus services start operating from 5:30 AM until 10:30 PM. Buses depart every 15 minutes.
The fare is ¥1,030 for adults and ¥520 for children. Travel time is over an hour, depending on the traffic condition.
Some of the major bus stops are Sapporo Station, Odori Park, and Susukino.
Price for each ticket is at JPY 1,030.
Otaru is a popular day trip destination from Sapporo City. This unassuming harbor city is widely known for its canal lined by the old warehouses and former shipping and trade offices that have seen the glory days of the canal as a major fishing and trade port. If you are planning to make a stop at Otaru first for a day trip before heading for Sapporo, here’s how to get there from the airport.
From the airport, travel on foot to the JR Hokkaido New Chitose Airport Station.
From the station, purchase the ticket for JR Rapid Airport Line train to JR Otaru Station.
Alight at JR Otaru Station.
The Rapid Airport line only operates from 8 AM to 10 PM. If you arrive at the airport before 8 AM or after 10 PM, you can just take the local train to Otaru.
If you were not able to take the Rapid Airport Line train, you can take the JR Chitose Line (local train) instead. This will require a transfer at JR Sapporo Station to a train on JR Hakodate Line bound for Otaru.
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More migrant children die as Europe bickers
Hannah Lucinda Smith and David Charter
Monday September 21 2015, 1.01am, The Times
A baby is carried in a cardboard box in the Greek village of Idomeni where every day thousands of migrants try to cross the border into Macedonia
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Insults flew between countries at the sharp end of the migrant surge into Europe as at least six more children lost their lives on the crossing from Turkey.
The Hungarian government called Croatia’s prime minister “pathetic”, Romania called Hungary’s closure of its borders “autistic” and Hungary replied by taunting Romania over corruption charges faced by its prime minister.
Croatia continued to redirect hundreds of migrants across its border with Hungary, while Austria said that 11,000 crossed its borders on Saturday.
In an attempt to stem the flow, the European Commission is to redirect up to €1 billion from the EU aid budget to Turkey to improve conditions for the two million migrants in camps there.
At least 13 people, including children, died when their dinghy
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Coronavirus: four things we learned from the leaked Wuhan Covid-19 files
Documents reveal Chinese officials lied about new infections and deaths as outbreak spread
by Joe Evans
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Leaked documents outlining China’s emergency response to the Covid-19 outbreak have laid bare failures in the early efforts to contain the virus - and lies about the number of lives lost.
The “Wuhan Files” are the “most significant leak from inside China since the beginning of the pandemic”, providing “the first clear window into what local authorities knew internally and when”, CNN reports.
The documents “reveal numerous inconsistencies in what authorities believed to be happening and what was revealed to the public”, adds the US broadcaster, which has had the files verified by “six independent experts”.
Suppressed severity
The documents show that the number of infections being reported to officials were not accurately communicated to international health officials. Analysts believe “this discrepancy was likely due to a combination of a highly dysfunctional reporting system and a recurrent instinct to suppress bad news”, says CNN.
On 10 February, China officially confirmed a nationwide tally of 2,478 new Covid cases, as Reuters reported at the time. However, the newly revealed files show that on this date, officials in the epicentre of the outbreak, Hubei province, reported 5,918 new cases.
The significant discrepancy will add to suspicions that China deliberately misled the World Health Organization (WHO) and wider international community as to the scale of the problem during the early days of the pandemic.
Testing failures
“One of the more striking data points concerns the slowness with which local Covid-19 patients were diagnosed,” CNN says. A report in the Wuhan Files that dates from early March states that the average time between the onset of symptoms to a confirmed diagnosis was 23.3 days - a delay which “experts have told CNN would have significantly hampered steps to both monitor and combat the disease”.
A WHO directive released in late March warned that the availability of “timely and accurate results” was threatened when diagnosis cannot take place during a “24- to 48-hour” window.
Second viral outbreak
The leaked files also reveal that “Hubei was dealing with a significant influenza outbreak” when the Covid pandemic began, CNN reports.
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The flu crisis - which still has not been made public - saw cases “rise to 20 times the level recorded the previous year… placing enormous levels of additional stress on an already stretched health care system”, the broadcaster continues.
“It remains unclear what impact or connection the influenza spike had on the Covid-19 outbreak.” But the flu epidemic affected Wuhan and also the neighbouring cities Yichang and Xianning, all of which were hit hard by Covid too.
The lack of transparency exposed will put additional pressure on China to cooperate with a WHO fact-finding mission to identify the origin of the coronavirus, which has now claimed almost 1.5 million lives worldwide, according to latest figures.
Bureaucratic breakdown
“A lack of preparedness is reflected throughout the documents, sections of which are highly critical in their internal assessment of the government’s support for the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) operations in Hubei,” says CNN.
Audits conducted of the facilities and staff at Hubei CDC found the centre to be “underfunded, lacking the right testing equipment, and with unmotivated staff who were often felt ignored in China’s vast bureaucracy”.
Beijing has repeatedly pointed to China’s apparent preparedness for the outbreak, having previously battled the Sars virus in 2003.
The internal documents reveal a very different story, however.
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Author: Chimera
Die Feng & Li Ying: The Dragon and the Wolf Vol.2 - Chapter 5
The mask glinted in the candlelight. It was roughly hewn from bronze, with no paint and no ornamentation. Two eyes, two ears, a nose, and a mouth – a face, empty of expression, still, utterly still. A dead face, made to be buried with the dead eons ago. No power radiated from it, no hint of secrets held within. Nothing but emptiness.
Rui Fan had said it would help.
The Deer Tribe have guarded it for millennia.
Die Feng didn’t know why he trusted the word of someone who had no tribe and no verifiable allegiance. It was not in his nature to let his guard down. Except it was not just her word. It was known around the realms that none surpassed the Deer Tribe in soul searching magic. Stealing the mask had not been easy but steal it he had had to. Apprehensive of being seen and identified, Rui Fan had refused to do more than give him directions to the cave.
His illusion had kept the guards from being alerted but he couldn’t be certain he hadn’t triggered any other safeguards. He’d made himself invisible, making sure no trace of his aura was left behind. The mask had been on a rock island inside the cave, surrounded by a lake. Easy enough for him to fly across the mirror-like surface of the still water without disturbing it. The hard part had been the guards outside. They couldn’t be touched by any kind of magic. The air around them could be manipulated though, say, if an illusion were cast. Luckily for Die Feng, he was one of the few people in the realms who could do illusion magic. He wove his spell carefully, making the world around them seem as it had been, not as it was. After that, floating past them in his true form, keeping his size to that of a tiny snake, had been easy enough.
Too easy. Die Feng couldn’t shake off a feeling of unease. It would be no minor diplomatic crisis if the West Sea Crown Prince Die Feng were to be discovered stealing the Deer Tribe’s most sacred artefact to aid the Yellow Demon Princess Li Ying. Hopefully, it wouldn’t come to that. After all, he was only borrowing it. The mask would be back inside the cave much before anything was discovered amiss.
But he was willing to take the chance. For her. For her.
Die Feng sat on the floor in front of Li Ying’s cage. Immobilised, she eyed him with fury. Except for the time it took him to get the mask, he hadn’t left her side since bringing her to 14th’s den. He couldn’t stop drinking in the sight of her. With a wave of his hand, the golden cage disappeared. Li Ying growled.
This had to work.
It had to.
Holding the mask in both his hands, he closed his eyes and entered the soul dimension.
A red haze formed a barrier in front of him. There was a foul yet strong energy everywhere, suffocating. Cheng Yin’s aura. Die Feng gathered his strength and directed a blast of energy at the barrier. He had tried the same thing several times before but this time he had the mask. The barrier had to break.
The barrier remained intact. Trying not to panic, Die Feng tried again.
“It won’t work,” came a voice from behind.
Die Feng spun around.
A man stood there in black robes. An immensely beautiful man, with red lips, piercing blue eyes and unbound black hair falling to his feet. Silver embroidery snaked around his collar and cuffs. A white belt was at his waist and his hand held a delicate black and golden fan. The same emptiness as that of the mask defined the air around him.
“Why?” asked Die Feng.
“She has to make the choice herself, Sea Prince.” His voice was smooth and melodic, like a flute’s.
The man tilted his head. “It's her own fear keeping her imprisoned.”
“It’s Cheng Yin,” Die Feng ground out.
The man shook his head. “The curse draws power from her fear.”
“Who are you?” asked Die Feng. “How do you know me?”
“I am the deity who resides in the mask. Did you not call for me?”
“Can you help me?” asked Die Feng. “I have to reach her. Talk to her.”
“To step through the barrier will require powerful and ancient magic, Sea Prince. Magic that has a price.”
“I’m willing to pay the price. Anything.”
“It might be uncomfortable.”
“Anything,” Die Feng repeated.
“Very well,” the man smiled. “Give me your hand.”
Die Feng extended his hand.
“Remember, you might reach her but she has to make the choice herself.”
Die Feng nodded.
The moment the man’s fingers touched his, Die Feng felt himself being drawn forward, to the emptiness that radiated from the spectre. His hand merged with the man’s and then his arm. Possession magic, said a voice inside his head. This is the price. He almost snatched his hand back. Instead, he tipped forward, further and further until he and the man were one, an alien presence melding with his, entering his head. Don’t be afraid, rang the man’s voice in his ears. I will soon leave. As the presence flowed through his body, Die Feng felt a coldness seep into his limbs. And then it settled and he couldn’t feel it anymore. It was unnerving how something so foreign could so easily become a part of him. And then everything became dark.
Die Feng blinked. Once, twice. His head throbbed. Slowly, he lifted himself off the ground. He was still in the soul dimension. How much time had passed? There was no sign of the deity. But the barrier—Die Feng looked around—the barrier was behind him! There was menacing red fog everywhere, floating in thick clumps.
Die Feng took quick steps forward. In the corner, he made out a figure. Sitting curled into a tight ball, still as death.
“Li Ying!” Die Feng ran until he was crouched before her. “Li Ying!”
Her head was on her knees, her arms over it. The first thing Die Feng noticed were the scars on her bare arms. Skin clawed at. Bruises. Blood underneath her fingernails.
She slowly lifted her head, eyes uncomprehending.
“Li Ying, it’s me!”
Her gaze remained blank.
“It’s Die Feng!”
“Die Feng,” she whispered. Her voice sounded so far away.
“Yes,” he said, reaching forward. Her hands were so cold. Like a marionette, she let him lift them.
“Die Feng,” the ghost of a smile passed over her lips. It was as if she was looking beyond him, as if she was looking at a memory.
“Li Ying, look at me. Please. Li Ying…”
Her eyes rose to meet his.
“Die Feng?”
He nodded.
“You’re here? You’re really here?”
“Yes,” he said. “Yes—”
With strength he couldn’t have believed she possessed moments ago, in one swift motion, she shoved him away and rose to her feet. “Get out!”
No braids, no flow-ey yellow dress. Her waist length hair cascaded around her body in tangles, hanging in her face. Her grey robes hung in tatters. Her face was thin and haggard and pale, her lips open in a wolfish snarl.
“Get out!” she shouted.
Stunned, Die Feng began, “Li Ying, you know me. I’m—”
“An intruder. Leave now!”
“There is no place for you here. Leave!”
Frowning, he extended his hand. “This is no place for you either. Come with me.”
She laughed a horrible banshee-like screech. “Go with you? Where?”
“Back,” he said, more and more puzzled. What was going on with her?
“Back? Where is back? What is there to go back to? You want me to go back with you? Why? What will happen if I go back? Do you imagine I will marry you and we will go play house in a glass palace?” her voice rose. “The glass will shatter before I touch it. We have no future. I have revelled in the blood of mortals and enjoyed it. And more death I crave still. Like my brother, I will make the sky rain brimstone and make the earth bleed if I go back.”
What could he say to that? She sounded so certain yet made no sense. “You’ve grown quite dramatic,” he remarked.
“You think I jest?”
“I am not leaving without you,” he said, going back to the one thing that mattered.
“Who are you? Who are you to ask me to leave?” Who who who echoed around them and Li Ying clutched her head. Die Feng reached out in concern.
She flung his hand away. “Get away!”
“No,” he said, flatly. She was deluded if she thought he would just leave. He was finally with her, face to face. Despite his bafflement, despite her words, she was there, finally. The hope in his chest refused to sputter out. His heart felt like it would burst with emotion and he was not sure whether to laugh or cry. “I have lied and stolen and tortured for you and I am not leaving you here to be damned alone in eternal misery.”
“Do you take me for a sweet girl or an innocent lamb?” she threw at him. “I am neither. You have some image of a pure docile creature that needs to be protected and I am nothing like her. Who do you expect me to be when we go back? A doll with a smile painted on her face who will bear children and bend over when you feel like rutting? Why are you smiling?”
“I have missed you,” he said marvelling at the fact that they could actually talk.
“Who gave you the right?” she demanded.
He chuckled. “You did. When you barged into my life with your demands for candy and your kisses and your teasing. I have missed arguing with you and I have missed you trying to shock me with your words.”
She backed away, as if by putting space between them, she could escape his words. “Noble, righteous Die Feng,” she spat the words as if they were curses. “Why are you not repelled? Why are you not running away?”
“I need you,” he stepped forward.
She took a step back. “I don’t believe you.”
He continued towards her, “I love you.”
The sneer slid off her face. She certainly hadn’t expected that. A sharp intake of breath and then her expression hardened again. “Can you love a monster, Die Feng?” she spat. “Can you?”
“I can love you,” he said. Her back hit the wall.
“Liar,” she said in a vicious whisper and cut him off as he began to protest. “But you know what? I hate you.” Her voice broke, “I hate you.”
He reached out a hand to caress her cheek. She remained still, her chest heaving. “Hate me all you want. I am not letting you go.”
A tear slid down her cheek. “Why?” Roughly wiping her face with the back of her hand, she closed her eyes. “Why won’t you?”
“For an infinite number of reasons which the curse is not letting you see right now. You’re only seeing the bad but there’s good in you, Li Ying. You are good, I promise.” If only he could make her see what he saw.
“I have tainted blood. My father was a monster and so was my brother. How can I be any different?” she argued in desperation.
Did it seem that simple to her? Evil father plus evil brother equalled evil Li Ying? Well then, he would make it simpler still. “I have said this before and I will say it again: Li Ying, you are not your brother. Nor are you your father. You are you.”
She looked away. “I have done things. Terrible things. You don’t know.”
“All I see is a lost woman trying to hide away from the world.”
“You don’t understand,” her eyes met his, insistent. “I have a darkness within me. I cannot be trusted.”
“I am willing to take the chance,” he replied.
“I have killed.”
“Innocents.”
“You were cursed. You were not in control.”
“Wasn’t I?” she looked down.
“Li Ying, if you were half the monster you claim to be, you wouldn’t be feeling so torn about it.” He ducked his head, trying to meet her eyes.
“I can’t,” she said desperately.
“I can’t leave. I have tried.”
It's her own fear keeping her imprisoned.
“You have the power, Li Ying. Only you can get us out. Believe that you deserve to live.”
“I’m afraid,” she said. That much he could see.
He tried to focus on the practicality of the matter, “The curse gains power from your fear.”
“I don’t want to go back,” she whispered.
“It will be hard. But you will not be alone.” He tried to pour all his conviction into his voice. “I will be there every step of the way.” She looked down, shaking her head. “You have courage, Li Ying,” he said firmly, grasping her shoulders. “Look at me.”
“You have courage,” he repeated, when her eyes met his. “I know it.” He gritted his teeth. “I. Know. It.”
“I can’t.” She moved his hands off and turned away. Despair clutched at his heart. He had never seen her so defeated and he hated it.
“Am I supposed to kiss away the pain?” he said to her back.
“What?” she spun around.
“Do you expect me to pat your head and kiss away the little hurts?” he said in a mocking tone.
She flushed red with anger. “When did I ask you to—”
“You’re right, you didn’t. It would have shown some willingness to fight if you had.”
He had waited 500 years for this? The ache in his heart was being replaced by anger. She wasn’t even willing to try?
“At least your brother and father were not cowards,” he heard himself speak.
She looked as if he’d slapped her. “What did you say?”
He continued, “You are like them? Please, you can’t even put up a fight.”
Her hands balled into fists. “You—you know nothing.”
“I know enough to say that unlike you, they fought till the end.”
“And you think I didn’t?” she spat back.
He didn’t back down. “I bet your brother didn’t even have to try. Did you roll over and say please when he performed the curse?”
“How dare you!” Anger replaced shock on her face. Good.
“Were you always this childish? No wonder your brother had you on a leash.”
She started towards him. “Get out!”
“I am a monster, stay away from me,” he mocked, imitating her tone. “Now, where have I heard that line before?” he pretended to think. “Oh I know. One of your mortal plays. The scholar who glittered under sunlight, wasn’t it? It always made me laugh.”
She snapped. Before Die Feng knew it, she was flying at him. He dodged to the side. “Stop pitying yourself. The Li Ying I knew was a fighter.”
“The Li Ying you knew was weak,” she snapped, flying at him again.
He dodged again. This was too easy. “And what would you call yourself right now?”
That made her pause. “I—”
“I bet if I called you pathetic you’d agree with me,” he taunted.
“Then what about you?” she tossed back. Oh she was warming up. Her punches became faster.
“Me?” his breath was increasing. Yes, she was coming back.
“What should I call you?” Imitating him, she pretended to think. “Oh I know! A puppy wagging its tail.”
“Oh you have me there,” he grinned.
“Roll over and be a good doggy, Die Feng,” she taunted. “Follow the rules, please everyone. Beg for pats and crumbs. Do you have such a deep desire to be needed? To be liked? Meddling in everything.” She punctuated each sentence with a strike. Die Feng started to fight back and she dodged.
“Yes, let it all out,” he said in an encouraging tone. “Share your little moments of darkness and self loathing. Get a little more perspective.” She aimed a kick at his head and he dropped low to avoid it, rolling back.
“Plain, boring Die Feng,” she continued viciously. “Trying so hard to be useful so that he doesn’t fade into the background. So that no one wakes up and notices how unremarkable he is. Do you even have an identity of your own?”
“Bit rich coming from a woman who is letting her father and brother define her entire existence,” he panted, aiming a strike at her shoulder. Her palm blocked his fist.
“I fought against them my entire life, at each step,” she said through gritted teeth. “You have no idea what I endured. Born into a loving family with your friends at Kunlun do you even know how privileged you are?”
“I’m sorry to burst your sad little bubble of brooding but you know nothing of my family,” he replied coolly. His fist met her forearm and she fell back. He advanced. “You say you’re not a doll? You’ve been doing a good impression of one. Look at you. You only need cobwebs trailing in your hair to complete the sorry picture. Oh boo hoo I’m so sad let me fade away into nothingness as a single tear slides down my cheek. You are such a cliché. At least be original in your self-destructiveness.”
“I’m sorry if my feelings do not suit your palate,” she snarled. Her attack took on a new edge and Die Feng was forced to retreat.
“Being cooped up for so long has addled your brains,” he said. A kick landed on his chest and he grunted. “You should get out in the sunshine, get a little exercise.”
“Oh I’m going to get exercise all right. When I wring your royal neck.”
“I doubt a weakling like you could get anywhere near my neck.”
“I am no weakling!”
“You know, I think you actually like being here. There’s no one to question you and there are no expectations. How easy it must be! I almost want to get cursed too. Too bad I’m not wea—”
“ENOUGH!” she bellowed. “I have had enough! Of my father and my brother calling me weak. I fought against them, I trained, I will not have you call me a weakling too. I will not let you put me down. I don’t care if I’m unloved. I survived and grew stronger when others tried to trample me and I did it alone. I have been stronger than anyone.”
“Then prove it!” he challenged as she advanced.
“You will respect me! I tried to save Qiao Er, I defied my brother and lied to him, I got the Ancestor her whip, till the end I tried to stop him. I betrayed my blood for what was right. My blood brother who took our father’s blows for me when we were young. He was treacherous but he was my own flesh and bone and I didn’t think twice before betraying him. So what does that make me? What would you know of my fights?”
“Then tell me. Tell me when the darkness takes hold and I will listen.”
Energy was rising from her in waves. “I never asked to be here.” Like a dam broken, she rained blow after blow. “Do you know what it feels like to spend eternity alone? To claw yourself apart as the silence gnaws on your bones? I am done obeying, I am done being caged. I am done. I AM DONE.” Blinding white light flashed across his vision and Die Feng was flung backward, slamming into the ground.
She stood above him, teeth bared.
“Yes, you are,” he said quietly, his gaze behind her.
Panting, she glanced back and froze. The red fragments of the destroyed barrier were dissipating into thin air. Cheng Yin’s aura was gone. Before either of them could speak, they found themselves standing in 14th’s study.
In the stunned silence, Die Feng took a step forward and stumbled. He looked down to see shards of the shattered mask on the floor.
The Dragon & the Wolf - Chapter 4
Author's Note: Please Read Die Feng & Li Ying: The Dragon and the Wolf Vol.1 for reference
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Charlie Cox returning to Disney+ and Marvel Movies as Daredevil
So ever since Daredevils cancellation, Just about a year ago. There's been a lot of talk in regards to what happens with Daredevil next from rumors to actors. People that are part of Marvel Studios, All weighing in on exactly what they think might happen, or maybe even what they want to happen.
Including the movie contract stuff. So most of you know. By now, When the original deal for Netflix was announced, There was a bigger plan. Bob Iger even originally told investors that this Netflix deal was an opportunity to see how the streaming space would be beneficial for Disney.
We know that it's largely that deal they led to the creation of Disney Plus because they saw that they could sustain their own original programming, That people would want to check out.
So thanks to Netflix, ABC, and Disney for coming up with that deal. Unfortunately, Netflix cancels everything right around three seasons or one they have to start paying royalties. So, Unfortunately, things got canceled.
Now the article from a couple of years ago, That was from Charlie Cox confirming his movie appearances. He said when I signed the contract for the shows I signed multiple years for daredevil and, Of course, Team-up series. The defenders and in that package, there was an opportunity to be involved in the movies. That's from daredevil Charlie Cox himself. Again he confirmed that multiple times. People still don't believe this. For some reason, despite the quotes being out there, Multiple articles, It was reported everywhere. He literally confirmed it in 2016.
On top of that and go back to the old investors' call with Bob Iger when the deal was announced. He literally says that "The actors are gonna, be handed movie contract opportunities if they like them again".
Now what we've heard in the last couple of months is the fact that Charlie Cox has multiple times he wants to come back and hopefully be in films. He's even talked about the fact that teaming up with spider-man down the road we've also heard Kevin Feige is interested in Charlie Cox and keeping him as a Daredevil. Again.
Everything is lining up with it and now the question comes why didn't? They include any of these characters, Infinity War, Endgame or somewhere else?
We know that when the deal was ultimately signed when it came to continuing seasons with these characters, Netflix wanted exclusivity. They signed a two-year holding period where nothing could happen with these characters outside of Netflix for two years. Disney had to give in to this, Because this was their opportunity to again keep testing the market, So the movie contracts would have to be on hold for two years now. Two years is rather long, but in the grand scheme of things it's already been a year since daredevil has been canceled a year from now they can start working on another one. Two years from now daredevil could be back on TV. So that's the deal right now.
You know things are just moving slowly and people are gonna lose interest in daredevil, Okay. Well, It's like well five years between Doctor Strange movies and like what five years between guardians films, I, Think they're Devils pretty safe. He was a TV character. It's it's! Okay!. They can bring him back and find a way. For you know millions of people to have no idea. Daredevil even had a series. Much was that he would be continuing from that series, So it could all work.
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Universe Awareness presents home-made laser show in Botswana
How do you offer high-quality and interesting education with simple means? Universe Awareness of Leiden University spoke about this during the annual science festival in Botswana. With among others a laser experiment compiled of household materials, they showed the possibilities to interest young people in astronomy.
Science driven economy
From 17 to 19 April the Botswana International University of Science & Technology (BIUST) hosted the annual Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Festival. Leiden University’s Universe Awareness was invited to share educational resources, projects and inspirational stories with educators, entrepreneurs, students, academics and policymakers from Botswana and beyond.
This year’s festival focused on the theme: STEM driven economy: Transforming research into profitable products and services. Researchers, students, professionals and members of the public presented their projects and ideas with exhibits, seminar talks and science shows. 'BIUST will be the catalyst for moving Botswana’s resource-based economy to one that revolves around science and technology,' said Otlogetswe Totolo, Vice Chancellor of BIUST.
Universe Awareness
Michael de Korte from the Astronomy & Society Group was there to represent Leiden University's Universe Awareness project. He presented several UNAWE resources to the public, like the Universe in a Box, Earth Ball and the activity book and Space Scoop astronomy news.
He also discussed the UNAWE Community, which actively exchanges experiences via website and social media. UNAWE works with low cost, high quality resources. This was demonstrated by a laser light experiment on stage using household materials, with the help of three student volunteers.
On stage demonstration of a laser experiment: bending light.
BIUST campus
The BIUST campus is located on a 2.500 hectare plot in Palapye, where the festival is also celebrated. The first phase of the campus construction started in 2012, and it already attracts many Batswana to live in Palapye nearby the university. The campus will get three additional laboratories for students to pursue their research, announced Leapotswe Bantsi, coordinator of the Pre-University Academic Programs.
BIUST students demonstrated their projects at a science fair.
Creating public awareness
Speakers from various fields were invited to create public awareness of science and technology and stimulate scientific literacy. The Chief Executive Officer of the Botswana Power Corporation, Dr. Stefan Schwarzfischer, opened the festival and discussed the nearby power station’s search for local engineers. Captain Kgomotso Phatsima shared her story about becoming an industrial aviation pilot to encourage girls in pursuing careers in science and technology
Policymaker Vincent P. Rapoo from Botswana’s Ministry of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology, shared the government’s views on linking science and industry by the commercialisation of science through technology. This was followed by an interesting discussion by students and others about intellectual property rights. Other topics from speakers were inventions from South Africa, rural plants for water purification, the mathematics of termites, analysing data like a scientist, educating entrepreneurs, and many others.
Academics and industrialist presented their projects at the exhibition at BIUST STEM Festival 2018.
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More photographs in UNAWE Flickr Album
We would like to thank BIUST for inviting Universe Awareness to participate in the BIUST STEM Festival of 2018. Special thanks to Mrs Leapotswe ‘Ma Bantsi’ Bantsi, from the Pre-University Academic Programs, for her guidance, care and organisation of this inspiring festival.
All enquiries should be addressed to:
STEM Festival Secretariat
Pre- University Academic Programmes
P/Bag 16, Palapye, Botswana
Tel: +267 493 1203/ 492 4387
puap@biust.ac.bw
For more information or media enquiries contact:
Directorate of Communications & Public Affairs
Tel: +267 493 1077/493 1071 Fax: +267 4900102
E-mail: media@biust.ac.bw
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Flashcards: Construct an evidence-based account of an observation
Jessica cut up a large piece of paper and glued it to a poster board and made it into the shape of a robot. She added cut up tinfoil, broken beads, and small pieces of tile for decoration.
Which answer choice is an evidence-based statement about Jessica's project?
Jessica's robot sounds very pretty and creative.
Robots can only be created out of metal.
This is an example of creating something new out of the smaller pieces of a larger object.
This is an example of a simple project that anyone can do with these materials from their house.
Jessica created a robot picture out of broken materials and pieces of something larger broken down into smaller bits. Some of the answer choices are personal opinion rather than evidence-based, and others are incorrect statements. "This is an example of creating something new out of the smaller pieces of a larger object." is a true and accurate statement and based on evidence from the information provided.
Observe the photo below. Which answer choice is constructing an evidence-based statement based on observation?
Building blocks are individual pieces but can be put together and taken apart to make something new.
Building blocks are a fun toy to play with and allow children to work together.
Building blocks can be made into anything you can imagine, but once they are built, they cannot be taken apart again.
Building blocks can only be made into the design they were constructed for.
Creating an evidence-based statement or account means that no personal opinion or thought can be included, and it must be able to be supported by an investigation or experiment. The answer choice that is based on evidence and observation is, "Building blocks are individual pieces but can be put together and taken apart to make something new." This is something that could be tested and also has no personal thoughts or opinions included.
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Luke Christou 24th June 2019 (Last Updated June 24th, 2019 12:36)
Olive oil producer Caroli has partnered with blockchain supply chain solution provider Blocksyte to put its extra virgin olive oil on the blockchain.
The company used Blocksyte’s application to add end-to-end blockchain traceability into its supply chain.
The technology was successfully used to track an olive oil shipment between Italy and the United States.
Blocksyte’s application was combined with Internet of Things (IoT) sensors that were placed on each pallet shipped, which allowed Caroli to track the location of their products throughout. The company was also given insight on temperature, humidity and light exposure throughout the journey. The sensors could also detect if any potential product tampering or mishandling occured.
This information was transmitted to Blocksyte’s tamper-proof, immutable blockchain record. This means that, once the information has been written to the blockchain, it cannot be altered.
Byy applying blockchain technology to its supply chain, Caroli was able to ensure that its olive oil was kept in optimal conditions throughout the journey. It also allowed the company to verify that its produce wasn’t being mishandled by those involved in the shipping process that would otherwise be difficult to monitor.
“This ensures that our customers can be confident that they are paying for and receiving a premium product, which has been tracked from the bottling source,” Ben D’Antico, co-founder and CEO of Caroli USA, said.
From field to fork on the olive oil blockchain
The blockchain is currently used to track produce from Caroli’s production facility in Italy to warehouses in the US. However, Caroli and Blocksyte plan to extend this blockchain traceability from Caroli’s estate in Martina Franca, Taranto, Italy, all the way to retailers in the US.
The company also plans to open up the blockchain record to its customers. Customers will be able to scan a code on a bottle of Caroli olive oil and see exactly where and when it was picked and shipped.
“We applaud Caroli for its forward-looking approach to introducing Blocksyte’s blockchain traceability into its supply chain,” Alan Pelz-Sharpe, Blocksyte CEO and co-founder said. “We look forward to expanding our relationship with the company as it increases its shipments to a growing clientele here in the US.”
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In September 2018, US retailer Walmart announced the Walmart Food Traceability Initiative, which will require all of its supplies of fresh greens to keep track of its supply chain data using IBM’s blockchain-enabled Food Trust solution. The solution will provide insight into a product’s movement, temperature data, test data, and certifications.
Blockchain has also previously been used to track the supply chain of everything from tuna, to coffee, to beef.
It is hoped that applying blockchain technology to food supply chains will help to improve food safety and freshness, and help to reduce waste, leading to increased food sustainability.
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This up and coming sustainable label uses upcycled saris from India
By Laird Borrelli-Persson 24 June 2020
Sofia Mehrotra translates her heritage into sustainable accessories with clout
With a little bit of help from Jane Birkin, the basket bag has become a sign of summer; one that conjures the Cote d’Azur, sunshine, and freedom. Many brands have given this classic their own spin; Sofia Mehrotra ups the ante with hers. Hand-woven of cane, each of her bucket bags is sustainable and one-of-a-kind. (They are well-priced, too.)
Mini straw bag, round
© Photo: Jan Landfeldt / Courtesy of the photographer and Mehrotra
The 27-year-old designer, who is Indian and Swedish, launched her line in 2017 after graduating from London College of Fashion where she studied fashion management. Mehrotra was skilled with a needle long before receiving her degree, though, having been taught to sew by her grandmother. “For me, being sustainable was a must when entering the fashion industry,” said the designer on a recent call. Her aim is two-fold: “We always want to connect our products to a story and a reason to be.”
Sofia Mehrotra
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All of Mehrotra’s designs are made of natural and upcycled materials in India where she works in partnership with GreenKarma, a sourcing and production company focused on working with certified and conscious companies. The use of upcycled sari silks has become something of a brand signature. These fabrics are used to line her bags, as well as for a range of scarves both small and large. Smashing indeed is a 31 x 31 inch (80 x 80 cm) beach sari of cotton edged with upcycled sari silk.
Chennai scarf
“I’ve always had the Indian culture within my upbringing,” says Mehrotra, who has had great success with one of her earliest pieces, the sari-fabric Damyanti pouches that are named for her grandmother. “The strongest memory I have of her is when she moved from India to Sweden, she always wore her sari to special occasions and that made her stand out in the room in an incredible way. What I wanted to bring to the customer was this feeling of standing out in the room with a small accessory.”
Damyanti pouches
© Photo: Tobias Lundkvist / Courtesy of the photographer and Mehrotra
This approach to accessory design—using small touches of colour to great effect—builds on the designer’s personal style, and can also be seen as a bridge between the two contrasting cultures that inform Mehrotra’s work: those of India and Sweden. She equates the former with vibrancy and warmth, and the latter with minimalism and attention to detail. That doesn’t mean Scandi style is cold, she says; “it’s rather subtle, [and] more a classic approach to a basic wardrobe.”
In a post-COVID world, it’s unclear when the next opportunity to dress up might present itself, but a patterned pouch or a basket bag are easy ways to access the dream of summer getaways. And there is no need to feel guilty, either. Mehrotra focused on accessories because they tie into her commitment to sustainability. Not only do scarves and bags have long shelf lives, they’re “perfect add-ons to an already existing outfit.” Think of them as the sartorial cherry on top.
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RPM DiscMate Portable Basket - now in stock
It's 2020 and it has been many years since a high-quality, low-cost, PDGA-approved, NZ-designed portable basket has been available, but it has been well worth the wait! RPM has now produced this very solid portable basket with a two-part centre pole so it packs down into a box measuring just 67cm x 67cm x 26.5cm.
At 22 kilograms, it's no lightweight, however! The circular base and heavy-duty centre poles are hot-dipped galvanised while the cage and chain assembly are powder-coated light grey.
RPM has effectively solved the problem of two-piece poles in portable baskets with the use of stainless steel hex bolts, and additional stainless steel grub screws installed on the opposite angle to stiffen the centre pole, as well as secure it firmly in its base, and they also prevent the cage spinning or rocking, and the chain assembly is similarly solidly positioned on the pole.
DiscMate comes with two hex keys and a small spanner to allow for easy assembly and break down - which takes 2 minutes or less.
The galvanised heavy-duty chains are impressive at the price point: a full set of 24, and they're highly effective, as one would expect - but they lack the "necklace" inner chains which the premium RPM Helix permanent basket come standard with. We can supply an RPM DiscMate Necklace upgrade should you wish to make that improvement.
The Hat on top of the chain assembly is slightly reduced in height compared to the Helix, but it is much smoother as a result of the powder coating, and so this basket won't tend to chew up putters the way a new Helix sometimes can. The Hat is wrapped with an attractive RPM vinyl which is a nice touch. It also serves another purpose; to prevent energetic putts skipping from the top of the chain assembly, and flying far away.
Vortica is deeply impressed with the quality of this new Chinese-made, budget-conscious offering from RPM, and we cannot fault its design, its catching ability, its appearance, its fit and finish, overall quality, and more importantly, price!
For those of you familiar with the original RPM portable from around 20 years ago, you will recognise the basic layout of the cage and chain assembly, which have been tweaked: A deeper cage which the chain assembly now fits perfectly inside, and the Hat which also assists in packing.
For those concerned about the sound of the chains, we can assure you of a proper deep chain sound, and not the high and tinny sound you would normally expect from a portable basket. This is due to the heavy centre pole, the heavy-duty chains, and the way the stainless bolts and grub screws hold it all solidly together.
Materials are top-notch and more than up to the task, with the outer rings of the chain assembly and cage being 8mm in diameter, while the inner rings and spokes are 6.5mm. It comes with a full 2-year warranty, but this basket will most likely survive for many decades outside, as its rugged construction, stainless accessories, and anti-rust treatments will stand the test of time.
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‘Early Action’: how to instigate a new policy paradigm
Bennett, Ellen; Damm, Christopher (2016)
As part of a wider campaign for a shift towards preventative public services, a group of major voluntary sector funders in the UK have formed the ‘Early Action Funders Alliance’. The funding alliance has funded three pilot programmes which are attempting to demonstrate the value of an ‘early action’ orientated approach within local public services.
This paper explores the strategic efforts of actors within this Early Action project to consciously and strategically achieve a paradigm shift within UK social policy. Drawing on data from the national stakeholders, associated literature, and early data from local actors within each of the pilot programmes, we trace the development of support for early action as a concept, and examine the institutional work conducted by various stakeholders in their attempt to build support for the concept.
We also consider the extent to which three theoretical frameworks may help to elucidate the findings. First we explore how a strategic action field based approach might identify the actions of the actors as an attempt to agitate for a new ‘field conception’, by overthrowing the existing paradigm of acute services and reactive policies. Second, we look at how the attempt to draw upon longstanding concepts of preventative action has links to Kingdon’s theory of ‘policy windows’. Third we consider how institutional theory, and in particular the concept of institutional logics, can help us to understand how actors are attempting to shift the organising principles which guide organisations within the field, in order to lend coherence to a new way of working.
We conclude by considering how these and later results will help to shed new light on when and how a new policy paradigm succeeds in taking root, and the ways that field actors attempt to conceptualise and instigate major change in local public services in the UK.
Ellen Bennett is a Researcher at the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR). Her research interests include state-voluntary sector relationships and voluntary sector identity as well as voluntary sector policy, public services and public service reform.
Chris Damm is also a researcher at CRESR. He predominantly specialises in quantitative methods and data visualisation, but also conducts more theoretical work on the voluntary sector and public services reform. He is also in the final stages of his PhD, which looks at the impact of state funding on charities, using an exploratory data analysis based approach.
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Coach Sam Falsafi has a powerful conversation with Warrior Week 37 graduate, Matt Skinner.
Parable #1: Warrior Week 37
Matt: When I signed up for Warrior Week, I thought it was going to be something very physical like SEALFIT. Yes, the physical aspect is part of it, but it’s so much deeper than that. It’s a mental endurance test, an emotional deep dive into the Pit and back.
Getting into a program where I had to be somewhere every day at the same time, do certain tasks, follow assignments and listen to people tell me what to do – all of which I knew was benefiting me – my immediate knee-jerk reaction was fuck you. It was so difficult for me to get into that pattern, and I initially rejected the structure of it.
How do your knee-jerk reactions play out in your life?
Parable #2: Fat Matt
Matt had a very traditional upbringing. He looked up to his father and aspired to be manly like him, yet he totally rebelled against his father’s definition of being manly. Matt wanted power and respect and found that he could gain these through violence and sex. “I thought these were the stronger, more masculine traits that my father didn’t possess that I could outperform him in.”
In fifth grade, I beat the shit out of a kid for calling me Fat Matt. He was bigger and older than me and had some social status on campus. I gained respect that day from the other students and learned that through violence and intimidation, I would be respected. That violence carried on through high school and eventually into football. Offseason, I was looking for fights. I was a fucking bully. My motto was drink, fuck, or fight.
What does “being a man” look like to you?
Parable #3: Midas Matt
Matt: At age 21, I was a horrible person doing all kinds of crazy shit. My dad sent me the book, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. My first reaction was, fuck you. Once I started reading it, I realized that everything I had chosen up to that point was my responsibility, and therefore everything moving forward would also be my choice and responsibility. For nearly a decade, I felt like Midas Matt.
Coach Sam: Everything is going your way, production is the name of the game, everything you touch turns to gold. You meet this beautiful woman, you’re on the path to a white picket fence life, and two days before the wedding you get hit with the news that causes the world you’ve known for nearly a decade to begin crumbling and falling apart all around you.
What book has had a significant impact on your life?
Parable #4: Significance
Matt: The stress of the situation kicked in on my honeymoon where I spent all of my time on the phone trying to save our asses. Eventually, everything collapsed. I no longer felt like a man and returned back to the behaviors from the past that had given me respect and power. I started training at a boxing gym in L.A. with a professional fighter, eventually leading me to get involved with mixed martial arts.
I know now that I can feel powerful with just being myself. I don’t need to have that fight or step into a cage, I don’t need to beat down another man or be with other women – things that, at one point in time, made me feel whole and significant as a man. Once you can find that peace and truth in your heart, when you can say, “Hey, I’m enough,” that’s so powerful.
How do you find significance?
Parable #5: Iron Sharpens Iron
Matt: Life’s a team sport. There’s no man that does it on his own; there’s no fucking ranger who handles all his business on his own. We need to stand independently, but we’re stronger when we’re interdependent. Iron sharpens iron. When as bothers we hold each other accountable, we are stronger together.
When truth finds us, or when truth is presented to us, we know it’s true because we already had it. What Warrior does is attach a system to it and a Brotherhood around it, which is the magic of Warrior. Being able to utilize that and being able to lean on other men is powerful.
How does being accountable to others affect how you choose to live your life?
“There is impact in education that is backed up by experience.”
— Coach Sam Falsafi
“Sure, we get power from physicality, but we really get our power from handling our business. In CORE4 when you’re standing up to the plate and handling your shit in every category, and advancing forward at least a little bit each day, that makes a man feel significant.”
–Matt Skinner
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Business as usual as project stalls
The Port of Airlie development has gone into receivership before its completion but day-to-day operations aren’t expected to change. Tom Williams
by Janessa Ekert
26th Aug 2011 2:00 AM
THE Port of Airlie has gone into receivership before the multimillion-dollar development is even fully complete.
However, the change of hands won’t affect day-to-day operations and business is expected to continue full steam ahead.
McGrathNicol was appointed receiver and manager of Meridien’s Port of Airlie development on Tuesday and has assumed control of its assets.
Whitsunday Mayor Mike Brunker said it was unfortunate but for all retailers operating from the development it was business as usual.
“Russell (McCart, Meridien’s managing director) has tried his damnedest to get this project up under some of the worst economic conditions we’ve seen for a while,” Cr Brunker said.
While Tourism Whitsundays chief executive officer Peter O’Reilly agreed with Cr Brunker, he said it was a bit of a blow to the morale of the business owners of the region.
“(Port of Airlie) has been a really important project and one that we were sort of looking for... to set new benchmarks for the main street of Airlie,” he said.
Minister for Tourism Jan Jarratt said: “I hope this is the last we see of properties going into receivership. I’d like to think that we’ve turned a corner and the market will pick up again soon.”
McGrathNicol partner Peter Anderson said the firm would be working closely with management and other stakeholders to confirm the current financial position of Port of Airlie and taking steps to ensure the business was stabilised and continued to support its customers.
Meridien’s managing director Russell McCart said Meridien would work closely with McGrathNicol to continue the development.
“Port of Airlie has been 10 years in the making and Meridien has committed over $200 million into the project,” Mr McCart said.
“Meridien has completed the majority of infrastructure works including the marina basin, 15 beachfront land lots, the public Boathaven Beach and parklands, 56 Boathouse Apartments managed by Outrigger Hotels & Resorts, completion of the marina berth first stage and waterfront retail and dining precinct.”
Retailers include The Coffee Club, Calypso Fashion, Aimer Accessories and Billabong.
Fantasea Adventure Cruising general manager Rob Addis said Fantasea still planned to relocate its operations terminal and berthing to the Port of Airlie Marina.
“As far as we’re concerned, it’s all go for us. We hope to be working out of there in December,” he said.
