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‘Mission: Impossible 7’ bosses, including producer Tom Cruise, are said to be planning to build a coronavirus-free village on an abandoned RAF site to enable the movie to resume filming ”quickly and safely”.
Tom Cruise and his fellow ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ bosses are said to be planning to build a coronavirus-free village to resume filming ”quickly and safely”.
The movie’s bosses have taken over an abandoned RAF site in Oxfordshire, south east England, where they want to construct a filming location, which will feature VIP Winnebago trailers for the stars of the motion picture.
A source told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: ”The film has already been heavily delayed and there’s no sign of things going totally back to normal any time soon, so this is a way to try to get things up and moving again quickly and safely.
”It’s also tough to get hotel rooms at the moment as most of them are shut for the foreseeable future, so it was this or delay things for even longer.
”It will mean some of the world’s biggest stars all living together in a posh campsite while working alongside the rest of the team.”
What’s more, the movie’s first assistant director Tommy Gormley is hopeful filming can resume by September.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today program, he said: ”We hope to start shooting again in September.
”We were days from shooting in Venice – we were right at the epicentre when it all kicked off – so we had to shut down in Venice where we were four or five days from shooting.”
And the film’s bosses look set to try to return to Italy at some point, as well as shoot ”a big chunk” of the movie in the UK.
He added: ”We hope to restart in September, we hope to visit all the countries we planned to and look to do a big chunk of it back in the UK on the backlot and in the studio, so September through to end April/May is our targets. We are convinced we can do this.”
Last month, the motion picture’s release date was pushed back to November 2021, after it was originally set for release in July 2021.
The film – which also stars Rebecca Ferguson, Nicholas Hoult, and Hayley Atwell, and is to be directed by Christopher McQuarrie – suspended filming in Venice when coronavirus started to spread across Italy.
A Paramount spokesperson said at the time ”Out of an abundance of caution for the safety and well-being of our cast and crew, and efforts of the local Venetian government to halt public gatherings in response to the threat of coronavirus, we are altering the production plan for our three week shoot in Venice, the scheduled first leg of an extensive production for ‘Mission: Impossible 7’.
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This period-themed art is causing outrage on Stockholm’s subway
Susan Devaney
One artist’s latest work is upsetting commuters in Stockholm.
Periods make people uncomfortable – even in 2017.
From hiding a tampon up our sleeve as we head for the bathroom to speaking about our periods in euphemisms, many women find themselves taking measures to ensure we hide the fact we’re menstruating. And the issue is not restricted to misplaced embarrassment over a natural bodily function – the silence around this part of the female experience means problems such as period poverty, shame and even office sexism are a very real thing.
Which is why one female artist, Liv Strömquist, has taken the matter into her own hands by sharing her period-themed artwork across Stockholm’s subway as part of project The Night Garden – which also features birds, cats, trees and naked men.
Inspired by the ‘pastoral idyll’ genre, Strömquist wanted to provide some calm to stressed-out commuters, according to The Guardian.
The artwork features various women drawn in felt-tip pen, rendered in black and white with a burst of red highlighting the fact they’re menstruating.
All of the artwork spread out across Stockholm’s Slussen station for the past five weeks – also known as the world’s longest art gallery – shows women ice-skating while menstruating. From a lady ice-skating and lifting her leg to show she’s on her period to a woman just sitting down and brilliantly showing her period stain on her trousers.
But some of the city’s commuters are not happy with the artwork – due to its setting.
“Lovely! Locals can now enjoy menstruation even in the subway!” one social media user wrote on Twitter.
“It is not enough to [have your period] once a month. Now you will be reminded every time you jump on the subway,” another tweeted.
Some others, meanwhile, have applauded the work:
“I think these Stockholm metro murals by Liv Strömquist are amazing!,” one user wrote.
While causing controversy is something Strömquist is used to experiencing with her work, she says she didn’t expect menstruation to provoke such a reaction.
“It’s weird that it’s deemed so provocative, as it’s something that we see all the time,” she told the SVT television station. “I have a hard time to understand that.”
Martina Viklund, a spokeswoman for the Stockholm transport company SL, said complaints had been made about the artwork, but that they stood by it.
“We do not wish for the work to be offensive in any way,” Viklund told Guardian Cities.
“But with that being said, we do not have a certain policy regarding different expressions of the naked human body.
“Art is a form of tradition were the human body has always been a subject for interpretation. By showing art of Liv Strömquist, we wanted to celebrate the human body in all of its shapes and forms.”
Images: Liv Strömquist / Twitter
Susan Devaney is a digital journalist for Stylist.co.uk, writing about fashion, beauty, travel, feminism, and everything else in-between.
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Counting down slowly
We're bored. We've done as much as we can and now all we can do is wait. The orders of service are printed, the place-cards are written, Sharon has returned from Ireland with her dress in a diplomatic bag and has taken to shuffling about the house in her wedding shoes hidden beneath big socks (to prevent scuffing) so they can be broken in, while I've secured a sporran and had my herr cut. The photographer has been consulted, the cars are filled with LRP and ready to roll and the video camera is in the hands of Zoom Halliday. If you want to know who's coming and who's not, see the Guest List. Bribes will be accepted for the seating plan!
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In Berlin, the East German leadership seals off the crossings from east to west: with a wall and barbed wire. Anyone henceforth seen trying to escape is shot. The unity of Germany as a state seems unattainable for the foreseeable future.
Willy Brandt is the first Chancellor not to be a member of the CDU party. The Ostpolitik of the coalition government made up of the SPD and FDP creates a framework for the reconciliation of Germany with its eastern neighbours.
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SMBs are set to enjoy free Windows 10 upgrade
By Editor | Published: February 16, 2017
If your small- or medium-sized business has yet to get a Windows 10 upgrade, fret not! Microsoft has just announced the good news. The tech giant is bringing back free Windows 10 upgrades exclusively for SMBs that passed on the previous offer. If you’re still doubting about getting that upgrade, these additional facts might help you change your mind.
“They’re extending the free upgrade to this segment of customers to help them get to Windows 10,” said Wes Miller, an analyst at Direction on Microsoft, specializing in complex licensing rules and practices. Much like the 12-month upgrade deal that ended last August, this offer applies to personal computers running on Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. The only difference is, the offer is exclusive for businesses that have subscribed to one of the Windows Enterprise plans.
According to Nic Fillingham, a small business product manager: “Customers subscribed to Windows 10 Enterprise E3 and E5 as well as Secure Productive Enterprise E3 and E5, can now upgrade their Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 PCs and devices to Windows 10 without the need to purchase separate upgrade licenses.”
The Windows 10 Enterprise E3 and E5 subscriptions are priced at $7 per user per month and $14 per user per month, or $84 and $168 per user annually. Unlike Microsoft’s historical licensing — which permanently licensed the operating system on a per-device basis — the E3 and E5 subscriptions are per-user licenses, and payments must be maintained to run the OS. This was introduced to target customers that didn’t want to sign a long-term volume licensing agreement.
In order to qualify for a Windows 10 Enterprise E3 or E5 subscription — which are delivered through a CSP (cloud service provider) — devices must already be running on Windows 10 Pro. SMBs could upgrade their devices for free last year if those devices ran older Windows 10 versions, and SMBs can upgrade the devices they newly acquire this year if those devices are already equipped with Windows 10 Pro.
“When the CSP originated, the only qualifying OS was [Windows] 10 Pro Anniversary Update,” said Miller. “You had to be on 10 Pro. So, if you missed the consumer upgrade window, you would have to buy the underlying 10 Pro license.” It’s this license that Microsoft is giving away to customers subscribing to Windows 10 Enterprise E3 or E5. The acquired license is “perpetual” and will be tied to the specific device. “This means the license will not expire or be revoked if the customer chooses to end their Windows cloud subscription in the CSP program,” added Fillingham.
Since the upgrade is considered a subscriber benefit, a PC upgrade might be needed — from Windows 10 Pro to Windows 10 Enterprise — and if the user isn’t already covered by an E3 or E5 subscription, an additional $7 or $14 monthly is needed to run the system. Miller stated that the likeliest reason Microsoft brought back the free upgrade was to get more people onto the User Subscription License (SL). Providing upgrades from older editions makes more of a customer’s PCs eligible for use under the SL model of E3 and E5 (which is licensed per user, not per device). Another motivation could be to promote a partner-centric CSP.
Microsoft has officially confirmed the Windows 7/8.1-to-Windows 10 Pro upgrade offer is a permanent addition to the benefits for subscribers to Windows 10 Enterprise E3 and E5, and not a time-limited pitch. If you’re still hesitating or would like to ask some more questions, feel free to give us a call anytime!
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Stockholm - Tele2 AB, (Tele2), (NASDAQ OMX Stockholm: TEL2 A and TEL2 B) today announces its consolidated results for the first quarter 2018.
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”The first quarter of 2018 marks the beginning of a year of major transformation for the Tele2 Group. Our business momentum continued with growth in revenue, EBITDA and operating cash flow. Looking forward to the merger with Com Hem, we are today also announcing an updated shareholder remuneration and leverage policy, which we believe is highly attractive to all shareholders of the combined company.”
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Tetris Concept
Tetris Fundamentals and Research
Multiplayer Efficiency
As mentioned elsewhere, newer players tend to outright ignore the downstack. Even with the best attacks, the “downstack ignorer” is unable to send garbage fast enough (on a per piece basis). As long as his opponent sends and clears more total garbage, the "downstack ignorer" loses. To gain some intuition, consider the following table.
This article employs a hypothetical game of Tetris, absent of T-Spins, Perfect Clears, Combos, B2B bonuses, and garbage canceling. This game also gives randomized garbage, where holes line up 10% of the time. This makes it easier to consider multiplayer strategy at its foundation.
Please read my "Multiplayer Metrics" article before this one. It explains some of the ideas and jargon found here.
A ‘G’ affixed to a particular line type represents the number of garbage lines that that line clear contains. The illustration below shows a “2G Triple." It consists of two rows of garbage and one row of upstack.
Line Type Pieces Garbage Cleared Garbage Sent Garbage Total Efficiency
0G Single 2.50 0 0 0 0.00
0G Double 5.00 0 1 1 0.20
0G Triple 7.50 0 2 2 0.27
0G Tetris 10.00 0 4 4 0.40
1G Tetris 7.75 1 4 5 0.65
The least efficient line clear that includes garbage still does better than the most efficient line clear that does not include garbage. Also of note is how the more a player stacks on top of a garbage row, the less efficient it becomes. This is true everywhere except for a 1G Tetris being more efficient than a 1G Triple.
A Tetris requires ten pieces to send four rows. One piece can clear one line of garbage. Should the garbage holes line up, a piece can clear more than one at the same time. It is tempting to jump to the conclusion that a player should then only focus on downstacking. The idea is to forego Tetrises in order to clear down garbage with as few pieces as possible. With this "freestyle downstacking" strategy, you only stack Tetrises in two cases. In the first case, four garbage rows already line up. In the second case, you have no garbage left to downstack. This might be a winning strategy, if it were not for one obstacle. Upstack tends to interfere with future garbage clearing. The following diagram shows a rare example where upstack does not interfere.
Yet in real games, such a one-to-one ratio between pieces and garbage cleared is next to impossible. When downstacking messy garbage, each piece that clears a garbage row leaves behind three filled cells. Since the field is ten cells wide, every 10/3 = 3⅓ pieces that clear a garbage row leave a Single's worth of upstack. Suppose a player clears one garbage row every two pieces. This requires him to leaves behind 1.75 pieces worth of upstack for every garbage row he clears. This inevitably leads to covered-up garbage holes.
Each filled cell covering an upcoming hole requires an additional upstacked line in order to uncover that hole. For example, a hole with two filled cells directly over it requires no less than two line clears. These upstack rows cost additional pieces before a player is able to continue downstacking.
A useful question to ask is, "just how many garbage rows can I clear within a given number of pieces?" There was a downstacking tournament to find out who could clear garbage with the fewest number of pieces. The game gave each player 18 randomly positioned garbage holes. Contestants had all the time they needed to figure out the most efficient moves. The runner-up, Anonymous, used only 38 pieces. The winner, Paul676, used only 36. Despite having no reward for sending lines, these players ended up clearing Doubles and Triples as a natural consequence of downstacking. Anonymous sent the equivalent of nine garbage rows. Paul676 sent eleven.
Player Pieces Garbage Cleared Garbage Sent Garbage Total Efficiency
Paul676 36 18 11 29 0.81
Anonymous 38 18 9 27 0.71
Suffice to say, a long-term efficiency of over 0.7 is extremely good. The next question might then be, "should I be happy with sporadic Doubles and Triples since freestyle downstacking is so efficient?" The rest of this article deals with cases in which the answer to that question is, "probably not."
When should I stack up a 0G Tetris?
The technical answer to this question is, "any time those ten pieces could not otherwise have, in total, cleared and added more than four rows of garbage." Drawing from the aforementioned tournament, a garbage row generally requires at least two pieces to clear. (Granted, it requires two pieces if you play almost perfectly.) Hence, those ten pieces might have cleared five rows of garbage instead. Moreover, they probably would have sent at least one Double as a natural consequence of freestyle downstacking. That accounts for six total garbage events.
That is why a 0G Tetris is usually only cost effective when there already are no garbage rows on the field. Typically, there is only one other time when it is desirable to sink ten pieces into a 0G Tetris. That is when your opponent is so nearing the top that sending garbage at all costs would deliver the final blow. In that case, there is no value in clearing your own garbage since doing so squanders a chance to win. Even in such a case, a 1G Tetris requires less pieces but sends four lines just the same.
When should I clear a 4G Tetris?
A player should clear a 4G Tetris any time she has an I-piece and four lined-up rows of garbage. It is rare to do better by clearing four lined-up rows of garbage with more than one piece and without scoring the Tetris.
When should I stack up a 1G, 2G, or 3G Tetris?
There is a scenario where incorporating garbage holes into a Tetris is a no-brainer. This is when you must clear upstack before gaining access to the next hole anyway.
In such a case, clearing the first-to-come garbage hole results in cells covering up the second-to-come garbage hole.
By building up to the fourth row above the second-to-come hole, you score a Tetris. You also do this without need for any extra pieces than had you uncovered the hole through any other means.
Doing so adds more garbage sent than had you broken the Tetris down into lesser line clears. Remember to carefully place the pieces in such a way so that you do not cover the upcoming hole with more than four filled cells.
When upstack does not already cover future garbage holes, then the 1G, 2G, and 3G Tetrises become more complicated to evaluate. In the very short run, it appears more efficient to clear each garbage row with one piece rather than to stack up a Tetris on top of them. However, this only shows the efficiency of this decision over the course of one piece! It does not say anything about whether that decision negatively affects the efficiency of future pieces.
Why might clearing a garbage row immediately with one piece cause future pieces to decrease in efficiency? Imagine a player who can clear a garbage row every three pieces. Three pieces and one garbage row later, he has enough upstack to pair with the next garbage hole.
However, he can delay liquidating the upstack. Imagine he clears the next garbage hole with a 1G Single. After six pieces, he could clear two garbage holes and have 5.5 pieces worth of upstack left. Depending on the flatness of the upstack, it may be possible to clear a 1G Triple with it.
With an I-piece and a couple of others, it is possible to upgrade to a 1G Tetris. Doing so sends an extra two garbage rows.
Grouping line clears together sends more garbage rows per piece than clearing lesser line clears separately. For example, clearing three lined-up garbage rows as a Triple sends out two garbage rows.
If you stack three pieces on top of that instead, you can then clear a Tetris with the fourth piece (an I-piece). Doing so sends four garbage rows.
The Triple results in an efficiency of (3+2)/1 = 5.00, while the 3G Tetris results in an efficiency of (3+4)/4 = 1.75. The 3G Triple is more efficient only for the first piece. What about the next three pieces? How did the decision to clear the 3G Triple right away affect the efficiency of those later pieces?
Suppose the next three rows of garbage do not line up. It is not always possible to be able to clear all three garbage rows with the next three pieces. Frequently, there is no choice but to cover the next garbage hole with upstack residue.
If just one piece does not clear a garbage row, and the other two do, then this leaves a total efficiency of (5+2)/4 = 1.75. This breaks even with the 3G Tetris. In the case of clearing one or none at all, you actually lose efficiency.
In the absence of clean garbage, the best to hope for is only needing around two pieces for each garbage hole. In real games, a minimum of at least half of all pieces do not go towards clearing garbage rows. Rarely do garbage holes position themselves in such a way that you can avoid stacking on top of them completely. The point is that upstack is inevitable. A player might as well accept it and use it to send as much garbage as possible.
The 3G Tetrises are more efficient than 2G Tetrises, which are in turn more efficient than 1G Tetrises. The more pieces needed to complete a partially garbage Tetris, the more certain you must be that it is not more efficient to instead use those pieces to clear garbage holes. A 1G Tetris requires about eight pieces of upstack. If you can clear that garbage hole with one piece, then the question becomes, "what could I have done differently with those other seven pieces?" If they could have instead gone on to clear three more garbage rows while clearing two Doubles in the process, then perhaps you were better off not stacking up to the 1G Tetris. Compare the 1G Tetris (4+1)/8 = 0.625 with the four garbage rows and two Doubles (2+4)/8 = 0.75.
An xG Tetris's cost-effectiveness diminishes in the following two cases. The first case is when they require more pieces to complete. For example, a 1G Tetris requires 4.5 more pieces than a 3G Tetris. The second case is when upcoming garbage holes are easy to clear. Awkward upcoming garbage and awkward piece combinations likely require extra upstacking to stabilize the surface. When you think you will need extra pieces of upstack, this is the time to consolidate the upstack into an xG Tetris. The crux of the issue is whether you will have leftover upstack anyway.
On the other hand, there are cases where it is unsafe to stack up a Tetris, but not so to downstack. Clearly, in these cases, you will gain more efficiency from breaking down the surface and digging into the garbage. Generally, holes on the very sides are easiest to build up to an xG Tetris. Holes in the middle disconnect the surface and make upstacking more challenging. The least appealing of holes may be the ones a single column away from the sides.
Frequently, these holes will require either an extra I-piece or some skimming in order to complete the xG Tetris. In the case of needing to skim, the extra pieces needed make the xG Tetris that much less cost-effective.
When should I stack an xG Triple or xG Double?
Similar principles to xG Tetrises apply to xG Triples and xG Doubles. Say two cells of upstack cover the second-to-come garbage hole. It may be obvious to stack up to the 1G Triple yet unclear if it is worth it to add an extra row for the 1G Tetris.
Triples and Doubles send less garbage rows per piece, but they also require less pieces. They are the middle ground between easily downstacking right away and stacking to an xG Tetris due to pessimistic garbage outlook.
The same principle applies to an xG Double. Although with a Double, building up to a Triple does not render the same payout as does going from a Triple to a Tetris. It costs three more pieces to upgrade to a Triple, but it only adds one more garbage row. Therefore, the downstack outlook for those three pieces must appear even more pessimistic in order to justify committing them to the upstack.
Converting an xG Double into an xG Tetris costs even more pieces (at least five). However, you do get a more favorable payout. The Tetris upgrade will send three more garbage rows. Compare upgrading a 1G Triple 1/2.5 = 0.4 to upgrading a 1G Tetris 3/5 = 0.6. Doing so squeezes 50% more efficiency output from the extra upstack. Usually, it is nicer to survey 0.6 efficiency over the course of five pieces opposed to 0.4 efficiency over the course of three pieces. Therefore, when asked to stack up for a 1G Triple, it may be worth your while to put in a few extra pieces toward that 1G Tetris instead.
On a final note, it is prudent to bear in mind that stacking xG Tetrises, Triples, and Doubles increase the chances of covering upcoming garbage holes. Ideally, you can avoid covering them. In practice, it does not always work out that way. In any case, it is a risk worth factoring into the equation.
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Upstacking
Upstack refers to the pieces dropped onto the playfield. Upstacking refers to "stacking up" pieces to score larger line clears, usually on the bottommost rows of the stack. Note: I have ignored holding and soft dropping for this article. Their use can make some ideas difficult to explain. Aim to keep the stack open to multiple placement choices, since you won't always get the right piece. When pieces don't fit, you have to create holes and gaps. When you can't clear lines because of the holes, you must stack even higher. This ultimately leads to topping out. Build so that there is a good spot for any piece. Even better, build surfaces that will also maintain goods spots for any piece after receiving any piece. Good and bad surfaces The left surface below has no place for S-, Z-, T-, and O-pieces. The middle has no place for O-, L-, or J-pieces. The right has no place for S- and Z- places. By having bumps and flat areas, you can accommodate all pieces. The O-p
Downstacking
Downstacking refers uncovering and filling holes in order to gain access to the bottom rows of the stack. Downstacking is a challenging skill to master and rich with depth. Inefficient downstacking is often the Achilles' heel of newer players. Note: this article does not take into account details such as line clear delay and attacking power. Those matter when deciding whether or not you should try to group line clears together while downstacking. The primary goal is to lower your surface height. Doing so prevents you from topping out. Use as few pieces per garbage row as possible. Covering Holes The location of each hole tells you how to place pieces above them. The higher the hole, the more important it is to stack with it in mind. Simply put, try not to stack over holes. You must clear any upstack left above the hole before you can clear the hole itself. The extra upstack requires more pieces to clear. In this example, stacking over the bottom hole costs at least two p
Building a Rating System for Competitive NES Tetris
Over the last decade, a fantastic competitive scene has grown around NES Tetris. Every year, competitors travel the world to compete in the Classic Tetris World Championship . Players go 1 vs 1, starting their games simultaneously. The player with the higher score wins. Typically, whoever wins best of either 3 or 5 games wins the match. The Database As an extension to the yearly tournament, there are qualifier events (played in real life), the Classic Tetris Monthly (played by streaming video of games played at home), and other smaller competitions. One member of the community took it upon themselves to document nearly every tournament match ever played . This is a great data set, and some community members have used it to track Elo ratings. There was talk of switching to something more advanced such as Glicko-2, so I offered to help out. Most of the games come from tournaments, which limits the size of the data set. Online games with automated record-keeping or chess organ
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NHL teams watching closely as AHL develops contingency plans for next season
Every NHL team is wondering what happens if the AHL is not ready to begin the 2020-21 season, Frank Seravalli writes.
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These past few weeks weren’t how David Andrews envisioned winding down his 26th and final season at the helm of the American Hockey League as president and CEO.
Especially having to announce on Monday that the Calder Cup would not be awarded for the first time in the 83-year history of the league. The AHL playoffs were a constant on the pro hockey calendar, taking place through the Second World War and a cancelled NHL season in 2004-05.
“To be honest, I’ve been so busy every day working with our teams and partners that I haven’t even really had time to think about [my exit],” Andrews said Monday.
Andrews said the AHL has instead been focused on contingency planning for the 2020-21 season, ahead of former Columbus Blue Jackets GM Scott Howson taking over as CEO on July 1.
“We’re actively building our 2020-21 schedule using the typical October to April timeframe. We hope to put that on the board by mid-July,” Andrews said. “But we’re also modelling later starts in November, December and January with shorter schedules so we can go to the teams with models.”
That is the key question every NHL team is asking: What happens if the AHL is not ready to begin the 2020-21 season?
While the NHL may be willing to play without fans in the building, the AHL simply does not have a viable source of external revenue streams for franchises to operate without the gate produced by ticket sales, concessions, parking and merchandise.
Even if NHL teams roster 30 players instead of the usual maximum of 23, a likely target given the ongoing pandemic and health concerns, teams still want to know where and how the rest of their prospects will continue to develop.
“It’s solely been speculation at this time, but I think we’re all contemplating alternative competitive formats that might be a potential workaround for a limit period of time until the AHL could start up again,” said John Ferguson Jr., the Boston Bruins assistant GM who serves as general manager of the AHL’s Providence Bruins.
Ferguson suggested that with Providence located within a two-hour drive of three other AHL clubs in Springfield, Hartford and Bridgeport, a mini-circuit of games or scrimmages could be arranged with limited travel involved and no need for stays in hotels.
Since so much of the COVID-19 restart plans have been local, Andrews said the AHL “must be prepared to support an earlier start to the season for some teams” and the league would have to figure out how to conduct “meaningful play” for every team.
“All of that is in play,” Andrews said. “We have a task force in place with NHL GMs, AHL managers, league partners, all of whom will come together to start to answer some of those questions. We’re hoping that we’re not delayed enough to need some of those measures, but there is so much uncertainty – even for the NHL.”
Player development is a big issue, Andrews said, but so is business development. That’s where Andrews’ – and soon Howson’s – job gets tricky.
Just as the AHL teams in the west would be bothered by the geographic flexibility the northeast allows, the business operations of each franchise vary greatly.
Andrews said 19 of the AHL’s 31 franchises are owned by the NHL parent club, while 12 are independently owned. Three of those franchises owned by NHL clubs (Hartford, Binghamton and Utica) have the business operated by a third party. So Andrews said the real split between true AHL clubs owned by NHL teams and those operated by third parties is 16-15.
In other words, half of the league may see starting up, and the costs associated, differently.
“We’ve been working around those different motivations for a long time,” Andrews said. “Both have plenty of input. But given the nature of this situation, greater flexibility may be required of some of those groups.”
Andrews said it would not be fair to assume that an NHL-owned AHL team may be willing to bankroll the start of an AHL season without fans in the building. Not every NHL team is willing to expend resources to keep that operation afloat.
“It’s very expensive to operate without fans,” Andrews said.
The ECHL, the next rung down the development ladder from the AHL, could be facing even more dire financial straits without the direct backing of NHL money.
That means the NHL clubs could have a slew of prospects on their hands from both the AHL and ECHL level, potentially without a place to park them at least to start the season, at a time when the NCAA and junior ranks will likely also be in flux.
“There are so many factors to consider,” Ferguson Jr. said. “I’m hoping that we won’t have to consider them, because something like this could even impair the competitive balance in the NHL when it comes to developing players. It’s something all teams take seriously.”
Ferguson Jr. marvelled at how fast the AHL season broke down. Providence had won 12 straight games leading up to the pause on March 12.
“Then 48 hours later we were talking about taking the ice out of Dunkin’ Donuts Center,” he said.
The bet is that Andrews’ tireless effort, even in his final days at the helm, will put the NHL’s top development league is a strong position to resume - whenever and however that happens.
“There will be plans in place, for sure. We want to be way out in front of it,” Andrews said. “I think we all want the same thing. We all want what’s best for development, we all want what’s best for the business. We’ll get there. It’s just going to take time.”
Contact Frank Seravalli on Twitter: @frank_seravalli
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First Look: Fox's 'A Christmas Story Live!' Promo Art and Casting News
Kellie Freeze November 2, 2017, 5:00 pm
Fox has released its first teaser artwork for the Dec. 17 live holiday spectacular, A Christmas Story Live! and TV Insider has snagged the first peek!
In the poster, The Old Man's Major Award shines out the window of the Parker family's house. The iconic piece of houseware sends its warming glow out into the chilly winter's night.
To quote Ralphie from the 1983 movie, “Only one thing in the world could've dragged me away from the soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window," but in this case, it's not a favorite radio program, it's casting news from A Christmas Story Live!
The holiday special has already announced much of its blockbuster cast, with Maya Rudolph starring as the story's beloved Mother, Matthew Broderick lending his voice as the story's narrator, Chris Diamantopoulos as Old Man Parker, Jane Krakowski as Ralphie’s teacher Miss Shields and Ana Gasteyer playing the mom of Ralphie’s pal, Schwartz. Newcomer Andy Walken has snagged the role of Ralphie Parker, and the adorable video of him getting the good news quickly went viral.
Maya Rudolph Joins Fox's 'A Christmas Story'
The musical event will air on Sunday, December 17.
But now, TV Insider is pleased to announce that the role of little brother Randy Parker will be played by young actor Tyler Wladis.
We can't wait to see how this tiny talent handles lines like "Meatloaf, smeatloaf, double beatloaf, I hate meatloaf" and "I can't put my arms down!"
A Christmas Story Live, Sunday, Dec. 17 at 7/6c, Fox
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Robertson writes to Reserve Bank over soaring house prices, wants to give first home buyers 'a shot'
Anna Whyte, 1 News Politics Reporter
Finance Minister Grant Robertson is making a move to try and get the housing market under control – as prices skyrocket and demand continues to rise.
Grant Robertson Source: Getty
The Government’s review of housing settings is to focus on improving access for first home buyers and to ensure the housing market did not distort the economy.
Robertson pledged they would do “everything we can do to enhance supply and look at other measures”, which included asking the Reserve Bank to assess what tools it could use around housing demand.
“Everybody needs to be involved,” Robertson said. “We can and should do more. This is a situation (that is) unprecedented… we must look at all the levers.”
Wellington woman expresses heartbreak at constantly being priced out of first home — 'We are consistently $100,000 out'
Robertson said the intention was to have stability in the housing market and for first home buyers to “know they will have a shot”.
He was also seeking advice around measures similar to that of altering the bright line test and the rules around foreign buyers.
The bright line test places income tax on the gains from the sale of a residential property within five years, other than the main home.
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Grant Robertson’s trying to make it more affordable for New Zealanders to buy their own homes. Source: 1 NEWS
Robertson said the Government had been clear about the policy responses they would not implement – a capital gains tax or wealth tax has been ruled out by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern – but he added there were other options that needed to be investigated.
That included loosening up “overly restrictive planning rules”, with work having begun on replacing the RMA.
He added they would examine barriers to affordable housing and the Government was looking at new ways to increase supply.
‘Very different proposal’
Robertson also followed National’s revenue spokesperson Andrew Bayly’s plea to write to the Reserve Bank – however Robertson said it was a “very different proposal” to what Bayly asked for.
Bayly said last week the Government needed to "rein in" the Reserve Bank and sent a letter of expectation after it rolled out a Funding for Lending Programme.
“Now is the time to consider how the Reserve Bank may contribute to a stable housing market,” Robertson said.
Record house prices not caused by Reserve Bank - Adrian Orr
In the letter to Reserve Bank Governor, Robertson wrote: “I am concerned that the recent rapid escalation in housing prices, and forecasts for this to continue, are affecting the Government’s ability to meet the economic objective”.
The Government’s economic objective was to improve the wellbeing and living standards of New Zealanders.
He was also concerned about the risk the price increases posed to financial stability to the economy.
“Housing price instability is harmful to our aims of reduced inequality and poverty,” Robertson said.
One suggestion Robertson made to the Reserve Bank was to “better highlight” that the monetary policy committee takes housing prices into consideration when developing monetary policy.
“I believe it is right that we consider how these tools might be impacting the housing market, with particular regard to housing price inflation,” Robertson stated in the letter.
New Zealand’s median house price has continued to soar, with Auckland hitting $1 million in October and the median house price across New Zealand increasing by 19.8 per cent, from $605,000 in October last year to $725,000, according to The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ).
Crown accounts
The audited Crown accounts to June 2020 were also released today.
Secretary of the Treasury Caralee McLiesh said New Zealand’s economy “has proven more resilient than originally anticipated”.
However, she said the country was in a challenging economic and financial circumstance, that was not likely to end soon.
Robertson said the Crown’s books were better than expected.
“The cost of servicing this debt remains very low by historical standards.
“The Covid-19 pandemic will continue to have an ongoing impact on the global and New Zealand economies for a number of years,” Robertson said.
Deficit: $23.1 billion (7.5% of GDP) in 2019/20
(Made up of a total revenue of $116b and total expenses of $138.9b)
Operating balance for 2019/20: A deficit of $30.0 billion
Core Crown tax revenue: $85.1 billion
Core Crown expenditure: $114 billion
Net core Crown debt: 27.0% of GDP - increased by $25.7 billion from $57.7 billion in 2018/19 to $83.4 billion in 2019/20
The $23.1 billion deficit was largely a reflection of the pandemic and the Government’s response to it – the financial statement read.
It also said the slowdown in the economy contributed to the drop in core Crown tax revenue of $1.4 billion, while the Government’s fiscal response to the pandemic drove a large $21.8b increase in core Crown expenses, compared to the previous year.
The Reserve Bank’s large scale asset purchase (repurchasing Government bonds on the secondary market) saw $3.3 billion of losses recognised.
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Live stream: 6pm and Seven Sharp 2021
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David Lucado has captured Britney Spears' heart
Britney Spears says she's head over heels in love with her boyfriend of nine months, David Lucado.
Britney Spears. UPI/Jim Ruymen | License Photo
Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Has Britney Spears found lasting love at last?
The pop princess took a moment to gush about her boyfriend of nine months, David Lucado, who she met through friends.
"I'm in love," she said. "I like the fact that he is very stubborn and stuck in his ways."
"He's just a simple man," she continued. "I adore him. He's really funny and he's really passionate. I love the fact that anything he's involved in and he's passionate about and it's contagious."
Spears admitted her dad was wary of his famous daughter's new love, even conducting a background check on her new beau.
"My dad's a little crazy like that," she said, adding that she'd like to think about having more kids before she considers tying the knot again.
"I'd like to have more kids, settle down," she said. "Have kids -- maybe twins -- and get married. That would be nice."
Spears, who broke off her engagement with Jason Trawick in February, has two sons, Sean Preston, 8, and Jayden James, 7, with ex-husband Kevin Federline.
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8 things you didn't know about baby gorillas
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Much like human babies, baby gorillas are cute, they crawl before learning to walk and they love breast milk. Here are some interesting facts about these tiny primates who share about 98.3 percent of their DNA with humans.
Vegan celebs turn up for Peta's 35th anniversary party
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals celebrated 35 years of advocating for animal rights with a star-studded bash Wednesday.
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TORONTO, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- As designers rolled out their new Summer/Spring collections during New York Fashion Week, Hollywood A-listers put on their Sunday bests while walking the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto Canada.
The most daring outfits at NYFW 2015
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- From Michael Costello's completely sheer gown with strategically placed beading to Dennis Basso's cheeky shorts, designers are venturing more and more into the revealing in their creations for next years' sunny months.
Scott Weiland gives a bizarre performance of "Vasoline"
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Chrissy Teigen, Jenna Dewan-Tatum and Katie Couric get playful at White House Correspondents dinner
WASHINGTON, April 27 (UPI) -- Model Chrissy Teigen and journalist Katie Couric showed off her legs white posing for pictures during saturday's White House Correspondents dinner.
Olive Garden offers free babysitting for annual date night
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VIDEO: Dog rescued from leg-crushing trap in national park
YANGMINGSHAN NATIONAL PARK, Taiwan, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- This video shows a dog being rescued in Yangmingshan National Park after being caught in a cruel-looking gin trap, which pins an animal's legs between steel bars.
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30/D / Black - $68.00 USD 30/DD / Black - $68.00 USD 30/DDD / Black - $68.00 USD 30/G / Black - $68.00 USD 30/D / Nude - $68.00 USD 30/DD / Nude - $68.00 USD 30/DDD / Nude - $68.00 USD 30/G / Nude - $68.00 USD 30/D / Pecan - Sold Out 30/DD / Pecan - Sold Out 30/DDD / Pecan - $68.00 USD 30/G / Pecan - $68.00 USD 32/D / Black - $68.00 USD 32/DD / Black - $68.00 USD 32/DDD / Black - $68.00 USD 32/G / Black - $68.00 USD 32/H / Black - $68.00 USD 32/D / Nude - $68.00 USD 32/DD / Nude - $68.00 USD 32/DDD / Nude - Sold Out 32/G / Nude - $68.00 USD 32/H / Nude - $68.00 USD 32/D / Pecan - Sold Out 32/DD / Pecan - Sold Out 32/DDD / Pecan - Sold Out 32/G / Pecan - Sold Out 32/H / Pecan - $68.00 USD 34/D / Black - $68.00 USD 34/DD / Black - $68.00 USD 34/DDD / Black - $68.00 USD 34/G / Black - Sold Out 34/H / Black - Sold Out 34/D / Nude - Sold Out 34/DD / Nude - Sold Out 34/DDD / Nude - $68.00 USD 34/G / Nude - $68.00 USD 34/H / Nude - $68.00 USD 34/D / Pecan - Sold Out 34/DD / Pecan - Sold Out 34/DDD / Pecan - $68.00 USD 34/G / Pecan - Sold Out 34/H / Pecan - Sold Out 36/D / Black - Sold Out 36/DD / Black - $68.00 USD 36/DDD / Black - Sold Out 36/G / Black - $68.00 USD 36/H / Black - $68.00 USD 36/D / Nude - $68.00 USD 36/DD / Nude - $68.00 USD 36/DDD / Nude - $68.00 USD 36/G / Nude - $68.00 USD 36/H / Nude - $68.00 USD 36/D / Pecan - Sold Out 36/DD / Pecan - Sold Out 36/DDD / Pecan - Sold Out 36/G / Pecan - Sold Out 36/H / Pecan - $68.00 USD 38/D / Black - $68.00 USD 38/DD / Black - $68.00 USD 38/DDD / Black - $68.00 USD 38/G / Black - $68.00 USD 38/H / Black - $68.00 USD 38/D / Nude - $68.00 USD 38/DD / Nude - $68.00 USD 38/DDD / Nude - $68.00 USD 38/G / Nude - $68.00 USD 38/H / Nude - $68.00 USD 38/G / Pecan - $68.00 USD 40/D / Black - $68.00 USD 40/DD / Black - $68.00 USD 40/DDD / Black - $68.00 USD 40/G / Black - $68.00 USD 40/H / Black - $68.00 USD 40/D / Nude - $68.00 USD 40/DD / Nude - $68.00 USD 40/DDD / Nude - $68.00 USD 40/G / Nude - $68.00 USD 40/H / Nude - $68.00 USD 40/DD / Pecan - $68.00 USD 40/DDD / Pecan - $68.00 USD 40/G / Pecan - $68.00 USD 42/D / Black - $68.00 USD 42/DD / Black - $68.00 USD 42/DDD / Black - $68.00 USD 42/G / Black - $68.00 USD 42/D / Nude - $68.00 USD 42/DD / Nude - $68.00 USD 42/DDD / Nude - Sold Out 42/G / Nude - $68.00 USD 42/D / Pecan - $68.00 USD 42/DD / Pecan - $68.00 USD 42/DDD / Pecan - $68.00 USD
For example, if you usually wear a 34C your sister sizes are 32D and 36D. These 3 bras (32D/34C/36B) share the same underwire size and vary only in the length of the band.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us. We are always happy to help you find your perfect fit!
The Wacoal Bodysuede Underwire Bra is one of Wacoal's best selling full figure bras. It has great comfort features including padded straps for shoulder relief and 2-ply cups for support and modesty. Pair it with Bodysuede Brief to complete your set.
Seamless, underwire cups are lined and include side slings to lift and support
Leotard back eliminates lumps and bumps
Padded straps are centered at the cup to prevent straps from slipping off
Straps are adjustable in the back
2-row, 3-column hook-and-eye closure that increases with size
Fabric content: 86% nylon/polyamide, 14% Lycra spandex
Care: hand wash, lay flat to dry
Wacoal Bodysuede Underwire Bra
32/C 32/D 32/DD 32/DDD 34/C 34/D 34/DD 34/DDD 36/C 36/D 36/DD 36/DDD 38/C 38/D 38/DD 38/DDD 40/C 40/D 40/DD 40/DDD 42/D 42/DD 42/DDD 44/D 44/DD 44/DDD
Blk Fn Ivry
32/C / Blk - Sold Out 32/D / Blk - $60.00 USD 32/DD / Blk - $60.00 USD 32/DDD / Blk - $60.00 USD 32/C / Fn - Sold Out 32/D / Fn - $60.00 USD 32/DD / Fn - $60.00 USD 32/DDD / Fn - $60.00 USD 32/D / Ivry - Sold Out 32/DDD / Ivry - Sold Out 34/C / Blk - $60.00 USD 34/D / Blk - $60.00 USD 34/DD / Blk - $60.00 USD 34/DDD / Blk - Sold Out 34/C / Fn - $60.00 USD 34/D / Fn - $60.00 USD 34/DD / Fn - $60.00 USD 34/DDD / Fn - Sold Out 34/D / Ivry - Sold Out 34/DD / Ivry - Sold Out 36/C / Blk - $60.00 USD 36/D / Blk - Sold Out 36/DD / Blk - $60.00 USD 36/DDD / Blk - Sold Out 36/C / Fn - $60.00 USD 36/D / Fn - Sold Out 36/DD / Fn - Sold Out 36/DDD / Fn - $60.00 USD 36/C / Ivry - Sold Out 36/DD / Ivry - Sold Out 36/DDD / Ivry - Sold Out 38/C / Blk - $60.00 USD 38/D / Blk - $60.00 USD 38/DD / Blk - Sold Out 38/DDD / Blk - Sold Out 38/C / Fn - $60.00 USD 38/D / Fn - Sold Out 38/DD / Fn - Sold Out 38/DDD / Fn - Sold Out 38/D / Ivry - Sold Out 38/DD / Ivry - Sold Out 38/DDD / Ivry - Sold Out 40/C / Blk - Sold Out 40/D / Blk - $60.00 USD 40/DD / Blk - $60.00 USD 40/DDD / Blk - Sold Out 40/C / Fn - $60.00 USD 40/D / Fn - $60.00 USD 40/DD / Fn - $60.00 USD 40/DDD / Fn - $60.00 USD 40/C / Ivry - $60.00 USD 40/D / Ivry - Sold Out 40/DD / Ivry - Sold Out 42/D / Blk - Sold Out 42/DD / Blk - $60.00 USD 42/DDD / Blk - $60.00 USD 42/D / Fn - Sold Out 42/DD / Fn - Sold Out 42/DDD / Fn - Sold Out 42/D / Ivry - Sold Out 44/D / Blk - Sold Out 44/DD / Blk - Sold Out 44/DDD / Blk - Sold Out 44/D / Fn - $60.00 USD 44/DD / Fn - Sold Out 44/DDD / Fn - $60.00 USD
The Wacoal Bodysuede Ultra Full Figure Seamless Underwire Bra is a favorite of Wacoal loyalists due to its superior fit and comfort for full figured women. The brushed bodysuede fabric provides you with the ultimate seamless comfort. The underwire is hidden but still provides a lift. An inner foam side sling gives you additional support.
Wear with t-shirts and sweaters
Fabric content: 89% nylon, 11% spandex
Care: hand wash in warm water, wash colors separately, hang to dry; do not iron or dry clean
Wacoal Bodysuede Ultra Full Figure Seamless Underwire Bra - Black
34/C 34/D 34/DD 34/DDD 36/C 36/D 36/DD 36/DDD 38/C 38/D 38/DD 38/DDD 40/C 40/D 40/DD 40/DDD 42/C 42/D 42/DD 42/DDD 44/C 44/D 44/DD 44/DDD
34/C / Black - $60.00 USD 34/D / Black - Sold Out 34/DD / Black - Sold Out 34/DDD / Black - $60.00 USD 36/C / Black - $60.00 USD 36/D / Black - Sold Out 36/DD / Black - $60.00 USD 36/DDD / Black - $60.00 USD 38/C / Black - Sold Out 38/D / Black - $60.00 USD 38/DD / Black - $60.00 USD 38/DDD / Black - Sold Out 40/C / Black - Sold Out 40/D / Black - Sold Out 40/DD / Black - Sold Out 40/DDD / Black - $60.00 USD 42/C / Black - Sold Out 42/D / Black - $60.00 USD 42/DD / Black - $60.00 USD 42/DDD / Black - $60.00 USD 44/C / Black - $60.00 USD 44/D / Black - $60.00 USD 44/DD / Black - Sold Out 44/DDD / Black - Sold Out
The Wacoal Back Appeal Underwire Bra features perfect back and side smoothing control with everyday comfort. Full coverage cups and a wider band for extra back coverage make this bra truly comfortable to wear. The unique fabric in the band— concealed by delicate dot jacquard fabric— is constructed to smooth the back and sides and give you a polished look. The result is stunning!
Full coverage back and side smoothing underwire bra
Supportive cups covered with pretty dot jacquard fabric with accent sheen
Hidden sling in cups for added support
Micro thin spacer fabric band designed to minimize back and side bulge concealed with pretty dot jacquard fabric
Fully adjustable straps with matching dot detail
Hook-and-eye back closure
Care instructions: Hand wash warm with like colors. Non-chlorine bleach only when needed. Line dry.
Wacoal Back Appeal Underwire Bra - Rose Dust
32/D 32/DD 32/DDD 32/G 34/D 34/DD 34/DDD 34/G 36/D 36/DD 36/DDD 36/G 38/D 38/DD 38/DDD 38/G 40/D 40/DD 40/DDD 40/G 42/D 42/DD 42/DDD 42/G
32/D / Rose Dust - $68.00 USD 32/DD / Rose Dust - $68.00 USD 32/DDD / Rose Dust - $68.00 USD 32/G / Rose Dust - $68.00 USD 34/D / Rose Dust - $68.00 USD 34/DD / Rose Dust - $68.00 USD 34/DDD / Rose Dust - $68.00 USD 34/G / Rose Dust - $68.00 USD 36/D / Rose Dust - $68.00 USD 36/DD / Rose Dust - $68.00 USD 36/DDD / Rose Dust - $68.00 USD 36/G / Rose Dust - $68.00 USD 38/D / Rose Dust - $68.00 USD 38/DD / Rose Dust - Sold Out 38/DDD / Rose Dust - $68.00 USD 38/G / Rose Dust - $68.00 USD 40/D / Rose Dust - $68.00 USD 40/DD / Rose Dust - $68.00 USD 40/DDD / Rose Dust - $68.00 USD 40/G / Rose Dust - $68.00 USD 42/D / Rose Dust - Sold Out 42/DD / Rose Dust - $68.00 USD 42/DDD / Rose Dust - $68.00 USD 42/G / Rose Dust - $68.00 USD
Our back and side smoothing bra is designed to give you more! Full coverage cups and a wider band for extra back coverage make this bra truly comfortable to wear. The unique fabric in the band— concealed by delicate dot jacquard fabric— is constructed to smooth the back and sides and give you a polished look. The result is stunning!
Hand wash warm with like colors. Non-chlorine bleach only when needed. Line dry.
Wacoal Back Appeal Underwire Bra - Black
32/D / Black - $68.00 USD 32/DD / Black - Sold Out 32/DDD / Black - $68.00 USD 32/G / Black - $68.00 USD 34/D / Black - Sold Out 34/DD / Black - $68.00 USD 34/DDD / Black - $68.00 USD 34/G / Black - $68.00 USD 36/D / Black - $68.00 USD 36/DD / Black - Sold Out 36/DDD / Black - $68.00 USD 36/G / Black - $68.00 USD 38/D / Black - Sold Out 38/DD / Black - Sold Out 38/DDD / Black - $68.00 USD 38/G / Black - $68.00 USD 40/D / Black - $68.00 USD 40/DD / Black - $68.00 USD 40/DDD / Black - $68.00 USD 40/G / Black - $68.00 USD 42/D / Black - $68.00 USD 42/DD / Black - $68.00 USD 42/DDD / Black - $68.00 USD 42/G / Black - $68.00 USD
The Awareness Underwire Bra is the #1 best-selling bra in the entire Wacoal line. This full figure underwire bra is loaded with bells and whistles for superior lift, support, and comfort. The fabric is a pretty, calla lily jacquard. It features a ribbon flag to serve as a reminder to do your monthly self breast exam.