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McCain oil plan relies on Middle East
Sen. John McCain's environmental plan discourages use of Canadian oil and drastically increases American reliance on oil from the Middle East and other potentially unfriendly places. Published June 20, 2008
Outcry building for more drilling
With President Bush's announcement Wednesday that he now supports oil exploration in the outer continental shelf, Republicans from top to bottom have embraced more drilling as the answer to rising gas prices and put Democrats on the spot to come up with their own solutions to record-high fuel costs that are enraging voters. Published June 19, 2008
Obama, McCain abandon energy stances
John McCain and Barack Obama are fleeing from previous energy policy stances, with the Republican embracing expanded drilling and the Democrat seeking to punish energy companies he once voted to reward. Published June 18, 2008
McCain vows to appoint women
Sen. John McCain on Saturday said he would take a hard line on dangerous Chinese exports, promised to appoint more women to his administration and heaped praise on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in a town-hall meeting aimed at attracting the former Democratic presidential hopeful's primary supporters. Published June 15, 2008
McCain fires back on troop sound bite
John McCain blasted Democrats for using a fragment of an interview to try to portray him as not caring about U.S. troops in Iraq. Published June 12, 2008
GOP 'shrinking,' Davis warns party
Virginia Rep. Thomas M. Davis III, a valued statesman for congressional Republicans, says the GOP has failed to innovate and drive new ideas under President Bush, and they are now conceding much of the country to Democrats even as they tear up their own "big tent" governing coalition. Published June 11, 2008
A field of also-rans
Let the preening begin. Published June 10, 2008
DeLay: Long rebuilding process for GOP
Two years after he resigned from the House, former Republican leader Tom DeLay says conservatives haven't bottomed out from their 2006 election losses and it will take years before the Republican Party can compete. Published June 9, 2008
Tom DeLay's wife plans to vote against McCain
Tom DeLay will vote for John McCain but the former House Republican leader said his wife, Christine, is planning to vote for Libertarian presidential nominee Bob Barr. Published June 8, 2008
Barr chiseling into McCain voter base
Bob Barr's Libertarian presidential campaign is poised to play a serious role in this year's elections, with early polls showing him taking away enough votes from Sen. John McCain to give Democrats a chance to win states that should be safely Republican. Published June 4, 2008
McCain assails Obama's record on change
Sen. John McCain kicked off his general election campaign Tuesday night with a message seemingly ripped from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's political playbook and in a location - just outside New Orleans - that highlights the biggest domestic failure of President Bush's tenure. Published June 4, 2008
McCain urges world to divest in Tehran
Making a pitch for pro-Israel voters, Senator John McCain on Monday called for a worldwide campaign to force businesses and nations to divest from Iran and ridiculed his potential Democratic presidential opponent for being willing to negotiate personally with Iranian leaders. Published June 3, 2008
Lobbyists despised but not ridiculed
Lawyer jokes are legion, car salesmen are lampooned routinely, but the occupation the country despises most - it's been measured by Gallup and, yes, lobbyists rank dead last - doesn't even merit ridicule. Published June 3, 2008
Most Americans see $5 a gallon gasoline
More than 70 percent of Americans say they expect gasoline prices to top $5 a gallon by the end of the summer, and a majority say they are driving less because of higher fuel costs, according to a Fox 5/The Washington Times/Rasmussen Reports survey. Published May 27, 2008
McCain to join Bush in raising campaign funds
President Bush will campaign next week with Sen. John McCain, lending his considerable fundraising prowess but also potentially extending his cloud of low approval ratings to the man who is succeeding him as leader of the Republican Party. Published May 24, 2008
McCain rejects pastors' endorsements
Senator John McCain yesterday renounced the endorsements of two influential televangelists - John Hagee and Rod Parsley - who both had made inflammatory statements that liberals have been using to tar McCain. Published May 23, 2008
House forced to revote farm bill
Hours after voting to approve just the second veto override of President Bush's tenure on the massive farm bill, a colossal blunder means the House will have to have a do-over and repass the entire bill anew. Published May 22, 2008
Thunder rolls as bikers rally for war dead; estimated 250,000 participate
It's become as much a part of Memorial Day in Washington, D.C., as backyard barbecues and Frisbees on the Mall: Thousands of motorcycles descend on the city to commemorate fallen soldiers and to call for the return of missing Vietnam-era prisoners of war. Published May 26, 1997
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Health officials work to overcome reticence in contact tracing
Phil Yacuboski, WBAL NewsRadio 1090 and FM 101.5
Credit: Phil Yacuboski
The Maryland Health Department says many people are not being cooperative with contact tracers in an effort to curb the spike in coronavirus cases.
“There are people who just decline to participate in an interview,” said Dr. Jinlene Chan, the state's acting deputy health secretary. “We are asking very detailed information about where they may have been. Phone numbers are incorrect, or we don’t have the phone numbers, so, of course, that does make it difficult to contact individuals.”
She said the information can save lives.
“If you know that you have a contact with someone who has tested positive within their infectious period, then that will really go a long way to reducing your coming down with the virus,” she said.
Full interview with Dr. Jinlene Chan:
From Nov. 8 to Nov. 14, contact tracers were able to reach 7,960 of the 11,075 Marylanders with positive tests and an available phone number. Of those, 6,642 completed an interview and 5,324 were able to name a close contact.
According to state data, 13% of people who came into contact with coronavirus patients attended a gathering of 10 or more people; 45% did not and 41% did not answer the question. Of that same sample, 24% of people went to work, 34% didn’t go to work and 42% didn’t answer the question.
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During a news conference Tuesday, Gov. Larry Hogan urged people to participate.
“Our problem is that so many people refuse to give the information,” he said. “This is not big brother. We are not trying to track you. We are trying to stop the virus and we are trying to stop you from infecting people who you’ve come into contact with.”
He said Maryland currently has 1,400 contact tracers working to identify people who’ve come into contact with the coronavirus.
Nearly 1 million Marylanders have signed up for MD Covid Alert, a service that uses Bluetooth functionality in iPhone and Android phones to let users know if they have been around someone who has since tested positive.
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Amber Riley is engaged: "I'm looking at a man who changed my mind" about "love"
Amber Riley is officially off the market and happily engaged to her boyfriend Desean Black.
The Glee actress and singer shared a romantic photo of herself and her fiance on Instagram, where she also posted a video of herself admiring her her soon-to-be hubby while showing off her stunning ring.
"There was a time when I thought I didn’t want or deserve this kind of love. I’m looking at a man who changed my mind," wrote Riley. "My time by myself, loving on myself, getting comfortable with myself, prepared me for you, and prepared me for this."
She continued, "I am so proud to say, I am the future Mrs. Black. I love you @deseanblack_official and I thank you for your patience, your friendship, and your partnership!"
In the comments, Lena Waithe, Gabrielle Union and Francia Raisa, as well as fellow Glee star Matthew Morrison, wished Riley well on her engagement.
Black shared the same post on his Instagram account, adding his own heartfelt message about the woman who he says brings him "unconditional love."
"Fellas, when a woman looks at you like this, it's a clear indication that you're doing the right thing," he wrote. "Now, when she delivers unconditional love that you've never experienced, it's another clear indication that you've found the one. Only a fool would let someone as special as this slip away."
"So I did what any wise man would do and put a ring on it. I love you to pieces @msamberpriley, or should I say the future Mrs. Black," he added. "#happilyengaged A king will always protect his queen."
"Hi fiance," wrote Riley in Black's comments.
This past summer, Riley's Glee co-star Jenna Ushkowitz also got engaged, to her boyfriend of two years, David Stanley.
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Make yourself at home in one of the 155 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchens with full-sized refrigerators/freezers and stovetops. Flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wired Internet access keeps you connected. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and microwaves.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as a fitness center or take in the view from a terrace. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, gift shops/newsstands, and a picnic area.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
With a stay at Residence Inn by Marriott Boulder Canyon Boulevard in Boulder (Central Boulder), you'll be within a 5-minute drive of University of Colorado-Boulder and Pearl Street Mall. This hotel is 0.9 mi (1.4 km) from Folsom Field and 1.2 mi (1.9 km) from Boulder Theater.
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AOL versions: different webmail interfaces for your email account
At the time of writing, there are three versions of AOL webmail – Basic, Standard and Accessible. There is a fourth one too which I see at my old email account. Not sure why I still get this interface. Anyway, on this page, you will get to know a little more about these versions and how to switch between them.
I urge you to try out the different versions to see which one suits your needs. Remember, the versions vary only in the way the email account is displayed to you. All the messages, contact information and other data will remain the way it is.
The Standard AOL webmail version
The Standard AOL webmail interface is the default. It’s clean, extremely user-friendly and runs well on all modern web browsers. Users that work on old browsers may find many features non-functional and may be prompted to change to the less-intensive Basic interface. Such a prompt would also be displayed if the Internet connection you are using is slow.
Note: Subscribers who’ve recently created an AOL email address would see their account displayed in the Standard interface.
Below is a snapshot of my account as displayed in the Standard AOL webmail version.
To switch to Basic or Accessible, click on the “Options” link (top-right corner) and select it from the drop down menu (refer image above). When you load the Basic or Accessible version, a yellow colored bar is displayed notifying you of the change.
When the Accessible version is loaded, you might be shown a pop-up as below. Click “OK” to confirm.
The Basic version – simple and straightforward
The AOL Basic webmail version is mainly for users who work through an older browser, are on a slow internet connection or simply don’t want to change and adopt new things. After all, there is comfort in familiarity, right?
The interface is simple with no bells-and-whistles. To switch to the Standard or Accessible version, locate and click on the corresponding link which should be at the bottom of the page.
AOL’s great effort for senior (?) citizens – the Accessible version
Apparently, a sizeable number of AOL users are senior citizens – the company has been an email service provider for a quite some time now. Anyway, I greatly applaud the effort AOL has put into the Accessible version which shows that they truly care for their subscribers.
AOL prides itself on making products for people with accessibility problems. This version supposedly works better with screen-reader software and helps users to easily navigate the different sections and options. The Accessible version also supports a whole gamut of keyboard shortcuts similar to those found in email clients.
The fourth version – unknown
My old AOL email account loads in an interface which is like a cross between the Standard and the Basic versions of today. I suppose it was the ‘Standard’ some years back because I see the links to Basic and Accessible versions at the bottom. It also features a plugins gallery to the right.
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WMUR'S JEAN MACKIN INTRODUCES US TO THE NEWEST STATE REP FROM AMHERST. (ON CAMERA) <XXXXXX CLIP 98 2:04 I AM 18 YEARS OLD, TURNING 19 NEXT WEEK, AND I AM STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR AMHERST, NEW HAMPSHIRE (SLIGHT LAUGH) 2:10 XXXX> (áDO NOT SHOW THE CAMPAIGN PHOTOS HERE - IT'S NOT THAT CAMPAIGN) TONY LABRANCHE... (DISSOLVE TO STATE HOUSE EXTERIOR - THEN HIM WALKING?) ....IS ABOUT TO BE SWORN AS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE. THE TEENAGE DEMOCRAT SAYS HE GOT THE IDEA WHILE CAMPAIGNING FOR SOUHEGAN COOPERATIVE SCHOOL BOARD - HE LOST THAT RACE, BUT MET A LOT OF PEOPLE <XXXXXX CLIP 98 2:54 TRULY HEART BREAKING STORIES FROM PEOPLE FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES DUE TO EVER RISING PROPERTY TAXES 3:00 XXXXX> (CHILDHOOD PHOTOS - HOPEFULLY COMING SOON - COVER THE NEXT SOT UNTIL HE SAYS "COST OF HEALTHCARE") TONY SAYS HE REALLY BECAME CIVIC MINDED WHEN TACKLING CANCER AS A CHILD <XXXXXX CLIP 98 5:46 IT STARTED AT AGE 10, I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE 3 COLON CANCER - I WAS ALSO THE YOUNGEST EVER COLON CANCER SURVIVOR EVER AT THAT TIME AND SEEING THE COST OF HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES HURT ME 6:03 XXXXX> (NOW USE THE CAMPAIGN PHOTOS) SO TONY, AND HIS CAMPAIGN WORKERS - LOTS ARE FRIENDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL - PUT IN THE WORK TO WIN A SEAT IN THE STATE HOUSE <XXXXX CLIP 100 ROLF VANBIBBER / STUDENT / CAMPAIGN STAFF 10:58 FOR A SECOND I WAS IN DISBELIEF, WE ACTUALLY HAD THE ELECTION MODERATOR RE-READ THOSE RESULTS 11:06 XXXXXX> <XXXXXX CLIP 100 SARAH TUPPER / STUDENT / CAMPAIGN STAFF 10:01 BEING 16 YEARS OLD HELPING WITH A STATE REP CAMPAIGN AND THEN PROCEEDING TO WIN IS PRETTY SHOCKING (HA) 10:07 XXXXX> <XXXX CLIP 109 STANDUP 14:32 - 14:38 THE LEGISLATIVE SCHEDULE WON'T INTERFERE WITH TONY'S EDUCATION - THAT'S ALL PART OF THE PLAN XXXX> <XXXXXX CLIP 98 5:07 I ACTUALLY PLANNED THE NEXT TWO YEARS OF MY LIFE AROUND THIS, I'M GOING TO NASHUA COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO SAVE MONEY AND TO SERVE AMHERST 5:15 XXXX> (COVER LAST TWO SOTS) <XXXXXX CLIP 98 6:41 I WENT FROM BEATING CANCER TO RUNNING FOR STATE REP AND HERE I AM 6:45 XX
A New Hampshire teenager has just won a seat in the state legislature as one of the youngest elected officials in not only New Hampshire, but the nation. Tony LaBranche, 18, will be sworn in as state representative for Amherst. The teenage Democrat said he got the idea while campaigning for Souhegan Cooperative School Board. He lost that race but used the opportunity for networking. He said he became civically minded when tackling cancer as a child.“It started at age 10,” LaBranche said. “I was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer, I was also the youngest colon cancer survivor ever at the time and seeing the cost of health care in the United States hurt me.”So, he and his campaign workers — many are friends from high school — put in the work to win a seat in the state House.“Being 16 years old, helping with a state representative campaign and then proceeding to win is pretty shocking,” said Sarah Tupper, a student and member of the campaign staff.With a plan to attend a local community college to save money for the next two years, the legislative schedule will not interfere with LaBranche’s education. “I went from beating cancer to running for state rep and here I am,” LaBranche said. “I look forward to working across the aisle to get stuff done.”
AMHERST, N.H. —
A New Hampshire teenager has just won a seat in the state legislature as one of the youngest elected officials in not only New Hampshire, but the nation.
Tony LaBranche, 18, will be sworn in as state representative for Amherst. The teenage Democrat said he got the idea while campaigning for Souhegan Cooperative School Board. He lost that race but used the opportunity for networking.
He said he became civically minded when tackling cancer as a child.
“It started at age 10,” LaBranche said. “I was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer, I was also the youngest colon cancer survivor ever at the time and seeing the cost of health care in the United States hurt me.”
So, he and his campaign workers — many are friends from high school — put in the work to win a seat in the state House.
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“Being 16 years old, helping with a state representative campaign and then proceeding to win is pretty shocking,” said Sarah Tupper, a student and member of the campaign staff.
With a plan to attend a local community college to save money for the next two years, the legislative schedule will not interfere with LaBranche’s education.
“I went from beating cancer to running for state rep and here I am,” LaBranche said. “I look forward to working across the aisle to get stuff done.”
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Fly Guy's Big Family (Fly Guy #17)
Tedd Arnold
In the latest installment of Tedd Arnold's New York Times bestselling Fly Guy series, Fly Guy misses his family. So when Fly Guy's not looking, Buzz plans him a surprise party and invites his whole family-including all his brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, and mother and father. When the time comes for the party, will Fly Guy be surprised?
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Buzz wants to play, but Fly Guy is downcast and drawing pictures of his family. Buzz decides to host a family reunion for his pet. He puts up signs around town, and soon the guests begin to arrive. Once they are assured there are no fly swatters, the flies come in to Buzz's house and wait to surprise Fly Guy. Not only is Fly Guy surprised, but Buzz is amazed at how many relatives flies have, and his parents are a little concerned about how to deal with the swarm of guests. Never fear! Buzz has arranged for a garbage truck to cater the event, and soon the flies are reveling in the tasty garbage. Fly Guy's parents even bring his baby pictures. After the party, Buzz cleans up and gives Fly Guy frames for some of the drawings of his family.
I can see why my students mention that this series was an enormous hit in their elementary schools. Buzz and Fly Guy seem to enjoy each other's company, and the two are thoughtful with each other's feelings. The plot is preposterous enough to be funny, but also somewhat realistic. What fly wouldn't miss his thousands of relatives if her were a house pet?
The pictures are vibrant and goofy, with fly guy's big eyes and enormous grin mirrored by Buzz and his family's Captain Crunch eyes (which go over their hair the way that Crunch's are somehow placed on his hat). A lot of emotion is conveyed by very simple lines, and the quality of the illustrations is much higher than on many early reader books.
Because this is an ongoing series, there is ample opportunity for character development. I'm half tempted to go pick up Fly Guy Meets Fly Girl and Fly Guy's Ninja Christmas just for fun! I can see fans of Arnie the Doughnut or Pete the Cat being very happy to get these books as gifts, because this strikes me as the kind of series that children want to collect, starting with Hi! Fly Guy (2005)
I've had a lot of struggling readers this year; Fly Guy would go over well with them, but I think the next too are strictly elementary. Also, I've never been a fan of the whole fairy/princess thing aimed at girls. Picky Reader was 4 when the tend started (2002), and although she got very into Malcolm's The Jewel Kingdom #1 series, there is only one picture of her in a princess costume!
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Shots fired at Tippecanoe County Democratic Party Headquarters after Capitol riots
The Lafayette Police Department got the call that shots had been fired into the headquarters around 4 O'clock Thursday afternoon. They think it happened sometime Wednesday night.
Posted: Jan 8, 2021 2:46 PM
Updated: Jan 8, 2021 4:04 PM
Posted By: WLFI
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) -- The Tippecanoe County Democratic Headquarters is now riddled with bullet holes. The Lafayette Police Department says there were around six bullets found at the scene.
Heather Maddox is the Chair Woman for the Tippecanoe County Democratic Party and has been involved with politics for around 20 years.
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She says she never thought the violence that happened in Washington D.C. would come to our community.
"You always get the random weird message that just happens at any party headquarters, but I never thought about anything like this," added Maddox.
The Indiana Democratic Party sent out a statement in response to the events that transpired in Lafayette, it says the following.
"It's not a coincidence to have a Democratic Party office experience a shooting not even a day after a domestic terrorist attack at the U.S. Capitol.
"The act of violence against the Tippecanoe County Democratic Party headquarters is alarming and continues the dangerous escalation of violence against political organizations and American democracy itself.
"However, I fear that this act of violence will not be a one-time incident.
"I implore all local and state leaders to come together and condemn this violence now so we can prevent further violence from happening across Indiana - and we will carry and fight on as Democrats."
Local state representative Chris Campbell also released a statement condemning the violence. She said the following to say.
"Tippecanoe County has been my home for the last three decades," Campbell said. "I attended college at Purdue University. I was married here. I raised a family here. I was a coach for both of my children's soccer teams. I have represented this district and its interests in the halls of the Indiana General Assembly.
"Tonight's Tippecanoe County is unrecognizable. I am heartbroken. The attack on the U.S. Capitol and the Tippecanoe County Democratic Party headquarters is an attack on democracy itself. This type of political violence demonstrated across the nation was fueled by inflammatory rhetoric that must come to an end.
"This division needs to stop immediately. We need to get back to a place of civility. It is time for We The People to come together to rebuild a healthy democratic society that we can be proud of. State and local leaders must condemn all acts of political violence, and I hope my colleagues join me in my condemnation of today's events."
Lafayette police are still investigating what happened.
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Two teenagers and a woman arrested as police raid homes in Slough as part of drug investigation
Three people – including a 16-year-old boy – have been arrested in Slough after police raided three homes in the town.
Officers swooped on three different addresses in the town on Friday as part of an investigation into drug supply and anti-social behaviour.
Three arrests have been made – a 32-year-old Slough woman, a 16-year-old Reading boy and a 17-year-old male from Slough.
The woman and the 16-year-old were arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class A drugs.
The other boy was arrested on suspicion of possession of class A and B drugs.
Inspector Matthew Lugg of the Slough Problem Solving Team said: “We have executed these warrants as part of Thames Valley Police’s Stronghold commitment to tackling serious violence and organised crime.
“The presence of officers today is part of ongoing work to disrupt and eradicate drug dealing and the associated criminal activity that it breeds, which negatively impacts on the quality of life of the residential and business community within the Slough town centre area.
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“Or if they wish to remain anonymous they can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”
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Trump rants on Twitter about Comey, Mueller investigation as new details expected
Posted on: December 7th, 2018 by ABC News No Comments
Amilcar Orfali/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In an early morning Twitter rant, President Donald Trump railed against special counsel Robert Mueller, James Comey and even his own deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, as he pondered what will be in the special counsel’s anticipated final report.
The president’s tweets come as the special counsel prepares to make multiple court filings Friday expected to shed light into where the investigation is headed and as former FBI director James Comey, whom Trump refers to as “Leakin’ Lyin’ James Comey,” will testify behind closed doors Friday on Capitol Hill.
The president repeats some of his standard lines against the special counsel, as he accuses Mueller and his team of political bias against him. He ponders whether “Robert Mueller’s big time conflicts of interest be listed at the top of his Republicans only Report” along with the “many contributions made by the 17 Angry Democrats to the Campaign of Crooked Hillary.”
Mueller previously served as FBI director, appointed to the role by President George W. Bush, and continued in the role for part of the Obama administration.
Trump also wonders whether Rosenstein will be mentioned in Mueller’s final report.
He also mentions “bye the way” he didn’t know Jerome Corsi, an associate of former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone, but Trump but asks if the person in charge of his prosecution headed the “corrupt Clinton Foundation?”
Robert Mueller and Leakin’ Lyin’ James Comey are Best Friends, just one of many Mueller Conflicts of Interest. And bye the way, wasn’t the woman in charge of prosecuting Jerome Corsi (who I do not know) in charge of “legal” at the corrupt Clinton Foundation? A total Witch Hunt…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
….Will Robert Mueller’s big time conflicts of interest be listed at the top of his Republicans only Report. Will Andrew Weissman’s horrible and vicious prosecutorial past be listed in the Report. He wrongly destroyed people’s lives, took down great companies, only to be……..
…..overturned, 9-0, in the United States Supreme Court. Doing same thing to people now. Will all of the substantial & many contributions made by the 17 Angry Democrats to the Campaign of Crooked Hillary be listed in top of Report. Will the people that worked for the Clinton….
….Foundation be listed at the top of the Report? Will the scathing document written about Lyin’ James Comey, by the man in charge of the case, Rod Rosenstein (who also signed the FISA Warrant), be a big part of the Report? Isn’t Rod therefore totally conflicted? Will all of….
…the lying and leaking by the people doing the Report, & also Bruce Ohr (and his lovely wife Molly), Comey, Brennan, Clapper, & all of the many fired people of the FBI, be listed in the Report? Will the corruption within the DNC & Clinton Campaign be exposed?..And so much more!
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TOXYS RAISES €2 MILLION FINANCING FOR GLOBAL EXPANSION OF ITS UNIQUE ANIMAL-FREE CHEMICAL SAFETY TESTS
Toxys announces a €2 million funding round from KIKK Capital, InnovationQuarter, Zeeland Investment fund, Toxys management and Rabobank.
This investment is being made to advance Toxys’ ambition to become the global leading supplier of expert mechanistic in vitro chemical safety testing services. These services provide animal-free safety testing of novel medicines, chemicals and consumer products. The patented ToxTracker® assay can identify toxic and carcinogenic properties of novel pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and fine chemicals already at an early stage of drug/product development. ToxTracker can prevent the unnecessary rejections of highly valuable drug candidates and products, reduce drug/product development time lines and can prevent unnecessary animal testing. ToxTracker has the unique ability to identify the mode-of-action of toxic compounds which significantly improves the ability to predict and reduce risks for human health. ToxTracker is currently under review by the international authorities for official acceptance and inclusion of the test systems within the standard regulatory safety test strategy. Furthermore, with its soon-to-be launched novel ReproTracker® test, Toxys aims to fill a large unmet meet for an in vitro embryo toxicity test.
With this new financial investment, Toxys is enabled to accelerate the growth of the company by expanding its operations in Europe and the United States. Toxys will also further broaden its portfolio of unique in vitro toxicology assays, speed-up international growth and work in acceptance and implementation of its toxicology assays for regulatory applications.
Giel Hendriks, CEO of Toxys, commented: “We have made important progress on development of innovative animal-free tests for drug and chemical safety testing. I am very proud of the strong and dedicated Toxys team to execute our plans to become a trusted expert in toxicological research. With this new investment, we are ready to further expand our business globally and continue to work on the development of novel solutions for toxicological research”.
Johan Sebregts, Investment manager KIKK Capital: “As a board member I have seen Toxys grow to a successful and profitable biotech company with a growing global client base. Now the first product of Toxys, ToxTracker, has proven itself in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry it’s time for further international expansion and the market introduction of some exiting new products. KIKK Capital is looking forward to support the developments of Toxys and is convinced that with the investment Toxys will be able to realize its full international potential”.
More information: www.toxys.com
MIMETAS SECURES 20 MILLION DOLLAR SERIES B FINANCING
MIMETAS, leader in organ-on-a-chip products and tissue models, has secured 20.5 million USD in financing from an international syndicate from Asia and Europe. MIMETAS will use the proceeds of this Series B financing round to expand its global commercial footprint with the OrganoPlate® organ-on-a-chip platform. In addition, the company will broaden its product portfolio, establish tissue production facilities, develop novel OrganoPlate® products and expand into clinical market segments, including personalized medicine. The company has operations in the Netherlands, USA and Japan.
Investors are European Life Sciences Growth Fund (ELSGF, Singapore), Aglaia Oncology Fund II (the Netherlands), Korys (Belgium), Cathay Venture (Taiwan), InnovationQuarter and Oost NL (the Netherlands).
Ginger Hsiao, fund manager of ELSGF, acting as spokeswoman for the syndicate: “From the start, we were impressed by MIMETAS’s technology and highly talented team. We consider the company as today’s leader in the organ-on-a-chip space with tremendous growth potential in the coming years. Its customer base already includes leading multinationals from Europe, US and Asia and the adoption of the platform ranges from academic users to high-throughput screening facilities for pharmaceuticals. We are looking forward to supporting the MIMETAS team with their commercial expansion and addressing new markets.”
“This strong investor base ticks all the boxes for MIMETAS in this phase of corporate development.”, according to founders Jos Joore and Paul Vulto, “Korys has solid expertise in product commercialization at the interface of hardware and biology, while Aglaia brings a wealth of clinical and oncology expertise to the company. ELSGF and Cathay will support the company in expanding in the Asian market. This is complemented with local support from Oost NL and InnovationQuarter.”
You can read the full press release here.
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MIMETAS HAS RECEIVED A SECOND INNOVATION CREDIT
Mimetas has received a second Innovation Credit of 2 million euro during the visit of the State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate (EZK). Mimetas uses this support for the further development of personalized medicine: for example a tool that helps the oncologist in choosing the most effective treatment of different cancers. Such a tool will save the health care sector costs and the patient will have fewer side effects of ineffective treatment.
Partly thanks to the government support through the Eurostar program and the Innovation Credit, the company grew from 2 to over 50 employees. Mimetas also opened a branch in the US and the company entered into a new partnership with Japan. Co-director Jos Joore: “Medical innovations such as Mimetas are not possible without support of the government.”
You can read the full press release (in Dutch) here.
PAUL VULTO OF MIMETAS HAS BEEN INTERVIEWED ABOUT A NEW FUND
The Dutch government and the European Investment Bank have set up a new fund to help fast-growing young companies fulfill their enormous potential and provide them with the necessary capital.
Paul Vulto of Mimetas, which develops methods for testing medicine in microscopic human tissues in microfluidic chips, has been interviewed as Mimetas is a good example of such a company.
You can see the interview below and/or read the full article (in Dutch) here.
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INNO4LIFE RECEIVES FUNDING FOR SERIALIZATION IN PHARMACY AND INTERNATIONAL GROWTH.
Inno4Life, machine building company in the life science industries, will receive an investment from the Brabant Development Agency (BOM), Holland Venture, TIIN Capital and ZIF. Inno4Life uses the investment for the development of serialization equipment solutions in packaging machines for medicines and to accelerate the international growth of the company.
Inno4Life provides integrated tailor-made solutions and machines that meet the ever changing needs within the Life Sciences sector, especially in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. The machines and automation solutions from Inno4Life include packaging processes for track & tracing of medicines. Inno4Life develops and builds machines for the top ten pharmaceutical companies worldwide. The organization offers solutions to companies in various areas e.g. automated filling systems, loading systems and fits robot and vision technology.
The pharmaceutical industry is continuously changing as a result of mergers or reorganizations. The level of automation intensifies, prices are under pressure and legislation is getting stricter. Johan Klootwijk, CEO Inno4Life: "Innovations in production processes are necessary for pharmaceutical companies. Companies have to comply with increasingly strict legislation and at the same time produce more efficiently and more effectively than competitors. Partly because of these developments, it is essential that specialist suppliers innovate continuously."
Innovation by new legislation
In 2019 all packages of prescription medicines need to be provided with a unique code. Pharmaceutical manufacturers print these unique codes on the packaging. Pharmacists scan this unique code to determine the authenticity of the medicine before they give it to patients. Inno4Life provides expertise and solutions for pharmaceutical companies to meet this new legislation.
"Our ambition is to increase our reputation as an international supplier of automated production equipment," continues Klootwijk. "By leading the way in providing customer specific, innovative solutions with exceptional customer service, we offer our customers the best possible service. With the knowledge and the capital of these investors we can pursue our international growth ambitions. "
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SOTERIA MEDICAL ON BRIGHT TV
Merijn of Bright TV visits Soteria Medical, a company that focuses on the development of medical equipment. With the MRI-compatible manipulator prostate cancer can already be accurately discovered at an early stage.
DOVIDEQ MEDICAL CAN MAKE KEYHOLE SURGERIES WITH ENDOSCOPES EVEN SAFER BY MEANS OF LIGHT CABLE TESTER
Partly thanks to the investment of PPM Oost, Deventer company is able to save on healthcare expenses in hospitals worldwide by means of ScopeControl and GuideControl
DOVIDEQ medical can now make keyhole surgeries with rigid endoscopes even safer for patients and save on healthcare expenses. In addition to the ScopeControl to inspect endoscopes, the Deventer company has now developed the GuideControl to test the accompanying light cables for possible flaws. Together with the Zeeuwse InvesteringsFonds, participation company PPM Oost invests in DOVIDEQ to sell both innovations internationally to more hospitals.
Both test devices can be used by hospitals in the central sterile services department (CSSD). Here, all the instruments are cleaned, inspected and sterilised after surgery before the next use. The ScopeControl is the only test device in the world that inspects the optical quality of endoscopes for image clarity, colouration, light transmittance and viewing angles. The ScopeControl also tests for flaws, residual moisture and broken lenses. The GuideControl quickly and easily checks whether the light cables for the endoscopes still function properly. Without the ScopeControl and GuideControl, surgeons often only discover during surgery that the endoscope doesn't function properly.
Stopping surgeries
Failure of endoscopes leads to surgeries having to be stopped. 'Surgeons and hospitals would like to prevent that,' Bert Dommerholt, director'/owner of Dovideq, says. 'If an endoscope or light cable needs to be replaced, this results in extra costs on the one hand. Additionally, this brings risks for the patient. In acute situations, a surgeon is sometimes forced to decide to open up a patient after all, because there is simply no time to wait for a new endoscope. Thanks to the ScopeControl, we can guarantee with a high degree of certainty that the endoscope functions properly. By adding the GuideControl to this, surgeons also know that the light cables are in order.'
Dommerholt, who has previously worked at Philips Medical, started the development of the ScopeControl in 2009 together with Menno de Braak, after he'd been approached by hospital St Jansdal in Harderwijk to develop a device that could test endoscopes.
Worldwide scale
The ScopeControl has now been available for a few years and is already used in hospitals from the United States to Australia, in small numbers. The GuideControl has only recently been launched, but the interest of hospitals from all over the world is extensive.
With the investment of PPM Oost and the Zeeuws InvesteringsFonds, DOVIDEQ can continue the further development of the GuideControl on the one hand. Additionally, the marketing and sales team is expanded to sell both the light cable tester and the ScopeControl. Dommerholt: 'We receive many glowing reviews from surgeons all over the world. However, the sales processes often take long due to the complicated decision-making at hospitals. We also use the financing to get our devices into operating rooms more quickly via rental, for instance. This allows us to truly make a difference for more patients and demonstrably lower the expenses of more hospitals.'
Standard endoscopes
DOVIDEQ has expanded its service by gathering the measurement data from the ScopeControl and the GuideControl in the cloud and making this available to the hospitals. No standards apply to endoscopes and the optical values are kept secret by the endoscope manufacturers. By gathering the data of new and used endoscopes worldwide, DOVIDEQ expects to be able to set a standard for endoscopes.
More information about DOVIDEQ.
TOXYS AWARDED € 50.000 BY EIT HEALTH TO DEVELOP REPROTRACKER - AN IN VITRO ASSAY FOR REPRODUCTIVE TOXITY
At 21 september Toxys was awarded a €50.000 grant for a head-start project to further develop the ReproTracker. Toxys is dedicated to develop innovative in vitro toxicity assays that provide insight into the mechanisms of toxicity. Toxys’ lead product ToxTracker is a genotoxicity assay that provides mechanistic insight into genotoxicity and is available on the market. Toxys has now applied their knowledge and expertise to validate a novel assay, ReproTracker, which provides mechanistic insight into reproductive toxicity.
About ReproTracker
ReproTracker is an in vitro assay to visualise the key events during early embryonic development and thereby reliably assess the potential developmental toxicity hazards of new drugs and products. ReproTracker meets the strong demand from industry for better in vitro tests to predict human health hazards of their products during the early phases of product development. The assay is build on the technical and scientific background that has been developed by Toxys. We will combine our expertise on stem cell differentiation with the reporter technology that was applied in our ToxTracker assay and generate the ReproTracker reporter system that can identify developmental toxicity upon exposure to novel drugs, chemicals and materials.
About EIT Health
Toxys was awarded the head-start project from EIT Health, which is one of the largest healthcare initiatives worldwide. Its goal is to sustainably advance the foundations of healthcare and thus promote the future conditions for healthier living and wellbeing of people across Europe. EIT Health is leveraging the expertise of more than 130 leading organisations spanning key areas of healthcare such as Pharma, MedTech, Payers, Research Institutions and Universities. Chosen by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) to form EIT Health, the consortium offers best-in-class research capabilities, higher education and business expertise. With a budget of 2 billion EUR over the next decade, it will purposefully invest in Europe’s best entrepreneurial talents and creative minds to foster the development and commercialisation of smart product and service solutions in the health sector, addressing the challenges imposed by demographic change and ageing societies.
More information about Toxys.
SCOPECONTROL WINS THE 'HEALTH INNOVATION AWARD 2016'
On the 17th of March, at the ‘Health Valley Event 2016’, the finale of the ‘Health Innovation Award 2016’ was held. From the 100 entries the 1000 attendees have chosen DOVIDEQ Medical as the winner. The price of € 15,000 was received by Bert Dommerholt of DOVIDEQ Medical.
Health Valley Event
The ‘Health Valley Event’ is a big annual conference in the field of healthcare innovation where over 60 e-health innovations can be seen.
More information about 'Health Valley'.
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EAGLET EYE RAISED € 300.000 THROUGH CROWDFUNDING
To strengthen the commercial team and for financing further international growth, Eaglet Eye launched a crowdfunding campaign on February 1st at ‘Collin Crowd Fund'. Successfully! Within 8 hours they raised the required capital of € 300.000.
More information about 'Collin Crowdfund'.
More information about Eaglet Eye.
INNO4LIFE JOINS SYSTECH'S UNISOLVE™ PARTNER PROGRAM
Inno4Life will now offer UniSolve serialization software as an integrated turnkey solution to the Pharma and Life Science markets.
Systech International, a global leader in brand protection technologies, announces the addition of Inno4Life, an internationally recognized Original Equipment Manufacturer in Life Science equipment solutions, to its UnisolveTM partner program. As such, Inno4Life will now offer UniSolve serialization software as an integrated turnkey solution to the Pharma and Life Science markets.
The companies have a history of success working together to support the packaging and serialization needs of a variety of clients in the global biotech and pharmaceutical spaces. To assist these clients to rapidly respond to new regulatory deadlines, Inno4Life serialization and aggregation equipment is now available with pre-configured Systech’s UniSolve serialization software.
Inno4Life will also be a ‘resident partner’ in Systech’s training and demonstration facility at its European headquarters in Brussels. This allows Systech’s regional clientele to participate in live training and active demonstrations showcasing UniSolve’s seamless integration with Inno4Life’s packaging hardware.
"We're very pleased with this partnership. Inno4Life’s in-depth knowledge of automated integration equipment in the pharmaceutical industry complements the position of Systech as a global market leader in serialization software systems," says Johan Klootwijk, managing director, Inno4Life.
More information about Inno4Life.
ZIF INVESTS, TOGETHER WITH INNOVATIONQUARTER, IN BIOTECH COMPANY TOXYS TO DEVELOP TOXICOLOGICAL TESTS
Industries are continuously developing new types of substances that are used in the manufacturing of new products, such as medicines, cosmetics and food. These substances should be thoroughly tested for safety before they can be marketed. Industry, however, is experiencing limitations with the tests that are required in the legislation, and it happens far too frequently that a substance is wrongly classified as being either safe or harmful. As a result of these erroneous tests, unnecessary investments are made in harmful substances, and the development of valuable drug candidates is terminated improperly. The innovative biotech company Toxys from Leiden has solved this problem by developing a much better test, the ToxTracker assay.
ToxTracker is a unique test, based on stem cell technology, which is able to very quickly and reliably identify the main cancer-causing properties of new materials. The substance to be tested is dripped onto the test plate (assay), developed by Toxys. Following this, there is a reaction, and data is collected and interpreted. The test is more sensitive and specific than the tests that are currently available. The Toxys test reduces the percentage of current in vitro false test results from 30% to 3%.
"We obviously see to what extent they are toxic, but what is really unique is that we provide mechanistic insight into the various harmful properties of materials," says Dr. Giel Hendriks, the founder of Toxys. "By understanding how substances react in our cells, we can determine much more reliably if they are possibly carcinogenic or not."
Great benefits for industry
It is of great importance for companies that the materials and ingredients they use have no harmful effects on human health. If new substances or ingredients are to be put into the products, companies want to know as soon as possible whether it is worthwhile to invest further in the development of a substance, or if for health reasons it is not suitable. Significant adverse effects may result if the toxicity only emerges once the product is being used, which may lead to health problems, damage claims, and loss of reputation.
Another advantage of the ToxTracker technique is that fewer test animals are needed. Pharmaceutical and chemical substances with the strongest carcinogenic properties are eliminated, and therefore do not need to be tested on animals.
Investment ZIF & InnovationQuarter
Toxys is using the investment to bring the existing products to the markets, to accelerate the development of new tests, and to move to a private laboratory. "With this investment Toxys can work on new innovative tests and services, and thereby contribute to the development of better drugs and safer products," says Giel Hendriks.
Johan Sebregts, Fund Manager of ZIF: "From the first meeting on, we were impressed with the performance of Toxys. The validated test, the involvement of LUMC and Leiden University, and the fact that there are various reputable clients gave us immediate confidence. This, coupled with new product developments and the growing market for early stage testing, ensures that we have great confidence in the potential of Toxys. Through the investment of ZIF and InnovationQuarter, and the contribution of our knowledge and experience, we want to contribute to the realization of Toxys’s growth."
Toxys is a spin-off from the Department of Human Genetics at Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) and was founded in 2014 by scientist Giel Hendriks.
MIMETAS: 1.6 MILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY FUNDING FOR NEUROTOXICITY MODELS
MIMETAS has received 1.6 million USD funding for development of an organ-on-a-chip model for neurotoxicity. The aim of the project is to improve existing neurotoxicity tests and to reduce experimentation on animals. A panel of experts from BASF, Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline, Abbvie, NC3Rs and renowned academic institutions has selected the MIMETAS solution from a lineup of strong competitors. MIMETAS will lead the consortium, which also includes the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (Utrecht, The Netherlands) and Cellular Dynamics International (Wisconsin, USA).
“It is extremely rewarding for the MIMETAS team and our partners to win this prestigious project under strong competition”, says MIMETAS Managing Director Jos Joore, “It offers yet another stage to showcase the versatility of our organ-on-a-chip platform in this field with large unmet needs”.
The funding is awarded in the context of the Neuratect CRACK IT Challenge to support development of better predictive, high-throughput, animal-free models for neurotoxicity of medicines and chemicals. The consortium will use the funds to develop, analyze and validate high-throughput neurotoxicity models using MIMETAS OrganoPlate™ technology with CDI’s iPS neurons. The resulting models will be applied to predict neurotoxicity and seizure induction, helping to reduce animal experimentation.
The CRACK IT Challenge is organized by the UK-based National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs). In 2014, MIMETAS secured a 1.6-million-dollar NC3Rs project targeting kidney toxicity.
MIMETAS WINS MOST DISRUPTIVE COMPANY 2015 AWARD
On Thursday December the 3rd, MIMETAS has won the annual contest for the GameChanger of the Year award. Magazine Management Team organized the contest for the third time in a row with former winners 2theloo and Coolblue.
A GameChanger is a visionary strategist in a leading position in mid-sized to large companies with ideas and power to change the game in his market and with proven success in revenues and results.
More information about 'GameChanger'
MIMETAS WILL REPRESENT THE NETHERLANDS AT THE FINALE FROM 'IDEAS FROM EUROPE'
‘Ideas from Europe 'is a Dutch competition with the search for potentially successful companies in Europe, in partnership with governments, private partners and TEDx communities from the 28 EU Member States. The initiative from TedxBinnenhof aims to show that Europe’s future is in the hands of today’s innovative entrepreneurs. By sharing their ideas they will inspire and encourage people to use their entrepreneurial spirit and, in turn, become the lifeblood of Europe’s economy. The ten most inspiring Ideas from Europe with the potential to change the world have been selected by an International jury. These will be presented in full on March 31 2016 at the Knights Hall in The Hague. Jos Joore from Mimetas will represent the Netherlands.
More information about 'Ideas from Europe.
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Hit by a Semi-Truck in Texas – What Should I Do and What are My Options?
Nearly 3,200 accidents involving semi-trucks, 18-wheelers, and other large commercial vehicles occurred on Texas roads in 2019, including 543 fatal crashes that claimed 613 lives.
According to the Texas Department of Transportation, those crashes also caused at least 1,124 serious injuries and 4,733 non-capacitating injuries. Across the United States, trucking-related accidents are far more likely to kill or seriously injure the occupants of smaller passenger vehicles.
Any motor vehicle accident is traumatic, but a crash involving a semi-truck or other large commercial vehicle is especially distressing. And all too often, the shock victims and their families experience in the hours and days after the wreck prevent them from taking the actions needed to preserve evidence, protect their rights, and ensure they’re fully compensated by the responsible parties.
Causes of Semi-Truck Accidents in Texas
Having recovered the largest verdicts and settlements in history on behalf of semi-truck accident victims across Texas and throughout the United States, it’s become clear that the vast majority of these crashes are entirely preventable and the result of negligence on the part of the trucking company, it’s driver, or both.
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, a truck driver’s actions contribute to a significant percentage of crashes in Texas and throughout the country. The top-10 driver-related actions reported in connection with fatal semi-truck accidents include:
Distracted Driving/Driver Inattention
Driving While Intoxicated or Ill
Failure to Remain in the Appropriate Lane
Failure to Obey Traffic Signs and Signals
Following Improperly
Overcorrecting
Other factors that contribute to or cause severe and fatal semi-truck accidents include:
Vehicle or Equipment Malfunctions
Sometimes, another motorist shares responsibility for a semi-truck accident. Texas adheres to a modified comparative fault rule, which reduces damages an injured victim can recover by their own degree of fault. For example, if the trucking company and its driver are found 80% liable, and the victim is 20% at fault, the injured party would only receive 80% of their damages. However, the injured victim isn’t entitled to any compensation if they’re found to be more than 50% at fault for the crash.
How Trucking Companies Avoid Responsibility for a Crash
Because an 18-wheeler or semi-truck accident is far more likely to cause severe injury and death, the verdicts and settlements awarded to innocent victims and their families tend to be much higher as well.
Facing a potentially record-breaking payout, trucking companies, their insurance carriers, and their teams of attorneys will do almost anything to sidestep responsibility and avoid paying victims the compensation they truly deserve – even if that means downplaying your injuries, blaming you for the accident, and destroying or “losing” training records, driver logs, and other vital evidence proving their responsibility.
For that reason, it’s essential to take the appropriate steps to preserve your rights in the aftermath of the accident:
Make Sure Your Passengers are Safe and Call 911: Call 911 immediately, even if you think no one is injured. Contacting 911 is not only the fastest way to get help to the scene, but it also ensures police will arrive to gather evidence and take statements from those involved and any witnesses. Their written accident report could eventually help you disprove any attempt by the trucking company to blame you for the crash.
Take Photos and Videos of the Accident Scene: If you’re physically able and it’s safe to do so, take photos and videos of the crash scene, including damage to vehicles, the roadway, any skid marks, stop signs and other traffic controls, and the lighting on the highway.
Gather as Much Information as Possible: If you’re able, write down the truck driver’s name, the name of the trucking company and its DOT number (located on the semi-truck driver-side door), the license plate number of all vehicles involved, the name of the truck driver’s insurance company and the policy number, and names, phone numbers, and addresses of any witnesses.
Go to the ER: Everyone in your vehicle should head to the emergency room after the crash, even if no one appears to be hurt. Because the adrenaline released after such a traumatic event can mask pain, truck accident victims don’t always recognize when they’ve been injured. Getting checked out at the emergency room ensures that any potentially serious injuries are identified, treated, and documented in your medical records, which will help refute any attempts by the trucking company and its insurer to downplay your injuries or deny you were hurt at all.
Notify Your Insurance Company: You should always get in touch with your insurance company after a semi-truck accident, even if you’re sure you weren’t at fault. Not doing so could result in a denial of coverage and prevent you from receiving PIP, Med-Pay, and other benefits that would otherwise help cover your medical bills and other expenses.
Don’t Speak with the Trucking Company’s Insurer: Not long after the accident, you’ll probably receive a call from the trucking company’s “claims rep” or insurance adjuster promising to do whatever they can to “make things right” or “take care of you.” Don’t be misled! The insurance company is only interested in minimizing your injuries, blaming you for the accident, and paying you as little as possible. You’re under no obligation to speak with or provide a recorded statement to the trucking company’s insurer, and doing so can prove to be a costly mistake.
Follow All Medical Advice and Keep All Doctor’s Appointments: Attorneys for the trucking company and its insurance company will use any failure to follow medical advice or skipped appointments as an excuse to question your injuries and pay you less than your case is worth. Make sure you follow your doctor’s recommendations and go to all scheduled appointments.
Don’t Speculate About Fault: Besides your attorney and immediate family, you should never discuss fault with anyone. That includes the police, your insurance carrier, and the trucking’ company’s insurer. Anything you say could be twisted or intentionally misinterpreted in an attempt to blame you for the crash.
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Postman fired 'for being 1 minute late with delivery'
Management accused him of 'gross misconduct' for alleged delay
Published September 22, 2019 at 9:07pm
(KENT ONLINE) -- A union says it is appealing the 'outrageous' dismissal of a postman it says was fired for making a delivery one minute late.
Robert Lockyer, who has worked for Royal Mail for 29 years, was fired from the delivery office at Ashford in October last year after management accused him of 'gross misconduct' for the alleged delay.
Mr Lockyer’s case was appealed by the union through Royal Mail procedures and, when this failed, was submitted to an employment tribunal, which heard the case in July.
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butthurt democrat party GOP grafitti keith mccrea martha fuller clark matt slater new hampshire pt atrocities in the granite state republicans wwjd
Pro-Obamacare Terrorists Vandalize New Hampshire GOP Office With Jesus Grafitti
Doktor Zoom
Someone spray painted "WWJD Healthcare For Everyone" on the side of the New Hampshire Republican Party office in Concord over the weekend. NHGOP Executive Director Matt Slater was aghast. In a statement released Monday, he said:
"Our building was clearly vandalized by liberal political activists who disagree with our fiscally responsible values. Instead of trying to engage in a serious debate about the issues facing our country, these cowardly extremists decided to spread their liberal agenda by damaging our property[.]"
Yr Wonkette of course does not endorse property damage. On the other hand, you have to enjoy a Republican saying that "What would Jesus do?" is an extremist statement in opposition to his party's "fiscally responsible values."
Slater also insisted,
"This type of outrageous and illegal political activism should be condemned by the New Hampshire Democrat Party. They need to send a clear message to liberal activists that their shameful tactics have no place in politics."
Yes, "Democrat Party" -- there's no need to let a call for civil discourse interfere with a chance to needle the opposition, after all.
State GOP officials also demanded that a staffer consultant who works for a Democratic state Senator be rebuked for his "outrageous" tweets (since deleted) in response to the graffito:
The official statement upped the ante, using "Democrat" as an adjective another four times. It must be official policy. The statement insisted that
Senator Martha Fuller Clark and the New Hampshire Democrat Party need to immediately condemn these despicable comments and make it clear that they do not condone vandalism in politics[.]"
The Democratic staffer consultant, Keith McCrea, later removed the despicable messages and tweeted an apology.
Residents of large urban areas may be amused to know that police are investigating the incident. Yr Wonkette hopes that the miscreants responsible are brought to justice and if necessary sent to Gitmo.
Update/Correction: Keith McCrea emailed us with this clarification:
Hi, all
Longtime fan, first time mentionee. I am not a staff for the senate, I'm a consultant who works for a senator. If you'd change that, I'd appreciate it.
We have updated the story to correct Mr. McCrea's job title, and thank him for being a longtime reader!
[RedAlertPolitics]
Doktor Zoom's real name is Marty Kelley, and he lives in the wilds of Boise, Idaho. He is not a medical doctor, but does have a real PhD in Rhetoric. You should definitely donate some money to this little mommyblog where he has finally found acceptance and cat pictures. He is on maternity leave until 2033. Here is his Twitter, also. His quest to avoid prolixity is not going so great.
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Share this Story: Jay and Silent Bob Reboot coming with Kevin Smith Q and A in 2020
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot coming with Kevin Smith Q and A in 2020
Fish Griwkowsky
Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith in Clerks 2. Photo by Darren Michaels /supplied
In case you somehow forgot about the ’90s — it was a hazy decade — director Kevin Smith is bringing his feature film Jay and Silent Bob Reboot to town in the new year.
The New Jersey stoner icons who first hit the screen 25 years ago in Clerks are returning in this plot: When Jay and Silent Bob discover that Hollywood is rebooting an old movie based on them, the clueless duo embarks on another cross-country mission to stop it all over again. The two have appeared in cameos through a number of Smith’s films, including Mallrats, Chasing Amy and the upcoming Moose Jaws, that last of his True North trilogy.
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot coming with Kevin Smith Q and A in 2020 Back to video
The Jan. 18, 2020, reserved-seating roadshow at the Myer Horowitz Theatre on the University of Alberta campus will feature a Q&A with Smith (who plays Silent Bob).
Tickets running from $59.50 to $79.50 (plus all the fun service charges) go on sale 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 20 at livenation.com.
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Jung and dreams
Jung on dreams
W. B. Yeats; folklore interviews
"Many of the tales in this book were told me by one Paddy Flynn, a little bright-eyed old man, who lived in a leaky and one-roomed cabin in the village of Ballisodare, which is, he was wont to say, 'the most gentle'- whereby he meant faery - place in the whole county of Sligo. ---The first time I saw him he was cooking mushrooms for himself: the next time he was asleep under a hedge, smiling in his sleep. He was indeed always cheerful, though I could see in his eyes (swift as the eyes of a rabbit, when they peered out of their wrinkled holes) a melancholy which was well-nigh a portion of their joy; the visionary melancholy of purely instinctive natures and of all animals."
The Celtic Twilight
Faerie and folklore
~W.B.Yeats
W. B. Yeats
" I have desired, like every artist, to create a little world out of the beautiful, pleasant and significant things of this marred and clumsy world, and to show in a vision something of the face of Ireland to any of my own people who would look where I bid them. I have therefore written down accurately and candidly much that I have heard and seen, and, except by way of commentary, nothing that I have merely imagined. I have, however, been at no pains to separate my own beliefs from those of the peasantry, but have rather let my men and women, dhouls and faeries, go their way unoffended or defended by any argument of mine. The things a man has heard and seen are threads of life, and if he pull them carefully from the confused distaff of memory, any who will can weave them into whatever garments of belief please them best. I too have woven my garment like another, but I shall try to keep warm in it, and shall be well content if it do not unbecome me."
~W.B. Yeats
"The dream is a little hidden door in the innermost and most secret recess of the soul, opening into that cosmic night which was psyche long before there was any ego-consciousness, and which will remain psyche no matter how far our ego-consciousness extends. -------in dreams we put on the likeness of that more universal, truer, more eternal man dwelling in the darkness of primordial night. There he is still the whole, and the whole is in him, indistinguishable from nature and bare of all egohood. It is from these all-uniting depths that the dream arises, be it never so....."
Jung on art
Out of a playful movement of elements whose interrelations are not immediately apparent, patterns arise which an observant and critical intellect can only evaluate afterwards. The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.
the Fairy Dog
In the course of another conversation, he pointed to a rocky knoll in a fiedd not far from his home, and said, "I saw a dog with a white ring around his neck by that hill there, and the oldest men round Galway have seen him too, for he has been here one hundred years or more. He is a dog of the good people, and only appears at certain times of the night."
~ the Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries
W.Y. Evans Wentz
it could be infinity, right?
After everything Napoleon had said to him, after those furious outbursts-------Baleshev felt certain that from now on not only would Napoleon not want to see him again, he would go out of his way to avoid seeing him, an envoy who had been so badly treated, and more to the point, someone who had witnessed such degrading and intemperate behavior on his part.-----
Napoleon welcomed Balashev with a display of good humor and friendliness. Far from showing any signs of embarrassment of self reproach for his tantrum that morning, he did all he could to put Balashev at ease. It was clear that Napoleon had convinced himself long before this that he was incapable of error and that everything he did was good, not because it conformed with any general concept of right or wrong, but simply because he was the one who did it.
The Emperor was in a buoyant mood after his ride through Vilna, where he had been hailed and pursued by cheering crowds.
~ Leo Tolstoy
incapable of controlling what he was saying... (Tolstoy meets Trump)
He was obviously no longer concerned with the benefits of a peaceful settlement and the discussion of any such possibility; his sole intention was to demonstrate his own righteousness, his own power, and to demonstrate Alexander's wrongness and error.
His opening words had clearly been intended as an indication of his own advantageous position, and his willingness to negotiate despite it. But here he was in full flow, and the more he talked the less capable he became of controlling what he was saying.
His whole purpose was now clearly centered on the need to exult himself and insult Alexander, precisely what he had had the least intention of doing at the outset of the interview.--------Napoleon wouldn't go on. He himself was clearly the only person who needed to speak, and on he went with all the volubility and uncontrolled testiness of spoilt people.
~Leo Tolstoy
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Wgc launches new podcast cut
The Guild is launching its new CUT TO: audio podcast today. Each episode will cut to/home in on a particular subject relevant to Canadian screenwriters and their art, whether it's an individual screenwriter and their body of work, an aspect of the craft, or a pressing issue in the industry.
In our first episode, we CUT TO: Susin Nielsen, screenwriter extraordinaire who's work includes writing for the OG Degrassi High and creating CBC series Robson Arms. Her most recent creation is 2021 Global TV series Family Law, on which she also serves as showrunner. Host JP Larocque and Susin end up discussing everything from what happened when COVID-19 struck two weeks into the production of Family Law, and the challenges of making overtly Canadian content in Canada, to the true glory of naps.
CUT TO: will be available on iTunes soon, but you can listen to it right now on wgc.ca HERE!
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Police officer accused of statutory rape of 15-year-old commits suicide after news of abuse surfaces
Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba identified the officer exclusively to WLBT
James Hollins
By Waverly McCarthy and David Kenney | May 27, 2019 at 11:15 AM CDT - Updated May 28 at 9:41 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A Jackson police officer accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old in the back of his patrol car committed suicide shortly after news broke about the abuse.
READ MORE: JPD officer accused of statutory rape commits suicide on I-220
In an interview with WLBT, Mayor Chokwe Lumumba identified the officer as 29-year-old James Hollins.
Attorney Lisa Ross is representing the mother who says her 15-year-old daughter was sexually assaulted by the police officer over the last six months.
In a press conference, Sergeant Roderick Holmes with the Jackson Police Department said the department is going to perform an internal and external investigation on the accused officer.
He said they were unsure of the officer’s whereabouts, but he was placed on administrative leave on Sunday. It was later confirmed that he committed suicide on I-220 Monday afternoon.
Both lanes of the interstate were closed for over two hours Monday as law enforcement investigated.
According to Mayor Lumumba, he was in his personal car, but used the service revolver of another officer.
“It’s not known to us now if the officer even knew their weapon had been taken in the moment," said Mayor Lumumba.
Ross said the 15-year-old was approached by the officer and befriended. She added that the incidents took place several times a week over the six month period and there are several sexually explicit videos of the officer with the minor in the back of his patrol car.
The teen’s mother caught onto the misconduct and the family and Ross reported it to the police chief on Saturday. They felt the chief hasn’t responded appropriately.
When asked to respond to criticism that Chief Davis “didn’t jump right out in front of this,” Mayor Lumumba gave a timeline. He said Chief James Davis called him Sunday and shared that the mother of the 15-year-old shared info and showed videos of Hollins to Davis.
Chief Davis asked to place Hollis on administrative leave and the mayor approved that decision.
The mayor said Davis called internal affairs, which sent Hollins a letter notifying him of the administrative leave, & Hollins signed that letter. Davis also began a criminal investigation.
Lumumba says he believed Chief Davis acted immediately, and said this in response to criticism that actions weren’t fast enough: “That is something that we don’t need to add to the narrative. The narrative is already sad, and it’s a bad story to begin with.”
Lumumba said his administration will always hold the police department to a high level of accountability.
“That doesn’t make me anti-police, but it does make me anti-police corruption,” added the mayor.
Ross said the family had plans to ask the US Attorney’s office and the Dept of Justice to begin an investigation.
We will update this story as it develops.
Copyright 2019 WLBT. All rights reserved.
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David Kenney is a reporter at WLBT and Fox40 News in Jackson, MS.
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Dr. Deborah Birx visits Montgomery, Auburn to discuss COVID-19 developments
Dr. Birx talks COVID-19 developments at Auburn, Montgomery
By WSFA Staff and Ashley Bowerman | September 24, 2020 at 2:45 PM CDT - Updated September 27 at 10:24 AM
AUBURN, Ala. (WSFA) - White House Coronavirus Task Force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx was in Alabama again on Thursday where she met with Gov. Kay Ivey and state health officials at the Capitol before traveling to Auburn University to speak.
Thank you, Dr. Birx, for meeting w/ Dr. Harris & I as we work to get #COVID19 behind us. Dr. Birx is extremely pleased w/ our progress in AL! We’re hopeful for a successful vaccine & are already having discussions on what that will look like. Y’all, let’s keep at it! #alpolitics pic.twitter.com/8192djYpTe
— Governor Kay Ivey (@GovernorKayIvey) September 24, 2020
In Auburn, Dr. Birx met with university leadership and took part in a roundtable with community and state health officials to discuss best practices and current guidelines about the pandemic.
She was greeted with a ‘War Eagle’ before speaking to a socially-distanced room of people for about 20 minutes Thursday afternoon.
Birx commended the state on it’s ability to control and mitigate the spread of COVID-19over the last few months and attributed a big part of that to the state’s mandatory mask mandate and social distancing.
“If you look at what happened within two weeks of the mask mandate, you can see the dramatic decline in cases here in Alabama,” Birx said. “We talked about the importance of keeping those mitigations strong through the fall to get through this fall together, to ensure that people are immunized for flu to really protect one another, keep the rates down, get the rates down even further. Alabama’s test positivity is really dropping, really improving, but we’ve got to do even more.”
She was last in the state in mid-July at the height of the state’s COVID-19 fight.
“What was almost uniformly across Alabama high test positivity, we now have all the counties down from 100 percent to around 20 percent in just the last eight weeks. That is the power of each other, when we work together hand-in-hand,” Birx said.
Thursday’s visit was part of Birx’s travels across the country to meet with health officials about ways of stemming the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past three months she’s visited 28 states and nearly 20 universities. Auburn was among the last schools of the SEC for Birx to visit.
“As we have traveled across the south, it is great to see rival SEC universities coming together to help slow the spread of COVID-19,” said Birx. “While visiting Auburn, I was encouraged to see students and faculty members wearing masks and practicing social distancing. I encourage all Tigers to continue to follow the latest guidelines to keep each other safe and healthy.”
“I think what has come out of this is one SEC, not an SEC of constant competition, but an SEC that shared information across the schools over the summer, and what we’ve learned is the reason these schools has been able to convene and have students, and have students here on campus, and have in-person classes has been because they spent the summer planning as one.”
That planning has helped numbers in campus decline in Auburn over the last couple weeks. According to the university’s website for the week ending on Aug. 30 there were 570 students reporting new positive cases. The week ending in Sept. 20 saw just 53 new positive cases
Ashley Bowerman
Ashley Bowerman is a general assignment reporter for WSFA 12 News. She joined the team in February 2020.
Alabama has surpassed 6,000 COVID-19 deaths since the virus first appeared in the state, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health.
Capital city joins nation in remembering COVID-19 victims
Courtney Chandler
ADPH to launch an online COVID vaccine registration portal to help streamline process.
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History of Art University
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Art and Imagery in York Minster
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York Minster is the largest Gothic cathedral in northern Europe. It preserves the most extensive collection of medieval stained glass in Britain, dating from the late twelfth to the early sixteenth century. Its architectural sculpture is of great variety and importance. In its thirteenth-century chapter house it boasts one of Europe’s most remarkable feats of structural engineering, designed to showcase a decorative display of exceptional richness manifest in several media. By the end of the Middle Ages its choir housed the largest late-medieval shrine base in England, while an earlier cult site remained a focus for pilgrim interest. Much of this medieval imagery has survived and further light is shed by the antiquarian record, which is exceptionally rich.
This course will examine some of the surviving iconographic schemes in the Minster, looking not just at the stained glass, but also at the remaining medieval sculpture and monumental paintings so as to give as comprehensive a view as possible of the imagery in the Minster. We will start with the earliest standing part of the building, viz the transepts and chapter house. While following a broad chronological outline, so as to situate the works of art within the architectural development of the building, we shall focus on material which exemplifies the great variety of imagery, both theological and religious, and secular and humorous, within the Minster; and we shall be able to draw on literature which ranges from early antiquarian sources up to a number of very recent studies.
The art and imagery of the Minster will also be considered in relation to other contemporary schemes both at home and abroad. Seminars will be conducted both in the building and in the class-room and we will take full advantage of current conservation projects in order to gain privileged access to some of the Minster’s most extraordinary treasures.
S. Brown, Stained Glass at York Minster (London, Scala, 1999)
S. Brown, ‘Our Magnificent Fabrick’, York Minster: an architectural history 1220-1500 (Swindon, English Heritage, 2003)
C. Norton, ‘Richard II and York Minster’, in S. Rees Jones (ed.), The Government of Medieval York (York, Borthwick Institute, 1997), 56-87.
C. Norton, ‘Richard Scrope and York Minster,’ in P.J.P Goldberg, ed. Richard Scrope, Archbishop, Rebel, Martyr (Donington, Shaun Tyas, 2007), 138-213
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Trump Stuck Fighting The
Trump stuck fighting the 2016 war as Biden comes out on top
The Guardian-2 months before
That summed up why Trump lost his last ever US presidential debate and, opinion polls suggest, is losing the election.
Trump desperately wants it be 2016 again, when his opponent, Hillary Clinton, was dragged down by misogyny, a dogged FBI and the whiff of coastal elitism. Back then he invited three women who had accused Bill Clinton of inappropriate sexual behaviour to a debate with her, and stalked Hi...lary on the stage (“My skin crawled,” she said later).
Hillary Clinton On Thursday night, Trump reached for the same playbook by inviting Tony Bobulinski, former business partner of Biden’s son Hunter, to the debate in Nashville, Tennessee. The president pushed unsubstantiated allegations against Hunter regarding his business activities in Ukraine and China based, just as in the Clinton saga, on supposedly incriminating emails.
Trump said: “But now what came out today is worse – all of the emails, the horrible emails of the money you were raking in, you and your family. I think you owe an explanation to the American people. Why is it somebody just had a news conference a little while ago who was essentially supposed to work with you? And your family? But what he said was damning.”
He claimed, without evidence, that Biden’s family received $3.5m from Russia. But 2020 is not 2016 and his accusations fell flat. Biden, like his running mate Kamala Harris before him, spoke volumes with bemused frowns, wry chuckles and expressions of distaste like a parent confronted by a foul nappy or diaper. He swatted the issue away, insisting: “I have not taken a penny from any foreign source in my life.”
And he turned the tables, noting recent media reports that Trump has a secret bank account in China and paid more in taxes in that country than in America. Biden said: “I have released all of my tax returns. 22 years. Go look at them … You have not released a single solitary year. What are you hiding?”
Trump tried to revive the issue as the debate wore on, making reference to Ukrainian energy firm Burisma and the “laptop from hell”, but Biden countered with his favourite word, “malarky”, and said Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who is pushing the conspiracy theory, “is being used as a Russian pawn”.
the “laptop from hell” The whole thing was vague and arcane to anyone not trapped in the Fox News universe. Trump’s entire campaign has been like Jaws 2, a vastly inferior sequel with a director who is not Steven Spielberg, trying and failing to recapture lightning in a bottle. “Crooked Hillary” resonated with his supporters; “Sleepy Joe” not so much.
Biden spoke volumes with wry chuckles and expressions of distaste, like a parent confronted by a foul diaper
The clarity of the “Make America great again” brand and a hardline message on immigration, trade and the wall has been replaced by “Make America great again, again, again, again,” – as he put it in Tuscon, Arizona this week – and frantic efforts to talk about anything but the coronavirus crisis pandemic that has killed more than 220,000 Americans so far this year, and infected millions, including the president himself.
But if he could not run against Clinton again, Trump would have settled for Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren, whom he could have tried to portray as radical leftists. On Thursday he tried it with Biden on healthcare, citing Sanders’ work on “socialised medicine” in Vermont; it was then Biden pointed out he is his own man, and defeated the supporters of the universal healthcare plan Medicare for All.
The second and final presidential debate appeared to be a final vindication of the wisdom of Democratic primary voters – Iowa and New Hampshire apart – who judged Biden to be the pragmatic choice to run against Trump. He solidified a candidacy that has avoided the negatives of Clinton and potential negatives of his primary rivals.
As for Trump, the world witnessed Bruce Banner fighting hard to keep his inner Hulk at bay. Advisers had warned him to avoid the smash up of the first debate when, according to the Axios website, he interrupted Biden 71 times, while Biden interrupted him 22 times.
Under the excellent moderation of NBC News’s Kristen Welker, it actually resembled fairly normal political spectacle. At around half-time, the president even told Welker: “So far, I respect very much the way you’re handling this.”
Let no one use the dreaded terms “presidential” or “pivot” with regard to Trump, however. Wearing a Republican red tie, he unloaded a rally’s worth of falsehoods and was notably outmanoeuvred by Biden, wearing Democratic blue, on Covid-19, child separations at the border and race.
“We’re rounding the turn, we’re rounding the corner, it’s going away,” Trump said of the virus, even as it surges to highest point since the summer. “We’re learning to live with it.”
Biden seized the opening. “He says, ‘We’re learning to live with it’. People are learning to die with it.”
Biden also struck a chord with: “Two hundred twenty thousand Americans dead. If you hear nothing else I say tonight, hear this: anyone who is responsible, for not taking control – in fact, saying I take no responsibility initially – anyone that is responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president of the United States of America.”
Perhaps the most revealing segment, however, was on race. Welker, herself a woman of colour, outlined how Black parents, irrespective of economic class, give their children “the talk”, including how to respond when they are pulled over by police. It was a question bound to expose Trump.
“Nobody has done more for the Black community than Donald Trump, with the exception of Abraham Lincoln – the possible exception – but the exception of Abraham Lincoln, nobody has done what I’ve done,” Trump said. “I’m the least racist person in this room.”
Biden shot back sarcastically: “Abraham Lincoln here is one of the most racist presidents we’ve had in modern history. He pours fuel on every single racist fire – every single one. This guy is a dog whistle as big as a foghorn.”
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Movies, X-Men Origins: Wolverine
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April 9, 2009 (Sydney, Australia)
May 1, 2009 (United States)
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X-Men: The Last Stand X-Men: First Class
"You wanted the animal, Colonel. You got it."
―Wolverine to William Stryker[src]
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is the first film in the Wolverine trilogy and the fourth installment in the X-Men film series overall. Directed by Gavin Hood, it is a prequel set before the events of the first X-Men film focusing on the character of Wolverine and his time with Team X, before and shortly after his skeleton was bonded with the indestructible metal adamantium.
Shot in Australia and New Zealand, the film received an early release in Sydney, Australia on April 9, 2009 before being released worldwide on May 1, 2009.
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This pulse-pounding action thriller sinks razor-sharp adamantium claws into the mysterious origins of Logan/Wolverine: his epically violent and romantic past, his complex relationship with Victor Creed/Sabretooth, and the ominous Weapon X program that unleashes his primal fury. Along the way, Wolverine also encounters legendary new mutants, including Deadpool and Gambit. You'll go "berserker" for this deeper, darker, more-spectacular-than-ever chapter of the X-Men saga![1]
In 1845 in North-Western Territory, British North America, young James Howlett sees his father John Howlett killed by his friend Victor Creed's father, Thomas Logan. In an act of vengeance, James kills the elder Logan using bone claws which have grown out of his hands due to the stress of the incident. With his dying breath, Logan tells James that he is also his son. James runs out of the house, followed by Victor, who finds him and promises his younger brother that he'll look out for him. James and Victor run away, pursued by a torch-wielding mob.
In the years that follow, adult brothers James and Victor are seen fighting together in the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, and eventually the Vietnam War with their respective regenerative powers keeping them from being killed or aging. James is forced to act as a check on Victor's increasing rage and ferocity. In Vietnam, Victor kills a superior officer after being stopped from attempting to kill a girl, and James and Victor are sentenced to death by firing squad, though their unique regenerative abilities keep them alive.
Major William Stryker approaches the two mutants and offers them membership in a team he was putting together which would be Team X. The team consists of mutants Fred Dukes, possesses super strength and invulnerability; John Wraith, who can teleport; Chris Bradley, a.k.a. Bolt, who can control electricity; expert marksman Agent Zero; and mercenary Wade Wilson, an amazing swordsman who never stops talking. The brothers soon join the group.
During one mission, the team invades the headquarters of a diamond trafficking operation in Lagos, Nigeria, to retrieve a meteorite. Afterwards, Stryker and the team brutally interrogate people from a nearby village to learn where the meteorite was found. James is disgusted by the murders committed by his teammates and abandons the group.
Six years afterward, James—now going by his biological father's surname, Logan—is a lumberjack living with his girlfriend Kayla Silverfox. Meanwhile, Victor hunts down and murders Bradley, who works at a carnival; Victor mentions that Wade is already dead. Stryker locates Logan and claims that someone is killing members of the now-disbanded team. Stryker asks Logan for help, but is refused. Shortly after, Silverfox is murdered by Victor. Wolverine hunts down his half-brother, but is easily defeated. Stryker once again asks Logan for help, and Logan agrees. Stryker has Logan's skeletal system reinforced with adamantium, a virtually indestructible metal retrieved from the meteorite found by Team X. Before the procedure, Logan asks for his new dog tags to say "Wolverine," a reference to a story that Kayla told him. After the procedure, Stryker orders Wolverine's memory to be erased, but Wolverine overhears this and flees. Stryker orders Agent Zero to hunt him down and take his head off.
An elderly couple, Travis and Heather Hudson, see Wolverine—who escaped in the buff—enter their barn. They're wary but welcoming, giving him food and clothing, including a leather jacket of their son's—and their son's motorcycle. However, the next morning, Zero finds the house and shoots Travis and Heather dead, then turns his attention to Wolverine. Wolverine takes out several HMMWVs, a helicopter and Zero himself, telling Stryker over Zero's radio, that he'll hunt him down. Wolverine locates former associates John Wraith and Fred Dukes (who is now massively obese from a guilt-driven eating disorder), seeking to learn the location of Stryker's new laboratory. Wolverine learns the disbanded team had been capturing young mutants for Stryker. One of them, Remy LeBeau, also known as Gambit, escaped the island laboratory and knows its location. Dukes tells Logan that his brother Victor is actually working for Stryker, capturing and killing mutants for him. Meanwhile, Stryker captures a teenaged Scott Summers with Victor's aid.
Wolverine and Wraith locate Gambit in a New Orleans bar. Wolverine talks to Gambit while Wraith keeps watching outside, but Gambit suspects Wolverine was sent to recapture him and, using his ability to charge objects with kinetic energy, throws several playing cards at Wolverine that send him flying through a wall. Outside, Wolverine sees Victor has killed Wraith and taken a sample of his blood. Wolverine fights Victor, only to be interrupted by Gambit. Victor escapes, and after a brief struggle, Gambit agrees to take Wolverine to the mutant prison/laboratory on Three Mile Island. Once there, Wolverine confronts Stryker and learns Silverfox is still alive; Victor faked her death with hydrochlorothiazide. She was keeping track of the mutant to free her sister, Emma, who is also in the prison. Wolverine is devastated by this betrayal.
Now having no quarrel with Stryker, Wolverine departs. Victor, angered that Stryker let Wolverine go, demands the adamantium procedure. Stryker, however, tells him that he won't survive the procedure and in an act of rage, Victor tries to kill Silverfox. Wolverine hears Silverfox's screams and attacks Victor. Finally having the chance to kill Victor, Wolverine chooses not to give in to his animal instincts and instead knocks him out. Silverfox shows Wolverine to the holding cells, and he frees the mutants there; among them are Emma Frost, Scott Summers and Elizabeth Braddock.
Panicking, Stryker prematurely activates his newest creation, Weapon XI, a bald, pale-skinned and deformed Wade Wilson, lacking a mouth and with patterns on his skin marking his adamantium bone structure. As the rescue party approaches an exit, it is blocked by Weapon XI, who is under Stryker's control. Wolverine tells them to find a new exit as two blades extend from Weapon XI's arms. The blades are similar to Wolverine's claws, but more like katana swords, Wilson's weapon of choice. Wolverine realizes that this monstrosity is actually Wade Wilson. "Looks like Stryker finally found a way to shut you up," he quips.
Weapon XI, also called Deadpool, is a mutant Frankenstein's monster, with the abilities of several of the killed and captured mutants: Scott's optic blasts, Wraith's teleportation, and Wolverine's healing ability. During the escape, Silverfox is mortally wounded. The other mutants escape through the facility's tunnels, guided by Scott who is unable to tell them how he knows the way out. Emerging from the tunnel, the party encounters a helicopter. Riding in the helicopter is a familiar figure: Professor Charles Xavier, who has guided them to safety and offers them a home at his school.
Meanwhile, the fight between Wolverine and Weapon XI moves to the top of one of the nuclear power plant's cooling towers. Weapon XI overpowers and prepares to decapitate Wolverine, but Victor returns to aid his brother. Wolverine and Victor, now working together, are able to decapitate Weapon XI, sending its head, still firing optic blasts, down into the cooling tower. Wolverine coldly informs Victor that despite his help, their relationship is over. Victor reminds him that as brothers, they can never be finished, and jumps off the cooling tower. The damage from the optic blasts causes the cooling tower to collapse, but Wolverine is rescued by Gambit.
Wolverine asks Gambit to ensure the prisoners are safe, while he returns to find Silverfox, who stayed behind because she was wounded. As he carries her to safety, Stryker shoots him in the back with an adamantium bullet. Wolverine tries to kill him but is shot in the head, knocking him unconscious.
Silverfox uses her powers of persuasion to order Stryker to walk away until his feet bleed, then dies from her injuries. Gambit returns to assure Wolverine that the mutants are safe, but due to amnesia caused by the brain damage the adamantium bullets inflicted, Wolverine does not remember anything (this was Stryker's intention, knowing that even the adamantium bullets could not kill Logan). Gambit tries to get Wolverine to come with him, but he declines. Gambit wishes Wolverine good luck before departing, and Wolverine flees the scene as the ambulances and police arrive.
The film has several additional scenes during and after the credits. The first of these scenes play a few seconds into the credits, and depicts William Stryker walking down a road. Due to Silverfox's order, the toes of his shoes are torn and bloody from walking for so long. A military vehicle drives up behind him and he is apprehended by military police for questioning about the death of General Munson. (Stryker murdered the general earlier in the film in order to protect his vendetta against mutants.)
Depending on which theater the movie was shown in, one of two possible endings then appears following the credits. In the first ending, Weapon XI's hand reaches out from the rubble of the nuclear complex to touch his severed head. The second alternate ending shows Logan drinking at a bar in Japan. The bartender asks if he is drinking to forget; Logan replies that he's drinking to remember. The former is the one included on home media devices, while the later is included as a separate deleted scene.
Hugh Jackman as James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine
Troye Sivan as young Wolverine
Liev Schreiber as Victor Creed
Michael James Olsen as young Victor Creed
Danny Huston as William Stryker
Will.i.am as John Wraith
Lynn Collins as Kayla Silverfox
Kevin Durand as Fred Dukes/Blob
Dominic Monaghan as Chris Bradley
Taylor Kitsch as Remy LeBeau/Gambit
Daniel Henney as David North/Agent Zero
Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson/Deadpool
Scott Adkins as Weapon XI
Tim Pocock as Scott Summers/Cyclops
Unknown actor as Elizabeth Braddock/Psylocke
Julia Blake as Heather Hudson
Max Cullen as Travis Hudson
Peter O'Brien as John Howlett
Aaron Jeffrey as Thomas Logan
Alice Parkinson as Elizabeth Howlett
Myles Pollard as Phelan
Stephen Anderton as Marcuse
Chris Sadrinna as Van Mier
David Ritchie as Dr. Abraham Cornelius
Asher Keddie as Dr. Carol Frost
Stephen Leeder as General Munson
Henry Browne as Curtis
Tahyna Tozzi as Emma Silverfox
Patrick Stewart as Professor X
Beatrice King as Japanese Bartender
Jade Tang as Mutant Twins #1
Joelle Tang as Mutant Twins #2
Chris Polzot as Chamber
Unknown actor as Ice Princess
Unknown actor as Quicksilver
Alkali Lake, Alberta, Canada
Gambit's Bo - Staff
Xavier's Helicopter
Gambit's Plane
Team X Jet
X-Men Origins Wolverine Trailer "Witness the Origin" Trailer 20th Century FOX
X-Men Origins Wolverine Trailer "Ooh! Shiny." Trailer 20th Century FOX
Gambit , Cyclops , and Emma Silverfox were the only credited prisoners of Striker's Island. However, fans have speculated who the other prisoners might be: Quicksilver (white-haired boy who violently thrashes in his cage while bound by elastic straps), Banshee or Chamber (teen with tape over his mouth), Toad (a boy with an amphibious tongue), Psylocke (an East Asian girl with blue and purple streaks in her hair), Whirlwind (young man spinning as a tornado in his cage, however, other fans believe this to be Riptide ), Ice Princess (South Asian girl seen frozen in her cage).
In the flashback to Africa, a young black girl with white hair can be seen. This is the young Ororo Monroe (Storm ), the future X-Men member. This scene was removed from the final cut, but appears as a deleted scene in the DVD.
Many comic book fans were unhappy with the way Deadpool was treated in this movie, including Ryan Reynolds himself.
This is the first time Gambit appears in an X-Men franchise movie. He was planned to make appearances in the previous movies, but was always cut out.
The old couple Logan befriends are named Travis and Heather Hudson. These are the civilian names of Guardian and Vindicator, the leaders of the Canadian superhero group Alpha Flight (in the comics however Guardian's name is James MacDonald Hudson); this represents their role in the comics, where they had befriended Wolverine and he had become a member of Alpha Flight for some time.
Although a link has been established between Logan and Victor in the comics, this is the first time they've been connected as brothers.
Gambit's portrayal in this movie is inspired by his "Ultimate X-Men" version, where he was a retired thief, and has a Cajun accent.
Beak and Barbarus was both two characters intented to be in the film X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
↑ X-Men Origins: Wolverine – 20th Century Fox (retrieved from the Wayback Machine)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine on Wikipedia
X-Men Origins: Wolverine on IMDb
X-Men Origins: Wolverine on Disney+
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ZICO > Blog > Law > Thailand’s NACC Issues Guidelines to Combat Supply Side Corruption
Thailand’s NACC Issues Guidelines to Combat Supply Side Corruption
Expertise: Law
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (“NACC”) recently issued its official Guidelines on Appropriate Internal Control Measures for Juristic Persons (“Guidelines”) to combat bribery of state officials, foreign public officials and agents of public international organisations. Prior to this, the laws on bribery in Thailand were only restricted to local government officials. In 2015, the Organic Act on Counter Corruption[1] was amended to include foreign public officials and agents of public international organisations, in compliance with Thailand’s endorsement of the UN Convention against corruption in 2011.
The amended Act also requires companies operating in Thailand to have appropriate internal control measures to prevent bribery. If convicted, guilty entities may be fined a sum between one to two times of the damage caused, or benefits received.
Directors and shareholders directly involved in bribery are primarily liable in their individual capacity for the offence. While innocent directors or shareholders are not held jointly liable with the offenders, damage to the business as a result of substantial fines and loss of reputation may nonetheless have an indirect negative impact on them as well.
The question remains as to what constitutes ‘appropriate control measures’? These Guidelines, which are part of NACC’s efforts to tackle the supply side of corruption, introduce 8 practical fundamental elements that constitute effective ‘appropriate internal measures’, which must be adopted by juristic persons[2] to prevent its employees or associates from committing the act of bribery.
The 8 fundamental measures are:
having strong, visible policy and support from top-level management to fight bribery;
conducting risk assessments to effectively identify and evaluate exposure to bribery;
implementing enhanced and detailed measures for high-risk and vulnerable areas;
application of anti-bribery measures to business partners;
keeping accurate books and accounting records;
adopting human resource management policies complementary to anti-bribery measures;
having in place communication mechanisms that encourage reporting of suspicion of bribery; and
conducting periodic reviews and evaluations of anti-bribery prevention measures and their effectiveness.
Besides the 8 fundamental measures above, the Guidelines also explain and give case studies on the application of section 123/5 of the amended Act.
The principles in the Guidelines may be familiar to most multi-national companies that have implemented internal control measures in compliance with the US’ Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and UK’s Bribery Act 2010.
The NACC has also set up an Anti-Bribery Advisory Service (ABAS) to help business entities comply with the Guidelines by providing academic consultations on the implementation of appropriate internal measures and good practices within the business entities.
Companies should be concerned with the definition of “bribery” under the Guidelines, which were drafted to illustrate activities that are subject to the Act.
The Guidelines highlighted that, in the eyes of the regulator, high-risk payments may fall within the definition of a “bribe” if they:
are paid improperly;
are facilitation payments (small payments paid unofficially to a state official to secure or expedite the normal and lawful performance of his or her duty); or
are hospitality expenditures, gifts, and charitable or political contributions.
Therefore, companies should have in place processes which allow them to monitor, prevent and limit their employees from making any high risk payments without the necessary approvals. If such high risk payments are authorised to be paid, these payments must be recorded in the company’s books with sufficient detail and in an accurate manner.
[1] B.E. 2542 (1999) (as amended by (No. 3), B.E. 2558 (2015)
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List of Svenska Cupen winners
The Swedish Football Association have organized a nationwide knock-out cup competition known as Svenska Cupen for 60 years, first between 1941 and 1953 and then again from 1967 to present day. There have been a few years in these two periods when cup competition has not been held. The present cup holders are Östersunds FK, who beat IFK Norrköping in the 2017 final. It involves professional and amateur clubs of all standards playing against each other, creating the possibility for "minnows" to become "giant-killers" by eliminating top clubs from the tournament. 13 teams have reached the final while playing in a lower division, however two of these reached the final unhindered during the 1948 tournament when no first tier teams competed. All of the second tier teams have lost in the final except for Råå IF in 1948 and Degerfors IF in 1992–93, both of whom faced second tier opposition.
Malmö FF have a record 14 cup titles, followed by AIK who have eight titles. Malmö FF is also the club who have won most consecutive titles and the record of appearing in the most finals, they won three consecutive titles between 1972 and 1975 and having appeared in 18 finals. AIK have finished as runners-up for a record of eight times. Hammarby IF are the team to have appeared in the most finals without winning the cup title, they have appeared and lost in three finals, their latest final was in 2010.
Winners also won the Swedish championship during the same season
Team was playing outside the top division of the national league
(aet) After extra time
(pen.) Penalty shoot-out
(number of cup wins) A running tally of the total number of cup titles won by each club is kept in brackets.
Hälsingborgs IF (1) 3–1 IK Sleipner Råsunda 10,673
GAIS (1) 2–1 IF Elfsborg Råsunda 10,013
IFK Norrköping (1) 5–2 AIK Idrottsparken 19,595
Malmö FF (1) 4–3 (aet) IFK Norrköping Råsunda 35,271
IFK Norrköping (2) 4–1 Malmö FF Råsunda 31,896
Malmö FF (2) 3–0 Åtvidabergs FF Råsunda 15,173
Malmö FF (3) 3–2 AIK Råsunda 26,705
Råå IF (1) 6–0 BK Kenty Olympia 9,852
AIK (1) 1–0 Landskrona BoIS Råsunda 14,718
AIK (2) 3–2 Hälsingborgs IF Råsunda 15,154
Malmö FF (4) 2–1 Djurgårdens IF Råsunda 20,267
– Not held – – –
Malmö FF (5) 3–2 IFK Norrköping Råsunda 20,356
Malmö FF (6) 2–0 IFK Norrköping Idrottsparken 11,707
IFK Norrköping (3) 1–0 AIK Råsunda 7,832
Åtvidabergs FF (1) 2–0 Sandvikens IF Studenternas IP 3,110
Åtvidabergs FF (2) 3–2 Malmö FF Malmö Stadion 7,544
Landskrona BoIS (1) 0–0 (aet)
Replay: 3–2 IFK Norrköping Idrottsparken
Landskrona IP 2,111
Malmö FF (7) 7–0 Åtvidabergs FF Stadsparksvallen 6,016
Malmö FF (8) 2–0 Östers IF Örjans Vall 4,227
Malmö FF (9) 1–0 Djurgårdens IF Malmö Stadion 6,913
AIK (3) Match 1: 1–1
Match 2: 3–0 Landskrona BoIS Landskrona IP
Råsunda 3,340
Östers IF (1) 1–0 Hammarby IF Söderstadion 7,818
Malmö FF (10) 2–0 (aet) Kalmar FF Strandängen 4,813
IFK Göteborg (1) 6–1 Åtvidabergs FF Råsunda 9,457
Malmö FF (11) 5–5 (aet)
4–3 (pen.) IK Brage Råsunda 6,172
Kalmar FF (1) 4–0 IF Elfsborg Råsunda 2,245
IFK Göteborg (2) 3–2 Östers IF Råsunda 13,859
IFK Göteborg (3) 1–0 Hammarby IF Råsunda 13,245
Malmö FF (12) 1–0 Landskrona BoIS Olympia 7,810
AIK (4) 1–1 (aet)
3–2 (pen.) Östers IF Råsunda 4,888
Malmö FF (13) 2–1 IFK Göteborg Råsunda 11,656
Kalmar FF (2) 2–0 GAIS Råsunda 8,740
IFK Norrköping (4) 3–1 Örebro SK Råsunda 5,046
Malmö FF (14) 3–0 Djurgårdens IF Råsunda 7,526
Djurgårdens IF (1) 3–0 BK Häcken Råsunda 3,357
IFK Norrköping (5) 4–1 Östers IF Råsunda 1,858
IFK Göteborg (4) 3–2 (aet) AIK Råsunda 2,151
Degerfors IF (1) 3–0 Landskrona BoIS Ullevi 5,078
IFK Norrköping (6) 4–3 (aet) Helsingborgs IF Ullevi 4,021
Halmstads BK (1) 3–1 AIK Ullevi 4,889
AIK (5) 1–0 (aet) Malmö FF Ullevi 2,745
AIK (6) 2–1 IF Elfsborg Ryavallen 9,547
Helsingborgs IF (2) Match 1: 1–1
Match 2: 1–1
3–0 (pen.) Örgryte IS Ullevi
Olympia 2,559
Match 2: 0–0 IFK Göteborg Råsunda
Ullevi 9,171
Örgryte IS (1) Match 1: 2–0
Match 2: 0–1 AIK Råsunda
IF Elfsborg (1) 1–1 (aet)
9–8 (pen.) AIK Stadsparksvallen 6,634
Djurgårdens IF (2) 1–0 (aet) AIK Råsunda 33,727
IF Elfsborg (2) 2–0 Assyriska FF Råsunda 10,280
Djurgårdens IF (3) 3–1 IFK Göteborg Råsunda 9,417
Djurgårdens IF (4) 2–0 Åtvidabergs FF Råsunda 11,613
Helsingborgs IF (3) 2–0 Gefle IF Råsunda 3,379
Kalmar FF (3) 3–0 IFK Göteborg Fredriksskans 6,877
IFK Göteborg (5) 0–0 (aet)
5–4 (pen.) Kalmar FF Fredriksskans 7,158
AIK (8) 2–0 IFK Göteborg Råsunda 24,365
Helsingborgs IF (4) 1–0 Hammarby IF Söderstadion 12,357
Helsingborgs IF (5) 3–1 Kalmar FF Olympia 9,513
3–1 (pen.) Djurgårdens IF Friends Arena 21,819
IF Elfsborg (3) 1–0 Helsingborgs IF Friends Arena 3,423
IFK Göteborg (7) 2–1 Örebro SK Gamla Ullevi 16,761
BK Häcken (1) 2–2 (aet)
6–5 (pen.) Malmö FF Swedbank Stadion 22,302
Östersunds FK (1) 4–1 IFK Norrköping Jämtkraft Arena 8,369
Djurgårdens IF (5) 3–0 Malmö FF Tele2 Arena 25,123
BK Häcken (2) 3–0 AFC Eskilstuna Bravida Arena 4,958
Performance by club
Cup titles won by club (%)
Malmö FF – 14 (22%)
AIK – 8 (13%)
IFK Göteborg – 7 (11%)
IFK Norrköping – 6 (10%)
Helsingborgs IF – 5 (8%)
Djurgårdens IF – 5 (8%)
Kalmar FF – 3 (5%)
IF Elfsborg – 3 (5%)
Other clubs – 12 (19%)
For a list of clubs which have won the double of cup and league championship during the same season, see List of Swedish football champions.