Hidden underwire to lift and contain
Full coverage cup
Lined, not padded
Padded straps are adjustable in the back
Inner sling helps shape and support
Leotard back prevent bulges
Hook-and-eye closure in the back that increases with size
Fabric content of body: 85% nylon, 15% spandex/elastane
Fabric content of cup lining: 86% nylon, 14% spandex/elastane
Care: hand wash warm, wash colors separately, use non-chlorine bleach only when needed, hang to dry, do not iron, do not dry clean
Wacoal Awareness Seamless Full Figure Underwire Bra - Nude
32/D 32/DD 32/DDD 32/G 34/C 34/D 34/DD 34/DDD 34/G 34/H 34/I 36/C 36/D 36/DD 36/DDD 36/G 36/H 36/I 38/C 38/D 38/DD 38/DDD 38/G 38/H 38/I 40/C 40/D 40/DD 40/DDD 40/G 40/H 40/I 42/C 42/D 42/DD 42/DDD 42/G 42/H 42/I 44/C 44/D 44/DD 44/DDD 44/G 44/H
32/D / Nude - $65.00 USD 32/DD / Nude - $65.00 USD 32/DDD / Nude - $65.00 USD 32/G / Nude - $65.00 USD 34/C / Nude - $65.00 USD 34/D / Nude - $65.00 USD 34/DD / Nude - $65.00 USD 34/DDD / Nude - $65.00 USD 34/G / Nude - $65.00 USD 34/H / Nude - $65.00 USD 34/I / Nude - $65.00 USD 36/C / Nude - $65.00 USD 36/D / Nude - $65.00 USD 36/DD / Nude - $65.00 USD 36/DDD / Nude - $65.00 USD 36/G / Nude - $65.00 USD 36/H / Nude - $65.00 USD 36/I / Nude - $65.00 USD 38/C / Nude - $65.00 USD 38/D / Nude - $65.00 USD 38/DD / Nude - $65.00 USD 38/DDD / Nude - $65.00 USD 38/G / Nude - $65.00 USD 38/H / Nude - $65.00 USD 38/I / Nude - $65.00 USD 40/C / Nude - $65.00 USD 40/D / Nude - $65.00 USD 40/DD / Nude - $65.00 USD 40/DDD / Nude - $65.00 USD 40/G / Nude - $65.00 USD 40/H / Nude - $65.00 USD 40/I / Nude - $65.00 USD 42/C / Nude - $65.00 USD 42/D / Nude - $65.00 USD 42/DD / Nude - $65.00 USD 42/DDD / Nude - $65.00 USD 42/G / Nude - $65.00 USD 42/H / Nude - $65.00 USD 42/I / Nude - Sold Out 44/C / Nude - $65.00 USD 44/D / Nude - $65.00 USD 44/DD / Nude - $65.00 USD 44/DDD / Nude - $65.00 USD 44/G / Nude - $65.00 USD 44/H / Nude - $65.00 USD
Wacoal Awareness Seamless Full Figure Underwire Bra - Black
32/D 32/DD 32/DDD 32/G 34/C 34/D 34/DD 34/DDD 34/G 34/H 34/I 36/C 36/D 36/DD 36/DDD 36/G 36/H 36/I 38/C 38/D 38/DD 38/DDD 38/G 38/H 38/I 40/C 40/D 40/DD 40/DDD 40/G 40/H 40/I 42/C 42/D 42/DD 42/DDD 42/G 42/H 44/C 44/D 44/DD 44/DDD 44/G 44/H
32/D / Black - $65.00 USD 32/DD / Black - $65.00 USD 32/DDD / Black - $65.00 USD 32/G / Black - $65.00 USD 34/C / Black - $65.00 USD 34/D / Black - $65.00 USD 34/DD / Black - $65.00 USD 34/DDD / Black - $65.00 USD 34/G / Black - $65.00 USD 34/H / Black - $65.00 USD 34/I / Black - $65.00 USD 36/C / Black - $65.00 USD 36/D / Black - $65.00 USD 36/DD / Black - $65.00 USD 36/DDD / Black - $65.00 USD 36/G / Black - $65.00 USD 36/H / Black - $65.00 USD 36/I / Black - $65.00 USD 38/C / Black - $65.00 USD 38/D / Black - $65.00 USD 38/DD / Black - $65.00 USD 38/DDD / Black - $65.00 USD 38/G / Black - $65.00 USD 38/H / Black - $65.00 USD 38/I / Black - $65.00 USD 40/C / Black - $65.00 USD 40/D / Black - $65.00 USD 40/DD / Black - $65.00 USD 40/DDD / Black - $65.00 USD 40/G / Black - $65.00 USD 40/H / Black - $65.00 USD 40/I / Black - $65.00 USD 42/C / Black - $65.00 USD 42/D / Black - $65.00 USD 42/DD / Black - $65.00 USD 42/DDD / Black - $65.00 USD 42/G / Black - $65.00 USD 42/H / Black - $65.00 USD 44/C / Black - $65.00 USD 44/D / Black - $65.00 USD 44/DD / Black - $65.00 USD 44/DDD / Black - $65.00 USD 44/G / Black - $65.00 USD 44/H / Black - $65.00 USD
The Wacoal Awareness Full Figure Seamless Soft Cup Bra features full coverage and superior comfort. This collection features a ribbon flag to serve as a reminder to do your monthly self breast exam. Pair it with the Awareness Brief to complete your set.
Unlined two ply cups of jacquard fabric
Terrific bra option for post surgical needs
Leotard back lessens back fat
Care: hand wash warm, hang to dry; wash colors separately, do not iron or dry clean
Wacoal Awareness Full Figure Soft Cup Bra
32/B 32/D 32/DD 32/DDD 34/B 34/C 34/D 34/DD 34/DDD 36/B 36/C 36/D 36/DD 36/DDD 38/B 38/C 38/D 38/DD 38/DDD 40/B 40/C 40/D 40/DD 40/DDD 42/C 42/D 42/DD 42/DDD 44/C 44/D 44/DD 44/DDD
32/B / Black - Sold Out 32/D / Black - Sold Out 32/DD / Black - Sold Out 32/DDD / Black - Sold Out 32/D / Nude - Sold Out 32/DD / Nude - Sold Out 32/DDD / Nude - Sold Out 34/B / Black - $62.00 USD 34/C / Black - $62.00 USD 34/D / Black - $62.00 USD 34/DD / Black - $62.00 USD 34/DDD / Black - $62.00 USD 34/B / Nude - $62.00 USD 34/C / Nude - $62.00 USD 34/D / Nude - $62.00 USD 34/DD / Nude - $62.00 USD 34/DDD / Nude - $62.00 USD 36/B / Black - $62.00 USD 36/C / Black - $62.00 USD 36/D / Black - $62.00 USD 36/DD / Black - $62.00 USD 36/DDD / Black - $62.00 USD 36/B / Nude - $62.00 USD 36/C / Nude - $62.00 USD 36/D / Nude - $62.00 USD 36/DD / Nude - $62.00 USD 36/DDD / Nude - $62.00 USD 38/B / Black - $62.00 USD 38/C / Black - $62.00 USD 38/D / Black - $62.00 USD 38/DD / Black - $62.00 USD 38/DDD / Black - $62.00 USD 38/B / Nude - $62.00 USD 38/C / Nude - $62.00 USD 38/D / Nude - $62.00 USD 38/DD / Nude - $62.00 USD 38/DDD / Nude - $62.00 USD 40/B / Black - $62.00 USD 40/C / Black - $62.00 USD 40/D / Black - $62.00 USD 40/DD / Black - $62.00 USD 40/DDD / Black - $62.00 USD 40/B / Nude - $62.00 USD 40/C / Nude - $62.00 USD 40/D / Nude - $62.00 USD 40/DD / Nude - $62.00 USD 40/DDD / Nude - $62.00 USD 42/C / Black - $62.00 USD 42/D / Black - $62.00 USD 42/DD / Black - $62.00 USD 42/DDD / Black - $62.00 USD 42/C / Nude - $62.00 USD 42/D / Nude - $62.00 USD 42/DD / Nude - $62.00 USD 42/DDD / Nude - $62.00 USD 44/C / Black - $62.00 USD 44/D / Black - $62.00 USD 44/DD / Black - $62.00 USD 44/DDD / Black - Sold Out 44/C / Nude - $62.00 USD 44/D / Nude - $62.00 USD 44/DD / Nude - $62.00 USD 44/DDD / Nude - $62.00 USD
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105 lb. Doberman plays with his new puppy, a hairless Chinese Crested
Saturday, March 31st, 2012
This is the cutest. Watch video.
Many of us have wondered if dogs even categorize other dogs as dogs. Or do they just see each other, sense that they’d be fun to play with, and go for it? Many of us feel this is the case. It’s the naked ape that feels the need to categorize and classify everything. This is necessary if we are to make progress in science, medicine, technology, etc. That, of course is the upside. We know too well the prejudices that this habit can also bring.
8 Ways to Raise HDL (“Good”) Cholesterol
Learn how the good kind of cholesterol (HDL) lowers the bad kind (LDL).
By RealAge
Go to slide show.
Shiloh Shephard Dog Slams Door While Scolded By Owners (VIDEO)
Watch funny video.
Heavily spiced meals may do the heart good
No need to be stingy with spices. Research from Penn State finds heavily spiced meals — think chicken curry with lots of turmeric, or desserts rich in cinnamon and cloves — may do the heart good.
Read more. Exactly what my ayurvedic medicine friends have been saying for years.
Jigsaw, the pig, escapes hog farm and goes to sanctuary
Jigsaw escaped from a notoriously awful hog farm when he was just a baby. He ran away and was found by a kind person who took him to the Idaho Humane Society where they treated him for malnourishment and pneumonia. There he learned to love humans and to get along with all kinds of animals. He even learned to “sit.” But he was growing larger every day, and soon it was time for him to find a more permanent place to live.
That’s when he made the long trip to Sanctuary One in Oregon with the help of two very dedicated humane society volunteers. Along with our other rescued pigs Lisa and Lulu, our “three little pigs” teach people just how wonderful, loving and intelligent pigs are.
Beans: The High-Protein Food That’s Healthy and Cheap
By Mehmet C. Oz, MD, and Michael F. Roizen, MD
Here’s why beans always make our best-foods list: They’re a healthy, cheap source of protein that’ll reduce your risk of heart disease and cancer, lower your blood sugar, and flatten your belly. (Protect your heart with a batch of EatingWell’s Smoky Black Bean Soup tonight.)
Yep, beans do all that and more. Here are 5 ways beans help your waistline, heart, and blood sugar:
Dog swims over empty bathtub
Books make us human
Do Books Make Us Human?
by Kristina Chew
“Books are really part of what makes us human.” So asserts Rosemary Agoglia, curator of education at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts, in a New York Times article about efforts to teach children the merits and pleasures of the “pre-web page,” of books. In New York City, the Morgan Book Project seeks to “instill in children of the digital age an appreciation for books by providing authentic materials to write, illustrate and construct their own medieval and Renaissance-inspired illuminated manuscripts.”
The NYC Department of Education developed the free program for children in grades 3 through 7, in conjunction with the world-renowned Morgan Library and Museum, which houses a rich collection of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts written in gorgeous flowing scripts side-by-side with multicolored, detailed illustrations, as well as a priceless collection of printed books including Gutenberg Bibles (and some of which can be viewed online).
Animal Psychologists Discover What Music Pets Prefer
Friday, March 23rd, 2012
The piece the current crop of articles are based on, titled Animal Psychologists Discover What Music Pets Prefer by Natalie Wolchover of Life’s Little Mysteries, starts off by saying that, just as we think when we leave music on for our pets when we got out, our pets like to listen to music. Charles Snowdon, an animal psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, used the benefit of his ongoing reasearch on the subject as he teamed up with cellist and composer David Teie to produce music our cats are thought to want to listen to. Both the researcher and the composer assert that, rather than the classical, MOR, easy listening or show tunes we’re likely to leave playing, our pets respond to “species specific” music, with pitches, tones and tempos tailored to their species. After an earlier line of inquiry, the pair eventually turned their attention to composing music for cats, and studying how cats respond to it.
9 Ways Pain Impacts Your Life
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Chronic pain can hurt your mind and mood, as well as your body. Learn how to minimize such pain-induced effects.
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SCHMITZ Surname Meaning and Family History
What Does the Last Name Schmitz Mean?
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Kimberly Powell
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Kimberly Powell is a professional genealogist and the author of The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy. She teaches at the Genealogical Institute of Pittsburgh and the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy.
The surname Schmitz is an occupational surname for "blacksmith" or "metalworker," from the German word schmied or the Danish smed. In some cases it was used as a patronymic form of Schmidt, meaning "son of Schmidt." See also the surnames SCHMIDT and SMITH.
SCHMITZ is the 24th most common German surname.
Surname Origin: German, Danish
Alternate Surname Spellings: SCHMID, SCHMITT, SCHMIDT
Famous People With the Surname SCHMITZ
James Henry Schmitz - American science fiction writer
Jupp Schmitz - German musician and entertainer
Bruno Schmitz - German architect
Johannes Andreas Schmitz - 17th-century Dutch physician
E. Robert Schmitz - Franco-American pianist and composer
Leonhard Schmitz - German-born classical scholar and educator
Where Is the SCHMITZ Surname Most Common?
The SCHMITZ surname today is most prevalent in Germany, according to surname distribution from Forebears, where it ranks as the 25th most common surname. It is more common based on population percentage, however, in the small country of Luxembourg, where it is the 6th most common last name.
According to WorldNames PublicProfiler, Schmitz is extremely common throughout the country of Luxembourg, especially in the Diekirch region. It is also especially frequent in the Nordrhein-Westfalen and Rheinland-Pfalz regions of Germany. Surname maps from Verwandt.de also indicate Schmitz is most common in western Germany, in places such as Cologne, Rhein-Seig-Kreis, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Rhein-Kreis Neuss, Euskirchen, Düren, Aachen, Viersen, Mönchengladbach, and Düsseldorf.
Genealogy Resources for the Surname SCHMITZ
German Surnames - Meanings and Origins
Uncover the meaning of your German last name with this guide to the origins of German surnames and the meanings of the top 50 most common German surnames.
Schmitz Family Crest - It's Not What You Think
Contrary to what you may hear, there is no such thing as a Schmitz family crest or coat of arms for the Schmitz surname. Coats of arms are granted to individuals, not families, and may rightfully be used only by the uninterrupted male line descendants of the person to whom the coat of arms was originally granted.
Smith DNA Project
Over 2,400 individuals with the Smith surname—including variations such as Schmidt, Smythe, Smidt, and Schmitz—have joined this DNA project to use DNA in combination with genealogy research to sort out over 220 distinct groups of Smith descendants.
Schmitz Family Genealogy Forum
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Poster: “Technology for Next Generation Clocks”
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Advances in miniature lasers, frequency combs, and drive & stabilization electronics were presented at the Jin Fest! celebration of Deborah Jin’s career in and contributions to the field of optical physics.
Paper: “Production of Rubidium Bose-Einstein Condensates at a 1 Hz Rate”
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Abstract: “We present a butterfly packaged laser source that is both frequency-agile and absolutely referenced to an atomic transition for ultracold-atomic sensors. We also present the entire laser system, roughly the size of a paperback novel.” Juan Pino, Ben Luey, Mike Anderson
Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (DAMOP), June 2013, Quebec City, Quebec
Poster: “Laser system 2013 v1“ on Tuesday 4 June from 4-6 pm in room 400A.
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Presentation: “New electro-optic laser scanner designed for continuous coverage over a 120 x 120 degree field of regard” Scott R. Davis, Scott D. Rommel, Seth T. Johnson, Neil A. Rebolledo, Stephanie M. McMahon, Michael H. Anderson, Vescent Photonics Inc.; Jason M. Auxier, U.S. Naval Research Lab.
Presentation: “Miniature, compact laser system for ultracold atom sensors” Juan M. Pino, Mike A. Anderson, Benjamin Luey, Vescent Photonics Inc.
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The NFL Previewed in Song, Part I: The AFC East
Major Lazer, Solange, Memphis doom-trap, and the theme song from 'Taxi' soundtrack the AFC East.
by VICE Sports
August 12, 2014, 11:40am
Photo by Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
Football is not so much "America's pastime" as it is "The only thing America gives a shit about for 17 Sundays and the playoffs." The NFL has become so grotesquely popular over recent years that it wipes out whatever else is going on in the sports world. As summer turns to autumn and training camps and preseason games intensify, the prospect of football—ACTUAL FUCKING NFL FOOTBALL—becomes almost unbearable. The games are scarce, the important games are scarcer, and as a result nearly all NFL coverage is prediction and anticipation and postmortems and blather. People need to talk about the NFL, they have an almost reptilian urge to know what is going to happen, to read and dissect and be outraged by rankings. This is a long way of saying: Look, we know it's futile and sort of dumb to do an NFL preview—players will get injured, teams will surprise, two months from now our predictions will look pathetic and amateurish. But we want the NFL to come just as badly as you do, we're as eager to watch this insane, intensely American circus as you are.
So here is our NFL preview. It contains some analysis, some honest attempts to figure out what is going to happen, but mostly it's an attempt to look around the league and pick out a theme song for each team, a sort of musical aura. Some franchises are best summed up by bone-crunching metal anthems, others by very sad songs sung by famous heroin addicts. Up first: the AFC East.
Read our preview of the AFC South here.
New England Patriots - DJ Zirk, "Mind Blowin'"
The exact point at which the New England Patriots started riding around in the all-black jerkmobile is indeterminate, but at some point in the last decade they went full villain and landed on the Teams We Hate list. Sports hate is nine-tenths confirmation bias: With our allegiances in hand, we go out in search of things that irritate or anger us about teams and players we're supposed to dislike. If we're being honest, the players and teams we root for are about as annoying and enraging as any other.
The Patriots are an anomaly in that they've embraced sneering dick-dom with aplomb. This isn't something that permeates the roster—Vince Wilfork seems lovely—but Tom Brady and Bill Belichick are going on 15 years together and "Patriots" is synecdoche for "Brady and Belichick." Belichickian grimness is a brand at this point, but despite affected media-handling hardassery from his many disciples, Belichick is still the only one who's any good at it. (It's a Thor's hammer-type thing, apparently.) Brady, meanwhile has gotten grumpier as he's aged (or refused to age), to the point that he has now calcified into a mean, perma-handsome golf pro.
Part of the Pats' aesthetic is that they don't care about aesthetics, but if they did, they would be into Memphis doom-trap circa 1995. That scene around the time Three 6 Mafia were becoming cultishly popular on a national scale was all plodding, proto-drill thump. DJ Zirk's "Mind Blowin'" is representative: Stick-up boys trying to sound like they're from hell and more or less succeeding.
The 2014 Patriots might be truly scary. They've been getting by on guile and inventiveness for a while, but threw the checkbook at Darrelle Revis, Brandon Browner, and a few others this offseason in a bid to be able to stop other teams for the first time since Adalius Thomas could still bowl over offensive linemen. Part of Belichick's genius is knowing that his genius has limits. He's given himself some extra ammo this go-round. The rest of the league should run and hide.
Prediction: 13-3
-Colin McGowan
Miami Dolphins - Major Lazer, "Get Free"
The new offensive coordinator of the Miami Dolphins is a Chip Kelly disciple named Bill Lazor, but this isn't simply a Lazer/Lazor connection. No sir. This is textual analysis, son. Look at the limitations of Mike Sherman's offense that the Dolphins were saddled with last season, and listen to what Amber from Dirty Projectors sings on Diplo's track here:
Look at me/ I just can't believe/ What they've done to me/ We could never get free
Have you seen a Dolphins game in the last few years? They've had some talented dudes on the team, and a quarterback in Ryan Tannehill who could rightfully be described as a talented dude. Yet they were frequently very, very boring, brief glimmers of promise aside.
I just wanna dream
Tell me about it, Amber from Dirty Projectors. Tannehill is the most-likely-to-be-able-to-do-this-QB-thing-all-respect-to-Chad-Pennington guy the Dolphins have lined up under center since Dan Marino. That's not saying that Ryan Tannehill is Dan Marino, it's an indictment of the Cleo Lemons and rusted-out Daunte Culpeppers that were thrown out there at Sun Life Stadium nee Pro Player Stadium nee Joe Robbie Stadium and asked to beat the Patriots or the Jets. But now Bill Lazor is going to install some of that Chip Kelly style, and they've got Knowshon Moreno (and he's actually really good), and Mike Wallace is there, and Brian Hartline is above-average when he lines up out of the slot, and hey, maybe Braden Albert and Dustin Keller have bounce-back years. The point is, the Dolphins, for the first time since Joe Philbin quit acting under the name Richard Jenkins and became the Dolphins coach, have the potential to be exciting. Tannehill has some legitimate offensive weapons, and the defense has some bright spots. It looks like the Pouncey on the offensive line isn't going to jail, so Tannehill and Moreno will get the protection and blocking they need to do their thing. They're still going to have to play above their heads to avoid finishing at the bottom of the AFC East, but they'll only have themselves to blame if they fuck up.
All of my life been wadin' in/ Water so deep now we got to swim
Wrong, Amber. Now we got to play football.
Prediction: 6-10
-David Matthews
Buffalo Bills - Solange, "Some Things Never Seem to Fucking Work"
Some things never seem to fuhh-ckin' wo-oooork.
Buffalo is a much-shit-upon city and not a place in which many choose to live, with its whipping wind winters and dearth of stuff to do. You are born there or have Buffalo thrust upon you. Even Bills owner Ralph Wilson lived in a rich-guy community in Michigan when he didn't absolutely have to be in western New York. The NFL should stand by Buffalo because Buffalo has done right by them—up until a few years ago, the stadium was packed every week to watch teams that had no realistic playoff hopes—but the free market ain't loyal. It wouldn't surprise anyone if the Bills left town.
Whenever a professional sports franchise looks as if it might relocate, the city cleaves to it like a toddler wrapped around a mother's ankle as she's trying to get out the door for work. This is especially true of smallish municipalities. Chicago would still be very Chicago-like without the Bears, but what is a Packersless Green Bay? Detroit—the bankrupt burg famous for the abandoned buildings and the smells—recently found a way to give the Red Wings $260 million for a new arena. This is gross and misguided, but understandably so. Teams are, for better and often for worse, civic identity markers.
But here is the thing: The Bills have been bad-to-mediocre for a long time, and what makes Buffalo great—or acceptable, or at least not Binghamton—is not the habitually lousy team that plays next door in Orchard Park, but the particularities that make any city great, or acceptable, or at least not Binghamton. Apologies for the Leslie Knope-ish aphorism: Buffalo is its people, and that's unchangeable.
The Bills aren't necessarily destined for Los Angeles or Toronto, but Buffalo residents would do well to keep a resigned breakup track in their back pockets in case of emergency. Meanwhile, they should enjoy their not-great football team, because a not-great football team is enjoyable enough, provided you've got cold beer on hand and people to commiserate with. But know this, Buffalo: You don't need the Bills. Even if some things never seem to fucking work, others always will.
New York Jets - Bob James, "Angela (Theme from Taxi)"
No sitcom from the 70s or 80s embodies the spirit of the New York Jets quite like Taxi, a show about lovable misfits working through their problems together. The Jets are trying to get to a Super Bowl like Tony Danza was trying to be a boxer, or Jeff Conaway was trying to get a part on Broadway, or Marilu Henner was trying to enter the world of Manhattan art galleries. The subtext of the show was, These people probably are not going to make it, at least not the way they want, and the subtext of every Jets season is, similarly, We don't really have a shot, do we? There have been some decent Jets teams in the past few years—they played in the AFC Conference Championship Game in 2010, remember?—but mostly they've been outclassed by more talented, sleeker, more explosive teams that have had that special something the Jets have lacked, that special something being a quarterback who isn't a liability.
The parallels between Taxi and the Jets run deeper, of course, and they become clearer and clearer the more you listen to the do-do-DOOOO-DOOO-DOO-do—do-do-do-do-DOOO-do-do part of the intro to the theme song over and over again. Rex Ryan is, of course, the analog to Danny DeVito's character, the rough-around-the-edges guy who runs the shop. Eric Decker is as pretty as Conaway's wannabe actor, Sheldon Richardson is as brash and confident as Danza's boxer…
Shit. Who were the other Taxi people? Michael Vick is trying to start the next chapter of his life, just like Henner's divorced mother character was. Geno Smith's luck swings wildly, just like that of Christopher Lloyd's acid burnout. D'Brickashaw Ferguson is a steadying presence at left tackle, just as Judd Hirsch's driver was always there for the other cabbies. That leaves Chris Johnson as Andy Kaufman's Latka Gravas, I guess? An incomprehensible foreigner who lives in his own surreal world?
Fuck, Taxi had a bigger cast than I remembered when I started down this path. Sorry everyone. Anyway, the Jets will be surprisingly OK this year.
Prediction: 9-7
-Harry Cheadle
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Following the success Pakistan Insights 2019 that was based on discussions held in the Pakistan Study Group (PSG) of the Vivekananda International Foundation, it was decided to continue with the Insight series, making it an annual feature. Despite the constraints imposed by COVID-19, the PSG has met virtually and continued to discuss issues relating to Pakistan in a holistic manner, going beyond the headlines. Pakistan Insights 2020 is a comprehensive book that deals with most aspects of Pakistan. Articles include an overview of developments in 2019-20, internal developments and civil-military relations, the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic challenges, the terrorism landscape, developments in J&K after the 05 August 2019 changes, Pakistan Occupied Jammu & Kashmir, nuclear programme, defence production capabilities, and the digital landscape. The external section looks at Indo-Pak relations, Pakistan`s relations with China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, Malaysia and Russia as well as Pakistan’s role in Afghanistan and the Afghan peace process. The book concludes with some thoughts on the future trajectory of Pakistan.
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Fashion Revolution Day: Why You Should Wear Fair Trade
By Hendrik Broekelschen April 26, 2017
Photograph by Elliot Eliash © 2014 Fair Trade USA
Patagonia. Obey. PrAna. Athleta. Outerknown. Ever heard of them? These companies are some of the best in the business because they believe in quality with every fiber of their being — as well as their apparel. These industry leaders also believe in quality when it comes to living wages and safe living standards for the workers who make their apparel. For Fashion Revolution Day, these five companies stand with Fair Trade USA in a powerful photo campaign that says it loud and clear — We Wear Fair Trade.
Kimi Werner, freediver and spearfisher, wearing Patagonia
To provide some background, Fashion Revolution Day is dedicated in remembrance of those who who suffered in the Rana Plaza collapse that occurred on April 24th, 2013. On that day, an eight-story commercial building collapsed, killing 1,129 people and leaving approximately 2,500 injured — most of whom were clothing factory workers. Although cracks were seen forming in the building the day before, garment workers were ordered to continue production until the entire building collapsed. It is important to recount what happened on this day to bring awareness to the sub-standard working conditions and compensation for workers that still exist today.
So what does fair trade mean? Via their website, Fair Trade USA says Fair Trade Certified™ products, “[Are] made with respect to people and planet. Our rigorous social, environmental, and economic standards work to promote safe, healthy working conditions, protect the environment, enable transparency, and empower communities to build strong, thriving businesses.” To give you a better idea of what that means, here are some examples of what fair trade means from each of the five partner companies who have come together in their campaign to say, “We Wear Fair Trade.”
CEO Rose Marcario and pro-surfer, author, & filmmaker Dan Malloy, wearing Patagonia
“We pay a premium for every Fair Trade Certified™ item that carries our label. That extra money goes directly to the workers at the factory, and they decide how to spend it. But that’s not all. The program also promotes worker health and safety and social and environmental compliance, and encourages dialog between workers and management.”
Shepard Fairey, artist and activist wearing Obey
“For every OBEY Fair Trade Certified™ product sold, a percentage is paid directly to a special fund for the workers that create our goods. They decide collectively how to spend these funds based on the community’s greatest needs: from scholarships and school buses, to medical care and disaster relief services.”
Chris Sharma, pro-climber and Kelly Potts, pro-surfer & youth mentor, wearing PrAna
“Fair Trade standards ensure that garment workers have safe working conditions, a voice in the workplace, higher earnings, and that women are treated equally. Although these rights may seem basic, they are simply not guaranteed in many of the countries where clothing is produced.”
Nancy Green, President and CEO wearing Athleta
“We believe garment workers should be guaranteed basic human rights, and have the opportunity to thrive. That’s why we launched our first Fair Trade Certified™ Factory apparel in 2017.”
Kelly Slater, pro-surfer and John Moore, designer, wearing Outerknown
“For every Fair Trade™ product sold, additional money goes right back to workers who made them. No middlemen, no red tape, just cash back for a job well done. Workers comes together to vote on how to use these profits to empower their lives. They invest in things that strengthen their communities, like childcare, improved transportation, or simply as a bonus to save for a rainy day.”
As a consumer, what can we do to be part of this movement? It’s easy. The best place to start is to buy Fair Trade Certified™ products when the choice is available. Our power to change the industry is to buy — or choose not to buy — based on what we believe is fair. Companies need the consumer and will change their ways if we change ours. As an added bonus, we get to look good while doing it.
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This article is of particular interest to me since Thomas Jackson made his first voyage to Hong Kong via the Overland Route with P&O a year after this sailing. It is a list of complaints by passengers who arrived on the Oriental Steamer Salsette on October 27, 1863. The details are delicious. Their experience, less so.
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The Times. November 26, 1863, p.5.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir, – We are some of the unhappy hundreds who have had a sudden end put to their “Egyptian Railway Transit” by the late inundation of the Nile; and, as it is the second time that we have had experience of such a catastrophe, we venture to believe that you will not consider it out of place for us to tell your readers what it is like when it occurs, and how it may be guarded against.
Ladies and young children, and adult males of all ages, and various degrees of health, we were some thirty first-class passengers in number, who landed at 9 AM on the 10th inst., at Alexandria, out of the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ellora, from Southampton, on route to Bombay. There were some ten others of the second class, of both sexes, and all ages; but, as we wish to confine ourselves to what we ourselves saw and experienced, we shall not again refer to these, and we now dismiss them with the observation that they accompanied us through all our sufferings, and all probability had the lion share of them.
Each of us had been provided, before leaving England, with an Egyptian Transit ticket, through the care of the Peninsular and Oriental Company. For this convenience – and it is one in its way – the bearer had to pay very nearly double the sum which would have cost to procure a similar ticket in Alexandria from the Egyptian Transit Administration itself, the excess (some 3l and odd) being supposed to be for value to be received, in the shape of greater punctuality and better dispatch than the holder of a locally acquired ticket might look for. In both cases the ticket is a “through” one and clears its holder from Alexandra to Suez, besides entitling him, or her, to what the “Administration” of his Highness the Pasha considers the daily “meals” of the English.
Let us here observe once and for all that the theory is false, and the excess of charge an extortion. It is so much clear gain to the Transit Administration of his Highness. It does not secure to the payer a single advantage over the local traveller. On the contrary, the canaille, who constitute the great mass of outside travelling across Egypt – Greeks, Jews, Egyptians, Italians, and Maltese, to sum up all in short, Levantines – are better treated in their several nasty ways than we can ever hope to be. They have the sympathies of the employees – men of their own stock, or perhaps of the own circles of acquaintance. They have the ear of the valetaille at the Inns and elsewhere, and for the same reason. They are served first, sit in all, the chief places, monopolize the best of the bad accommodations, and less liable to be fleeced than we, the wards of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, with our double cost tickets from Leadenhall-street. It was so especially with those who made the journey we are now about to describe. We repeat it; how the Peninsular and Oriental Company ever could have been drawn into this improvident bargain is to this day, the marvel of all Egypt. The Messageries Imperiales have profited by the example, and shunned the error of their elderly rivals.
We landed at 9 AM. Not a minute was allowed us for reflection or repose. Implicitly, following the direction of the Peninsular and Oriental Company’s Alexandria agent. We disembarked only to rush into the “special train” (it was nothing of the kind), which was awaiting us on the seaboard, for the purpose of catching at the Nile railway-bridge (to quote the agent’s own words), “one of the seven steamers, equipped by the Pasha himself, for the conveyance of passengers during the interruption of the railway traffic, which would take us to our destination (Cairo) in ten hours at the very utmost, and which we should find to be replete with every comfort that passengers can reasonably desire, except, perhaps, bathrooms, for the present.”
At three in the afternoon we were all on board of the only one of the seven which we found ready to sail. Considering the lapse of time since the present stoppage of the eight miles of railway began, and, above all, the fact that since the recurrence of such an incident has been ever since 1861, a matter of yearly expectation, there was no reason in the world by these steamers should not have deserved the character thus given them by our Peninsular and Oriental Company’s agent. The truth was far otherwise.
We did not reach Cairo until half past 1 in the afternoon of the following day. During the 22 wretched hours which we passed in the meantime on board of that the abominable steamer, (the Hadji Pasha they said she was called) there was no single responsible official on board to whom complaints might be addressed. There was a “pilot” and there was a “captain”, but both of them were Arabs and spoke nothing but Arabic. This, however, was of the less consequence, since we were informed by an interpreter, an Egyptian Greek in the Transit service, calling himself “Plodonas” (?) that the captain did not feel very confident in his skill in the river navigation, and moreover that he was not a man to whom our communications ought to be addressed. There was no one to represent the Transit Administration; for anyone who knows Egypt will smile at the suggestion that wretched “Plodononas” or any other Greek could in any sense be taken as the representative of his masters in that service. There was, by accident, among the passengers to Suez a servant of the Peninsular and Oriental Company; but he was only a passenger, as he assured us, and no way authorised to make or receive complaints.
Yet cause enough, we had to complain that frightful night, and more frightful morrow! We found, when it was too late (that is to say, after the steamer was off with ourselves on board), that it was not one specially reserved for the Indian passengers. Very far from that; it was crowded with outsiders of the kinds I have specified, shouting, lolling, eating and drinking, smoking, spitting, and snoring in every part of the vessel – especially the best parts – and all of them very dirty canaille and very much better appreciated than the best of ourselves by their countrymen, the servants of the ship.
The sleeping cabins– four in number - were all public, and open to all. There is no lavatory on board, and until the energy of one passenger, after some hours of endeavour, compelled the production and cleansing of one close-stool in one of the cabins, no necessaries or urinals of any kind. Nature was relieved from the same corner of the rail whereat the water for drinking and ablution had to be drawn from the muddy river. But water could not always be got even in sufficient quantity to fill the solitary wash basin, which we passed from hand to hand. A young American lady, among others, was seen ineffectually trying, in default of servants, to draw the foul fluid for herself, and had to be assisted by some of our fellow passengers in that enterprise. There was one towel, but only a small one, and no more were to be had until the following day; but of soap, there was not a morsel but what some of ourselves had brought.
Lice and insects of all kinds, since the exodus, have been the plagues of Egypt. We found the parasites in plenty at Cairo. That we were not without them on board of the Hadji-Pasha, you may easily guess.
There was the food of the quotidian “meal” as are regulation – such stuff! Insufficient, even if good, it was filthy, course, Bill Cook. Besides, and all in the highest degree. Dirty – very dirty – knives and forks were distributed at the rate of one knife and one fork to each guest of the administration, and he, or she, or it used these for all purposes, for there were no carving knives or carving forks.
Insufficient and bad also was the attendance, as we worry said; it even of that, such as it was, the canaille without obtained the preference and held it to the end.
To complete the sum of misery, it pleased our masters, the Arabs and the Greek, deprive us of the ambient air of heaven by suddenly bringing us to anchor close under and overjutting point of mud, and keeping us there from 7 in the evening till 5 in the morning of the next day, during one of the hottest nights of this sultry season in Egypt. There we lay, massed together – men, women, and children – Orientals and Franks, passengers and canaille without the means of repose, and without protection from the insects and miamata of the river, all that dreary night.
In one respect; and only one, there is truth in the representations on the faith of which we had embarked on that miserable voyage. The ordinary passage up the Nile from that railway bridge to Cairo was one of the eight to ten hours only. But the Alexandria agent knew, or ought to have known, that at least one out of every two steamers is in the hands of men too fearful of the dangers of a navigation but imperfectly known to themselves to venture on the prosecution of the voyage during hours of darkness. Thus it fared with ourselves. Our fellows from Marseille say that they were more fortunate. In their case, only two days after ourselves, the steamer was run up during the night, and the sum of misery was exhausted by their safe arrival in Cairo at the hour of 2 in the morning. But, surely, if one steamer out of two can do so much, why not the other also?
There have also been several very serious cases of fever and sickness among our fellow –sufferers of that horrible night. The writer of these lines is himself labouring under a relapse into dysentery, which he had tributes to that cause.
Are the “authorities” not responsible? Meagre the ethics of joint-stop companies, let us say they are. But who are these “authorities”? They are concentrated in the Pasha, per se Pasha. “Transit Administration” is all a farce; “Betts Bey” a chimera; the shareholders, all mayah (illusions); the “directors” children of a dream. It is the Pasha, and again it is the Pasha, and evermore it is the Pasha.
First, let us open and read our “transit ticket”, and there – after much that is idle and irrelevant – what find we?
This ticket entitles proprietor of it to the following privileges: – 1 to be conveyed in suitable carriages to and from the landing places, and railway stations, hotels, and by railway, in first-class passenger carriages between Alexandria and Suez at the expense of the Egyptian government. …They are recommended to avail themselves of the carriages and omnibuses provided by the transit administration, and decline the services of other carriage drivers, Arab porters, &c, which will subject them to imposition.
Surely, Sir, we unfortunates have fulfilled the recommendations in question, not to the mere letter, but the living spirit, and yet where were we?
But lastly, and above all, whom have we to thank, but his Highness himself and his worthy predecessor, Said Pasha, for the same yearly interruptions of the railway and obligations to assume the Nile navigation? Surely none!
It is well known to Earl Russell that for some years past the Nile survey has ceased to be a quiddity in Egyptian administration – that rightness of rotten administrations! The money being wanted for toys, which wise old Mehemet Ali had affected to the watching and repairing of the Nile banks, the engineers and staff needed for that essential service had long ago discharged, and salaries appropriated otherwise. To any observer who has even once travelled along the highways of the Nile banks the importance of this disgraceful fact needs no explanation, but to Earl Russell, and to most of your readers, it may be unknown that the highways and banks in question are one and the same. There are no other public, general roads in that valley beside the river banks themselves. The loose, friable soil, situated with the incessant traffic, disappears rapidly under the action of sun and wind, and the metal to repair them is now wanting, for the Pasha has confiscated the road funds. So passes the spring; so passes a summer; then comes the doughty autumn; and before that season, too, has passed away, the yearly inundation. It is notorious that against a very ordinary flood indeed existing banks of all the Nile are everywhere fallen into decay too complete to permit the hope of its being possible to contain the river within their lines. Breaches occur in all directions. The railway is reached with ease by the triumphant flood, and the embankments are submerged and washed away, and the traffic is interrupted for many months to come. All this because the Pasha of the hour prefers to spend on toys the sufficient funds appointed by the founder of his house for repairing the carriage roads of the Nile and keeping the banks in order!
Our Consuls are powerless in the face of Earl Russell’s dislike of Consular intervention, or the state of things would have long ago received a song protest and remonstrance in the proper quarter. France has protested, it is said, but faintly, and as beseems the patroness of the rival enterprise – the future Suez Canal.
If our noble Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs will only look into the matter from self, and then determine which course to take with this wretched Government, it will be perhaps the beginning of the end. But to that end, in spite of himself, sooner or later, he will have to come, if the great Highway from Cornhill to Calcutta is a thing worth striving for, and the observance of the existing conventions for its sustainment duty property be enforced, if necessary, upon the reluctant regards of a half effete Pashalie.
T. CHISHOLM ANSTEY, High Court, Bombay
C.H. GRIFFIN, 98th Regiment
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T.C. WHARTON, 97th Regiment.
D. TREVOR ROPER, Bombay
L.RUSSELL, 16th Native Infantry
F.SMITH, Bombay,
Fred H SEGRAVE, 16th regiment
J.E. OLIPHANT, C.S. Ahmedabad.
On Board the Peninsular and Oriental Steamer Salsette, Bombay Harbour, October 27.
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VHDL RT Level Parser/Analyser of a Source Code
ZBOŘIL, F.
During our research activities in the field of testability analysis it was revealed that it is reasonable to perform the algorithms not on the VHDL source file, but rather on "an useable database" which reflects the structure of the circuit under analysis and the diagnostic features of the elements and connections between them. For this purpose an interface between VHDL source text and the software performing the analysis was defined. The paper deals with a special parser/analyser that accepts a subset of the IEEE Standard 1076 Hardware Description Language oriented to description of digital circuits on RT level of modelling. The parser/analyser produces a special database of four mutually depending files that is suitable for testability analysis.
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address="Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, University of Technology Košice",
booktitle="Proceedings of the fourth international scientific conference Electronic Computers & Informatics'2000",
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Home>World>Russian Envoy: Ferguson Shows US Racial Problems
Russian Envoy: Ferguson Shows US Racial Problems
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James Cartmill holds an American flag while protesting in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, after the announcement that a grand jury decided not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old. Several thousand protesters marched through Oakland with some shutting down freeways, looting, burning garbage and smashing windows. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) — The violent protests in Ferguson, Missouri, reflect simmering U.S. tensions over racial discrimination that could undermine the country’s stability, a senior Russian diplomat said Tuesday.
The comments by the Russian Foreign Ministry’s human rights envoy, Konstantin Dolgov, were among the sharpest from a foreign official as images of violent protests in Ferguson topped newscasts around the world. The protests came after a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer in the killing of an unarmed black man, 18-year-old Michael Brown.
“The developments in Ferguson and other cities highlight serious challenges to the American society and its stability,” Dolgov said in remarks broadcast by Russian state television.
Moscow appeared to relish turning the tables on the U.S. after repeated U.S. criticism of Russia’s rights record and its policies toward Ukraine. Relations between the two nations are at their lowest point since the Cold War due to the crisis in Ukraine.
All of Russia’s state-controlled nationwide television stations began their newscasts with the footage of street violence in Ferguson, casting it as mounting public anger against the discrimination, injustice and police brutality found in the United States.
“Racial discrimination, racial and ethnic tensions are major challenges to the American democracy, to stability and integrity of the American society,” Dolgov said. “We may only hope that U.S. authorities seriously deal with those issues and other serious challenges in the human rights field in their own country and stop what they have been doing all along recently — playing an aggressive mentor lecturing other countries about how to meet human rights standards.”
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to Americans who were disappointed at the grand jury’s decision “to refrain from any violence” and echoed the appeal by Brown’s parents “to turn this difficult time into a positive moment for change,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Raad al-Hussein, said he would have to see the evidence to be able to judge the grand jury’s verdict. Still he voiced concern at the “disproportionate” number of young black Americans who die in encounters with police officers and the high rate of blacks in U.S. prisons and on death row.
In a statement Tuesday, Zeid urged calm but said clearly there is a “deep and festering lack of confidence in the fairness of the (U.S.) justice and law enforcement systems.”
Officials in most nations avoided the sensitive subject. In China, where authorities don’t welcome scrutiny of the police, the state-run media reported prominently on the Ferguson decision but added little or no commentary. There also appeared to be moves to stifle discussion of the Ferguson news online in China.
Asked whether China, a frequent target of U.S. criticism over its human rights record, had any comment on the grand jury’s decision, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the case is an internal U.S. affair but took the opportunity to note that no country is perfect regarding human rights.
“We can learn from each other in this area,” she said.
On Twitter, well-known jihadis used the grand jury’s decision in recruitment efforts, saying it was the result of America’s racism and that jihad and revolution would be fitting responses, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.
The group, which analyzes international terrorists’ messages, quoted a tweet by a prominent Dutch jihadi in Syria as saying: “March against tyranny and arm yourselves against the true terrorists of our time: The US Government. #FergusonDecision.”
In Hungary, where the government has faced U.S. criticism for its crackdown on civil rights groups, news from Ferguson received prominent coverage on state television, which noted “it was predictable that the decision would enrage millions.”
In France, Justice Minister Christiane Taubira, who has faced racial slurs herself since taking office in 2012, wrote a series of emotional English- and French-language tweets and Facebook posts in response to the Ferguson decision.
“Racial profiling, social exclusion, segregation, cultural marginalization … arms .. fear .. Fatal cocktail!” she wrote.
Referring to some of those fatally shot in the U.S., she wrote: “How old was #MichaelBrown? 18. #TrayvonMartin? 17. #TamirRice? 12. How old next? 12 months? ‘Kill them before they grow’ Bob Marley.”
Lori Hinnant and Angela Charlton in Paris, John Heilprin in Geneva, Laura Mills in Moscow, Pablo Gorondi in Budapest, Hungary, and Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations contributed to this report.
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Basic recycling not available to many Detroit apartment renters due to lack of law
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Many renters in Detroit's apartments and lofts still don't have access to basic recycling because there is currently no city rule requiring it, as reported by the Detroit News.
Some landlords have cited cost as a factor, while other says some of the older buildings weren't designed with enough space to store waste and recyclables separately.
The city's 2014 contract with Rizzo Environmental Services and Advanced Disposal required curbside recycling be made available to residences with up to four units, though didn't include apartments or businesses.
Detroit was one of the last major cities to offer recycling when its curbside pilot program in 2009 and then formalized the system through the 2014 contract, though participation rates have been low with only 15% of residents recycling as of July. The cost of carts is seen as one potential barrier along with a lack of consumer education.
Some renters told the Detroit News they would be willing to pay extra money to help cover the cost of collections and others have even been taking their recyclables to the homes of friends or family with curbside pick-up. The city could revisit this situation when the curbside contract comes up for renewal in 2019, but until then officials say they're focused on making the existing program work.
Recycling in multi-unit buildings is a challenge in many cities due to space constraints and accountability issues. Many cities see multi-unit recycling as key to reaching their diversion goals though making it work can be challenging. Chicago recently faced heavy opposition from the real estate community over an ordinance meant to strengthen multi-unit recycling by raising fines for noncompliance.
The Detroit News Detroit renters frustrated by lack of recycling options
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Where curbside recycling programs have stopped in the US
Cities such as Baltimore; Columbia, Missouri; and El Paso, Texas, have taken necessary steps to restart their paused curbside recycling programs, but scores of others remain on hold.
By Waste Dive Team • Updated: Jan. 20, 2021
Photo illustration by Brian Tucker/Waste Dive/Waste Dive
Disposing 'forever' toxins: How the waste and recycling industry is tackling the PFAS chemicals crisis
Found everywhere from Arctic seawater to the blood of most humans, PFAS are inevitable in the waste stream. With the prospect of regulations and litigation mounting, the industry is figuring out how to handle one of its most difficult issues in years.
By E.A. Crunden • Oct. 19, 2020
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Cleveland seeks roadmap to more circular economy while awaiting curbside recycling reboot
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The Dyson DC41 features a tangle-free turbine and multiple brush attachments. Both of these combined give the vacuum an extra component of functionality that provides for more flexible housekeeping. However, the overall design and price leaves a lot to be desired.
According to Dyson, the DC41 has some of the best suction power among any other vacuum on the market. Other unique elements, include:
Radial root cyclone technology
Ball technology for simple steering
Self-adjustable cleaner head for optimal contact on hard floors
Despite these features, the overall design is lacking. It's difficult to lower out of an upright, resting position. And at its price point, you may not feel like dealing with such an inconvenience. But, if your one prerequisite is clean floors, then this vacuum certainly fulfills that criteria.
Your floors constantly get dirty. The Dyson DC41 excels in pure suction power. This comes courtesy of Dyson's patented radial root cyclone technology that increases suction and limits the amount of microscopic particles that get into the air flow. Paired with the Dyson V6, a handheld vacuum for your car, you can easily suck up pet fur, dander, and anything else with ease.
You want smooth handling. Once you get this vacuum moving, it feels great in your hands. New ball technology offers smooth steering, so you can get around the tightest corners with ease.
You want to clean in every nook and cranny. With several attachments, you can clean in tight corners the vacuum would ordinarily be unable to reach. You get the same suction power to pick up everything, everywhere.
You don't want a big vacuum head. The head on the DC41 may be too big to fit under couches and coffee tables. The attachment comes in handy, but needing to use it in these scenarios may be too much for some.
You're on a budget. The DC41 is among the most expensive vacuums in Dyson's line. For the quality suction you get, you may not mind the hefty price tag. But if you're looking for something that's a little more budget-friendly, then the Dyson V7 Animal may be more your speed, which can cost as little as $250.
Superior suction with radial root cyclone technology
Larger dust canister
Easy-to-clean HEPA filters
Better steering with improved ball technology
Hard to get into position
No automatic retracting cord
You have a pet. Whether you have a dog or cat, animals leave behind a lot of fur. You need a vacuum that's built to deal with tough messes and comes with the suction necessary to grab every last strand. That's precisely what you get with Dyson's radial root cyclone technology.