18 clubs have won Svenska Cupen. 23 clubs have been runners-up, and of these nine clubs are yet to win a cup final. Four of the 18 cup-winning clubs have never lost the competition's deciding game, but none of these have played in more than one final. By contrast, Hammarby IF have lost the cup final three times, every time they have played in it.
Total cup wins by club
Cup-winning years
Years as runners-up
14 5 1944, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1953, 1967, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1988–89 1945, 1970–71, 1995–96, 2015–16, 2017–18
8 8 1949, 1950, 1975–76, 1984–85, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2009 1943, 1947, 1968–69, 1991, 1994–95, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002
IFK Göteborg
7 5 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1991, 2008, 2012–13, 2014–15 1985–86, 1998–99, 2004, 2007, 2009
6 5 1943, 1945, 1968–69, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1993–94 1944, 1953, 1967, 1971–72, 2016–17
Djurgårdens IF
5 4 1989–90, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2017–18 1951, 1974–75, 1988–89, 2012–13
5 3 1941, 1997–98, 2006, 2010, 2011 1950, 1993–94, 2013–14
Kalmar FF
3 3 1980–81, 1986–87, 2007 1977–78, 2008, 2011
3 3 2000–01, 2003, 2013–14 1942, 1980–81, 1996–97
Åtvidabergs FF
2 4 1969–70, 1970–71 1946, 1972–73, 1978–79, 2005
2 1 2015–16, 2018–19 1989–90
1 4 1971–72 1949, 1975–76, 1983–84, 1992–93
Östers IF
1 4 1976–77 1973–74, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1990–91
1 1 1942 1986–87
Örgryte IS
1 1 1999–2000 1997–98
Råå IF
1 – 1948 –
Degerfors IF
1 – 1992–93 –
Halmstads BK
Östersunds FK
– 3 – 1976–77, 1982–83, 2010
Örebro SK
– 2 – 1987–88, 2014–15
– 1 – 1941
BK Kenty
Sandvikens IF
– 1 – 1969–70
IK Brage
Assyriska FF
Gefle IF
Total cup wins by city
The 18 title-winning clubs have come from a total of 13 cities. The most successful city is Malmö, all of Malmö's titles have been won by Malmö FF.
14 Malmö FF (14)
13 AIK (8), Djurgårdens IF (5)
11 IFK Göteborg (7), BK Häcken (2), GAIS (1), Örgryte IS (1)
6 IFK Norrköping (6)
6 Helsingborgs IF (5), Råå IF (1)
3 Kalmar FF (3)
3 IF Elfsborg (3)
2 Åtvidabergs FF (2)
1 Landskrona BoIS (1)
1 Östers IF (1)
1 Degerfors IF (1)
1 Halmstads BK (1)
1 Östersunds FK (1)
Total cup wins by county
There have been 18 winners of Svenska Cupen, from nine counties. The most successful county is Skåne with 21 titles divided between four clubs.
Total cup wins by province
21 Malmö FF (14), Helsingborgs IF (5), Råå IF (1), Landskrona BoIS (1)
14 IFK Göteborg (7), IF Elfsborg (3), BK Häcken (2), GAIS (1), Örgryte IS (1)
8 IFK Norrköping (6), Åtvidabergs FF (2)
(in English) Swedish Football Association
(in English) Sweden - List of Cup Finals, RSSSF.com
Qualifying Rounds
1991 (1st)
1991 (2nd)
UEFA members national football cups
Non-UEFA
Football in Sweden
District Football Associations
Swedish Professional Football Leagues
Elite Football Women
League system – Men
League system – Women
Cup competitions
Svenska Cupen (women)
List of men's clubs
List of women's clubs
Europe (women)
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MG showcased a micro electric at the Auto Expo 2020. It was the smallest production-ready vehicle on showcase at the Expo and has a seating capacity of two people. The MG 200EV has been co-developed by SIAC, GM and Wuling. MG has stated that the micro-car is a successor to the Baojun E100 that is being sold in China and has a dense amount of updates.
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It is pink, silver and gold and the colours have been used in a soothing ratio and perfectly complements the quirky look of the car. The rear is minimal but LED strips for tail lights and has an opening for storage space. MG has also managed to sparkle things up on the inside with a digital instrument cluster. The dashboard is minimal with the earlier said instrument cluster and a two-spoke steering wheel. Despite having space constraints, MG has managed to give the 200 EV a practical outlook. The interior has 11 storage spaces and a hidden space under the passenger seat. A bit of space is also available behind the seats which can be accessed via the rear opening.
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Ankh Wines
Ankh Wines is a producer of exceptional Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.
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The Key Of Life
Ankh, the ancient Egyptian symbol for 'life', was revered as being the key to immortality. To be bestowed with an ankh was to be given the gift of eternal life.
About Ankh Wines
Founded in 2007, Ankh Wines is an award-winning producer of Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon and merlot-based red wine blends. Enthusiastic and unrelenting in our pursuit for quality, we follow these four guiding principles:
We produce only red wines, focusing primarily on cabernet sauvignon and merlot. Anything more would dilute our attention.
We believe that world-class Napa Valley red wines should be attainable, and we work hard to ensure that both our Ankh cabernet and El Nil red blend deliver real value. The market would say we could charge a lot more, but that's not who we are.
Wine shouldn’t need to be overpowering to be delicious. But it takes great patience to deliver wine that is nuanced and balanced. To achieve this, we age our wines in French oak for up to 24 months, and then hold them another two years after bottling before releasing them for sale.
We think that quantity is the nemesis of quality, and that by keeping our production extremely limited, we can focus on the little things that make great wines great. Every year, we produce fewer than 250 cases across all of our offerings.
How Wine Saved the World
In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet was a fierce and violent warrior goddess. The sun god Ra had become angry because mankind was not following his laws, so he sent Sekhmet to destroy the people. The fields ran with blood, but the sight of the carnage caused Ra to repent. He ordered Sekhmet to stop, but she was in a blood lust and would not listen. So Ra tricked her by pouring jugs of wine in her path. She gorged on what she thought was blood and became so drunk that she slept for days. When she awoke, Sekhmet had transformed into the benevolent goddess Hathor; her blood lust had disappeared, and humanity was saved.
Every year in what is now the month of August, Egyptians held a great festival to celebrate the Drunkenness of Hathor. This massive event was the largest of its day, and coincided with the start of Akhet season - when the Nile River would begin to rise. Tens of thousands of people from all across Egypt traveled to this great event. Today, we honor the saving of mankind by releasing a new vintage of Ankh during the Akhet season, and by placing an icon representing Hathor on every bottle.
INUNDATION: The Path to Eternal Allocation
While the ankh represented eternal life in the spiritual context, the Nile River was the literal life force of ancient Egypt. Every year over the summer and early fall, the river would slowly rise, and a three month-long inundation would flood the plains and Nile River delta. This flood season was the most celebrated and important natural event in all of ancient Egypt, with the annual inundation called AKHET. Then, from late fall through the spring, the floods would recede revealing the silt and fertile soils that Egyptians would plant their crops on. This second season was called PERET. The final season, called SHEMU, literally translates to mean “low water”. It was during this time that Egyptians raced to prepare for the next Akhet, harvesting crops and rebuilding irrigation canals and structures destroyed by the last season’s floods.
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You are invited to join our annual wine allotment program called Inundation: The Path to Eternal Allocation. As a noble member of this small and exclusive club, you can look forward to receiving your annual shipment of Ankh each fall. You will also be granted exclusive access to our library collection, large format bottles, and limited-edition winery-exclusive wines. Finally, you will be the first in line for invitations to winery tastings, events and festivals. Space is very limited in this program.
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Since founding Ankh Wines in 2007, Mark El-Tawil and Scott Ptacek have been leading the pursuit of exceptional quality, balance, and value. But Ankhs hold great value to many, and there are those who might try to steal these oenological treasures, so two fierce and powerful guard dogs are employed by the winery as well.
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A marketing professional for nearly 20 years, and an avid wine enthusiast today, Scott has found great pleasure in combining these passions with Ankh Wines. Scott lives in New York City with the fierce Ankh Wines guard dog, Belvedere.
A healthcare executive for over 20 years, Mark is co-founder of Ankh Wines. He is also co-parent to Ruby, the Ankh Wines guard dog. Mark and his wife Lisa, who shares his love for wine with him, also have three adult children.
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Belvedere is a 6 year-old Border Terrier living in New York City. A fierce warrior, he will jump fearlessly on trespassers until they pet him, then will bring them a toy to distract any would-be thieves from getting their hands on the Ankh.
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Remembering Anton Yelchin
Oct 05 2016
‘Star Trek Beyond’ Gag Reel
October 05, 2016Author: JasperComments Off on ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Gag Reel
The blooper reel from Star Trek Beyond has been released, which is included in the Blu-ray and DVD copies of the film to be released on November 1st.
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Jun 27 2016
‘Star Trek Beyond’ New Trailer
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Here’s the latest trailer for Star Trek Beyond, featuring Rihanna’s song, Sledgehammer.
May 27 2016
‘Star Trek Beyond’ New Poster
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Two new posters have been released for Star Trek Beyond. Here’s the one featuring Anton as Chekov.
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‘Star Trek Beyond’ New Official Trailer
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Video: Set Secrets from the ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Cast
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‘Star Trek Beyond’ First Official Trailer
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Sadly, there’s not much of Chekov in the trailer, but it still looks amazing!
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‘Star Trek Beyond’ to Get IMAX Release in 2016
November 25, 2015Author: JasperComments Off on ‘Star Trek Beyond’ to Get IMAX Release in 2016
Paramount Pictures, Skydance, Bad Robot and IMAX have announced that Star Trek Beyond will be digitally re-mastered for the giant screen format and will hit IMAX screens the same day it hits traditional screens on July 22nd, 2016.
Both Star Trek in 2009 and Star Trek Into Darkness in 2013 were released on IMAX screens, with the latter being the first Star Trek movie to have footage that was shot in 3D and on IMAX cameras. The press release for the IMAX announcement doesn’t mention any footage being shot with IMAX cameras, so we’re left to assume that we won’t actually get the most out of the IMAX screen with Star Trek Beyond. Still, director Justin Lin gave a standard publicity statement to show his excitement for the Star Trek Beyond IMAX news:
“IMAX provides a one-of-a-kind movie going experience to audiences all over the world. I am excited to bring the newest journey into the ‘Star Trek’ universe to its screens.”
Star Trek Beyond just wrapped production back in October, and the release of the sequel was just bumped back a couple weeks this past fall, but it will still arrive in time for the 50th anniversary of Star Trek next year.
This time the script comes from Roberto Orci, John D. Payne, Patrick McKay with work done by Douglas Jung and Simon Pegg as well. The latter will be back on the Enterprise along with cast members Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoë Saldana, Karl Urban, John Cho and Anton Yelchin, plus new cast members including Idris Elba, Sofia Boutella, Lydia Wilson and Joe Taslim.
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‘Star Trek Beyond’ Press Conference in Dubai
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I have updated the gallery with 3 high-quality photos of Anton at the press conference of Star Trek Beyond in Dubai yesterday.
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V12 Corvette Gets Electronic Gauge Mod
[Wesley Kagan] is building a Corvette with a V12 engine swap. Much of the driveline will be entirely replaced, which means the components to drive the mechanical speedometer and tachometer will no longer be present in the final car. Instead, [Wesley] came up with his own electronic gauge conversion to do the job.
It’s a build that respects the original aesthetic of the car, reusing the original gauges but driving them differently. In place of the original mechanical drives from the transmission and distributor respectively, the speedometer and tach instead get servos installed in the back with a 3D printed gear train. The odometer gets its own continuous rotation servo, too. An Arduino Nano is used to drive the servos, using data from a GPS module and the car’s ignition system.
Files are available for anyone wishing to 3D print parts to modify their own gauges. We can’t wait to see how the gauges look when finally installed. We can imagine some teething problems with slew rate or update speed, but we’re sure it’s nothing [Wesley] can’t engineer out with a few revisions. Custom gauges are something we’ve seen a few times around these parts; this digital setup is particularly useful for engine data. Video after the break.
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Custom Packet Sniffer Is A Great Way To Learn CAN
Whilst swapping out the stereo in his car for a more modern Android based solution, [Aaron] noticed that it only utilised a single CAN differential pair to communicate with the car as opposed to a whole bundle of wires employing analogue signalling. This is no surprise, as modern cars invariably use the CAN bus to establish communication between various peripherals and sensors.
In a series of videos, [Aaron] details how he used this opportunity to explore some of the nitty-gritty of CAN communication. In Part 1 he designs a cheap, custom CAN bus sniffer using an Arduino, a MCP2515 CAN controller and a CAN bus driver IC, demonstrating how this relatively simple hardware arrangement could be used along with open source software to decode some real CAN bus traffic. Part 2 of his series revolves around duping his Android stereo into various operational modes by sending the correct CAN packets.
These videos are a great way to learn some of the basic considerations associated with the various abstraction layers typically attributed to CAN. Once you’ve covered these, you can do some pretty interesting stuff, such as these dubious devices pulling a man-in-the-middle attack on your odometer! In the meantime, we would love to see a Part 3 on CAN hardware message filtering and masks [Aaron]!
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Updating a 1999 Saab with an Arduino
Unless your car is fresh off the lot, you’ve probably had the experience of riding in a newer car and seeing some feature or function that triggered a little pang of jealousy. It probably wasn’t enough for you to run out and sign yourself up for a new car loan (which is what the manufacturer was hoping for), but it was definitely something you wished your older model vehicle had. But why get jealous when you can get even?
[Saabman] wished his 1999 Saab 9-5 had the feature where a quick tap of the turn signal lever would trigger three blinks of the indicator. Realizing this was an electronic issue, he came up with a way to retrofit this function into his Saab by adding an Arduino Pro Micro to the vehicle’s DICE module.
The DICE (which stands for Dashboard Integrated Central Electronics) module controls many of the accessories in the vehicle, such as the lighting and wipers. In the case of the blinkers, it reads the state of the signal lever switches and turns the blinkers on and off as necessary. After poking around the DICE board, [Saabman] found that the 74HC151 multiplexer chip he was after: the state of the blinker switches could be read from pins 1 and 2, and he’d even be able to pull 5 V for the Arduino off of pin 16.
After prototyping the circuit on a breadboard, [Saabman] attached the Pro Micro to the top of the 74HC151 with some double sided tape and got to work on refining the software side of the project. The Arduino reads the state of the turn signal switches, and if they flick on momentarily it changes the pin from an input to an output and brings it high for three seconds. This makes the DICE module believe the driver is holding the turn lever, and will keep the blinkers going. A very elegant and unobtrusive way of solving the problem.
Hackers aren’t complete strangers to the garage; from printing hard to find parts to grafting in their favorite features from other car manufacturers, this slick Saab modification is in good company.
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Pipe Your Way Through The Jams
Playing the bagpipes is an art that takes a significant effort to master, both in keeping a constant air supply through balancing blowstick and bag and in learning the finger positions on the chanter. This last task we are told requires constant finger practice, and a favorite place for this is on the steering wheel as a would-be piper drives. [DZL] therefore took this to the next level, placing touch sensors round a car steering wheel that could be interpreted by an Arduino Pro Mini to produce a passable facsimile of a set of bagpipes via an in-car FM transmitter. It lacks the drone pipes of the real thing, but how many other Škodas feature inbuilt piping?
We’ve covered an unexpected number of bagpipe projects over the years, but never had a close look at this rather fascinating musical instrument. If you are curious, the US Coast Guard pipe band has a short guide to its parts, and we’ve brought you a set of homemade pipes built from duct tape and PVC pipe. They may once have been claimed as an instrument of war, but they seem to also be a favorite instrument of hardware hackers.
Thanks [Sophi] for the tip.
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Turning A Car Into A Computer Mouse
[William Osman] and [Simone Giertz] have graced our pages before, both with weird, wacky and wonderful hacks so it’s no surprise that when they got together they did so to turn Simone’s car into a computer mouse. It’s trickier than you might think.
They started by replacing the lens of an optical mouse with a lens normally used for a security camera. Surprisingly, when mounted to the car’s front bumper it worked! But it wasn’t ideal. The problem lies in that to move a mouse cursor sideways you have to move the mouse sideways. However, cars don’t move sideways, they turn by going in an arc. Move your mouse in an arc right now without giving it any sideways motion and see what happens. The mouse cursor on the screen moves vertically up or down the screen, but not left or right. So how to tell if the car is turning? For that, they added a magnetometer. The mouse then gives the distance the car moved and the magnetometer gives the heading, or angle. With some simple trigonometry, they calculate the car’s coordinates.
The mouse click is done using the car’s horn, but details are vague there.
And yes, using the carmouse is as fun as it sounds, though we still don’t recommend texting while driving using this technique. Watch them in the videos below as they write an email and drive a self-portrait of the car.
A perhaps safer but equally fun approach is to turn your car into a game controller by tapping into the car’s CAN bus and converting the steering wheel, peddle and other messages into joystick commands.
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Junkyard RC Conversion Looks Like Mad Max Extra
Over the years we’ve noticed that there is a subset of hackers out there who like to turn real life vehicles into remote controlled cars. These vehicles are generally destroyed in short order, either by taking ridiculous jumps, or just smashing them into stuff until there’s nothing left. In truth that’s probably what most of us would do if we had access to a full size RC car, so no complaints there.
As a rule, the donor vehicles for these conversions are usually older and cheap. That only makes sense, why spend a lot of money on a vehicle you intend on destroying? But even still, the RC conversion [William Foster] has recently completed may take the cake. We don’t know how much of the “antiquing” of his donor vehicle was intentionally done, but on the whole, the thing looks like it got dragged from the bottom of a lake somewhere. Presumably, he got a great deal on it.
The video posted to YouTube is primarily about [William] driving his creation around (sometimes from the back seat, no less), but towards the second half of the video there’s a quick rundown on the hardware used to make this pile of rust move.
A standard RC transmitter and receiver combination are used to control a pair of Arduinos mounted in the center console, which are in turn hooked up to external stepper drivers. The wheel is turned via a chain and sprocket arrangement, and the pedals are pushed with homebrew contraptions that look like they are made from lead screws intended for 3D printers.
All in all, it appears [William] has cooked up a fairly responsive control system with commodity hardware you could get on Amazon or eBay. Not sure we’d be backseat driving this thing personally, but to each their own.
We recently covered a Jeep that got a similar remote control upgrade, but these super-sized remote controlled vehicle builds are not just limited to the ground either.
Filed under: Android Hacks, car hacks
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A Live ECU Simulator for OBD2 Projects
If you are working with OBD2 hardware or software, it’s easy enough to access test data, simply plug into a motor vehicle with an OBD2 socket. If, however, you wish to test OBD2 software under all possible fault conditions likely to be experienced by an engine, you are faced with a problem in that it becomes difficult to simulate all faults on a running engine without breaking it. This led [Fixkick] to create an OBD2 simulator using a secondhand Ford ECU supplied with fake sensor data from an Arduino to persuade it that a real engine was connected.
The write-up is quite a dense block of text to wade through, but if you are new to the world of ECU hacking it offers up some interesting nuggets of information. In it there is described how the crankshaft and camshaft sensors were simulated, as well as the mass airflow sensor, throttle position, and speedometer sensors. Some ECU inputs require a zero-crossing signal, something achieved with the use of small isolating transformers. The result is a boxed up unit containing ECU and Arduino, with potentiometers on its front panel to vary the respective sensor inputs.
We’ve brought you quite a few OBD2 projects over the years, for example, there was this LED tachometer, and a way into GM’s OnStar.
Thanks [darkspr1te] for the tip.
Filed under: Arduino Hacks, car hacks
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Ever hear of the Ford Cylon?
OK, we haven’t heard of a Ford Cylon either. However, there is now a Mustang Cobra out there that has been given a famous Cylon characteristic. [Monta Elkins] picked himself up an aftermarket third brake light assembly, hacked it, and installed it on said Mustang.
The brake light assembly contains 12 LEDs, which unfortunately, are not individually addressable. Additionally, by the looks of it, the brake light housing was not meant to be opened up. That didn’t get [Monta] down though. There’s more than one way to skin a cat, but he chose to use a hot knife to open the assembly, which worked quite well. A rotary cutter tool was used to cut the traces between the LEDs allowing them to be individually controlled with an Arduino. A Bluetooth module allows him to control the new brake light from his smartphone. There are different modes (including a special mode that he shows off at the end of the video) that can be selected via a Bluetooth Terminal app.
There is no schematic or code link in the video itself or the description, but [Monta] did hit the high points. Therefore, it shouldn’t be too hard to replicate.
This isn’t the first brake light hack we’ve featured. This one goes way beyond just animated lights. This one requires no programming. Rather wear your brake light? We’ve got your back(pack).
Filed under: car hacks, led hacks
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Reverse-Engineering the Peugeot 207’s CAN bus
Here’s a classic “one thing led to another” car hack. [Alexandre Blin] wanted a reversing camera for his old Peugeot 207 and went down a rabbit hole which led him to do some extreme CAN bus reverse-engineering with Arduino and iOS. Buying an expensive bezel, a cheap HDMI display, an Arduino, a CAN bus shield, an iPod touch with a ghetto serial interface cable that didn’t work out, a HM-10 BLE module, an iPad 4S, the camera itself, and about a year and a half of working on it intermittently, he finally emerged poorer by about 275€, but victorious in a job well done. A company retrofit would not only have cost him a lot more, but would have deprived him of everything that he learned along the way.
Adding the camera was the easiest part of the exercise when he found an after-market version specifically meant for his 207 model. The original non-graphical display had to make room for a new HDMI display and a fresh bezel, which cost him much more than the display. Besides displaying the camera image when reversing, the new display also needed to show all of the other entertainment system information. This couldn’t be obtained from the OBD-II port but the CAN bus looked promising, although he couldn’t find any details for his model initially. But with over 2.5 million of the 207’s on the road, it wasn’t long before [Alexandre] hit jackpot in a French University student project who used a 207 to study the CAN bus. The 207’s CAN bus system was sub-divided in to three separate buses and the “comfort” bus provided all the data he needed. To decode the CAN frames, he used an Arduino, a CAN bus shield and a python script to visualize the data, checking to see which frames changed when he performed certain functions — such as changing volume or putting the gear in reverse, for example.
The Arduino could not drive the HDMI display directly, so he needed additional hardware to complete his hack. While a Raspberry Pi would have been ideal, [Alexandre] is an iOS developer so he naturally gravitated towards the Apple ecosystem. He connected an old iPod to the Arduino via a serial connection from the Dock port on the iPod. But using the Apple HDMI adapter to connect to the display broke the serial connection, so he had to put his thinking cap back on. This time, he used a HM-10 BLE module connected to the Arduino, and replaced the older iPod Touch (which didn’t support BLE) with a more modern iPhone 4S. Once he had all the bits and pieces working, it wasn’t too long before he could wrap up this long drawn upgrade, but the final result looks as good as a factory original. Check out the video after the break.
It’s great to read about these kinds of hacks where the hacker digs in his feet and doesn’t give up until it’s done and dusted. And thanks to his detailed post, and all the code shared on his GitHub repository, it should be easy to replicate this the second time around, for those looking to upgrade their old 207. And if you’re looking for inspiration, check out this great Homemade Subaru Head Unit Upgrade.
Filed under: car hacks
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Reverse Engineering the Smart ForTwo CAN Bus
The CAN bus has become a defacto standard in modern cars. Just about everything electronic in a car these days talks over this bus, which makes it fertile ground for aspiring hackers. [Daniel Velazquez] is striking out in this area, attempting to decode the messages on the CAN bus of his Smart ForTwo.
[Daniel] has had some pitfalls – first attempts with a Beaglebone Black were somewhat successful in reading messages, but led to strange activity of the car and indicators. This is par for the course in any hack that wires into an existing system – there’s a high chance of disrupting what’s going on leading to unintended consequences.
Further work using an Arduino with the MCP_CAN library netted [Daniel] better results, but it would be great to understand precisely why the BeagleBone was causing a disturbance to the bus. Safety is highly important when you’re hacking on a speeding one-ton metal death cart, so it pays to double and triple check everything you’re doing.
Thus far, [Daniel] is part way through documenting the messages on the bus, finding registers that cover the ignition and turn signals, among others. Share your CAN hacking tips in the comments. For those interested in more on the CAN bus, check out [Eric]’s great primer on CAN hacking – and keep those car hacking projects flowing to the tip line!
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BHP looks to strengthen its ties with China
Published: Wednesday, 19 December 2018 14:42
Major miner, BHP, has analysed the impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a network of overseas construction projects, on commodity demand.
The company still sees China as offering rich opportunities due to its large scale, ongoing urbanisation and the BRI, potentially boosting copper use by 1.6 million tonnes, or roughly 7 percent of annual demand.
BHP said China’s overseas expansion plan covered 115 partners across Eurasia, parts of Africa, Latin American and Oceania, up from 68 countries or regions it cited a year ago.
According to its Annual Report 2018, understanding the risks and opportunities posed by China’s future path is critical to the performance of BHP’s portfolio.
“Based on the results of the study we have carried out, we estimate that BRI will involve expenditure of around US$1.3 trillion and potentially generate up to 150 million tonnes of incremental steel demand, doubling the growth rate of local steel demand from 2011 numbers”, said BHP.
BHP is already preparing to meet this projected long-term demand. More immediately, BHP is responding to changes in the dynamics of the China market driven by the country’s supply-side reform of its steel industry.
With China pushing to complete reforms of its steel mills by 2020 – beginning in late 2015, China began removing 150 million tonnes per annum of capacity, with obsolete and inefficient plants the first to be closed – industry-wide profitability has now improved materially.
BHP sees this shift having implications for iron and metallurgical coal demand, with steel mills and copper smelters transitioning to more energy efficient and less carbon intensive technology. This will drive demand for higher-quality products.
“China’s increasing focus on environmental protection and ‘ecological civilisation’ has prompted increasingly strict emission standards” says BHP. “This will also support the demand for high-quality products that produce fewer emissions.”
As a major metallurgical coal and iron ore supplier, BHP works with its customers, industry and research institutions in China to develop sustainable technologies. BHP believes that China’s contribution to the reduction of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions “will be critical for the world to limit the increase in global temperatures to two degrees Celsius”.
To this end, BHP is e collaborating with Peking University on research into carbon capture and storage.
China is also forging ahead in positioning itself as a leader in clean energy technology. BHP believes that renewable energy infrastructure will generate greater demand for commodities.
“Our industry has a responsibility to be at the forefront of innovation so that we safely, efficiently and sustainably deliver our commodities to the world, throughout any cycle.”
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Sheriff’s Report 3/09/20-3/15/20
Carl Dean Humphrey Jr 31 was arrested by Benton County Sheriff’s Office on 3/9/20 for possession of controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana. Subject posted bond and was given a court date.
Joseph Dylan Edward marquess 22 was arrested by Benton County Sheriff’s Office on 3/9/20 for failure to appear stealing and aggravate assault. Subject was transport to department of corrections.
Christopher Lee Herron 35 was arrested by Benton County Sheriff’s Office on 3/10/20 for operated vehicle on hwy without valid license - 3rd and subsequent offense, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, operate a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, involving an accident, and owner operated motor vehicle without maintaining financial responsibility 2nd/subsequent offense. Subject was released on own recognizance and was given a court date.
Christopher Cle Thomas 28 was arrested by Benton County Sheriff’s Office on 3/10/20 for failure to appear-exceeded posted speed limit. Subject was given a court date.
Danny Lee Rank 30 was arrested by Benton County Sheriff’s Office on 3/11/20 for possession of control substance except 35 grams or less marijuana/synthetic cannabinoid and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia - prior drug offense. Subject was released on own recognizance and was given a court date.
Holli Valene Lindsey 36 was arrested by Benton County Sheriff’s Office on 3/12/20 for possession control substance except 35 grams or less marijuana/synthetic cannabinoid. Subject was released on own recognizance and was given a court date.
Travis Lee Miller 38 was arrested by Benton County Sheriff’s Office on 3/12/20 for failure to appear pursue/take/kill/possess or dispose of wildlife illegally. Subject posted bond and was given a court date.
Alyssa Catherine Crabtree 29 was arrested by Benton County Sheriff’s Office on 3/12/20 for failure to appear possession of controlled sub x2. Subject was released on own recognizance and was given a court date.
Roger Wayne Edwardson 61 was arrested by Benton County Sheriff’s Office on 3/1820 for domestic assault -3rd degree. Subject was given a court date.
Jayson Michael Henson 27 was arrested by Benton County Sheriff’s Office on 3/20/20 for tampering with motor vehicle. Subject was given a court date.
James Lee Coke 28 was arrested by Benton County Sheriff’s Office on 3/20/20 for possession of controlled substance, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, operate vehicle without valid license, and fail to display plates on motor vehicle. Subject was given a court date.
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Tag Archive: debut
Posted by Michael on August 15th, 2020
Unfortunately, the Q&A with Bandit had to be indefinitely postponed due to circumstances beyond our control.
As a last-minute substitute, we’re bringing you another re-edited, DIGITALLY REMASTERED re-release of a BBA classic, thanks to the talents of Shax Carter.
Newer members can enjoy this classic “dirty old cameraman” scene (one of our earliest attempts at this theme) for the very first time, while older members can rediscover a long-lost fan favorite, newly restored with sharp new picture quality and bright, vivid colors.
Shyne is a 20-year-old Blatino thug who needed to make some quick cash and was willing to do whatever it took to earn it. ”Shit, I’ll do anything if you PAYIN’ me, dawg!” he explained after his GIRLFRIEND dropped him off at my apartment (he told her he was helping a guy move furniture).
This is Shyne’s first time in front of my camera, and although he is confident, even a little cocky, he’s also visibly nervous and easily embarrassed throughout much of the video in a way that I found very arousing.
Enjoy an intimate, front-row seat as I test Shyne’s boundaries and ”break him in” as a brand-new porn star. You’ll be amazed at what this cute young thug agreed to do with a horny older white man in his first-ever porn shoot!
I filmed this video about 20 minutes after meeting Shyne for the first time, so we start with a short interview to get better acquainted.
Shyne describes himself as a ”cool-type homeboy” who likes to ”chill with the dudes and kick it with the females.” Shyne is masculine and mature, yet there’s also this boyish, eager-to-please, vulnerable side to him as well.
I ask him if he’s nervous about doing his first gay porn scene.
”I ain’t worried,” he shrugs, with a cockiness that isn’t entirely convincing.
I instruct Shyne to strip off one piece of clothing at a time and then turn around slowly. As he undresses to reveal a smooth, toned body, he seems a little embarrassed at first, especially when his dick springs to life just from showing off for the camera!
”I’m turnin’ ME on, goddammit!” he exclaims with surprise.
Eager to get my hands on this hot young thug, I sit Shyne down on the futon and begin groping his naked brown body. I rub his lips between my fingers, play with his nipples, caress his chest, and stroke his dick. He even lets me kiss on his neck, cheeks, and lips while I fondle his dick and balls.
Then I flip him around to get my first handful of his tight little muscle-butt….
Hungry for a taste of some young black dick, I dive between Shyne’s legs and start giving him head. He’s a little tense at first, but he eventually relaxes and even starts pumping his dick deeper into my mouth. Watch carefully and you’ll catch him making some sexy, hilarious faces at the camera, something I didn’t notice until I sat down to edit the video!
”Can I have a taste of that ass?” I ask eagerly, anxious to get my tongue inside some fresh thug booty.
I bury my face between Shyne’s small muscled buttocks and feast on one of the sweetest assholes I’ve tasted in a long time.
Website Update: The Trap Boy and the Track Star
Posted by Michael on January 31st, 2020
For his much-anticipated amateur action debut, we’ve paired our popular new model Lil Jake with long-lost fan favorite Mar, the slim and sexy Jamaican athlete making a surprise return to BBA after more than TWO YEARS!
We actually have Mar to thank for sending this irresistibly sexy young star in the making our way. Turns out he and Lil Jake have been “friends with benefits” for awhile, and luckily when we decided to hire Lil Jake, we were also able to talk the sorely missed Mar into coming out of retirement for his friend’s big debut.
See for yourself what happens when the “trap boy” hooks up with the “track star” on a snowy winter day in Chicago for this action-packed encounter that includes plenty of passionate tongue-kissing, toe-sucking, deep-throating, ass-eating, and aggressive RAW fucking….
Website Update: Atlantic City Adventures – Episode Two
For my first scenes back behind the camera in several months, I wanted to do something special, so I decided to take BBA on the road for a weekend getaway.
Montez and I were joined by three of the BBA models and one very special guest for an unforgettable weekend full of laughter, fun, and adventure on the boardwalk and beaches of Atlantic City. And of course I had my camera with me so you wouldn’t miss out on a thing!
Join us behind the scenes to see what went down behind closed doors when several of your favorite BBA models met up in “Monopoly City”….
Jah first caught my attention a few years ago with a couple sexy videos that went viral on Tumblr. But most viewers will likely recognize him as the (now ex) boyfriend of an openly gay social media celebrity. This high-profile relationship (and a few steamy sex tapes) catapulted Jah to recent social media fame that he has since used to develop his own fan following and build an independent brand.
Jah has never appeared in anything but his own homemade videos – until now!
After patiently pursuing him for the past several months, we finally talked the strikingly handsome 22-year-old with a toned, tattooed body and seductively deep, sexy voice into making his official gay porn debut for “Black Boy Addictionz”!
Don’t miss the MUST-SEE porn event of the summer as Jah joins rising superstar and newly signed BBA Exclusive model Scuba in one of the WETTEST, nastiest, and most intensely erotic encounters I’ve ever had the privilege of filming….
Website Update: Revealing Rocky
Posted by Michael on June 1st, 2019
We’re wrapping up a busy month of finding and filming fresh faces with this introduction to Rocky, a shy but sexy 21-year-old straight boy from the South with a slim runner’s body that will have you salivating in no time at all.
With his medium-length dreads, enticingly thick lips, and hypnotic eyes that melt your insides to mush the moment you see them, Rocky is the type of guy you might see walking around the mall with his girlfriend, or skateboarding at the park with his friends, and immediately want to see what’s hiding under his clothes – but never in a million years expect to see it REVEALED!
Lucky for us, Rocky recently replied to one of our generic online ads seeking open-minded straight guys interested in trying amateur porn, as a way to “test it out and make a few bucks.”
Despite being one of the most painfully shy straight boys we’ve filmed in awhile, Rocky nevertheless exudes a quietly magnetic sexual energy that I found to be quite intense and seductive.
Website Update: Manny’s Movie Night
Posted by Michael on May 27th, 2019
We have a special surprise in store for our viewers this holiday weekend. Some of you will probably recognize our newest model Shameeks, whose “thirst traps” focused on his impressively THICK nine-inch dick have been earning him a large and growing social media following in recent months.
People are always telling Shameeks that he should try doing porn, so when we recently reached out to the exotically handsome, dark-skinned 18-year-old through Twitter after being told about him by a fan, he was more than eager to take the leap and give it a try.
For his exclusive gay porn debut, we’ve paired Shameeks with none other than Manny Killa, another social media star who has proven time and time again that there’s no dick too big or thick for his impressively deep throat or tight ass.
When Manny first laid eyes on our latest recruit, he was more than happy to take the nervous newbie under his wing and show him the ropes. He seduces Shameeks by showing him some highlights from his past BBA scenes, played on the big screen in their very own private home theater.
This impromptu “movie night” quickly escalates into a fun and sexy encounter that includes lots of sensual kissing, sloppy-wet dick-sucking, hungry ass-eating, and aggressive RAW fucking as Manny Killa rises to the challenge of taking the new kid’s big dick.
Website Update: Freshman Orientation 2019
Standing at 6’2″ and weighing 160 pounds, Scuba is a 19-year-old cutie who will quickly seduce you with his bright, sexy smile and innocent “boy next door” look. He enjoys playing sports and claims to have an equal interest in guys and girls.
“Whatever attracts me, attracts me!” he shrugs with an adorable smile.
But don’t let that cute baby face fool you – Scuba’s not nearly as innocent as he looks!
He’s actually dreamed of becoming a “porn star” ever since he was WAY too young to pursue it. And now that he’s all grown up and (barely) old enough to legally watch and do porn, he’s decided that joining BBA might be an easy way to earn extra money and have some fun exploring his sexuality at the same time.
“Expect greatness to come!” Scuba promises with a seductive smirk near the start of his impressive action debut.
Returning fan favorite Luh Redd can’t resist the temptation to spy on Scuba taking a shower. When Luh Redd boldly decides to join the new kid in the shower, things quickly evolve into a steamy encounter that neither boy will be forgetting any time soon – and neither will we!
Website Update: Private Sessions – Zakk
Here at BBA, we’re stepping up our search for fresh faces and exciting new amateur talent you won’t see anywhere else.
Our latest discovery is Zakk, a skinny, light-skinned 23-year-old from the Midwest who enjoys playing video-games, riding his bike, and smoking weed every chance he gets. He identifies as straight and admits to having a weakness for females with “fat asses and big tits.”
With his dyed dreads, slim physique, and sensual lips, Zakk brings to mind the shy but sexy “hipster” type you might see working as the barista at your local coffee-shop, or the waiter at a trendy new restaurant, and immediately fantasize about what he’s hiding under his clothes – but never in a million years expect to see doing something like this!
Lucky for us, Zakk has decided to earn some quick cash to cover his overdue bills by letting Shax Carter photograph him doing what he already does at home in private for free.
So sit back, relax, and enjoy this intimate “private session” with Zakk as he introduces himself to BBA’s viewers and slowly strips out of his clothes to show off every tempting inch of his slim, hairy body for the VERY FIRST TIME….
Website Update: Teased By Tarzan
Posted by Michael on February 21st, 2019
It’s a new year and here at BBA we are back on the hunt for fresh faces and exciting new amateur talent. Our latest discovery is Tarzan, an outgoing and athletic straight boy from our city who likes to make music, play sports, and smoke with his friends.
Standing at 6’3″ and weighing 174 pounds, this slim, sexy Scorpio played football as a wide receiver in high school, and has already won two Golden Gloves as an amateur boxer. With his long dreads, high cheekbones, and seductive puppy-dog eyes, Tarzan has the kind of hypnotic good looks that make you immediately want to see what’s under his clothes.
Tarzan’s athletic body reminds me of a slightly slimmer Stephon; his cockiness, dreads, and tattoos remind me of Trapp; his silly sense of humor reminds me of Shaun; and his sexy voice and outgoing personality remind me of Apollo.
Low on funds and looking for a way to earn some quick cash, Tarzan was skeptical but intrigued when recently approached by a BBA fan who told him he could make some easy money simply by stripping out of his clothes and jacking his big dick on camera – something he already does at home daily for free!
“I don’t mind showing what I got,” he shrugs with a seductive blend of cockiness and charm. “I’m finna show y’all how I do it, how I get ’em!”
Tarzan’s “audition” begins with an in-depth interview to get better acquainted with our newest straight recruit shortly after meeting him in person for the very first time.
In an indescribably unique, sexy voice, Tarzan talks about losing his virginity to a “freak hoe” in high school, and shares a funny story about fucking his girlfriend at a park during a FAMILY REUNION. He enthusiastically explains that he loves all types of women, and with some embarrassment eventually admits that he’s probably fucked over 100 of them in his first 24 years.
Website Update: Desiring Dominic
Posted by Michael on July 20th, 2018
Dominic is a strikingly handsome and irresistibly sexy new straight model who enjoys playing football, having sex, and working out at the gym at least TWO HOURS each day.
With his pretty eyes, pouty lips, and almost impossibly perfect physique, Dominic is probably one of the hottest guys we’ve filmed since Apollo, and a welcome change of pace for those who prefer their young black men with some meat on their bones.
One look at this soft-spoken black Adonis and you will be salivating to see what’s under his clothes. He’s the type of sexy straight black guy you might see out at the club with his girlfriend or working out at the gym, but never in a million years expect to see doing something like this.
At 24 years old, Dominic describes himself as just another young guy “trying to live the American Dream,” and for him that includes capitalizing on his sculpted body and “pretty boy” good looks to “make some really good money” by showing it all on camera for the VERY FIRST TIME. He also describes himself as a “very sexual” person, so he figures “why not knock two things out at one time”?
Of course Dominic is also quick to remind us several times that he’s STRAIGHT, and nervously laughs as he tells us that his girlfriend thinks he’s away on a “business trip.” “What she don’t know won’t hurt her!” he shrugs with a sly and seductive smirk.
Enjoy an intimate front-row seat for Dominic’s exclusive solo debut as this sexy straight black football player introduces himself to BBA’s viewers and slowly strips out of his clothes to reveal a breathtaking body that you truly have to see to believe!
Website Update: Ace In The Hole
Posted by Michael on July 9th, 2018
We’re proud and excited to kick off the month of July with this long-anticipated (and much-requested) gay porn debut of the popular amateur straight porn star Jahan Ace.
Jahan first made a name for himself sharing amateur solo and straight videos on sites like OnlyFans and ConnectPal. Over the past year, he has increasingly catered to his large and growing gay fan base by including ass play and rimming in some of his videos. But he has never actually performed in any scenes with another male – until now!
“That was just a teaser,” Jahan explains near the start of this scene. “So this is like the FULL COURSE now!”
After patiently pursuing him for almost TWO YEARS, we finally talked this sexy former professional basketball player turned amateur straight porn star into making his official gay porn debut exclusively here at Black Boy Addictionz.
Rising superstar Manny Killa seemed like the natural first choice to welcome Jahan Ace to the world of gay porn due to his unparalleled deep-throating skills and proven ability to take dicks as intimidatingly big as the uncut monster between Jahan’s tall, skinny legs.
Don’t miss yet another shocking, must-see porn event of the summer as Jahan Ace finally gives his gay/bi fans what they’ve been begging to see by “crossing over” to the world of “gay for pay” porn….
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The Division, part three.
It's because I'm not American, I decide. That's what's missing from The Division.
This is my second foray into the ruins of Madison Square Garden, now with backup. Having someone to talk to has changed the experience, and I'm not sure it's for the better. It just gives me someone to complain to.
It's when we shoot our way through the repurposed stadium that I decide that The Division's problem is my own lack of knowledge of, or fondness for, the New York landmarks it uses. This could be any hastily-assembled field hospital we're spraying with lead and blood; I have no appreciation of the original location.
The second thing I accept is the unforgiving shooting. Another member has joined our squad, and we repeat the power station mission I completed yesterday. My carbine has come back into fashion against the flamethrowers, but there's no slack to help land headshots. I wish my controller was as precise as the fictional scope on my rifle; another shot passes a pixel to the left of its intended target without aim assist to pull it back on course.
We accept a bounty mission that tasks us with eliminating a murderer who, disappointingly, turns out to be just a gang member with a larger health bar and better drops. The target is, I'm told, a woman, which very well might be the first female enemy I've seen. I don't get close enough to see a difference with her character model.
Later, The Division makes a strong statement in the Dark Zone, where every figure in the distance must be regarded with suspicion. Compared to the desolate streets outside its walls, the Dark Zone is densely populated and thick with danger.
We get greedy with our looting and pay for it when the underground car park we've just cleared is invaded. I lose half my haul to the hooligans but accept it as a necessary lesson.
Extracting the remaining items from the Zone proves to be a tense affair; as we wait for the helicopter to collect our packages, several other players approach the extraction point. There is no way to tell, for anyone, whether the intentions of any other player at the table are nefarious.
My automatic turret is deployed in the final seconds before the helicopter arrives, one of several insurance policies intended to avenge their owners should someone get greedy.
The extraction goes smoothly in the end, my anxiety unfounded and my turrent unnecessary.
Afterwards, we go on the offensive: attempting to murder a player who assisted in fending off a spontaneous attack from NPCs. The plan backfires and we are quickly gunned down by the rest of the district. I lose nearly everything I collected, legitimately, before our ill-advised assassination attempt.
I notice I'm making a lot of comparisons between The Division and Destiny, none of which are yet going in Ubisoft's favour. With more forgiving and satisfying gunplay, Bungie's online shooter/RPG hybrid is more immediately fun. Its loot notifications celebrate each piece of gear you collect in a way that The Division's augmented reality-inspired labels don't - several times I pick up loot without being able to clearly see what the label says, or even before I can identify the icon telling me what kind of armour it is.
I carried no more love for the Cosmodrome into Destiny's early days than I do for New York in this beta, but the grandeur of the Mothyard's bright, wide spaces contrast against the dark claustrophobia of Lunar Complex in a way that the various streets of Manhattan cannot, weather system or not (although a shootout against rogue agents in a Dark Zone blizzard is thrilling in a way no Destiny fight has ever been).
The grid system of the streets constantly keeps me separated from events happening just a few yards away and gives me the overpowering sense that I'm running down corridors, being kept from seeing the landmarks that would reduce my reliance on the map.
It's hardly fair given the hundred hours I've dedicated to my Guardian, but there's a sense of ownership of the character, her weapons and her armour that I don't even feel the roots of with The Division. Maybe it's because I couldn't customise her, because this character is only temporary. Maybe it's because the real-world loot is so drab and samey; I've collected a dozen jackets and can't see any major differences between them. Destiny combined the functional and aesthetic elements of equipment, making the choice of boots a balancing act between being slightly more powerful and looking awesome. The Division lets me change my character's jumper, but I can barely see it and it makes no difference anyway.
I die for the last time, in flames, while exploring a contaminated checkpoint. I decide to return to my base, using fast travel from outside the Dark Zone, but don't make it through the door. The beta is ending soon; I will not benefit from any more upgrades. I don't even bother checking the stats on the equipment I salvaged from the Dark Zone.
I log out.
The Division, part two.
I'm outside my newly-liberated HQ, but all the quest markers for activating its subsections are still there. I log into the three laptops again and on my way outside I get a cutscene, which I skip.
I pick a mission because I like its bright yellow lightning bolt icon the best: I'm going a few blocks east and clearing out a power substation. I also have to rescue a man called Rhodes, but because I'm not paying attention to the subtitles, for most of the mission I'll think it's someone called Rose and will be surprised when she has a man's voice.
The omnipotent voice in my character's headset tells me - us? - to avoid confronting the cleaners. When I notice that they're carrying flamethrowers, I decide to ignore this advice. A lucky shot ignites a man's fuel tank and he explodes, spectacularly announcing my arrival to his nearby allies. This gang do not appear to use radio communications however, as I am able to use this same explosive sneak-attack at least four more times across the duration of the mission.
I descend through the facility's waist-high forest of crates and construction equipment and die for the first time, burned alive by a sociopath performing an over-enthusiastic homage to Bradbury. My reincarnation is quick and most of my equipment seems to have restocked itself, which removes the sting from the experience; the enemies have also reset themselves, but my tactical advantage of knowing where they're coming from - and how they're armed - proves too much for them to succeed in a second encounter.
I die twice more before reaching an obvious boss arena, where I kill waves of opponents long enough for their larger, better-armoured champion to arrive. He is defeated in an uncontrolled explosion when my missed headshot instead nicks his fuel tank.
Returning to the surface by elevator, I am informed that the engineer I left behind in the power plant has already beaten me to my headquarters and am instructed to meet him there. Since he's no longer in danger I decide to take a scenic route.
I find no fewer than three more military squads being badly outgunned by amateur militias, but only help one.
When I arrive at the base I talk to the engineer and unlock an ability which feels like it's been shanghaied from a different game: to deploy an automatic machine gun turret.
A hostage rescue mission catches my eye and I assist two soldiers in rescuing a third, by running ahead of them and killing fifteen men who have the temerity not to be in the army. Perhaps with military training they would have known better than to stream out of their fortified position and into the waiting crosshairs of my new carbine and ridiculous sci-fi turret.
I decide to take a less combat-oriented task next, searching for a missing person. The science fiction quotient increases when I find an area that recreates, in garish orange hologram, an event from long ago. This historical record does not appear to offer any clues to the woman's location, but my HUD nevertheless informs me that clues have been found and offers a new objective marker to continue the search.
The Division, part one.
My beta experience with The Division, Ubisoft's third person RPG/shooter hybrid, is not off to a great start, and I've still not actually played any of it. Building my own character is what I was most looking forward to when I started the game and seeing the tabs greyed out is equal parts puzzling, disappointing and distressing.
Eventually, unable to generate even a remote facsimile of myself, I settle on a randomised, vaguely Asian woman; I'd just kept requesting a new face until I found one who looks like she's been through some shit.
But I'm still not allowed into the ravaged ruins of The Division's New York - there's a multi-minute video tutorial to watch, narrated by an Australian who sounds unable to decide if he's excited or not. I get brief instructions on using cover, special skills and grenades, which will shortly be explained by in-game prompts anyway, but am left to figure out how to sprint, shoot and climb obstacles on my own.
A brief cutscene ends with my character deposited in a safe zone; my HUD lights up with vendor and mission board locations, which I ignore.
I accidentally stumble out into the deserted, allegedly mean streets and make for the nearest non-main quest, a firefight between several heavily-armed soldiers and a trio of under-equipped rioters.
I manage to turn the tide of the battle in the military's favour, by single-handedly killing all three assailants and their two backup shooters.
This is the first of several fairly satisfying combat encounters; I am routinely outnumbered, but my use of cover, special skills and grenades suggests I paid much closer attention to that tutorial video than my AI opponents. It feels much more like an RPG than its obvious main rival Destiny, with damage numbers springing from bullet impacts, but it lacks the punchy satisfaction of Bungie's headshots.
After circling the block twice searching for a door, I enter a building and am tasked, via radio transmission, with activating a number of scanners; the building is uninhabited and filled with lootable containers, so at first I don't even notice the countdown timer. I find and activate the final objective with minutes to spare. I go to the roof to transmit the scan results and kill five more men.
Eventually I find myself at the objective for the primary mission, a besieged museum. Once again the military is being overwhelmed by an opposing force with inferior numbers, inferior training and inferior weapons; once again the deciding factor in the brief battle's outcome is my lone agent.
It strikes me that my equipment and weapons, at this point, are mostly what I've scavenged from fallen enemies. My tactical approach, too, has more in common with the rioters, given that I actually kill the people who shoot at me.
How do the soldiers know I'm not a bad guy?
I go into the museum, another safe zone; my HUD lights up with vendor and mission board locations, which I ignore.
Tiny Noise
My favourite musician has announced that he's retiring from music to become a full-time baseball reporter, and released a 22-track album of unfinished songs and demos as a farewell.
It seems weird to describe what I'm feeling as "loss" or "grief", but Levi Weaver has had a profound impact on me in the short few years I've been aware of him. Being based in America and terminally indie, European performances were incredibly rare; I'm so glad we made the effort to get down to London last year and I got to meet him, to thank him in person. We'd had a couple of Twitter conversations and I wrote a long, personal blog post about how his lyrics made me re-examine my belief system; it sounds maybe selfish to say that I think he knew who I was when we were talking in Finsbury a year ago, but I felt like he was aware of our interactions - but I've been surprised before with "famous" people remembering individual fans.
I sing Kansas, I Decline to my son because he loves the chorus; from his changing table he ends up looking at the star-covered curtains in the nursery. We're Tornadoes When We Dance was the song for our first dance at our wedding. My hands automatically play Levi Weaver songs when I pick up my guitar; I only know how to play Spirit First because he was kind enough to show me on a livestream.
Today I'm going to be listening to a lot of Levi Weaver's songs.
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Are ideological novels a thing of the past? And is today’s autofiction “an aesthetic edition of careerism”?
Monday, July 2nd, 2018
Joe is right, as always. The late great Dostoevsky scholar Joseph Frank and his wife, the French mathematician Marguerite Frank. (Photo: L.A. Cicero)
“Useful Idiots,” an essay by Frank Guan over at The Point starts with Elif Batuman‘s novel The Idiot and then goes everywhere, but the nearly 4,000-word journey makes some interesting roadside stops in its discussion of “autofiction,” fictionalized autobiography of the kind Batuman writes, and “ideological novels,” the kind the author refers to in the title of her own recent novel. Here’s a sort of sampler from the essay.
On Stendhal, Dostoevsky and “novels powered by direct engagement with ideology”:
More than pawnshops and samovars.
Through their idiot protagonists these novelists and their readers became more intimately acquainted with ideology x than any believer: the plot generated by their protagonists’ pursuit of x’s tenets exposed the implications of x to an extent that the political discourse surrounding x, constrained by polemic opposition and assertion, never could. The quantum facts of daily life, the pawnshops, manors, samovars, Thursday evenings and horse-driven cabs, were to this novel what the skin is to the body: a surface of mostly dead matter whose purpose was informing, concealing and protecting all the other vital systems. They were necessary, and they were most of what could be seen, but to reduce the novel to them would be false, incomplete—literally superficial. The “reality” of this ideological realism was not inert material to be quarried and crafted, but animate: a triple collision between the individual conscience, the society in which the idiot operates, and the ideology (conquistador chivalry, Promethean science, Gnostic materialism, Napoleonic romanticism, revolutionary communism, Gatsbian romanticism, revolutionary communism, white supremacy) that would shape conscience and society according to its own dictates.
Where we are today:
Riffing…
To be fair, the horizons of collective belief were particularly unpromising for Batuman and her generation, who came of age and made careers during a period where it was easy to conclude that there was nothing bigger than the self left to believe in. The Cold War’s end coincided with a prolonged devaluation of ideological content. Libertarian logic colonized the cultural sphere. Torrents of on-demand data eroded any vision of the longue durée. As far as government went, expert-guided liberal democracy was the order for the foreseeable future; having taken care of communism, it seemed more than capable of taking care of itself. In literature as in much else, the tenor of the Nineties was set by the New Republic, where James Wood’s reviews of classic novels consistently dampened their ideological charge even as his reviews of contemporary fiction condemned deviation from a pinched conception of realism.
Wood’s influence was hardly decisive, but given that a similar hostility to ideology in narrative had dominated program fiction since its CIA-funded genesis in the postwar years, there seemed as little alternative to literary fiction sealed purely within the personal and empirical as there was to the flat world dictated by the empire of free markets. In such a self-defined environment, it was no surprise that the era’s modes of entertainment should correspond to its novelistic subgenres: the tourism of historical and overseas fiction, the animated films of magical realism. (The marijuana of standard-issue MFA realism—all forgettable inaction and enhanced tactile sensation.) Autofiction, a sort of aesthetic edition of careerism, was the logical endpoint of realism’s exclusive valorization of individual experience: once all other recreations expose their artifice and exhaust their charm, what is left except to chart one’s own advancement through a world as fixed as it is real?
Don’t forget the Frenchman!
These are unsettling times. Tensions and pressures formerly pacified by the prospect of endless growth now draw force from a state of permanent stagnation. Established institutions tremble with the resentful energies of dishonored promises; each crisis barely averted sows the seeds for more inevitable confrontation. Yet if literary history is any indication, an era of collapsing order offers fertile ground for novelists. Shaken by events out of inertia and conformity, they waken to a world teeming with open inquiries and untested solutions; whether facing the window, the mirror or the other, certainties dissolve. The pressing question is no longer how to fit in with the given, but how much must be changed. The temptation to wager one’s existence on an unrealized social ideal grows ever more alluring. So, too, grows the inclination to review one’s ideals and imagine their implications writ large. The unique quality of the novel catalyzed by ideology is its range, its capacity to simultaneously circumscribe the horizons of belief, exercise the full freedom to maneuver in society, and gauge its potential to foster individual maturity. It’s the best, if not the only, instrument left to us to understand what we are becoming.
“With an integrity that cannot be too highly praised,” Dostoevsky biographer and intellectual historian Joseph Frank concludes his chapter on The Idiot, “Dostoevsky thus fearlessly submits his own most hallowed convictions to the same test that he had used for the Nihilists—the test of what they would mean for human life if taken seriously and literally, and lived out to their full extent as guides to conduct.” It bears mentioning that the age of Dostoevsky was not an age of brilliant thinkers. The intellectual situation of Petersburg in the 1860s was jammed with third- and fourth-rate seminary dropouts butchering their recitations of second-rate Europeans. Given that the ideological matrix now is no more dismal than in the past; given that the universities, then as now, are turning out a new caste of intellectuals who, indebted and underemployed, have ample cause to rally around visions of a better world; and especially given that literate people today have access to 150 extra years of literary history beginning with Dostoevsky’s novels—given all this, is it really so inconceivable that some millennial author might arrive, like Dostoevsky, at a novel equal in magnitude to the disaster that helped give it form? And in the meantime, why shouldn’t the highly privileged writers of Batuman’s generation be able to afford the most basic, most essential luxury the novel can offer, that of critiquing their own articles of faith? Look closely and you’ll see: the only thing holding them back is their selves.
We miss you, Joe. As always. Read more about him here and here and here. Read the whole Frank Guan discussion here.
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Leo Tolstoy: The Movie
Friday, February 5th, 2016
We are still recovering from the Werner Herzog‘s visit to Stanford, and will have more to say on this later. My mode of recovery will be to go to the home of friends and watch End of the Tour again, a film that was greatly overlooked in this year’s round of film awards, despite Jason Segel‘s top-notch performance.
What can I offer my readers? How about this short film clip of Leo Tolstoy, taken during his last days, before his death in 1910? At the age of 82, he made the unusual decision to leave his wife. Not content with traveling 26 hours to his sister Marya’s house in Sharmardino, where he had planned to retire to a small hut for his remaining days, he pushed on to the Caucasus, where he died at a train station at Astapovo.
Elif Batuman wrote about this curious demise over at Harper’s here. The topic came about during her Stanford years:
Once, when I was a graduate student, a paper of mine was accepted at the conference. At the time, my department awarded two kinds of travel grants: $1,000 for presenting a paper at an international conference or $2,500 for international field research. My needs clearly fell into the first category, but with an extra $1,500 on the line, I decided to have a go at writing a field-research proposal. Surely there was some mystery that could only be solved at Tolstoy’s house?
I rode my bicycle through blinding summer sunshine to the library and spent several hours shut up in my refrigerated, fluorescent-lit carrel, with a copy of Henri Troyat’s 700-page biography Tolstoy. I read with particular interest the final chapters, “Last Will and Testament” and “Flight.” Then I checked out a treatise on poisonous plants and skimmed through it outside at the coffee stand. Finally, I went back inside and plugged in my laptop.
“Tolstoy died in November 1910 at the provincial train station of Astapovo, under what can only be described as strange circumstances,” I typed. “But the strangeness of these circumstances was immediately assimilated into the broader context of Tolstoy’s life and work. After all, had anyone really expected the author of The Death of Ivan Ilyich to drop dead quietly, in some dark corner? And so a death was taken for granted that in fact merited closer examination.”
Film clip from the 1969 BBC series Civilisation: A Personal View by Kenneth Clark,
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Çapuling in Istanbul: Elif Batuman takes a break from her novel to report (updated with her photo from the park)
Elif’s photo from the barricades (figuratively speaking).
Events are outpacing our ability to describe them, so I thought I’d better not let more time roll by before I wrote about Elif Batuman‘s account of what’s happening in Istanbul, where the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is battling protesters. The report captures the moment, but that moment is already several days old: writing in the New Yorker, here, she says “over the course of the week, Occupy Gezi transformed from what felt like a festival, with yoga, barbecues, and concerts, into what feels like a war, with barricades, plastic bullets, and gas attacks.”
Anti-tear gas gear in Istanbul: swimming goggles and Guy Fawkes masks.
The scene last Friday:
Thinking the demonstration was winding down, I went back home and tried to work on my novel. The demonstration wasn’t winding down. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators were flooding the streets. I texted the photographer Carolyn Drake, a friend and colleague. We covered our mouths with scarves and set out to meet each other. I started walking up Siraselviler, the street that connects Cihangir, where I live, to Taksim Square. It was packed shoulder-to-shoulder with demonstrators chanting anti-government slogans, some of them quite inventive. …
I got as far as the German Hospital, where the crowd became too dense to penetrate. Carolyn meanwhile was stuck at the northern edge of the park. I never did meet her, though she’s been sending me the pictures she snaps from her cell phone. During the twenty minutes I spent standing in front of the hospital, two ambulances came careening in from Taksim. The crowds climbed up on walls to let the ambulances by, almost drowning out the sirens with their chants: “To your health, Tayyip!” Later, everyone started jumping up and down, chanting “Jump! Jump! Jump or you’re a fascist!” I, too, hopped up and down a little, to signal my disapproval of fascism. I tried to strike up conversation with a demonstrator, a young woman in her twenties with a surgical mask around her neck, but I could see I was interrupting her tweeting. In fact, I realized that almost every person there was either typing on a phone or recording the scene on a tablet.
This is the image that will stay with me: ” At midnight, the street where I live was gas bombed. Demonstrators in gas masks and goggles marched below the windows, cheering ‘Spray! Spray! Let us see you spray!’ Pepper gas poured through the open windows and immediately filled my seventh-floor apartment. Around one, a tremendous racket broke out as people all over the city started beating on cymbals, pots, pans, and metal street signs; I saw one man looking around in vain for a stick, and then cheerfully starting to bang his head against a metal storefront shutter.”
Novel interrupted: Our reporter in Istanbul
She concludes, “On my street, spirits seem to be high. Someone is playing ‘Bella, Ciao’ on a boom-box, and I can hear cheering and clapping. But every now and then the spring breeze carries a high, whistling, screaming sound, and the faint smell of pepper gas.”
But that was already a few days ago.
I text messaged my Turkish friend, Eren Göknar, for her take on Elif’s article, and an update: “I’m getting posts from friends of relatives showing people bloodied up by tear gas canisters thrown at them. There was a cell phone shot of Ankara police helmuts with their IDs taped up so they wouldn’t be identified. The violence to peaceful protestors is shocking. I don’t know if you’ve gotten the links with the ‘I am çapuling’ rap, but it’s hysterical. The protesters are playing on Erdogan’s accusation that they are mainly ‘looters’ or Çapuls in Turkish, or fringe elements of society.
“Frankly, I’m relieved to see ordinary Turks standing up to the prime minister, who has gone way too far by injecting his own morality into the mainstream. The alcohol prohibition is minor compared to the jailing of journalists and suppression of free speech, of course.” She reports that her father told her that restaurants get around the alcohol ban by having code words for “Raki” on the menu – “just like during Prohibition times here.”
“But to see young teens arrested for posting Twitter comments really underscores his lack of concern for freedom of speech, to say the least. Hopefully, these protests will put an end to his administration, because he’s not good for Turkey in the long run. He can’t run the country like a Saudi Arabian fiefdom, Turks are too independent. The protesters represent the other half of voters who want a say in urban planning, consideration for the environment, and Turkey’s secular history. I also doubt that he got his votes without buying them in some way. I heard tales of his giving gifts to poor villagers to vote for him. These protesters are saying they’re willing to tolerate others’ religious views, but they want full participation in a true democracy–and separation of government and religion. The Gezi Park bulldozing was even more symbolic because this is where wreaths were often laid at the statue of Ataturk during national holidays – and he said he wanted to build a mosque there. Kind of ironic, considering Ataturk wanted to separate religion from the government. Erdogan’s votes don’t give him an excuse to rule autocratically, it just isn’t going to fly.”
I could use a little Raki myself about now.
Postscript: Eren’s bro Erdağ Göknar of Duke University has an article here: “This is not the outcome Prime Minister Erdoğan expected when he dismissed a handful of protestors in an Istanbul park just days before with his usual swagger. ‘I decided. It will be done,’ he quipped about the construction of a replica Ottoman barracks and mall in Gezi Park. Then, in telling irony, he left the country in chaos for a four-day ‘friendship’ trip to Arab Spring countries. One of the signs that greeted Erdoğan in Morocco read, ‘We don’t want criminals visiting our country.’ This is a far cry from his reception fresh off the Arab Spring two years ago, when he was welcomed as a hero.”
Postscript on 6/6: We’ve updated with Elif’s photo from the park, tweeted a few minutes ago. Could I post it? I asked. “Absolutely!” she tweeted back.
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An evening of bad sex…but is it bad enough?
She’s honored. (Photo: Elena Torre)
Some time ago, we announced the Literary Review‘s finalists for the one of the world’s most dreaded competitions – a prize for the most embarrassing passage of sexual description in a novel. The awards ceremony for the 20th annual award finally took place last week at the In & Out (Naval & Military) Club in St James’s Square, where 400 guests raised a toast to the winner.
And the winner is … Canadian writer Nancy Huston, with her novel Infrared. I know, I know … you want me to deliver the goods. Well, here’s the Literary Review‘s version of why they bestowed the award on Huston:
“Sentences from the novel such as ‘Kamal and I are totally immersed in flesh, that archaic kingdom that brings forth tears and terrors, nightmares, babies and bedazzlements’ caught the judges’ attention. One long passage in particular stood out:
‘He runs his tongue and lips over my breasts, the back of my neck, my toes, my stomach, the countless treasures between my legs, oh the sheer ecstasy of lips and tongues on genitals, either simultaneously or in alternation, never will I tire of that silvery fluidity, my sex swimming in joy like a fish in water, my self freed of both self and other, the quivering sensation, the carnal pink palpitation that detaches you from all colour and all flesh, making you see only stars, constellations, milky ways, propelling you bodiless and soulless into undulating space where the undulating skies make your non-body undulate…”
My goodness, I don’t think it’s all that bad. Is that the worst they could do? I think the other finalists were daffier – go here and see if you agree. (By the by, John Updike received the lifetime achievement award in 2008.)
A friend recently protested against the Literary Review‘s anti-award, saying it inhibited writers from trying to describe sex at all. I’m not so sure that’s a bad thing. Gone are the days when a writer like Henry James could describe the sexual fever of a hand brushing across the back of another. Gone are the days when Jane Austen could convey more passion with a blush more than most of today’s writers can express with an orgy. We’ve lost the ability to describe the range of nuances in affection, love, devotion, rejection in our haste to describe the relentless interlocking of body parts.
According to Literary Review editor Jonathan Beckman, that’s exactly the reason why former editor Auberon Waugh founded the prize in the first place: “He was genuinely convinced that publishers were encouraging novelists to include sex scenes solely in order to increase sales. The award’s remit was ‘to draw attention to the crude, tasteless, often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in the modern novel, and to discourage it’.” I couldn’t agree more.
The Paris-based Huston has received more conventional awards, such as the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens and Prix Femina, but she seems to hold a special place in her heart for her newest distinction. In a statement read at the ceremony, she announced, “I hope this prize will incite thousands of British women to take close-up photos of their lovers’ bodies in all states of array and disarray.”
To which we can only add: Please no. Not that. Anything but that.
Huston is married to the philosopher Tzvetan Todorov. On Twitter, Elif Batuman responded: “I just learned that the winner of this year’s Bad Sex Award is married to Tzvetan Todorov and it is ROCKING MY WORLD.” No further explanation offered. After all, it was only a tweet.
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The last days of Tolstoy – a defense brief, a video, and a murder mystery
The family circle at Yasnaya Polyana, about 1905, before the nutters took over.
We’re rather on a Leo Tolstoy kick over here, aren’t we? But how can we help ourselves? We just found these two film clips of the author’s last days. Lots of snow and horses, as you’d expect – then Tolstoy in death, laid out on a bed with flowers, and the funeral procession, with what looks like thousands of peasants.
Sophia and daughter Alexandra in a portrait by Nikolai Gay
The first clip is taken from 1969 BBC series Civilisation: A Personal View by Kenneth Clark, and the longer, Russian clip is second (it includes earlier footage from 1908). The 82-year-old writer died at the out-of-the-way rural train station in Astapova, weakened by his sudden decision to renounce everything and hit the road. According to Sir Kenneth Clark in the video, “He left his wife, his comfortable estate and his wealth and traveled 26 hours to Sharmardino, where Tolstoy’s sister Marya lived, and where he planned to live the remainder of his life in a small, rented hut.” (Thanks, Open Culture, for bringing the clip to our attention.)
Comfortable? We think not.
Of particular note is the first clip’s comments on Tolstoy’s “demented” wife Sophia. She’s taken a lot of bad press over the years, but she finally has a champion: Alexandra Popoff, author of 2010’s Sophia Tolstoy: A Biography, writes on her Sophia Tolstoy website: “She was central to his creativity and it is impossible to imagine his life and works without her.” According to the biographer:
Sophia was judged by her final year with Tolstoy and by people hostile to her — the great man’s disciples, particularly Vladimir Chertkov, a vain man who wanted to establish himself as the person closest to Tolstoy. He led a smear campaign against Sophia and described Tolstoy’s marriage as martyrdom.
To understand why there are still many misconceptions about Sophia and her role we need to know that for most of the twentieth century it was impossible to publish essential documents in her favor. …
The character of this remarkable woman was unlike the portrayals. She handled Tolstoy’s publishing affairs and their family’s business affairs, while also raising a large family. I was impressed with her capacity for hard work: a mother of 13, who herself nursed and educated their children, she was also a successful publisher, translator, and photographer. A lot of her labor went into Tolstoy’s novels, which she copied and produced. She also worked alongside Tolstoy during the famine relief.
The comment rather puts the lie to this one, by James Meek in a Guardian article giving Anna Karenina another reading: “I’m not sure Tolstoy ever worked out how he actually felt about love and desire, or how he should feel about it. He was torn between compassion and moral rigour, between lust and self-denial, between loving his wife and being bored by her. His uncertainty is reflected in the dual portrayal of his wife in Anna Karenina – as the virtuous, somewhat frumpy Dolly, worn out by childbearing, like the woman his wife was when he was writing the book, and as the feisty, pretty teenager Kitty, like the woman his wife was when he married her. They must have seemed to contradict each other, yet each was true to her time; and Tolstoy, for all that he was a master of time, was only a slave to truth.”
Surely if he were a slave to truth he would have noted that frumpy older wives hadn’t necessarily bargained for paunchiness, baldness, flatulence, snoring, and flourishing mid-life nose hair.
Meanwhile, way back in 2009, Elif Batuman wrote a riveting piece for Harper’s about the murder of Leo Tolstoy:
A literary Sherlock
As is often the case, Tolstoy’s enemies were no more alarming than his so-called friends, for instance, the pilgrims who swarmed Yasnaya Polyana: a shifting mass of philosophers, drifters, and desperados, collectively referred to by the domestic staff as “the Dark Ones.” These volatile characters included a morphine addict who had written a mathematical proof of Christianity; a barefoot Swedish septuagenarian who preached sartorial “simplicity” and who eventually had to be driven away “because he was beginning to be indecent”; and a blind Old Believer who pursued the sound of Tolstoy’s footsteps, shouting, “Liar! Hypocrite!”
Meanwhile, within the family circle, Tolstoy’s will was the subject of bitter contention…
“You are certainly my most entertaining student,” said my adviser when I told her my theory. “Tolstoy— murdered! Ha! Ha! Ha! The man was eighty-two years old, with a history of stroke!”
“That’s exactly what would make it the perfect crime,” I explained patiently.
Read the rest here. It’s marvelous, of course.
Tags: "Elif Batuman", Alexandra Popoff, James Meek, Leo Tolstoy, Sir Kenneth Clark, Sophia Tolstoy, Vladimir Chertkov
“Banana Karenina” (a.k.a. Elif Batuman) weighs in on new Tolstoy film
Elif's alter ego
The Telegraph seems to be going all-out for the new film of Leo Tolstoy‘s Anna Karenina, which premiered in London today. David Gritten‘s article on the film yesterday linked to a range of video clips and earlier articles.
Here’s Gritten’s verdict:
“Whatever faults Tom Stoppard may possess as a screenwriter and Joe Wright as a director, timidity cannot be counted among them. Their collaboration in bringing Tolstoy’s imposing Anna Karenina to the big screen is one of real audacity: even on the rare occasions it falters, you have to applaud the ambition.
“Between them, Wright and Stoppard have filleted and condensed this doorstep of a novel into two hours of screen time, fashioning it into a swirling, swoony, achingly romantic tragedy. Stoppard’s witty conceit is to present the story of doomed heroine Anna literally as a piece of theatre, played out beneath a proscenium arch with its own backstage, curtain and audience. But magically and playfully, Wright’s cameras open up the confines of the stage to expansive, exterior vistas. It’s dazzling to watch.”
Keira Knightley imitating Banana Karenina
A few days ago we suggested Jude Law for Alyosha Karamazov. Apparently, he’s more of a Tolstoy man; according to Gritten: “Jude Law pleasingly reins himself in as her husband Karenin – a dull, virtuous public man.”
After reading it, I contacted Twitter’s “Banana Karenina,” a.k.a. Elif Batuman, author of The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them, who is currently a writer-in-residence in Istanbul, for her views. She got back to us this morning.
Says the Top Banana: “I think Jude Law as Karenin is casting genius! I’m curious if they chose him for his ears, and also if they did anything special to make them stick out more. I kept trying to freeze the trailer to get a better look, but the ears always got away! Maybe I need a new video card.”
“I also appreciate how, according to the Telegraph review, Wright and Stoppard ‘filleted and condensed this doorstep of a novel into two hours of screen time.’ I think filleting a doorstep must have been an artistically exhilarating project. I hope very much that this phrase will soon be adopted into wider circulation.”
Read all about the doorstep here.
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Elif Batuman: “Fact-checkers do a lot of great work, but they can’t solve the nature of reality for us.”
"Why did people ever like novels to begin with? Because they used to love lies? No way."
I somehow missed the kerfuffle about Mike Daisey’s “monologue” about the terrible working conditions in Apple’s Chinese factories, “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs.” Another chapter in the long history of fabricated memories, which became the subject of a painful retraction last month.
Over at The Rumpus, author Elif Batuman had a very different take on the matter.
Is the truth more compelling than any attempt to fictionalize it? “That’s what I always tell myself when I’m being fact-checked, and some detail I was attached to turns out not to be true,” she told interviewer Sean Carman. “I’m initially disappointed, and maybe discouraged that now there’s more work for me to do, but I know that 99.9% of the time there’s actually something there, in the truth, that’s more interesting than whatever I or anyone else can make up.
“When you invent something, you’re drawing on reservoirs of knowledge that you already have. It’s only when you’re faithful to the truth that something can come to you from the outside. … something maybe less neat but richer and stranger.”
In general, she’s more interested in the audience for fibs, rather than the fibbers themselves, and “figuring out why and how anyone believed it – why they needed to believe it”:
He did his homework. (Russia's first color portrait, 1908)
They want it to be true. And it’s actually an odd thing to want. The rationale is that people these days are no longer interested in novels, because we live in a newsy age, we care about facts, we care about the truth. But I mean, why did people ever like novels to begin with? Because they used to love lies? No way.
When you’re reading a novel, I think the reason you care about how any given plot turns out is that you take it as a data point in the big story of how the world works. Does such-and-such a kind of guy get the girl in the end? Does adultery ever bring happiness? How do winners become winners?
Just because a book is labeled as a novel, you don’t assume it happened in La La land and has nothing to do with reality. It just means that the novelist has processed, consolidated, or edited his experiences and observations, to tell a story. Which obviously happens in a memoir, too. It’s a difference in degree, not a difference in kind. That’s why I find it weird when you walk into a bookstore the most privileged distinction is between fiction and nonfiction.
When Tolstoy wrote War and Peace, he did a ton of historical research about Napoleon – he spent ages in archives, reading letters and diaries, many of them written by his wife’s relatives. In general, in his career, he borrowed a lot of plot details from the lives of his in-laws. I bet if Tolstoy was writing now in America, there would be a lot of pressure on him to do War and Peace as a nonfiction book – like, tracing the domestic and personal life of his wife’s grandmother through journals and letters, interwoven with his own philosophical musings about the Napoleonic wars. But Tolstoy didn’t think he was detracting from the truth-telling power of his book by writing it as a novel.
Final excerpt:
We hear a lot these days about two opposing tendencies in literature. On the one hand, there’s a tendency away from the novel, toward nonfiction. On the other hand, there’s a tendency away from objective journalism, toward memoiristic or essayistic nonfiction. They’re opposing tendencies, but they both reflect an anxiety about how much we can trust facts. We expect facts to give us objective truth, but objective truth keeps eluding us. We move away from the novel, because the novel isn’t factual; but in our nonfiction writing, we feel constantly compelled to cast doubt on our access to objective facts. We hire teams of fact-checkers to track them down. Fact-checkers do a lot of great work, but they can’t solve the nature of reality for us.
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Elif Batuman takes the leap…
Saturday, April 7th, 2012
The old Elif
With her characteristic esprit, Elif Batuman has leapt into the twitterdom – but not without a little trauma, first.
Gregory Cowles wrote this in The New York Times Book Review a week ago:
There was a time, three or four years ago, when it seemed every novelist had a blog, and why not? Blogging gave writers another way to reach readers, to promote their work or air their grievances or test their ideas in mini-essays that played to their strengths. But technology evolves, and despite some notable holdouts (Elif Batuman is one) Twitter has killed the blogging star. Now writers connect with their publics in 140 characters or fewer.
The new Elif
“It’s hard for me to convey how seriously my world was shaken by these lines,” she writes. “I had NO IDEA until I read it in the Times that writers had stopped keeping blogs!! Three or four years ago—that’s just when I started blogging! And now I’m one of the last ones left?? How did this happen?? When?? I became obsessed by the phrase ‘notable holdout.’ ‘Notable holdout,’ I kept thinking to myself. ‘Notable holdout.’ Sometimes it sounded good; other times, not so good. I went through a long period of fruitless thinking. I looked up ‘holdout” in multiple dictionaries.”
Then she turned over a new leaf. “OK human history – I can take a hint. You can find me on Twitter.” Look for her at @BananaKerenina. Among her first tweets: “I can’t believe @BananaKarenina wasn’t taken!” ” I HEART GREG COWLES” and “Did I mention that hat took me a REALLY LONG TIME?”
She’s leaving her blog up for the occasional post that takes more than 140 characters to explain.
We think she has another reason for throwing her blog on ice: “I swear every day I get +100 comments from some crooked robot trying to sell me used term papers.”
Join the club, Elif, join the club.
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Elif Batuman in Hell and Paradise
OK. I surrender. Now I’m a hopeless fan. I’ve just finished Elif Batuman‘s “A Divine Comedy: Among the Danteans of Florence” in the September Harper’s Magazine.
True confessions: I never really read The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them beginning-to-end; just in bits and snatches, the way I seem to read everything nowadays. I’ve heard, frankly, that the book was more or less assembled in bits and pieces, so this is not as sacrilegious as it may sound.
But Elif’s Italian journey can be read in one go. It’s funny and brilliant and intoxicating, and I’m sure I’ll save this copy of Harper’s till the paper is in tatters, rereading it. Of course, the topic is unbeatable: Dante Alighieri and the Divine Comedy.
Her journey begins like this:
During the Dante Marathon in Florence, the entire Divine Comedy is declaimed by readers in color-coded jerseys emblazoned with their canto numbers. Readings proceed in concentric circles, with the Inferno beginning on the outskirts of the city, and Paradiso ending on the steps of the Duomo. In the spring of 2009, notwithstanding my poor Italian language skills, I participated in this marathon.
Wearing an Inferno-red 33 jersey, I read the canto in which Dante and Virgil cross the frozen floor of hell, where traitors are punished. …
I first learned about the Dante Marathon from a student in a thesis-writing workshop I was teaching at Stanford. The student, an aspiring operatic soprano, was writing a thesis about vocalization in Dante. In class, she spoke in a throat-preserving, emotionless whisper. It was only much later that I heard her sing – the utterly unfamiliar voice, so pure but so knowing, unfurling like some gorgeous endless fabric out of her tiny Chinese body.
Elif’s saga takes her through Florence, to Pisa, where she meets the forensic paleontologist Francesco Mallegni, who has reconstructed a facial likeness of Dante based on a “bootleg model” of the poet’s skull when the skeleton was exhumed in 1921. Mallegni also found and studied the body of the Inferno‘s imprisoned Count Ugolino, presumed cannibal who devoured the bodies of his own children in hunger. His conclusion? “The septuagenarian count, not having a tooth in his head, couldn’t possibly have eaten a child, let alone four grown men,” Elif writes.
On to Verona and (inevitably) Juliet’s balcony, and the estate of the most recent generation of Dante’s descendents, on a paradisiacal estate. This leads to her concluding meditation on Paradise:
...not this
Dante’s afterworld, drawing attention to its own eccentricities, paradoxes, and loopholes, is not a universal afterworld – it’s Dante‘s afterworld, based in his own experiences. Seen from this perspective, the only thing that’s indubitably real, the only thing everyone can see and agree on, is the stuff of this life – all the stuff that Dante himself studied with such interest and love. Is Paradise more real than all that? Is it better? Is Paradise enough to compensate for the loss of the world?
Maybe it is, and maybe it isn’t. Believe me, if that’s how the cards fall, I’ll be the first to congratulate Dante on his eternal happiness – even if I have to do it from the sixth circle in a flaming coffin with Epicurus and the rest of the heretics. But if this world is all there is, then it’s in history itself that the riddle finds its solution.
You’ll have to buy the magazine to read the rest; it’s not online.
Bad news for me, though. According to Mallegni, Giotto painted the real Dante – Botticelli got it all wrong. “But Giotto’s Dante looks like any Renaissance youth, and Botticelli’s looks like someone who has been to hell and back,” wrote Elif. Botticelli’s profile of Dante rather resembles mine – at least in the nose. I had liked to think that Dante and I had at least that in common.
Postscript on 8/20 (with a hat tip to Dave Lull): On her own website, Elif has elucidated this edifying language point:
Forward-thinking readers! You don’t need me to tell you that our language is a living, growing organism. So, in an effort to stay with the times, I recently attempted to use the word “douchebags” in print. The context was an essay on Dante, which is scheduled to run in the September issue of Harper’s, albeit probably with some minor revision to the following sentence: “Dante goes to the afterworld, and everyone is there: Homer, Moses, Judas, Jesus, Brunetto Latini, Beatrice, all the thousand and one douchebags of Florence.”
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What’s the worst great book you ever read?
Stick to "The Dubliners"
A cadre of leading authors and critics are on a roll over at Slate, dissing the great classics. It’s over here.
Disses are always fun to read, so here’s a potpourri:
Poet and Yale Review editor J.D. McClatchy says he would put himself first on the list, if he were rated at all, but then he characterizes Virginia Woolf as “noxious smoke and dusty mirrors.”
“Not far behind, and for completely different reasons, William Carlos Williams: So little depends on stuff lying around. The absolute worst, the gassiest, most morally and aesthetically bankrupt, the most earnestly and emptily studied and worshipped … that’s an easy one. Ezra Pound.”
James Joyce takes a drubbing more than once.
Author Lee Siegel confesses “I just can’t do Finnegans Wake”:
“As a graduate student in literature, I was surrounded by people who claimed not just to have read Finnegans Wake but to have understood it and I took another futile stab at it. I realize now that they were all frauds who later went to work in the subprime mortgage industry.” He concludes: The adult realization that whatever sublime beauties of language and idea are in Joyce’s novel, I have to let them go. Just as there are sublime places—Antarctica—that I will never visit. As I learned from Joyce’s Ulysses, the mystery of everyday life is fathomless enough. There is still a world in a grain of sand.”
"Lame" himself
Daniel Mendelsohn, frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books, adds to the pile-on: “what spoils Ulysses for me, each time, is the oppressive allusiveness, the wearyingly overdetermined referentiality, the heavy constructedness of it all…it’s more like being on one of those Easter egg hunts you went on as a child—you constantly feel yourself being managed, being carefully steered in the direction of effortfully planted treats.”
J.D. Salinger? Forget it. Author Tom Perrotta recalls:
“On a recent episode of South Park, the kids got all excited about reading The Catcher in the Rye, the supposedly scandalous novel that’s been offending teachers and parents for generations. They were, of course, horribly disappointed: As Kyle says, it’s ‘just some whiny annoying teenager talking about how lame he is.'”
Not unsurprisingly, the most generous words come from Elif Batuman:
Generous spirit
Like many people, I enjoy learning which canonical books are unbeloved by which contemporary writers. However, I don’t think participants in such surveys ought to blame either themselves (“I’m so lazy/uneducated”) or the canonical books (“Ulysses is so overrated”). My view is that the right book has to reach you at the right time, and no person can be reached by every book. Literature is supposed to be beautiful and/or necessary—so if at a given time you don’t either enjoy or need a certain book, then you should read something else, and not feel guilty about it.
FYI on Elif: Her The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them, was plugged by Imitatio here. (hat tip, Dave Lull). Why the a surprise? Imitatio is the organization founded to study the ideas of René Girard, and some consider her book to be a spoof of those same ideas, with an obsessed and charismatic graduate student so unable to break the chain of mimetic desire that he finds peace and happiness only in a monastery. My own opinion: she has done a lot to revive an interest in his ideas for a new generation. The site links to the glowing Guardian review that notes the hit memoir’s “detailed engagement with René Girard’s theory of the novel and mimetic desire.”
René told me he hadn’t read it, but when I explained the plot story about the graduate student, he chuckled sagely.
The “Great Minds Think Alike” Dept.: Patrick Kurp over at Anecdotal Evidence has written about the same Slate piece today, with his own nominations for the overrated – it’s here.
Meanwhile, in the comments section at Slate, Terrence Wentworth offered this: “Cool idea, but reading author after author being bashed got depressing by the end. It was surprising how many respondents were willing to pass judgment on books they hadn’t finished. Saying “I couldn’t finish it” is not a very powerful argument for a book’s inferiority. And I thought being well read entailed knowledge of books one didn’t like or find agreeable. I think a call for praise of un-PC works would have been much more daring. But how many contemporary critics are even willing to look for beauty in, say, Ezra Pound?
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High Power Laser Science and Engineering
Development of a 100 J, 10 Hz laser for compression...
Integration at HED instrument
Development of a 100 J, 10 Hz laser for compression experiments at the High Energy Density instrument at the European XFEL
Part of: HPL_EP HEDP and High Power Laser 2018
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 December 2018
Paul Mason ,
Saumyabrata Banerjee ,
Jodie Smith ,
Thomas Butcher ,
Jonathan Phillips ,
Hauke Höppner ,
Dominik Möller ,
Klaus Ertel ,
Mariastefania De Vido ,
Ian Hollingham ,
Andrew Norton ,
Stephanie Tomlinson ,
Tinesimba Zata ,
Jorge Suarez Merchan ,
Chris Hooker ,
Mike Tyldesley ,
Toma Toncian ,
Cristina Hernandez-Gomez ,
Chris Edwards and
Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, OX11 0QX, UK
Saumyabrata Banerjee
Jodie Smith
Thomas Butcher
Jonathan Phillips
Hauke Höppner
Institute for Radiation Physics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V., D-01328 Dresden, Germany
Dominik Möller
Klaus Ertel
Mariastefania De Vido
Ian Hollingham
Stephanie Tomlinson
Tinesimba Zata
Jorge Suarez Merchan
Chris Hooker
Mike Tyldesley
Toma Toncian
Cristina Hernandez-Gomez
paul.mason@stfc.ac.uk
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In this paper we review the design and development of a 100 J, 10 Hz nanosecond pulsed laser, codenamed DiPOLE100X, being built at the Central Laser Facility (CLF). This 1 kW average power diode-pumped solid-state laser (DPSSL) is based on a master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) design, which includes two cryogenic gas cooled amplifier stages based on DiPOLE multi-slab ceramic Yb:YAG amplifier technology developed at the CLF. The laser will produce pulses between 2 and 15 ns in duration with precise, arbitrarily selectable shapes, at pulse repetition rates up to 10 Hz, allowing real-time shape optimization for compression experiments. Once completed, the laser will be delivered to the European X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) facility in Germany as a UK-funded contribution in kind, where it will be used to study extreme states of matter at the High Energy Density (HED) instrument.
cryogenic lasers diode-pumped solid-state laser high energy lasers laser amplifiers Yb:YAG
High Power Laser Science and Engineering , Volume 6 , 2018 , e65
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2018.56[Opens in a new window]
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© The Author(s) 2018
One of the main research goals of the High Energy Density (HED) instrument at the European X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) is to study the structural and melting behaviour of materials present at the interior of extrasolar planets[Reference McMahon and Zastrau1]. To support this, a 1 kW (100 J, 10 Hz, 1030 nm) nanosecond pulsed diode-pumped solid-state laser (DPSSL) developed at the Central Laser Facility (CLF) will be delivered to the European XFEL in Hamburg, Germany as a UK-funded contribution in kind to the facility. The laser, named DiPOLE100X, will provide temporally shaped pulses, which, once frequency doubled to 515 nm and focused, will be used to undertake dynamic shock and ramp compression experiments to produce extreme states of matter, replicating the high pressure (1 TPa) and temperature (up to 10,000 K) conditions found at planetary centres. Properties of key planetary materials (phase stabilities and equations of state) will then be determined by probing using high-brightness X-ray pulses from the FEL.
DiPOLE100X is the second 100 J, 10 Hz DPSSL system designed and built by the CLF and is based on a master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) design with multiple amplification stages. It consists of a front end, operating at 1029.5 nm with gain media at room temperature, followed by two DiPOLE multi-slab ceramic Yb:YAG cryogenic gas cooled amplifiers, a 10 J cryo-preamplifier (MA1) and a final 100 J cryo-power amplifier (MA2). Figure 1 shows a schematic of the DiPOLE100X amplifier chain.