Your home has a lot of tight corners. With other vacuums, it's hard to reach certain areas. But with attachments and easy steering, the Dyson DC41 allows you to reach every last spot of your home.
You don't have a lot of storage space. The Dyson DC41 is skinny; easily fitting into most closet spaces. It doesn't take up a lot of room, so it's a great option if you live in a small apartment or house.
You want an easy time getting your vacuum ready. The Dyson DC41 doesn't come with a button to get the vacuum into a reclined position. You're going to have to manually adjust it to start cleaning.
You don't like extra steps. Many modern vacuums come with retractable cords. The Dyson DC41 isn't one of them, so you're going to need to put the cord back manually every time.
"This is a good all around vacuum, it never loses suction, its easy to remove the debris, has a hose that extends quite far, and just works well."
"I still saved money buying this vacuum and choosing my accessory kit (allergy and asthma) and still saved about $60.00."
"Everything has already been said about how well this [vacuum] works, the suction is amazing. I found it pretty easy to maneuver when I first started using it and the long power cord is great."
"The five-year warranty of the Dyson is what finally convinced me, and I've never been happier with a product!"
"A nice feature is the automatic floor height so you don't have to stop and change settings going from carpet to hardwood. Also the brush on/off control is at the top of the handle."
"Returning the vacuum to upright can be a bit tricky."
"The picture of the lady stretching the vacuum all the way up the stairs is laughable. I think the vacuum would need to be bolted to the ground for that to happen."
"It's expensive but worth it. It's heavier than I expected, so it's not so easy to carry it up 3 flights of steps."
"I also found the attachments and hose awkward to use."
"I also wish it had a foot pedal to unlock it from its standing position, but sometimes I think I have snapped it back upright only to have it start to fall."
Amazon is the best place to purchase a new Dyson DC41. It's not cheap, but Amazon allows you to make monthly payments with 0% interest for the first 12 months when approved for an Amazon Store card. Plus, you can enjoy fast, free shipping!
Dyson DC41 is an ideal choice if you want superior suction and ease of motion at an reasonable price.
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Filmmaker and apologist lays out why 'atheism is so attractive' to some and what it took to change him
'If God has seen my thought life … then I'm in big trouble'
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Apologist Ray Comfort is known for his creative approach to sharing the gospel. Comfort, who founded the Living Waters ministry, regularly creates documentaries and other outreach projects aimed at reaching people with biblical truth.
But the well-known apologist wasn't always the Bible-believing man he is today.
In recent years, Comfort has produced and hosted films like " 180," "Noah and the Last Days," "Audacity" and his new project "7 Reasons" — movies that lead people to think deeper about faith, the world around them and God's love.
He recently spoke with PureFlix.com's "Pure Talk" about what he believes is the biggest barrier that prevents people from embracing God and the Bible.
(Read also: Want to Know How to Answer Atheists? Check This Out)
"It's not understanding the danger. The Bible says men love darkness and hate the light, neither will they come to the light lest their deeds be exposed," Comfort said, noting that this love for darkness clouds human judgement. "So, everybody loves their sins."
Watch Comfort break down his views on atheism and share his own journey to faith:
Comfort is set to be a central fixture in the PureFlix.com sponsored Answering Atheist conference (April 17-21) this Easter at the Ark Encounter attraction. It's a conference that promises "four days of solid biblical teaching to equip you to stand confidently on God's word."
The apologist will join Answers in Genesis founder Ken Ham, among many others, in addressing key questions about faith, atheism, and how to engage with non-believers. Comfort will also preach at a sunrise service on Easter morning at the Ark Encounter, leading in a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
"The reason atheism is so attractive to the unsaved is because it gets rid of moral accountability," Comfort told "Pure Talk." "If there's no God, there's no ultimately right or wrong and there's no punishment for right and wrong."
He also shared details on his own upbringing and spiritual journey, explaining that he grew up in New Zealand in a non-Christian household and didn't find God until he was an adult.
(Read also: Inside the Incredible Story Behind Lifesize Replica of Noah's Ark)
"I wasn't interested in God," he said of his early years. "I was just interested in doing my own thing … but when I saw my danger — that caused me to let go of my sin."
At age of 20, Comfort was married, had a home, and had already built a successful business, accomplishing most of his goals early on — a scenario that left him with a uniquely early "midlife crisis" of sorts.
Some deeper thoughts about life and meaning soon shocked him out of spiritual apathy. In fact, everything changed for Comfort one night when he was sitting in bed next to his wife and he came to a terrifying realization.
"I began thinking, 'She could die and everything else would mean nothing,'" Comfort recalled, noting that this revelation left him in tears, looking up at the heavens and crying out with confusion and concern. "Six months later God heard my cry."
Comfort was on a surfing trip and another guy shared the gospel with him. Suddenly, everything became clear and his purpose and understanding were transformed.
"I understood that I was a sinner and the thing that convinced me was the 10 Commandments," he said, noting that these moral laws left him deeply impacted and convicted. "[I thought], 'If God has seen my thought life … then I'm in big trouble,' and that's when I understood the cross.'"
(Read also: 'Be Bold for the Christian Faith': Your Key to Engaging Atheists)
So, Comfort said, he decided to become a Christian. Almost immediately, he was sharing his faith with the masses — something he continues to do here in America decades later.
One of Comfort's motivators is that he is "horrified" at the thought of what happens to those who reject Christ. With that in mind, he seeks to bring the gospel to others in an effort to yield understanding and to build bridges to God.
Want to see Comfort share his views on faith and atheism in person? You're invited to attend the Answering Atheists conference this April. You can learn more here.
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Review: Muncie Girls w/ The Hard Aches at The Joiners, Southampton
By Robyn Sparkes on October 9, 2018 Live, Local Music, Reviews
Muncie Girls performed live at The Joiners with their new album 'Fixed Ideals' alongside support act The Hard Aches.
As a first timer at The Joiners and having never heard of the bands on the setlist, I headed out for the night with nothing but a love for indie rock and no idea what I was doing. The bands performed on a bare stage; it was enjoyable knowing you couldn’t assume what was going to come on next.
Whilst Muncie Girls were practically a stone’s throw away from their hometown Exeter, their support act The Hard Aches had travelled all the way from Adelaide, Australia. It was the last night of their tour together and you could tell that all members were a little bit exhausted and a little bit heartbroken. Both bands played with so much feeling it radiated throughout the audience.
Listening to The Hard Aches was an experience in itself. Lead singer Ben had a charmingly powerful voice that got everyone chanting, singing and stomping along to all their best bits, especially when they played their greatest and most well-known song ‘I Get Like This’.
Before their set was through, the lead singer of Muncie Girls, Lande, was welcomed to the stage by Ben for a final collaboration between them with the duet ‘Happy’. It was the sort of heartfelt piece that you should only experience live; their combined sounds blended the two genres of indie and rock in a way that I had certainly not experienced in a long time.
Welcomed with a cheer, Muncie Girls jumped on stage performing their classics as well as introducing the audience to their latest album Fixed Ideals. A sterling set which brought us everything needed for a good night out – including bubbles that floated over the heads of the crowd during their song ‘Bubble Bath’.
Lande Hekt’s writing brings together thoughts on politics, mental health, self-awareness and the discontent that comes from every tired young adult needing to feel a little more understood. While still trying to find their feet, this band suits the intimate and welcoming scenes of venues like The Joiners. However, you cannot deny they are rising through the ranks. Muncie Girls’ first LP ‘From Caplan To Belsize’ was nominated for best British newcomer at the Karrang! Music Awards that year, and they’ve been travelling the world with their unique and dynamic music ever since.
Muncie Girls are now taking their tour around the world. Check out the music video for their single ‘Picture of Health’ below.
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Top 5 Live Acts of 2020
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Murder Charges Pending For Suspected Illegal Alien Over Nevada Home Killing Spree
Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman, 19, of El Salvador, is escorted into the courtroom for his initial appearance in Carson City Justice Court in Carson City, Nev., on Jan. 28, 2019. (Scott Sonner/AP Photo)
Salvadoran Accused of 4 Nevada Killings Worked for 2 Victims
RENO, Nev.—A 19-year-old Salvadoran man suspected of being in the country illegally was charged on Jan. 28 with killing four people in Nevada, including a couple who employed him as a landscaper at their Reno home where he fatally shot them with a gun he stole from them earlier, authorities said.
Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman told investigators he used a .22-caliber revolver stolen from the property of 81-year-old Gerald David and 80-year-old Sharon David less than two weeks before he killed them on Jan. 16.
“The lady was coming out. I got scared and shot at her,” Martinez-Guzman is quoted telling a Washoe County detective in an affidavit filed in Reno on Monday. It alleged that he first broke into “outbuildings” or a trailer on the sprawling David property on Jan. 3 and Jan. 4 and made off with a cache of rifles and the handgun.
Gerald and Sharon David
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Martinez-Guzman had worked for a landscaping company at the Davids’ property for four months, ending last July. It was not immediately clear if the job linked him to two women he is accused of killing in nearby Gardnerville.
The affidavit was used to obtain an arrest warrant for Martinez-Guzman, who was arrested Jan. 19 in Carson City and is jailed there on charges that he possessed weapons and other items stolen from the Davids and sold jewelry belonging to Gerald David and another victim.
Martinez-Guzman admitted also killing Gerald David, and the affidavit alleges that his DNA was found on the .22-caliber gun also used to kill Connie Koontz and Sophia Renken in their homes. Koontz was found dead Jan. 10. Renken’s body was found Jan. 13.
Wilbur Ernesto Martinez-Guzman, who was arrested on Jan. 19, 2019 and named by police as a suspect for four murders in Nevada. (Carson City Sheriff’s Office)
The Davids were prominent Reno Rodeo Association members, and Martinez-Guzman is accused of possessing several Western-style belt buckles bearing their names stolen from their home.
Someone using an Apple account belonging to Martinez-Guzman’s mother tried to activate an Apple watch stolen from Koontz, the affidavit said.
The mother, identified in the affidavit as Sonia Guzman, hasn’t been charged with a crime. She was questioned by immigration authorities following her son’s arrest and was given a hearing date, Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said.
Guzman was the registered owner of a 2006 BMW 325i that Martinez-Guzman was driving when he was arrested, and in which authorities say they found the murder weapon.
The .22-caliber revolver was recovered from the car, and the affidavit said a .22-caliber bullet with DNA matching Martinez-Guzman was found on the kitchen floor at the David home.
Douglas County District Attorney Mark Jackson told reporters Monday that investigators in Douglas and Washoe counties had “a high level of confidence” that Martinez-Guzman acted alone in the killings.
Washoe County District Attorney Chris Hicks refused to comment on his immigration status.
President Donald Trump tweeted a week ago that the four killings in Nevada showed the need for his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall, which was at the center of the federal government shutdown.
Four people in Nevada viciously robbed and killed by an illegal immigrant who should not have been in our Country. 26 people killed on the Border in a drug and gang related fight. Two large Caravans from Honduras broke into Mexico and are headed our way. We need a powerful Wall!
“What someone’s status is in this country has nothing to do with how we are proceeding in this case,” Hicks told reporters Monday. “We are looking to hold an alleged murderer accountable for the murders he committed. That’s all.”
Hicks said it would be more than a month before prosecutors decide whether to pursue the death penalty against Martinez-Guzman.
The 30-day clock on that decision deadline doesn’t begin until he’s formally arraigned in district court on the murder charges along with five burglary charges added in the new criminal complaint.
Hicks said they intend to extradite Martinez-Guzman to Washoe County to face those charges as soon as possible and that he will be held without bail in the county jail in Reno but that his initial arraignment in Reno Justice Court has not yet been scheduled.
He’s currently being held in the Carson City jail on the theft and burglary charges on $500,000 bail. His appointed public defense attorney there, Karin Kreizenbeck, has declined comment.
Furlong said earlier that Martinez-Guzman’s only known contact with authorities was a speeding ticket last February.
Each of the district attorneys told reporters during a news conference in Reno on Monday they would co-prosecute the case personally as their “highest priority.”
By Scott Sonner and Ken Ritter
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Fletcher Faculty Member Selected for ArtPop Class of 2021
By The Fletcher School
K-12 Art Teacher Molly Partyka has been selected as one of the ArtPop Street Gallery's 20 artists for the ArtPopCLT Class of 2021.
"ArtPop is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization that lifts up local artists by featuring their art in public spaces and equips them to achieve sustained success. We make art accessible to all people in the communities we serve because everyone deserves access to art."
Her winning art piece, Begin Again, (pictured below) will be featured throughout 2021 on billboard displays, newsstand space, digital spectaculars, and overhead charging station displays at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. A full-scale version will also be featured with her other paintings as part of her Arts & Science Council Regional Artist Project Grant that she recently won, "Change in Motion" at CPCC's Bill and Patty Gorelick Gallery Levine Campus and Cato Campus for 2021. A gallery of her grant paintings for "Change in Motion" can be viewed digitally on her website, www.mollypartyka.com. (An opening for the exhibition is pending due to COVID-19.)
Ms. Partyka has dedicated her time and expertise to The Fletcher School since the start of the 2015-16 academic year, inspiring creativity and awakening talents in our students for the last six years. We could not be more proud of her for this accomplishment.
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Seniors Learn Job and Life Skills Through Senior Shadowing Project
Learning Differences: What Are They and The Resources that Provide Support
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IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW PRIMARY SCHOOL BUILDING
Location: PRZEŹMIEROWO, VOIVODESHIP GREATERPOLAND
Scope of work:
The new wing of the school was built on the site of the old building, which had been demolished earlier. Modern classrooms as well as corridors have been made in accordance with the latest solutions for educational establishments. The building was built with the youngest users in mind and fully adapted to the needs of people with disabilities. The implementation also gained a fully equipped courtyard, which included elements of small architecture such as designer benches and lighting, but also a playground that stimulates the imagination.
GENERAL CONTRACTING OF A TRAINING AND EXAMINATION FACILITY WITH A MANEUVERAGE SQUARE
Location: ŁÓDŹ, VOIVODESHIP ŁÓDZKIE
A two-story office building with a cubature of over 10,000m3, together with an above-ground car park. The facility has been divided into zones: generally accessible, zone for candidates and trainees, an administrative and social zone for employees. The implementation was equipped with access control and adapted to the needs of people with disabilities.
Examination and maneuvering area for candidates for driving licenses in the categories A, AM, A1, A2, B, B1, B + E, C, C1, C1 + E, C + E, D, D1, D1 + E , D + E, T. Stands for performing main maneuvers for category B vehicles and a stand for starting on a hill (so-called hill).
GENERAL CONTRACTING OF A NEW HEADQUARTER OF THE TECHNICAL SCHOOL
Location: GRODZISK WIELKOPOLSKI, VOIVODESHIP GREATERPOLAND
The facility will provide the school with an area of over three thousand square meters. The building has been equipped so that it fulfills both didactic and practical functions. Passenger lifts with access control were installed, allowing efficient, controlled movement around the building. The investment has been equipped with solar panels. The building includes, among others, fully equipped: car workshop, mechanical workshop, mechatronics workshop, PLC workshop, electronics workshop - electromechanics, CAD / CAM workshop, hotel workshop, animal production workshop, plant production workshop, two computer labs and assembly hall, dividing by means of movable walls into 4 regular classrooms.
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW POVIAT HOSPITAL
Location: MOGILNO, VOIVODESHIP KUYAVIAN-POMERANIAN
The investment carried out in the "design and build" formula included the design and construction of a new wing and reconstruction of some of the existing facilities, as well as comprehensive equipment. The investment houses a admission room, an endoscopic laboratory, and internal, children's and gynecological wards. The new wing is a modern, three-storey building fully adapted to the needs of the disabled.
EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARDIOLOGY CLINIC
Location: BYDGOSZCZ, VOIVODESHIP KUYAVIAN-POMERANIAN
The expansion of the cardiology clinic's facility included the modernization and reorganization of the rooms of the operating block located on the first floor in diagnostic and surgical building A, as well as the rooms of the operating block located on the ground floor of diagnostic and surgical building C and the eastern connector. The works covered a comprehensive modernization of the building along with the arrangement of the rooms. The investment has been equipped with specialized equipment such as equipment for treatment rooms, bedside panels and medical furniture.
IMPLEMENTATION OF REHABILITATION BRANCHES IN THE “DESIGN AND BUILD” FORMULA
As part of the reconstruction and expansion project, demolition of one of the hospital buildings was planned to create a new hemodynamic laboratory and infrastructure development for the rehabilitation center. The modern building has been designed: Department of Physiotherapy, Department of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Department of Neurological Rehabilitation. The building has three floors above ground and one underground. The scope of the project also included the modernization of access roads, pavements and other works related to the development of the area adjacent to the modernized building.
EXTENSION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL
Location: PATEREK, VOIVODESHIP KUYAVIAN-POMERANIAN
The implementation included the extension of the existing facility with a new, two-story wing. The investment required the reconstruction of the existing part of the building as well as adaptation and reorganization of the existing elements of communication routes. In the extended part of the school, classrooms for preschoolers, well-equipped classrooms for students, teacher's offices and a fully functional kitchen serving the facility found their place. Modernized communication spaces are recreational areas for children.
COMPREHENSIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF MUNICIPAL FLAT BLOCKS
Location: GNIEZNO, VOIVODESHIP GREATERPOLAND
As part of the investment at ul. Cymsa in Gniezno WEGNER Company formed two blocks. Senior block equipped with a trolley, a drying room and a common room, as well as a communal and social block - with a boiler room, commercial and service premises, drying room and room for bicycles. Both buildings have underground garage floors. The senior building houses 26 apartments, 46 communal and social facilities. A playground has also been built, lined with polyurethane to increase safety. The recreational part is completed by fitness equipment and a covered gazebo - intended for community use.
EXTENSION OF A PRIMARY SCHOOL IN DĘBNICA
Location: DĘBNICA, VOIVODESHIP GREATERPOLAND
The newly constructed building is primarily a modern sports hall, but also 4 specialized, well-equipped educational laboratories - computer, language, mathematics and nature. In the building, a therapeutic room was additionally located. As part of the investment, thermo-modernization and renovation works of the existing school building were also carried out. The school's transport system was also changed, planned from the north.
GENERAL CONTRACTING OF KINDERGARTEN
Location: MAŁA NIESZAWKA, VOIVODESHIP KUYAVIAN-POMERANIAN
Kindergarten in Mała Nieszawka is a six-branch facility for 150 children. In less than four months, a 2-storey building with a rectangular block was built. On the ground floor there are classrooms with necessary sanitary facilities, locker rooms, a carriage and warehouses, on the first floor there are class rooms with sanitary facilities and administrative rooms. The entire building is adapted to the needs of disabled people.
REALIZATION OF A SPORTS HALL SPOT
The hall completed for the Gniezno Sports and Recreation Center is an object that fulfills both sports - training and tournament functions, as well as a full-fledged performance hall. The building area is over 5,000.00 m2, and the cubage is about 40,000.00 m3. On the main stage of the hall there is a grandstand for 1200 seats and a place for 300 additional fold-out seats.
The facility has pitches allowing rivalry among others in volleyball, basketball, handball, futsal, badminton. The main arena was constructed in such a way as to simultaneously fulfill the function of a spectacular hall. The stage space has been equipped with professional sound system and effect lighting.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE SPROT HALL FOR PIOTR-SKARGA SCHOOL IN SZAMOTUŁY
Location: SZAMOTUŁY, VOIVODESHIP GREATERPOLAND
The completed facility is a multifunctional facility that has been integrated into an existing school with a connector housing changing rooms, toilets, a room for trainers and a warehouse for sports equipment. The building was also equipped by PKOB Wegner - it has gating curtains that allow to divide the halls into 3 independent pitches and portable stands, from which the audience can watch the sports struggles. It is fully adapted to the needs of people with disabilities.
PATOMORPHOLOGY BUILDING
The completed building is a new facility with three overground storeys. The building was constructed on the basis of existing cellars. The investment will house the Patomorfology Department of the hospital. The project includes, among others, material reception room, laboratory, secretariat, dissecting room, farewell room, conference room, toilets - including for the disabled - social and economic rooms for staff and the addition of a hospital garage. From the east, the newly built building borders on an existing warehouse. The building uses, among others access restriction systems for personnel only.
BUILDING OF SCHOOL COMPLEX IN KAMIONKI
Location: KAMINKI, VOIVODESHIP GREATERPOLAND
The construction that started in June 2016 is a two-storey building for junior high school and one-storey for kindergarten and nursery. In addition, a one-storey sports hall was built, for the audience of less than 200 people. Thanks to the modern method of modular connection of rooms, the room can easily be divided into two smaller ones which gives the possibility of conducting two simultaneous events. Buildings with a total usable area of 5606.26 m2 were completed on 1 September 2017.
REVITALIZATION OF THE FAIR IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY OF GNIEZNO
Under strict archaeological supervision at 21 od January, the Market Square in Gniezno was revitalized. The two-storey building, in which the market plate is also the roof of the car park, covers shopping areas with stalls, sanitary facilities and utility rooms. Area of reconstruction: 6268m2
GENERAL CONTRACTOR OF THE SCHOOL IN BUK
Location: BUK, VOIVODESHIP GREATERPOLAND
In cooperation with the City Council and the Beech Municipality the construction of Vocational Schools was completed. Apart from the building itself, the investment included installation equipment, technical infrastructure and the development of the school grounds. Usable area of this two-storey building is 1214,25 m2.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE SPORTS HALL IN ZANIEMYŚL
Location: ZANIEMYŚL,VOIVODESHIP GREATERPOLAND
The building next to the school consists of the main hall (hall), which serves as a gym and a two-storey auxiliary part connected to the existing school building. The ground floor consists of social rooms such as locker rooms, shower rooms, warehouses, teacher and trainer rooms and a gym. On the first floor there is a fitness room, gym for correctional gym, wellness room, sauna, lecture hall and sanitary facilities. The sports plate itself has dimensions of 44 m x 22.5 m and stands more than 200 seats.
THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR OF A BUSSINES & SPORTS HALL WITH THE PITCH
The sports and recreation hall is a 2-storey building with an area of about 1200m2. The building was constructed in an industrial style - raw walls, concrete blocks ceilings from compressed beams and pressed wood fillings, visible cable routes, roof construction - glued wood. Elevation - clinker combined with façade sheet and aluminum facade – in line with school build next to it.
DESIGN AND BUILD” IN GRODZISK WIELKOPOLSKI
In Grodzisk Wielkopolski the building of the Independent Public Health Care Unit was built (construction of a new wing of the Hospital with the Outpatient Unit, Internistic Cardiology Department, Gynecology Ward, Obstetrics and Neonatology Department, Delivery Team and technical rooms, and expansion of the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care) rooms of the Operational Block and Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care.
ERECTION OF BUILDING OVER OPEN SKATING RINK CHWIAŁKA IN POZNAŃ
Location: POZNAŃ, VOIVODESHIP GREATERPOLAND
Delivery of extensive civil works. Construction of 41 m span, delivery of deep foundation with use of 200 foundation piles. Realization of working plans and specifcations regarding foundation piles as well as working plans and specifcations and shop drawings and specifcations of steel structure of 41m span. BUILDING PARAMETERS: Building area: 2854,73 m²; Floor area: 2949,16 m²; Cubic volume: 19367 m³
GENERAL CONTRACTOR OF THE HOSPITAL IN WAŁCZ
Location: WAŁCZ, VOIVODESHIP WEST POMERANIAN
This investment, carried out in 15 months for the 107th Military Hospital in Wałcz, included the comprehensive implementation of a new operating block building with a central sterilizer, which is an autonomous part of an existing hospital, preceded by the preparation of project documentation. The investment was carried out using the latest technologically advanced solutions. The building will include a department of anaesthesiology and intensive medical therapy together with accompanying rooms, four operating rooms including one modern hybrid room and a central sterilization facility.
THE EXPANSION OF THE COUNTY HOSPITAL
Location: ŚRODA WIELKOPOLSKA, VOIVODESHIP GREATERPOLAND
The construction in Środa Wielkopolska involved the expansion of the district hospital with the implementation of all installations, including the installation of medical gases, as well as the furnishing of the facility with medical panels and incandescent operating lamps. In addition, a three-storey wing was added with a link to the main building and rebuilt existing rooms. The total usable area of the hospital is 3141,40m2
GENERAL CONTRACTOR OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOL IN MIŁOSŁAW
Location: MIŁOSŁAW, VOIVODESHIP GREATERPOLAND
In less than a year, another building was completed, this time at the request of the Municipality of Miłosław. At the Primary School in Miłosław the construction works included: construction, sanitary, electrical, mechanical ventilation, gas boiler and land development.
EXPANSION AND RENOVATION OF POLICE’S HEADQUARTERS IN GNIEZNO
The building of the Police District Headquarters in Gniezno has been completely modernized, including the reconstruction of the sanitary facilities, the replacement of all installations and the adjustment to the needs of the disabled as well as fire regulations. Moreover, the project included the addition of a new office wing, a technical building together with a shooting gallery and a garage building.
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5403 52nd Street Kenosha, WI $ 949,900
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Commercial Property for sale in Kenosha, WI
for $949,900. This building was built in 1962 on a lot size of 0.67 Acre(s).
Prime location on highly traveled STH 158 (52nd Street). Solid brick construction, 7, 000 sq. feet heated and air conditioned, 10, 600 sq. feet heated warehouse and service area. Ample parking with two off street access points. House to the east also available for purchase.
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5403 52nd Street, Kenosha, WI, 53144 is a Commercial Property for sale at $949,900 with a lot size of 0.67 Acre(s). 5403 52nd Street has 0.0 baths and was built in 1962. The property's zip code is 53144 which is in Kenosha, WI
I would like more information about 5403 52nd Street Kenosha, WI 53144. MLS# 10912271
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| ERROR: type should be string, got "https://www.wsj.com/articles/pc-sales-notch-strongest-growth-in-a-decade-11610407047\nPC Sales Notch Strongest Growth in a Decade\nPandemic drives sales as employees and students do their work remotely\nShoppers studied laptops at an Apple Store in Beijing in September.\nPhoto: nicolas asfouri/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images\nMaria Armental\n@mjarmental\nmaria.armental@wsj.com\nJan. 11, 2021 6:17 pm ET\nPersonal computer sales last year registered their strongest growth in a decade, underscoring a shift to computers from mobile devices during the coronavirus pandemic, according to industry data.\n“Demand is pushing the PC market forward and all signs indicate this surge still has a way to go,” Ryan Reith, program vice president with International Data Corp.’s Worldwide Mobile Device Trackers, said in a statement.\nIDC counted 302.6 million units sold globally last year, up 13% from the previous year. Research firm Gartner said PC shipments reached 275 million units in 2020, up 4.8% on the year. Similarly, Canalys pegged the increase at 11% to 297 million units, the highest annual growth since 2010 and the highest shipment volume since 2014.\nMuch of the difference in the tallies from the data providers comes from how each company defines PCs. Hardware makers in recent years have increasingly blurred the lines between personal computers and devices such as tablets.\nThe blockbuster figures come out just as CES, the world’s largest tech show, gets under way—virtually this year because of the pandemic. The annual gathering is often the staging ground for PC makers to unveil their latest models, which could help drive future sales.\nThe latest results showed strong sales in the fourth quarter, typically a strong period because of holiday sales. The pandemic added to demand as school districts, company employees and families sought to buy PCs.\nIDC said fourth-quarter sales rose 26% to 91.6 million units; Gartner said sales rose nearly 11% to 79.4 million units; and Canalys pegged growth at 25% to 90.3 million units.\nMr. Reith said that while growth in 2020 centered on work-from-home and remote-learning needs, gaming PCs and monitor sales remain at record levels. He also said Chrome-based devices are expanding beyond education into the consumer market.\nChromebook shipments reached 11.7 million units in the fourth quarter alone, according to preliminary data from Gartner. For the year, the firm said Chromebook shipments increased by more than 80% to nearly 30 million units, driven by the North American education market.\nThe pandemic reversed a yearslong “phone-first focus,” Mikako Kitagawa, research director at Gartner, said in a statement. Ms. Kitagawa sees the PC momentum carrying through at least the first half of 2021.\nThe high demand, however, continues to result in shortages. IDC’s Jitesh Ubrani said in some cases vendors were forced to resort to airfreight, which drove up costs to cut delivery times.\nLenovo Group Ltd. LNVGY -2.59% was ranked as the No. 1 vendor in 2020, followed by HP Inc., HPQ 0.24% according to industry data. Dell Technologies Inc., DELL 2.93% Apple Inc., AAPL 3.29% and Acer Inc. rounded out the top five.\nWrite to Maria Armental at maria.armental@wsj.com\neBay:\nInvited users can get a $10 eBay coupon"
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Roy Hodgson says Ebere Eze learning ‘harsh lesson’ over Covid breach at QPR game
Ebere Eze has scored twice in 17 appearance since he joined Crystal Palace from QPR last summer
Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson believes Ebere Eze showed “naivety” when he became the latest footballer to breach coronavirus protocols last weekend, but the playmaker is free to face Arsenal on Thursday.
The 22-year-old attended former club QPR’s FA Cup tie with Fulham on Saturday and failed to wear a mask at all times while at Loftus Road.
Eze was also not socially distanced, with just a seat between him and another person in the directors’ box.
A statement from Palace on Monday insisted they would deal with the matter internally, with the incident occurring a week after captain Luka Milivojevic was fined for mixing with Aleksandar Mitrovic and his family on New Year’s Eve.
“When he realised what he did – naively I must point out and without any malice – he was full of remorse, regret and wanted to take responsibility and apologise to everybody,” Hodgson said.
“Do I think the foolish thing Eberechi did merits that he should be left out of the team and punished in that way? I don’t.
“I don’t think what he did would merit that type of punishment, but it does merit a fine because a slap on the wrist isn’t really enough.”
Palace were unaware the summer signing planned to return to his old stomping ground and QPR boss Mark Warburton conceded his club made an error in accepting Eze’s request to attend.
Hodgson added: “It was a lot of naivety on his part to think it was OK to do those things. It obviously isn’t and we are very upset and a bit disappointed too he wasn’t stopped from going and I know QPR have done well in that respect.
“They have taken responsibility because had we known he planned to do that, we would have stopped it.
“He has apologised and will learn a harsh lesson from it.”
Eze will relish the focus being back on football this week and another player who signed in 2020 is close to agreeing a new deal at the club.
Nathaniel Clyne returned to Selhurst Park in October and is on the verge of finalising a longer contract, with his existing terms set to expire at the end of January.
“I am led to believe it is very close now to Nathaniel signing so that doesn’t worry me that one,” Hodgson insisted.
Palace do have a number of other players out of contract this summer, including goalkeeper Vicente Guaita and defender Gary Cahill, but their long-serving manager is not too anxious.
He said: “I know the chairman (Steve Parish) and the sporting director Doug Freedman are aware of the situation and working hard to try and find the right solutions when it comes to the players out of contract.”
Cahill will be back for the trip to Arsenal, but centre-back Mamadou Sakho is set for a spell on the sidelines after he sustained a thigh injury in Friday’s FA Cup loss at Wolves.
The Eagles have not lost to the Gunners in almost three years, but will face a resurgent side, with Mikel Arteta’s men triumphing in their last four matches after previously being on a seven-game winless streak in the Premier League.
Hodgson admitted: “I never really expected them to do anything other than recover from the unfortunate start they had.
“If you look at the squad, the way Mikel has been working with them, the way they play and their principles plus the quality of the club, I never expected anything other than sooner or later for them to come back to the Arsenal we know and expect them to be.”
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Rotten Apple? New 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro with Retina owners report multiple problems
If you take a look at the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina section of the Apple forums, you won’t have to spend much time to find threads where users are complaining about multiple issues when using one of Apple’s latest toys.
For instance, one Apple thread named “New Retina Macbook pro 13 Haswell system hang/unresponsive,” which at this point has over 91,000 views, 1,600 responses, and over 190 pages; includes multiple reports of instances where the new MacBook Pro’s keyboard and touch pad keep freezing on users. More than one new MacBook Pro with Retina owner noted that when speaking with Apple representatives, they were assured that the issues are software related and have nothing to do with a hardware problem. Here’s what one Apple forum poster had to say:
“I do have the same problem with my rMBP 13-inch and a couple of minutes ago I talked to the German Apple Support. He seemed to be honest and told me that it’s not a hardware but a software problem. He said that apple is working hard to fix this problem and is trying to publish a software update in about 2-3 weeks. He also said that not all late 13″ Retina do have this problem but I actually cannot believe that. I made a self diagnosis hardware test and it says that everything is working fine. Hopefully apple fixes this problem soon.”
Another forum poster was also told by an Apple rep that the problems are rooted in software.
“I chatted AGAIN with tech support today and they yet again assured me it is a software issue. I also ran some hardware tests and no issues were found. I have faith that it is a software issue and not a hardware issue.”
If Apple indeed plans to release a software update in the next two to three weeks in an effort to rectify these freezing bugs, we can only hope that the patch will come sooner rather than later. In the interim, there don’t appear to be any surefire fixes, so you’ll either have to exercise patience or return your new MacBook Pro and buy again once the freezing issues are completely cleared up. In general, it’s wise to not opt in early on new tech, as newly released gear often comes with initial bugs. This is a case in point.
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In: Rupakhety R., Olafsson S., Bessason B. Update on Kaikoura earthquake claims, New Zealand Earthquake Commission EQC has received around 38,000 residential claims for damage caused by the 14 November Kaikoura earthquake. ICESD 2017. Assessments are aimed at identifying all damage the property has suffered as a result of the Kaikoura earthquake and the best estimate of reinstatement cost. The Prime Minister says the damage to the Kaikoura region from Monday's magnitude 7.5 earthquake is worse than he thought. J ack Williams is a PhD Student at the University of Otago, New Zealand, where he is studying the Alpine Fault. structural, cosmetic, major or minor. Ruptures occurred on multiple fault lines and our community was completely cut off from the rest of New Zealand. I expect the road christchurch to Nelson will open quickly - its a main transport route and has less damage than around Kaikoura. Dizhur D., Giaretton M., Ingham J.M. Massive slips could be seen as he flew over in a Defence Force NH90. Lying 250km to the north of Kaikōura, Wellington sustained significant damage to mid-rise buildings and its port. The level of assessment depends on the extent of earthquake damage presenting e.g. (2019) Damage Observations Following the M w 7.8 2016 Kaikoura Earthquake. Jack was part of a team of experts that went into the field immediately following the Kaikoura earthquake to map the surface ruptures. The Mw 7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake was an incredibly complex … SGY22. Here he explains what they were up to and shares some photos of the damage. I wouldnt expect Kaikoura will be up and running and roads open next week! Navy ship sent to evacuate NZ quake-hit town Kaikoura. bit early to tell but the roads around Kaikoura have been severely damaged in massive slips and huge gapping hopes, and bridges damaged. Just after midnight on the 14th of November 2016 Kaikoura was hit by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that has been described as the most complex ever studied. Fortunately there were no fatalities, but had the earthquake occurred in the middle of a business day, there is no doubt there would have been significant injuries and potentially deaths. The NZTA are using 3D technology to help us assess the key areas of damage along the Kaikoura Coast from Oaro, south of the town, to the Clarence on the north side. (eds) Proceedings of the International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics. Kaikoura Earthquake Nov 14th 2016. Kirsty Lawrence talks to two members of the Defence Force involved in the Kaikoura earthquake response.. Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering, vol 47. The majority of claims lodged are for building damage only (71%), 10% for building and contents, 9% contents only and 10% land damage. Emergency services and the military are inspecting the damage following a huge earthquake and hundreds of aftershocks. This paper describes the damage to non-structural elements in buildings following the 14th November 2016 Kaikōura earthquake.
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Nivolumab versus chemotherapy in patients with advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma refractory or intolerant to previous chemotherapy (ATTRACTION-3): a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial
Ken Kato, Byoung Chul Cho, Masanobu Takahashi, Morihito Okada, Chen Yuan Lin, Keisho Chin, Shigenori Kadowaki, Myung Ju Ahn, Yasuo Hamamoto, Yuichiro Doki, Chueh Chuan Yen, Yutaro Kubota, Sung Bae Kim, Chih Hung Hsu, Eva Holtved, Ioannis Xynos, Mamoru Kodani, Yuko Kitagawa
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Background: Chemotherapy for patients with advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma offers poor long-term survival prospects. We report the final analysis from our study of the immune checkpoint PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab versus chemotherapy in patients with previously treated advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Methods: We did a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial (ATTRACTION-3) at 90 hospitals and cancer centres in Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the UK, and the USA. We enrolled patients aged 20 years and older with unresectable advanced or recurrent oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (regardless of PD-L1 expression), at least one measurable or non-measurable lesion per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1, a baseline Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0–1, and who were refractory or intolerant to one previous fluoropyrimidine-based and platinum-based chemotherapy and had a life expectancy of at least 3 months. Patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to either nivolumab (240 mg for 30 min every 2 weeks) or investigator's choice of chemotherapy (paclitaxel 100 mg/m2 for at least 60 min once per week for 6 weeks then 1 week off; or docetaxel 75 mg/m2 for at least 60 min every 3 weeks), all given intravenously. Treatment continued until disease progression assessed by the investigator per RECIST version 1.1 or unacceptable toxicity. Randomisation was done using an interactive web response system with a block size of four and stratified according to geographical region (Japan vs rest of the world), number of organs with metastases, and PD-L1 expression. Patients and investigators were not masked to treatment allocation. The primary endpoint was overall survival, defined as the time from randomisation until death from any cause, in the intention-to-treat population that included all randomly assigned patients. Safety was assessed in all patients who received at least one dose of the assigned treatment. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT02569242, and follow-up for long-term outcomes is ongoing. Findings: Between Jan 7, 2016, and May 25, 2017, we assigned 419 patients to treatment: 210 to nivolumab and 209 to chemotherapy. At the time of data cutoff on Nov 12, 2018, median follow-up for overall survival was 10·5 months (IQR 4·5–19·0) in the nivolumab group and 8·0 months (4·6–15·2) in the chemotherapy group. At a minimum follow-up time (ie, time from random assignment of the last patient to data cutoff) of 17·6 months, overall survival was significantly improved in the nivolumab group compared with the chemotherapy group (median 10·9 months, 95% CI 9·2–13·3 vs 8·4 months, 7·2–9·9; hazard ratio for death 0·77, 95% CI 0·62–0·96; p=0·019). 38 (18%) of 209 patients in the nivolumab group had grade 3 or 4 treatment-related adverse events compared with 131 (63%) of 208 patients in the chemotherapy group. The most frequent grade 3 or 4 treatment-related adverse events were anaemia (four [2%]) in the nivolumab group and decreased neutrophil count (59 [28%]) in the chemotherapy group. Five deaths were deemed treatment-related: two in the nivolumab group (one each of interstitial lung disease and pneumonitis) and three in the chemotherapy group (one each of pneumonia, spinal cord abscess, and interstitial lung disease). Interpretation: Nivolumab was associated with a significant improvement in overall survivaland a favourable safety profile compared with chemotherapy in previously treated patients with advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma, and might represent a new standard second-line treatment option for these patients. Funding: ONO Pharmaceutical Company and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Published - 2019 Nov
See Bristol-Myers Squibb policy on data sharing . Acknowledgments This study was supported by ONO Pharmaceutical Company (Osaka, Japan) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS; Princeton, NJ, USA). We thank the patients and their families for making the study possible; the investigators and the clinical study teams; medical officer Hironobu Minami; and independent data monitoring committee members Ichinosuke Hyodo, Yasuhiro Shimada, and Koji Oba. From ONO Pharmaceutical Company we thank medical monitors Yoshinobu Namba and Yoshinori Hirashima; clinical development team members Mitsunobu Tanimoto and Yasuhiro Matsumura; and Akira Takazawa for providing statistical support. From BMS we thank Lili Zhu for statistical support. Analysis of patient-reported outcomes was supported by Steven Blum and Joe Gricar (BMS; Princeton, NJ, USA) and Fiona Taylor (Adelphi Values, Boston, MA, USA). Dako (an Agilent Technologies company, Santa Clara, CA, USA) participated in collaborative development of the PD-L1 IHC 28-8 pharmDx assay. Professional medical writing assistance was provided by Tanmayi Mankame of Parexel International, funded by BMS.
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Kato, K., Cho, B. C., Takahashi, M., Okada, M., Lin, C. Y., Chin, K., Kadowaki, S., Ahn, M. J., Hamamoto, Y., Doki, Y., Yen, C. C., Kubota, Y., Kim, S. B., Hsu, C. H., Holtved, E., Xynos, I., Kodani, M., & Kitagawa, Y. (2019). Nivolumab versus chemotherapy in patients with advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma refractory or intolerant to previous chemotherapy (ATTRACTION-3): a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial. The Lancet Oncology, 20(11), 1506-1517. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30626-6
Kato, Ken ; Cho, Byoung Chul ; Takahashi, Masanobu ; Okada, Morihito ; Lin, Chen Yuan ; Chin, Keisho ; Kadowaki, Shigenori ; Ahn, Myung Ju ; Hamamoto, Yasuo ; Doki, Yuichiro ; Yen, Chueh Chuan ; Kubota, Yutaro ; Kim, Sung Bae ; Hsu, Chih Hung ; Holtved, Eva ; Xynos, Ioannis ; Kodani, Mamoru ; Kitagawa, Yuko. / Nivolumab versus chemotherapy in patients with advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma refractory or intolerant to previous chemotherapy (ATTRACTION-3) : a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial. In: The Lancet Oncology. 2019 ; Vol. 20, No. 11. pp. 1506-1517.
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note = "Funding Information: See Bristol-Myers Squibb policy on data sharing . Acknowledgments This study was supported by ONO Pharmaceutical Company (Osaka, Japan) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS; Princeton, NJ, USA). We thank the patients and their families for making the study possible; the investigators and the clinical study teams; medical officer Hironobu Minami; and independent data monitoring committee members Ichinosuke Hyodo, Yasuhiro Shimada, and Koji Oba. From ONO Pharmaceutical Company we thank medical monitors Yoshinobu Namba and Yoshinori Hirashima; clinical development team members Mitsunobu Tanimoto and Yasuhiro Matsumura; and Akira Takazawa for providing statistical support. From BMS we thank Lili Zhu for statistical support. Analysis of patient-reported outcomes was supported by Steven Blum and Joe Gricar (BMS; Princeton, NJ, USA) and Fiona Taylor (Adelphi Values, Boston, MA, USA). Dako (an Agilent Technologies company, Santa Clara, CA, USA) participated in collaborative development of the PD-L1 IHC 28-8 pharmDx assay. Professional medical writing assistance was provided by Tanmayi Mankame of Parexel International, funded by BMS. ",
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Nivolumab versus chemotherapy in patients with advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma refractory or intolerant to previous chemotherapy (ATTRACTION-3) : a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial. / Kato, Ken; Cho, Byoung Chul; Takahashi, Masanobu; Okada, Morihito; Lin, Chen Yuan; Chin, Keisho; Kadowaki, Shigenori; Ahn, Myung Ju; Hamamoto, Yasuo; Doki, Yuichiro; Yen, Chueh Chuan; Kubota, Yutaro; Kim, Sung Bae; Hsu, Chih Hung; Holtved, Eva; Xynos, Ioannis; Kodani, Mamoru; Kitagawa, Yuko.
In: The Lancet Oncology, Vol. 20, No. 11, 11.2019, p. 1506-1517.
T1 - Nivolumab versus chemotherapy in patients with advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma refractory or intolerant to previous chemotherapy (ATTRACTION-3)
T2 - a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial
AU - Kato, Ken
AU - Cho, Byoung Chul
AU - Takahashi, Masanobu
AU - Okada, Morihito
AU - Lin, Chen Yuan
AU - Chin, Keisho
AU - Kadowaki, Shigenori
AU - Ahn, Myung Ju
AU - Hamamoto, Yasuo
AU - Doki, Yuichiro
AU - Yen, Chueh Chuan
AU - Kubota, Yutaro
AU - Kim, Sung Bae
AU - Hsu, Chih Hung
AU - Holtved, Eva
AU - Xynos, Ioannis
AU - Kodani, Mamoru
AU - Kitagawa, Yuko
N1 - Funding Information: See Bristol-Myers Squibb policy on data sharing . Acknowledgments This study was supported by ONO Pharmaceutical Company (Osaka, Japan) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS; Princeton, NJ, USA). We thank the patients and their families for making the study possible; the investigators and the clinical study teams; medical officer Hironobu Minami; and independent data monitoring committee members Ichinosuke Hyodo, Yasuhiro Shimada, and Koji Oba. From ONO Pharmaceutical Company we thank medical monitors Yoshinobu Namba and Yoshinori Hirashima; clinical development team members Mitsunobu Tanimoto and Yasuhiro Matsumura; and Akira Takazawa for providing statistical support. From BMS we thank Lili Zhu for statistical support. Analysis of patient-reported outcomes was supported by Steven Blum and Joe Gricar (BMS; Princeton, NJ, USA) and Fiona Taylor (Adelphi Values, Boston, MA, USA). Dako (an Agilent Technologies company, Santa Clara, CA, USA) participated in collaborative development of the PD-L1 IHC 28-8 pharmDx assay. Professional medical writing assistance was provided by Tanmayi Mankame of Parexel International, funded by BMS.