The DiPOLE cryogenic multi-slab amplifier concept has been developed at the CLF over the past eight years. The ceramic Yb:YAG slabs are held in aerodynamically shaped vanes and heat is removed by flowing pressurized helium gas, cooled to near cryogenic temperatures (typically around 150 K), over the slab surfaces at high velocity, a technique first demonstrated on the Mercury laser at room temperature[Reference Bayramian, Armstrong, Ault, Beach, Bibeau, Caird, Campbell, Chai, Dawson, Ebbers, Erlandson, Fei, Freitas, Kent, Liao, Ladran, Menapace, Molander, Payne, Peterson, Randles, Schaffers, Sutton, Tassano, Telford and Utterback2]. Cryogenic cooling minimizes reabsorption loss in the Yb-system, enabling high gain and efficient energy extraction, and further improves the thermo-mechanical and thermo-optical properties of YAG, important for high-average power operation[Reference Mason, Fitton, Lintern, Banerjee, Ertel, Davenne, Hill, Blake, Phillips, Butcher, Smith, De Vido, Greenhalgh, Hernandez-Gomez and Collier3]. The amplifier is pumped from both sides by 940 nm diode sources with square flat-top intensity profiles to ensure a uniform gain profile. Slabs closer to the centre of the amplifier have a higher Yb-doping level to ensure a uniform thermal load in each slab, and an absorptive chromium-doped YAG cladding is added to the edge of each slab to suppress amplified spontaneous emission (ASE). Amplifier designs have been developed that produce 10 J[Reference Banerjee, Ertel, Mason, Phillips, De Vido, Smith, Butcher, Hernandez-Gomez, Greenhalgh and Collier4] and 100 J[Reference Mason, Banerjee, Ertel, Phillips, Butcher, Smith, De Vido, Tomlinson, Chekhlov, Shaikh, Blake, Holligan, Divoky, Pilar, Hernandez-Gomez, Greenhalgh and Collier5] output at 10 Hz demonstrating the scalability of the concept.
Figure 1. Schematic of DiPOLE100X amplifier chain, showing typical output energy at each amplifier stage: YDFO $=$ Yb–silica fibre oscillator; YDFA $=$ Yb–silica fibre amplifier (inc. temporal pulse shaping); PA $=$ room-temperature preamplifier (1 $=$ Yb:CaF2 regenerative, 2 $=$ Yb:YAG multi-pass); MA $=$ main cryogenic amplifier (ceramic Yb:YAG multi-slab).
The design of DiPOLE100X is similar to the DiPOLE100 system, the world’s first kW average power, high energy, nanosecond pulsed DPSSL[Reference Mason, Divoký, Ertel, Pilař, Butcher, Hanuš, Banerjee, Phillips, Smith, De Vido, Lucianetti, Hernandez-Gomez, Edwards, Mocek and Collier6], which is now operational at the HiLASE facility in the Czech Republic[Reference Novák, Miura, Smrž, Chyla, Nagisetty, Mužík, Linnemann, Turčičová, Jambunathan, Slezák, Sawicka-Chyla, Pilař, Bonora, Divoký, Měsíček, Pranovich, Sikocinski, Huynh, Severová, Navrátil, Vojna, Horáčková, Mann, Lucianetti, Endo, Rostohar and Mocek7], where it is being used by a growing community of scientific and industrial users for advanced materials processing and testing applications.
The main target parameters of DiPOLE100X are summarized in Table 1, along with performance values already demonstrated on DiPOLE100.
Table 1. Target parameters for DiPOLE100X and demonstrated performance
In this paper we present a progress update on the build of DiPOLE100X, highlighting design features introduced to meet the specific demands of conducting compression experiments on the HED instrument, integration of DiPOLE100X with HED infrastructure, and plans for future development of DiPOLE amplifier technology within the Centre for Advanced Laser Technologies and Applications (CALTA) at the CLF.
2 Design & build
The main difference between DiPOLE100X and its predecessor is the change from a linear to U-shape folded geometry. This was necessary to reduce the footprint and fit the shape of the space available in the laser hutch at the HED instrument, and has been achieved by reorganizing and changing the direction of propagation of the beam transport (BT) section between the 10 J and 100 J cryo-amplifiers. A 3D model showing the geometry of DiPOLE100X and highlighting some of the key components of the system is given in Figure 2.
Figure 2. 3D model of DiPOLE100X: FFE $=$ fibre front end, DP $=$ diode pumps, cGC $=$ cryogenic gas coolers, DM $=$ deformable mirrors, BD $=$ beam diverter, FFE $=$ fibre front end (not shown).
The design of the front end for DiPOLE100X is very similar to that developed for DiPOLE100[Reference Butcher, Mason, Banerjee, Pilar, Divoky, Smith, De Vido, Phillips, Ertel, Chekhlov, Tomlinson, Shaikh, Greenhalgh, Musgrave, Hernandez-Gomez and Collier8] and a schematic of the optical arrangement, highlighting key functional areas, is shown in Figure 3. It starts with a fibre front end (FFE) seed (IDIL Fibres Optiques, France) consisting of a (narrow linewidth) Yb-doped silica fibre oscillator (YDFO) and amplifier (YDFA) stages, followed by a fibre-coupled Mach–Zehnder lithium niobate electro-optic modulator (FEOM), which provides the temporal pulse shaping capability. To improve ASE suppression and enhance pulse contrast, particularly important for compression experiments, the FEOM in DiPOLE100X has been upgraded to a dual-stage device to provide an increased extinction ratio of ${>}$ 45 dB. This is then driven by a high sample rate (8 GSamples/s) arbitrary waveform generator (AWG, Kentech POPS100D) that provides 125 ps temporal resolution (200 ps rise time). All FFE components are contained in a single 6U 19-inch rack unit, which, along with the AWG, is located remotely from the front end optical table and connected via a fibre optic link.
Figure 3. Schematic layout of the front end for DiPOLE100X.
A key component of the front end is the timing system that distributes pulses throughout the system, which need to be synchronized both internally and to the XFEL timing system. Accurate pulse timing and low jitter are particularly important to ensure reproducible synchronization with the X-ray pulse bursts. Figure 4 shows a timing diagram of the X-ray pulses produced by the SASE II beamline on the European XFEL.
Figure 4. X-ray pulse timing diagram for SASE II beamline.
To achieve accurate synchronization, DiPOLE100X has an upgraded 40-channel digital delay generator (DDG – Greenfield Technology GFT1040) that accepts two external input signals from the XFEL timing system; an 81.25 MHz signal clock derived from the XFEL master oscillator, and a 10 Hz ( $T_{0}$ ) trigger signal synchronized with the start of each X-ray burst[Reference Priebe, Zastrau and Lederer9]. Using the clock-in the DDG generates a 40.625 MHz clock signal (PA1 synchronization) and a clock-out to synchronize the delay generator of the FFE. The external 10 Hz trigger is used directly (frequency $F_{1}$ ) to generate a user selectable frequency at 5, 2, or 1 Hz ( $F_{2}$ ). Every channel of the DDG produces one pulse with adjustable delay at one of these two frequencies. Finally, the XFEL timing system provides a 10 kHz trigger directly to the FFE delay generator to minimize jitter between the shaped optical pulse and X-ray pulse. The jitter between individual channels and the $T_{0}$ XFEL trigger is expected to be ${<}$ 20 ps (RMS). A timing diagram for DiPOLE100X is shown in Figure 5.
Figure 5. DiPOLE100X timing diagram.
Figure 6. Schematic showing 7-pass angularly multiplexed extraction architecture of the 10 J cryo-preamplifier. DP $=$ diode pumps, DM1 $=$ 10 J deformable mirror, BS $=$ beam splitters.
The temporally shaped output of the FFE at 10 kHz is used to seed the Yb:CaF2 regenerative amplifier (PA1) (custom S-PULSE supplied by Amplitude Systemes, France) producing few-mJ pulses at 10 Hz in a Gaussian spatial beam profile. The cavity length in PA1 has been increased to support the increased pulse duration range required for DiPOLE100X.
The beam is then spatially shaped into a square high-order super-Gaussian ( $n>10$ ) beam and relay-imaged into the Yb:YAG multi-pass amplifier (Lastronics, Germany) boosting the energy beyond 100 mJ. The output then passes through a Pockels cell to improve contrast and to pick pulses at the desired output pulse rate of the laser, if this is set to less than 10 Hz.
10 J cryo-preamplifier
The 10 J multi-pass cryo-preamplifier (MA1) design in DiPOLE100X also remains unchanged from the original. It consists of a single DiPOLE10-scale cryo-amplifier head and a seven pass angularly multiplexed extraction architecture[Reference Mason, Banerjee, Ertel, Phillips, Butcher, Smith, De Vido, Tomlinson, Chekhlov, Shaikh, Blake, Holligan, Divoky, Pilar, Hernandez-Gomez, Greenhalgh and Collier5]. A schematic of the optical arrangement showing the extraction architecture is given in Figure 6. The output beam from PA2 is relay-imaged into the amplifier and on every subsequent pass by a series of vacuum spatial filters (VSFs). Both diode-pumped lasers (Ingeneric, Germany) are coupled into the amplifier head by reflection from dielectric coated dichroic beam splitters (BSs), providing high reflection at 940 nm and high transmission at 1030 nm.
In DiPOLE100X the original deformable mirror (DM), positioned after the 3rd pass, has been replaced with a similar low-voltage bimorph-type mirror developed and built at the CLF[Reference Hooker, Collier, Hawkes and Spindloe10]. The DM uses a 75 mm diameter fused silica substrate, approximately 1 mm thick, bonded to a 50 mm diameter piezo-ceramic (PZT) disc, approximately $200~\unicode[STIX]{x03BC}\text{m}$ thick. Both surfaces of the fused silica substrate are coated with a high reflectivity dielectric mirror coating at 1030 nm for use at normal incidence. A photograph of the new 10 J bimorph mirror is shown in Figure 7(a). A pattern of 29 electrode actuators is applied to the rear surface of the PZT disc, consisting of a $5\times 5$ square array similar in size to the 10 J beam (21.5 mm square), see inset of Figure 7(a), surrounded by four larger areas used primarily to control astigmatism and defocus. The design allows the mirror substrate to be removed easily, with minimal disruption, in the event that it needs to be replaced.
The mirror was tested on the DiPOLE prototype amplifier system, described elsewhere[Reference Banerjee, Ertel, Mason, Phillips, De Vido, Smith, Butcher, Hernandez-Gomez, Greenhalgh and Collier4], and demonstrated closed-loop correction with an output wave front error (WFE) of $0.24~\unicode[STIX]{x03BC}\text{m}$ peak to valley (PV) and 31 nm (RMS) when amplifying 10 ns duration pulses to 10 J at 10 Hz. An image of the corrected output wave front measured on the DiPOLE prototype amplifier is shown in Figure 7(b), along with the corresponding far-field image measured on a CCD camera in Figure 7(c), demonstrating near diffraction limited (DL) performance.
Figure 7. (a) Photograph of the DiPOLE100X 10 J bimorph deformable mirror, built at the CLF, with inset showing schematic of electrode pattern, (b) corrected output wave front and (c) far-field CCD camera image measured at 10 J, 10 Hz on the DiPOLE prototype amplifier.
Figure 8. Energy stability over half an hour with inset showing measured temporal pulse shape for amplification of 2.2 ns pulses at 8 J, 10 Hz.
The prototype amplifier was also used to confirm reliable operation at the shorter pulse durations required for DiPOLE100X that are of interest for shock compression experiments. Output energy stability tests were undertaken for amplification of a near flat-top temporal pulse of duration 2.2 ns (FWHM) at 10 Hz, and demonstrated 8 J output with an RMS energy stability of 0.5% over half an hour operation (21,600 shots). Figure 8 shows the output energy measured over a 36 min period with the inset showing the corresponding temporal pulse profile. Although laser induced damage thresholds (LIDTs) are expected to be lower at these shorter pulse durations no evidence of optical damage was observed at the operating fluence ( ${\sim}2.5~\text{J}/\text{cm}^{2}$ ) used during these tests. This gives confidence that DiPOLE100X will be able to deliver the necessary performance over the extended range of pulse durations required for HED experiments.
The output from the 10 J cryo-preamplifier passes through a Faraday isolator before entering the beam transport section of the system. Here the polarization state and spatial orientation of the beam can be adjusted to precompensate for effects that occur in the final cryo-amplifier. The beam is then relay-imaged into a $\times$ 3.4 magnification telescope to increase its size to 75 mm square ready to seed the main 100 J amplifier. The magnifying telescope is now orientated at right angles to the original design to achieve the new U-shaped layout.
100 J cryo-power amplifier
The final cryo-amplifier in DiPOLE100X also retains the same architecture used in DiPOLE100. Both diode pumps (Ingeneric, Germany) are directed into the amplifier on-axis and a 4-pass, off-axis, angularly multiplexed geometry is used to extract the stored energy[Reference Mason, Banerjee, Ertel, Phillips, Butcher, Smith, De Vido, Tomlinson, Chekhlov, Shaikh, Blake, Holligan, Divoky, Pilar, Hernandez-Gomez, Greenhalgh and Collier5]. A schematic showing the extraction architecture of the 100 J cryo-amplifier is given in Figure 9.
Figure 9. Schematic showing 4-pass, off-axis, angularly multiplexed extraction architecture of the 100 J cryo-amplifier. DP $=$ diode pumps, DM2 $=$ 100 J deformable mirror, BD $=$ beam diverter.
The main change in the system is the incorporation of an upgraded DM between the first and second amplifier passes. The new DM (Imagine Optic ILAO Star 200) is based on upgraded mechanical actuator technology driven by stepper motors providing nanometric precision, now with very low hysteresis ( ${<}$ 1%). These result in minimal backlash allowing real-time dynamic closed-loop wave front correction at up to 10 Hz. The circular mirror substrate is 200 mm in diameter and its shape is controlled by an array of 52 actuators. The mirror is mounted in a new low-profile, low distortion optical mount, a photograph of which is shown in Figure 10(a).
Prior to installation on DiPOLE100X the mirror was tested off-line as part of a closed-loop adaptive optic (AO) system, including a HASO4 Broadband-GE Shack–Hartmann wave front sensor (WFS). To confirm the mirror is able to provide smooth dynamic correction to the level required a beam of similar size and shape to the 100 J beam with an initially flat wave front was incident on the mirror. The DM was then programmed to create a wave front consistent with the level of aberration expected in the 100 J amplifier. The target wave front is shown in Figure 10(b).
Figure 10. (a) Photograph of new 100 J deformable mirror, (b) target aberrated wave front and (c) residual error in generated wave front.
After closed-loop operation the target wave front was successfully recreated with a residual error of $0.3~\unicode[STIX]{x03BC}\text{m}$ (PV) and approximately 40 nm (RMS). A map of the residual error measured is shown in Figure 7(c). This was achieved using less than 40% of the dynamic range available to the mirror actuators and gives confidence that the DM should be able to dynamically correct for the level of aberrations expected during normal operating conditions, minimizing wave front error in the 100 J output beam.
Whenever the output beam is not sent to the HED interaction area, during warm-up and testing, it is reflected off a beam diverter (BD) and absorbed in a water filled beam dump. The diverter consists of a low mass high reflectivity dielectric coated mirror mounted and attached to a linear guide providing up to 160 mm of travel. A low friction, position-encoded linear motor (Linmot, Switzerland) provides precise movement (speed and acceleration) of the mirror assembly. The diverter allows the mirror to be lowered out of, or raised into, the beam, in less than 100 ms. Movement of the diverter is synchronized to the triggering of the laser to ensure a laser pulse is not present when the mirror is travelling between positions. When the diverter mirror is in the lower position, the beam propagates through to a periscope, which in turn directs the beam downwards through the optical table into the high energy beam transport system; see Section 3.
The diverter is also used to provide the user with a single shot on demand pulse picking capability. In this mode, the front end output Pockels cell and both 10 J and 100 J cryo-amplifiers are operated at 1 Hz to maintain stable thermal conditions. When the user requests a pulse the mirror is moved out of the beam before the next available pulse arrives, and is then returned to its original position after the pulse has passed.
Control of the many components and sub-systems that make up the DiPOLE100X laser is provided by a distributed control system developed at the CLF using EPICS (Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System)[Reference Kraimer, Anderson, Johnson, Norum, Hill, Lange, Franksen and Denison11]. EPICS is an open source software framework, providing a collection of tools and applications for use in creating distributed control systems, which is used in many large-scale science facilities, such as particle accelerators and synchrotron light sources.
The control system is run from central Linux-based servers. Distributed access and control are provided by a graphical user interface (GUI), developed using Control System Studio (CSS) software[12], which may be installed on any Windows-based PC connected to the system network. The user interface of the control system is broken down into a set of control screens whose functions are described in Table 2.
A separate programmable logic controller (PLC) provides local system monitoring and control, simultaneously providing local machine safety, sequencing components, and periodically publishing process variables (PVs) to EPICS, such that the master system is aware of each sub-systems status. A separate archiving toolset is included in EPICS that automatically records requested PVs as a function of time and stores them to disk for later retrieval.
Personnel safety is paramount, and a separate personnel safety system monitors the condition and operation of a number of interlocks. These provide a means of shutting the system down in an emergency situation through connection to the laboratory safety system. The control and safety systems continuously perform checks to prevent operation unless all safety criteria are met.
Table 2. Functionality of user control screens in DiPOLE100X control system
Figure 11. Synoptic screen for control and monitoring of 10 J cryo-preamplifier. Red lines correspond to the main 1030 nm laser beam path, input from the FE (left) and output to the beam transport section (right); blue lines represent diagnostic beam paths; and orange lines correspond to 940 nm pump diode beam paths.
Temporal pulse shaping
Shock and ramp compression experiments require precise control of laser pulse shape. To achieve this DiPOLE100X will incorporate a dynamic closed-loop temporal pulse shaping capability to account for the various nonlinear factors (saturation characteristics) that affect the pulse as it passes through the amplifier chain. The approach adopted uses an initial empirical estimate of the seed pulse shape, which is applied to the FEOM in the FFE via the AWG. The generated optical pulse is then amplified by the laser chain and its shape detected at the output by the combination of a high bandwidth fibre-coupled InGaAs PIN photo detector (CIM Model ISIS PHB-AJ-24E, rise & fall time ${<}$ 70 ps, cut-off frequency ${>}$ 5 GHz) and digital storage oscilloscope (Rhode & Schwarz RTO2044, 4 GHz, 4-channel, 20 GSa/s per channel). The output pulse shape is then compared to the target shape in software and a correction calculated by a custom pulse shaping algorithm developed in-house. The corrected pulse shape is then reapplied to the FEOM by the AWG. The process is then repeated over a series of iterations until the target pulse shape is reached within defined acceptance criteria.
The accuracy of shape reproduction is dependent on several factors, including the stability, resolution, and bandwidth of the AWG and FEOM, the energy stability of the laser chain, and the noise and jitter of the detection and signal acquisition system. The pulse contrast achievable is limited by the dynamic range of the FEOM and residual ASE. To control the speed at which the pulse shape converges to the target solution, and minimize the risk of optical damage due to rapid pulse shape changes, a damping factor is included in the calculation with the aim of reaching the target shape within five to ten iterations when operated at maximum pulse rate (10 Hz).
Prior to commissioning on DiPOLE100X, the DiPOLE prototype amplifier has been used to test the pulse shaping software and optimize the algorithm in a representative amplifier chain. Results of two tests undertaken at an output energy of 6.5 J at 10 Hz are shown in Figure 12. In the first, Figure 12(a), a 10 ns duration flat-top profile with gently sloping leading and trailing edges is generated after five closed-cycle iterations, the correction on each iteration shown by the different coloured curves. The second test, Figure 12(b), demonstrates a more complex multi-step pyramid pulse shape of duration 4.5 ns FWHM obtained after ten iterations.
Figure 12. Temporal pulse shaping results at 6.5 J, 10 Hz obtained using the DiPOLE prototype amplifier (a) flat-top and (b) multi-step pyramid pulse profiles.
These results demonstrate the temporal pulse shaping capability expected from DiPOLE100X and confirm the potential to undertake dynamic single shock (flat top, high temperature, ramp low temperature) and multiple-shock (step pulse) compression experiments on the HED instrument.
Build of DiPOLE100X at the CLF commenced in March 2017 with installation of the optical tables in the laboratory. Installation of front end components was completed in May 2017 with first pulsed operation demonstrated in June 2017. The main 10 J sub-systems (pump diodes, amplifier head and cryo-cooling system) were installed at the end of September 2017 followed by all opto-mechanical components by March 2018. Full alignment of the 10 J was completed in May 2018 and pulsed commissioning is now underway. All the main 100 J sub-systems were installed by January 2018 and the majority of opto-mechanical components by June 2018. Alignment of the 100 J is scheduled to commence in July 2018 with pulsed commissioning of the full system beginning in August 2018. Control system integration and machine safety testing have occurred throughout the build with final commissioning occurring in parallel with final pulsed operation tests. At the time of writing, the build is expected to be completed by the end of September 2018.
A collection of time lapse photographs showing build progression over the past 15 months is shown in Figure 13, along with a 3D CAD view of the completed system.
Figure 13. Time lapse photographs of DiPOLE100X build with 3D CAD view of completed system.
3 Integration at HED instrument
The HED instrument at the European XFEL is arranged with the laser bay, or hutch, on a raised floor above the interaction area where the X-ray probe beam from the SASE II beamline enters. A schematic of the main components of the HED instrument is shown in Figure 14.
Figure 14. Schematic showing the main components of the HED instrument.
The laser hutch contains the two main lasers; the high energy (HE) nanosecond pulsed laser, DiPOLE100X that will be used for dynamic compression experiments, and a commercial high intensity (HI) laser from Amplitude Technologies ( ${>}$ 300 TW, 25 fs, Ti:S), which will be used to study relativistic plasmas. DiPOLE100X occupies approximately half the floor area of the laser hutch with ancillary control racks, chillers and the 100 J cryostat located in a separate plant room. An HE beam transport system relay-images the output beam from DiPOLE100X beneath the floor of the laser hutch and down to an optical table alongside the interaction chamber. There it will be frequency doubled to 515 nm before being focused using phase plates into the interaction chamber to achieve the desired flat-top focal intensity profile to conduct experiments. Figure 15 shows the layout of DiPOLE100X within the laser hutch and the route of the HE beam transport system.
4 Technology development
In parallel with DiPOLE100X development, separate projects within CALTA are looking at extending the performance of DiPOLE technology, demonstrating its potential for advanced materials processing applications[Reference Nygaard13], and developing a compact pump source technology for ultra-high intensity petawatt-class lasers. These offer the potential to generate compact radiation (X-ray, $\unicode[STIX]{x03B3}$ -ray) and particle (electron, proton etc.) sources with applications in nondestructive testing, high resolution radiography[Reference Brenner, Mirfayzi, Rusby, Armstrong, Alejo, Wilson, Clarke, Ahmed, Butler, Haddock, Higginson, McClymont, Murphy, Notley, Oliver, Allott, Hernandez-Gomez, Kar, McKenna and Neely14], and the next generation of laser plasma-based accelerators[Reference Walker, Alesini, Alexandrova, Anania, Andreev, Andriyash, Aschikhin, Assmann, Audet, Bacci, Barna, Beaton, Beck, Beluze, Bernhard, Bielawski, Bisesto, Boedewadt, Brandi, Bringer, Brinkmann, Bründermann, Büscher, Bussmann, Bussolino, Chance, Chanteloup, Chen, Chiadroni, Cianchi, Clarke, Cole, Couprie, Croia, Cros, Dale, Dattoli, Delerue, Delferriere, Delinikolas, Dias, Dorda, Ertel, Ferran Pousa, Ferrario, Filippi, Fils, Fiorito, Fonseca, Galimberti, Gallo, Garzella, Gastinel, Giove, Giribono, Gizzi, Grüner, Habib, Haefner, Heinemann, Hidding, Holzer, Hooker, Hosokai, Irman, Jaroszynski, Jaster-Merz, Joshi, Kaluza, Kando, Karger, Karsch, Khazanov, Khikhlukha, Knetsch, Kocon, Koester, Kononenko, Korn, Kostyukov, Labate, Lechner, Leemans, Lehrach, Li, Li, Libov, Lifschitz, Litvinenko, Lu, Maier, Malka, Manahan, Mangles, Marchetti, Marocchino, Martinez de la Ossa, Martins, Massimo, Mathieu, Maynard, Mehrling, Molodozhentsev, Mosnier, Mostacci, Mueller, Najmudin, Nghiem, Nguyen, Niknejadi, Osterhoff, Papadopoulos, Patrizi, Pattathil, Petrillo, Pocsai, Poder, Pompili, Pribyl, Pugacheva, Romeo, Rossi, Roussel, Sahai, Scherkl, Schramm, Schroeder, Schwindling, Scifo, Serafini, Sheng, Silva, Silva, Simon, Sinha, Specka, Streeter, Svystun, Symes, Szwaj, Tauscher, Thomas, Thompson, Toci, Tomassini, Vaccarezza, Vannini, Vieira, Villa, Wahlström, Walczak, Weikum, Welsch, Wiemann, Wolfenden, Xia, Yabashi, Yu, Zhu and Zigler15].
DiPOLE technology development falls into four main research activities. The first extends the pulse repetition rate of DiPOLE from 10 Hz up to 100 Hz; the second scales the energy of the existing DiPOLE100 design towards 150 J; the third is targeted at demonstrating efficient and stable frequency conversion of DiPOLE systems into the visible (SHG at 515 nm) and UV (third harmonic generation at 343 nm), under high pulse energy and high-average power conditions; and the final activity is looking at reducing the size of DiPOLE systems.
Figure 15. Layout of DiPOLE100X in laser hutch at the HED instrument.
To achieve these aims a prototype 10 J, 100 Hz DiPOLE laser is currently under development at the CLF, initially focused on industrial materials processing applications. To enable energy scaling of DiPOLE100 technology within the same design envelope work is underway to improve the damage resilience of key optical components (gain media, mirrors etc.). Furthermore, long term stability trials of SHG and THG under high-average power conditions are underway to provide extended capability for materials processing and large beam area LIDT testing, and to demonstrate the potential of DiPOLE as a pump source technology. These activities are undertaken in collaboration with the HiLASE Facility with funding support from the Czech Republic and the European Commission[16]. A separate internally funded project is investigating design options for size reduction of key DiPOLE component technologies (such as cryo-coolers) important for the realization of practical applications.
DiPOLE100X is a high energy DPSSL laser designed to produce 100 J, temporally shaped nanosecond duration pulses at up to 10 Hz in a compact geometry based on the original DiPOLE100 design. At the time of writing, all the major opto-mechanical components have been installed and commissioning of the cryo-amplifiers has begun. Testing at the CLF is scheduled for completion in autumn 2018 before shipment to the European XFEL by the end of the year.
The DiPOLE prototype amplifier has been used to confirm operation at shorter pulse durations, and the ability of DiPOLE100X to provide precisely programmed temporal pulses at up to 10 Hz repetition rate will allow determination of optimum laser pulse shapes for shock compression experiments in real time. This capability at the HED instrument, coupled with high-brightness X-ray probe pulses from the XFEL beamline, will revolutionize our understanding of the structure of materials and the processes that occur in extreme high energy density environments.
Attendance at the High Power Laser Science & Engineering (HPLSE 2018) Conference was funded by the NEWTON China–UK Joint Research Project on Laser-driven Ion Acceleration and Novel Terahertz Radiation.
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DoFuss
Just games and stuff I like
game opinion
Due Diligence.
Different sites have different mandates on the subject of at what point a review should be written. I used to believe that a reviewer should experience a game in its entirely before they could reasonably pass judgment. It is a view that has slowly eroded recently, leaving me unsure as to my own principles and questioning at what point I am qualified to write a review.
Initially my concept of finishing a game before reviewing was solid, every game on my own site has always been completed before anything was written. But playing Ultimate Band for review on Game People threw all of this in to question. Playing the Disney rhythm game I could be found repeatedly pumping my Wii remote above my crotch with no penalty for my constant, rhythmic ‘strumming’ which didn’t even come close to emulating the onscreen beat. I finished around half the songs offered with a variety of instruments, and concluded that it was fair to say I had seen enough.
The game that changed me.
It was peculiar how divided the decision made me. Maybe I was doing readers an injustice by not experiencing everything the game had to offer. But I knew that the template for the action wasn’t going to chance, and nor was my opinion. I set to writing the review feeling that I had been fair to both my readers and the developers.
I constructed a new internal guideline for my reviews. Based on the time I play and the genre/size of the game I ensure that on sites that do not require I finish a game that I at least give each it a fair amount of my time. I was happy with my new code until recently when the question was again reawakened by the narrative heavy Mass Effect 2 and Silent Hill: Shattered Memoires.
Narrative dependent titles have an implicit expectation that you will experience a story in its entirety. Similar to a movie it would be unfair to review it before it reached its conclusion. If I were to watch the first hour of The Sixth Sense and then review it my opinion would be very different to someone who watched it all. But it is impossible to dissociate a game’s narrative from its interactive elements. Again if The Sixth Sense required all of its audience have their toenails torn off while watching, then I would be justified in saying it doesn’t matter what the pay off is, it can’t be worth it and subsequently leaving after only five minutes.
Almost entirely incredible.
Looking at Silent Hill and Mass Effect 2 both game’s finales sit in contrast to my opinion of the rest of the experience. Mass Effect 2 was for me an incredibly involving forty-hour experience; every moment (bar the mining) was a joy, until my final confrontation. Any ending of a story or game with an expansive and involving plot will always struggle to meet the high expectations established throughout the rest of the experience, and thus they are almost uniformly anticlimactic. In Mass Effect’s case end sequence in its entirety is an emotional sequence of events, but the last tiny fraction was a let down. I couldn’t even say it tarnished the rest of the game, but it did hit something of a bum note when it should have reached its crescendo.
Silent Hill takes the opposite approach. Incorporating two game styles, creepy atmospheric adventure and running in terror my opinion throughout Silent Hill oscillated between amazement at what the developers were trying to achieve, and dismay at the infuriating action sections. Discussion of the emotions that the game’s infuriating controls induce and how intentional they were aside, every moment spent fleeing your enemies during these sections were soul crushingly bad, yet instantly forgive when you get to the end and begin to realize what it was building to.
A strong ending can make up for a lot.
Now I am stuck in a quandary. Mass Effect 2’s slight disappointment did not alter my feelings about the experience. Maybe it is due to the length of the title, or perhaps simple that the mechanics were solid enough to have overlooked weaker narrative elements. Silent Hill’s ending however totally altered my opinion. Lasting only six or eight hours perhaps I was inclined to be more forgiving of the hour or so spent in the games broken action segments; looking back I am even starting to appreciate the real sense of apprehension the scenes created in me. But what it boils down to is that I could have reviewed Mass Effect 2 after ten hours and bar a throw away comment about the ending my conclusion would have been unchanged. Where as if I hadn’t finished Silent Hill my feelings would have been inclined towards the negative, rather than the overwhelmingly positive view I now possess.
So it is back to the drawing board with my guidelines. Currently I am leaning towards the idea that when left to my own discretion I play a game until I just can’t bring myself to play any more, assuming of course that I at least have ensured a solid grasp of the concepts. I arrived at this formula because personally I would not feel ‘cheated’ if any writer supplied their opinion in this manner, providing they clearly indicated what their exposure to the game entailed. It seems many disagree with this methodology however feeling entitled to reviews that encapsulate the complete experience.
I can understand arguing for completion, but it seems that with both the industry and distribution of information changing as rapidly as it is, changes in coverage’s content should adapt also. With game media moving almost exclusively to websites, speed of coverage and personality of the review are becoming increasingly valuable. Following someone with the same tastes, or drawing from hundreds of voices, allows us to choose what suits us personally. As players have more games to play and less time available a review that tells me that one persons experience was so bad it made the player put down the controller and never return is invaluable providing the writer frames what their opinion is based on sufficiently.
February 24, 2010 February 24, 2010 Alex BeechJournalism, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
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MESP 2018 Main Events, 24 February - 25 March 2018
MESP 2018, Information
MESP 2018, Brochures, Poster, Flyers
MESP 2018, Calendar
MESP 2018 Main Events, Registration Forms
Individual Events:
Day Workshop: Health, Wellbeing, and Healing through Spiritual Dance and Movement
Workshop: The Spirit of Anatomy, inspired by the miracle of life - Embodying the Spine
Day Workshop: A Sacred Journey
Workshop: A Basic Universal Income
Evening Workshop: Befriending Your Authentic Voice
Afternoon Workshop: Bringing Stories to Life
An Evening with Andy Wightman
Morning Workshop: Opening to Joy! - (1)
Afternoon Workshop: Ceridwen's Cauldron: Creative Writing and Celtic Wisdom
Evening Workshop: Vedic Mantra Chanting and Kirtan
14th Annual Mindful Peace Walk
Afternoon Workshop: Contemplative Meditation; a way of bringing together different traditions in silent seeking
Evening Celebration: Tales of Joy, Love and Romance as well as a riveting feminist Arthurian story, "The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell
An Evening with Dr Rowan Williams
Retreat: Mindfulness Day
An Evening with Alastair McIntosh
Afternoon Workshop: Creative Meditation
Evening Workshop: Connection through Music, Movement and Meditation
Event: Day Workshop: Health, Wellbeing, and Healing through Spiritual Dance and Movement.
Facilitators: Gillian Allan/Merav Israel (The Feldenkrais Method); Karen Reynolds (An Introduction to the Nia Technique); Catherine Wright (Movement Medicine); and Linda Wyman (An Introduction to the Alexander Technique).
Venue: Sanctuary, Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL.
Date: Saturday 24 February 2018.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Day Workshop: 10am-5pm.
Event Description: Event Description: Join us for a joyful day of sharing spiritual dance and movement for health, wellbeing, healing and peace. We will all be together throughout the day, building community and celebrating diversity through spiritual dance and movement.
9.30am-10am: Arrival and Registration.
10am-11.20am: Linda Wyman: An Introduction to the Alexander Technique.
A simple and effective way of regaining natural balance and ease of movement improving physical and mental wellbeing. It is a learning process which teaches you how to best use your body helping you to increased energy and more efficiency in all you do.
Linda Wyman trained at Fellside Alexander School in Cumbria for three years and did her post graduate term at the Institute for the Research and Development of the Alexander Technique in New York in 1991. She currently teaches in Edinburgh and East Lothian. www.lindawyman.co.uk
11.20am-11.40am: Tea/Coffee Break
11.40am-1pm: Merav Israel and Gillian Allan: Feldenkrais Method - Introduction Workshop.
The Feldenkrais Method was developed by Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais – scientist, physicist, engineer and martial artist, who synthesized insights from physics, motor development, bio-mechanics, psychology, neurology and martial arts.
The method offers a process of learning through movement, sensing, thinking and imagining to free us from habitual patterns and allow new possibilities to emerge. Through this work we can improve mobility and increase energy and enjoyment in our activities.
The method has two strands: Group lessons called Awareness Through Movement and Functional Integration which are one-to-one lessons. The lessons consist of verbally directed movement sequences, which are comfortable and easy and which gradually evolve into movements of greater range and complexity. Through the learning process you will be able to find new ways of moving while increasing sensitivity and improving efficiency.
This workshop will offer an introduction to the method and a practical experience of Awareness Through Movement. The focus will be on learning through curiosity and friendliness towards ourselves as we explore the elements of moving, thinking, sensing, imagining in the process of discovering easier movement.
Please bring enough layers of warm clothes and a blanket/mat to lie on.
Merav has been studying movement and somatics for 20 years and integrating her experience and understanding in her work as dancer, dance maker and teacher.
The Feldenkrais Method has been part of her life from growing up as a professional in Israel and later on she qualified as a practitioner. With her experience she has developed ability to approach each person according to their needs and facilitate learning, growth and improvement for variety of groups and individuals. Her interest lies in perception and understanding of movement, and in helping others perceive and experience themselves in order to bring new possibilities and reach their fuller potential.
Gillian discovered the Feldenkrais Method after suffering for nearly a decade with chronic back pain which restricted her movement. After beginning to experiment with Awareness Through Movement lessons she was surprised to find how much more easily and painlessly she could move through life.
Her focus in both group and individual lessons is to facilitate the process of learning how to let go of unnecessary tension in a way which promotes curiosity, creativity and self-confidence.
www.meravisrael.com/feldenkrais
www.feldenkraisinedinburgh.co.uk
1pm-2pm: Lunch Break
2pm-3.20pm: Karen Small: An Introduction to the Nia Technique.
The Nia Technique is a dance-fitness class that empowers people of all shapes and sizes to step into a joyful relationship with their bodies and movement. Nia combines martial arts, healing arts, and dance arts to create a high-powered, synergistic workout that no isolated exercise technique can match. Part choreographed and part free-form, Nia delivers a solid aerobic workout, with each experience adaptable to individual needs and abilities. Classes are generally done barefoot to soul-stirring music that motivates every part of you to move. Step into your own joyful journey with Nia, and positively shape the way you feel, look, think and live. No experience necessary.
Based in Fife, Karen Small is a Certified Nia Black Belt Teacher - passionate about sharing and teaching Nia since 2009. Open hearted and warm, Karen offers a relaxed space in which to be yourself - and to connect with others - while guiding you through a fun and pleasurable class experience. Karen co-founded Nia Scotland and for the past six years has supported new teachers on their Nia journey by producing international trainings and events in Scotland. For more information see Island Moves
3.20pm-3.40pm: Tea/Coffee Break
3.40pm-5pm: Catherine Wright: Movement Medicine.
Movement Medicine is a dance practice and an awareness practice. It reconnects us with our hearts through our bodies. You need no prior dance experience, only a desire to move your body and connect with your own wisdom and wildness. Movement Medicine offers tools and maps to help us dance deep into the experience of being embodied.
In this short session, we will explore some of the maps of Movement Medicine.
Catherine Wright is an Interfatih Minister. Dance has been one of her spiritual practices for 15 years. She has been dancing and studying with Susannah and Ya’Acov Darling Khan since the late 90’s. She began teaching in 2011 and in 2014 she graduated as a Movement Medicine practitioner, teacher and facilitator.
For more information visit www.schoolofmovementmedicine.com For more information about Catherine, visit www.catherinewright.co.uk
Spiritual Dance and Movement.
Full Price £30.00 GBP Concession £25.00 GBP Student £10.00 GBP
Cost: £30/£25 (Concessions)/£10 (Students). For a Registration Form:
Contact: Neill Walker, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 0131 331 4469.
Event: Workshop: The Spirit of Anatomy, inspired by the miracle of life - Embodying the Spine.
Facilitator: Audicia Lynne Morley RSMT/P MRSS(T) RCST.
Date: Sunday 25 February 2018.
Time: Registration: 3.30pm-4pm. Workshop: 4pm-8.45pm.
Event Description: An exploration through Movement, Drawing and Writing into early beginnings to discover the beauty and originality of the miracle of the human body. Bridging both mindful approaches to anatomy and embryology as well as creative and experiential movement process to enliven embodied awareness. The workshop may include both anatomical and embryological awareness. Touch and Hands on approaches to engage the Body Mind consciousness. The Tamalpa Life Art process approach to Movement, Drawing and Journaling. This workshop is designed to support an embodied experience of the miracle of life, to uncover the deep wisdom the body holds to heal and transform. Suitable for anyone interested in Health, Creativity, Movement and the unique journey we move through as humans.
Warm comfortable clothes to move in + Layers.
Water bottle.
Journal and crayons if you have them.
Blanket + Cushion for body work hands on explorations.
Snacks to keep you going, there will be a break for tea during the session.
The Spirit Of Anatomy
Full Price £20.00 GBP Concession £15.00 GBP Student £5.00 GBP
Cost: £20/£15 (Concessions)/£5 (Students). For a Registration Form:
Event: Day Workshop: A Sacred Journey.
Facilitators: Phyllida Anam-Aire and Sara Trevelyan.
Date: Saturday 3 March 2018.
Event Description: A day of coming together to explore the experiences in our lives which have touched us most deeply and which have opened us to the sacred. This day is a continuation of an evening event where we both together shared moments in our lives which had contributed to our spiritual unfolding. We would very much like to extend this invitation to others so that we can be inspired together and benefit as a group from the deeper understanding and support which arises from this. It is our belief that we are all a part of a greater emerging sacred wholeness, and that the calling at this time is to recognise and affirm this wisdom and acknowledge and honour all of our lives.
The day will combine times of sharing, along with opportunities for quiet reflection, and through writing, art, music and poetry exploring creative ways to express and share some of the gifts of our innermost experience.
Phyllida Anam-Aire is a native speaker of Gaelic who was brought up in a small mountain village in Donegal, where she learned Celtic mythology and rituals such as singing for the dying. She studied to become a Catholic nun, but changed course to learn humanistic psychology with Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. She is now a bereavement counsellor and the author of A Celtic Book of Dying.
Sara Trevelyan is a counsellor/psychotherapist and graduate in Barbara Brennan energy medicine, who has been living and practising in Edinburgh for 30 years. She was brought up in Australia, but returned to London to train in medicine in her early twenties. At the end of the seventies she moved to Inverness for a junior hospital job which was when she first visited Findhorn. She has written a memoir, Freedom Found, about her 20 year marriage to Jimmy Boyle who was a life sentence prisoner. As her marriage ended her spiritual journey took her back to Findhorn which she visits regularly and which continues to be her spiritual home.
A Sacred Journey
Event: Workshop: A Basic Universal Income.
Facilitator: Dr Martin Williams.
Date: Sunday 4 March 2018.
Event Description: A basic income is an income paid personally to all members of society on a regular basis without conditions or means testing. Further income can be earned without losing basic income.
Current economic and social policies are producing unsustainable inequalities and injustices.
The twentieth-century income distribution system has broken down, as globalisation has swept forward.
A Universal Basic Income would begin to address many issues which are currently causing huge distress and misery.
Lack of Freedom
Unbalanced distribution of wealth
In this workshop we will consider the efficacy of a universal basic income.
The arguments for and against will be explored and discussed and we will look at a number of case studies from UK and abroad.
Dr Martin Williams, BA (Hons) PGCE, Dip, Counselling and Psychotherapy, M.Ed. (Humanistic Psychology and Human Relations, PhD) is a professionally trained counsellor/psychotherapist with over 30 years experience of working with individuals, couples, children and young people, parents and families and organisations. Martin is a humanistic psychologist who has worked in schools, day centres, hospitals, healing centers and care homes all over UK and abroad. He has re-defined ‘person-centred’ as honouring and respecting the inner wisdom and wishes of his many and varied clients and working ethically and professionally in whatever ways his clients can best be helped.
A Basic Universal Income
Event: Evening Workshop: Befriending Your Authentic Voice.
Facilitator: Rolf Billes.
Date: Saturday 10 March 2018.
Time: Registration: 5pm-5.30pm. Evening Workshop: 5.30pm-8.30pm.
Event Description: When asked what we love about our voice, many of us struggle to find a positive answer. Something in our past may have affected the relationship with our own unique voice. And yet, there is a deep longing within to reconnect with that authentic sound. During this workshop, we will support one another in following that longing and gently open the door to the sound that is our birthright.
Rolf Billes is a Naked Voice facilitator trained by Chloë Goodchild, the founder of the Naked Voice. Rolf works as a Church of Scotland parish minister in Colinton, Edinburgh.
Befriending Your Authentic Voice
Full Price £10.00 GBP Concession £8.00 GBP Student £3.00 GBP
Cost: £10/£8 (Concessions)/£3 (Students). For a Registration Form:
Event: Afternoon Workshop: Bringing Stories to Life.
Facilitator: Edinburgh Playback Theatre.
Time: Registration: 3pm-3.30pm. Afternoon Workshop: 3.30pm-5pm.
Event Description: Join Playback Edinburgh for a unique opportunity to be part of an interactive performance where we'll share stories and see them brought to life using improvisation, movement, voice and music. It's theatre with no script which we'll create together.
Bringing Stories to Life
Full Price £6.00 GBP Concession £4.00 GBP Student £1.00 GBP
Cost: £6/£4 (Concessions)/£1 (Students). For a Registration Form:
Event: An Evening with Andy Wightman.
Chair: Dr Lesley Orr, is a feminist historian, writer and activist, currently based at the University of Edinburgh Centre for Theology and Public Issues (CTPI).
Time: Registration: 5.45pm-6.15pm. Talk: 6.15pm-8pm.
Event Description: Andy Wightman is a Scottish Green Party Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothian region and a writer and researcher best known for his work on land ownership in Scotland. He is the author of "Who Owns Scotland" and "The Poor Had No Lawyers".
Event: Morning Workshop: Opening to Joy! - (1)
Facilitator: Alice Fateah Saunders.
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Morning Workshop: 10am-1pm.
Event Description: Singing and dancing with the sacred words of the Dances of Universal Peace, interspersed with meditating on the readings of mystical writers, give us a beautiful way of spending time together.