N2 - Background: Chemotherapy for patients with advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma offers poor long-term survival prospects. We report the final analysis from our study of the immune checkpoint PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab versus chemotherapy in patients with previously treated advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Methods: We did a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial (ATTRACTION-3) at 90 hospitals and cancer centres in Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the UK, and the USA. We enrolled patients aged 20 years and older with unresectable advanced or recurrent oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (regardless of PD-L1 expression), at least one measurable or non-measurable lesion per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1, a baseline Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0–1, and who were refractory or intolerant to one previous fluoropyrimidine-based and platinum-based chemotherapy and had a life expectancy of at least 3 months. Patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to either nivolumab (240 mg for 30 min every 2 weeks) or investigator's choice of chemotherapy (paclitaxel 100 mg/m2 for at least 60 min once per week for 6 weeks then 1 week off; or docetaxel 75 mg/m2 for at least 60 min every 3 weeks), all given intravenously. Treatment continued until disease progression assessed by the investigator per RECIST version 1.1 or unacceptable toxicity. Randomisation was done using an interactive web response system with a block size of four and stratified according to geographical region (Japan vs rest of the world), number of organs with metastases, and PD-L1 expression. Patients and investigators were not masked to treatment allocation. The primary endpoint was overall survival, defined as the time from randomisation until death from any cause, in the intention-to-treat population that included all randomly assigned patients. Safety was assessed in all patients who received at least one dose of the assigned treatment. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT02569242, and follow-up for long-term outcomes is ongoing. Findings: Between Jan 7, 2016, and May 25, 2017, we assigned 419 patients to treatment: 210 to nivolumab and 209 to chemotherapy. At the time of data cutoff on Nov 12, 2018, median follow-up for overall survival was 10·5 months (IQR 4·5–19·0) in the nivolumab group and 8·0 months (4·6–15·2) in the chemotherapy group. At a minimum follow-up time (ie, time from random assignment of the last patient to data cutoff) of 17·6 months, overall survival was significantly improved in the nivolumab group compared with the chemotherapy group (median 10·9 months, 95% CI 9·2–13·3 vs 8·4 months, 7·2–9·9; hazard ratio for death 0·77, 95% CI 0·62–0·96; p=0·019). 38 (18%) of 209 patients in the nivolumab group had grade 3 or 4 treatment-related adverse events compared with 131 (63%) of 208 patients in the chemotherapy group. The most frequent grade 3 or 4 treatment-related adverse events were anaemia (four [2%]) in the nivolumab group and decreased neutrophil count (59 [28%]) in the chemotherapy group. Five deaths were deemed treatment-related: two in the nivolumab group (one each of interstitial lung disease and pneumonitis) and three in the chemotherapy group (one each of pneumonia, spinal cord abscess, and interstitial lung disease). Interpretation: Nivolumab was associated with a significant improvement in overall survivaland a favourable safety profile compared with chemotherapy in previously treated patients with advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma, and might represent a new standard second-line treatment option for these patients. Funding: ONO Pharmaceutical Company and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
AB - Background: Chemotherapy for patients with advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma offers poor long-term survival prospects. We report the final analysis from our study of the immune checkpoint PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab versus chemotherapy in patients with previously treated advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Methods: We did a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial (ATTRACTION-3) at 90 hospitals and cancer centres in Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the UK, and the USA. We enrolled patients aged 20 years and older with unresectable advanced or recurrent oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (regardless of PD-L1 expression), at least one measurable or non-measurable lesion per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1, a baseline Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0–1, and who were refractory or intolerant to one previous fluoropyrimidine-based and platinum-based chemotherapy and had a life expectancy of at least 3 months. Patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to either nivolumab (240 mg for 30 min every 2 weeks) or investigator's choice of chemotherapy (paclitaxel 100 mg/m2 for at least 60 min once per week for 6 weeks then 1 week off; or docetaxel 75 mg/m2 for at least 60 min every 3 weeks), all given intravenously. Treatment continued until disease progression assessed by the investigator per RECIST version 1.1 or unacceptable toxicity. Randomisation was done using an interactive web response system with a block size of four and stratified according to geographical region (Japan vs rest of the world), number of organs with metastases, and PD-L1 expression. Patients and investigators were not masked to treatment allocation. The primary endpoint was overall survival, defined as the time from randomisation until death from any cause, in the intention-to-treat population that included all randomly assigned patients. Safety was assessed in all patients who received at least one dose of the assigned treatment. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT02569242, and follow-up for long-term outcomes is ongoing. Findings: Between Jan 7, 2016, and May 25, 2017, we assigned 419 patients to treatment: 210 to nivolumab and 209 to chemotherapy. At the time of data cutoff on Nov 12, 2018, median follow-up for overall survival was 10·5 months (IQR 4·5–19·0) in the nivolumab group and 8·0 months (4·6–15·2) in the chemotherapy group. At a minimum follow-up time (ie, time from random assignment of the last patient to data cutoff) of 17·6 months, overall survival was significantly improved in the nivolumab group compared with the chemotherapy group (median 10·9 months, 95% CI 9·2–13·3 vs 8·4 months, 7·2–9·9; hazard ratio for death 0·77, 95% CI 0·62–0·96; p=0·019). 38 (18%) of 209 patients in the nivolumab group had grade 3 or 4 treatment-related adverse events compared with 131 (63%) of 208 patients in the chemotherapy group. The most frequent grade 3 or 4 treatment-related adverse events were anaemia (four [2%]) in the nivolumab group and decreased neutrophil count (59 [28%]) in the chemotherapy group. Five deaths were deemed treatment-related: two in the nivolumab group (one each of interstitial lung disease and pneumonitis) and three in the chemotherapy group (one each of pneumonia, spinal cord abscess, and interstitial lung disease). Interpretation: Nivolumab was associated with a significant improvement in overall survivaland a favourable safety profile compared with chemotherapy in previously treated patients with advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma, and might represent a new standard second-line treatment option for these patients. Funding: ONO Pharmaceutical Company and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
JO - The Lancet Oncology
JF - The Lancet Oncology
Kato K, Cho BC, Takahashi M, Okada M, Lin CY, Chin K et al. Nivolumab versus chemotherapy in patients with advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma refractory or intolerant to previous chemotherapy (ATTRACTION-3): a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial. The Lancet Oncology. 2019 Nov;20(11):1506-1517. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30626-6
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Home Health The Top 5 Durians in Malaysia
The Top 5 Durians in Malaysia
Barry Lachey March 29, 2020 comments off
The Top 5 Durians in Malaysia and where to find them
For many of the country’s best durian producers, the inaugural Bangi Golf Resort Durian Festival & Awards 2018, held on Aug 4, was a day of reckoning. It was an opportunity to see if toil, hard work and years spent carefully nurturing durian trees would finally bear fruit (pun intended) in the form of national recognition. An illustrious list of judges like K F Seetoh, founder of the World Street Food Congress, Lindsay Gasik, author of two durian books and Julie Wong, former senior editor at The Star and Flavours magazine, tried every single durian entered into the competition, judging based on a range of factors like taste, appearance, texture and colour, before making their final decision.
Eric Chan of Dulai Fruits
Dulai Fruits bagged awards in not one, but two categories, nabbing the titles of Musang King and Tekka champion. Musang King (also known as Mao Shan Wang) is one of the most popular (and expensive) durian ioi varietals in Malaysia and originates from Kelantan. The Tekka, meanwhile, is often referred to as the Musang Queen and has a pleasant bitter quality. Dulai Fruit’s Musang King is a decadent, creamy affair so memorable that you’ll be hard-pressed to remember anything but the lingering opulence of the fruit. The Tekka, meanwhile, boasts velvety durian flesh that is lightly bittersweet and incredibly sumptuous.
According to Eric Chan, one of the partners in the company, what makes their durians so distinctive is the temperature and terrain in Kampung Tras, Pahang where their durian orchard is. Kampung Tras is a very special place in Malaysia for durian. I don’t claim it myself, it’s from other people who say that Kampung Tras has the best Musang King. When it’s dark, the temperature is around 20°C but at 10am, it will start to warm up and it’s back to 36°C, so there’s a temperature gap that makes our fruits special. But that’s only one part of it, the other part is the terrain. A lot of the durians are on the hilly side of Kampung Tras, and it is at the back of a mountain range, so the water distribution is very good and the soil is very, very fertile,” he says.
Chan’s orchard has over 3,000 durian trees, out of which 70% are the Musang King varietal and 10% are Tekka. His other partners have been in plantation their whole lives and have over 40 years of experience, so their planting and growing techniques have been honed to perfection. What we can say is our durians have a more consistent taste – even if the season is not good, our quality will be stable,” says Chan. Chan and his partners export their fruit to China, the US and Australia and have received excellent response from buyers and others in the market. They decided to enter the competition in part to see if they matched up with other producers. We’ve never had this sort of exposure before. We thought we should give it a try and see how our durians compare to others. Before that, we already had good response from our buyers, but that’s not really a professional kind of response it’s just that people know that our fruits are better,” says Chan.
Initially when we started 30 years ago, we planted a lot of clones like Hor Lor, D24 and Tekka. In our first 10 to 15 years, the quality of our produce was not up to standard and we failed quite badly. Nobody wanted to buy our fruits even at very low prices. So at that time, we were very miserable,” says Heng Mee Oo, the owner of the orchard. Coincidentally, Heng’s hometown of Sungai Bakap in Penang was where the original Black Thorn mother tree came from. The fruit from that tree was so popular that the waiting list was years long. Heng got his first taste of the fruit after two long years of waiting and says he just knew it was the one for him. I tried all sorts of durian but once I ate the Black Thorn, I fell in love. I told myself ‘This is the durian I want!’ So I decided to slowly plant it in stages, a few thousand trees a year. A few years back, I transformed my farm from a multi-clone to a single clone. So the whole farm is now Black Thorn, he says.
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“TEAM AMERICA”: ERDOGAN & QATAR RIDICULED AS THEY “RE-AFFIRM SOLIDARITY WITH THE...OPPRESSED” IN MIDDLE EAST OIL WARS (20.12.2014)
You know discredited Anglo-Saxon propaganda is in terminal decline when the US ‘President’ is consigned to plugging second rate Sony movies, while deluded Turkish and Qatari poodles publicly “re-affirm solidarity with the...oppressed” through the safety of unquestioning, obsequious paper tigers.
Of course Erdogan and Qatar can only disingenuously be referring to the likes of their far from “oppressed” Queens in Buckingham Palace and the White House and all who choose to sail with them.
genocidal hollywood propaganda is in terminal decline
All the 'kings horses and all the king's men' couldn't find the propaganda that could give these two numpties any credibility ever again.
transparent facts prove the only thing these greed driven numpties worship is the petro-dollar.
19.12.2014 DAILY SABAH: ERDOGAN: WE SIDE WITH QATAR TO SUPPORT OPPRESSED PEOPLE.
19.12.2014 HURRIYET DAILY NEWS: QATAR & TURKEY 'TAKE BOLD STEP' FOR 'STRATEGIC CO-OPERATION.
the unelected qatari junket (seen here passing through london's parliament square) has never stood for or with the...'oppressed'
"...Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, speaking at a joint press conference on Dec. 19 following talks with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, who was paying a working visit to Ankara, underlined the "positive steps" taken between the two during his term in office as prime minister and as president.
“Turkey and Qatar have never drifted apart. We have always been together, we have always been in solidarity and we have always designated standing by the oppressed people of the world as our common denominator. From now on, we will again continue our resolve in the same way,” Erdoğan said..."
take away all the lethal weapons from the cowardly "team america" and they are soon exposed as flesh and blood like you and me.
19.12.2014 HURRIYET DAILY NEWS: TURKEY BACKS ILLEGAL 'UN' PLAN FOR 'FROZEN ZONES' IN SYRIA.
"...Turkey has extended cautious support to a United Nations plan to create “frozen zones” within Syria...reiterating its demands that any political recommendations must include the removal of the Bashar al-Assad government.
“...its practice should be secured,” Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavuşoğlu said on Dec. 19 during a press conference with Croatian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic.
At the same time, Çavuşoğlu said Turkey could begin training and equipping moderate Syrian opposition fighters before March 2015. “The framework of the train-equip program has been clarified” in talks with the U.S., he said..."
rothschild tools: barzani & davutoglu
20.12.2014 DAILY SABAH: TURKEY & KRG FOSTER 'RELATIONSHIP' WITH BARZANI VISIT TO TURKEY.
"...In early December, Bagdad and Irbil reached an oil agreement. The agreement is considered the gateway to achieving comprehensive Iraqi reconciliation, but sources have said that the agreement still faces many obstacles and therefore, Turkish and Kurdish parties discussed possible ways to solve these obstacles and Turkey's role as mediator between Irbil and Baghdad. Extending energy cooperation between Turkey and the KRG was also one of the main items on the agenda. Last year, the KRG and Ankara finalized a comprehensive package of deals to build multi-billion dollar oil and gas pipelines to ship the autonomous region's rich hydrocarbon reserves to world markets. Currently, around 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Kurdish-produced oil is pumped to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, and the KRG wants to increase that volume to 500,000 bpd by the start of 2015 and up to 800,000 barrels by the end of 2015.
22.11.2014 ROTHSCHILD & GLENCORE ORDER NATO'S TURKEY TO CALL THE 'ISLAMIC STATE' SHOTS IN IRAQ OIL WAR.
The law abiding majority of people around the world do not recognize that US & EU bagmen and their oil traders are 'oppressed'.
02.09.2014 IRAQ & SYRIA: BRITISH ’TERROR’ THREAT PROPAGANDA MASKS IT IS U.N. & EU ‘RESOLUTIONS’ ILLEGALLY DISARMING IRAQIS & SELLING STOLEN SYRIAN & IRAQI OIL.
19.12.2014 SANA: ISRAEL'S BOUNDLESS SUPPORT FOR SYRIAN TERRORISTS LAID BARE FOR ALL TO SEE.
the 'iconic' image of the foreign backed war on syria, is the photo shoot between netanyahu and ya'alon with syrian terrorists, that says it all really
15.09.2014 U.N. WITHDRAW GOLAN HEIGHTS 'PEACEKEEPERS' AS U.N. IGNORE U.N. -EVIDENCE- ISRAEL WORKING WITH SYRIAN OPPOSITION TERRORISTS.
19.12.2014 RUPERT MURDOCH WALL STREET JOURNAL ELUCIDATES ON 'INSIDE JOB' IN ILLEGAL FOREIGN BACKED WAR ON SYRIA.
19.12.2014 SANA: AL-JAFAARI SAYS HUNDREDS OF REPORTS EXPOSE SAUDI & QATARI REGIME'S INVOLVEMENT IN IGNITING VIOLENCE IN SYRIA
18.12.2015 ALALAM: US 'GENERAL' SAYS 'ANTI-ISIS' FIGHT WILL TAKE THREE YEARS.
this terry the tosser won't get away with trying to invent 'legislation' european 'governments' could hide behind either
18.12.2014 US STATE DEPARTMENT OF 'DEFENSE': TERRY THE TOSSER OUTLINES NEED FOR 'LEGISLATION' SURROUNDING 'ISLAMIC STATE' PRETEXT TO CONTINUE STEALING OIL IN MIDDLE EAST OIL WARS.
GEN TERRY: "...we've got the legislation moving through that gives us authorities to train...
Q: So, why hasn't the vetting process of the Syrian rebels begun now, three months into this? ...
GEN. TERRY: So, the Syria train-and-equip piece is what you're specifically asking?
Q: Yeah, that's the first part.
GEN. TERRY: You know, I think part of that has been, this one is not cleanly in my lane, and I'd -- well, I'll have to punch you back up to CENTCOM in some ways here.
There is -- you may be aware, there's a separate task force being established to actually handle the train-and-equip peace. I would just tell you, I think a large part of that has been getting the legislation right to get the authorities and the funding to do a lot of -- a lot of what you're talking about.
Q: And, the Kurds, are they U.S. allies? And why not do more to arm them directly?
GEN. TERRY: Again, I'd have, I would have to defer you back up to State and back up to CENTCOM on that particular one. They are considered our allies, and I think in a lot of ways we are enabling them. When you look at the strikes have been going on in places like Kobani and some of the other places, I'm pretty comfortable that we are supporting them right now.
The US-led co-alition who are trying to illegally overthrow the Syrian...government, cannot invent 'legislation' that the likes of the UK 'government' in Europe, for example, could hide behind.
20.12.2014 SANA: AL-JAAFARI: OVERLOOKING ACTIONS OF GOVERNMENTS SUPPORTING TERRORISTS UNDERMINES COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORTS.
"New York, SANA – Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Bashar al-Jaafari reiterated calls for the Security Council to condemn the governments of states that support terrorism and compel them to abide by relevant resolutions, specifically counterterrorism resolutions..."
20.12.2014 SANA: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION ON SYRIAN & PALESTINIAN PERMANENT SOVEREIGNTY OVER THEIR RESOURCES IN OCCUPIED PALESTINE & GOLAN.
07.11.2014 NUREMBERG BRITISH 'JUSTICE' SYSTEM WITH 'CLASS ACTION' REPEAL OF 3000+ LEGISLATIVE FRAUDS IN BOGUS 'WAR ON TERROR'
20.12.2014 DAILY MAIL PROPAGANDA PROMOTES BRITISH TERRORIST 'SALLY JONES' TWITTER ACCOUNT.
not very original 'sally'...the 'flying nun' british terrorist propaganda
07.12.2014 BRITISH 'GOVERNMENT' HEADLINES NATO 'WAR ON TERROR' XMAS EXTRAVAGANZA BUILT ON ILLEGAL TAXATION & LEGISLATION
the british government pay all sorts of people to try and hijack and destroy, wherever there is real 'resistance' like ...the syrian army.
16.11.2014 TICKET SALES: MI5 & MOAZZAM BEGG MERCENARY TERRORIST RECRUITMENT FOR NATO’S BOGUS ‘WAR ON TERROR’.
It is clear that the British 'intelligence' services are having a huge difficulty recruiting British terrorists to fight in Syria.
source: people are not stupid
There is certainly no way that the media invention of 'Sally Jones' is living the high life in any war zone in ...Syria.
27.03.2014 U.S AIR FORCE: NTREPID PROGRAM INVENTS MULTIPLE ONLINE PERSONAS TO...PROMOTE PROPAGANDA.
03.11.2014 NATO GENOCIDE IN SYRIA LOSES BATTLE OF HEARTS & MINDS TO AXIS OF RESISTANCE FROM HEZBOLLAH, SYRIA & IRAN.
16.06.2013 SYRIA: FAO: ATTORNEY GENERAL, FOREIGN SECRETARY, HOME SECRETARY, COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
"The former French Foreign Minister publicly stated that the British intended to overthrow the Syrian government, before there was civil unrest fomented by the British government..."
20.12.2014 SANA: MIKDAD OBSERVES THE WEST HASN'T LEARNT YET HOW TO DEAL WITH SYRIA'S PRINCIPLED STANCES.
"Beirut, SANA- Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister Fayssal Mikdad on Saturday reiterated that the Western countries haven’t learnt yet how to deal with Syria which adopts courageous and principled stances represented in defending its people’s interests and through holding the elections which embodied their decision and aspirations.
“The attack against the leadership in Syria came in the same context of attacking any leadership that defends the principles of its people and their right in defending their land, honor and dignity and in fighting hegemony, tyranny and foreign occupation,” Mikdad wrote in article published Saturday by the Lebanese al-Binaa daily.
He added that “The western barbarian policies towards Syria have been expected as Syria has always defended the values of its nation, issues of its people and its sovereignty and independent decision.”
Mikdad decried the unilateral economic sanctions imposed by the US and European Union on Syria, Russia, China, Iran and other countries with the aim of undermining their developmental abilities and their aspirations to build a world where freedom and creative international cooperation spread.
He added that few days ago, Europeans forged a “satanic paper” on Syria at the EU headquarters in Brussels through which they claimed that they found solutions to what is taking place in the country, while in reality, they defined ways of continuing to kill Syrian people and to support terrorism and to destroy the infrastructure.
“The Western countries are blemishing their fame through allying with mean regimes in the Arabian Gulf including Saudi Arabia which is still living in the Middle Ages” Mikdad added.
“With the forthcoming Christmas and new year, we expect the West to halt the policies of killing, hypocrisy, destruction and supporting terrorism and to respect the values of other nations which were consolidated by Jesus Christ...We expect them to give up their imperial and colonial dreams and to build a world where peace, equality and mutual respect prevail.” Mikdad concluded.
And for anyone who doubts the ability of the still racist Anglo-Saxon colonial empire builders in the British 'government' and their 'news' media propagandists, to take a good long hard look at themselves...
23.12.2014 GUARDIAN 'PROGRESSIVES' TRY TO NOT TAKE A GOOD, LONG HARD LOOK AT...THEMSELVES.
The Guardian hit piece on North Korea is all the more incredible when any thinking human being considers they peddle the lie that the deranged royal scroungers in Britain have some kind of unfathomable legitimacy from...God, to do what they like to anyone else.
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Arabia Deserta: MENA Focus
Tag Archives: Ali Khamenei
Ali Khamenei, Amrican Exceptionalism, Blockade of Iran, Donald Trump, Iran, JCPOA, Persian Gulf, US Foreign Policy
A New American-Iranian Strategic Algebra Equation? All Options Are Not On The Table………
August 14, 2018 Mohammed Haider Ghuloum
Tweet to https://twitter.com/
“Iran’s supreme leader said Monday there would be neither war nor negotiations with the United States, and that the country’s problems were the result of government mismanagement more than renewed sanctions. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s comments add to the pressure on President Hassan Rouhani following a collapse in the currency and widespread protests over high prices and corruption. They also appeared to rule out any hope of fresh talks with Washington, which US President Donald Trump had proposed after walking out of the landmark 2015 nuclear deal and reimposing sanctions. “Beside sanctions, they are talking about war and negotiations… let me say a few words to the people: THERE WILL BE NO WAR, NOR WILL WE NEGOTIATE WITH THE U.S.,” Khamenei said via his official Twitter account in English…….”
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Recently, U.S. officials have been talking blatantly about us. Beside sanctions, they are talking about war and negotiations. In this regard, let me say a few words to the people: THERE WILL BE NO WAR, NOR WILL WE NEGOTIATE WITH THE U.S….”
So, then: All Options Are Not On the Table, the Iranians are saying…..
A favorite American Middle East policy statement over the past decade or two has been the obvious threat that: “all options are on the table“.
Meaning: you, an uncooperative foreign (always Middle Eastern) nation, do what we say OR we have other options to use against you. You agree with us or you get: war, regime change, missiles. That has been the jingoistic policy under George W Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump.
Now Trump has in effect declared and is waging an economic war of choice against a country that has never attacked the United States. Mainly at the behest of a couple of other influential foreign regimes and the domestic lobbyists of these foreign regimes (rich tail wagging greedy dog).
Yet Ali Khemenai now claims to have unilaterally changed the American policy toward his country, he has unilaterally taken the big “STICK” out of the equation, just as the Trump administration has unilaterally taken the international “CARROT” out of the Nuclear Deal equation by re-imposing and tightening an economic blockade of Iran.
Thus Khamenei has resorted to, nay adopted, another American foreign policy jargon: exceptionalism. Iranian foreign policy exceptionalism now facing American foreign policy exceptionalism.
No fuzzy Math there. You reduce one variable on one side of an algebraic equation, the other side must reduce a variable from the other side of the equation. To maintain the mathematical equilibrium and accuracy.
So: ALL OPTIONS ARE NOT ON THE TABLE…
Or so the Iranians think, and hope……
Or so the Arab oil potentates and absolute princes (and the Likudniks) fear…….
One of them can be wrong….
Mohammed Haider Ghuloum
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Iran’s Khamenei Does a Trump: MAGA becomes MIGA……
March 21, 2017 Mohammed Haider Ghuloum
“Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei fleshed out his vision of a “Made in Iran” economy Tuesday, calling for a ban on certain imports and an end to the $15-billion smuggling trade. The annual speech on the first day of the Persian year serves as a sort of Iranian equivalent to the US State of the Union address, and Khamenei used it to provide more details about his calls for a self-sufficient “resistance economy” that has been his main theme in recent months. “The importing of products where an Iranian equivalent exists should be considered religiously and legally haram (forbidden),” he told a huge crowd in the holy city of Mashhad. He took aim at Iran’s rampant black market in smuggled goods, which he said was worth at least $15 billion annually. “Some speak of $20-25 billion,” he said. “We want greatness for our country, social well-being and security at the national level. Without a strong economy we cannot achieve all that…..”
Ayatollah Khamenei sounds almost like a Trumpista, but only in the economics of trade sense. I am exaggerating a bit: clearly Khamenei does not believe in a trickle-down economy, now set to become a gushing-up economy under Trump. He does not have a gaggle of billionaires around him defining his own “populist” comfort zone in Tehran. He mostly favors fellow mullahs.
Not as bad as many other Middle East leaders these days. Some groveling Arab leaders are the worst offenders, effectively throwing their fellow Muslims under the bus to please Trump. Before the November elections they expected a resounding Hillary Clinton victory. Their Wahhabi-Liberal mouthpieces in the press and social media obediently excoriated Trump. But that was then.
Soon after Mr. Trump issued his first unconstitutional Executive Order banning many Muslims from travel to the USA, surprisingly including legal residents, some Arab kings and princes reacted positively. Particularly Saudi and UAE rulers, who have certain demands of Mr. Trump for their own regional agendas, quickly praised his move. Even as many Americans and the US courts stood against it. Their hasty positive reaction was uncalled for, it was voluntary, did not even wait for the US court decisions, which turned out as I had expected.
Khamenei is also applying some pressure on President Rouhani in his election year, distancing himself from an economy that has not done as well. Some Iranian officials have recently expressed disappointment that the Nuclear Deal has not helped the economy as much as they had expected.
But the Iranians have become good at managing under forced self-sufficiency. The long decades of mostly-American sanctions have forced them to produce many of the tools, equipment, and weapons they have needed. An unintended positive by-product of the economic siege. Even with the reduction and lifting of sanctions, their country will continue to produce many of the goods it has been forced to make under the economic siege.
So, maybe its is the other way around: maybe Mr. Trump’s “Made in America” message is an imitation of the forced “Made in Iran” policy on the other side of the world. Ali Khamenei has not uttered the term “Make Iran Great Again” (MIGA), but his occasional exhortations and policy statements sound similar to “Make America Great Again” (MAGA). Without the goofy red Trump hat.
More on this later, stay tuned.
M. Haider Ghuloum
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Iran Nuclear Duel: Supreme Leader Khamenei vs. Supreme Leader Netanyahu………
April 15, 2015 Mohammed Haider Ghuloum
“Iran said on Wednesday it would only accept a deal over its contested nuclear program if world powers simultaneously lifted all sanctions imposed on it. The comments by President Hassan Rouhani came the day after U.S. President Barack Obama was forced to give Congress a say in any future accord — including the right to veto the lifting of sanctions imposed by U.S. lawmakers……………”
The United States Congress, both houses of it, has finally managed to get hold of the pending Iran Nuclear Deal. The congressional jingoists are now in control of this issue. Which very likely means that as far as the United States is concerned this deal will remain ‘pending’ for a long time, at least through the 2016 general elections.
It will be fun but also painful to watch the major candidates from both parties doing contortions and pirouettes to avoid the pitfalls of taking any clear and definable position on this issue. That especially applies to the Democrats, since the Republicans have already abdicated and handed American Middle East policy to a foreign leader. A tail that effectively leads the dog now. A triumph of campaign money over national interest.
Now the nuclear deal, as far as bilateral American-Iranian relations are concerned, will be in the hands of two Supreme Leaders. These two will decide the outcome: (1) Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for Iran, and (2) Supreme Leader Benyamin Netanyahu for the United States. I suspect the latter will have more say in the final outcome, which may mean there will be no final deal.
Which might be irrelevant, since the blockade is already unraveling. Russia has decided to resume the delivery of defensive missiles to Iran (S300). The other major countries of BRICS and others have already started the framework of an alternative or parallel world financial system that will compete with the Bretton Woods bureaucratic institutions of IBRD and IMF. That might reduce the effectiveness of this recent clamor for blockades and sanctions that Western powers seem to impose with impunity.
It is a measure of the complete domination of the Israeli tail of U.S. Middle East policy that even members of Mr. Obama’s own party were ready to defy a potential veto. Now that the U.S. position seems to be in more doubt, the Iranians are also playing hardball.
Either way, the Western sanctions are being whittled away, as they should be. Worldwide economic sanctions and blockades on whole countries only harm the people, not their rulers…………
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Khamenei on Washington: Deceit, Disintegration, Backstabbing, and a Zionist Clown……
“Ayatollah Khamenei called the Republicans’ letter to Tehran ‘the ultimate degree of the collapse of political ethics and the U.S. system’s internal disintegration. The GOP’s insistence that any deal struck by president Obama could be null and void when he leaves office is a sign of America’s ‘tricks and deceits’. ………… The Supreme said a ‘Zionist clown’ had delivered a speech in Washington…………….”
The Ayatollah also knows a lot about American politics. He is not as naive and ignorant as he seems to Westerners. He has been around, knows the world. He is himself multi-ethnic and knows several languages, at least three, probably four or five: much more than any senator or member of Congress. He is just applying some new diplomatic pressure here, with the other world powers, especially the Europeans, in mind. With the the help of some foolish Republican senators who were too blinded by their own partisan passions to worry about the national interest.
One more thing: he is right about at least one thing. An Israeli clown did make a speech in Washington earlier this month. A repetitive stale speech.
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Ali Shamkhani: an Old but Rising Iranian Arab Star…….
November 3, 2014 Mohammed Haider Ghuloum
“An intriguing figure is gaining prominence in the Iranian government just as regional conflicts in Iraq and Syria intensify and nuclear talks with the West move toward a Nov. 24 deadline. The newly prominent official is Ali Shamkhani, the head of Iran’s national security council. He played a key role last summer in the ouster of Nouri al-Maliki as Iraq’s prime minister. In interviews over the past few weeks, Iraqi, Iranian, Lebanese, European and U.S. officials have all described Shamkhani as a rising political player…………”
Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani is not exactly a new hand. He is an old hand within the Iranian regime. He is an ethnic Arab, not a Persian, from the Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran (Ahwaz, etc). He is not a new rising figure as is claimed here, he is an old rising figure in the regime. He served as Defense Minister of Iran during the 1990s. He is now chief of the Supreme National Security Council. I posted on him last year.
(FYI: There are other minority ethnic members in the top Iranian leadership. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is also non-Persian. He is an Azeri, from Azerbaijan).
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Dallas and its Historic Connection to the Religious Right
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Fri Dec 30, 2016 at 03:02:35 PM EST
There has been a recent rash of demonstrations outside of the famous First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. The current pastor appears to be the brunt of the vocal sign -wielding mobs gathering outside the building that houses the congregation. Pastor Dr. Robert Jeffress is accused of being responsible for the election of Donald Trump as President. Vocal activists have given credit to Jeffress for changing the course of the Nation. Few appear to be aware of historic relevant connections to the church and city to the foundation of the modern Religious Right. Author Bill Minutaglio has written a book seeking to make the connection between the Dallas of the sixties and the hard right. Minutaglio has authored a book named Dallas 1963, in which he unveils peculiar and little unknown facts about the city and the fascinating peoples that staffed the movement that appears to have come of age and blossomed into a national phenomena. A movement that led to recent political results. Jeffress and his rival in North Dallas, Jack Graham, can boast of accomplishments started by foundations laid in Dallas over fifty years ago.
Minutaglio is currently a professor of writing at the University of Texas. He is an expert on race issues and tends to describe Dallas in the early sixties as a center for Jim Crow advocacy. He ties together Dallas events in historical perspectives I have not found before. I was not aware that just before the election of JFK there was an embarrassing event in Dallas that impacted the nation. LBJ and Lady Bird had come to Dallas to promote electing the Democratic ticket. They were set upon by a famous crowd of so- called mink coat women. Wealthy Dallas women screamed insults at Johnson and his wife. Lady Bird was spit on and feared for her life at the hands of an angry mob. Johnson lamented it was not safe to walk down the street with your lady it appears. The scene was filmed and broadcast around the nation happening just before the election. Millions saw and were horrified at the scenes and some experts claim it caused many fence sitting electors to turn toward the Kennedy/Johnson ticket. Nixon attributed the loss of Texas to a far right congressman in the GOP who became a huge embarrassment. The Congressman represented the Dallas area.
Dallas Morning News publisher Ted Dealey is another case in point. The editor was a staunch supporter of far right ideology. He was a segregationist and believed JFK was a socialist. There is an historic encounter between Kennedy and Dealey at the Whitehouse. Dealey's accusations against JFK were so extreme even far right editors in the nation take the editor to task for his harsh language he used in the presence of the President. Dealey believed integration was a Communist plot. He editorialized that Brown vs. the Board of Education was wrongly decided by the court. Segregated schools were best for the nation. Dallas was the last major city in the nation to finally integrate public schools. After the reprimand by some editors over what Dealey said in D.C., he sent a note to his bureau chief in the city. It said, "Regards to you and all the other folks in nigger town."
The city of Dallas embraced the Joseph McCarthy movement. Many of its leading citizens were John Birch Society members. Robert Morris, the famous attorney who was chief counsel to Joseph McCarthy was invited to become President of Dallas University. When James Meredith, a Korean War veteran who was black, tried to enroll in Ole Miss, the Dallas paper drew grave affection from its readers by condemning the plot by the Kennedys to inflict their views on the South. An early forerunner to Russ Limbaugh, Dan Smoot enjoys a daily program sponsored by Dallasite H.L. Hunt and his fortune. Smoot often warns listeners that Kennedy's drive toward a one world government is a threat to national security. He notes something must be done to stop Kennedy. The book helps set the groundwork for understanding the climate in Dallas at this time.
Prior to the fateful journey of JFK to Dallas, months before the visit, Adlai Stevenson has a scary visit to the city. A prominent Jewish family from Dallas had invited Stevenson to speak about the United Nations. Stevenson was ambassador to the U.N. at the time. He is set upon by angry protestors, spit upon, and hit on the head by a lady swinging an anti- Stevenson sign. He fears for his life and is angered by such a volatile and ignorant representation of the city population. He warns Kennedy not to go to Dallas thinking it not safe for him to be there. City fathers are embarrassed by the Stevenson events much like they were the assaulting of Lady Bird. There is a growing fear the city will lose business because vendors will find the citizens in the city too extreme. Stevenson is called a traitor by the angry mob. Meanwhile, segregationist governor George Wallace visits Dallas and finds a receptive audience.
The famous ad taken out in the Dallas Morning News is another example of the city climate. The Hunt family and John Birch Society members purchase a full page ad attacking Kennedy and advocating he is wanted for treason for several events listed in the ad. The ad is bordered by ink that is used in death notices. It is the famous ad JFK showed Jackie and told her they were headed into nut country. Editor Dealey approved the ad, even though there was a growing fear that something might happen to Kennedy after what happened to Stevenson. Racial tensions were so hostile in Dallas, when Kennedy came to town, his staff refused to allow their Black member of the administration to come with the team. I now have a better understanding of why Johnson was so terrified after Kennedy is shot.
After the Dallas visit the presidential team was to travel to Austin for a final speech. LBJ had all ready planned on what to say when he introduced the President. The event, that never took place, had Johnson introducing the President with these words, "And thank God, Mr. President, that you came out of Dallas alive." Immediately after the assassination the Dallas police office is flooded with phone calls from distraught and weeping women. The women are sobbing that they are sure their husband killed the President.
Upon hearing about the loss of his President, Kennedy's senior aid Timothy Reardon, exploded with these words. "Three years ago you assaulted Senator Johnson. Last month, you spit on and broke a sign over the head of Governor Stevenson. And today, you killed our president...What kind of people are you? ...You can take your stinking city and your stinking state and secede from the union..."
Dallas had an embarrassing connection to the Klan until city businessmen advocated they distance the citizens from the organization.....fearing it would harm business. Future Supreme Court Judge Thurgood Marshal was once chased by the chief of police in Dallas with his police gun drawn swearing at Marshal telling the civil rights leader to get out of town. The author notes the disdain for FDR and his new deal in this Texas city. Economic advisors in Dallas believed the New Deal was Socialism and one step closer to Communism.
There were many right wing organizations in the city. Typical of gatherings is the one mentioned by the author that drew a huge crowd. It hosts a visiting tape from Ronald Reagan. Reagan notes that the progressive income tax was spawned by Karl Marx. There were even circles in Dallas where the far right was accused of being Communist.
W.A. Criswell, pastor of First Baptist Church is featured in the book. Criswell's noted link to hard right politics and segregation are well known among historians. Minutagilo places Criswell in the power structure that fuels the anti-Kennedy sentiment in the area. Criswell's famous sermon denouncing the election of a Catholic President is mentioned as laying a type of local hysteria regarding the Kennedy Presidency. After the assassination, Criswell preaches a sermon blaming Communism for the slaying. He never mentions the fact that one of his members will leave town to escape the hostility of grieving citizens. It is the member who is blamed for creating a climate that led to the death of the young President. Criswell teams up with a church member who is known as the wealthiest man in the world. His name is H.L. Hunt. Dr. Criswell baptized the older Hunt into his church. The author notes that Hunt never ceased his womanizing nor habitual gambling after joining the church. At his funeral, Criswell called Hunt "Mr. Golden heart." Criswell was well known for his segregationist views. He once boasted he would not allow blacks to join his church. Hunt was welcome, but black folks better apply to another congregation. Speaking of integrationists Criswell said, "They are not our folks. They are not our kind. They don`t belong to the same world in which we live...There are people who are trying to force upon us a situation and a thing that is a denial of all that we believe in." JFK actually went to Houston to respond to Criswell's sermon attacking Kennedy that was mailed out to every church in Texas. The funding for the project came from Hunt money. When Kennedy went to Houston to respond to accusations he would be controlled by the Vatican, Criswell was not present. The Baptist preacher said he would like to have come but had an important meeting with Nixon. Criswell noted if Kennedy is a sorry Catholic he should get out of the church. If he is a good Catholic he should not be President.
Dallas Morning News publisher Dealey, Dr. Criswell and Richard Nixon were all close to one another. The connection of these three men in a solidly Democratic state is a symbol of the politics of Dallas. It was different. It is home to the farthest to the right Congressman in the nation at this time. The Sunday morning sermon Criswell preaches before Kennedy comes to town is insightful. Criswell preaches a sermon glorifying Confederate General Stonewall Jackson. Criswell notes his church is like the Confederacy. Fighting to preserve all that is grand in the nation. To Criswell, Kennedy represents a far left agenda and Civil Rights that is a direct assault on Christian values. Another prominent member of Criswell's church is head of Texans for Nixon.
Any story about Dallas and the Religious Right has to contain something about H.L. Hunt. Hunt published a book named Alpaca. In the book the author wrote about a utopian society where wealthy men had more voting power than the middle class. Poor people were not allowed to participate in this ideal society. Right wing organizations often came to town seeking the blessing or money from H.L. Exposure from his radio programs provided an audience and revenue for right seeking politicians and authors. The author noted Hunt hated black people. He was particularly offended that a black person carried as much voting power as he did.
Hunt was an early opponent of government medical programs. He hated Medicare thinking it would create government death panels. A reminder of right wing warnings about Obama care being devised to liquidate older citizens. Hunt warned that Medicare would make the President a medical czar with life-death choices delegated to the commander in chief.
To me the books most intriguing story is the legacy of the notorious General Edwin A. Walker. His epic life story almost appears too hard to believe. Walker, a decorated World War II General, also served in the Korean conflict. Walker later on gets into hot water with Presidents because of his involvement in right wing politics. Walker starts accusing everyone of being Communists. He even doubts the credentials of President Eisenhower. Walker has his command taken from him because he refuses to back off of his McCarthy-like activities.
* Walker, a Texan, enters into the American pop culture scene by activities in Little Rock. Central High school, an all white school, is forced by the courts to admit black students. Arkansas Governor Fawbush refused a court order to allow black students to attend Central. He surrounds Little Rock with state national guard troops to protect his prize. Eisenhower intercedes and sends in Federal troops to force the decree from the court onto the state. General Walker is solicited to be in charge of the federal troops. Walker hates this job and believes it beneath him to force the high school to bring in Black students. Walker is an advocate for segregation and resents being forced to uphold something he despises.....integration.
* It is hard to make up stories like this, but truth is stranger than faction. Believed to be a champion for Civil Rights, Walker only does the job as commanded by the President. A president he does not like. Walker moves to Dallas which is a home base to right wing propaganda. He likes Hunt's programs and hates the Kennedys.
* Walker volunteers to go to Ole Miss where James Meredith is seeking to enter the school as its first Black student. Not only does Walker vocalize his disgust at the attempt by Meredith, he even helps instigate events that some believe turn into the bloody riots that erupted there. Armed men from around the nation travel to Mississippi to support Walker and participate in the violence at Oxford. He hates the Kennedys and believes they are using integration to force socialism and ultimately Communism on Americans. Walker led some of his volunteers to beat up an Episcopalian priest who happens to be in Oxford in support of Meredith. Newsmen and other citizens are also beaten in the riot.
* Walker has a noted following in Dallas and holds several rallies. He decides to seek the Presidency and wants to unseat JFK. His hatred of the Kennedys is notorious and his rallies are notorious for inflammatory statements. He tries to be elected governor of Texas but does not finish very high among the Democrat candidates in the race. Avid South Carolina segregationist, Senator Strom Thurmond, works with Walker and promotes his agenda. Walker even travels to Mississippi to visit imprisoned Klan member, Byron Beckwith. Beckwith is the man accused of gunning down Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers. Beckwith is the man played by James Wood in the film starring Alec Baldwin titled Ghosts Over Mississippi. Governor Barnett is the leader of the segregation movement in Mississippi. Even the right wing governor wants to distance himself from Walker who is known for his extremist statements.
* By now the reader might be wondering if this legendary historical figure's story is believable. It gets even more bazaar. After the riot in Mississippi, Walker jumps in a car with Texas segregationist politician J. Evetts Haley to travel back to Dallas. The Kennedys find out Walker was connected to the violence and seek to file charges against the general. Walker ends up in Parkland Hospital in Dallas to undergo psychiatric evaluation to determine if he is fit to stand trial. This, of course, is the same hospital that in a few years in the same week will be the place Kennedy and Oswald will be pronounced dead. The Kennedy family is so incensed at the vile statements they find leveled at them by Walker, they rejoice in the chance to take him to court over what happened in the tragic episode in Mississippi.
* During these times Walker hooks up with the founder of the modern Religious Right,
Reverend Billy Hargis. Hargis and Walker share a common bond in the fear of Communism, hatred of Democrats, and the belief that integration is a plot devised by Communists to destroy America.
* Walker and his friends have connections to extremist statements. One interesting story was the event he traveled to and reporters asked him to comment on the recommended reading he had proposed for the nation. It was discovered Walker was promoting or denouncing books he had never even read. With this discovery about his scholarship, some in the nation started backing away from the general.
* When Walker heard that Kennedy was coming to town he decided to leave. He feared that if anything happened to JFK he would be the one blamed for the tragedy. He left town to be in New Orleans with a notorious racist named Judge Perez. Perez claimed Negroes were animals right out of the jungle. He even tried to harass and punish white parents who sent their children to integrated schools. After the discovery of the assassination Walker asked all the people on board the airplane he was flying on to sign a document stating he was with them during the murder of the President.
* There is another ironic twist to his story. He is the general Oswald attempted to kill. Oswald walked up on Walker's house in the dark. Standing in the alley, he fired the same weapon used to kill Kennedy at Walker. That's right, he tried to kill the arch enemy of JFK. If this makes no sense, it is just Oswald, he tended to make little sense in his actions. The bullet just missed Walker and grazed his arm. As fate would have it, Oswald hit his target with the President, but missed his attempt on a man who was the enemy of Kennedy. On the day of the assassination, Walker had journeyed to Louisiana to speak at a White Citizen's Council rally. He was asked, when news got out about of the President's death, if he was going to cancel his speaking engagement. He responded, "Hell no."
* Walker shared another bond with Hargis. His sexual attraction to men. Several men spend the night at the home of the general, who never married. The last public record we have of Walker's newsworthy actions was his arrest twice for soliciting sex from undercover male police officers.
I had often wondered about who the man was that Oswald tried to kill before he shot Kennedy. Readers who are interested in the Religious Right need to pick up Dallas 1963. It more than adequately defines the building blocks of the modern movement. The epic event that defined a period of history in Dallas 1963.
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Left out a couple of intriguing stories in the book. I found it symbolic that a store in Dallas was being boycotted when residents found out it was receiving bread to sell from Yugoslavia. This product meant the store was promoting Communism.
The author notes that Ruby had some of Hunt's literature in his back pocket when he shot Oswald. We knew this, but the author explained that Ruby was upset at this pamphlet that was saying untrue and unkind things about Kennedy. That explanation makes sense of the story.
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Studia Politologiczne
Uwarunkowania, strategia i taktyka kampanii Bronisława Komorowskiego w wyborach prezydenckich 2010 r. w Polsce
Krzysztof Kowalczyk
of the Civic Platform party (PO) for the President of the Republic of Poland – on the political market. Komorowski, Marshal of the Sejm (speaker of parliament), could be recognized as a leader-candidate on the presidential election market. After the air crash near Smoleńsk which took the life of the President of the Republic of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, Komorowski concurrently performed three roles: provisional president, speaker of parliament and a (PO) presidential candidate. His chief opponent was Jarosław Kaczyński, the leader of the Law and Justice party (PiS), the twin brother of the passed away president. In the campaign Komorowski built a vision of presidency based on compromise, uniting Poles. In the first round of voting on 20 June 2010 Komorowski earned 41.54% while J. Kaczyński 36.46% of votes. In the second round of voting (run-off) on 4 July 2010 Komorowski received 53.01% while J. Kaczyński 46.99 of votes%. The elections result was a moderate success of the PO party candidate.
uwarunkowania, strategia, taktyka, kampania wyborcza, Bronisław Komorowski
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Academic Journal of Modern Philology
Języki i kultury etniczne w Zjednoczonej Europie z historią Dyirbala w tle. Rozważania językoznawcy kognitywnego
Turewicz Kamila
Ethnic Cultures and Their Languages in United Europe through the Story of Dyirbal: A Cognitive Linguist’s Perspective
In view of the growing interest in the nature of culture – language interface, on the one hand, and the socio-political developments inherent in European integration processes, on the other, three issues are perhaps worth addressing for linguists and cultural studies specialists: (i) whether the evolutionary processes of cultural integration can influence the structures of ethnic/national languages; (ii) the extent to which changes in language structure may result in a loss of certain elements characteristic of the culture related to the language; (iii) what that long-term (socio-political) consequences may be as an effect of the remarkable weakening and subsequent disappearance of the elements of ethnic cultures that function as determinants of ethnic/national identity. Considering the size of this article, none of the aforementioned issues will be solved. Nevertheless, some aspects of language–culture interface are identified, while the problem of ecological interdependence between language and culture is illustrated in the case of the death of Dyirbal. Changes in Dyirbal and examples of language expressions from English and Polish illustrating the cultural imprints in language structure are discussed from the perspective of cognitive methodologies.
ethnic cultures cognitive linguistics cultural integration ethnic/national language
Komisja Nauk Filologicznych, Polska Akademia Nauk Oddział we Wrocławiu / Wydawnictwo Wyższej Szkoły Filologicznej we Wrocławiu
Akademia Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna w Łodzi
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Chruszczewski, Piotr P. (2011) Językoznawstwo antropologiczne. Zadania i metody. Wrocław: Oddział Polskiej Akademii Nauk we Wrocławiu.
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Why Social Equity Matters For Cannabis, And What States Are Doing About It
The means of commercially producing, selling, and profiting from cannabis are, so far, incredibly concentrated in the hands of white business owners.
Introduction to social equity
Let’s get one thing straight — the world needs cannabis. Even as far back as 485 BC (just about 1,500 years ago), Greek historian Herodotus described the pot- smoking rituals of ancient Scythians.
In China, archaeologists uncovered evidence of cannabis use dating back 2,500 years. When considered in this light, cannabis is a human right — and a sacred one at that.
What does all of this have to do with social equity in the cannabis industry here and now?
Today, cannabis is a commercial product grown and sold for profit. After years of prohibition, prosecution, and lurking in the shadows, the cannabis industry is finally stepping out into the light under lawful retail regulations set forward by several states.
However, the means of commercially producing, selling, and profiting from cannabis are, so far, incredibly concentrated in the hands of white business owners. Recent figures put white ownership at a staggering 99% industry-wide.
Cannabis cultivation has an ancient legacy going beyond race, color, or creed. Despite that, in America’s burgeoning multi-billion dollar cannabis economy, your likelihood of involvement, ownership, and success depends on your skin color.
Without social equity in the cannabis industry, people of color will continue being shut out of an exciting economic opportunity that has, in large part, been built with their hands.
What does social equity look like in practice? Who qualifies for social equity, and who doesn’t? These are essential questions — and we’re going to tackle them.
Below, you’ll also find a guide to social equity programs in legal cannabis states like California, Illinois, and Michigan.
Why the cannabis industry needs social equity programs
Throughout the war on drugs era, the heavy-handed enforcement of marijuana prohibition resulted in the lopsided criminalization of people of color.
Despite a near equal propensity between whites and people of color for possessing marijuana, police have historically targeted Black and Latino communities when doling out criminal repercussions.
Since white folks have traditionally received a pass from police, prosecutors, and judges, their records remain largely clean. On the other hand, people of color are disproportionately arrested and charged for the same crimes in extraordinarily high numbers.
When speaking of social equity, what’s at stake isn’t only who does and doesn’t have a clean enough record to participate in the legal cannabis industry. The impacts of racial profiling, disproportionate imprisonment, and institutional racism are also felt economically.
Here in 2020, rich white men are again on the cusp of complete monopolization of yet another lucrative industry. Social equity programs are the best chance for people of color to slow down the cannabis industry’s monopolization — and give a greater diversity of interests a seat at the table.
Are social equity programs working?
State legalization of cannabis is a relatively recent thing. California kicked off the movement back in 1996 by becoming the first medical marijuana state, but in 2012 Colorado went the whole nine yards by legalizing recreational cannabis.
The other eight states, along with Washington DC, all followed suit between 2012 and 2016. So, concluding whether the nascent social equity programs in those states are working or not is a big ask.
In states like California, Michigan, and Illinois, where racial diversity is high, progressive efforts are being made to enforce social equity programs statewide. For instance, Illinois has rolled an expungement initiative into its cannabis business licensing procedures, but it’s simply too soon to measure the material effects the programs are having.