We can expect to increase our sense of joy, harmony and peace, and feel encouraged to find ways of bringing these qualities into our daily lives.
Musical support from Clare Cummings and Gavin Gray
Experienced dancers and newcomers all welcome.
Please wear comfortable clothing and bring soft shoes (bare feet are fine).
Fateah has been leading DUP for many years throughout the UK and other countries. She is a mentor and trainer for the International Network for DUP. She has been following a Sufi path for over 20 years and recognized as a teacher in this tradition since 2006.
You may contact Fateah for further details: 0131-664-6206, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Opening to Joy! - (1)
Event: Afternoon Workshop: Ceridwen's Cauldron: Creative Writing and Celtic Wisdom.
Facilitators: Alette Willis and Allison Galbraith.
Time: Registration: 2.30pm-3pm. Afternoon Workshop: 3pm-6pm.
Event Description: The Welsh goddess, Ceridwen, collected all the wisdom of nature in a cauldron and set it to simmer. When the boy who was charged with keeping the fire going accidentally tasted the liquid, he gained all of that wisdom, becoming the most celebrated storyteller in the realm.
Come, dip your finger into the rich cauldron of Celtic myths and story traditions, and be inspired to (re)write your own story. Alette and Allison will share traditional tales from their book, Dancing with Trees: Eco-tales of the British Isles, and lead you through exercises that will reconnect you to your self, to nature and to the power of storytelling.
Weather permitting, part of this workshop will take place a 10-minute walk away, in the Scottish Wildlife Trust's smallest nature reserve: Johnston Terrace. Please bring appropriate outdoor clothing and footwear.
Alette Willis is a university lecturer, specialising in ecological writing and environmental ethics. She is currently Storyteller in Residence to Real Talk: Storytelling for Wellbeing. Allison Galbraith has a Masters in Scottish Studies and is a full-time storyteller with over a decade of experience in using arts for wellbeing and environmental education. Together they wrote Dancing with Trees (History Press, 2017) to share the wealth of ecological wisdom that can be found in traditional myths and folktales from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. www.restoryingtheearth.com
Creative Writing and Celtic Wisdom
Event: Evening Workshop: Vedic Mantra Chanting and Kirtan.
Facilitator: Jeffrey Levin.
Time: Registration: 6.15pm-6.45pm. Evening Workshop: 6.45pm-8.45pm.
Event Description: Vedic mantras have the power to purify our body and mind as well as invoke divine grace. This evening will start with a short meditation then we will explore of the 'Om' mantra as well as other of Vedic Mantras such as Gayatri Mantra and Mahamrityumjaya Mantra. The meaning as well as the pronunciation will be the emphasized. Later we will sing some Kirtans accompanied by a harmonium. Kirtans are chants that use simple melodies that involve repetition of various names of the divine. Kirtans can open our hearts and invoke the sweetness of love and devotion to the divine. There will be an opportunity to share or lead a chant. I look forward to an evening where we raise our vibrations and open our hearts through singing and chanting.
Jeffrey Levin: I have been on the spiritual path for a number of years and been inspired by devotional practices as well as the path of knowledge or understanding. I have been sharing and leading bhajans/kirtans and Vedic chanting sessions with like-minded friends and in a few regular groups. I have also spent a significant amount of time India where I have lived in various Ashrams. I learned to chant Vedas while in India and have developed a deeper understanding of the Vedic tradition and its message. I enjoy exploring both western and eastern approaches to spirituality.
Vedic Mantra Chanting and Kirtan
Event: 14th Annual Mindful Peace Walk.
Organisers: Jointly organised by the Edinburgh International Centre for Spirituality and Peace, EICSP, Scottish Charity, SC038996, and the Edinburgh Sangha of the Community of Interbeing.
Venue: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, John Hope Gateway, Arboretum Place, Edinburgh, EH3 5NZ.
Time: 9.30am-11am, meet at West Gate entrance to the John Hope Gateway, Arboretum Place, at 9.30am.
Event Description: This silent walking meditation is an open event. It will be led by the lay members of the Edinburgh Sangha of the Community of Interbeing, who follow the practice and teachings of Zen Buddhist Master, Thich Nhat Hanh. The walk begins at the John Hope Gateway of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Before the walk begins there will be a brief introduction to mindful walking as meditation practice. This is not a protest or a campaigning event, so please do not use any banners. Children are welcome when accompanied by adults. Please remember to wrap up warmly. Please note that no animals except Registered Assistance Dogs are permitted within the Garden.
‘We walk just for walking. We walk with freedom and solidity, no longer in a hurry. Let us enjoy every step we make.’ Thich Nhat Hanh.
Cost: Admission Free. Just come along on the day. For further information:
Event: Afternoon Workshop: Contemplative Meditation; a way of bringing together different traditions in silent seeking.
Facilitator: Jim Pym.
Event Description: Contemplative meditation provides a link with our own soul, spirit or divine spark, through which we can deepen our understanding of of words and phrases as guideposts on our spiritual journey. It is found in one form or another in almost all spiritual traditions and is therefore a wonderful tool to help us to a deeper understanding of our own spiritual journey and that of others.
Jim Pym is a Quaker, with a background in Buddhism and Yoga. He leads courses and retreats, based on a variety of approaches to meditation, mostly in the South of England.
Contemplative Meditation
Event: Evening Celebration: Tales of Joy, Love and Romance as well as a riveting feminist Arthurian story, "The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell
Facilitator: Hanna Yaffe.
Time: Registration: 6.30pm-7pm. Evening Celebration: 7pm-8.50pm.
Event Description: Story has been used for generations to convey ideas and profound truths.
We’ll listen to, and experience stories that explore universal healing techniques and transformational qualities.
We’ll travel from England to Eastern Europe. We’ll meet King Arthur, and Sir Gwain and Lady Ragnall, have tea with Jewish and Sufi spiritual masters, and we’ll bump into Holy Fools, and laugh, and wise Mystics will greet us along our journey.
We will also sing some lullabies from troubled places, with a desire to experience compassion and empathy in our hearts, learning tools that will help us to nurture and heal ourselves and our communities.
Living the life of an ardent peacemaker, Hanna Yaffe uses music and stories to create healing, love and unity.
Hanna frequently presents Jewish stories and music with Muslim and Christian musicians and storytellers.
“Lullabies from Jerusalem” and “Birth in a Time of Bloodshed” are Hanna’s award winning CD’s.
She has been a humanist and spiritual peace activist since her teens.
Born in London, she practices an observant Jewish lifestyle, regularly leading prayers at her Synagogue, and teaching traditional Jewish chants.
She has performed at the MESP twice before, and at the Edinburgh Festival of Spirituality, The World Parliament of Religions, St Ethelburga’s and numerous other venues in the UK and abroad.
She lives in Jerusalem with her husband, and near the grandchildren.
Tales of Joy, Love and Romance
Event: An Evening with Dr Rowan Williams.
In conversation with Professor Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies, Assistant Principal Religion and Society, Dean International, Middle East, the University of Edinburgh.
Chair: Ewan Aitken, Chief Executive Officer of Cyrenians.
Venue: St Mary's Cathedral, Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AW.
Date: Wednesday 21 March 2018.
Time: Registration: 6.30pm-7.15pm. Event: 7.15pm-9pm.
Event Description: Dr Rowan Williams is acknowledged internationally as an outstanding theological writer, scholar and teacher. He has been involved in many theological, ecumenical and educational commissions. He has written extensively across a very wide range of related fields of professional study – philosophy, theology (especially early and patristic Christianity), spirituality and religious aesthetics. He has also written throughout his career on moral, ethical and social topics and, since becoming archbishop, he turned his attention increasingly on contemporary cultural and interfaith issues.
He was educated at Dynevor Secondary Grammar School in Swansea, he came up to Christ's College in 1968. He studied for his doctorate at Christ Church and Wadham College Oxford, working on the Russian Orthodox theologian Vladimir Lossky. His career began as a lecturer at Mirfield (1975-1977). He returned to Cambridge as Tutor and Director of Studies at Westcott House. After ordination in Ely Cathedral, and serving as Honorary Assistant Priest at St George's Chesterton, he was appointed to a University lectureship in Divinity. In 1984 he was elected a Fellow and Dean of Clare College. During his time at Clare he was arrested and fined for singing psalms as part of the CND protest at Lakenheath air-base. Then, still only 36, it was back to Oxford as Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity for six years, before becoming Bishop of Monmouth, and, from 2000, Archbishop of Wales. He was awarded the Oxford higher degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1989, and an honorary DCL degree in 2005; Cambridge followed in 2006 with an honorary DD. He holds honorary doctorates from considerably more than a dozen other universities, from Durham to K U Leuven, Toronto to Bonn. In 1990 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy. Dr Williams is a noted poet and translator of poetry, and, apart from Welsh, speaks or reads nine other languages. He learnt Russian in-order to read the works of Dostoevsky in the original. This led to a book; he has also published studies of Arius, Teresa of Avila, and Sergii Bulgakov, together with writings on a wide range of theological, historical and political themes.
Elected as Archbishop of Canterbury on 23 July 2002. Confirmed as 104th Archbishop of Canterbury on 2 December 2002 in St Paul's Cathedral, London. Enthroned as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury on 27 February 2003 in Canterbury Cathedral.
At the end of 2012 he moved to a new role as Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Dr Rowan Williams
Event: Retreat: Mindfulness Day.
Facilitator: Venerable K Sri Rewatha Thero.
Date: Saturday 24 March 2018
Time: Registration: 9.30am-10am. Retreat: 10am-5pm.
Event Description: This Day Retreat, which is suitable for beginners and more experienced meditators, teaches mindfulness meditation based on a fusion of traditional Buddhist practice and modern western approaches to health care and education as promoted in the programme of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Centre.
Venerable Rewatha, a Buddhist monk of thirty-five years standing, has designed aspects of this course to allow those who are interested in learning mindfulness ways of developing mindful skills as an aid to managing stress. Complete beginners are welcome. The retreat will include both sitting and walking meditation, Dhamma discussions and mindful movement (yoga).
There will also be opportunities for one to one discussions with Venerable Rewatha Thero.
Donations will be sent to Mindful Pre-School in Sri Lanka.
Mindfulness Day
Event: An Evening with Alastair McIntosh.
Title: Towards Third Millennium Christianity: Activism, Nonviolence and the Mystical Imperative.
Chair: Prof Jolyon Mitchell, Director of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues (CTPI), New College, University of Edinburgh, where he is also Professor in Communications, Arts and Religion.
Time: Registration: 6.30pm-7pm. Event: 7pm-8.45pm.
Event Description: If Christianity still matters, then why? McIntosh will argue that Jesus was an activist on a cosmic scale. He understood nonviolence as the power of love. Religion of the first and second millennia has, for the mostpart, compromised that vision. Third Millennium Christianity is a refreshed opening of the way. It seeks, perhaps with other faiths, to walk the mystical path and bring fresh hope into the world.
Alastair McIntosh is the author of Soil and Soul (2001) and Poacher’s Pilgrimage (2016). He is an honorary fellow of the School of Divinity at Edinburgh University and an honorary professor at Glasgow University.
Event: Afternoon Workshop: Creative Meditation.
Facilitator: Theo Dijkman.
Event Description: This workshop offers participants an opportunity to explore meditation as a creative process. Most of the time we tend to follow fixed patterns in relation to ourselves and the world we live in. In this workshop we will learn how to ‘play’ with the mind and use it in new ways. Through this we may get a sense of greater direction and freedom in how we use our mind as well as how to approach issues differently. We will consider aspects of meditation including reflective and receptive meditation and the use of a seed thought to enable the creative process.
Theo Dijkman is a UKCP registered psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer. He was first introduced to meditation practice in 1978 and currently delivers meditation practice training as part of the MA Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy programme at the Institute of Psychosynthesis in London.
Creative Meditation
Event: Evening Workshop: Connection through Music, Movement and Meditation.
Facilitator: Corinne Harris.
Time: Registration: 6.30pm-7pm. Evening Workshop: 7pm-8.45pm.
Event Description: Corinne Harris has been involved in theatre for thirty years as an actor, director and musician. Her belief in the transformative potential of theatre as an art form and platform for life changing possibility has led her to exploring the theatre of possibility both on and off stage. She received an MA from RADA and King’s College, London specialising in directing – her primary focus being the practice of Eastern European directors. In the past year she has been to Poland with Wojtek - Theatre Objektiv and New York with Messages from a Mental institution with The Elements World Theatre. Corinne is currently co-artistic director of Lucida Performance Lab who are in development with Ashes on Canvas.
Music, Movement and Meditation
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Winners of the Max Frei/The Stranger Giveaway!
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Nebula Awards Finalists, Part 1 - Brasyl, by Ian McDonald (reviewed by Jacques Barcia)
(Note by Fabio Fernandes - Following the trend set here before with the Philip K. Dick Award, nominees - by the way, said reviews aren´t done yet, but that cause-effect juggling in space-time continuum will be repaired soon, thanks for your patience and understanding - we are going to review, or publish reviews by other contributors, of award nominees. This is Nebula time - as you know, Bob, the Nebula winners will be announced next Sunday, April 26, 2009, in the Nebula Award Banquet in Los Angeles.
The first novel of the lot is Ian McDonald´s Brasyl. Jacques Barcia wrote it in March 2008 in his own blog. It is reproduced here with his permission.)
Parallel lives, parallel times, parallel universes. And a single country. Or not quite so. In Brasyl, Irish writer Ian McDonald opens a window to three distinct landscapes: one futurist, descending from cyberpunk tradition; other contemporary, an echo of news services and the fever of reality shows; and, at last, one in the past, in a mysterious and predatory jungle, an independent world inside a colony. Linking all these three universes, so distant from each other, and at the same time so close, is quantum physics, its possibilities and its consequences.
The book tells the story of three characters separated in time and space. In 2006 Rio de Janeiro, Marcelina Hoffman is a TV producer specialized in reality shows seeking Barbosa, the goalkeeper of the fateful 1950 final, when Brazil lost for Uruguay in the Maracanã stadium. In ultra-surveillance society of 2032 São Paulo, entrepreneur and street guy Edson Jesus Oliveira de Freitas has his life tured upside down when he gets involved with a girl member of a gang of quantumeiros, physicians that use illegal quantum computing to break any kind of code. And in 1732 Amazon, Jesuit father Luis Quinn hunts, in the name of the Church and the Portuguese Crown, another father that would be building his own theocracy in the heart of the jungle. And in the middle of all this, two conspiracies that cross the wall between realities: one tries to keep the multiverse a secret, while the other tries to open up the realities as the only way to save them.
But Brasyl is much more than this. It is a book that keeps the title Science Fiction has earned: that of last representative of the literature of ideas. Just because of that, Brasyl is not an easy book, even less a conventional SciFi book.
In the book, McDonald builds, in those three narrative lines, three discussions: the number of lives an individual may have, the quantity of landscapes and societies a country can have and, finally, how many different worlds fit in a universe. It is a tour, from micro to macrocosm, about the nature of identity. It is a book about philosophy, physics and the nature of reality. About choices, secrets and masks. It is a book about a country that never were and maybe never will be. About parallel realities, but focused in their similitudes rather than their differences.
In the end, Brasyl is not even a single book, but many, inside a single tome of about 400 pages. That is because McDonald wrote, between the lines, that he could have made made books with the same premise, the same elements and the same characters. Brasyl could have been a book about interdimensional intrigue. It could have been a action-packed book, with capoeira, gunshots and swordfights. It could have been an epic in the jungle. It could have been a book about the future of a country dominated by soap operas and reality cop shows, controlled by a surveillance system that monitors, from the stratosphere, every person, every object. Not that all these elements are not present in McDonald’s book. There are fight scenes in which capoeira is described in all its beaty, a afro-descendent version of Hong Kong movies. There are swordfights, both in 18th century chivalric tradition, and in a future one, with the Q-Blades, capable of cutting in the quantum level.
But instead, McDonald decided to spend most of the book writing about three characters and their individual parallel realities: a blond girl that is also a capoeira practiotioner and tries to keep her beauty tp be a little happier, and at the same time that maintains a love affair with a colleague without knowing if it is love at all; a priest, that is an assassin and a general; and a man that by day is an entrepreneur, in love for a Japanese descendent girl, by night is a cross-dresser, a dance queen, and in the weekends is a super-hero, a homoerotic fetish.
And McDonald tells these stories using a special, poetic and labyrinthine prose. The points of view going back and forth, both between the three main characters, as in their minds eye, their memories and multiples lives, too often jump to different scenes in the same paragraph. The structure McDonald uses in Brasyl completes the notion of parallel realities and is the mark of an author that has control over his book.
Through three main characters, both believable an empathic, McDonald explores the nature of Brazilian people. Even if he hasn’t lived in Brazil, doing his research in a couple of visits to São Paulo, Bahia and the Amazon, and reading the few books about Brazil available in English, McDonald was able to capture, with amazing precision, th Brazilian spirit. And he did this without clichés, without hullabaloos, but with critical observations regarding the importance Brazilian people gives to beauty, soccer and TV. Besides, geographically everything is right and linguistically, it is better than most foreigners trying the language of Camões.
The author mixes his English with many terms in Portuguese, which causes a positive estrangement much more interesting to fellow English speakers, but here it becomes the only and real downside of the book. There is a great deal of misspellings: non existent diacritical marks, misplaced accent marks and some inaccurate translations. But that is something that does not diminishes the book’s brilliance and importance.
A hell of an accomplishment for a gringo, definitely Brasyl is a book Brazilians must read.
8:40 AM | Posted by Fabio Fernandes | | Edit Post
I loved the book a lot too - stylistically it's just great, atmosphere same and I am delighted it hit the right notes for a native Brazilian; the one quibble I had was the sf-nal concepts which started great but did not coalesce that well in my opinion.
I thought River of Gods while less pyrotechnic and with its problems in the same respect of pulling threads together, a better sf novel overall, but this one was very, very good too.
Fabio Fernandes said...
Incredible as it may sound, it didn´t hit the right notes for me - but I concede that it´s a hell of a good, well-written book, and the very best novel written on Brazil by a foreigner author.
I wonder what Indian readers thought of River of Gods, btw.
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0P3N Blog
Your Intro to Capture The Flag (CTF)
By: clairvo
Welcome, to any enthusiastic cybrarian viewing this.I am a high school senior and my entire senior project is based on the world of CTF. In the following article, I will be translating the first section of my senior project documentation for everyone interested in getting a better understanding of CTF.
CTF - An acronym for "Capture The Flag". This term has been widely used to classify a specific type of games in many different fields. It can be used in video games, board game or as in our case - in cybersecurity. The rules are similar matterless of the field the game is played in, there is a territory that has to be infiltrated and objects that need to be captured while fighting against the opposition or competition of another team. The Ancient Romans used a board game version of CTF games to train their children in war strategy and battle formations. In 2007 the US Army created the US Scouting Service Project, which tackles hypothetical scouting missions in a sandboxed environment. Adapting these games to the field of informational security gives us the possibility to practice our practical skills, without needing to wait for a real work scenario to appear and without partaking in illegal actions to hone our knowledge.
CTF competitions are a powerful tool not only for the security specialist to train themselves in a possible work-related situation but also for students. The themed and interest dragging presentation of CTFs combined with the flexibility in the levels of difficulty make these challenges perfect for security enthusiasts of all calibers, even the smallest ones among us. Same way embedded specialists motivate children of all ages to be involved in robotics, we - the security specialist must take the responsibility to create an army of cyber-security ninja kids.
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1.2. Types of CTF competitions
Jeopardy - In this type of competition there is a certain number of task challenges which can be different types: web, crypto, binary, forensic, etc. Depending on the difficulty of a certain task it delivers a different amount of points to the player that solved it. The tasks can be shaped in so-called "chains" which means that for the player to unlock the next challenge he needs to first solve the one before it. At the end of the game, which is usually defined by a time limit the team that scored the most points is victorious. Examples for competitions of the like are present at Hack the Nexus, DEFCON Quals, Kaspersky Industrial, SECCON, HITCON.
Attack-Defense - Each team has its own Vulnbox which is essentially a system with security vulnerabilities. Each team has time to patch it's own system while developing exploits for the enemy system. When the games start the teams have to start using exploits on each other while protecting their own systems in order to "steal" flags off the enemy team.
Mixed - Any combination of the upper two competitions is considered a mixed one. There can be an attack-defense competition having a few jeopardy tasks set as bonuses or a jeopardy competition with a global task including an attack-defense dynamic.
1.3. Types of CTF tasks
Reverse Engineering - The point of reverse engineering is collecting new information and understanding of a technology through disassembling it to its base parts. At the beginning, to RE it was only used on hardware, but currently, it has evolved into being applicable in software, databases and even DNA analysis.
PWN (Binary) - The objective of PWN challenges is for the player to acquire access to a target system without the system administrator's permission. The targets can be personal computers, servers, websites, networking devices or applications.
Web - Web challenges include a wide range of things but the essence is analyzing a website to gain information. You can analyze the web site's source code, the hierarchy of the directories and all the functioning ports.
Crypto - Cryptographic challenges are mostly defined by giving the players a sample of encrypted information. The player has to decrypt it in order to acquire a flag or a clue to the next step of the competition.
Stegano - Steganography is the art of hiding a secret string of text, image, video or audio file in a different file of the same like. Stegano challenges usually consist of an image that contains nothing interesting at first sight. The image factually contains the flag of the challenge, but to acquire it the player has to run the image through filters and algorithms. There have even been steganographic challenges that feature a 3D model the player has to add a light source over to be able to see the flag.
Misc - All challenges that can't be classified within the upper categories are put under "miscellaneous". An example of such a challenge was the Sochi 2014 CTF Olympic. The players were given 5 different character strings. The challenge at first looked like a cryptographic challenge but was, in fact, a fun and simple keyboard mapping exercise, children are proven to solve this challenge faster than most grown-ups :
43wdxz ---> S
4edcvgt5 ---> O
65rdcvb ---> C
6tfcgh8uhb ---> H
9ijn ---> I
Thank you for your attention, if enough people want me to I will take the time to translate the next segment that covers hosting your CTF competition with the RootTheBox framework. Also here, have some useful learning sources:
CTF Time: https://ctftime.org/ctf-wtf/
Root The Box: http://root-the-box.com/
Installation guide RtB: https://github.com/moloch--/RootTheBox/wiki/Installation
List CTF frameworks: https://github.com/apsdehal/awesome-ctf/blob/master/README.md
Hosting a hacking challenge article: https://events.ccc.de/congress/2005/fahrplan/attachments/562-Paper_HostingAHackingChallenge.pdf
Russian article: https://cyberleninka.ru/article/v/ctf-orientirovannaya-paradigma-izucheniya-prakticheskih-voprosov-informatsionnoy-bezopasnosti
Using docker for CTF: https://hackernoon.com/how-we-used-docker-to-organize-a-ctf-like-event-5e32061eb597
DEFCON CTF archive: https://defcon.org/html/links/dc-ctf.html
Article 11p: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/ase17/ase17_paper_taylor.pdf
Article Data collection: https://www.amrita.edu/system/files/publications/framework-for-evaluating-capture-the-flag-ctf-security-competitions.pdf
Setting up FTP: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-vsftpd-for-a-user-s-directory-on-ubuntu-16-04
CTF Approach in Education: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/306526917_A_CTF-Based_Approach_in_Information_Security_Education_An_Extracurricular_Activity_in_Teaching_Students_at_Altai_State_University_Russia
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Atari History and Evolution of Atari Computers- Atari Fans Club
Atariforge.org
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF ATARI COMPUTERS
Atari has not generally been involved in gambling from the onset. From the late '70s to the mid-'90s, the corporation delivered a progression of fascinating and uncommon laptops and desktops, including one that had a featuring role in ‘Eliminator 2.'
Atari ST Book (1990)
Atari launched an ultrathin PC in its Atari ST line in December 1990 at Europe. In contrast to the large Stacy before it, the ST Book was incredibly slender and weighted lightly. Atari discarded the internal floppy drive to make the ST Book nothing but 1.4 inches thick and under 5 pounds. Notwithstanding, the ST Book's delicate plastic case and LCD screen were inclined to breaking easily. This might be the reason the company restricted its creation to an incredibly little 1000 units.
Atari Mega STE (1990)
The Mega STE was launched in the late 1990s. It depicted the final gasp of the bit Atari ST desktop line. It dispatched with the quickest 68000 CPU of the arrangement at 16MHz and contained 1MB to 4MB of Random Access Memory, a 40MB to 80MB inner hard drive, and an internal 3.5-inch floppy drive in a particular TT030-style case.
Atari Stacy (1989)
The first portable member of the Atari ST line is the 1989's Stacy. When the Macintosh Compact sold for $6500 to $7300, the $1995 Stacy appeared to be a deal. At that cost, you could purchase a Stacy with 2MB Random Access Memory, a 20MB hard plate, and an 8MHz 68000 CPU. Lamentably, the Stacy was not excessively lenient on the C cells that fueled it. New batteries would last just around 15 minutes in the machine, making it far less mobile than most customers might want.
Atari Transputer Workstation (1988)
Atari's most odd (and now rarest) production Machine was launched in 1988 in the form of the Atari Transputer Workstation (otherwise called the ATW-800). The workstation, which ran the Unix-like “Helios” operating system, joined various plain CPUs in a parallel arrangement that could then be connected with different Transputers to frame an extensive parallel system. The idea appeared to be encouraging from the outset; in any case, it bombed even with perpetually incredible (and a lot less expensive) independent CPU frameworks.
Atari 520STE/1040STE (1989)
In 1989, Atari updated its standard 520ST and 1040STf PCs, creating the 520STE and the 1040STE – the E meaning “enhanced.” The 520STE dispatched in the more significant 1040STf case with an attached floppy drive, however, it contained just 512KB of RAM. The 1040STE still used its previous case, including two new broadened joystick ports and interior RAM upgradability through SIMMs. The two machines incorporated the “blitter” illustrations acceleration chip presented in the Mega ST a couple of years prior.
Atari TT030 (1990)
Following quite a while of selling ST-compatible PCs with 8MHz Motorola 68000 CPUs, Atari launched another top of the line desktop producing workstation called the TT030. At the price of $2995, it contained a 32MHz 68030 CPU, 2MB RAM, a 50MB SCSI hard drive, and another operating system all enveloped with an upscale new portable case. Atari designers tried hard to keep the framework adaptable with ST software. Sadly for Atari, the ST line had since a long time ago been overshadowed in the share of the overall industry by the Mac and by modest PC clones. Hence, the TT030 stayed a niche item that was sold mainly in Europe.
Atari Portfolio (1988)
In a period of plentiful experimentation, Atari launched what was then the world's littlest MS-DOS-adaptable computer. The $399 Portfolio was about the size of a VHS tape, and it contained a nonbacklit monochrome LCD screen, 128KB RAM, and detachable storage on battery-sponsored memory cards. In spite of the fact that it was generally welcomed in the press, it didn't really stir things up – however, it helped hack an ATM in Eliminator 2.
Atari 400/800 (1979)
Atari's 8-piece PC line started as a cutting edge follow-up to the noteworthy Atari 2600 computer game console. After observing Mac's achievement in the early PC market, Atari officials requested their engineers to transform the new hardware into a PC system, which turned into the 800. Initially retailing for $1000, the Atari 800 dispatched with 8KB of RAM, which was able to be upgraded to 48KB. Its younger sibling, the Atari 400, delivered with less RAM and a level keyboard console for $550.
Atari 65 XE/130 XE (1985)
Following Warner Communications sales of the consumer shares of Atari to Jack Tramiel in the year 1984, Tramiel dropped many existing ventures and started working on another machine to best the up and coming Commodore Amiga. In the interim, he supplanted the 8-bit XL series with two fresh models: the 65XE, with 64KB of RAM, and the 130 XE, with 128KB. Both were perfect with existing Atari 8-bit software.
Atari 600XL/800 XL (1983)
In 1983, The Atari 600XL and 800XL were launched, and they fixed a portion of the 1200XL's issues. The 600XL (a trade for the Atari 400) contained 16KB RAM, and the 800XL had 64KB RAM. Both carried a 50-pin Parallel Bus Interface (PBI) on the back, opening the entryway to complex future overhauls.
Atari Falcon030 (1992)
The 32-bit Falcon030 was Atari's final gash at the PC marketplace before the organization shut down its computer department to fully concentrate on its up and coming Puma game console. The $1299 Falcon030 contained a 16MHz 68030 PC, an inner IDE hard drive, sophisticated visual modes, and – most amazingly – the capacity to both yield and digitize Disc quality sound. The Falcon030 did well with the same MIDI-sequencing crowd that had recently received the Atari ST platform, yet it was unable to draw in people that are deeply attached to Microsoft's software system. Because of its unique, spunky plan, the Falcon030 is the most desired among Atari diehards.
EVOLUTION OF ATARI COMPUTERS
It's an outstanding name in the world of computer games: Atari. Yet, few individuals today recollect that the video game legend once made PCs, as well. For a long time (1978 to 1993), Atari structured and created four clear lines of PCs: the 8-piece “Atari 800” line, the 16-bit ST line, the computer compatibles, and the 32-series. Despite the fact that Atari began off solid in the U.S. PC advertise, the organization before long wavered even with shake-ups in the game business (its main business) and stiff challenge from IBM PC compatibles. In Europe, Atari clutched a niche of committed fans for quite a long time until at last closing down its computer division in 1993. You'll see pretty much every generation PC model that Atari at any point launched over those 15 years in the following slide.
Atari PC/PC2/PC3 (1987)
By 1987, the IBM-PC-perfect market had ruptured into a plethora of unapproved computer CPUs made by many producers, each unified by MS-DOS and the x86 CPU engineering. Atari chose to take a stab at a PC clone in 1987, producing the Atari computer, an 8MHz 8088 machine with 512KB of RAM and a 360KB 5.25-inch floppy drive in a Mega ST-style case. Soon after that, the organization launched the PC2 (which brandished a more significant case and two floppy drives) and the PC3 (which utilized one more case and incorporated an internal hard disk).
Atari XE Game Framework (1987)
By 1987, everybody was somewhat envious of Nintendo's blockbuster accomplishment with the NES. The Japanese game organization had generally launched its console in the US just the prior year, yet had effectively sold over a million units while without any assistance reigniting the computer game market. Hungry for a bit of the new business, Atari plunged into its antique chronicles and hauled out a couple of stunts, including the 7800 and another console – the XE Game system – given its waning 8-bit PC line. Tormented with antiquated programming and yesterday's arcade ports, neither one of the strategies worked as trusted.
Atari ABC 286-30 (1990)/ABC 386SXII/386DXII (1991)
By 1990, Atari's PC-adaptable line started to all the more intently look like other PC clones. The frameworks utilized for the most part off-the-rack parts, and sold with undeniably progressively configurable choices. The ABC (Atari Business PC) 286-30 delivered with a scope of CPU and capacity decisions, offering an 8MHz to 20MHz 286 CPU and a 30MB to 60MB hard plate. It likewise incorporated Atari's first PC-perfect 3.5-inch floppy drive. The ABC 386 arrangement – Atari's last invasion into PC clones – included either a 20MHz or 40MHz CPU, 1MB or 2MB of Smash, and a 40MB or 80MB hard drive. The ABC 386 PCs were the main Atari PCs to send with Microsoft Windows – variant 3.0, indeed.
Atari PC4 (1987)/PC5 (1988)
The PC4 was released as an expansion of the previously mentioned PC2 and PC3 series in 1987, yet contrasted considerably in that it incorporated a 16MHz 80286 CPU and 1MB of RAM. The PC5 dispatched in 1988 with a 20MHz 80386 CPU and 2MB of RAM. Since Atari focused the sales of these PCs, mainly in Europe, they are hard to be seen in the US.
Atari ABC N386SX (1991)
The majority of the Atari, as mentioned earlier PCs in this article, is, as you may expect, designed and developed by Atari. The ABC N386SX is not the same at all with them. SOTEC, a Japanese PC producer, built this computer system. SOTEC sold a similar model itself, and Atari's only involvement was to put its name on the PCs it sold. The ABC N386SX, which launched in the mid-year of 1991, was the single PC-compatible laptop ever made by Atari. ABC N386SX contains a 20MHz 386 CPU, 1MB of RAM, an inner 3.5-inch floppy drive, and a 20MB hard drive. Maybe a couple got it, and even less recall it.
Atari Mega ST 1/Mega ST 2/Mega ST 4 (1987)
As the ST picked up footing in the music world, it additionally wound up prevalent as a cheap desktop producing machine, especially in Europe. To ensure it made full provisions for the market, Atari launched the modular Mega ST line. The PCs included either 4 MB, 2MB, or 1MB of RAM; a separable keyboard; and another “blither” chip to speed up on-screen designs. The organization additionally established a low-cost laser printer around a similar time to finish the collection.
Atari 1040STf (1986)
In contrast to the 520ST, which depended on an outer floppy drive and power supply, the 1040STf incorporated those two components into a single case. It likewise increased the RAM to 1MB, selling for $999 in 1986 as a total system with a base unit, a monochrome screen, and a mouse. The 1040STf was Atari's most well-known PC in the US during the 16-bit period.
Atari 1200 XL (1982)
Atari updated its 8-bit PC line in 1982 with the 1200XL, which included 64KB of RAM and a rearranged internal design enveloped by smooth new case design. Despite the fact that the 1200XL integrated what might be the best-feeling keyboard of the arrangement, it likewise ended up known as an exceptionally faulty machine. Another operating system presented baffling incompatibilities with existing Atari 8-bit programming, and the closed case permitted no genuine extension. Transactions of the first 800 went up after the arrival of the 1200XL; sending Atari back to this plan's beginning point.
Atari 520ST (1985)
The release of Apple in 1985 started a race to build another generation of 16-bit, GUI-based computer. Atari developed its similar PC, the 520ST, and released it in March 1985. It was an incredibly modest $799 package that incorporated a 360KB floppy drive, a mouse, and a monochrome VDU. (For an extra $200, you could get a color VDU.) The 520ST crammed 512KB of RAM and included a multicolored visual windowing system called GEM. When the Mac platform immediately commanded the universe of visual depiction, the Atari ST discovered its most grounded specialty in music creation because of Atari's incorporation of two implicit MIDI
2014 THE GAME AT ATARI CASINO
For the genuine Atari fans, you will realize that Atari Casino isn't the first Atari casino… as the organization of the game drew out a computer game called “Casino” route in 1978. This was an extremely fundamental top-down casino game initially launched on the Atari 2600 games reassure and constrained by up to four Atari games paddles.
There were two distinctive blackjack games, five-card stud poker, and a poker solitaire game.
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Review: The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
By Steven 24th February 2019 4 Mins Read
DIR: Robert Rodriguez • PRO: Jinko Gotoh, Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller • WRI: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller • ED: Clare Knight • DES: Patrick Marc Hanenberger • MUS: Mark Mothersbaugh • CAST: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett
Wow, has it been really been five years since Everything Was Awesome? Some of the kids that saw the first the first Lego Movie are twice as old as they were back then? Will the new film still have meaning for their grown up selves? Of course it will because it was never for kids in the first place, not in the physical sense anyway. These films are filling that inner child void no one likes to admit having, that realm of the imagination and heart, that only the likes of Bill Maher does not have!
The first Lego Movie ended on a cliffhanger. What was going to happen next? Finally we get to find out. Phil Lord and Chris Miller have made a sequel that is equal to its predecessor, an equal sequel if you will.
If you remember Dad realised his rigid Lego attitude and constructions were selfish and not useful to the growing imagination and versatility of his son who wanted to play with Dad’s Lego too. He allowed him to play with the Lego. This was fine but came with a sub-clause in the form of little sister being allowed to play in the bountiful basement of Lego. This resulted in an alien invasion of sorts.
The new film picks up from there, the citizens of Bricksburgs, led by Emmett, attempt to make friends with the new arrivals. It does not have the required effect, a title-card emblazoned with “Five Years Later” and we are now in the rechristened Apocalypseburg, a Mad Max-esque world of dour citizens waiting for the next attack/display from sister Lego abominations. Sure enough, a new game plan from the Lego people of the Sistar System results in the seeming kidnapping of Emmett’s friends and Emmett must rescue them. Along the way he meets Rex, a chiselled hero and friend to raptors, who is willing to help him in his plan. To say more would be to give too much away.
A host of great new characters join the cast, Princess Watevera-Wa-Nabi (Tiffany Haddish) being the most wonderful and tuneful of them all. Mighty Boosh Fans will enjoy the addition of Richard Ayoade and Noel Fielding to the proceedings, in small but scene-stealing roles. Will Ferrell also provides a fun cameo returning as President business and Dad. The song ante is raised to great affect, including a new song ‘Everything Isn’t Awesome’, which puts an amusing perspective on things.
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, to use its purposefully convoluted title is pretty much a joy from start to finish. So smart and clever, part of you wants to hate it. It has that rare quality for a film of this kind; it has its Lego cake and eats it. Essentially it’s the story of two children’s conflict played out in their imaginations with also the added weirdness of the scenes that happen outside of their imaginings. That’s all the explaining you’ll get from me.
If Lord and Miller had made Inception it might have been a decent film. Despite its film referencing and pop culture mining, the story never loses sight of the characters and story, even the life lessons and moralising that are par for the course these days, are handled with great delicacy, i.e. it doesn’t bore, patronise nor lecture.
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The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part is released 8th February 2019
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Heroic Citizens Fact-Check the LYING MSM about Corona
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Re: Heroic Citizens Fact-Check the LYING MSM about Corona
Originally Posted by midnight rambler
Doc, I cannot imagine the Iranians playing along with something non-existent to further the interests of the usual suspects, and I doubt the Iranians have set up 5G in Qom where the first outbreak was in Iran. Additionally, I cannot see Boris Johnson playing along as he was skeptical initially.
Well, here's the latest on Boris:
As all of Britain (with the possible exception of a handful of extremely bitter remoaners) wishes Prime Minister Boris Johnson a speedy recovery, his spokesman told reporters on Tuesday that the PM hasn't been diagnosed with pneumonia, and although he has received supplementary oxygen, he likely won't be needing a respirator.
Following a handful of alarming comments from doctors and other medical experts last night, James Slack, the Downing Street spokesman, added that the PM's condition was considered "stable". The PM "remains in good spirits," they added.
That's the official line, at least: We won't really know whether Johnson is in the clear until he's well enough to leave the hospital.
Who knows how he's really doing--all we have is the MSM and we know they lie about everything...
Also, on your comment "I cannot imagine Iranians playing along with something non-existent to further the interests of the usual suspects..." Yeah, I totally hear you, but at the same time, there was some weirdness with that plane crash that made me wonder if there was some infiltration by the usual suspects....
There was a post on the Iranian crash by Vivian Lee (fake name--she's actually a professor in the US, here: https://jamesfetzer.org/2020/01/vivi...t-752-in-iran/), who has done good work on a number of these hoaxes/staged events, that made me wonder what was really going on in Iran and whether (((they))) or the (((central bankers))) had some level of control or infiltration in Iran....In her Vivian's post, she picked up on signs of a staged event, and it left me with a weird feeling of how could they do that in Iran b/c I thought Iran was against the Zio empire (they teamed up with Russia to save Syria, and they helped fight off ISIS)...I honestly didn't know what to make of it b/c it made no sense, and I couldn't figure out how they could orchestrate something like that in Iran...
#filmyourhospital Empty Hospital videos expose media liars
Starts with screen shots of family members saying MSM and Govt. are LYING about the deaths of their loved ones and that it was NOT corona. RN says hospital is dead, Texas, hospital worker says yeah, they are blowing it up, Irish lady, empty hospital, empty respiratory lab, San Jose , CA, 3:34 quiet , nothing going on, St Luke’s hospital Denver, Colorado, empty, nothing happening, St. Joseph’s hospital, only one person in waiting room and RNs say it’s extremely slow, nothing going on, 4:51 Elmhurst hospital, NYC, nothing going on ambulances sitting parked for over an hour, “ more people with cameras b/c nobody believe s the fake f*&^ing media, where are all the people 5:41 Miami FL, empty, quiet, 6:04 Montana, Bozeman, supposedly “ hot spot” yet nobody is there, for corona tests, 6:39 Los Angeles, CA, quiet, empty, 6:57 NYC, 15 ambulances parked and doing nothing, no one in testing tents, look through window and no patient s in waiting room, 7:45 UK lady yelling at hazmat guys in apartment lying about homeless guy and saying he’s dead from corona, when the lady knows he’s alive. She accuses them of deliberately spreading fear by lying about the homeless guy (maybe MI6?) 9:59 Los Angeles, CA, quiet, no people, no lines, Kaiser riverside, nothing, Miami FL, not a war zone, more like a dead zone,11:11 San Francisco, CA, Mark Zuckerberg Hospital, not seeing people lined up, more empty testing centers, empty parking lots, 12:00 Laredo, Texas, empty, quiet, nothing going on, 12:10 Berlin, Germany, emergency situation described by media does not exist here. Tampa Bay, empty, Southern California, 7 hospitals, empty, no lines. 14: 06 NY, nothing, 14:37 Miami Dade County, huge empty parking lot for testing center corona tests nobody is getting, 15:50 Temple University hospital, nothing, 16:21 guy outside hospital in NY, talking with black food stand workers, say they haven’t seen anything activity at the hospital, camera guy says something must be going on (as in suspicious, why are they lying), black guy says “yeah, the New World Order” (!!!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMXse_Wisyo
rodolfo8787 - We have been played. Just to get the economy crushed. Here in Brazil they recieved order to put anyone that dies as cause of death COVID19. Doctor are not allowed to open bodies. And the government allowed to burry w/o death obituary. It is all a hoax. YES Corona exists. But they register all deaths as corona.
RandomChristianMusings - Yep, Joker Box. My husband works at a hospital in La Jolla, California. Patient census is actually down from the norm. His dept. is, in his words, "Business as usual."
Red Richard You cannot film dying patients or access cause of death because of HIPAA laws, perfect excuse. So patients that media does show must be actors.
Derek Downs - All the hospitals in New York city empty their said it war zone it's a dead zone at the hospitals fake virus and fake news government is lying to us shut down the country for nothing it's unbelievable they lying to us like always
RL Hilliard - After watching this I drove to Valley Medical in Renton....they supposedly had the first diagnosed case in WA state there....it was quiet. Parking lots empty, emergency waiting room empty, no ambulances other than one cleaning his equipment. The mobile check in area of tents in back had a sign that said "Mobile Care Unit, Appointment Required" and it was empty...no lines or cars or people to be seen. Then I drove to Harbor View, a well- known trauma hospital in Seattle and it was quiet, I also checked out Swedish Hospital and it was quiet, literally no activity in the waiting room at the emergency entrance. I also checked out Century Link, the Seahawks stadium, as the national guard has supposedly set up a field hospital...and guess what? Quiet as a church mouse! No lines, no cars, empty parking lot, and the only people I saw were a few soldiers in uniform walking with cups of coffee. What is going on Where are all these sick people
Muddy Mudskipper - @16:23 these 3 guys get it. This is NWO. Beast system, mandatory chips, 5G, Real ID. It's here.
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FILM YOUR HOSPITAL- advent health and Halifax health daytona beach FL-
Here's my Florida film my hospital from yesterday where's the overwhelmed?? It's so empty it's advent health and Halifax health here in Volusia county. the advent health holds near 500 to 700 i believe to hold sick people. Do you see an "overwhelmed" system? Any lines for emergency room? Constant ambulances arriving with COVID-19 patients? No lines, everything calm, nothing going on,
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consedd 2 - Empty hospitals everywhere. I think this is a psyop to see much control they have over the world’s population. So far most people have been cooperative, with little or no pushback.
PING Apologist #9 - All those lots should be full of cars if not just for the staff to "combat" this virus.... This is ALL fake. I bet all the "coverage" we've been fed of all the filled ER's was filmed during the preparation for this months ago during the Event 201 meetings led by a Mr. Gates..
Nausi - ID2020
Kaye Findley - Nausi: Yes! I live in Austin, Texas where this is being implemented now on our homeless population, by telling them that the great benefit of ID 2020 is never having an ID stolen or ever losing it again, because it’s built in! Sad!