As an aside, the continuation of racially-motivated policing means that even with social equity programs in place, their effects are hampered without police reform.
Challenges for social equity programs
Standing in the way of designing, implementing, and garnering participation in social equity programs are a few major challenges.
Racial assumptions about black business owners. As reporter Amanda Lewis puts it, “black people who sell pot are dangerous criminals and white people who do the same are goofy hippies.”
Racial inequality is already rooted in the cannabis industry. With white ownership of cannabis businesses already high (99%), social equity program recipients face a steep entry barrier.
Social equity programs are unproven. Owing to their very recent implementation and lack of statewide cohesion, social equity program effectiveness is an unknown quantity.
Skepticism on behalf of people of color. After years of systemic racism that continues to this day, participation turnout for social equity programs might be low as Black, Latino, and other marginalized groups harbor deep skepticism toward the state.
Solutions for creating social equity programs
As states continue to legalize cannabis, they’re increasingly faced with fairly implementing legalization. However, lawmakers need to be held accountable for doing so, which requires people of color to make their voices heard.
Outreach to Black and Latino communities. As the two communities most deeply affected by the dark legacy of the war on drugs, reaching out to Black and Latino communities about social equity programs can be a game- changer.
Supporting police reform. Social equity programs alone don’t do enough to end the paradigm of disproportionate policing and racial profiling in Black and Latino neighborhoods. Police reform, criminal record expungement, and social equity programs go hand in hand.
Community support for increased SE programs. Communities need to rally around and signal support for increased resources toward social equity programs. Writing to lawmakers and voting in candidates who support legalization and greater industry access for non-white participants is a must.
Supporting Black businesses. Regardless of whether or not a Black-owned cannabis business relied on social equity to get established, they should be financially supported by their communities.
Photo by Clay Banks via Unsplash
Social equity programs in legal states
In 2018, the state of California approved bill SB 1294, otherwise known as the Cannabis Equity Act. While the act was regarded in some corners as a big step
forward toward achieving greater Black cannabis business ownership in the state, it effectively put the onus of responsibility at the city level.
California cities must create local social equity program models, then apply to the state for the funding allocated by SB 1294. In effect, if a California city doesn’t have the resources, knowledge, or desire to pursue a social equity program for its constituents, then it either won’t do it, or will create a poorly designed and ineffective program as Los Angeles recently did.
With a low barrier to entry that includes the nation’s lowest cannabis business licensing fees and no business permit issuance limits, Oregon is at the top of the heap when it comes to social equity.
Unlike other states with overly restrictive and competitive social equity programs, Oregon is fostering a small-business friendly climate with a focus on minority ownership. However, despite the progress being made in major cities like Portland, racial profiling in Oregon is still an ongoing and, in some cases, intensifying problem that adds to the social equity problem.
On October 26th, 2020, Washington’s Social Equity in Cannabis Task Force is set to have a historic meeting with the goal of creating recommendations to the governor. The process of creating recommendations is meant to guide the state’s social equity guidelines going forward pursuant to the passage of bill HB 2870.
Despite the good intentions, the SECTF can only make recommendations but has no power beyond that. Aside from the lack of power, there are early allegations that the SECTF will make regulations favoring a limited number of participants and insiders.
Colorado passed SB 224 which, amongst other regulations, imposed a requirement for the state to begin issuing micro business licenses designed to give people in “low-income areas” a shot at getting a cannabis biz license. Apparently, in Colorado, “low-income” means Black, Latino, or indigenous, since
there is scant language in the bill referring to race or the war on drugs, but plenty about people who don’t have or make money.
The bill offers help getting a $10,000 cannabis business license, but the assistance stops there. As several have pointed out since the enactment of SB 224, the business license is the least costly aspect of getting a cannabis business off the ground, so whether the assistance can amount to tangible help is questionable.
In 2017, Nevada passed AB 422, an after-thought bill without real goals, targets, or commitments but packaged to resemble something like a social equity program.
However, Nevada’s prohibitively expensive $250K cannabis business license and restrictive issuance mean that today, the state has a grand total of one Black-owned retail business. There are efforts underway to distribute more money to war on drug victims, such as the Cannabis Equity and Inclusion Community, who are trying to change that.
Considering the failings of states like Colorado and Nevada, Michigan has started with a robust social equity initiative that looks like a step in the right direction.
Currently, social equity program applicants can get cannabis startup fees reduced by up to 75% when taking factors like community, marijuana arrest record, and caregiver status into account.
However, as is the case elsewhere, receiving a grant to pay for startup fees is only a fraction of the total assistance needed to get a cannabis business off the ground. Some business models requires hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars to launch, but the state doesn’t have provisions for aid beyond business licensing.
Today, Illinois is far and away providing the best social equity program framework in the nation. Under current guidelines, applicants are eligible for increased assistance based on a variety of factors such as one’s community
resources, how much the applicant was affected by marijuana policing, and if the applicant will employ a majority of their workforce from war on drugs-affected areas.
All in all, the program is progressive where others are not, and is assisted by the state’s cannabis tax provision which sends 25% of revenue grants designed to improve economic development in hard hit areas. Those who qualify for social equity programs can also submit applications for cannabis-business loans — a major breakthrough for diversifying business ownership.
Maine, a nearly 95% white state, did not include social equity provisions in its recreational cannabis bill, and still lags far behind the rest of the nation in doing so.
Vermont hasn’t formally begun recreational cannabis sales yet, but it doesn’t look like the incoming bill will significantly address social equity.
Massachusetts may be small, but it’s looking to make a large impact on the country’s social equity programs. The state has set aside cannabis delivery business licenses exclusively for minority businesses, though it still does not have a model in place for great access to capital.
Washington DC has provisions in place for funneling cannabis sales tax back into the communities hardest hit by the war on drugs. The bill also expunges marijuana offenses, allows anyone with a misdemeanor to work in the cannabis industry, and requires 60% of owners, employees, and applicants to be DC residents.
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11 April 2014 - Parents face fines over holidays
More than 20% of parents say they have been fined for unauthorised holidays
Richard Adams (The Guardian)
More than 20% of parents say they have been fined for taking their children on unauthorised holidays during the school term, while a majority of parents have lied to avoid getting into trouble, a national survey has found.
According to the poll of 1,000 parents for ITV's Tonight programme, 22% said they had been fined for a child's unauthorised absence, with the highest rates in the east and West Midlands, where more than one in three parents said they had been fined.
Since the start of the school year, the Department for Education has imposed new rules in England cracking down on term-time absences, which education experts say are likely to disrupt a child's education.
Previously, headteachers had the discretion to allow parents to take their children out of school for up to two weeks for a family holiday. But the new rules only grant term-time leave in exceptional circumstances such as funerals, and give councils the power to impose fines on parents who break the rules.
Parents face fines over holidays
Staff (Daily Mail)
Under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act that was passed by Parliament recently, heads, from early in the new year, will have the power to issue on-the-spot fines of up to £100 to parents of children who play truant.
The fines are primarily intended to bring parents who repeatedly let their children miss school to their senses as an alternative to prosecution and a possible prison sentence.
But the DfES stressed that fines could be handed out for a first-time offence in "exceptional circumstances, for example where a parent has taken their child on holiday in term time without the school's permission".
Thousands of parents fined, as persistent truancy falls
Katherine Sellgren (BBC)
Government statistics show the number of truancy penalty notices issued went up by more than a quarter in the academic year 2012-13 to 52,370.
The data shows 300,895 pupils were "persistently absent" (missing 15% of school) - down from 333,850 in 2011-12.
Education Secretary Michael Gove said there was no excuse for missing school.
The figures show that 52,370 penalty notices of £60 were issued to parents and guardians for a child's unauthorised absence from school in 2012-13 - up from 41,224 (27%) in the previous year, 2011-12.
Of the fines handed out in the last academic year, 27,977 were paid within 28 days, after which the fine doubles to £120.
Parents fined £60 if children are late for registration in bid to raise standards at struggling school
Sam Chadderton (The Mirror)
Parents face a £60 fine if their children miss registration at their junior school 10 times in a 12-week term.
If the fixed penalty notice is not paid in 21 days, it will double to £120. If that is not paid, they risk prosecution.
Emerson Valley School, in Milton Keynes, which is in special measures, hopes the move will raise standards.
But The Campaign for Real Education said it was, “a step too far” and parent Georgina Hodgkinson, 40, said it would put, “a lot of pressure” on families.
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However, it has been shown that the data in these notices does not conform to hagiographical standards. 93–97 and 248–249 (commentary); Grégoire 1936a, 425f; Hunger 1978, I, 333–334; Wortley 1980, 543–550. 81–85 and 253–254 (commentary). For the Bulgar conversion in 864, see Theoph. 10. 98 Stephenson 2006, 101–102. 99 Indeed, there is no evidence of violent persecutions in Bulgaria before 815, and even then the martyrs were not soldiers but, mainly, civilians captured in Thrace ca. 1 above. 100 The story of the survivors is contained in the notice for 26 July, the correct date of the battle; Synaxarion CP, 835–839, 846–848 (23 July).
86 Speck 1978, 819 n. 33; see also Kazhdan 1983, 13–28. 87 According to the Tactica of Leo VI (viii, 20), those accused of ethelokakesis received the death penalty; Zachopoulos 1993, 86. 88 For a different interpretation, see Turner 1990, 191. 28–32; Theoph. 16–21. 27; Theoph. 12. 2 23 The Chronicle of 811 and the Scriptor Incertus de Leone Armenio The so-called Chronicle of 811 and the Scriptor incertus de Leone Armenio represent two extremely important texts for the history of Byzantine-Bulgar relations in the early ninth century.
45 Kazhdan 1999 149, 219, with some examples. To avoid confusion, I will always refer to the author of the chronicle as Theophanes, even if the entry or notice in question actually reflects the voice of George. 46 An attempt to identify some of these sources is made by Speck 1978, 389–397; see also Ševčenko 1992a, 288; Lilie 1996, 315–408. , claims that the chronicle is based almost entirely on written sources. 47 George, who probably remained in office until 806, must have had easy access to official (mainly ecclesiastical) sources until that time.
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February 27, 2008 David Markland 75 Comments
Help nominate the worst this city has to offer.
Damn you, Los Angeles Magazine. Your concept for a tournament style competition to decide the one greatest thing about Los Angeles is freakin’ brilliant. Or, at the very least, brilliant in a bloggy sort of way. (see L.A. Observed for a summary of the project.)
In short, I’m jealous I didn’t think of it first. So, I’m stealing the idea. Well, for the most part. And making it a little bit bloggier: instead of the best, we’re going to nail down The 64 Worst Things About Los Angeles.
I’m thinking “the paparazzi,” or “Pinkberry,” or “LADOT,” or “drivers who try and turn left out of corner gas stations or strip malls, in spite of frustrated cross traffic trying to make it through the light signal.”
Once we’ve assembled a list of proper length (I like to call it the “shit list”), we’ll reveal it to the public through a series of polls that will determine the lesser of evils, and narrow down the worst of the worst, until only one thing can be claimed to be “the worst thing about L.A.”
Yeah, just like Los Angeles Magazine does for the greatest, but without the expense account. And the winner/loser will be determined much, much sooner (LA Mag won’t reveal their greatest until the August issue hits newsstands).
So, readers, let us know what you think: what are the worst things about Los Angeles? The worst restaurants, the worst streets, the worst celebrities or pseudo celebrities, or even the worst kind of people in the city (we’re brainstorming here – think outside of the octagonal box).
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75 thoughts on “64 Things I Hate About You”
maria conchita alonso says:
All THE MEXICANS AND THEIR CORN WITH MAYONNAISE HONKING CARTS
Every major street in Beverly Hills. It’s as if they WANT US to go slow.
The Ugly American says:
Wow…this sure is a popular thread.
David Markland says:
VERY popular.
Nothing unites people quite like a common enemy… even if the enemy is general annoyance.
D- says:
Can we vote for the entire Los Angeles area? Worst city period. Wait! It’s not even considered a world-class city. I don’t know what it is!? ..and the political leaders running the place don’t have a clue how a real city is supposed to be run.
oldskul says:
People who don’t pay attention or don’t know how to drive in traffic. You MUST fill the gap in front of you.
When you have room to move forward, move forward!
I’m not talking about tailgating, but sensible forward motion. You can’t leave too much room in front of you or someone will snake you and fill the gap that you should be filling. And it really pisses off the people behind you. Drive like everyone else but you is doing. It seems to be a small group of phone talkers, moms paying more attention to the kids in the back seat than to the road, the elderly, illegals with no brakes or insurance, or hybrid drivers watching their mileage gauge that are the chief offenders.
We hate to interrupt your phone call or text message session but we’re all trying to get somewhere so please do your part.
And once traffic starts moving, drive smoothly and stay off your brakes! Unnecessary braking causes a chain reaction, and can lead to traffic coming to a hault.
Oren says:
It is remarkable to me that so many of the comments are about LA driving habits. Yes, there are bad drivers here, but have you folks ever driven in almost any other big city in the world? Or on the East Coast of the US? Driving habits in LA are so much better than almost every other city. Especially considering how much traffic there is, the drivers here are relatively unagressive and polite.
My worst parts of LA:
1. Segregation
2. Lack of common civic spirit
3. Smog
4. Traffic (congestion)
1. People who can’t spell. (see comments above)
LNR says:
byron says:
The lack of true weather
People who insist it’s beautiful out when in fact it was the same weather the day before and will be the same for the next few weeks!
People not from LA! that makes up about 95% of the city
Immigrants who have been here 20 years but still can’t and won’t speak the language but get pissed with you for not knowing theirs
TRAFFIC! It should NOT take over an hour to go 6 miles
POTHOLES!!!
Buses! – do they have to take over two lanes on a straight road? Or better yet block 3 lanes of traffic because they wait until the last second to get over
The lack of people’s use of turn signals in their cars – We are all not psychic!
Wannabe screenwriters who tell everyone about their script that they are working on yet won’t submit it to anyone in fear of rejection. Why move to LA to write you can write anywhere. GO HOME!
LA Fashion Week – what a joke!!!! All of fashion in LA really. It’s only behind the rest of the world by a two years!
Parking and the fact that markets and post offices actually offer valet parking.
Those self-important people who insist on talking on their cellphones via speaker phone and then ask everyone around them to be quiet so they can hear. We don’t want to listen to how important you think you are
the VALLEY!!!!
LAX’s pathetic attempt at security – I was once handed a box cutter by an airport employee after passing through security to open a nicotine patch and then they didn’t want to the knife back! I felt so safe getting on that flight NOT! Also the joke of their passport control booths that only have one person handling 3 arriving international flights despite you can see about 6 officers just hanging out talking
Mercedes Drivers – they are worse than Cadillac Drivers
Drivers on their cellphones!
Trey says:
Being one of those people not from LA-the poor drivers are definitely not the out of staters necessarily. I grew up driving in snow and ice and managed just fine for 18 years. Now the slightest sprinkle here and people go bonkers-funny to watch though.
-Streets turning into rivers once it rains for a few hours
-Bus drivers who will just merge into your lane even if they might run you off the road
-People who will not make left turns on yellow
-Lack of public transportation
-Illegals
-Ignorant people
-Hollywood types who think that the world revolves around them and what club/restaurant they should be at that night
-Door guys
-People who don’t understand politics but jump on the liberal bandwagon because all of their friends are and it is the popular thing to do in this city
-405 & 101
-People making right turns from left lane
-Local News
-LA Marathon-any marathon or benefit walk that blocks off major streets and makes it impossible to get anywhere on the weekends
-Lack of street Parking
-Reality TV “Celebrities”-how is it that people from a show about their time in high school can just stroll into a club in Hollywood without any questions from anyone. Do they not have to follow the same laws we do?
-People who drive with their brights on all the time
1. the total lack of urban planning and its catastrophic affects on public transportation
2. the tourists who frequently stop in the middle of beachwood to take pictures of the hollywood sign
3. the ridiculous amount of SUV’s (hello landrover & benz) that people clearly do not need (you live in the hills not winettka, and there is no way you need that car to haul heavy equipment)
4. the terrible road maintenance – what is going on with the potholes on fountain, and why hasnt the drainage been designed to handle rain greater than 1 inch?
5. high rent/high housing costs in general
mr rollers says:
What I hate about L.A. – so much negativity and selfishness; the assumption that the problem is with everyone but ourselves.
“If everyone who wasn’t exactly like me in every way would just dry up and blow away my life would be perfect.”
I love LA. I honestly wouldn’t live anywhere else. But, there are some annoying things about it (most of which is covered above…can’t wait to vote). BUT, no one mentioned DATING.
Worst.Ever.
mugczar says:
Posted by ogglendale:
4. Inconsiderate, inattentive drivers who get angry at you for honking at them. It’s not my fault you’re an idiot. Get off the phone and pay attention. Driving is dangerous.
some douglas bagwell in a benz minivan nearly took my front end off yesterday morning after nearly rear-ending the truck in front of him as he suddenly gunned it and changed lanes while not signaling. then he gave ME the finger for pointing out his self-importance. maybe he thought i needed more proof …
(i didn’t.)
North Hollywood Kid says:
I love everything about LA, except all the non-Californians who move to our great city. I even love the traffic,I love driving the canyons slowly on Laurel, Coldwater, and Beverly Glen. My two favorite drive are Ventura Blvd. and La Cienega from LAX to Sunset.
Please do not move out here, no one wants you guys out here. Stay away!!
robert dean says:
I love the things that annoy me in this city.
Oh those on-ramp traffic lights are called metering lights. They have been proven to make major difference in traffic flow – though it’s much more obvious on a larger scale like going from the toll plaza onto the Bay Bridge.
I love metering lights too.
Hafiz says:
I’ve been to LA once I have to say, I hate the smog. Because of it, I only spent a couple of days there before deciding to spend my holidays somewhere else.
1. Pinkberry. It doesn’t even taste good, not to mention it isn’t real yogurt, yet idiots are paying the $$ to be “hip”.
2. Traffic
3. Brittney, Paris
4. Papprazzis
5. People who don’t signal before turning. Especially only turn on the left signal when the light turns green, so all the people behind him/her who are going straight have to wait for the asshole.
6. Crappy public transportation
7. Anyone who get on reality show to get their 5-mins of fame, and I will use the word fame loosely.
6. Assholes who don’t obey traffic rules.
7. Everyone who runs the light, you all deserve the fine.
8. Kids who text message in a restaurant while eating with family.
9. People eat with mouth open. Pigs!
10. People who don’t pick after their dogs.
Is everyone here psychic? How do you all know where a given person was born or how they got here and what their legal status is?
Browne says:
1. People who complain about traffic, even though they have cars. Traffic does not bother me, even when I’m on the bus.
2 People who move to LA knowing that traffic is an issue (buy a car) and yet feel the need to talk to you about the freakin obvious, like I can’t see it, and like I care. I don’t.
3. The LAPD. The most corrupt joke of a police department in the world. Even in the southern portions of the US the police are more fair than the LAPD. The Los Angeles Sheriff are 10 times more fair than the LAPD, so I don’t understand why the LAPD is filled with such major a**holes.
4. People who come here from Eastcoast, the Midwest, the South, and any other section of the US to be an actor, a model, a singer or to work in film AND THEN moan and groan about LA because they aren’t famous yet or because people here are mean, I mean come on. As if people who want to be actors are nice themselves. People in the “industry” whether they are successful or not are not “nice” or helpful people, if they were they would be social workers and not narcissists and Hollywood would be a lot less lucrative.
5. The anti-kid culture in LA. There is much in normal activities for kids to do out here, at least in Los Angeles and the stuff there is to do you have to have parents with cash to do it. Also kids get exposed to way too much out here. There isn’t a park where kids can just leave their house and tell their mom they’ll be back before dark and ride their bikes and have fun and be safe and not have to worry about perverts or weirdos or gangs. That’s such an important part of being a kid. The kids here end up being very sheltered or just out of control. Neither are good.
In general though I like LA very much. It’s cheaper than any other major US city. The weather is nice. If you think you can just about do anything. I mean if people really wanted to do theatre for real in LA we could, it’s so cheap and reasonable. The only bad thing about LA is that there are too many people with the myopic goal of success in the film industry.
I meet so many talented people who could do something creative, but their obsessed with the whole movie and TV thing and that’s kind of disheartening.
In NY people have a wide variety of interest, in LA it’s just about the movie and TV.
I was actually hoping the strike would never end and we could get a real theatre district going, one that’s not littered with horrible one person shows.
Paletero says:
People who move here and then complain about “the Mexicans” and people who speak Spanish. Hmmm, didn’t the name of the city possibly give you a clue about the history of the area and the people that live here? This city was once part of Spain and then Mexico, hence our official name: El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula.
It’s these same people who assume all Latinos are illegal and then assume all brown people are Mexican because they can’t be bothered to learn about the cultures around them. I heard some newly transplanted white dude call a Filipina a “Mexican.” Get a clue!
If you wanted to live in a non-Latino city there are tons of them in Northeast and Northwest. If you don’t like “Mexicans” I suggest you move away from Los Angeles.
P.S. George Washington was never our president!
Osc says:
The Manhattanization of LA. Don’t need residential towers, greater density or subways.
People who insist on keeping an automobile suburban “utopia” straight out of the 1950s.
Also, the Church of Scientology.
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Heckling
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daltysmilth
This is MY Enterprise. Eat it, Abrams!
Okay, admit it. Who here pays to see bad movies either at the theatre or from a movie rental place for the express purpose of making fun of them with your friends? Who here buys movies they know are total trash because they know it will make them laugh?
I will admit to all of these things freely. My friends and I will occasionally go out to Blockbuster for the express purpose of seeking out and renting the worst movie we can possibly find just to make fun of it. It's not that hard. The clerks sometimes even help us. One clerk suggested that the seventh sequel of anything is always a winner. And we've almost been kicked out of theatres a few times for being so obnoxious. (Though seriously, who on earth goes to see Megido thinking they're going to see a good movie?) And yes, I admit, I've knowingly bought movies I know are terrible, like the Robert Englund version of Phantom Of The Opera. (Which, I believe, contains the first onscreen performance of one Molly Shannon, yes that's right, THAT Molly Shannon.) So who else does this? Anyone? Hello?
(Crickets chirping.)
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Of course. But only when I was in college and the whole dorm could get in on it. I can't see myself doing this alone...
And we know a certain celebrity/celebrities who made a career out of it.
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May the Porkins be with you.
Oh yeah. If you don't heckle bad movies, the Terrorists win.
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Quote from: daltysmilth on November 01, 2006, 10:00:22 PM
Who here pays to see bad movies either at the theatre or from a movie rental place for the express purpose of making fun of them with your friends?
This is the reason I don't go to the theater anymore. I pay $9 to listen to some 16-year-olds who can't keep their mouth shut.
No offense.
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Well, not intentionally. We kind of get that way when whatever movie is really starting to get boring-like King Kong. I felt really bad though so we stopped after the ice skating scene.
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I certainly do this with movies we rent. It drives my wife nuts!
But lets face it. We all do it in some form or another...if not then we probably wouldn't like MST or RiffTrax.
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I do it all the time at home, natch. And I guess it's okay at college theater showing something like "Plan 9." But it is not okay at a public commercial theater, no matter what's playing, IMO.
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Yes, but I try to limit it to rentals and TV movies. Being obnoxious in public is one of my favorite pasttimes, but getting thrown out of theaters is not.
(Some of my most inspired quips were directed at "I Heart Huckabees" - the first comedy written, produced, performed, and directed by a group consisting entirely of pretentious, self absorbed philosophy majors. Perfect riffing material).
Correction: the coat hanger should be upside down.
Big Montana
Philosophy majors don't exist, they're just a myth like big foot or the loch ness monster.
Actually, I'm an anime fan, and I recently had a discussion with some friends this weekend about how a group of anime fans will either watch a show in complete and utter silence, OR heckle the living shit out of it. There is no in-between.
An interesting one that came up was this show called Princess Princess. The basic premise is an all boys school in Japan. In order to compensate for the lack of females, they take several of the school's boys and dress them up in Japanese fetish outfits. Just what any hetereosexual men would do in that situation, right? So that was interesting night of gay and prison sex jokes abound.
Hey, my HS debate coach was a philosophy major! I met a couple philosophy majors when I was in debate, and they actually WEREN'T assholes (although they're probably the exception rather than the rule). Out of all the knowledge of Plato, Socrates, Kant, Nietzsche, John Stewart Mills, and every other important philosopher throughout human history, the most common piece of advice I've heard from these philosophy majors is this:
"Rule #1: Don't become a philosophy major."
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I said "hey Mikey" at the screen whenever Samwise was in danger in all 3 LorR movie and everyone in the cinema was yelling out jokes during Snakes on a Plane. I also have a habit of laughing at death scenes during the sorts of movies that frown on that sort of thing.
My most audible 'heckle' was more a loud expletive when I walked out of the cinema during Forrest Gump after being dragged there by my family.
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Please for the love of God heckle in the privacy of your own home. Despite what you and your friends might think your public comments are obnoxious.
In Hell they play Robin Williams movies on a loop, you will have all the time in the world to heckle
hmm, maybe too harsh?
The only public heckling of a movie I've attended was for Batman Forever. The auditorium was completely packed and it was the scene where Val Kilmer is dressing as Batman for the first time. There's a close-up shot of the Bat-suit's erect nipples, to which a buddy of mine screams as loud as he could: "Hey! Batman's horny!"
Biggest laugh the film got.
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Dolphins have a streamlined fusiform body, adapted for fast swimming. The tail fin, called the fluke, is used for propulsion while the pectoral fins, together with the entire tail section, provide directional control. The dorsal fin, in those species that have one, provides stability while swimming. Though varying by species, basic coloration patterns are shades of grey, usually with a lighter underside and often with lines and patches of different hue and contrast. Unlike most mammals, dolphins do not have hair, except for a few hairs around the tip of their rostrum (beak) which they lose shortly before or after birth.[23] The only exception to this is the Boto river dolphin, which has persistent small hairs on the rostrum.
Most dolphins have acute eyesight, both in and out of the water, and they can hear frequencies ten times or more above the upper limit of adult human hearing.[31] Though they have a small ear opening on each side of their head, it is believed hearing underwater is also, if not exclusively, done with the lower jaw, which conducts sound to the middle ear via a fat-filled cavity in the lower jaw bone. Hearing is also used for echolocation, which all dolphins have. Dolphin teeth are believed to function as antennae to receive incoming sound and to pinpoint the exact location of an object.[32] Beyond locating an object, echolocation also provides the animal with an idea on the object’s shape and size, though how exactly this works is not yet understood.[33] The Indus Dolphin is effectively blind. This may be because not much light penetrates the waters of the Indus river (due to suspended sediments), making the need for vision unnecessary.
The dolphin’s sense of touch is also well-developed, with free nerve endings densely packed in the skin, especially around the snout, pectoral fins and genital area. However, dolphins lack an olfactory nerve and lobes, and thus are believed to have no sense of smell.[35] They do have a sense of taste and show preferences for certain kinds of fish. Since dolphins spend most of their time below the surface, tasting the water could function like smelling, in that substances in the water can signal the presence of objects that are not in the dolphin’s mouth.
A group of dolphins is called a “school” or a “pod”. Male dolphins are called “bulls”, females “cows” and young dolphins are called “calves”.
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St. Lucia - government ministers fielding questions from visiting undergraduates.
Prime ministers - St. Lucia; Politicians - St. Lucia; Collymore, Herman; Charles, George.
In Castries, St. Lucia, the political group amongst the undergraduates engaged in earnest discussion with the two of the government ministers. Caught in a pensive mood are: Mr. Herman Collymore, Minister of Trade and Production (left) and next to...
Installation of the Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh Wooding as Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, 1971.
Intallation (Chancellors) - Caribbean Area, English-speaking; Chancellors - Caribbean Area, English-speaking; Special events - Jamaica; Prime ministers - Jamaica; Prime ministers - Barbados; Shearer, Hugh; Sandiford, Erskine; Lady Marshall.
A cross-section of dignitaries who attended the installation ceremony: Hugh Shearer, Prime Minister of Jamaica, Erskine Sandiford, Prime Mininster of Barbados and Lady Marshall, wife of Vice Chancellor Sir Roy Marshall.
St. Lucia - undergraduates in discussion with government ministers
Student activities; College students - Travel - St. Lucia; Politicians - St. Lucia; Dunkley, Carlyle; Smith, Daphne; Wiltshire, Winston.
In Castries, St. Lucia, the political group amongst the undergraduates engaged in earnest discussion with the ministers of government in of St. Lucia. Seen here are some of the group members. Undergraduates from left are : Carlyle Dunkley, Daphne...
P. J. Collection Collection: Papers [Finding Aid]
Jamaica - Politics and government ; Jamaica - Social conditions; Jamaica - Economic conditions; Government correspondence – Jamaica; Prime Ministers - Jamaica
Prime Ministers - Jamaica Description Includes documents relating to aspects of local governance, Highway 2000, Caricom, the Caribbean Court of Appeal (CCJ), United Nations, international relations and government correspondence.
The Premier of St Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla, the Hon. Robert Bradshaw gives Sir Hugh a congratulatory embrace.
Installation (Chancellors) - Caribbean Area, English-speaking; Chancellors - Caribbean Area, English-speaking; Prime ministers - St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla; College administrators - Caribbean Area, English-speaking; Principals (University) -...
The Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh Olliviere Beresford Wooding was installed as the second Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, on Saturday November 13, 1971 at UWI Mona. Here, the Premier of St Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla, the Hon. Robert Bradshaw...
Installation (Chancellors) - Caribbean Area, English-speaking; Chancellors - Caribbean Area, English-speaking; Prime ministers - Jamaica; Shearer, Hugh; Governors general - Jamaica; Campbell, Clifford; Campbell, Lady.
The Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh Olliviere Beresford Wooding was installed, becoming the Second Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, on Saturday November 13, 1971 at UWI Mona. Sir Hugh is accorded with a standing ovation by the large audience...
The Premier of St. Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla, the Hon. Robert Bradshaw, extends greetings to the new Chancellor.
Installation (Chancellors) - Caribbean Area, English-speaking; Chancellors - Caribbean Area, English-speaking; Prime ministers - St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla; Bradshaw, Robert.
The Premier of St. Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla, the Hon. Robert Bradshaw, brings greetings to Sir Hugh Wooding, the newly installed Chancellor of the University of the West Indies.
Installation of the Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh Wooding as Chancellor of the University of the West Indies,1971
Installation (Chancellors) - Caribbean Area, English-speaking; Special events - Jamaica; Chancellors - Caribbean Area, English-speaking; Principals (University) - Caribbean Area, English-speaking; Vice-Chancellors - Caribbean Area,...
Greetings from Jamaica are delivered by the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon. Hugh Lawson Shearer, at the installation of the Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh Olliviere Beresford Wooding as Chancellor of the UWI. Seated beside the Prime Minister, from left to right,...
Trinidad and Tobago - two students meeting the Trinidadian Prime Minister, Dr. Eric E. Williams
Student activities; College students - Travel - Trinidad and Tobago; Williams, Eric; Prime ministers - Trinidad and Tobago.
The students visited the Senate Building in Trinidad where they met with various Government officials. In this picture, two students are seen during their introduction to the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Eric E. Williams.
P J Patterson Collection : Speeches [Finding Aid]
Prime Ministers - Jamaica - Oratory; Speeches, addresses, etc. - Jamaican
Speeches related to different subject areas including Agriculture, Business & Service Sectors, and Budget Presentations among other areas.
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Corey B. Jackson
Postdoc @ University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Advancing Citizen Science Research: Learning, Motivation, and Beyond
Job Talk, University of Pittsburgh, School of Computing and Information, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The arc of scientific research points towards an ever-growing universe of new automated scientific-data collection instruments, increasing the amount and variety of data. Virtual citizen science projects are a popular method for addressing the deluge of data generated by such instruments and facilitate collaboration on large-scale scientific research between professional scientists and amateur volunteers. Learning and motivation are two critical areas of research dictating the success of virtual citizen projects. Since most citizen scientists are amateur volunteers with little knowledge about the technical infrastructure supporting their participation or the science subject matter, insights into how citizen scientists acquire procedural knowledge, technical competence, and learn the subject matter is essential.
Job Talk, University of Wisconsin-Madison, The Information School, Madison, Wisconsin
Citizen Science: Understanding Online User Behaviors and Technologies
Research Talk, University of Wisconsin-Madison, The Information School, Madison, Wisconsin
The success of online crowdsourcing and peer production platforms depends on the voluntary participation of people to make contributions – in Wikipedia people write and edit articles, in free/libre open-source software (FLOSS) projects people compile software code and documentation, and in online citizen science projects people assist scientists in the collection and analysis of scientific datasets. A persistent problem plaguing crowdsourcing and peer production platforms is encouraging people to join, and once they join to remain active contributors. The research reports on the findings of an online field experiment where novelty cues were used to motivate volunteers. Novelty is a characteristic of objects and environments frequently associated with increased human attention; however, a dearth of empirical research exists exploring its effects on human behaviors in online settings. I provide an overview of novelty unpacking its theoretical origins, neurological processes, physiological responses, and the results of an experiment where the behaviors of volunteers to three citizen science projects were assessed. Such descriptions are necessary to understand the basis, mechanisms, and purposes of novelty and its effects on human behavior.
Distributed Collaboration in Research Projects: Zooniverse
Research Talk, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
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Sam Hunt - Break Up in a Small Town
Format: .mp3.m4a.flac
Released: October 27, 2014, 7:00 am
Montevallo Tracklist:
Break Up in a Small Town
Music Album of Sam Hunt:
Hard to Forget (Acoustic) - Single (2020)
Hard to Forget (Radio Edit) - Single (2020)
SOUTHSIDE (2020)
Take Your Time (Deluxe Single) - Single (2015)
Drinkin' Too Much - Single (2017)
Body Like a Back Road (15 in a 30 Tour Live) - Single (2017)
Break Up in a Small Town (Acoustic Mixtape) - Single (2015)
Ex to See (15 in a 30 Tour Live) - Single (2017)
X2C - EP (2014)
Montevallo (2014)
Between the Pines (Acoustic Mixtape) (2015)
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Tag: YouTube
Social Politics: How Has Technology Helped Campaigns?
[View the story “Social Politics: How Has Technology Has Helped Campaigns?” on Storify]
The Internet will ask (some of) the questions in the Fox News/Google Republican debate
On September 22, the Republican candidates for president will be in Orlando, Florida for the next debate. Unlike the last debate, where moderators from NBC and Politico chose the questions, Google-Fox News debate will use Google Moderator and YouTube to bubble up questions from the Internet. Questions can be submitted as text or video through the Fox News YouTube channel. The deadline is September 21st. The video embedded below introduces the concept:
Fox News anchor Brett Baer explains the process below and encourages people to submit questions “creatively” — which means that former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney could potentially be confronted by a YouTube snowman of the sort he didn’t care much for in 2007.
For good or ill, that kind of question in that kind of costume is likely to be part of the warp and weft of presidential politics in the 21st century. President Obama’s Twitter townhall” featured several questions from people with quirky account names or avatars. Bringing YouTube into the discussion will allow even more self expression and, while Fox News has the ability not to broadcast a video, millions of connected Americans can go watch the videos themselves if they choose. At the moment, the top-rated questions are substantive ones:
How do you intend to shift some of the power and influence of large corporations in Washington DC back to the average American and small business owner?
Would you support term limits for Congress?
As president, would you support the elimination of government agencies or departments as a means to reduce our government’s size and spending? If so, which agencies or departments would you eliminate or substantially downsize?
We’ll see if the question about marijuana legalization that has so frequently bubbled up to the top of Moderator instances for the president ends up in this one.
Designing digital democracy is hard. The structures and conventions that have evolved for deliberative democracy, as messy as it can be offline, don’t transfer perfectly into machine code. Many different companies, civic entrepreneurs, nonprofits and public servants are working to create better online forums for discussion that make better use of technology. Last week, ASU journalism professor and author Dan Gillmor commented in the Guardian that is was past time for “presidential primary debate 2.0, where the Internet would a much bigger role in the structure, format and substance of these events. As Gillmor observes, “truly using the web would mean creating a much more ambitious project.”
Imagine, for example, a debate that unfolds online over the course of days, or even weeks and months. While they’d include audio, video and other media, these debates would necessarily exist, for the most part, in the more traditional form of text, which is still by far the best for exploring serious issues in serious ways. Questions would be posed by candidates to each other, as well as by journalists and the public. But an answer would not be the end of that round; in fact, it would only be the beginning.
We’re not there yet. In less than two weeks, however, we’ll see if the hybrid Fox News-Google Moderator approach comes any closer to bringing the Internet into the debate in any sort of meaningful way than it has in the past.
You can learn more about how Google Moderator is being used for civic discourse in this article on #AskObama on YouTube.
President Obama to take questions on YouTube after State of the Union
Next Tuesday January 25 at 9 p.m. EST, President Obama will deliver his 2011 State of the Union Address, which will be streamed live at WhiteHouse.gov and on the major television networks. Today, Steve Grove announced a YouTube interview with President Obama next Thursday, January 27, with questions coming from the online audience. The deadline for questions is Wednesday, January 25 at midnight EST.
Once again, YouTube is taking questions using Google Moderator, which allows people to vote questions up and down. Before anyone jumps and calls this “Obama 2.0,” the president sat down for a similar live interview with Grove in the White House last year, and used a similar mechanism for an online town hall in 2009. The Google Moderator instance for last year’s YouTube interview on the CitizenTube channel received over 11,600 questions and over 660,000 votes. While the number of questions submitted the last time around suggest the odds aren’t terrific for the average citizen to see a question asked, it’s worth noting that a good pertinent question about the economy, energy, healthcare or foreign policy could be voted up for the president’s consideration (along with the persistent questions about legalizing marijuana.)
For a look back at last year’s YouTube interview, including a sense of how Grove pulls from the public’s questions. watch the video below.
Eight lessons for social media and politics from Politico, Facebook and media
Ten years ago, staffers thought Al Gore was weird for texting Tipper. Fast forward a decade to late 2010, when any politician who doesn’t use check email on a smartphone or monitor what the media and voters are saying on social media platforms risks being judged out of step. As the midterm elections loom large next month, a large majority of the United States House and Senate are on Facebook. A smaller majority uses Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. While the effectiveness of that usage varies from candidate to candidate, the question of whether social media is a fad is largely settled.
One of the great unanswered questions of this election with respect to social media will be whether fan or follower numbers have any predictive value with respect to elections. Another will be whether more interactive candidates are more successful. What remains is to decide which strategies and tactics will make the difference in winning elections.
Earlier tonight, a panel of experts from media, campaigns and academia came together at George Washington University for “Going Viral: How Campaigns are Using Social Media,” an event jointly sponsored by Politico and Facebook. The panel featured:
Ben Smith, Politico, moderator
Mindy Finn, EngageDC
Adam Conner, Facebook
Sam Arora, Democrat for Delegate (MD)
Matthew Hindman, George Washington University
Philip de Vellis, Murphy Putnam Media
What was the high level take away? You can judge yourself: Video of the panel on political campaigns and social media is available at CSPAN and embedded below:
Politico’s own Meredith Shiner reported that “social media still has much to prove.” As Shiner noted, Finn told the audience that “Despite the increased attention paid by the media to political Facebook and Twitter accounts, campaigns today still spend less than 5 percent of their media expenditures online.” Determining whether that spend is consistent across all campaigns would be useful. That said, part of the allure of social media is that it requires an investment in time and expertise, not classical media buys. Sarah Palin, Scott Brown and Barack Obama could use Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to achieve awareness of their messages without huge campaign war chests. For underfunded campaigns, using those tools isn’t a choice. It’s a necessity.
Drawing from those take aways, here are eight more lessons for social media and politics:
1) Politicians have to use social media themselves to realize its full potential. Most campaigns are on Facebook. As Facebook’s Adam Conner pointed out, however, what remains is for candidates to understand tech personally and use it. “When you put a communications manager or staffer in between 140 characters or a Facebook update,” he said, “it’s much less authentic.”
2) Social media is not going away. “It’s the place we all have to be,” said Smith. As citizens turn to the Internet for government data, information, e-services, not to mention news, media and government entities have to “fish where the fish are.”
3) Very few Congressional candidates are doing a good job with these tools. At least, that was Professor Matthew Hindman’s take at the event. Judging from the feeds of many candidates, there’s clearly a learning curve with respect to style, conventions and technical acumen. Posting press releases to Twitter or Facebook does not realize their potential. Neither does treating the platforms the same way. For instance, Finn said that “tweeting from Facebook” is one of her pet peeves. Connor had seen enough “double third person posting” by staff to find it annoying. Voters are likely no different.
4) Social media enables candidates to build the intensity of support. While tweets and updates may not sway independents in of themselves, building strong online communities of supporters can translate into electoral success.
5) Friend power is important. Online, people are increasingly finding news stories from one other on Facebook, Twitter or other social networks, as opposed to through a search engine. That makes creating content with high “shareability” key, whether it’s embeddable videos, polling widgets or tweetable campaign slogans.
6. Leaving negative comments online builds trust, up to a point. In order for voters to see a page is a place for debate, you need to leave as many negative comments up as possible, said de Vellis, with the exception of abusive or pornographic content, which should be moderated. “Leave as much up as much as you can stomach,” said Finn. If the site is a place for supporters, “they’ll jump in and support you.” Conner suggested setting a policy up ahead of time, which a campaign can use to tramp down bad publicity. He said that it’s even more imporatnt to internal staff to have discussions ahead of time to get universal understanding of that policy.
7. This is the year of mobile. Again. As Pew Internet researcher Susannah Fox powerfully articulated in her presentation on the power of mobile this fall, 82 percent of American adults have a cell phone. Six in 10 American adults go online wirelessly with a laptop or mobile device. “Mobile was the final front in the access revolution,” she said. “It has erased the digital divide. A mobile device is the Internet for many people. Access isn’t the point anymore. It’s what people are doing with the access that matters.” As important as social media may become to the future of campaigns, reaching voters using email, text messages and calls to their cellphones – good old “Web 1.0” – is still paramount, along with a ground game to get them to the polls.
8. Candidates who use social media personally are more likely to use it on campaigns and ultimately in governance, says Adam Conner.
Once in office, the challenges of using technology for open government are even greater. Just ask the staffers at the Obama Administration and federal agencies, where open government initiatives in beta are moving from plans to implementation.
Telling the story of social media and politics
Befitting the occasion, below are selected tweets and images from the event, curated using Storify:
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History and Today
Dr Katrina Navickas, history, geography and social movements
Blackstone Edge, the Tour de Yorkshire, and Chartist meetings
In 2009, I published an article about radical and Chartist meetings on moors. It's in Northern History, and you can read the pre-print here: https://www.academia.edu/535605/Moors_Fields_and_Popular_Protest_in_South_Lancashire_and_the_West_Riding_of_Yorkshire_1800-1848
The Chartists in particular were keen on holding mass meetings on moorland. In part this was because the radical movements were increasingly restricted in when and where they could hold large public meetings in the towns. But meeting on moors was also part of working-class culture, drawing from the Methodist camp meetings held on the same sites, a love of rambling, fell-racing and naturalism, and what Malcolm Chase terms 'radical agrarianism', an attachment to the land as representing freedom and self-sufficiency.
Blackstone Edge
Blackstone Edge was one of the most famous sites of Chartist monster meetings. Large processions from either side of the Pennines would trek up to sit in the declivity of the land near the White House inn, where a natural ampitheatre would amplify the speakers and radical hymns. Blackstone Edge wasn't just a site out of the reach of the authorities: it was a familiar site, foreboding in bad weather but glorious on a summer's day, a place of freedom where the working classes could breathe fresh air and observe nature before they trekked back down to the factories and slum housing in the towns below.
When I was researching the article in 2007-8, I took a field trip to most of the fields and moors that radicals and Chartists used for meetings, including Blackstone Edge. This was incredibly useful in helping me gauge distances and topographies, and showed me the variety of sites used. Each field and moor is different in its size, topography, distance from urban areas, and routes to it from different places.
However what I could not replicate was the experience of a Chartist camp meeting on any of these sites. There were generally not many people around apart from a few ramblers. Each year there is a walk up Blackstone Edge to commemorate the Chartists, but that only involves a few dozen people, rather than the tens of thousands that attended the original meetings.
This Sunday just gone, however, provided a much better opportunity for my historical imagination. It was the second stage of the Tour de France, which this year went through Yorkshire. The cyclists whizzed up Cragg Vale to Blackstone Edge, and by the reservoir, went through a few hundred metres of Lancashire.
like a camp meeting on Blackstone Edge?
And it seemed that the whole of Rochdale decided to go up Blackstone Edge to watch. Many went up the new road in council-organised shuttle buses, or cycled up themselves. But thousands also walked up and down the 'proper' way (as you're always told if you grow up here), the 'Roman Road' (which is more likely a 17thC packhorse route). Those from Ripponden and Yorkshire walked up t'other side.
Although most of us had trekked up the moor early on the Sunday morning, it wasn't quite like a camp meeting - we were lining the bend in the road by the reservoir rather than all convening near the White House, there were no hymns sung or prayers said, or indeed any speeches by famous orators.We weren't in Sunday best. We hadn't processed in one line with banners.
imagine this was a Chartist procession from Rochdale (ignore the pylons)
But the atmosphere was carnivalesque. It was full of anticipation for something to happen. There were flags, including a few tricolors, though most were union jacks or Yorkshire flags (I was one of the few with a Lancashire flag). People had fun, made their own entertainment, joked about the French. We were close to nature and up the top you can't hear any roads, but only the wind and skylarks singing.
And the journey back down gave some illustration, (if you squinted), of what mass numbers of people processing in a line on the moor would have looked like.
we're going down the Roman Road; line of cars & bikes on the new road on the right
Chartists fields landscape moors
Using space syntax methods with historical data - workshop at the IHR 22 May 2018
Here is the video of Dr Sam Griffiths of the Bartlett School of Architecture and myself doing a workshop at the IHR digital history seminar, 22 May 2018. It gets a bit messy with everyone getting lost in paper maps, but bear with us.
Effigies in protest
Last week I was writing up my research on the use of effigies in popular protest. This proved serendipitous timing given the events of the past week. Here is the Yorkshire Post's report on the burning of effigies of Margaret Thatcher in the former mining town of Goldthorpe. According to Charles Tilly's typology of the development of protest, effigy burning was an 18th century form of local customary and rural protest that should have died out by the 19th century, with its more 'modern', bureaucratic, less violent collective action directed at parliament. Yet effigy burning was very much a part of 19th century urban popular protest, and as we have seen this week, continues today. Effigy burning was of course part of the regular customary calendar on 5 November, but it also featured regularly during elections and increasingly in the early nineteenth century, in a wide range of protests and campaigns. Why do people make and burn effigies in protest? There are,
Spatial theory, cultural geography, and the 'spatial turn'
I'm currently working on various seminar papers, and the mood among many historians is that we need theory back in history. James Vernon made an impassioned plea for a return to theory in his plenary lecture for the 2011 Social History Society conference. Basically his message was 'what are we afraid of?' A focus on empiricism has meant we have lost sight of the big ideas, and the big frameworks that shape history. The SHS used to have a theory strand for its conference, but we dropped it a few years ago because the number of papers offered was in decline. In response to Joyce, however, the SHS has reintroduced the 'theory and methods' strand for the next conference. Perhaps this is a sign that theory is back on the agenda. I too have neglected theory for the past few years. I went on a cultural geography bender in the last year of my DPhil research, and also immersed myself in social movement studies. My first article, 'The Search for General Ludd' was im
Katrina Navickas
Hatfield, Herts, United Kingdom
I'm Reader in history at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. @katrinanavickas My research includes Luddites, radicals, strikers, riots and popular protest in England during the long eighteenth century.
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David Byrne speaking at Good Room, then Brooklyn Museum
Listen to Jamie xx and Floating Points’ New Mix Featuring David Byrne and more!
David Byrne Debuts New Song on Pitchfork Radio
During Pitchfork’s recent installment of Pitchfork Radio at the Sonos Store in New York, David Byrne stopped by for an hour of “David Byrne Radio.” During his hour of radio, he played a series of songs recorded on phones, opening with a recording taken during a protest march in New York for Eric Garner. He also shared an unreleased song called “Send Her to Heaven,” which is set to appear in his new Joan of Arc musical Saint Joan. Listen to the full set below (and find “Send Her to Heaven” at the 35:30 mark).
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Tim Hardaway Sr. Almost Broke MR. Cooper’s Neck In Warriors’ Practice, Says Mark Curry
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Former Brooklyn Net Weighs-In On Melo Not In NBA
by Landon Buford July 19, 2019, 12:50 pm 117 Views
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Ever since the Chicago Bulls waived first-ballot Hall of Famer Carmelo Anthony on February 1st, 2019, his NBA future has been the topic of discussion. Back in February, There was mutual interest between the Los Angeles Lakers and Carmelo Anthony, but when Lebron James went down with a groining injury and Melo’s hope of joining the Lakers went with it.
Earlier this year, there was talk about Carmelo possibly going to both the Celtics and the Warriors, but nothing came of it. Hall of Famer Grant Hill was interviewed by Heavy’s Brandon ’Scoop B’ Robinson and
Hill replied, “I don’t think a team will bring him in at this point,” but I think next season a team will possibly bring him in,”said Grant.
Earlier this week, former Brooklyn Net, Joe Johnson spoke with TMZ about a variety of different topics including if Carmelo Anthony belongs in the NBA still.
“I think Melo still has a lot left,” Johnson said. “A bona fide scorer. So, I know for a fact there’s a lot of teams that he can help. I hate to see him not playing, especially in the NBA at this point.”
Numerous other players have been asked this same question, including Anthony’s estranged wife, Lala.
“Melo is a Hall of Famer, and I think it is funny how fickle today’s world with social media and everything has become what have you done for me lately. I don’t if they remember how good of a player he was and still is. Sometimes it’s the situation; it sucks to see as a basketball player to see people act he is something he is not, said Griffin.
“I have a feeling Melo will turn it around.”
“I think the analytics is what did that to him. He is a bucket that is what he is, and I understand the situation went a certain way, but he still is Melo. He still has a lot in his tank, and he can still play this game. I think situations have gone his way, but the slander, talk is crazy a lot of the time,“ said Miles.
After morning shoot-around in Dallas last month, Heat Center Hassan Whiteside had this to say about Melo.
“Wow a Carmelo question, said Whiteside, “Carmelo is a scoring machine.“
Blazers guard Rodney Hood told me March that Melo was still one of the hardest players to guard in the NBA.
“ Yeah definitely, I mean this is a guy who is probably to this today, one of the hardest guys to guard. In isolation type of situations and he is a legend. He is one of my favorite players to ever play and it is tough to see him go through what he is going through in the media. I think he can definitely help a team, especially when playoff time comes when things start to stagnate. He is a veteran, so I hope he lands on his feet,“ Hood told me.
A couple of weeks ago, the San Antonio Spurs were in Dallas to play the Dallas Mavericks. The Spurs beat the Mavericks 112-105. After the game, DeMar DeRozan was asked if he was surprised that Carmelo Anthony had not been signed.
“Yes, one of the All-time greatest scorers, Hall of Fame player. So, it’s definitely crazy not to see him out there, but I’m confident he will be back out there,” DeRozan told me.
This past weekend the Cavaliers ended a three-game road streak in Dallas, as they took on the Dallas Mavericks. Before morning shoot-around, Kevin Love answered various questions from the media, including one about Melo’s game still being able to translate into today’s game.
“Absolutely! Melo’s game translates, and he is another guy I respect and admired for a really long time. The way he approaches the game and I think it is always tough to see these savvy veterans get a bad name with a 24-hour news cycle. But Melo can still bring a hell of a lot to a team, and if you get him on the right team, there is going to be a lot of firepower for those guys, Love told me.“
“I think Carmelo’s game still adapts to today’s game, it just has to be the right situation,” Kings Assistant Coach Bobby Jackson told me. With Carmelo situation being that he is 15 or 16 seasons in will he be willing to take a back seat by coming off the bench and being a limited role player in that offense. I think that is the biggest question with Carmelo,” said Jackson.
“This late in the season, unless you are really ready and have a specific need even after All-Star break. There has to be a team that has a need for his specific talent and he is A Hall of Famer, but like everyone else it’s it gotta be a fit,“ said Cuban.
However, there have been a couple of former players, who think it might be time for Melo to hang it up.
“No, he’s not going to play in the [NBA] Playoffs, he’s done for the year.” So, that only leaves next season, “That’s going to be interesting it might be over,” Barkley told Heavy.
“It is kind of hard to say I am shocked or not [that Melo is unsigned.] In all fairness, he has had a great career I love Carmelo’s game and he was a true professional everywhere he went. I have never heard anyone say anything bad about him, but he still doesn’t fit some of the teams and they feel they have enough or he doesn’t bring any value them. That is probably why he is not picked up, but at the same time, I don’t want to see him on another team just me being selfish. I feel like he ’s had an H*** of a career run off into the sunset, be a father, and enjoy your family,“ Marion told me.
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PROGRAMMES / Community Art
VENUE Khoj Studios
START DATE 20/06/2019 20-06-2019 30-05-2020 68 Peripheries & Crossovers: art as social practice – 2019/20 In 2019, Khoj supported four, year-long projects in Kochi, Kapashera, Goa and Kolkata as part of Peripheries & Crossovers: art as social practice. These hyper-local projects aimed to address cultural norms and narratives around gender […] Khoj Studios Organizer Organizer e-mail true DD/MM/YYYY
END DATE 30/05/2020 20-06-2019 30-05-2020 68 Peripheries & Crossovers: art as social practice – 2019/20 In 2019, Khoj supported four, year-long projects in Kochi, Kapashera, Goa and Kolkata as part of Peripheries & Crossovers: art as social practice. These hyper-local projects aimed to address cultural norms and narratives around gender […] Khoj Studios Organizer Organizer e-mail true DD/MM/YYYY
PARTICIPANTS Aryakrishnan R, Princess Pea, Sumedha Garg & Nitin Bathla, Sumona Chakravarty & Nilanjan Das
Peripheries & Crossovers: art as social practice – 2019/20
In 2019, Khoj supported four, year-long projects in Kochi, Kapashera, Goa and Kolkata as part of Peripheries & Crossovers: art as social practice. These hyper-local projects aimed to address cultural norms and narratives around gender and racial and ethnic others. They also attempted to create participatory frameworks for art-making and worked towards building a shared vocabulary around ‘social change’.
For an art practice that relies heavily on physical presence for engagement, travel and process, COVID-19 has been devastating. The crisis created several roadblocks in the initial months. However, despite the challenges the artists have worked persistently to find ways to work around the new normal.
We are finally very excited to announce that we have kickstarted 5 new projects across India focusing on violence against women, gender stereotyping and effects of urbanisation on gender-based inequalities.
Through these distinct and diverse creative approaches, Khoj will continue to map the ecosystem that contributes to the landscape of socially engaged art practice in South Asia, and also continue to believe in the agency and responsibility of art and artists to affect social change.
Peripheries & Crossovers: art as social practice have been supported by The Ford Foundation, New Delhi.
Aryakrishnan R
Image courtesy: Marc Ohrem-Leclef
Aryakrishnan R is an artist and curator based in Cochin and New Delhi. They completed their MA in Visual Arts from School of Culture and Creative Expressions, Ambedkar University, Delhi, 2014. Their ongoing project ‘Sweet Maria Monument’ is a monument for a transgender activist and performer who was murdered in 2012 in Kerala, India. The project was showcased in various spaces including Clark House Mumbai (2017) and Kochi Muziris Biennale (2018). The project under the Khoj Grant, Sweet Maria Monument: Queer Futures is a remaking of the monument with LGBTQIA communities in Kerala exploring what queer futures look like.
Princess Pea
Princess Pea was born in 1980, Ferozpur, India. Her practice has evolved with its relationship to diverse women through diverse age groups over the past decade looking at participants through the lens of gender and urbanization. Her projects have mostly included housewives, small entrepreneurs, differently-abled women along with women who have suffered abuse, suffer from body image related violence and mental health amongst themes of visibility and systemic erasure. From what began as a means of world-building from the perspective of Princess Pea in her early years has now moved towards a more collaborative, time-based and intervention led practice within the three communities she currently works with. Her practice has moved into thinking about the politics and aesthetics of care, women led narratives of self and economies of domestic life amongst women and children. Over the past year and a half, Princess Pea has continued to work with women in certain communities in Goa through a range of short term programmes. Through the grant she hopes to develop a series of interventions in various parts of Goa through workshops, football sessions, health classes and conversations with parents and young girls.
Sumedha Garg & Nitin Bathla
Sumedha Garg and Nitin Bathla are art and design practitioners working at the intersection of art, society, narrative, ecology and urbanisation. Sumedha lives between India and South Africa exploring art based education, social narratives and sacred ecology. While Nitin splits his time between Delhi and Zurich researching labour migration, reparative ecology, and cooperatives. Their project ‘Apna Khet at Kapashera’ located in the green belt between Delhi and Gurgaon, attempts to decommodify a farmland and use it as a cooperative for the community of labour migrant workers. At the heart of the Khet is mitti ghar – a healing space for the community where children, women, migrants, and artists can meet, share and create interrelationships around art and nature.
Sumona Chakravarty & Nilanjan Das
Sumona and Nilanjan have been engaging with diverse communities around the Chitpur neighbourhood of Kolkata since 2014, as a part of the artists collective Hamdasti. They started by working with students and craft people, slowly building an ecosystem of artists, residents, community organizations, and government officials to develop collaborative art projects and create more engaged community spaces.
With greater attention now on this heritage neighbourhood and a push for urban development, and conservation, Nilanjan and Sumona want to challenge prevalent narratives of Chitpur. They will start by building new collaborations at the margins of the networks they have built so far, creating engagement around peripheral, gendered spaces, such as the ghats, rocks, water pumps around Chitpur.
Through a series of collaborative actions with people who occupy these spaces, as well as those who are excluded from these spaces, they will attempt to unpack the memories, patterns of movement, codes, and spatial typologies of these spaces. Through these incremental experiments they will work towards developing a shared, co-owned narrative of Chitpur that includes, or possibly even wilfully omits these spaces, their histories and future imaginations.
This project is in collaboration with Srota Dutta, Paramita Saha and Manas Acharya
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1. Choose one of the following statements, and write the first lines of a direct proof of the statement, enough to show how the definitions would be used in the forward direction. (Bonus points are definitely available if you can write more of the proof than that, although if any line makes no sense, I won't consider anything beyond it.) Consult the definitions on page 26 of How to Read and Do Proofs if necessary.
If $m$, $n$ and $k$ are integers and $m$ divides $n$ then $m$ divides $nk$.
If $a$ and $b$ are rational numbers, then $\frac {a}{b}$ is also a rational number.
If $n$ and $m$ are odd integers, then $m+n$ is even.
If the ordered pairs $(a_1,a_2)$ and $(b_1,b_2)$ are equal, then so are the pairs $(a_1,b_2)$ and $(b_1,a_2)$.
If $m$ and $n$ are positive integers and each divides the other, then they are equal.
If $x$ is odd, then $2x^2+x$ is odd.
2. Consider the set of integers $S=\{1,3,5,7,9,11,15,17,19\}$. Write a set in set-builder notation that is a proper subset of $S$.
3. Consider the four sets defined below
$S_1 = \{ x \in \mathbb Z^+ : x = 4^m \text{ for some } m \in \mathbb Z^+ \}$
$S_3 = \{ x \in \mathbb Z^+ : x = 4m \text{ for some } m \in \mathbb Z^+ \}$
Choose one subset $\{i,j\}$ of the set $\{1,2,3,4\}$. Decide whether $S_i \subseteq S_j$ or $S_j \subseteq S_i$, and write a direct proof to show that you are correct. (Start out by stating clearly what you are going to prove, e.g., "$S_1 \subseteq S_4$" — this will also help other teams avoid choosing the same $i$ and $j$.)
4. For the $i$ and $j$ you chose for Question 3, explain as succinctly as possible how to see that $S_i \not= S_j$.
5. Give an example of a predicate P(x) such that $\{ x \in \mathbb Z^+ : P(x) \} = \emptyset.$
6. Give an example of a predicate P(x) and a predicate Q(x) such that
\begin{align} \{ x \in \mathbb Z : P(x) \} \supset \{ x \in \mathbb Z : Q(x) \}. \end{align}
(Note that the symbol $\supset$ means the same as $\supseteq$, except that it specifically excludes the possibility that the two sets are equal; that is, it denotes a proper subset, not just a subset.)
1.If m, n and k are integers and m divides n then m divides nk.
p1. Assume m, n and k are integers.
p2. Assume m divides n.
p3. By definition, because we know m divides n, there must exist an integer k such that n=km.
p4. Now, we want to show that there exisits an integer k such that (nk)=km
This is very nicely clear, and does a great job of showing how the definition is used in unpacking the meaning of the hypothesis. In P4, however, "we want to show that there exists an integer k" is a problem — in line P3, the name 'k' was already assigned to a (potentially) different integer! Lines P1-P3 do a nice job of showing how the definitions are used in the forward direction, however!
2. A proper subset of S = {positive odd integers x: $1 \leq x \leq 11$}
3. $S_2 \subseteq S_4$
P1: Assume $S_2=\{x \in \mathbb{Z^+}:x=2^m \text{ for some } m \in \mathbb{Z^+}\}$.
P2: $x=2^m$ can also be written as $x=2(2^{m-1})$.
P3: Since $m \in \mathbb{Z^+}$, $2^{m-1} \in \mathbb{Z^+}$ .
P4: Let $z=(2^{m-1})$.
P5: Thus $x=2z$ for some $z \in \mathbb{Z^+}$.
P6: Therefore $S_2 \subseteq S_4$. QED
This is nearly perfect! But an important thing is missing, namely some line between P1 and P2 that says something like "Let $x \in S_2$. This means that there exists some integer $m \in \mathbb Z^+$ such that $x=2^m$." Without this, the variable $x$ in P2 is simply not defined. (Your P1 uses $x$ in the definition of $S_2$, but that doesn't establish a meaning for $x$ outside of that definition.) Still, very nicely done!
In order for two sets to equal each other, they need to be subsets of each other in both directions. For example, in order for S_2 = S_4, $S_2 \subseteq S_4$ AND $S_4 \subseteq S_2$. In this specific example, S_2 is indeed a subset of S_4. However, because S_4 is NOT a subset of S_2, they are not equal.
(NOTE): Definition of a subset: If A and S are sets, we say that S is a subset of A if every element of S is in A.
Using this definition, we were able to conclude that $S_2 \subseteq S_4$ and therefore, every element of S_2 is in S_4. But, not every element of S_4 is in S_2 (ex, 6,10, and 12 are not in S_2 just to name a few). And therefore $S_2 \not= S_4$.
This is nice! The crux is that because there are integers, e.g., 6, 10 and 12, that are in $S_4$ and not in $S_2$, $S_2 \not= S_4$. But this is a great analysis of all the logic involved!
5. P(x): $2x=x$, such that {x∈ℤ+:P(x)}=∅. because no positive integers $x$ satisfy this equation. Since no integer in the domain satisfy the equation you are left with the empty set.
6. Q(x)= 10 divides x
P(x)= 5 divides x
Okay, that definitely works!
1. statement: If x is odd, then 2$x^2$+x is odd.
P1: Assume $x$ is odd
P2: By definition $x = 2k + 1$ for some integer $k$.
P3: Assume $2x^2 + x$ is an integer
P4: So, $2x^2 + x$ = $2(2k + 1)^2 + 2k+1$ = $(2k + 1) (2(2k + 1)+ 1)$
P5: Let $2(2k +1) + 1$ = $2l + 1$ for some integer $l$
P6: So $2x^2 + x$ = $(2k + 1) (2l + 1)$ for some integer $k$ and some integer $l$
P7: By definition the product of two odd integers is an odd integer. (See homework 7 problem 2.)
P8: So $(2k + 1) (2l +1)$ is odd, therefore $2x^2 + x$ is odd.
In P3, the fact that $2x^2 + x$ is an integer, does not need to be assumed. It just results form the properties of algebra. In P5, it's true to say, "for some integer $l$'' — but you can be more specific and say "where $l=2k+1$." In P7, the fact that the product of two odd integers is odd is not a result of the definition of anything; rather, as you point out, it's a result proved in an earlier homework.
By the way, in line P4, it may have been more effective to write $2x^2 + x = 2(2k + 1)^2 + 2k+1 = 2((2k + 1)^2 + k) +1$ and then let $l=(2k + 1)^2 + k$.
2. S={1,3,5,7,9,11,15,17,19}
Let N= a proper subset of S
N={real odd numbers x: 1≤x≤9}
This looks pretty good! In terms of phrasing, you want to say "Let N={real odd numbers x: 1≤x≤9}". Then N is a proper subset of S."
3. S1 ⊆ S2.
P1: We want to prove that S1 is a subset of S2.
P2: This means that every element in S1 is in S2.
P3: Let S1=$2^m$
P4: By algebra, S2 is $4^m$ = ($2^m$)($2^m$)
P5: Therefore, S1 ⊆ S2 since you can define S1 in terms of S2.
Line P3 is does not make sense; $S_1$ is a set, not a number. Not only that, but $S_1$ is already defined (it must be, since you are referring to it in lines P1 and P2) so there is no need to define it in line P3. Similarly, "S2 is $4^m$ makes no sense either. Finally, the statement that "you can define S1 in terms of S2" is too vague to be meaningful.
4. $S_1$ is not equal to $S_2$ because not every value that is in $S_2$ is in $S_1$. For example, if you make the variable m=1 then the first x value in $S_1$ is 4 and the first x value in $S_2$ is 2. Therefore, $S_1$ will never have the value 2 in its set, so $S_1$ and $S_2$ cannot be equal. So, $S_1$ is a proper subset of $S_2$ because $S_2$ contains all the values in $S_1$, but they are not equal.
5. P(x): $x^2$=-1
$x^2$=-1 is a predicate, P(x), such that {x∈ℤ+:P(x)}=∅ because there are no positive integers x that satisfy this equation. Therefore, there are no elements in the set, so it is a null set.
Nice! (And people would actually say "the null set", as there's only one set that doesn't contain anything.)
6. Q(x) is a proper subset of P(x).
Based on this, we have come up with the following predicates for Q(x) and P(x).
Q(x)= x divides 12
P(x)= x divides 36
Q(x) is a proper subset of P(x) because the sets are NOT equal and all of the elements in Q(x) are in P(x), but not all of the elements in
P(x) are in Q(x).
1.) If $m$ and $n$ are positive integers and each divides the other, then they are equal.
P1: Assume $m$ and $n$ are integers
P2: Assume $m$ divides $n$.
P3: Therefore there must exist some number $k$ such that $km = n$
P4: Assume n divides m.
P5: Therefore there must exist some number $j$ such that $jn = m$
Looks good. Usually people will try to get all assumptions from the hypothesis out in front in the very beginning, but that's something I didn't mention in class until very recently. Good attention to detail in using different variables $k$ and $j$ in P3 and P4.
2.)S={1,3,5,7,9,11,15,17,19}
Let L be the proper subset of S
L={prime numbers x : 3<x<17}
Your set L contains the integer 13, which is not an element of S. So you don't have a subset of S here.
3.) $S_1$ ⊆ $S_4$
P1: Assume $S_1 = \{ x \in \mathbb Z^+ : x = 4^m \text{ for some } m \in \mathbb Z^+ \}$
P2: $x=4^m$ can also be written as $x=2(2^m)$.
P3: Then by definition of an even number, $x=2(2^m)$ is even
P4: Therefore $x=4^m$ is even.
P5: Now Assume $S_4 = \{ x \in \mathbb Z^+ : x = 2m \text{ for some } m \in \mathbb Z^+ \}$
P6: Then by definition $S_4$ must be the set of all even numbers
P7: Therefore, $S_1$ ⊆ $S_4$.
Lines P1 and P5 are not necessary, since $S_1$ and $S_4$ are already defined before the proof begins. (Not that this is a big deal.)
Also, $x$ is never quantified in the proof, so that in P3, for example, $x$ is technically a free variable. And this is a problem; see my comments on Team B1's solution.
I like the approach in P5-P6, in identifying $S_4$ as the set of all even numbers. This is almost correct, except that the set of all even numbers would include some negative numbers, which $S_4$ does not.
4.) $S_1$ ≠ $S_4$
To see this we must analyze what each set is comprised of. In 3 we proved that $S_4$ is a set that contains all even numbers. $S_1$ is also comprised of even numbers. However, $S_1$ is not comprised of all even numbers: it only contains certain even numbers. More specifically, it only contains the even numbers one gets when 4 is raised to a positive integer. For example, numbers such as 4, 16, and 64. There are many even numbers that are left out of $S_1$ (such as 2 and 62). Therefore, we can say that $S_1$ is a proper subset of $S_4$ because $S_4$ contains all of the elements of $S_1$ but there are not equal.
As I pointed out above, $S_4$ does not contain all even integers, however your analysis here is still fundamentally sound, and nicely presented.
5.) $P(x) : x^2 = 4^x$. This is an empty set because there is no x in the domain of positive integers that could satisfy this equation. Therefore, it is an empty set.
Yes, I think that predicate definitely works! Also, take the time to say things precisely; for example, when you say "This is an empty set", how can the word "this" refer to what you just wrote, when what you just wrote is not a set, but a predicate?
6.) P(x)= All prime numbers
Q(x)= All prime numbers that are odd
Q(x) is a proper subset of P(x) because P(x) contains all of the elements of Q(x), but they are not equal because Q(x) does not contain the number 2, while P(x) does.
Unfortunately, "All prime numbers" and "All prime numbers that are odd" are not predicates. They aren't even sentences!
1. If m and n are positive integers and each divide each other, then they are equal.
P1. Assume m, n, and k are integers.
P3. By definition, if m divides n, then there must exist a k such that m = nk.
P4. Assume n divides m.
P5. By definition, there must exist a k such that n = mk.
Unfortunately, it looks like Team B3 had already chosen this implication. See my comments on that solution.
2. S = {odd integers x: 1<x<7}
I don't think you intend to say "S=", do you? In any case, your set looks equal to {3,5} and that's definitely a proper subset of S, so that works!
3. S3⊆S2
P1. Assume x∈S3
P2. By definition, if S3⊆S2 then every element of S3 must be in S2.
P3. By algebra: 4m= (2^2)m
P4. Since S3 can be defined as S2, then S3⊆S2.
The best thing about this proof is that it starts by assuming an arbitrary element $x$ is in $S_3$ — and that is exactly how the proof needs to go. (Other teams take note!) In your P2, it's true that if $S_3$ is a subset of $S_2$, then every element in $S_3$ is in $S_2$ — but since you don't know that $S_3$ is a subset of $S_2$, who cares? I think you're more interested in the fact that $S_3$ being a subset of $S_2$ means that every element of $S_3$ is in $S_2$, because that is what you can show by demonstrating that your arbitrary element $x \in S_3$ is in $S_2$.
Line P3 is not a statement, since $m$ has not been defined. Meanwhile, in P4, what is "S3 can be defined as S2" even supposed to mean?
4. S3 cannot be equal to S2 because even though S3⊆S2 , S2 is not a subset of S3 because S2 cannot be algebraically turned to look like S3. In order for 2 sets to be equal, S3⊆S2 and S2⊆S3 and since both of those are not true, the sets cannot be equal.
"S2 cannot be algebraically turned to look like S3" is not stated precisely enough to be meaningful. I agree with your claim that "both of those are not true" — but which one fails? How can you show that it fails?
5. $P(x) = |x|> x$. We see that when this predicate is the defining feature of the set, it is empty, because there are no positive integers whose absolute value is greater than their actual value (If $x\in\mathbb Z^-$, the set would contain all negative integers).
Just FYI, I think people would say "defining property" if the set. But this is a great answer!
6. $P(x) = x>0$
$Q(x) = x \text{ is a prime number}$
Every$x$ in the first set will be a positive integer. Every $x$ in the second set will be a prime number. Since all prime numbers are positive integers, but not all positive integers are prime, we see that the set of all positive integers is the superset of the set of all prime numbers, or $\{ x \in \mathbb Z : P(x) \} \supset \{ x \in \mathbb Z : Q(x) \}$
1. Statement: If n and m are odd integers, then m+n is even
P1. Assume n and m are odd integers.
P2. By definition, n=2a+1 and m=2b+1 where a and b are integers.
P3. With algebra, m+n=(2a+1)+(2b+1)=2a+2b+2=2(a+b+1)
P4. (a+b+1) is an integer because adding integers produces integers
P5. m+n is even by the definition of even
People will try pretty hard to avoid letting a sentence start with a mathematical expression, just because it "doesn't look right" (even if the first thing in the mathematics is a capital letter like $A$). But anyway, this looks just about perfect to me.
2. Subset S= {real odd numbers x: $1 \leq x \leq 5$ }
Well, "odd number" implies integer (since "odd" is not defined for any numbers that are not integers) and "integer" implies real number, so the "real" in your definition is a little redundant. Also, the "S=" is incorrect, as this set is not equal to S. It is, however, equal to {1,3,5}, and that's definitely a proper subset of S!
3. S3 is a subset of S4
P1: Assume S3={x∈Z+:x=4m for some m∈Z+} and S4={y∈Z+:y=2m for some m∈Z+}
P2: By definition if S3 ⊆ S4 all values in S3 are in S4
P3: Through algebra 2y=x
P4: By substitution, this means 2(2m)=4m
P4: This means that S4 can be used in an equation to define S3
P5: Thus S3 ⊆ S4
In P2, you're telling us what we would know if we knew that $S_3 \subseteq S_4$, but we don't know that yet! It seems what you actually care about is the other implication there, that if all elements (not "values") of $S_3$ are in $S_4$, then $S_3 \subseteq S_4$, since that shows how you can prove that $S_3 \subseteq S_4$.
I have no idea how to interpret P3; what is y? What is x? The only way P1 can be interpreted as quantifying x and y is if the meaning of the set-builder notation is misinterpreted. Meanwhile, in P4, what does it mean to "use S4 in an equation"? That is too vague to be meaningful.
4. S4 is not a subset of S3 and therefore they are not equal to one another.
P2: By definition for two sets to be equal S3 ⊆ S4 and S4 ⊆ S3
P3: Through algebra and substitution, it can be proven that S3 ⊆ S4
P4: Now, suppose x=4m for some positive integer m and y=2m for some positive integer m
P5: There is no way through algebra to prove that x=y
P6: Thus $S_4 is not a subset S_3$ and $S_3 \neq S_4$
Okay, so you want to show that it is not the case that $S_4$ is a subset of $S_3$. That latter statement means that "If $x \in S_4$, then $x \in S_3$." So you show this is false via a counterexample. Find an $x$ that is in $S_4$ but is not in $S_3$.
Anyway, line P4 is very unclear. What are x and y? If we were to let x be an arbitrary element of $S_3$ and y be an arbitrary element of $S_4$, this would then make sense. Also, m is quantified by saying "x=4m for some positive integer m" but then quantified again as something else by saying "y=2m for some positive integer m". Each of those statements in isolation might be true, but why should they be true for the same value of m?
In P5, sure there is no way to prove that x=y, but why should there be? We don't expect that if we take any element of $S_3$ and any element of $S_4$ that the two will be equal, do we?
5. P(x)=x3 < x for positive integers. Thus, the set of x that make this true would be the null set.
Okay, looks good!
6. A predicate for Q(x) and for P(x) such that $\{ x \in \mathbb Z : P(x) \} \supset \{ x \in \mathbb Z : Q(x) \}$ would be:
$Q(x): x = 10n$ for some integer $n$
$P(x): x = 2n$ for some integer $n$
Those are some nice predicates.
Is the subset you created for number 2 a "proper" subset?
1. If a and b are rational numbers, then a/b is also a rational number.
Definition 7: A real number r is rational if and only if r can be expressed as the ratio of two integers p and q in which the denominator q is not 0.
P1: Assume a and b are rational numbers.
P2: This means there exists a ratio p/q and x/y such that a = p/q and b = x/y where p, q, x and y are integers and q and y are not 0.
P3: We want to show there exists a rational number z such that z = a/b.
P4: Through algebra, let z = py/qx (where we know p, q, x and y are integers but q and y are not 0).
P5: Therefore z can be expressed as a ratio of integers through a little algebra and we wanted to show this ratio is equal to a/b, which we did, proving that a/b is also a rational number.
Well, this looks pretty good! Just a minor thing: It's not that "we know p, q, x and y are integers but q and y are not 0" but rather that "we know pq and qx are integers and qx is not 0". For that matter, how do you know that qx is not 0? You don't! Because I should have put "b is nonzero" into the hypothesis! Otherwise, the theorem is not true… Sorry about that!!
2. Subset S= {odd numbers x: 3<x<11}
I don't know how "Subset S=" is supposed to read, but the set you wrote out in set-builder notation looks to be equal to {5,7,9}, which is definitely a proper subset of S.
P1: Assume $S_1 = \{ x \in \mathbb Z^+ : x = 4^m \text{ for some } m \in \mathbb Z^+ \}$ and $S_3 = \{ x \in \mathbb Z^+ : x = 4m \text{ for some } m \in \mathbb Z^+ \}$.
P2: By definition, S1 ⊆ S3 means if x is in S1, then x must be in S3.
P3: $x=4^m$ = $x=4(4^{m-1})$.
P4: Through algebra, let $m=(4^{m-1})$.
P5: Thus we can say that x = 4m for some $m \in \mathbb{Z^+}$.
P6: Therefore we have proved that S1 ⊆ S3.
Line P2 is very promising, going right to the meaning of what you're trying to show! P3 is technically not a statement, since x and m have not been quantified. If you had said "Assume $x\in S_1$. Then $x=4^m$ for some integer $m$," then this would make sense. In P4, you don't use the word "let" in a situation where there is no choice involved; indeed, "through algebra" there isn't any choice about it! However, I think "$m=(4^{m-1})$" has a bigger problem — suddenly m is redefined as something different than what it was in the last couple of lines…
Ultimately, all of the right ideas are probably present, but a logical proof has not been constructed.
4. In order for two sets to be equal to one another we would have to prove that S1 ⊆ S3 AND S3 ⊆ S1. Given the above proof for question 3, we can easily see that S1 ⊆ S3 however if we tried to prove these sets the other way (S3 ⊆ S1) we wouldn't be successful. Because we can see that every element in S1 is in S3 we know S1 ⊆ S3 is true, but if we visualize some of the elements in S3 we can see they do not belong to S1. For example, some of the first few element included in S1 are; 4, 16, 64, 256. The first few elements of S3 are; 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24. We can literally see most elements in S3 are not included in S1 (like 8, 12, 20, 24 etc.) and therefore we can say S1 ⊆ S3 is true but S3 ⊆ S1 is false, therefore $S_1 \not= S_3$.
This sounds fine, even if it's a little imprecise. Your final sentence is really the one that matters; it would have been better to devote the space to justifying the claim that 8 is not in S1, since that alone would have established everything you need.
5. P(x)= "x=-x3"
6.P(x) includes G(x)
P(x)= x=k2 for some integer k
G(x)= x=k4 for some integer k
Those predicates look good, but what is G(x)? For that matter, if P(x) and G(x) are predicates, what does it mean to say "P(x) includes G(x)"? How can one predicate "include" another predicate?
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INMA unveils Global Media Awards winners
- Jun 03, 2020
COVID campaigns get top nod
INMA today announced first-place winners in the 2020 Global Media Awards competition, with the grand prize presented to the collective work of news media companies in their inspirational response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Because the COVID-19 crisis caused the cancellation of INMA’s World Congress of News Media in Paris, today’s announcement was broadcast globally on multiple channels. Jamaican TV host Terri-Karelle Reid emceed the awards announcement, with commentary from Chrissy Towle of the Google News Initiative and Earl Wilkinson of INMA. To view a recording of the broadcast, click Here
The INMA Global Media Awards competition rewards innovation and excellence in growing audience, brand, and revenue.
From the competition’s 922 entries from 262 news brands in 44 countries, Global Media Awards were announced for news media companies from five continents — with the most emotional moments coming from the responses to the coronavirus and its economic impacts. From 185 finalists, 32 were selected first-place recipients.
Due to the “trust, innovation, and agility” demonstrated by the news media industry in the unprecedented response to COVID-19, INMA chose to honour the collective outreach of media companies than any one company or campaign. While the competition deadline was late January, INMA re-opened the competition with a bonus pandemic response category in April.
Ten regional “Best of Show” winners, selected by judges from first-place recipients, were:
Best in Africa: Volt Africa for “Volt Africa”
Best in Asia/Pacific, Regional/Local Brands: The Press/Stuff for “Christchurch Mosque Shooting Coverage”
Best in Asia/Pacific, Global/National Brands: NZME for “The People Programme”
Best in Europe, Regional/Local Brands: Amedia in Norway for “Converting Existing Print Subscribers and Gaining New Customers”
Best in Europe, Global/National Brands: Expressen in Sweden for “Ready, Set, 70,000! How Expressen Went from 0 to 70,000 Subscribers in a Year”
Best in Latin America: Grupo Semana in Colombia for “D.C. La Vuelta por Bogotá”
Best in North America, Regional/Local Brands: Newsday Media Group for “Long Island Divided”
Best in North America, Global/National Brands: The New York Times for “Women in Congress”
Best in South Asia, Regional/Local Brands: ABP in India for “Changing the Prayer and Praying For Change”
Best in South Asia, Global/National Brands: Jagran Prakashan for “The Generation That Could Save Us”
In making an honourary aggregate selection for the global “Best in Show,” Reid said: “In a first in the 83-year history of the INMA awards, no single entry has been judged the global ‘Best in Show.’ Instead, in honour of the courageous work done by media companies worldwide during the COVID-19 crisis, INMA awards the global ‘Best in Show’ to all news brands who are “leaning in” to this unprecedented moment.
“Not just the 98 companies that submitted for the COVID-19 category, but to all who are digging deep to project the power, the passion, and the soul of news brands — especially when it matters the most,” Reid added. “To those who are elevating their journalism and differentiating themselves from what seems at times like the bottomless pit of fake news. This year’s global ‘Best in Show’ goes out to each of you — and your teams that are changing the game for news media in 2020.”
INMA has rewarded excellence in news media since 1937. This year across 16 categories, the Global Media Awards competition rewards innovation in building news brands, platform excellence, audience development, advertising sales, and nurturing corporate culture. Entries also are divided into two groups: global/national brands and regional/local brands.
Some 42 media experts from 20 countries judged the competition in February and April, focusing on breakthrough results, unique concepts, strong creativity, innovative thinking, and winning synergies across media platforms.
“If you separate out the COVID category, the themes that stand out in this year’s winners are data and subscriptions,” Wilkinson said. “It is part of the ‘new normal’ for media that everything is data-infused and tilted toward reader revenue. Yet the COVID category yielded an amazing 98 entries, from which 12 finalists were selected, and two inspirational winners were announced. I can’t say enough about the trust, innovation, and agility projected in these COVID campaigns.”
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Failure to Formally Accept a Public Dedication Leads to Property Dispute
Wednesday, June 07, 2017 Julie Tappendorf
In J&A Cantore LP v. The City of Elmhurst, 2017 Ill App 2d, 160601, a property owner claimed ownership in a disputed portion of real estate of approximately 58 feet in width, and located immediately adjacent to the owner's parcel. The owner had fenced and used the property for more than twenty (20) years and claimed ownership by adverse possession.
The City of Elmhurst disputed the owner's claim to the 58 foot wide parcel because adverse possession does not run against property held for public use. Elmhurst alleged it had acquired a fee interest in the disputed parcel in 1925 when H.O. Stone Addition was platted and recorded. The 1925 Plat showed the disputed parcel as West Avenue.
To complete a statutory dedication, a municipality must accept the dedication. Acceptance can either be expressed or implied. An express acceptance is shown by direct municipal action, such as an Ordinance or Resolution stating acceptance. An implied acceptance is based on municipal acts recognizing the street and treating it as public. Acceptance may come a reasonable time after dedication and is valid as long as it occurs prior to withdrawal or revocation of the dedication.
In this case, the court held that the City of Elmhurst had failed to take express action accepting the dedication of the streets shown on the 1925 Subdivision Plat. The court, however, found that the City had accepted the dedicated streets by implication. The court found sufficient evidence of donative intent on the Plat, despite the absence of express language dedicating the roads to the public, to conclude that the parcel had been dedicated to the City. The court pointed to the number of streets shown on the Plat and that the individual lot lines did not encompass the street areas. Also, the Plat was an addition to the City of Elmhurst, thereby evidencing a donative intent to the City. In addition, the City had taken action to improve most of the streets in the 1925 Subdivision. The City had also taken action to vacate some of the streets shown on the 1925 Plat. Moreover, the City leased the disputed parcel to the Elmhurst Park District in 1983 for trail purposes and open space. All of these acts showed acceptance of the dedication by the City. Although some of these acts occurred many decades after dedication of the roadway, the court found such acceptance was still valid because there had been no withdrawal or revocation of the dedication.
Finally, the court concluded that Plaintiff’s claim of ownership by adverse possession did not apply because the City of Elmhurst acquired ownership of West Avenue and the property was being used for a public purpose. Adverse possession does not run against property being held for public purposes. The court stated that the City, as fee owner of West Avenue, had the right to re-enter the property and use it for public street purposes.
Municipalities are best served by promptly accepting a dedication of property by formal council action. Such express action would avoid a future dispute over ownership, such as occurred in the Cantore case.