Corona - April Fools
Okay, thought this was a good one--lots of clips from all over the place, all showing empty hospitals, no people, nothing happening...starts with talk about “radio fake scares nation” (from when they scared the nation by having the radio talk about a “Martian attack”), then then showing MSM talking head saying how overwhelmed hospitals are, Hawaii, shows testing center lady lying about how busy they were, then shows its really empty. 2:43 Georgia hospital, empty, 3:06 Australia, 3/22 testing tents empty. 3:32, Kentucky, empty tents, empty hospital. 4:00 Ajax Hospital, Ontario, nobody here, empty, where are the covid patients. 4:48, Dublin, Ireland, 3/28/20 they tell me lots of people overwhelming the hospital, yet it looks empty. 6:58 Medford, Oregon, Providence Medical center, nothing going on, looks empty. 7:06 Illinois, ER at Northwestern Hospital, no people, nothing. 7:35 Washington, Trias Care Center empty, ghost town. 8:09 Rhode Island, Kent County hospital, Warwick, empty ER, nothing going on. 8:50 Rhode Island Hospital, biggest hospital in Rhode Island, empty, dead like this for a while. 9:25 NYC Phyllis and William Mack Pavillion, not much going on at ER, around corner refrigerator truck, no dead bodies, nothing happening. 10:25 NYC, MSM says hospitals are "war zones," yet Brooklyn, looks like no one is getting tested, ER has no people, front of hospital, no people, why the lockdown? 11:43 Nottingham, UK, nothing here, empty, what is this corona virus rubbish? are we being lied to?12:15 CA, 3/29/20 empty hospital, nothing happening, 12:51 Florida, 3/29/20 testing area empty, Berlin, germany 3/27/20, hospital empty, not match what the MSM saying, 13:29 Bolonga, Italy, another empty hospital, ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXmKZ3k1Tdg&t=11s
DerpDeHerp Pop n Stuff - I live on a major military installation in the u.s. . It's fake, all of it. This is a classic test of our ability, as a society, to adapt to a future pandemic. The elitist behind the scenes will use this information against us in the future. Consider it a probe of our social and economic weaknesses. Next we'll see a "vaccine" for this problem. Be afraid. Be very afraid for what's to come.
Joan Neighbors - Bill Gates is now in the process of perfecting a vaccine which includes a microchip. This will include all of the information on the person. Also included is tracking, medical info, and anything else they deem important to control every aspect of your life. In reality, this will be the 666 identification of Satan in the Bible. Anyone NOT having the microchip will be at the mercy of evil. At present, it's a test to analyze people's reactions.
craigslue - Just had a thought, why haven't I seen any grieving wives, husbands, daughters, sons, brothers or sisters? Does anybody know anybody that has died? Hell I don't know anybody including myself that knows anybody with the Corona virus. Bizarre, I really don't know what to think?
Lotfi here in belguim where i live , i haven't hear no ambulances sirene for about 2 weeks now
ThoughtCrime7 Had to share an interesting observation after posting this vid. Most people believed that most hospitals, clinics and testing centers, worldwide, were (and are) at full capacity (including me). Makes sense, the mainstream media has been telling us this for a few weeks. After seeing evidence to the contrary, many people have argued that, yes it's true, many facilities are empty, but there are good reasons for this, even sending me a couple of mainstream articles to explain the empty-hospital-phenomenon. In other words, the people who believed that most health facilities were over capacity yesterday, are defending why they are empty today. They were not concerned that mainstream media is telling two opposite versions of reality. They did not notice the contradiction and the lie, rather, they changed their mind to protect the narrative of media and government - even when it changed 180 degrees! Then they blame me for showing them the evidence, saying "downplaying this virus is dangerous". Any psychologists out there who can explain this double-think?
Glock9999999 Same here in LA... Hospitals are empty... Sure there are covid19 patients but not like what's being shown on mainstream media.
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COVID-19: Inside The Hospitals & Why The Lockdown?
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The economy has come to a screeching halt, people are scared and confused, theories are flinging left and right, and everyone wants to know – why are we being forced to shut down our businesses and stay in our homes, and why is President Trump going along with this while shady characters stand at his side?
There is a lot of confusion because nefarious characters are propagating fear tactics, embellished stories, and doom and gloom scenarios, while those with hope want to believe this is all a cover story to take down these nefarious characters. All of this has led to an onslaught of fabricated stories based on no evidence, heightened suspicions about every news piece – understandably so, and a whole lot of amped up outrage and fear.
The truth lies somewhere in the middle, and I hope to clear up some of the confusion. I wanted to go beyond the empty parking lots of the hospitals and see what’s really happening behind closed doors. I have data and information from over a dozen hospitals documented in bullet-point fashion midway through this report. Has the media exaggerated the alleged “war zones” at these hospitals? Are they really running low on supplies? Are people really dying? Does this virus even exist? How accurate are these tests? Is there any truth to these refrigerator trucks? Why are these parking lots empty? And the ultimate question – WHY is Trump willing to go along with crushing our economy and shattering millions of businesses that may never recover in the process? What are they really up to?
Before going any further, I will tell you that there are not “war zones” at hospitals yet, and none of them have run out of ventilators thus far. That part was most certainly an exaggeration. That said, the virus is real and is lethal to the minority, and they are all short on various other medical supplies because of the burn rate when dealing with a very contagious virus.
It is important to note that no Hipaa laws were infringed upon in obtaining this information. I have communicated with, and verified the employment of all RNs, critical care nurses, respiratory therapists, technicians, MDs, pathologists, and other medical staff working in hospitals across our country. That said, all medical staff wish to remain anonymous, hence the simplified titles throughout this report. I have also had many discussions with professionals who are not included in this report.
What is COVID-19?
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Chest x-ray of a positive COVID-19 patient
Unlike the common cold or the flu, COVID-19, also known as SARS-CoV-2, infects more than just the upper respiratory tract but also the lower lungs, the blood vessels, the gastrointestinal tract, and also leads to temporary loss of taste and smell in some cases. In the most severe cases, which require ICU admission and mechanical ventilation, the virus can not only lead to diffuse lung damage causing acute respiratory distress syndrome, but there is mounting clinical evidence that microvascular injury and increased blood clotting are major contributing factors to morbidity and mortality. Although the vast majority of people only have mild disease and do not require hospitalization, the rates of serious outcomes are much higher than the flu.
What makes COVID-19 a bit of a mystery, is how contagious it seems to be. They keep telling us this, but no one wants to believe it, including myself. After all, it’s the perfect hoax to scare the hell out of everyone, get them to submit, break the economy during an election year, and prep us for what’s to come – the new vaccine cocktail out of one of Bill Gates’ newest facilities that is likely to be the Global Fund 2.0, packed with ID2020. It all makes perfect sense. And whereas all of that is likely the case, evidence does seem to point to this virus being as contagious as they claim. However, one in four people who contract it don’t even have symptoms, a larger majority have symptoms that don’t require hospitalization, and the smallest percentage are those at risk.
Fortunately, it only impacts a small percentage of the population, but unfortunately that small percentage is mom and dad, grandma and grandpa, and those with compromised immune systems, along with the occasional anomaly of a seemingly healthy individual who contracts it and dies from it. A pattern has yet to be found, but we are discoveringthat this has likely been here since November 2019, which begs the question, is this lockdown really necessary? They have yet to determine whether or not a person who does get sick and recovers, can get sick again. As of right now, they state that a person can remain contagious for up to 36 days after last symptoms present.
There is some discrepancy in the medical field as to what they are really dealing with. This virus acts very differently than they have seen before. Whereas it does resemble acute respiratory syndrome (ARDS), many are finding that the micro clotting is a big issue, and oxygen settings may need to be adjusted due to too much pressure on the lungs, while trying to determine what other actions would be best.
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Photo on left is a patient suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
This is caused by diffuse alveolar damage which is the result of the virus and the immune response to the virus, but there are other factors at play with this particular virus. Photo on the right is normal lung tissue, which mostly consists of air and lower respiratory cells and capillaries. More recently, the FDA approved an anti-malaria drug called Hydroxychloroquine to combat the inflammation in the lungs. When combined with Z-Pak and other antibiotics it seems to show good results for recovery. More and more states are beginning to use it, and our government has purchased and stockpiled 29 million doses. This is fantastic news! Despite this, they are forging ahead with their “vaccine” approach and all eyes are on Bill Gates right now.
So how many people are actually contracting this virus? Are those numbers exaggerated? Most people have suggested that China’s numbers are far higher than what is being stated by China. In fact, some of the people who believe this virus is an entire hoax also seem to believe the numbers are much higher in China. How is that possible? That is equivalent to two belief systems contradicting one another. That said, the Washington Post just published an article stating that Chinese statistics put Wuhan’s death toll at 2,563, but evidence is suggesting it was actually more than 40,000. Here’s another contradiction: some will say that China always lies so we shouldn’t trust their numbers, while at the same time saying that the Washington Post always lies and is fear mongering. Again, which is it? It cannot be both in this particular case. Yes, they are both liars… so find the element of truth that exists within the lies. More than likely, the numbers were higher than China was claiming.
As of today, the U.S. is reporting over 331,000 cases with roughly 9,500 deaths. Worldwide statistics are showing over 1.2 million cases with over 68,000 deaths and over 258,000 recovered. Of course, that recovery number is going to appear low because this virus has a long shed life before one tests negative. In regard to the 9,500 deaths, it is very important to note that many hospitals are documenting COVID-19 as the “cause of death,” when in fact the majority of patients have comorbidities. That said, some of those patients may have had months or years left to live had they not been struck by this virus.
Currently, the White House is projecting 100,000 – 240,000 potential deaths in the U.S. This comes weeks after the modeling systems suggested 1-2 million people could die, which was propped up by all mainstream news, Bill Gates, and the former CDC Director Thomas Frieden. It’s no wonder people are so confused. Make no mistake – it is the intention of the nefarious characters to confuse the hell out of you. These are mind games. These are classic tactics to create a crisis and destabilize a country. Keeping you confused and distracted is the name of the game, especially during an election year.
Is this virus as contagious as they say it is? They allege that it is mutating every 15 days, and has already created at least 8 new strains. Though they do not seem to grow more lethal as they evolve, it indicates how this virus may be spreading so rapidly.
How Is COVID-19 Being Tested?
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The Abbott M2000 can run 500-1000 tests a day
In regard to the test kits false/positive reads and efficacy rate, I have a couple points to make. We did not accept test kits from the WHO. That was very telling to me. There was also a major issue with the 1st generation CDC tests, which have allegedly been rectified. If the tests do have a percentage of false/positives, which I anticipate happens to some degree, the fact remains that some people are showing the symptoms while others are dying. Some speculate as to whether or not this is just the flu and being tested as such. After talking with countless medical professional dealing with these patients first-hand, I can tell you that none of them have ever seen anything like this, because the patient does a rapid decline and cannot breathe. Remember, the U.S. had never experienced MERS or SARS, with exception of 8 cases of SARS back in 2003.
Targeted PCR primers are used, where the sequence of the virus is analyzed and specific DNA sequences to the specific strains of the targeted virus are picked out. PCR can be highly specific, but the primers made (usually 15 base pairs of DNA sequence) should not be found in any other living organism or it could pick them up too. That said, the FDA validation was waived due to clearance by the emergency order.
I have spoken with several medical professionals at various hospitals and they have experienced some cases where patients actually tested negative several times before testing positive. Surely, there is a flipside to that as well, especially since nose swabs have such a low sensitivity rating. So are there false/positives and false/negatives happening that are potentially altering the numbers? More than likely, but I can’t provide a percentage at this time.
What Are Hospitals Doing with The Deceased Bodies?
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In some cases, medical examiners are not accepting COVID-19 positive patients because they are considered a natural cause of death. Unless of course they were a suspected homicide case as well. They are forensic pathologists looking at murders and unknown causes of death. Most people do not request autopsies on parents or family members because they have a reason for their death, and they do not want their loved ones to be cut up. That said, on the rare occasion they do, that would be an internal hospital request at which point the hospital would determine whether they are going to perform the autopsy. During this pandemic, one Harvard hospital has restricted autopsies to fetal autopsies only and is not performing autopsies on any adults or COVID-19 patients. However, other hospitals throughout Boston are still performing autopsies if there is no or low clinical suspicion for COVID-19.
Those that have died with COVID-19 are still contagious and the virus is still transmittable through oral fecal route and aerosolized droplets, which is why some hospitals have gotten refrigeration trucks to store the deceased. Performing an autopsy on someone who died due to COVID-19 would essentially show death by acute hypoxic respiratory failure with diffuse aveolar damage to the lungs.
In New York City, the medical examiner’s office are swabbing the nose and taking a lung tissue sample of all deceased in New York City who are suspected of having COVID-19, and storing it for studies. The funeral homes have stopped accepting bodies of COVID-19 positive and COVID-19 suspected in New York, hence the refrigeration trucks.
Some hospitals in other states have funeral homes picking up deceased bodies, while others have refrigerator trucks in use, and some have them setup as a contingency plan. One hospital has setup a makeshift morgue because funeral homes will not pick up the bodies. Thus far, we know that this virus is contagious before, during and after death, for up to 36 days shedding after the last symptoms, while they are still trying to determine if a person can get sick a second time.
How are they documenting the cause of death for COVID-19 related deaths? Well that’s an interesting mix. Some hospitals are in fact documenting it as COVID-19 being the cause even though those folks already had compromised health, and in many cases were in critical condition. Whereas, other hospitals are indicating it as “due to” but not the main cause. There are individuals who have died from COVID-19 who had no obvious preexisting conditions and were non-smokers, but perhaps they had major immune system issues? Sadly, in the heat of the moment with these cases, they probably aren’t getting to log a whole lot of background information, leaving these anomalies a bit of a mystery.
Clearing Up Some Misconceptions
Empty Parking Lots
Many hospitals appear “empty” because they have shut down elective surgeries, routine health maintenance visits, are not allowing visitors, are not running actual COVID-19 tests at their location, entire departments have been closed, and healthcare professionals have been sent home. They have switched to telemedicine for virtual appointments. Additionally, some have screening tents before allowing people into the hospital, while others allow them into the ER, but in most cases, those with symptoms are moved directly to a room in areas that have been designated for potential COVID-19 positive patients. This might explain why some emergency rooms appear to be empty as well. They are “ghost towns” because our government essentially closed up shop with exception of those who have severe emergencies, plus most people do not want to venture into a hospital right now for fear of getting sick.
That said, many also appear to be “ghost towns” because the media gave the impression that hospitals are in a “war zone” scenario, when in fact the numbers are much lower than what they were propagating. For example, a hospital may see a surge and have 20 COVID-19 positive patients all at once, on ventilators, but a week later may only have 4 people. These are the kind of lies that fuel confusion and cause everyone to believe the entire thing is a hoax.
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Covid19: Inside the Hospitals, Why the Lockdown? continued
Medical Supply Shortage
First, hospitals are not reporting to be low on ventilators. That entire drama that went down with New York Governor Cuomo has been exposed, and all other hospitals I have communicated with are not seeing shortages with ventilators. Some are also setup to share ventilators with other nearby hospitals if need be.
Putting that aside, they are all low on N95 masks. How is this possible? A few reasons. Some hospitals didn’t have much stock to begin with, others had masks and supplies stolen when this all hit the news, and the burn rate is exponential because everyone has to wear them and switch them out as often as possible. All hospitals are also rationing the masks in preparation for a surge and have their supplies locked up.
Airborne viruses require N95 masks and are supposed to be single patient use, but most hospitals are requiring that to extend to a 12-hour shift, and in some cases an entire week. Those working directly with COVID-19 patients often use a full face shield over the N95 mask to prevent contamination so it can continue to be used.
Several hospitals have told their staff that they are not allowed to wear their masks in the hallways and should only wear them when in rooms with patients. They are told to keep their masks in a paper bag when it’s not in use. This has created a lot of fear for staff because many are of the belief that this is far more contagious than they have been told, and they feel unprotected. One hospital has decided to begin sterilizing the masks between shifts, and another finally gave the green light allowing them to wear their masks in the hallways as well.
This virus event may look like one big overreaction from our point of view, but for those on the front lines, dealing with this up close and personal, many are very frightened that they will contract it and get their family members sick. No matter how small or how big this event may evolve into, it is having an impact on every single American right now in one way or another, and I would ask that those show respect and compassion for one another, especially those on the front lines.
Some areas are getting small waves of surges, while others are seeing very little traffic, and in some cases like at Banner-UMC in Tucson, they have yet to see one positive case.
“People Aren’t Really Dying and Refrigerator Trucks are Fake”
This would be a totally false statement. Some hospitals do in fact have refrigerator trucks due to how contagious this virus is. I cannot attest to the photos of dead bodies in the refrigerator trucks in NYC, but I can attest to the fact that there are hospitals in three different states who have brought them in, including New York. I have also seen photos of the trucks from a hospital in another state, but have not published them in this report, so as to protect their identity.
All of that said, the majority of people who have died had comorbidities. Some that may have only had days left to live, while others may have had weeks or months or longer, had this respiratory virus not hit them.
Inside The Hospitals on The Front Lines
Many I have communicated with, including several who are not in this report, have stated their concern over lack of masks and protection or concern for staff, many of whom are getting sick but recovering well, and the lack of testing on employees. One would think that being an employee at a hospital would require mandatory testing, even if they are not presenting symptoms. Some have also stated that they feel this has been blown out of proportion. One brave nurse had this to say:
“As nurses I think we are starting to suffer from PTSD – almost like domestic abuse victims – but our abusers are the CDC and the corporate healthcare industry and administration that are basically telling nurses “if we say up is down it’s your job to agree” even if we are putting your lives in jeopardy. We lost a nurse in Louisiana today to COVID. Families cannot be at their loved ones side as they perish because we as nurses cannot keep them safe from the virus. Anyone who says we are not at war is frankly full of shit. I’m sitting in my car – getting ready for my next shift – terrified and wondering if this will be the day I contract this virus and take it home to my multigenerational family.” – Nurse on the front lines
Note: All statistics indicated from hospitals and nursing home below, are moving targets, and the numbers appear to be increasing by the week, and in some cases by the day, as I have been tracking them for about 8 straight days now.
Ellie Brown, Director of Community Relations; Emergency Response at Columbia Lutheran Home in Seattle, Washington, has been battling the virus at ground zero. It first hit Life Care Center of Kirkland, just 14 miles away, and quickly spread to other nursing homes in the area, likely due to shared staff. Life Care Center is currently under fire for waiting two weeks to report the outbreak, as well as providing inadequate care to its residents. There are nearly 20 nursing homes in that area that have since been infected with COVID-19.
Columbia Lutheran Home:
• 26 COVID positive patients and staff at Columbia Lutheran Home
• 6 COVID related deaths
• Many residents have tested negative and they attribute this to good infection control protocols
• Staff have fallen ill. They must have 2 negative tests in order to return. This means weeks out of work which is straining the staff, but all staff are recovering well
• No resident has yet to retest negative after onset of symptoms, even after 30 days. That is a very long viral shedding time. Therefore, residents who no longer have symptoms are still contagious. They are continuing to retest them.
• They are seeing improvements in their residents due to their emergency response plan, innovative use of meds, and great care
• They are treating patients with Hydroxychloroquine, Z-Pak, and zinc. Thus far, all residents have tolerated the medicines well and they have seen improvements.
• Ellie has provided a lot of tips and information in dealing with COVID-19 on her twitter feed.
• Columbia Lutheran is one of the few, if not the only location out there that has chosen to be 100% transparent with families, residents, and public, from day one
• King, Washington is ground zero at 150 deaths thus far, with a dozen nearby nursing home facilities all effected by COVID-19
I know Ellie Brown personally, so when this news broke we were in immediate contact and have been since day one. I was especially concerned for her due to her medical history, and wanted to include a few Q&A about her experience in this report.
What have you been personally taking to keep yourself healthy during this?
“Hydrosol silver, elderberry, massive C, B and D, massive zinc, multivitamin, massive probiotics, staying hydrated. Laughter. Tears when needed. And someone to vent to. MASSIVE prayer. I may enter a study to see if my childhood mononucleosis, encephalitis, or viral meningitis is playing a role in my immunity to this thus far.”
Have you observed Governor Inslee helping or intentionally not helping your situation there? Have you personally had any first-hand contact with his office?
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“I have first-hand conversations with the King County supply task force. First two weeks, it really seemed like maybe they were going to pull through for us. Then NOTHING happened. I have 18 requests for supplies in. Facilities are categorized Tier 1 – 5. Columbia is Urgent Tier 1 – supposedly first in line. The people I was talking to everyday became hugely frustrated that they weren’t receiving their requests from Inslee-state group. Example: They ordered 100,000 gowns and received 18. Yes, 18.
They kept telling me they knew Inslee received supplies and couldn’t understand what was happening. Then, suddenly, the chain of request command changed to HMAC group. That new lady – a Navy rear admiral – suddenly took over. This was last week. Four weeks+ into the nightmare. Communication began to improve. To date, we have received some masks and 150 barrier suits. Our burn rate is very high. I have endlessly tweeted to Inslee with no response. I have had calls into his office with no response. I imagine supplies will come this week. I believe that the state emergency response supply chain was not properly in place.
Look at Governor Abbott going crazy good with his 83 million masks etc. America should never again rely on another country for ER medicine or supplies. We are no longer counting on help, instead we are scouring the universe for PPE and paying promoted posts on FB and IG for seamstresses. We are going to begin making gowns out of 7mm cut/hot gun soon if needed.”
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Do your records indicated any strange respiratory related deaths between December and February that may have been COVID, but no one knew at the time?
“Yes. Totally. I wonder now if this is what happened to my little momma in December. She wasn’t expected to pass and she suddenly became ill.”
Are you really seeing a 36 day shed life on this virus? So people are still contagious for up to 36 days after their symptoms went away?
“Yes. DOH told us 36 days. We thought NO WAY. But now we see firsthand first retest at 30 days of now asymptomatic resident is still positive. Good thing we are retesting otherwise if a facility doesn’t retest they would take off isolation OR allow employees to come back to work.”
Ellie Brown, Director of Community Relations; Emergency Response – EllieBrown@columbialutheranhome.org
Physician at a Major Boston, Massachusetts Academic Hospital
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• 62,962 people have been tested in MA
• 10,402 are COVID-19 positive
• 966 COVID-19 positive patients have required hospitalization, but are still investigating 6,373 COVID positive patients whose hospitalization status is unknown
• 192 deaths in all of MA
• Running double tests on people to rule out false positives from sample contamination. Test results are at 14% positive statewide
• Testing all employees showing symptoms, as well as patients that come in with symptoms or at risk patients with known exposures
• 98 employees have tested positive at a single hospital, but hospitalization and death rates for employees are unknown
• 1/3rd of COVID-19 positive patients are currently in the ICU – many are on ventilators – 20s, 30s, 40s all the way up, at one hospital. Some with no preexisting conditions.
• They are treating patients with Hydroxychloroquine, Z-Pak, antibiotics, and medications for other issues they may have
• Patients can also enroll in a Remdesivir drug trial, manufactured by Gilead
• Actemra (generic is Tocilizumab) is being used to control the cytokine storm, which is an immune reaction to this virus that causes a person to be unable to breathe
Nurse at UVM Medical Center in Burlington, Vermont
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• 10 patients have tested positive with no deaths as of March 27th at UVM, with 12 deaths in the state thus far, up two between March 27th and April 4th
• Screening tents are setup outside the hospital. Everyone who enters the front of the hospital is screened and temperature taken. They converted one 30-bed unit and their ICU into a COVID-19 response unit, and expect to have another 22-bed unit setup next week, in addition to converting the 30-bed surgical unit as backup.
• No visitation for patients
• They have been treating patients with Zithromax, Flagyl and Rocephin – waiting to hear on Hydroxychloroquine
• The nurses are given one N95 mask per day and some are also given one face shield per day. It is then put in a bag marked with their name on it, sterilized, and reused the following day.
Staff Member at Beaumont Health in Royal Oak, Michigan
• The numbers are changing daily. As of April 1st there were 124 COVID related deaths, with some in their 30s to 50s. By April 4th, they are reporting 540 deaths
• 8 Hospitals are in this network
• Staff is being trained to fill other departments and some are being pulled to other hospitals when staff get sick
Numbers below reflect April 1st stats:
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• There is a drive-thru screening area and no one is allowed in the hospital unless they are showing symptoms. If they have a cough and fever they are sent home and advised to isolate. If they have severe symptoms they are directed to the ER
• As of last week, lower Michigan hospitals were at capacity, so mid-Michigan hospitals were preparing to take in patients
• They are low on masks and gowns. Nurses and doctors receive one N95 mask per shift and other staff receives the basic masks. The state of MI had 1,000 ventilators but is expecting to get more
• Governor Whitmer originally would not allow the prescribing of Hydroxychloroquine and has recently changed her tune on that, requesting the drug
• Funeral homes are not picking up the bodies, so makeshift morgues have been implemented in the hospitals
Nurse at Edward-Elmhurst Hospitals in Illinois
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• As of April 3rd, 33 patients were being treated for COVID-19 at Edward Hospital with 393 cases in the entire county
• There have been 17 COVID related deaths in DuPage County thus far, with 3 at Edward Hospital
• Elmhurst hospital has had to put the majority of COVID positive patients on ventilators
• A screening tent is setup outside and they only admit someone if there is an actual emergency or if COVID-19 symptoms are severe. They have two entire floors setup strictly for COVID-19 patients, with some negative pressure rooms
• They are not allowing visitors
• Very low on masks – having to brown-bag their own if they can find an N95, otherwise they are using the less effective cotton ones. They were told not to where them in the hallways and on certain units, which caused a lot of stress on staff
• A new policy was made on April 1st encouraging all staff to wear masks (plain surgical type), which was a big change for the staff considering they had previously been reprimanded from wearing them on certain units.
Nurse at ECMC in Buffalo, New York
• 5 Positive COVID-19 patients
• 2 Deaths: both were males in their 70s with bad comorbidities. COVID was recorded as cause.
• 2 ICUs with 12 beds each, trauma unit with 18 beds, step down unit with 9 beds
• No visitors allowed
• Converted 12th floor to accommodate COVID positive patients
• Using Plaquenil (Hydroxychloroquine) and Z-Pak
• Sufficient number of ventilators but need N95 masks
• A single N95 mask is used for an entire 12-hr shift
Nurse at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee
• The system consists of an adult and children’s hospital plus 11 satellite walk-in clinics designated as testing sites
• 200 Confirmed cases with less than 50 hospitalized
• 85 Staff members have tested positive, have not been hospitalized, and are recovering well
• They have sufficient supplies and ventilators
Nurse at Christiana Care Hospital in Newark, Delaware
• It consists of a 1000+ bed hospital, in addition to a free-standing ER and 2 other hospitals
• 264 COVID positive cases in all 3 counties (Kent, New Castle and Sussex) as of last week, with
an estimate of 30 being treated in the hospital, half of which were in critical care on ventilators
• They have had 6 COVID related deaths in all 3 counties – do not have specifics on those
• Treating with Plaquenil (Hydroxychloroquine) and Z-Pak
• They have a sufficient amount of ventilators with over 240 ventilators with 50 in use at the time of this report, and their masks are being rationed because many have been stolen. There is a concern there may not be enough if they have a surge, so managers have locked them up
• The staff must use one mask per 7 days and are not happy about it, but full face shields are also available to some medical staff
Doctor at a Large Hospital in Manchester, New Hampshire
• 9+ COVID positive patients
• 2 COVID related deaths with comorbidities: compromised immune systems and respiratory issues. One was in their 50s and one in their 80s
• 4 Prior patients already being managed have now tested positive and had to be intubated. This has raised concerns. One is currently on the Hydroxychloroquine cocktail
• The Hydroxychloroquine and Z-Pak cocktail was previously given to one patient, and they recovered two days later
Nurse at Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg, Oregon
• 8 COVID positive cases, not all hospitalized, no reported deaths as of last week
• 1 Nurse had symptoms and was sent home for a 14-day quarantine, but was not tested. They are very restrictive in running tests and they have been taking 4-5 days to get results
• Nurses only get 1 surgical mask per 12-hr shift. They have to keep them in paper bags when they are not in rooms with patients
Nurse at a Hospital in Helena, Montana
• 281 COVID positive cases with 24 hospitalized in the state of Montana
• One hospital in Helena has had 5 positive cases with 2 people on ventilators in negative pressure rooms, both of whom were exposed to many staff members prior to testing positive
• There are disputes between doctors as to agreeing on use of Hydroxychloroquine
• Staff members at a couple hospitals are concerned over procedures and feel they have all been exposed which has created a lot of fear and distrust
Nurse at St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital in Camarillo, California
• 50-Bed community hospital
• 5 COVID positive cases as of last week
• 2 COVID related deaths with comorbidities
• An unusual number of patients having to be intubated for this hospital. In a 24hr-span, 4 patients had to be intubated but they were not tested for COVID at that time.
• They are finding that patients struggle with breathing and their oxygen needs rapidly increase, they go on a ventilator and go into acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
• They are low on medical supplies and are reusing masks and goggles. Prior to this virus hitting, masks were only used with patients in isolation. Now the burn rate has substantially increased.
Nurse at a Busy ICU in Orange County California
• Only 1 COVID-19 positive patient who was treated and sent home
• They have prepared their hospital for a surge to be on the safe side
• They are ok on ventilators but short on other protective supplies
Nurse at Inner City Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• 10 COVID positive cases – some were sent home with medicine
• 4 COVID positive patients on ventilators
• 1 COVID related death of an 80+ year old with terminal comorbidity
• Treating patients with some of the following: Hydroxychloroquine, Tamiflu, antibiotics, zinc, vitamin C
• Plenty of ventilators, gowns, gloves, and goggles
• Staff receives one N95 mask per 12-hr shift to be sure they don’t run out in the future
• Only symptomatic employees are being tested
• As of April 3rd, the entire state of Wisconsin has had 1,916 COVID positive cases, 487 hospitalizations, and 37 deaths. There have been 22,377 people who have tested negative
Nurse at a Hospital in Louisiana
• 7 COVID positive cases
• 1 COVID related death
• Nurses are keeping their masks in a paper bag and were just recently informed that they are not allowed to wear masks in hallways
• Some patients are allowed 1 visitor right now
• The state of Louisiana has had 10,297 COVID positive cases, 370 COVID related deaths, 1,707 currently in hospitals, and 53,645 tested negative
Doctor at a Major Hospital in Ohio
An entire COVID-19 positive family passed away. The parents were in their 70s with no preexisting conditions and the son at age 50 also had no preexisting conditions. All were non-smokers.
Takeaways & My Speculations on The Virus Itself
Some key takeaways from all data, research, and conversations:
• The virus is real and is lethal to those with comorbidities and compromised immune systems
• The virus does appear to be very contagious and is allegedly mutating every 15 days
• The number of deaths in the U.S. thus far is roughly 9,500
• Their modeling systems and fear tactics of death tolls in the millions would appear to be hyperbole
• Most hospitals are not allowing visitors, which is tragic for the families who have a COVID positive family member in the hospital
• Most hospitals are not seeing a “surge,” but some are having an influx of patients
• Many employees are contracting it and getting sick, but are recovering well
• Many hospitals are faring just fine with ventilators and supplies, with exception of masks
• Our government has purchased and stockpiled 29 million doses of Hydroxychloroquine
• It is likely that this virus has been in the U.S. since early November
• Millions of people are out of work and forced to stay home over this virus
After taking everything into consideration from my research and all professionals I have communicated with, I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that this virus is real and people are dying from it. It is definitely not the flu being written off as “death by COVID-19” as some have speculated. However, some hospitals are in fact documenting those with pneumonia or other deadly infections or diseases, as death by COVID-19, which really skews the numbers. I am concerned a bit by the strange anomalies with younger individuals having no preexisting issues, but that could be due to weakened immune systems they were unaware of. The fact that the majority of people targeted by this virus have comorbidities, is a true statement, but I do not like that some hospitals are marking it down as the “cause” of death. That said, in many cases these individuals may have lived another 5 years or more with the conditions they had, so it shortened their lifespan briskly.
It would seem to be incredibly contagious as compared to other virus strains, and if there is validity to it mutating causing a bigger spread, that would make sense. However, they estimate that 1 in 4 COVID-19 positive cases could be asymptomatic, and many people are completely immune to it. Do I think it’s as deadly as they say? It certainly displays as being very lethal if it strikes the right person. Again, “the right person” is definitely in the minority.
The media has done a fine job of trying to confuse people by coming out of the Gate (pun intended) with the scare tactics of 2 million people could die! Of course, the fact that Bill Gates is all over this, is alarming in itself. They are now stating that between 100,000 – 240,000 people could die, and have ordered 100,000 military-style body bags for potential use. The number of COVID related deaths in the U.S. to date is roughly 9,500. Without going into numerous statistics on other death rates to make comparisons, it would seem this number is quite low from what they were anticipating. Of course, they claim that over the next couple of weeks we are going to see a huge surge, and perhaps that is possible, but with all of the containment, one would think that number would be significantly reduced.
So where does all of this information leave me? I personally believe this is far from a typical virus or even a mutated virus, and falls more in line with what would appear to be a bioweapon. There is not enough evidence to determine whether it was released by accident or intentionally, but there sure are a lot of reactions lending me to believe it is very plausible this was released intentionally and/or has created quite an opportunity to exploit Americans in the process.
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Final installment Covid19: Inside the Hospitals, Why the Lockdown?
Why The Shutdown of Our Economy & Home Quarantine?
Let’s begin with the fact that the news pushed this hard and fast. Tom Hanks was the first public figure to announce he and his wife tested positive and 32 minutes later the NBA ended their season. By the next day, 33 schools announced closures, Hollywood closed its door, and the following day President Trump declared a National Emergency.
Fear tactics and hyperbole were all the craze, and panic spread like wildfire.
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Yes it’s highly contagious, and yes it’s lethal if it strikes the right person, and everyone feels like a walking target because there have been strange anomalies as well. They’ve pounded it into people’s heads that “everyone can be a carrier” and therefore you could kill your parents or grandparents. It’s a devastating threat and has scared most of the world. Yet, it would seem that this lethal virus has been here since November. We spent the better part of four full months co-existing, running our businesses, and being touchy-feely without anyone being the wiser, and life went on – until it didn’t. So what is the right move here? Now that they’ve paralyzed everyone with fear of killing their parents or grandparents or anyone with a compromised immune system, how do we move forward?
Why did they take it this far? Is it because Deep State is trying to destroy our country during an election year? Yes. Is it because China was in on this and wanted to see us go down? Probably. Is it because there is massive retaliation against our President and a behind-the-scenes battle taking place, so they wanted to strike hard? Yes. Is it because Bill Gates, the WHO and friends have been planning their masterminded Global Fund 2.0 for mandatory vaccines for the world? Yes. Is it because the evil, power-hungry, Deep State thieves want to create a one world governance and a new world order? Well, they’ve said so themselves, so that’s a hard yes. Is it because they wanted to start World War III? It’s sure looking that way. There are many layers to this.
So when people ask, “why is President Trump going along with this and allowing for the destruction of our economy, our businesses, everything that’s been built up over the past four years, and making us stay in our homes?” My response is, “We are at war. He wants you safe. He’s listening to Deep State “experts” on this virus for a string of reasons, and he is in the middle of a battle that may include defending against bioweapons and other threats.”
Make no mistake, President Trump is fully aware of Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx’s ties to Deep State and work with the well-known AIDS global slush fund which I have been writing a book about, and have already released three chapters on. Who do you call when there’s a pandemic and the top tiers in the healthcare industry are all run and owned by Deep State? Who do you call when you want eyes on those managing the situation and working directly with Bill Gates to push his vaccines? At what point do you bring in replacements, cut ties with them, take the reins, and eventually take them down? We will find out soon enough.
There are obvious actions and reactions that draw me to these conclusions:
• March 27th: The CDC restored full operating capability to all U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) labs at Fort Detrick, Maryland where they will be working on a vaccine.
• March 27th: President Trump signed an executive order allowing for the call-up of up to a million troops for no longer than 24 consecutive months.
• March 28th: The U.S. Military have isolated themselves at a number of military sites, including Cheyenne Mountain, until the coronavirus pandemic passes.
• March 31st: The State Department put out a Global Level 4 Health Advisory – Do Not Travel, followed by a tweet on April 2nd stating, “The Department of State urges Americans not to delay travel home. Transportation options may soon be unavailable.”
• April 1st: President Trump stated in his press conference that they are working on building two more ships to help with the virus, when we already have the Comfort and the Mercy, who have treated less than a couple dozen non-COVID patients.
• April 1st: “Today, the Department of Defense and interagency partners began enhanced counter narcotics operations in eastern pacific ocean and the Caribbean sea to combat illicit drugs into the US.” They added ships, aircraft and security forces – navy destroyers, combat ships and more, nearly doubling. “22 partner nations joined us in this fight.”
If anyone believes this is just about narcotics, they need to open their eyes. They are protecting our borders while likely working on several other operations. Do I believe they are blowing up underground tunnels and rescuing thousands of children who have been trafficked? I have not seen a shred of evidence to point to this. They have done their fair share of taking down child traffickers and I do believe more actions will ensue when the time is right, but spreading disinformation is wreaking havoc.
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I do not come to these conclusions lightly. I also don’t pretend to have all of the answers and I am not a doomsday kind of gal, but I will not dispute facts and evidence, nor will I sugarcoat events to give people a false sense of hope. I am an optimist, a problem solver, and try to spread as much love and compassion as I can because I deeply care about humanity. I do believe we will win this battle, but people need to recognize that it comes with change, moving forward. I also believe that we will see some big arrests happen prior to the election, for if we do not, that would be a big mistake on Trump’s part. The people need a win, and we demand accountability for these vultures.
The more grounded and in reality people remain, the easier it will be for everyone to get through this and help one another. We are all taking a big hit right now and times are difficult for everyone. I hope that people keep that in perspective and not go full-on rage on others because of fear or because they want their version of this story to come true.
I believe we are witnessing one of the greatest battles of all time, and I pray that it does not escalate to harm humanity. When contemplating all of these moving pieces, I am honestly torn between whether or not it’s wise to continue our in-home quarantines or get back to work. I believe most people would rather live their lives fully and take their chances, just as we take our chances with a myriad of other viruses on the loose, every day of our lives. Do I still believe we are submitting and standing down to the powers that be, and allowing them to control us and our livelihood? You betcha, and I don’t like it. Not one bit.
I have always been a very decisive person, and base my decisions on facts and pure intuitive instincts. That said, this is the first time I can honestly say, I am a bit torn here. If we were simply talking about the virus alone, I would say we all need to get back to work before the economy and people’s lives are damaged beyond repair. But, I see the bigger picture and there are a lot of plays happening right now with a lot of moving parts, and I just can’t say what would be in the best interest for people right now. It’s difficult for everyone to watch this play out, experience the effects of it all, and not know what our future holds, but I will always maintain hope and be optimistic about what that future may look like. All I can do at this point, is provide the facts and evidence as they surface, and pray for all of my fellow Americans, and the entire world.
Stay strong. We can get through this together. I promise.
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PlatinumBlonde
All is quiet in the DFW area. Walgreens and CVS is quiet. I have a friend who is a medical courier in the area and he says it's very quiet.
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8th April 2020, 04:03 PM #138
Originally Posted by PlatinumBlonde
Hi PlatinumBlonde- I don't think you were here when I first joined, but good to see you back. Thanks for the update on the DFW area. Interesting info from your friend--I posted a video from a medical courier earlier on this thread (here http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthre...l=1#post964256). Seems like medical couriers have an interesting perspective on things, since they visit multiple health care facilities.
I'm from central NJ--the nearby testing center is completely empty every day.
Also, I'm wondering who is actually getting tested b/c I've watched tons of these empty hospital videos and I've never seen anyone at the testing tents--they are always empty (and supposedly the excuse for why they need these testing tents is b/c the hospitals are overflowing, yet I've seen so many of these videos where they've gone inside, and the hallways, waiting areas, ER waiting areas are all empty)
#EmptyHospitals #FilmYourHospital Several Hospitals are NOT warzones
Tallahassee FL, testing center, empty, Brooklyn NYC, Fairfax VA, UT (MB?) Harris county, Texas, Jason Goodman, NYC, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa FLO,
7:00 ****(Atlanta GA?), Grady Hospital, camera guy standing outside hospital, talking to black guys at food stand, camera guy says something aint right, black food stand guys say they want their New World Order, they want to reset the currency....and it's just a coincidence Thursday the Fed introduced a digital currency, they want is like China... they want to bring in their cashless society, then they can control everybody, what if your brother or nephew wants to borrow $100, how would you be able to give it to them if everything is digital? Camera guy says see health workers coming out without masks, yet they have everyone in lockdown...black guys say other nations in on this, they are going for one world order.... Loiusville, Kentucky.
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Donald J. Trump IS our very first Black U.S. President
Video evidence Donald Trump and your government has lied to you about coronavirus; all we could find are empty hospitals
You've been duped! Class action lawsuits worth trillions of dollars on the way. All American citizens must stand up for their rights.
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Hospitals do not appear to be “overwhelmed” as media and White House claim
No independent video exists of an overwhelmed U.S. hospital (if you have it send it in so we can update the post but we can’t find one nor can anyone else)
Use hashtag #FilmYourHospital
Editor’s note: To be clear, in no way are we saying COVID-19 isn’t real. We are merely squashing the MSM narrative that hospitals are “overwhelmed.”
(INTELLIHUB) — It appears that President Donald Trump and the Presidential Coronavirus Task Force have lied to you and you bought it all hook, line, and sinker.
The United States government and governments around the world have locked down there populations and have taken away people’s basic freedoms, civil, and constitutional rights in the name of “the invisible enemy” as President Donald Trump refers to the COVID-19 pathogen.
The following videos serve as admissable empirical evidence and will be used to file a major class-action lawsuit against the United States government all mainstream news agencies and all other governments around the world who are complicit in the fraud which has cost taxpayers trillions of dollars.
To boot, 16.8 million Americans are now without work.
Why would over 70 hospitals furlough employees if we are truly in a pandemic?
Please visit https://www.intellihub.com/video-pro...pty-hospitals/ for lots of videos (youtube and twitter)
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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00 · 7 days ago · link · · parent · post: Pubski: January 13, 2021
We have an employee. She has given me a ration of shit about HIPAA before - as in "we must shred everything and block all computers and enforce a ten foot rule or we will be SUED OUT OF EXISTENCE" and no amount of "I have designed HIPAA-compliant healthcare facilities for 10,000 employees before" discussion will shut her up. Every patient she sees generates a chart. That chart must be in our system to comply with the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act - the "P" is not "privacy" it's "patients deserve to be able to get their documents out of your system and into someone else's because it's their health goddamn it." We discovered that the fog of war around COVID had allowed her to not do (checks notes) 550 charts. All sorts of sympathy, all sorts of workarounds, all sorts of offers to help, she could not do enough charts to get ahead of the ones she generated with new patients. Then she decided to go "fix up a rental" across country over christmas and new years. She didn't ask, she told. I watched that woman's IP address on her work computer sit in the f'n French Quarter a block from the celebrations for six days. So we told her she needed to knock down 80 charts a week or we'd can her ass and she wouldn't get any new patients until she did.
She knocked 80 down in two days.
So now we're at "you're clearly motivated by intimidation where empathy and understanding don't work so you've got until you're done with your charts to figure out how you can be a team player without us holding a gun to your head 'cuz this is not even vaguely how we want to run a business."
It's fucking tiresome.
One of our patients is a DEI consultant. We had to fire an African-American first-year student for being a racist bitch to one of our midwives. Then we decided to pay this DEI consultant $5k to give us a DEI course. His take-away was "do the work" even though I specifically asked him for action items. After all this, I said "okay well you're telling us that we're doing the right thing through our diverse hiring practices and since you're a member of one of the communities you say is most in need of inclusion, how did we reach you, exactly? Because we need to do more of that obviously." He hemmed and hawed and then said "because you had an African-American midwife on your website." Not "student" - "midwife." "And she is well known in the community." She has 10k Instagram followers and doesn't know how to do a goddamn IV. Never mind that we flat-out told him that the principle reason we were bringing him in was bullshit around this racist woman we had to can - and never mind that his "other favorite midwife" is the woman she was racist towards. So I asked him "it sounds like you're telling me the best way to reach minorities is to performatively feature excess minorities on my website." He laughed but didn't answer.
Friend of my wife's is also a midwife. Has an assistant whose husband dropped dead in the middle of the night from a heart attack, having only had a mild case of COVID. So I took a pulse-ox, sent it to my doctor and said "I just want a damn EKG." Skeptically, they let me take an EKG, which came back telling them that for all intents and purposes I'm recovering from a heart attack. So now the office that wouldn't give me a COVID test and fought me for two weeks over an antibody test has me getting a chest X-ray, a sleep study, a lung functional test, an echocardiogram and gawd knows what the fuck else. Which, of course, I get to coordinate. What they're going to do, of course, is notice I've gained fifteen pounds and sent me back to the nutritionist who made me gain 20. When I told my PCP that the endocrinologist she referred me to refused to see me, she shrugged.
Cedar · 4 days ago · link ·
Hey bl00, having spent the last three years working in data protection I can safely say it's always tiring: solutions are under-baked or cremated, no middle ground. If we're lucky they are at least exciting / creative in some way.
goobster · 7 days ago · link ·
Yay? For the progress? On your health issues? I guess...?
...waves a tiny flag in the air...
lil · 7 days ago · link ·
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