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Dr Woke And Elijah
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The singer, song-writer rose to prominence as the author of the erotic novel, Trump Temptations. com/highwayofholiness This is what the Sovereign Lord says: From the four winds come in, O Spirit, and breathe on these slain, that they may. The official home of the latest WWE news, results and events. God cares for Elijah and can provide a model for how we can help each other. Ответ: woke. Our big boy was 10 lbs 2 oz and 21 1/2 inches long. WINNINGTON ELIJAH. Fingers crossed that Elijah doesn’t come when gynae is away. Anthony Fauci indicated that current models showed millions of Americans could have the Wuhan Coronavirus, and there could be as many as 100,000 deaths. He specializes in electrophysiology. Elijah wants to make sure that there is no possibility anyone will think that what is going to happen is a fraud or some sort of trick. This was the day I was scheduled to address the convention. Elijah Daniel is with Scotty Sire and DR WOKE. 19 Acre Lot. STREAM ON SPOTIFY: https://open. They joined forces to make music under the name adameandsteve — and we have a feeling Dr. You can find Richard and Martin at around 3:03. Houston, we have a solution: Elijah Manley at the 2016 GNC. Our society very much needs. Shefali's ground-breaking approach to mindful living and parenting has taken her books to the top of the NY Times best-sellers list. When Elijah spoke, I dropped everything I was doing and listened - he touched me so deeply, by his wisdom, spoken so powerfully, so truthfully, so passionately from his heart with such pure intention. When I put him in his crib to sleep on his back I often find him 5-7 hours later on his stomach. We see that Elijah is not alone: Dr. Rituals for the dead span much of the natural world, seen in practices from humans and elephants to bees, dolphins and beyond. David would wake up in a hospital, where he was greeted by Dr. ' 'It is my constitutional duty to. Daily Business Motivation by Dallas business consultant Dr. The specially designed wristband vibrates silently in your lightest stage of sleep to wake you feeling refreshed. Dr Mohamad went on to suggest that the way women dress in the West, and indeed equality between the sexes, are values that are not necessarily compatible with the rest of the world. The so-called "loss" was blamed on an alleged "hard-drive crash" of her workstation computer. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala has been. woke - third eye gucci lyrics. As an international speaker, she speaks at events. I love me some Peter. Evolution 3. The YouTuber proposed to his boyfriend Sam, aka Dr Woke, while on the beach in Mexico… after breaking his foot and needing crutches. “She’s mine!” Elijah yells, the vampire stops and finds another human to feed on. Elijah Bolin, MD is a pediatric cardiologist in Little Rock, Arkansas. After Elijah asked God to kill him, he slept. Cummings (@RepCummings) July 27, 2019. Isaiah 45 tells us that Cyrus was anointed to undo the military capacity of his adversaries. President, we can address this together. Josh Schaffzin, an. China is on the brink of 'world domination' and Europe needs to wake up to the Dr. Elijah Complex I think in apologetics work we need to consider not falling into this complex. Karen Oggerton. He has been in practice between 11-20 years. She underwent 12 separate surgeries to achieve the look, with the help of Houston cosmetic surgeon Dr. He weighed 8 lbs, 1 oz and was 21. I rate it a five (5) because of all books I have searched on prophecy, this one truly comes through with understandable information on the Biblical history and practical application of the gift. Elijah Daniels - Jackson County Times Elijah Daniel, AKA Lil Phag, has teens traveling for hours. E: Elijah - "Original" olarak tanımlanan vampir ailesinin üyelerinden. Elijah Cummings, chairman of the House Oversight Committee and longtime congressman from Baltimore, died early Thursday morning of health complications, his office confirmed. Okonjo Iweala elected the Director-General of World Trade Organisation with 104 votes out of the 164 member counties to beat Soth Korea. Elijah, for one, refused to back down, leading hundreds of loyal followers to the courthouse in processions that stunned Detroit’s white police force. Wonderland. She eventually pervaded Elijah to attend a service, and the rest is history. Wyoming's only statewide morning show - bringing the Cowboy State together to talk about what matters. Daniel began rapping under the name Lil Phag in late 2017. MANNING AN EX CONVICT WAKE UP IN A HOMELESS SHELTER BUILDING EVERYDAY. By Azygous-Yellow. michigancarries. Elijah Cummings will be held next week at the church where he worshiped for nearly four decades. The minister said that for. Amid calls for justice for Elijah McClain — a 23-year-old Black man who died after he was stopped by police in Aurora, Colorado, and placed in a carotid hold by an officer — the use of. Woke) - Lil Phag. He says, “You are the Messiah. Jah was described as a man who was […]. Body Workout Equipment : The 5 Best New Exercises For Coccyx Injury: Do you suffer from tailbone or coccyx painost people may possibly not know this but there are in reality several exercises you can do in order to mitigate and even stop the coccyx painost of these exercises work through toning and strengthening your pelvic area, stimulating the nerves in the coccyx tailbone area and easing. Wake and Jake is a food website by food writer, recipe developer and culinary host Jake Cohen. Slightly Offens*ve's Elijah Schaffer is on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin covering the riots which have torn apart the city. Woke Meditation. Approximate monthly payment is an estimate calculated with 20% down and 30 year fixed. The wake will begin at 8 a. Elijah H Beaty on phone number (312) 942-8771 for more information and advice or to book an appointment. Unable to control his instinctive vampire ways, Elijah encounters Antoinette, a beautiful and free-spirited vampire, who helps him navigate his new life. [Natalie Standiford] When Elijah meets Avalaya Saltzman for the first time, he can immediately tell there was something about her that drew him to her. Kildare isn’t a morning guy. Elgin Boy Named March Of Dimes National Ambassador 12-year-old 7th grader Elijah Jackson from Elgin is a happy and active kid but his mother Elise said it wasn't always that way. Blue River Township Elijah Tyner The subject of this sketch was born in Abbeville District, South Carolina, in 1797. Dec 28, 2016 - Explore Damon Salvatore's board "Elijah" on Pinterest. , at the New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore, Md. I have a lot of respect for him. Elijah Garrison. "-- Tom Moon, The Philadelphia Inquirer "Elijah Wald makes a heroic effort to reconcile the origins of blues with its current forms, even at the cost of deconstructing his own sacred cows. Evolution hosts features from The Game, Iyla, Ashanti, Rick Ross, and Elijah James. 18 records in 9 cities for Elijah Robinson in New York. JOEL was probably thd son of JORDAN STEWART. 600-937 Wake Dr, Westerville OH. Let’s pray that people wake […]. We also hate spam and we won't sell your email out. Adobe® Flash® Player is a lightweight browser plug-in and rich Internet application runtime that delivers consistent and engaging user experiences, stunning audio/video playback, and exciting gameplay. Just makes my day better. Elijah Cummings Dies at 68. Slaves Named in Wills. Assistant to President Obama), Fmr. Infowars is Tomorrow's News Today. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: Malachi 4:5 KJV. Elijah did as he was told and prepared for the rest of his journey. Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer. HE WILL RESTORE the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse” (Malachi 4:5-6 NASB). All Ages -- Valid I. He was subsequently declared brain dead and within days, removed from life support. Around 10:45 she woke up again claiming she was thirsty. Woke; Perry Mason; Love, Victor. woke — past and past participle of wake … New Collegiate Dictionary. Elijah Cummings dead Dr. Take Another Look: The Quran, the Sunnah and the Islam of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad eBook: Muhammad, Dr. Jackson as comic book art gallery owner Elijah Price. Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. Wake up gently and relaxed every day Slowly increasing light and sound in the morning will help you out of any deep sleep and let your body prepare for waking up. Hulon Shah was in the Nation of Islam from 1961 to 1967. A Doctor, who is a farmer's son, falls in love with one of his patients who comes from a wealthy aristocratic background. I had surgery done by a different local surgeon and it was not a good fit. Finally, the prophet prays, simply, calmly, eloquently. Elijah Daniel (born January 9, 1994) is an American comedian, rapper, record producer, songwriter, and author. Are you ready?. One can only fear what will happen after that Cyrus anointing is lifted. When a Jesuit of the minor rank is to be elevated to command, he is conducted into the Chapel of the Convent of the Order, where there are only three others. Dr Woke And Elijah. STREAM ON SPOTIFY: https://open. It was a very hot day, and I was drenched in sweat. We see that Elijah is not alone: Dr. I left him and with 30 minutes he was back asleep and was still asleep at 8am this morning. Elijah - a Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols; he was persecuted for rebuking Ahab and Jezebel (king and queen of Israel); he was taken up to heaven. Woke & Wired is a new conversation about expanded consciousness and entrepreneurship in the digital age. , took root in the mind of a young Black child named “Elijah” more than half-a-century ago. Cuomo said that passengers were woken up about an hour into the flight when the aircraft began to bounce. Bölüm Adı Woke Up with a Monster. We woke up to the tragic news that Elijah Cummings died. mgmt LIL PHAG - CLOUT 9 (ft Bella Thorne, Tana Mongeau & Dr. Wake: 7-8pm Thurs. House of Representatives since 1996. James 5:17-18 makes this clear: Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. We will make a test. Woke - All Ages, $15. Peter Wagner wrote in "Kingdom Philanthropy" (posted on Elijah List, June 20, 2006). The bondsman for THOMAS and ELIZABETH's marriage was JOEL STUART, who was listed as born about 1798 in the Wake County Census. Woke supported Elijah's decision to buy Hell, Michigan. Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat who served in the House of Representatives for decades and often went toe-to-toe with President Donald Trump, died on. "I'll wake up with cutting heartburn pain and then have to wait for the effects of [medicine] to kick in, which can take an hour or so. Elijah said. In moments of joy, he is there to share in it. Elijah Daniel. China is on the brink of 'world domination' and Europe needs to wake up to the Dr. Wake's Patient is a 1916 British silent romance film directed by Fred Paul and starring Phyllis Dare, Gerald McCarthy and James Lindsay. 1 min read. , followed by the. WALKER, Elijah Funeral: 10am, Fri. Martin O’Malley (D-Maryland), and host, Stephanie Ruhle. The Eastrail 177 Crash was part of an orchestrated search by Elijah Price to find his superhero counterpart. Then there is another step. Find the latest news in politics, business, entertainment, sports, live radio and TV. Software Developer • UX Designer. Take Another Look: The Quran, the Sunnah and the Islam of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad eBook: Muhammad, Dr. Woke, friend Bella Thorne, and fellow YouTuber Tana Mongeau. Anna started out in conventional veterinary medicine, but when her dog, Isis, became very ill due to tick-borne diseases, her life changed. Wyoming's only statewide morning show - bringing the Cowboy State together to talk about what matters. Cali Wilson. Cummings said, “I was kind of sad, the position that General Kelly took. Elijah Daniel is an American actor, comedian, rapper, and author who gained immense prominence through his funny YouTube videos. I called the dr and he said it would probably be ok if we waited until the next morning to take her in. "I will leave you two alone. Cummings died early Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital due to complications from longstanding health challenges, his congressional office said. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. The Maryland congressman and civil rights champion died Thursday, Oct. Buy it in quantity and give them away!'-Dr Alan C. Elijah Schow elijah-schow. All of our people received a leaflet in the Reminder, our church paper, announcing the presentation of Felix Mendelssohn’s Oratorio de Elijah, Sunday week; not this coming Sunday night, but Sunday night week, and the following Monday, those two nights. Gabrielle Ali is suing Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) after her son Elijah was left unable to walk or talk in a series of alleged blunders. Clifford, PastorNorwich Reformed Church 'I highly recommend Elijah Men as a powerful book to keep us sharp and shake the slack out of us. Since Moses and Elijah appeared with Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration, many have concluded that they are these “two olive trees. November 16-17. Baltimore, the city where. Open a Walmart Credit Card to Save Even More!. Amid calls for justice for Elijah McClain — a 23-year-old Black man who died after he was stopped by police in Aurora, Colorado, and placed in a carotid hold by an officer — the use of ketamine during his arrest has also drawn scrutiny. One of the tasks of Elijah is to arouse the spirit of the MESSIAH SON OF JOSEPH. Na tomto serveru naleznete především texty písní českých a zahraničních interpretů, karaoke texty, videoklipy youtube a překlady. We also hate spam and we won't sell your email out. Official music video for Elton John ft Hoodie Allen & Dr. "For God may speak in one way, or in another, yet man does not preceive it. It is to be presented. "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. They prayed multiple times a day. Of your master? Get the fuck up, wake the fuck up. King’s words had an impact — an immeasurable impact that has continued for 60 years and is woven into the fabric of our culture. The 20-21 Wake Christian Academy varsity football team roster. Modern PCs may support wake-on-lan (wikipedia link) if you. Hoodie Allen, Dr. Elijah told King Ahab that because of his badness, there would be no rain in Israel. "You got a concussion, a suppressed rib, and a sore back. Who is Elijah Daniel? Elijah Daniel aka Lil Phag is popular for his satirical social-media posts. 99, it features 24 “hilariously offensive designs” that users can make their own. , center right, and other major leaders of the civil rights movement meet on March 6, 1963, in New York during a meeting dedicated to the organization of the "March on. Dr Mohamad went on to suggest that the way women dress in the West, and indeed equality between the sexes, are values that are not necessarily compatible with the rest of the world. 1 Kings 19:19-21, “Elijah went straight out and found Elisha son of Shaphat in a field where there were twelve pairs of yoked oxen at work plowing; Elisha was in charge of the twelfth pair. and Equilla Harris King. Elijah Swayze Horton in The Hortons in America: Being a Corrected Reprint of the 1876 Work by Dr. Posted by Elijah Lynn at 10:18 AM comments (1) Trouble clearing a printer queue I clicked print, oh shoot I just realized I printed the wrong 20 page document!!. Elijah answered: 'I didn't cause this drought. 99 Super VIP (+ Sad Kid Hoodie Bundle), 5:00 PM Doors. 6 million YouTube subscribers across two channels as Elijah & Christine -- are vending an adult coloring book for the holidays called Color F-ck. Born to a family of Southern sharecroppers, Rep. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Elijah’s. was born in Tuskegee, AL on January 8, 1953; his parents were Elijah King, Sr. , the church's pastor since 1975, is scheduled to deliver the eulogy. I started this on the 16th of June and never finished it, but I'll go ahead and post it!!!. Assistant to President Obama), Fmr. It means he has pale skin, hair, and eyes. Elijah Cummings was a member of the U. This 1,600 square foot home sits on a 1. Paramedics injected Elijah McClain with ketamine during his arrest, even though he was pinned down and helpless. according to Dr. He was subsequently declared brain dead and within days, removed from life support. Sleep better through the night Soothing sounds from nature or home at a low volume will help you. News coming from the long-awaited election into the position of the Director-General World Trade Organisation is that Dr. Phil’s house with gun-filled dining room for sale for $5. The wake will begin at 8am, followed by a funeral at 10am. Tattle Tales (Skit) 7. John Riccio. In February 2016, Trump was just a glimmer in Dermer’s eye; now he’s president of the United States, grand guardian of Israel and Dermer’s ongoing pet project. Elijah synonyms, Elijah pronunciation, Elijah translation, English dictionary definition of Elijah. Jackson as comic book art gallery owner Elijah Price. Wake and Jake is a food website by food writer, recipe developer and culinary host Jake Cohen. Phil McGraw gives a sneak peek into the wild world of Austin animal sanctuaries in and Elijah, 7, dance. AURORA, Colo. Elijah King, Jr. Daniel Eisenberg, MD is a Cardiology Specialist in Burbank, CA and has over 41 years of experience in the medical field. 0 Elijah Bryant. GENERAL PRACTITIONER-treat all common medical conditions and refer patients to hospitals and other medical services for urgent and specialist treatment. Get the latest news, exclusives, sport, celebrities, showbiz, politics, business and lifestyle from The Sun. Eric received his Master of Theology from Dallas Theological. Baltimore, the city where. 2 Desertion 1. Evolution 3. How can we harness the infinite possibilities of today's digital world to create success, fulfillment and positive impact? And can our personal spiritual practice contribute to it?. Wake Me Up. woke - third eye gucci lyrics. Pamela Brown from the Anne Arundel County Partnership for. Now I understood, the prophet Elijah is coming. Show creator Julie Plec revealed in an interview with TV Guide what this special installment titled "Ne Me Quitte Pas" has in store for fans:. USA Maria Reis Habito 7422 Villanova Dr. Es besteht aus 5 Dokumenten und beinhaltet alles, was eine Kirchengemeinde benötigt, um einen Jesusfilmabend auch selbstständig zu organisieren. Elijah Robinson in New York. Much Of Northern Colorado Woke Up Sunday To Ash. Governor Andrew M. The further down the line you go the more complicated this gets. Jah was described as a man who was […]. Elijah synonyms, Elijah pronunciation, Elijah translation, English dictionary definition of Elijah. was a British academic painter who was very popular during the 19th century. Daniel Gillies Elijah. Unbreakable begins with the birth of Elijah, whose mother discovers that he was born with broken arms and legs due to osteogenesis imperfecta, which makes his bones as fragile as glass. Wonder if Fran Brown will pull for Elijah Robinson as D-line coach. It parallels what the Messenger taught. Cummings (@RepCummings) July 27, 2019 You told me then that you supported the legislation and that you would work with me to make it happen. EHA - Enroll from Elijah House Academy on Vimeo. Udo Ulfkotte went on public television stating that he was forced to publish the works of Elijah Cummings gave a tearful statement Thursday after Katie Malone, a special Intersectionality for infants: Parents indoctrinating their kids in woke dogma while they're still in nappies need to calm down. Member-Only Message Boards. happimess Elijah 30" Wicker Storage Trunk A versatile addition to any space, this wicker trunk fits in anywhere from the living room to the playroom. Elijah wants to make sure that there is no possibility anyone will think that what is going to happen is a fraud or some sort of trick. He is near. Paramedics injected Elijah McClain with ketamine during his arrest, even though he was pinned down and helpless. Woken definition, a past participle of wake1. Elijah Daniel. AURORA, Colo. Woke and cupcakKe follow suit with their own wild, left-of-center rhymes. One thing I forgot to mention was my mom woke up with the stomach flu that day and couldn’t help. Dr Mohamad has courted controversy before. Gender: N/A. Antonia Marquee. Martin Luther King Jr. Paramedics injected Elijah McClain with ketamine during his arrest, even though he was pinned down and helpless. Learn programming, marketing, data science and more. November 16-17. Thabiti Anyabwile (MS, North Carolina State University) is a pastor at Anacostia River Church in southeast Dr. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and/or viewings of The Good Son. Daniel began rapping under the name Lil Phag in late 2017. Looking back, she believes that the name was destined for her son. iPhone : Last night I woke up hella thirsty and almost took a sip of this lmao I need to be restrained when I sleep. The dispute between Elijah Muhammad and Abdul Muhammad led to the creation of a temple in Chicago. Elijah told King Ahab that because of his badness, there would be no rain in Israel. WINNINGTON ELIJAH. The 20-21 Wake Christian Academy varsity football team roster. Elijah Quashie - better known as the Chicken Connoisseur - told BBC's Wake Up to Money that the approach was too simplistic to solve a complex problem. Clinton was comparing Cummings to his namesake, the Biblical prophet Elijah, who stood up against wicked King Ahab and Queen Jezebel. Same day appointments are often available for new and. Today is the primary. told us that Elijah seemed more active today then he had ever seen him. Fauci did not respond to Newsweek's requests for comment. Cinemacafenet has posted an interview with members of the Hobbit cast, Andy Serkis, Elijah Wood, Martin Freeman and Richard Armitage as part of the promotion for the DVD/Blu ray release in Japan. Anybody who thinks this serves companies right for embracing woke capitalism, is looking at it wrong. Get reviews, hours, directions, coupons and more for Elijah, Frankie L at 2414 Mamie Dr, Texarkana, TX 75501. STREAM ON SPOTIFY: https://open. The so-called "loss" was blamed on an alleged "hard-drive crash" of her workstation computer. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other congressional leaders will speak at an arrival ceremony Thursday before Cummings lies in state at Statuary Hall. The song has over two million views on YouTube. When Elijah spoke, I dropped everything I was doing and listened - he touched me so deeply, by his wisdom, spoken so powerfully, so truthfully, so passionately from his heart with such pure intention. The next morning I woke up the wine was gone. It was physical. Video of Elijah Simmons foot | VolQuest. Dr Mohamad has courted controversy before. , on Sunday calling the congressman a “racist,” defending himself against accusations of racism. Elijah Bryant. He started his music career at the age of 15 by making Christian rap music. Summary: Elijah Geyer is 28 years old and was born on 11/01/1991. In 1 Kings, chapter 19, the Bible says that the prophet Elijah, overwhelmed by the challenges he faces, asks God to let him die so he can escape his circumstances. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "a gentle wake-up call, and by far the best of the three books on the Johnson myth published this year. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Etiene’s connections and jobs at similar companies. After a full month of nationwide protests in response to a Minneapolis cop killing George Floyd, in many US cities the demonstrations continue and cases are reemerging, breathing new life into the movement against police brutality. Elijah - a Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols; he was persecuted for rebuking Ahab and Jezebel (king and queen of Israel); he was taken up to heaven. Global Days of Unity – March. Neil Melendez die from major internal injuries. Slaves Named in Wills. Exclusive coverage of Rivals Camp Series. He attended and graduated from University Of Colorado School Of Medicine in 2005, having over 15 years of diverse experience, especially in Cardiac Electrophysiology. Elijah Daniel is with Scotty Sire and DR WOKE. business: SAM F / DR WOKE. E: Elijah - "Original" olarak tanımlanan vampir ailesinin üyelerinden. Elijah is heading down the aisle Picture: Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Men’s Fitness) Elijah Daniel just got engaged in the most Elijah Daniel way. Southern Wake Academy has added seasoned school leader Dr. Staple becomes the true villain. Elijah prays for two things: first and foremost, for the glory of God to be revealed.
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Early childhood education has been tied to better life outcomes. In 2012, several police chiefs highlighted the need for more and better preschool as a tool for long-term crime reduction.
At the same time, researchers have demonstrated that access to pre-K can help children get into college and climb out of poverty. James Heckman, a Nobel prize-winning economist, found that every dollar spent on Head Start yields $7 to $9 as the program’s alumni begin working and contributing to the economy. Helping students catch up in later grades costs more than early education programs. Scientists have also found that early education helps insulate children from the extreme stress that often comes with poverty. “Toxic stress,” as that condition is known, can warp the structure of a child’s brain in ways that may impede school success.
The percentage of eligible kids in state-funded programs doubled over the last decade, the report said. And politicians and editorialists have applauded the growth.
While more kids than ever are enrolled in state pre-K programs, enrollment growth has slowed and most states aren’t spending enough on the added slots to meet important quality benchmarks, according to the National Institute for Early Education Research, a grant-funded research group based at Rutgers University in New Jersey. State-funded pre-K is one of several types of preschool — private programs and federally funded Head Start are others. State programs accounted for 28 percent of U.S. 4-year-olds enrolled in preschool in the 2009-2010 school year, the largest type of preschool program.
University of Chicago professor James Heckman, a Nobel prize-winning economist, has demonstrated that every dollar spent on quality early childhood education yields a 7 to 10 percent return on investment as students graduate and begin contributing to the economy.
“Funding slipped as enrollment increased,” said Steven Barnett, the Rutgers education economics professor who directs the institute. “We’ve taken a giant step backward as a nation.”
The report, which the institute calls its “2011 State of Preschool Yearbook,” contains data compiled by tracking early childhood programs over the last decade.
The data shows a situation so dire that U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and American Federation of Teachers union president Randi Weingarten are expected to discuss NIEER’s findings at a Monday event. “Our youngest learners will not be college- and career-ready if we slash preschool dollars,” Duncan has said of the cuts.
Funding per student for state pre-school programs has reached its lowest point in a decade, according to “The State of Preschool 2012,” the annual yearbook released by Rutgers University’s National Institute for Early Education Research. “The 2011-2012 school year was the worst in a decade for progress in access to high-quality pre-K for America’s children,” the authors wrote. After a decade of increasing enrollment, that growth stalled, according to the report. Though the 2011-2012 school year marks the first time pre-K enrollment didn’t increase along with the rate of population change.
“The state of preschool was a state of emergency” in 2012, said Steve Barnett, NIEER’s director.
“This is not a partisan or a liberal or a conservative issue,” said Barnett. “We need to raise achievement. We need more high school graduates. … And to do this, we must get education right from the very start.”
Preschool Funding Reached ‘State Of Emergency’ In 2012: NIEER Report
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/29/preschool-funding-2012-nieer-yearbook_n_3175249.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
Early Education Faces ‘Crisis’ As Funding Plummets, Report Says
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/10/early-education-funding_n_1413481.html
From the American Academy of Pediatrics
Early Childhood Adversity, Toxic Stress, and the Role of the Pediatrician: Translating Developmental Science Into Lifelong Health
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/129/1/e224.full.pd
National Institute for Early Education Research, a unit of Rutgers University
http://nieer.org/
Rutgers NIEER, The State of Preschool 2012
http://nieer.org/sites/nieer/files/yearbook2012.pdf
Hechmen Foundation
http://www.heckmanequation.org/
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— and value seeing these sentiments flourish in all those around them
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6:30 PM | Screening
The award-winning documentary about second chances and Fr. Greg Boyle—the visionary who launched the most successful gang intervention program in the country, and one dramatic year of survival.
Feature Film, Documentary
Director: Freida Lee Mock
8:00 PM | Remarks, Questions & Answers
Father Greg Boyle
Founder and Executive Director, Homeboy Industries
Preeminent expert on gang life, intervention and prevention
Distinguished author
8:30 PM | Distinguished Panel
Probation, Justice, Prevention, Education & Community
Thank you for your ongoing support and commitment to our most worth mission: creating a vibrant, safe and sustainable community of kinship.
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The Importance of Excellence in Partnership
in: Community, Economics, Education, Environment, Human Development, News, Press Release, Research, Testimonial, Uncategorized
Three critical themes are consistently present in our ongoing work to deliver the most powerful programs for positive, lasting outcomes; partnership, methodology and scientific evidence. Inexplicably intertwined, Oceanseed Project would be nowhere near as impactful if appropriate attention were not dedicated to each, in everything that we do.
Certainly, the Oceanseed Project team is proud of the evidence based programs we provide and the profound, positive impact that they have on the lives of our youth participants, their families, our shared communities and world. That said, our efforts would be far less reaching and significant if it were not for our close working collaboration, on achieving shared objectives, with strong, action-oriented partners.
Oceanseed Project cherishes all of our amazing partners. In doing so, Oceanseed Project places the utmost priority on ensuring that all of our partnership relationships are both properly supported and effectively utilized. Done well the results evidenced through this approach are staggering.
There is no better example of this than our partnership with The Santa Cruz County Office of Education. The largest educational provider in Santa Cruz County, The Santa Cruz County Office of Education (SCCOE) ensures quality educational opportunities for all students, coordinates resources between the California Department of Education and local services and additionally provides vital programs including alternative education, outdoor science school, training in green careers, special education, regional occupational programs and district services such as professional development, job training, fiscal services and much more.
Oceanseed Project works closely with Santa Cruz County Office of Education Superintendent Michael Watkins and his excellent SCCOE team in a variety of ways. While there are an array of essential elements that contribute to making our collaboration and programs a successful, it is through our partnership that we are able to make them most relevant, powerful and far-reaching. As a result of our close relationship and collaboration we are able to provide powerful solutions that address today’s most pressing needs.
In a recent letter Superintendent Watkins expressed his sentiment about Oceanseed Project, our partnership, programs, collaboration and resulting impact which I invite you to read.
Thank you Superintendent Watkins and Santa Cruz County Office of Education team for the opportunity to provide a most profound impact together.
Dominic P. Renda, Jr.
Oceanseed Project
True Seeds of Justice: Part 1
in: Community, Education, Environment, Family, Health, Human Development, Nature, Research
“We have to recognize that incarceration of youth per se is toxic, so we need to reduce incarceration of young people to the very small dangerous few. And we’ve got to recognize that if we lock up a lot of kids, it’s going to increase crime.” – Dr. Barry Krisberg, the longtime president of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency now on faculty at the University of California-Berkeley (1)
Sickmund, M., Sladky, T.J., Kang, W., & Puzzanchera, C.. “Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement.” Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/ – click “National Crosstabs” at the top, and then choose the census years. Click “Show table” to get the total number of juvenile inmates for those years. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Our work at Oceanseed Project and leading peer reviewed scientific evidence clearly proves that confinement in youth corrections facilities doesn’t work well. Rates of recidivism are actually consistently high. Ironically, contemporary research shows that incarceration of youth in detention facilities as a strategy of deterring young offenders away from recidivism actually achieves the opposite while additionally straddling these youth with additional life obstacles that are particularly difficult, if not impossible to overcome.
The fact is that incarceration in juvenile facilities significantly reduces a youths’ likelihood for future success either academically or education or professionally. An excellent scientific example of this is an amazing, collaborative, child psychology and psychiatry study completed by researchers from the University of Genoa, Italy and the University of Montreal, Canada. The study, which was based in Montreal, tracked 779 low-income, at-risk boys from the time they entered kindergarten – in 1984 – up through the age of 25 years. By a very significant margin, involvement in the juvenile justice system proved to be the strongest predictor of adult criminality among the array of variables considered. All factors being equal, incarcerated youth 38 times more likely than peer youth with equivalent backgrounds and self-disclosed offending histories to be charged for crimes committed as adults later in life. (2)
In fact finds released in a May 2003 study titled Previously Incarcerated Juveniles In Oregon’s Adult Corrections System by the State of Oregon Office of Economic Analysis, youth 50 percent of previously incarcerated youth offenders had migrated to Oregon’s adult corrections system for new unrelated offenses by the end of the six year of their release from being initially incarcerated as a youth. (3)
USA. Inmates held in custody in state or federal prisons or in local jails, December 31, 2000, and 2009–2010. Also, incarceration rates per 100,000. Correctional Populations in the United States, 2010 Source: http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2237
It is also worth noting that recidivism in significantly influenced by both the age at which a child is incarcerated and the type of crime they are incarcerated for. The primary consideration for age is that older childhood offenders, typically 15 and up can be remanded and charged for more serious crimes as adults and sentenced accordingly. Similarly, date for lower risk, less-serious youth offenders shows that incarcerating significantly increases both recidivism and the severity of future violations.
In addition to neither reducing recidivism nor increasing public safety, juvenile detention and incarceration also significantly hinders youths’ odds for success academically and professionally. The vast majority of these children come from environments of significant economic depravity, great propensity of evident drug use and gangs, are far below their expected grade-level – rarely attending school with any regularity, in communities with no strong role models, limited job prospects, suffer from undiagnosed learning disabilities and or mental health needs. (4)
The evidence clearly shows that youth incarceration actually exacerbates Risk and Protective Factor Framework Hawkins and Catalano Risk and Protective Factor Framework Hawkins and Catalano, creating significant additional barriers to success. Yet Nobel laureate research in economics proves that if these risk factors were systemically and appropriately addressed, beginning at the earliest age possible, these same children would be empowered with a significantly better chance to lead fulfilled, productive, balanced life trajectories. (5)
As studies clearly document, children that are released from juvenile correctional facilities seldom succeed in school.
A 2006 study found that just one-third of youth exiting a Pennsylvania correctional camp program that said they intended to return to school actually did so. (6) Perhaps not surprisingly, research shows that less than of released youth who enrolled in school upon being released, less that 30% reenrolled or remaining in school after on year. (7)
A recent analysis of young people included in the National Longitudinal Youth Survey found that incarceration at age 16 or earlier led to a 26 percent lower chance of graduating high school by age 19. (8) Another recent research work studying the implications of juvenile arrest on later educational attainment and using Chicago city high school age students found that 64% of adolescents from impoverished neighborhoods that were arrested dropped out of high school. (9) Both of these findings are staggering but are particularly alarming when compared with the national average of 4.1% in 2012, (4.1% Average, 2.7% White, 6.6% Black, 6.0% Hispanic, 2.4% Asian / Pacific Islander). (10)
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With high school graduation a virtual necessity for successful adulthood, a juvenile arrest, let alone incarceration is in most cases a guaranteed life-trap in for those youth to their existing life-trajectory.
An obvious extrapolation then is the profound, negative impact childhood incarceration takes on future employment. Focusing singularly on work attendance as an indicator—and holding all other variables constant—one study found that individuals incarcerated as juveniles or young adults suffer significantly even years after their release; an equivalent to about three weeks less work per year, four years after release, five weeks for black youth. That is 5-9% respectively. Even at 15 years those who had been incarcerated in their youth worked 10% less than similar individuals who had not been incarcerated. (11)
Juvenile justice systems throughout the United States have become increasingly punitive since the 1970s. Most states have passed legislation making it easier to transfer juveniles to adult criminal courts. Ironically at the same time a growing body of developmental and Nobel laureate socioeconomic science has proven new best practices for maximizing human potential development for a profound social ROI and in the process permanently reducing crime and associated societal costs.
Additionally, leading contemporary science in all fields of study unequivocally proves everything is connected. For viability, economic, health and wellbeing of all living things it is imperative that old methodologies, including our traditional approach to youth detention, incarceration and at-risk youth communities be reassessed. The social, natural and economic cost of inefficient and in many cases unjust solutions can no longer be afforded. Primary objectives along with all other goals need to be equally represented and considered for us to achieve them. To do so unbiased, science based assessments that include both beneficial and negative consequences need to be utilized. By combining contemporary approach of evaluation to contemporary, proven, evidence based, upstream solutions that we can truly achieve our objectives.
Only in this way will we be able to address the biggest problems facing our world today then grow and thrive into the true possibilities of human potential.
Average daily population in the Santa Cruz County, California juvenile hall dropped by 65 percent between 1997 (46.7) and 2005 (15.9)
The innovative, thought, talent and work coming our of the Santa Cruz Probation Department, one of a select few participants in The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s, Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) program is powerful and ground breaking. There mission of reducing the unnecessary confinement of youth in our country in a manner that facilitates all youth involved in the juvenile justice system having opportunities to develop into healthy, productive adults is in fact nothing short of revolutionary. That said it is just the start and as science shows to make the most profound impact benefiting individuals, families, communities nations and our natural world, our investment needs to begin at birth.
While to many perhaps most, the answer seems as plain as day, the open question that remains is whether our society will not only abandon our shortsighted, longstanding, frequently reactionary and individually motivated models of approach and instead embrace the most effective, constructive, empowering and humane paradigm for how we address these as well as broader needs and in so doing treating others, nature and our world as the single system that it is.
Cited in Billitteri, Thomas J., “Youth Violence: Are ‘Get Tough’ Policies the Best Approach?,” CQ Researcher, Vol. 20, No. 9, March 5, 2010
Gatti, U., R.E. Tremblay, & F. Vitaro, “Iatrogenic Effect of Juvenile Justice,” Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 50, No. 8, 2009, Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health http://www.jdaihelpdesk.org/miscellaneous/Gatti%20et%20al%202009_1.pdf
Previously Incarcerated Juveniles In Oregon’s Adult Corrections System, State of Oregon, Office of Economic Analysis, May 23, 2003
http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/oea/docs/oya/oya-to-corrections.pdf
James Heckman, Hard Facts About Soft Skills, http://www.heckmanequation.org/content/resource/hard-facts-behind-soft-skills
Arthur, Hawkins, et al., 1994, Hawkins, Catalano, Miller, 1992, “Risk and Protective Factor Framework”
Keely, James H., “Will Adjudicated Youth Return to School After Residential Placement? The Results of a Predictive Variable Study,” Journal of Correctional Education, Vol. 57, No. 1, 2006, downloaded from http://wrenchproject.com/linked/will%20youth%20return%20to%20school%20after%20placement.pdf
Sametz, Lynn & Donna Hamparian, “Reintegrating Incarcerated Youth Into the Public School System,” Juvenile & Family Court Journal, Vol. 38, No. 3, 1987
35. Hjalmarsson, Randi, “Criminal Justice Involvement and High School Completion,” Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 63, No. 2, 2008
R.T. Sampson, Harvard University, & D.S Kirk University of Texas, DRAFT: Prepared for Brookings Institution, Project on Social Inequality and Educational Disadvantage Cumulative Disadvantage in the Adolescent Life-Course: The Case of Juvenile Arrest and Later Educational Attainment https://xteam.brookings.edu/eoac/Documents/cumulative_disadvantage_kirk_sampson.pdf
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d11/tables/dt11_114.asp
Western, Bruce & Katherine Beckett, “How Unregulated is the U.S. Labor Market? The Penal System as a Labor Market Institution,” American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 104, No. 4, 1999
5 Things Parents Can Do Today to Connect With Their Kids
in: Community, Environment, Family, Health, Human Development, Nature
Early childhood and adolescence are critical developmental times for children. Studies indicate that when children are connected with their families, role models and nature, they are substantially better off, inspired and empowered for a better life trajectory. Kids need their parents to be consistently involved in their lives every day! In fact connection with family, mentors and nature, more than anything else, have the most significant impact on a child’s life trajectory. Of course this requires a conscious effort but done right, intentionally investing in building and enjoying relationships with your children should be the brightest part of a parent’s day. Here are five simple ideas you can do today to be connected or reconnected with your children, all can be done today for little to no cost. Remember, thinking and doing are not the same thing. The best of intentions without planning and action will not achieve your objectives. So, plan your life, work your plan and thrive!
1) At Least One Meal Together Each Day - Even if family schedules are not aligned, plan on sitting with your children each day when they eat. Dinner is certainly a great meal for this but if not then, find another meal or way to plan this into your day. Even if you are not eating yourself, sit with your child, be entirely present, focused, keep the TV off and all electronics away from the table. Frequently children are reluctant to open up and share so make your conversation a game. In our house we play “Three Things About Your Day.” In this fun game each person at the table takes a turn at being center stage to share three things about their day. Related conversation often blossom, still, in time that person needs to go through three things. These three points can be whatever strikes their fancy of the speaker. Be certain to truly listen while your children are sharing!! Listen as if there will be a test. You amazed at the discoveries, conversations, solutions and connections that come out of this. When they have finished, person speaking gets to designate the next speaker.
2) Go For A Walk. Put your shoes on, grab a coat and take to the streets, even fifteen minutes will do. How far is it to go around your block or to the closest park? What is happening on your street? What effect are the seasons having on the plants, living things around you and related happenings? Be observant, at times be silent, other times ask questions and share thoughts. What is going on in your neighborhood, how can you be involved and connected.
3) Plant and Grow. Indoors or out gardening is one of life’s great gifts. Winter is coming and this is a great time to consider plant something new. Many veggies and herbs can be grown indoors from cuttings. No matter how extensive or simple your gardening endeavor is, the resulting satisfaction, shared insights and connection are profound and lasting.
4) Read Aloud and Share What You Read. Reading provides one of life’s truly magical experiences. At any reading level 20 minutes of shared reading aloud can illuminate hearts and fill relationships with seemingly limitless points of connection. Additionally, discuss the books and stories that each of you are reading on your own, how you envision the characters and settings in your head or perhaps how they differ from onscreen adaptations if they exist.
5) Touch. Embrace the power of touch. Hugs, hand holding, an arm around a shoulder, lighthearted wrestling, hair play, manicure and pedicure are each a fantastic place for connection. It is true that everyone needs to groom but you will find that this will be much more. My girls love to comb my hair into truly absurd styles with pigtails, clips and the works, they paint my toes and almost laugh their heads off in the process. When it is my turn, I attend to them giving and receiving love in a way that only a parent understands, while they intern bask in the glory of the focused attention and allow the simplest sensation of touch to sooth their soul until they are almost in a trance.
Plan these for today and everyday after. Let me know what additional ideas you have and how you have enjoyed these.
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Epidemiological Studies And Chemotherapy Of Postparturient Haemoglobinuria In Buffaloes
by Muhammad Ijaz Ul Haq (2008-VA-83) | Dr. Jawaria Ali Khan | Dr. Muhammad Avais | Prof. Dr. Mian Abdul Sattar.
Material type: Book; Literary form: not fiction Publisher: 2015Dissertation note: The district Gujranwala lies at northern part of the Punjab in Pakistan. It is situated between two main cities, in North is Gujrat and in South, there are Sheikhupura and Lahore. The majority of the population lives in the rural areas and mainly earns their livelihood through agriculture. The source of irrigation is perennial and non-perennial canals supplemented by tube wells. This area is heavily populated with buffaloes rather than cattle. Buffalo is playing a foremost role in the national economy by producing milk, meat and draught power. Out of total milk produced in the country, buffalo contributes about 68 %. Due to high fat contents of buffalo milk, it is the ideal species in Pakistan (Bilal et al. 2006). Buffaloes suffer from many fatal diseases throughout the year causing irretrievable economic losses in the GDP. Among these fatal diseases, Postparturient haemoglobinuria is a frightening problem for the economy of Pakistan and as well as for the whole world. Postparturient haemoglobinuria is a periodic condition seen worldwide that most frequently affects high-yielding dairy animals at the onset of lactation. It is characterized by development of per acute intravascular hemolysis and anemia with potentially lethal results. Beef and non-lactating cattle are hardly ever affected. The exact cause is unidentified, but phosphorus reduction or hypophosphatemia is known to be a major predisposing factor. Decrease in the Phosphorus level of RBCs is known to raise osmotic tenderness of the RBCs, probably predisposing to intravascular hemolysis. A parallel condition reported in New Zealand was linked with copper depletion, potentially building RBCs were more prone to oxidative trauma. Other potential causes were hemolytic or oxidative plant toxins (Michael A. Moses and Aiello 2014). In buffalo rearing countries mainly in India, Pakistan and Egypt, Postparturient haemoglobinuria was a major problem as described by (Pirzada and Hussain 1998). Acute hypo phosphataemia was linked with high producing buffaloes and characterized by intravascular hemolysis (Kurundkar et al. 1981). Postparturient haemoglobinuria was a disease of high yielding buffaloes in district Attock, Rawalpindi, Jhelum and Faisalabad where soil was deficient in mineral contents. The disease was distinguished by icteric and inflexible constipation in pregnant animal (Hussain et al. 1991). Postparturient haemoglobinuria was mainly disease of buffaloes and found in almost all the districts of Pakistan (Pirzada and Hussain 1998). In buffaloes, Postparturient haemoglobinuria occurred mostly after 3rd week of parturition during 3rd to 5th lactation having a period of 5 to 6 days of illness (Nagpal et al. 1968). The occurrence of hypophosphatemia was highest in buffaloes in progressive pregnancy or in 3rd to 6th lactation (Gautam et al. 1972). Multiparous females were mostly affected by Hypo phosphataemia and a range of etiological factors were reported to be related with the disease in unusual parts of the world (Singari et al. 1991). Dietary phosphorus shortage and rations containing cruciferous plants were supposed causes of rigorous hypo phosphataemia and had been associated with hemolytic anemia in cows and buffaloes (Heuer and Bode 1998). Mucous membranes turned pale or might become icteric with the development of anemia and breathing became rapid and shallow with tachycardia (Spears 2003). During third to sixth lactation of adult dairy buffaloes, this disease was more frequently seen, showing weakness and recumbency (Macwilliams et al. 1982). The occurrence of the disease in the total cattle population was very stumpy with a case fatality rate ranging from 10% to 50% (Madsen and Nielsen 1939). Sporadically, farms with a predominantly elevated incidence might be encountered but typically only one or two cases were clinically evident at one time (Freudenberg 1955). In Australia, about 70% cases were reported within 30 days of calving (Mulijns and Ramsay 1959). Bulls, ante partum cows, heifers less than two years old and beef cows were rarely affected. A disease called as "red water" in Ontario, was allied with numerous predisposing factors which integrated recent parturition, intense milk production, dietetic phosphorus absence, utilization of turnips, rape, kale, green alfalfa and sugar beet pulp (Macwilliams et al. 1982). Postparturient haemoglobinuria was one of the foremost and economically important diseases of dairy animals in Pakistan, India and elsewhere in the world (Macwilliams et al. 1982; Chugh et al. 1996; Pirzada and Hussain 1998). Diagnosis was done on the basis of clinical signs, urinalysis and hematological reports of the examined animals (Madsen and Nielsen 1939). In a survey conducted during 1996 in Punjab (Pakistan), mortality rate due to Postparturient haemoglobinuria in buffaloes and cattle was 5% which translated into estimated annual losses of Rs. 490.2 and 153.1 million, respectively (Farooq et al. 2007). Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 2210-T] (1).
Comparison Between Aspiration And Slicing Methods For Retrieval Of Oocytes In Bovine
by Muhammad Husnain (2008-VA-281) | Prof. Dr. Mian Abdul Sattar | Dr. Qaiser Shahzad | Dr. Amjad Riaz | Dr. Muhammad Avais.
Material type: Book; Literary form: not fiction Publisher: 2015Dissertation note: Livestock contribution to agriculture stood at 55.9 percent while it contributes 11.8 percent to the national GDP during 2013-14. Buffalo, cattle, sheep and goat population in Pakistan is 34.6, 39.7, 29.1 and 66.6 million numbers during 2013-14. Total milk production from buffalo and cattle as major milk producing animals is 31,252 and 18,027 (000 tons) (Economic Survey of Pakistan 2013-14). Advanced biotechnologies coming from different areas of biological sciences exhibit great promise to enhance the efficiency of livestock production. From these technologies one such biotechnology is the use of in vitro maturation of follicular oocytes and in vitro fertilization for production of livestock embryos in laboratory. Proper oocytes recovery and their selection in the laboratory are of great importance for successful in vitro embryo production. Total one hundred and forty four ovaries (n=144) from cattle (72 ovaries) and buffalo (72 ovaries) were collected and 223 oocytes were retrieved from these ovaries. Average oocytes per ovary were 1.66 + 0.43 oocytes per ovary were obtained via aspiration and 1.89 + 0.00 average oocytes per ovary through slicing method from cattle ovaries. Average 1.55 ± 0.55 oocytes per ovary via aspiration and 1.53 ± 0.20 oocytes per ovary through slicing from buffalo ovaries. Overall grade-A oocytes were 28 (40) percent with aspiration in cattle and 25(36.76) through slicing method. In buffalo overall grade-A oocytes retrieval was obtained in percentage as 20 (44.44) and 26 (52) through aspiration and slicing methods respectively. Grade-B oocytes recovery obtained was in percentage as 23 (33.82) with slicing and 19 (31.67) through aspiration technique from cattle ovaries. Summary 26 Commonly used methods of recovery of oocytes from slaughterhouse animals are aspiration and slicing. Recovery rate of oocytes is different from slaughterhouse ovaries. Aspiration is the best method for retrieval of good quality oocytes from slaughterhouse bovine ovaries because it gave more good quality oocytes in less time than slicing method. In this study, it is found that weight of ovary and no. of follicles/ovary in cattle have strong correlation of 71% existed between weight of ovary and no. of follicles /ovary in buffalo was observed. Correlation between average number of follicles on ovary and weight /ovary was stronger in cattle. The more the number of follicles present on the ovaries and more weight of the ovary, the more will be the recovery of oocytes. In cattle average number of follicles was 10.09 ± 0.30 and when it was checked in buffalo, differed significantly and it was found as 7.16 ± 0.19 on an average per ovary. Likewise weight of buffalo in this study was differed significantly from cattle 4.04 ± 0.10 and 7.62 ± 0.15 respectively. It is suggested that oocytes retrieval should be done in buffalo using aspiration method to retrieve better quality oocytes. It is concluded that aspiration is the suitable method for retrieval of good quality oocytes from slaughterhouse buffalo ovaries because it gave more good quality oocytes in less time than slicing method. But both methods have minor difference between recovery rates but aspiration is more convenient than slicing and it yields more quality oocytes. It is also found that there is very strong correlation existed between average weight of ovary and number of follicles per ovary and the both parameters play a great help for more quality and quantity oocytes. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 2279-T] (1).
Effect Of Royal Jelly On Post Thaw Semen Quality Parameters Of Beetal Buck
by Muhammad Kaleem (2009-VA-190) | Dr. Abdul Rehman | Prof. Dr. Mian Abdul Sattar | Dr. Muhammad Avais.
Material type: Book; Literary form: not fiction Publisher: 2016Dissertation note: Pakistan is an agricultural country. Livestock plays a major role in the agriculture. Among livestock goat population is highest. In Pakistan Beetle is the most important breed of goat and is known as poor man’s cow. This goat is kept for dual purpose for milk and meat production. Artificial insemination is most valuable technique to improve the production and genetic potential of the goat. Cryopreserved semen has many biochemical, structural and functional problems. These detrimental effects produced by cryopreservation compromise the fertility of goat by decreasing post thaw motility, concentration, viability, plasma membrane and DNA integrity. These detrimental effects are due to many reasons among them production of reactive oxygen species is the most important ones. For last many years’ various solutions have been made to overcome the detrimental effect of reactive oxygen species. Various antioxidants are added in all domestic animals and their positive results have been demonstrated by many researchers. RJ is among these antioxidants which improve the sperm parameters. RJ administration in the semen extenders has been shown to improve the post thaw motility, viability, DNA and plasma membrane integrity (PMI) of Beetal buck semen. The study was conducted at Al-Haiwan Sires district Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan. For this study 3 regular semen donors Beetal bucks were used for semen collection. Semen was collected twice a week and total 7 collections was taken from each buck. After each collection semen of bucks was pooled to avoid individual buck variations and was divided into 5 equal parts in test tube containing extender with different concentration of royal jelly. These concentrations were . 0%, 0.5%, 1%, 1.5% and 2% RJ. Semen was cryopreserved in LN2.. On post thaw motility, livability, plasma membrane, DNA and acrosome integrity was evaluated. Summary 27 Different royal jelly concentrations were analyzed by repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA).Duncan Multiple Range (DMR) test was used to compared the significant differences. Results of different group were expressed as mean ±SEM. The results show that motility%, Plasma Membrane Integrity %, viability %, Normal Apical Ridge % and DNA integrity% of sperms was significantly high at 1% royal jelly concentration as compare to control and other treatment group. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 2722-T] (1).
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SXSW 2011: Biggest Surprise, Biggest Disappointment
Published by Ryan on March 29, 2011 March 29, 2011
South By Southwest 2011 is in the books, and March is almost over. As SXSW becomes a memory, there are two shows we can’t get out of our mind. Keep in mind, each show cost between $10 and $15 to get into, and each venue was smaller than The Troubadour in West Hollywood. Alright, we won’t keep you waiting. Find out who our picks for Biggest Surprise and Biggest Disappointment of SXSW 2011 are after the jump.
Biggest Surprise – Dax Riggs
Dax likes to tour the South, but if you can ever catch a show don't miss out!
Dax Riggs performed Wednesday night at 1:00 AM at the Easy Tiger Patio. The show was at the same time as the Queens of the Stone Age set at La Zona Rosa, so there were only 40-50 people at the Easy Tiger to watch this little known performer. Despite the small venue and smattering of patio observers Dax put on a tremendous show, playing primarily songs from his first album, “We Sing of Only Blood or Love.” The highlight song was a beautifully lingering performance of “Night is the Notion,” and the show finished with a powerful rendition of “The Wall of Death.” The sound quality was quite good for a sawdust stage, and the music and songwriting skills of Dax were on full display.
In talking with Dax after the show he seemed honestly surprised that people on the West Coast listen to his music. With modern media I’m not sure why he’d be surprised, but I can assure everyone that I will do my part to make sure people in LA have the opportunity to learn about his music. What’s the best way to get his music out to LA? I was thinking next time I’m stuck on the 405 for an hour (to go a few miles) I’ll roll down my windows and blast it! But of course, I’m open to more practical suggestions.
Biggest Disappointment – Benny Benassi
I was excited to mix up my Rock and Roll weekend with a little late night dance music, so I made sure to get over to the Benni Benassi set at The Phoenix on Thursday night. The venue was set up nicely as a sort of club/lounge, and the opening DJ put on a nice little set, so expectations were relatively high. The constantly hyped Benassi put on a spectacularly sub-par performance that drove a good deal of patrons (most of them to see Benassi!) to the nearby bars before the set ended. Benassi cut almost any trace of trance out of his set and seemed caught in a loop of insanity inducing club rhythms. Without any major variation in tempo the energy level dropped and he couldn’t get the crowd back involved. In LA we get some of the best DJs in the world on a regular basis, so it’ll take quite a lot to get me back to a Benassi show.
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Los Angeles Editor of Rabbits Black. Frequenter of club shows and arena shows alike. Get in touch with Ryan for anything LA: coverage for artists, albums, concerts, events, and charity partnerships.
Tyler Burke · March 30, 2011 at 3:04 pm
Wow, I remember none of Thursday night.
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Live Review: Petty Fest @ The Fonda 9/13/2016
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Works to prevent future landslips from the steep cutting at the southern entrance to Wadhurst Tunnel will last at least sixty years (er, six?) and provide more reliable journeys.
Network Rail engineers are about to start work to prevent future landslips happening at a steep-sided cutting at the southern entrance to Wadhurst Tunnel.
The construction solutions the company is putting in place at the site near Tunbridge Wells will last 60 years, in an area that has suffered an unusual number of landslips in recent years. Incidents near Wadhurst that occurred in 2014, 2016, 2019 and 2020 led to many services being cancelled and inconvenience for passengers while they were repaired.
Fiona Taylor, Network Rail Kent route director, said: “We know passengers on the Hastings line have endured disruption over the years as a result of the way the railway was constructed many years ago, with changing weather patterns adding to the problems. For that reason we’ve developed a programme of work to improve the most vulnerable sites on the route. We’re starting on one end of Wadhurst tunnel now and will move on to other locations later this year.”
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Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well (Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library)
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First published in 1891, Pellegrino Artusi's La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangier bene has come to be recognized as the most significant Italian cookbook of modern times. It was reprinted thirteen times and had sold more than 52,000 copies in the years before Artusi's death in 1910, with the number of recipes growing from 475 to 790. And while this figure has not changed, the book has consistently remained in print.
Although Artusi was himself of the upper classes and it was doubtful he had ever touched a kitchen utensil or lit a fire under a pot, he wrote the book not for professional chefs, as was the nineteenth-century custom, but for middle-class family cooks: housewives and their domestic helpers. His tone is that of a friendly advisor - humorous and nonchalant. He indulges in witty anecdotes about many of the recipes, describing his experiences and the historical relevance of particular dishes.
Artusi's masterpiece is not merely a popular cookbook; it is a landmark work in Italian culture. This English edition (first published by Marsilio Publishers in 1997) features a delightful introduction by Luigi Ballerini that traces the fascinating history of the book and explains its importance in the context of Italian history and politics. The illustrations are by the noted Italian artist Giuliano Della Casa.
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from, unscathed. Sitting atop this double patrimony of classical Italian gastronomy and its regional diversity – which for centuries had been the exclusive domain of technicians, and the singular privilege of the upper classes who employed them – and faced with the task of redeeming it from French dominance and disseminating it among bourgeois readers whose economic values and ethical expectations he fully shared, Artusi may seem more like a pop orchestra conductor than an avant-garde musician.
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Homeeducational postsFall school Enrollment Plummets For 1st-12 months students
Fall school Enrollment Plummets For 1st-12 months students
All throughout excessive faculty, Brian Williams deliberate to move to faculty. however because the pandemic eroded the ultimate moments of his senior yr, the Stafford, Texas, student begun to 2d-bet that plan.
“i’m bad at online school,” Williams says. He turned into barely drawn to going surfing for his closing weeks of high school; being online for his first semester at Houston group school felt unbearable.
“i know what works ideal for me, and doing stuff on the laptop would not truly stimulate me within the identical approach an genuine type would.”
procuring school become all the time going to be challenging, however turned into even harder to justify the expense throughout an endemic. “We had no cash for it,” he says, “and that i’m not trying to go into debt and pay that for the rest of my existence.”
He wondered if school in 2020 changed into “actually worth it.” So he postponed and as a substitute obtained a job at Jimmy John’s so he may start saving up.
Williams is certainly one of a whole lot of thousands of students who determined to postpone higher training this year. in accordance with new information from the national student Clearinghouse, undergraduate enrollment q4 declined by using three.6% from the autumn of 2019. it truly is greater than 560,000 students and twice the expense of enrollment decline viewed final yr. Most of that decline occurred at neighborhood schools, the place enrollment fell by greater than 10%, or more than 544,000 students.
Williams graduated from high school final spring. He idea he would go straight to faculty however 2nd-guessed his plan after getting a taste of distance studying. “i am terrible at on-line college,” he says. (Scott Dalton for NPR)
“to peer this stage of decline all at once is so unexpected and so dramatic,” says Doug Shapiro, who leads the research middle at the countrywide student Clearinghouse. “it be absolutely exceptional.”
students attending college for the first time characterize one of the largest businesses lacking from school classes q4, Shapiro says. for college students who graduated from excessive faculty in the category of 2020, the number of graduates enrolling in faculty is down with the aid of 21.7% in comparison with closing 12 months, according to preliminary facts. For graduates at high-poverty excessive schools there turned into a 32.6% decline in attending school, compared with a 16.four% decline for graduates of low-poverty schools.
“that’s loads of people whose lives are on grasp, whose career and tutorial aspirations are suspended,” says Shapiro. “that you would be able to nearly think of this as a whole generation to be able to enter adulthood with decrease schooling, lower abilities, less employability, finally decrease productivity.”
Shapiro says the pandemic is essentially guilty for this year’s drastic declines, nonetheless it’s additionally real that attending college has been on a decade-long downward style. college enrollment nationwide fell 11% between 2011 and 2019, the Clearinghouse discovered.
About 460,000 fewer students enrolled in U.S. faculties q4 than in fall 2019. source: national scholar Clearinghouse research center credit: Daniel timber and Connie Hanzhang Jin/NPR
Fewer individuals going to faculty and getting a level spells crisis for particular person households, for communities and for the U.S. financial system as a whole.
“there is a a whole lot higher implication right here for the nation,” says Angel Pérez, who oversees the countrywide affiliation for college Admission Counseling. “The fact is that if we lose a complete generation of young americans within the pipeline to college, which will have an influence on our tax base. it is going to have an affect on an educated citizenry.”
“a really bad monetary time”
For schools, lower enrollment means fewer lessons bucks, which translates to a drop in earnings at a time when school budgets were already strained because of the pandemic.
Now, faculties have begun to tighten their belts. In October, Ithaca school, a non-public school in upstate long island, announced plans to reduce about 130 faculty positions to contend with falling enrollment. it really is apart from pandemic-connected cuts the faculty made in April. across the nation institutions have announced furloughs and layoffs; they’ve canceled activities, majors and even entire departments. greater than 50 universities have suspended admissions to their Ph.D. courses, The Chronicle of higher training discovered.
“To be blunt, we’re in a extremely unhealthy monetary time for better education, and essentially the most unfortunate half is I don’t see that we have type of reached the backside yet,” says Dominique Baker, a professor of schooling policy at Southern Methodist college in Dallas.
“What determines how bad this eventually receives are things like what’s the federal executive doing? How a good deal funding does the federal executive provide out to states? How much funding does the federal government supply out to individual higher training associations to support them?” she says. “If we’re no longer seeing a major investment in better training, this is going to develop into tons extra common.”
with out federal or state money, schools may additionally appear to boost lessons to offset budget shortfalls. In Florida, there may be speak of raising tuition at public associations for the primary time in several years.
Even after the pandemic is over, faculties might not be out of the woods. they’re nonetheless dealing with a demographic cliff. The variety of U.S. excessive college graduates is anticipated to height with the aid of 2025, buoyed by using nonwhite students, then decline through the end of 2037, in keeping with projections by means of the Western Interstate fee for larger schooling. In different phrases, the pool of eligible college students is shrinking.
“traditionally, when faculties and universities had financial challenges, the answer become at all times to go to the executive enrollment officer and say, ‘convey us extra college students,” Pérez explains. “That alternative now not exists.”
There are two vivid spots within the new fall enrollment numbers: there were increases in enrollment at graduate faculties — in particular in brief-term certificate and master’s programs, Shapiro says — and enrollment went up at for-profit schools, many of which had outdated journey with online discovering, so have been well-positioned to take on college students throughout the pandemic.
For-earnings colleges have decrease graduation costs compared to public colleges, federal statistics indicates. They tend to join the same sorts of college students that go to community colleges, although training is commonly tons greater. For-gains additionally spend greater on advertising, an element that may also have enticed college students doubtful about what faculty would appear to be at brick-and-mortar institutions. Baker issues that for-earnings may also have scooped up college students who would otherwise have enrolled in group schools.
“neighborhood colleges should not have the funds to market themselves in the method that a for-income establishment does,” she says. “they’re simply less nimble.”
A shock for group faculties
At community schools, the financial situation is additionally much less fixable. Budgets are already tight, and raising tuition goes towards the core of their mission: to be a cheap, open-access establishment.
“group faculties are an area of bigger education that our nation, and sometimes states, have systematically underfunded,” Baker says. on the identical time, she explains, “they do the lion’s share of teaching college students in the united states.”
Low-profits students usually tend to attend neighborhood schools, as are nonwhite college students. Baker says that after group schools are hurting, it additionally hurts the students they serve.
“The fiscal situation, the enrollment situation, here is not an argument it is hitting all students in the equal manner,” Baker says.
traditionally, students flock to neighborhood faculties when unemployment is excessive. invoice red, the president of Grand Rapids neighborhood faculty in Michigan, says that is what each person anticipated to take place this year: ” ‘community schools, you guys are going to clear up. You guys don’t seem to be going to have room for all these individuals!’ it really is so incorrect.”
Riley Borup collects rubbish luggage at an house advanced in Lynnwood, Wash. pissed off through distance gaining knowledge of, Borup dropped out of his engineering application at Everett group faculty to take a job as a trash collector. (Jovelle Tamayo for NPR)
In late September, purple says, fall enrollment at GRCC became down about 9% from the year before. crimson sees a few factors influencing this drop. The greatest is budget — he says students and their households are squeezed at this time, despite the low-priced of lessons at most neighborhood faculties.
The other issue holding individuals again is the idea of studying online.
“students say: ‘You understand what? as an alternative of making an attempt to navigate on-line discovering that i’m no longer truly aware of, i am just going to sit down it out. i am simply going to work. i’m going to take a yr or a semester off,'” pink explains.
it really is what Riley Borup decided this spring. he is in his late 20s, and after working as a plumber for his father for several years, he decided to enroll at Everett group faculty, 40 minutes north of Seattle, to study engineering. In March, he changed into discovering about circuit boards and enjoying it, but when classes shifted to digital, it did not take long for Borup to come to a decision on-line researching wasn’t for him.
“The circuit board, it will were so a lot less demanding to do in grownup,” he says. “You do the Zoom factor and or not it’s like, man, I need the professor to simply factor this out to me in adult.”
With campus closed, his school pursuits changed into thrown into chaos.
“I looked in school like a full-time job,” Borup says. “i would are trying to stay on campus for at least forty hours a week.” At domestic, he had drawback focusing. there were canines and roommates to distract him. So Borup determined to withdraw from faculty and select up a job as an element-time garbage collector to move the time and pay the rent.
Borup plans to come to faculty this spring, but he says some days he loses religion that he’ll ever get his degree. “it be truly like an internal combat.” (Jovelle Tamayo for NPR)
He says there are some days when he loses religion that he’ll ever go returned to college. “it be really like an inside fight the place from time to time i am like, ‘I could just be a part of the armed forces,’ ” he says. “however then i am like, ‘here’s my goal. i am going to stick with it.’ and that i’ve told a lot of people, household, pals, so it’s variety of for them.”
Plus, he adds, “i wouldn’t admire myself if I simply dropped off. I’ve already put over a 12 months into it, so it be like i’m no longer going to waste the closing year.”
Borup says he’s “very conscious” of the delay this wreck is inflicting — as a substitute of getting a level in 2023, graduation in 2024 is more doubtless. The plan for now’s to take one online class in the spring to look if he can ease lower back in.
dropping a generation
For Catalina Cifuentes, who works to promote faculty entry in Riverside County, east of los angeles, the variety of college students who determined no longer to go to college concerns her. “It actually does consider like we’re dropping a generation,” she says.
The college students in her county are often from low-income households, and many would be the first in their family to head to college. “They have no idea what they do not know,” she says. “They have no idea that analysis shows the longer you’re out of school, the less probably you are to return.”
a few of her college students are calling their wreck a “hole 12 months,” however Cifuentes says it’s now not the kind of hole year wealthier students might journey. “they’re working, and their families are becoming used to that added paycheck. it is going to be basically hard to surrender for school.”
When she thinks back to the spring, Cifuentes is rarely shocked so many 2020 excessive college graduates failed to join school q4.
“We were in survival mode. We went into making sure college students had food, housing, fundamental wants,” she says. “issues like college and school functions, they take a backseat.”
and he or she’s seeing the same sample play out for this 12 months’s high college seniors, the class of 2021. “We’re making an attempt to get them to come to category, to go online. If it become unhealthy within the spring and summer time for college conversations, here is worse. We were in the lower back seat before. Now we’re backyard of the motor vehicle.”
there’s statistics to aid Cifuentes’ issues about this 12 months’s seniors. As of Dec. 4, the number of students who had stuffed out the Free software for Federal scholar support, or FAFSA, become down 14% compared with the identical time ultimate year. The drop is even more dramatic amongst low-income and nonwhite students. schools, together with the 23 campuses in the California State device, pushed lower back their utility deadlines to enable more college students to follow.
For her part, Cifuentes and her group of workers have been taking to the telephones, calling college students to support them with their school applications. and she’s not giving up on the type of 2020 both. “i am definitely hopeful that students will go returned,” she says. “it’s now not too late.”
Brian Williams, who decided to forgo faculty in Houston and is now working at Jimmy John’s, says he is “working long hours and saving a lot of money.” he’s recently been promoted to manager, and notwithstanding he’s having fun with the greater paycheck and greater responsibility, he hasn’t given up on the conception of getting his diploma.
“to this point this year I’ve really grown mentally and financially,” he says, “and when the time comes for faculty, i may be equipped.”
He says he plans to sign up at his native group college subsequent fall.
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Philadelphia FTC Qualifier 2019
This year’s Philadelphia FTC Qualifier and FLL Jr. Expo were a success! Last Saturday, February 8th, the events were hosted in Central High School’s gym. We had 33 teams participating, and around ⅔ of those teams were Coalition teams, but our teams ended up winning nearly all of the awards and all of the advancing teams are Coalition teams.
In the following weeks we’ll be posting about the individual Coalition teams that won awards and are advancing to Pennsylvania State Championships.
RoboRumble 2019
Posted by Devin Lanni on April 29, 2019
At RoboRumble 2019, a number of high school robotics teams came to Central High School to compete. Throughout the event, teams utilized their skills, their teamwork, and worked hard to get the most out of their robots. By the end of the event, all teams gained valuable practice and got to show off the capabilities of their robots.
Teams Compete at Philadelphia Scrimmage
Posted by Michael Johnson on December 17, 2018
Fifteen high school robotics teams competed Saturday in the FIRST Tech Challenge Philadelphia Scrimmage in Central High School’s gym. The teams have been working since September to design and build robots to play this year’s space-themed game, Rover Ruckus. In addition to the robot, teams expand their communication and teamwork skills, keep an engineering notebook, and prepare presentations for a panel of judges.
The Ambassadors from Bodine High School watch a match at the Philadelphia Scrimmage. Photo Credit: Art Jiang
The scrimmage was hosted by the Central High School RoboLancers in partnership with the Philadelphia Robotics Coalition, Pennsylvania FIRST Robotics, and the School District of Philadelphia. A FIRST LEGO League tournament for 4th-8th graders was held simultaneously in the other half of the gym, bringing a total of 40 teams and 100 volunteers together for a full day of friendly competition.
View a recap video of the whole event.
The scrimmage winners RoboLancers Gold from Central High School and Divide by Zero, a homeschool team from Harleysville, PA. Philadelphia’s FIRST Tech Challenge teams will return to Central High School on Saturday January 12th for the Philadelphia Qualifying Tournament to see which teams will advance to the state championship in March.
RoboLancers Gold from Central High School, the winning alliance captain climbs aboard the Rover Ruckus Lander with their alliance partner Divide by Zero from Harleysville, PA. Photo credit: Art Jiang
Philadelphia Robotics Coalition Honored by the Phillies
Posted by Michael Johnson on December 7, 2018
Philadelphia Robotics Coalition Executive Director Michael Johnson and Director at Large Sean Gallagher were honored guests at the Phillies Charities Holiday Party on December 6th in the Diamond Club at Citizens Bank Park. They were presented with the 2018 Community Hero Award and Grant, and had the opportunity to share their work with the other guests. And of course the Phillie Phanatic was on hand to join in the merriment.
Michael Johnson and Sean Gallagher meet the Phanatic at the Phillies Charities Holiday Party.
Philadelphia Robotics Coalition Named 2018 Community Hero by Phillies Charities, Inc.
The Philadelphia Phillies charity arm has named the Philadelphia Robotics Coalition a 2018 Community Hero and selected us to receive a $15,000 grant to further our robotics outreach work in Philadelphia.
The Phillies Press Office said “In honor of #GivingTuesday, Phillies Charities, Inc. is saluting dozens of local charities and organizations who are making an impact in the Phillies’ major league and minor league communities. All of these community heroes will be honored for their charitable efforts on Thursday, December 6, at the Phillies Charities, Inc. Holiday Giving Party at Citizens Bank Park. This special event will also recognize those who were selected to receive a 2018 Phillies Charities, Inc. grant, distributed so that their community efforts could continue.”
View the complete list of 2018 honorees here.
The Phillie Phanatic and friends met the Central High School RoboLancers and their robot at the 2018 Widener Day.
Video: Philadelphia Robotics Coalition Prepares Tomorrow’s STEM Leaders
Posted by Michael Johnson on November 30, 2018
Written and produced by Riaz Meah, sophomore, Central High School RoboLancers
Narrated by Connor McCole, senior, Central High School RoboLancers
Press Release: Philadelphia Robotics Coalition publicly launches, seeks funding to expand impact
Posted by Michael Johnson on September 22, 2018
Already impacting 22 schools, the Coalition seeks $75,000 additional annual funding to increase reach to more schools across Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — Dr. William Hite, Superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia, joined with Philadelphia elected officials, philanthropic leaders and educators to help publicly unveil the Philadelphia Robotics Coalition and its $75,000 fundraising campaign to make robotics programs accessible to every Philadelphia public high school student.
The Philadelphia Robotics Coalition was quietly launched in 2016 to supplement STEM education in Philadelphia schools. It connects schools with financial resources and mentors to start and sustain FIRST robotics teams.
Teams supported by the coalition face off against other schools in the FIRST Tech Challenge in which they design and build robots that work together in teams to perform specific tasks. This year, the challenge is called Rover Ruckus — a space-themed game where robots mine ore on an imaginary planet to earn points.
Last year, thanks to support from the Neubauer Family Foundation, the coalition was able to serve students in 22 schools — running workshops and providing grants and mentors that expand engineering and science opportunities while teaching skills in leadership and teamwork.
“High-quality STEM education and robotics programs are extremely important because they help our students learn how to think critically, problem-solve, and ask questions about their surroundings,” said Dr. Hite. “They also help students prepare for meaningful college and career experiences, whether or not they pursue a STEM-related field. We are proud to partner with the Philadelphia Robotics Coalition to help expand these opportunities to more students across the city.”
Dr. Hite was joined at an event Saturday by City Councilman Bobby Henon, District students and teachers, Rebecca Cornejo, Executive Director of the Neubauer Family Foundation, and Michael Johnson, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Robotics Coalition and Central High School’s robotics coach.
The coalition was founded to ensure continued funding and support for science and engineering programs in Philadelphia during times of fiscal uncertainty. To confront this issue, the RoboLancers, Central High School’s robotics team, stepped up and launched the coalition to support a collaborative ecosystem that supports robotics teams through grants and mentorship.
“When I started at Central in 2014, the number of FIRST Tech Challenge teams in Philadelphia was dwindling,” said Johnson. “We launched this Coalition to bring stability and robust support to Philadelphia teams so that our robotics community could grow and flourish.”
The Neubauer Family Foundation stepped up and agreed to become the coalition’s first major philanthropic supporter, through a three-year $25,000 per year challenge grant.
“The Coalition has thus far exceeded all of the milestones set forth in our grant—engaging greater numbers of students, teachers, mentors and supporters than anticipated,” said Cornejo. “And, this is only the beginning. The Coalition has great potential to not only impact thousands of students in our city, but also provide a path for innovation in robotics and STEM education nationwide.”
The $75,000 the coalition seeks to raise will enable it to intensify its support for teams already in the program, building stability that will ensure their longevity, while also expanding the program to more schools across the city.
In addition to financial support, the coalition connects teams to adult engineers, tradespeople and other professionals who can serve as mentors to teams and inspire future careers in STEM. Last year, the coalition began a partnership with the U.S. Navy to provide mentors to teams in six schools.
“Mentors make all the difference for students looking to get involved with an exciting chance to get hands-on experience with STEM,” said Vicki Baker, the coach of the robotics team at the Philadelphia High School for Girls, which receives grant funding from the coalition. “I have witnessed students with no background in robotics, engineering or science for that matter learn the creative problem-solving process, dive into engineering design and win competitions. They have become eloquent public speakers, expert writers and have been transformed into conscientious students eager to pursue STEM careers and college.”
The Girls’ High team has been a consistent winner, qualifying for the state championship two years in a row. “For me, robotics has redefined the word ‘impossible’,” said Lynda Lam, a senior on the team. “‘Impossible’ no longer means we can’t. We’ve experienced success — now there are nothing but endless possibilities.”
Megan Lello, mlello@philasd.org
Michael Johnson, contact@roboticscoalition.org
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RoboRUMBLE, the annual FTC off-season event for Philadelphia area teams, was huge success! This event was sponsored by the Philadelphia Robotics Coalition and the Central High School RoboLancers. During this event, 13 Philadelphia teams participated in FIRST Relic Recovery at Central High School, located in Philadelphia, PA. While photographing this event, I was able to witness first hand the excitement and competitiveness of these wonderful teams. It was interesting seeing all of the different ideas develop into 13 individual robots. During this event, the Student Advisory Committee of the Philadelphia Robotics Coalition was introduced. This committee serves to include a diversity of ideas and opinions from students all across Philadelphia. Students will be able to connect with business leaders, mentors, government, and be a part of the decision making process of the non-profit organization.
Additionally, we were able to give numerous awards to deserving teams, dedicated coaches and special volunteers. Thank you to all the teams and volunteers that participated!
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These Emails Reveal The Drama When GSA Blocked Biden
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General Services Administration headquarters
Newly released documents show that when Donald Trump first refused to acknowledge that he had lost the election, Joe Biden may have struck a nonchalant tone in public — but behind the scenes, his team was pushing back hard, demanding that the federal government initiate the formal process of presidential transition.
The co-chairs of the Biden–Harris transition team sent the head of the General Services Administration a scathing letter on Nov. 12 about her refusal to recognize, or “ascertain,” Biden and Kamala Harris as the winners of the election. The letter has not been previously released.
“Each day that you fail to discharge your legal duty to make the required ascertainment significantly disrupts the ability of the American people to have the most effective and successful transition possible, particularly in the middle of a public health emergency and the associated serious economic and social challenges,” wrote co-chairs Ted Kaufman and Jeffrey Zients.
The GSA formally reversed course on Nov. 23.
More than 700 pages of emails and other documents, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, also show that White House lawyers met with officials from the GSA — a federal agency that manages government buildings, including the offices provided to a president-elect’s team — to discuss the transition both before and after the election. Their discussions are not spelled out in these new records, which have been heavily redacted according to the White House’s instructions.
The documents do show that during those uncertain weeks after the election, GSA officials considered the legal ramifications of an unusual path forward: funding two transitions at once.
In an email on Nov. 12, nine days after the election and five days after most news organizations declared Biden the winner, Mary Gibert, the lead official for transitions, shared a document with colleagues offering a legal opinion from 2000 on how that disputed election was handled.
Gibert did not answer emails from BuzzFeed News on Friday seeking comment, nor did Trent Benishek, a White House lawyer assigned to the GSA five days before the election, who was on that email thread. A GSA spokesperson, Pamela Pennington, said that the legal opinion on the 2000 transition was “well known.” She would not answer further questions because BuzzFeed News is suing the GSA for the release of records.
The GSA’s refusal to ascertain Biden as the winner of the election was a bureaucratic transaction, which played out in memos and emails. But it was an extraordinary exception to the norm, one step in the unprecedented series of events that culminated in this week’s insurrection at the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters.
The long delay thrust the agency’s leader, Emily W. Murphy, into the center of a growing controversy.
Bill Clark / AP
GSA Administrator Emily Murphy
A handful of her emails are included in these new documents, many of which have to do with threats she received. A memo sent to Chad Wolf, who was the director of the Department of Homeland Security, shows that the agency requested additional security detail for her, though the reasons were partially redacted because of an ongoing investigation.
Gibert, the lead transition official, wrote to Biden staffers on Nov. 5 and admitted to “getting concerned about the process and outstanding steps.” The following day, a colleague reported that she was preparing computers and other equipment for a potential Biden transition — but Gibert quickly wrote back: “Want to be clear that no transition will start until ascertainment.”
On Nov. 8, a Biden associate wrote to ask about briefing materials. Gibert again said no.
The following day, Michael D. Wagner, the chief of national events planning for the Defense Department, wrote to Gibert. Again, she was steadfast: “There should be NO agency review team engagement,” a normal part of the process that allows an incoming administration to get to know the current officials.
Biden and his allies began turning up the heat. Over the next few days, the GSA received letters from transition team members, two senators, and multiple Democratic lawmakers urging the agency to move ahead.
On November 9, Reps. Bill Pascrell, Gerry Connolly, and Dina Titus demanded answers from Murphy about why she felt the election was in doubt and whether or not the agency had been ordered to block funds by the White House. “Please detail any interactions you have had with White House personnel on the presidential transition,” they wrote.
On Nov. 12 — nine days after the election — Gibert sent White House lawyer Eric J. Hamilton a document titled “Post Elect Activities.” The entire two-page letter was redacted.
Also that day, Gibert sent an email to staff members containing opinions from the Office of Legal Counsel, a unit of the Justice Department that provides legal guidance to the attorney general and legal opinions and advice to executive branch agencies. The opinions were titled “More than One Transition and Reimbursement for Expenses Prior to Ascertainment.” Both were from the disputed 2000 election.
The next day, another White House attorney, Nicholas Butterfield, emailed Gibert and attached a document for her to review. Gibert’s response is almost entirely redacted, except for one line: “Other than that looks good.”
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Topic Rybka Support & Discussion / Rybka Discussion / Error reading tablebases in 2.3.x
By Graham Burgess Date 2007-07-26 11:25
I noticed something odd with Rybka's reading of the tablebases in the following R+P vs R+P position:
8/6kp/1K6/1PR5/8/8/8/5r2 w - - 0 55
It's the position after Black's 54th move in the game Macieja-Gershon, Paget Parish 2001 (full PGN given at the end of this post).
In its (sorry, oops, I mean her) analysis window, Rybka 2.3.2a 32-bit gives only 55 Kb7 as winning, and all other moves get the odd evaluation 0.05. This includes several other winning moves, and the two obviously losing rook blunders. Once one of the other winning moves (such as 55 Kc7) is played, it is correctly assessed (all Black's replies given as losing). It is a similar story in 2.3.2, except that two moves are given as winning. The last version where the tablebase appears to be read correctly in this position is 2.2n2.
I am using the single-processor version of Rybka as a UCI engine via ChessBase 9. The version of Rybka 2.3.2a that I am using is dated 26-June-2007.
[Event "Elbow Beach Club GM-A"]
[Site "Paget Parish"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be2 Nb6 8.
d4 Nfxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. O-O e6 11. b3 Be7 12. c4 Qd8 13. Be3 O-O 14. Ne5 Bxe2
15. Qxe2 Bf6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Qf3 Rab8 18. Nd3 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Nc5 c6 21.
Rd3 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Nd7 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. R1d2 Nf6 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27.
d5 cxd5 28. cxd5 e5 29. d6 Rd7 30. Rd5 Rc8 31. f4 Rc6 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Kf3 Rb6
34. fxe5 fxe5 35. Ke4 f6 36. Kf5 Kf7 37. Rc2 Rbxd6 38. Rxd6 Rxd6 39. Rc7+ Kg8
40. Rxb7 Rd2 41. Kxf6 Rf2+ 42. Kxe5 Re2+ 43. Kd4 Rxa2 44. Ra7 Rb2 45. Kc4 Rc2+
46. Kb4 Rxg2 47. Rxa6 Rg3 48. h4 Rh3 49. Rc6 Rxh4+ 50. Kc5 Rh5+ 51. Kb6 Rh1 52.
b4 Kg7 53. b5 Rb1 54. Rc5 Rf1 55. Kc7 Rf7+ 56. Kb8 Rf8+ 57. Ka7 Rf7+ 58. Ka6
Kg6 59. b6 h5 60. b7 Rf6+ 1-0
By sylvain.renard.27 Date 2007-07-26 14:02
I have the same (wrong) results with another GUI (Schredder Classic 2.1).
The ToDo list of Vas is growing :)
By Caissafan Date 2007-07-27 09:19
I got this under CA:
[White "Rybka 2.3.2a mp"]
[Black ""]
[Remark "0:00.00-0:00.00"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6kp/1K6/1PR5/8/8/8/5r2 w - - 0 2"]
2.Kc6 Rf6+ 3.Kb7 h5 4.b6 Rf1 5.Ka6 Ra1+ 6.Ra5 Rc1 7.b7 Rc6+ 8.Kb5
Rc2 {(0:02.20) [+4.56] d=18} *
2.Kc7 Rf7+ 3.Kc6 Rf6+ 4.Kb7 h5 5.b6 Rf1 6.Ka6 Ra1+ 7.Ra5 Rc1
8.b7 Rc6+ {(0:02.20) [+4.56] d=18} *
By Vasik Rajlich Date 2007-07-28 08:24
It seems that this behavior is unique to 6 man TBs. If you remove the h7 pawn, everything is fine.
Anyway, it's something to fix for Rybka 3.
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5 Talking Points As Joe Schmidt Names His Ireland Team For Fiji Test
Wholesale changes.
Joe Schmidt has made 13 changes to his Ireland starting line-up for this weekend’s clash with Fiji at the Aviva, much to the delight of Irish Rugby fans.
In doing so Schmidt hands Chris Farrell his debut, with Darren Sweetnam, Rob Herring and Andrew Porter all making their first starts for their country.
Everyone had hoped Schmidt would use this fixture to experiment and build-depth, and thankfully he has followed through with a really exciting selection.
Here are five talking points.
Carbery at ten.
The talented young playmaker has been deployed at fullback for Leinster this season, just as he was for the latter end of last season. But Schmidt has said time and time again, he sees him as a ten for Ireland. The last time Carbery started here for Ireland was against USA over the summer, which was rather forgetful experience for the youngster. Hopefully he will be wiser this time round, and we can start to see him develop into the ten we know he’s capable of becoming. With Paddy Jackson’s career up the air, and Ian Madigan in England for the foreseeable future, a spot as Johnny Sexton’s understudy is up for grabs.
Conway at fullback.
Now that Zebo looks to have played his last game for Ireland, and Carbery is seen as a ten, there’s a spot open at fullback for Ireland. Schmidt doesn’t seem to fancy Tiernan O’Halloran, and while we know at this stage 9/10 he’ll go with Rob Kearney, there’s no guarantee he’ll be fit come the Six Nations, especially with his woeful record. Conway was one of the best players on the pitch against the Springboks last week. It will be interesting to see how he gets on at fullback. He’s proven time and time again he can do a job there with Munster. But can he do it at Test level?
Farrell & McCloskey team up.
An interesting centre partnership, with two absolute monsters in midfield. McCloskey has had to wait a long time for his 2nd cap. But has been massive for Ulster this season. Farrell meanwhile has looked impressive in attack, but there are serious holes in his defence. It will be interesting to see how both of them get on. Two good performances here and Ireland might just have some depth in the centres for the first time probably in their history. With Aki showing he can make the jump up with ease last week, and Ringrose and Payne still to recover, Ireland will be well stocked.
Conan gets his chance.
A huge game game ahead for Jack Conan as he finally gets a shot at a top 10 Test team. Stander played his best game of the season last week, and while he likely won’t overtake the Munster back-row, he will be battling it out with the likes of Rhys Ruddock and Jamie Heaslip when he returns for a spot on Ireland’s bench. It’ll be hugely interesting to see if he can deliver this weekend.
Ultan Dillane is back and he needs a big game.
The Connacht second-row has kind of faded away for Ireland since the November internationals last year, where he put in a number of impressive performances. James Ryan is now on the scene, as is Kieran Treadwell, with Tadhg Beirne still to come. Dillane won’t get too many more chances and needs to deliver on Saturday to stay in Schmidt’s plans. If not he can expect to drift down the pecking order.
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Multiple Radical, Islamist, Al Qaeda, and Muslim Brotherhood Vultures Need the Mahdi to Unite Them!
Sunday, March 31st, 2013
Multiple Radical, Islamist, Al Qaeda, and Brotherhood Vultures,
Are Now Circling a soon coming Carcass of Assad’s dying Syria,
As the Middle East sees a struggle twixt Sunni and Shiite Clans,
And it seems impossible for 10 Islamic Horns to be under 1 Horn,
But from Syria Civil War 10 horns eventually unite under a Mahdi,
Because the Spirit of God places it in their 10 evil Hearts to do So,
But End of Mahdi and 10 Horns will be Replaced by God’s Kingdom.
10 Horns Will Eventually Attack Israel after Obama Departs
This Ends the 7 Vials of Wrath at the Final Battle of Armageddon
This Is the 2nd Advent Dominion Kingdom after Armageddon
Daniel 7:11-14,27 – I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. [12] As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. [13] I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. [14] And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. [27] And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Zechariah 14:9,16 – And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one. [16] And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Begin Excerpt from Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs/Daily Alert
Players Begin Savage Moves for Post-Assad Power Grab
Clare Lopez
(RadicalIslam.org)
The forces that will savage one another to succeed Bashar al-Assad in Damascus are beginning to make moves that are calculated to improve their position in an immediate post-Assad period.
Key players are being either removed from the chess board or strategically placed on it.
For example, on March 19, 2013, the Turkey-based Syrian National Council (SNC) elected Ghassan Hitto, a senior member of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood, as head of an interim opposition government for Syria.
The Free Syrian Army rejected Hitto’s election, asserting that they do not recognize the Qatar-backed Muslim Brother as the legitimate choice of the anti-Assad coalition.
In another example, a massive explosion inside a Damascus mosque on March 21 killed at least 42 people, including one of the most important remaining Sunni clerical figures still supporting the Assad regime, Sheikh Mohammad Said Ramada al-Bouti, 84.
In yet another case, somebody also tried to assassinate Col. Riad al-Assad, one of the top leaders of the Free Syrian Army, on March 24. The grenade attack on al-Assad’s car did not kill him, but he lost a leg.
The writer served for 20 years as an operations officer with the CIA.
Easter – The Lamb’s Love in I Corinthians 13:13!
The God-Man’s Love is the Story of Lamb’s Passover
I Corinthians 13:13 – And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
The Godhead fulfilled the Office as the Lamb Son
John 10:15 – As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John identified the Lamb Son Office He would Fulfill
John 1:29 – The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Isaiah tells us Why the Lamb Man had to Do It
Isaiah 53:6 – All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
John tells us the relationship the Lamb wants with all he saves
John 15:12-14 – This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. [13] Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. [14] Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
John tells us of a Lamb relationship he wants twixt His Disciples
John 13:34,35 – A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. [35] By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
John tells us our flesh cannot keep his commandment
John 3:6,7,27 – That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. [7] Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. [27] John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
John 6:63 – It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Paul asks a question: Were you baptized for a dead man?
I Corinthians 15:12-22,29 – Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? [13] But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: [14] And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. [15] Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. [16] For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: [17] And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. [18] Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. [19] If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. [20] But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. [21] For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. [22] For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. [29] Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
Paul makes the point – Believing He is alive to hear you causes you to call on him to save you.
Romans 10:9-17 – That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. [10] For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. [11] For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. [12] For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. [13] For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. [14] How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? [15] And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! [16] But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? [17] So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Isaiah 53 is quite clear that when you call upon the living Lamb of God to save you, believing he is alive, that you have obeyed the gospel.
John 5:40 – And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
John 10:28 – And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
Israel Flies on the Shoulders of Uncircumcised Gentile Philistines – Part 1
On Tectonically generated Landscape prepared by God’s Hand
During 3 and ½ years of tribulation prior to Armageddon Battle
Isaiah 53:2 – For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a ROOT out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Revelation 5:5 – And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the ROOT of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
Revelation 22:16 – I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the ROOT and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
Isaiah 5:26 – And he will LIFT UP an ENSIGN to the nations FROM FAR, and will hiss unto them from THE END of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
John 12:32 – And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
“TO IT SHALL THE GENTILES SEEK”
John 12:20-32 – And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: [21] The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. [22] Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. [23] And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. [24] Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. [25] He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. [26] If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. [27] Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. [28] Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. [29] The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him. [30] Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. [31] Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. [32] And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
John 3:14-21 – And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: [15] That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. [16] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. [17] For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. [18] He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [19] And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. [20] For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. [21] But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
“AND HIS REST SHALL BE GLORIOUS”
Revelation 14:12-16 – Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. [13] And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. [14] And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. [15] And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. [16] And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
Stealth Aircraft Will Be Part Of The U.S. Nuclear Missile War Umbrella!
Stealth Aircraft Will Be Part Of The Nuclear Missile Israel War Umbrella!
Final Tribulation Period Gentile Age War will be Conventional High Tech
Fought Under Nuke Prevent Umbrella if they’re Launched toward Israel
Isaiah 11:14 – But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
I plan to present a series exposition on Isaiah 11:14 in the context of Isaiah 11:10 to 16, which will show how I believe it ties in with a protective tribulation umbrella.
Begin Excerpt from Associated Press via YNet News
US flies stealth bombers over South Korea
Nuke-capable bombers flown over South Korea to demonstrate ‘long-range ability,’ says US military; drill follows North’s threats to target US bases
The United States said two nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers flew “deterrence” missions over South Korea on Thursday, defying apocalyptic threats of retribution from North Korea against ongoing war games.
The deployment of the stealth bombers was clearly meant to deliver a potent message to Pyongyang about the US commitment to defending South Korea against any aggression as military tensions on the Korean peninsula soar.
——–N. Korea: War with South may break out ‘at any time’
——–North Korea defies international sanctions
——–UN approves new sanctions against North Korea
It came shortly after the North severed its last-remaining military hotline with South Korea and put its rocket units on combat status with a threat to target US bases in the Pacific region.
The two B-2s, from Whiteman Air Force base in Missouri, flew the 13,000 mile (20,800 kilometre) round-trip in a “single continuous mission”, dropping dummy ordnance on a target range in the South, the US military said in a statement.
“This … demonstrates the United States’ ability to conduct long-range, precision strikes quickly and at will,” the statement said.
The bombers were participating in South Korean-US military exercises that have incensed North Korea, which has threatened to unleash a second Korean War and launch pre-emptive nuclear strikes on South Korea and the US mainland.
“The B-2 bomber is an important element of America’s enduring and robust extended deterrence capability,” the US statement said.
Earlier Thursday, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told his South Korean counterpart that Seoul could rely on all the military protection the United States has to offer — nuclear, conventional and missile defense.
The US and South Korean militaries signed a new pact last week, providing for a joint military response to even low-level provocation by North Korea.
The use of the stealth bombers is sure to prompt a fresh outcry from Pyongyang, which has already denounced the use of US B-52 bombers in the joint exercises as a rehearsal for a nuclear strike.
While most analysts have dismissed the bulk of the North Korean threats as rhetorical bluster, there are concerns that even a minor incident could swiftly escalate in such a volatile environment.
In its latest protest at the military drills, North Korea announced Wednesday that it was severing its military hotline with the South, saying it was no longer needed given that “war may break out any moment”.
The joint drills are held every year and are regularly condemned by Pyongyang as rehearsals for invasion.
Their staging this year came as tensions were already riding high following the North’s long-range rocket launch in December and its nuclear test last month.
The North has severed the military hotline before, most recently in March 2009, again in protest at the annual South Korean-US military exercises. In that case, the line was reconnected less than two weeks later.
Several weeks ago North Korea severed a Red Cross hotline that had been used for government-to-government communications.
Among other things, the military hotline was used on a daily basis to organise movement in and out of the Kaesong industrial complex — a joint South-North Korean venture established in 2004.
The South Koreans used the line to give the North the names of those seeking entry to Kaesong, guaranteeing their safety as they crossed one of the world’s most heavily militarised borders.
The crossing was operating normally Thursday, officials said, adding that they had had used a civilian link to get the names to the North Korean guards.
North Korea has always been wary of allowing crises in inter-Korean relations to affect the zone, which lies 10 kilometres (six miles) inside its side of the border and is a crucial hard-currency earner for the communist state.
Antichrist Eventually Forms A Caliphate!
8th King Antichrist will form a Caliphate larger than the 7 Before Him
Seven Evil Empires, Kingdoms, or Caliphates Have Afflicted The Jews
From the Egyptian Bondage down the Ages to an Umayyad Caliphate
These 7 great evil united man formed masses were, in Chronicle Order:
(1) Egyptian, (2) Assyrian, (3) Babylonian, (4) Medo-Persian, (5) Grecian, (6) Roman, and (7) Umayyad.
The religions of the 7 were all different – they all affected or afflicted Israel, the apple of God’s eye.
Revelation 17:9 – And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
The 7 mountains are 7 horns (power) kingdoms, each one with its own lines of rulers that have affected or afflicted Israel from the Egyptians to the Umayyad. None of these great mountains have worshipped the true God.
The woman represented the apostate Catholic Church and all her heretical daughters that have sprung out of her, as well as all the tares and tare churches planted by Satan. The woman’s spiritual headquarters is Rome, which sits on all the acquired mammon and human ability of the 7 evil kingdoms. It is not coincidental she also sits on the 7 hills of Rome.
Revelation 17:10 – And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
When John wrote Revelation, the Egyptian. Assyrian, Babylonian, Medo-Persian, and Grecian governments, with their lines of Kings had fallen (five are fallen) – The Roman Empire was in existence (and one is) – Then the Umayyad Caliphate with its Caliphs came and “continued a short space.” (89 years) Its capital was in Greater Syria.
Figures (Governments) ————–Figures (Lines of Kings)
Mountain 1 = Egypt —————-King 1 = Egyptian Rulers
Mountain 2 = Assyria —————King 2 = Assyrian Rulers
Mountain 3 = Babylon ————–King 3 = Babylonian Rulers
Mountain 4 – Persian —————King 4 = Persian Rulers
Mountain 5 = Greece —————King 5 = Grecian Rulers
Mountain 6 = Roman —————King 6 = Roman Rulers
Mountain 7 = Islamic —————King 7 = Muslim Umayyad Rulers
————————————————-King 8 = Muslim Antichrist
The last two governments kings are both Islamic and are therefore listed as one.
CALIPHATE NATIONS OF ANTICHRIST CALIPH BY TIME OF 2ND ADVENT
BEFORE Antichrist’s call for the nations to come and help him finish off Israel in the Negev at Armageddon, I believe MOST of the following countries will rapidly join his 10 toed Caliphate AFTER he drives Israel into the Negev and conquers Egypt. The MOST likely candidates for the 10 toes, when he attacks Israel are in ALL CAPS.
Afghanistan, Albania, ALGERIA, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bruner, Burkina Faso, Comoros, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Indonesia, IRAN, IRAQ, Jordan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, LEBANON, LIBYA, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, MOROCCO, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, SUDAN, SYRIA, Tajikistan, TUNISIA, TURKEY, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Western Saharia, and Yemen.
When he invites the nations of the “old world” to join him in final battle of Armageddon it will include Europe, Eurasia, Russia, China and Africa.
Their Rulers were identified as Pharaoh, King, Emperor, or Caliph.
The family blood lines were broken from time to time in the succession of kings within each line by assassination, conquest, and rebellion, but in Revelation 17:11, the entire line under a kingdom is counted as a single king.
Special Dispatch No. 5219
Iranian Ayatollah: If Elected President, I’ll Restore Iran’s Sovereignty Over Tajikistan, Armenia, And Azerbaijan
Recently, Ayatollah Mohammad Baqr Kharrazi, secretary-general of the Hezbollah-Iran organization and part of the Iranian regime elite,[1] announced his candidacy for the upcoming Iranian presidential election set for June 2013. He has promised that if elected he will restore Iranian sovereignty over the territories of Tajikistan, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, which it lost under the 1828 Treaty of Turkmenchay with Russia.[2]
It should be noted that already in 2010, Ayatollah Kharrazi had outlined his vision to restore these territories to Iran, and stressed the need to reestablish “Greater Iran” from Palestine to Afghanistan, based on the pre-Islamic Persian Empire (see MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 3021, The Iranian Supremacy Manifesto of ‘Greater Iran’: Hezbollah-Iran Secretary-General Lays Out Plan, Strategy for Reestablishing ‘Greater Iran’ as Prelude to Establishment of Global Government Led by the Mahdi, June 10, 2010).
Kharrazi’s comments were criticized by Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Mohammad Raisi, who explained that he is a cleric whose statements lack official status, and by the website Entekhab, which questioned whether he was really an ayatollah, and said that his statements were not be taken seriously because they were intended solely as a provocation.
Ayatollah Kharrazi: Iran Must Regain The Territories It Lost Under The Treaty Of Turkmenchay
On February 3, 2013, the Iranian website Teribon published Ayatollah Kharrazi’s speech from the previous day, in which he announced his presidential candidacy. Among his statements, Kharrazi promised his audience that “if I am elected president, I will regain Tajikistan, Armenia, and Azerbaijan for Iran.”[4]
Along with Kharrazi’s announcement that he would run for president, the website also published an image of the December 15, 2012 front page of the newspaper of the Hezbollah-Iran organization, which featured a map with arrows pointing to Tajikistan, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. The map’s caption read: “The next Hezbollah[-Iran] government will undertake legal-political and even military action to end the shameful Treaty of Turkmenchay.”
On February 9, 2013, the Iranian news agency ISNA published the text of a speech given by Ayatollah Kharrazi at the opening ceremony of the Bandar Abbas bureau of the Hezbollah-Iran newspaper. In his speech, Kharrazi said: “We must act legally [to] regain Iran’s northern territories, [which were lost] 99 [sic] years ago under the Treaty of Turkmenchay. As [part] of our legal relationship with the West, we will force them [to accept this], just as they accepted Hong Kong’s [return] to China after 99 years.”[5]
Iranian Ambassador To Armenia: Kharrazi Is A Cleric, His “Statements Have No Validity”
Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Mohammad Raisi told an Azerbaijani news agency that “the Iranian government affirms and respects the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Tajikistan. As you know, Kharrazi is a cleric and has no official post in Iran.
He continued: “Iran is a free country in which anyone can speak his mind. Iran’s official position on foreign policy matters is expressed solely by the Leader [Ali Khamenei], the president, and the foreign minister. All other statements have no validity.”[6]
Iranian Website Entekhab: Kharrazi’s Statements Are Not Serious, And Maybe He’s Not Really An Ayatollah Anyway
On February 17, 2013, the Iranian website Entekhab published the Tajikistani and Azerbaijani ambassadors’ reactions to Kharrazi’s statements. It also postulated that Kharrazi might not even actually be an ayatollah, and added that he was only seeking attention and shouldn’t be taken seriously. It said:
“Some political analysts believe that this man’s [Kharrazi’s] statements are often taken seriously due to his lineage: He is the son of Ayatollah Mohsen Kharrazi (an Assembly of Experts member), the brother of Mohammad Sadeq [Kharrazi, former Iranian ambassador to France], and the nephew of Kamal Kharrazi [former Iranian foreign minister, former Iranian ambassador to the U.N., and current head of the Foreign Relations Strategic Council].
“According to these analysts, Kharrazi was attempting to appeal to his audience’s nationalism… It seems that this man [Kharrazi] uses every opportunity to be seen and to be talked about – but [his statements] are never taken seriously.
“However, the neighboring countries’ reactions to his most recent statements were harsh, first of all because he is a cleric, [even] called by some an ayatollah (whether rightly or not), and he is connected to one of important families of Iranian politics.
“[Secondly,] it is said that he was also an [Iranian presidential] candidate in 2005 but was disqualified by the Guardian Council…”
Tajikistani Foreign Ministry: Kharrazi’s Statements “Constitute Interference In The Internal Affairs Of An Independent Country”
Tajikistan’s Foreign Ministry posted its response to Kharrazi’s statements on its official website. It said: “These statements by [Kharrazi, who is] related to Iran’s previous foreign minister, surprised and saddened Tajikistan’s cultural, political, and social circles, and they constitute interference in the internal affairs of an independent country. This cleric is not aware of the current realities of the region, the world, or the judicial system.”
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesman: We Refuse To Comment On “Such Illogical Statements”
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev told the Interfax news agency that Azerbaijan refuses to comment on “such illogical statements.” The secretary-general of Azerbaijan’s ruling party, Ali Ahmedov, told reporters, “The statements by this Iranian presidential candidate indicate his lack of free and independent thought.”[7]
[1] Kharrazi is also the brother-in-law of Masoud Khamenei, the son of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei; his father is Assembly of Experts member Ayatollah Mohsen Kharrazi.
[2] The Treaty of Turkmenchay was signed in 1828 between Russia and Persia; under it, the Persian Shah was forced to cede the territories of Armenia, Nakhchivan, and Talysh to Russia. In the 1813 Treaty of Gulistan, Persia was forced to cede the territories of Azerbaijan, Daghestan, and modern Georgia to Russia. Iran considers these treaties humiliating, because they ended the Persian Empire’s control of the Caucasus and Central Asia.
[3] ISNA (Iran), February 9, 2013.
[4] Teribon.ir, February 3, 2013.
[5] ISNA, February 9, 2013.
[6] Asr-e Iran (Iran), February 12, 2013.
[7] Entekhab (Iran), February 17, 2013.
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The Food Truck Craze
by Bridget Divers
Kyong Lucas enjoys bringing a taste of her home country to Hampton Roads through her food truck business, Seoul 757.
“A lot of people have been to Korea and they can connect back through my food,” she said.
Lucas is one of the newest vendors to join Norfolk’s growing food truck program. The city began to allow food trucks on public property in 2013, when it created six areas in downtown for vendors to park and serve meals, mainly during lunch hours. The number of food trucks has increased since then, and they haven’t all survived.
“Many food trucks have not been successful,” said Deputy City Manager Ron Williams, “It is a very challenging business.”
Picture of Kyong Lucas's food truck Seoul 757 pulled from Google images
Lucas has been around food since she was a little girl, but it wasn’t until recently that she opened up Seoul 757, which serves Korean/Asian cuisine. She once owned a restaurant but said it struggled because of its location. So she took a leap of faith and tried a food truck.
Lucas also works as a yoga instructor and as a substitute teacher, so the freedom and flexibility of a mobile food business was attractive to her, she said. She said she also loves interacting with her customers and bringing her culture to them.
All the competition requires food trucks to stand out above the rest to succeed. While serving food, Lucas takes the time to describe her ingredients if a customer is curious.
“I am very personal with each person,” she said.
The extra time she takes with customers has added to her success. She said she believes almost 98 percent of her customers return because of the service and cuisine.
It doesn’t just take customer satisfaction to run a food truck. To open one, the vendor has to acquire several permits and licenses and meet code requirements that are enforced by the police and fire departments.
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VCFMW e-Business Console
VCFMW Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: What is a VCF?
A: A vintage computer festival is a gathering of collectors, hobbyists and curious observers who enjoy tinkering with the computers of decades past. No one can agree upon what constitutes "vintage" but a general rule is anything made before 1990 that is not an IBM PC-compatible - but of course there are exceptions. You may find early home computers like the Commodore, Apple and Atari as well as once inaccessible business and scientific systems that cost tens of thousands of dollars in their day. At VCF Midwest, we welcome a wide variety of exhibits, with emphasis on the creative and obscure.
Q: Is the show really free? Even if I'm selling a U-Haul full of hardware?
A: VCFMW and ECCC are made possible via the generosity of the local vintage computing community and, our famous auction and your kind donations. It is a tradition we managed to maintain for nine years now - the spirit of a casual gathering of hobbyists and friends. Due to greatly increased costs, we are asking for monetary donations from the community as well - but there will still be no admission charged.
Q: How much do you need to raise for the show to happen?
A: We would like to raise around $4500 from the community. That is not the total cost of the show but will offset the increase in costs vs. the previous years, when the organizers footed the entire bill. If we raise more, we'll reach out to the community for ideas on what to spend it on, or start a fund for next year.
Q: I want to say "thanks" for organizing the event!
A: Helping to fund the show would be great! Otherwise, buy us pizza, give us cool stuff, let us have first look at your U-Haul, etc.
Q: I really do have an entire truck full of things to sell and trade. Can you accomodate me?
A: We'll certainly try. In the past, we've fit large-scale vendors and late-comers in the hallways outside the main display area, which worked out well for them. As the date gets closer, we'll be crunching the numbers so everyone will have a spot. We'll do our best to fit you in.
Q: I'm selling/showing/want to buy a shirt early/want to meet everyone - when should I arrive?
A: Show staff arrive around 3pm on Friday to secure the rooms and bug the hotel staff to let us in. We hope to have more flexibility on load-in than in the past. Load-in may begin between 5pm and 6pm as before but last longer. If you want to help set up or load in your own equipment, it is important to be here before that time. There will be limited access to the show area on Friday evening but we are at the mercy of the hotel staff and their availability to access the show area before our official opening Saturday morning.
Q: How much are the shirts? What sizes will you have?
A: Shirt prices are $20, all sizes. This year we have ordered varying quantities of sizes Small through 5XL. plus a handful of "ladies" fit sizes as well. Some sizes sell out earlier than others - claim yours early!
Q: How many people attend the show?
A: Since we don't charge admission or otherwise track attendance, it is difficult to tell. Based on badges taken, shirt sales and educated guestimates, we figure that we top 400 attendees each year.
Q: Do you have a map of the facility?
A: We're working on them! We'll publish a table chart closer to the show date.
Q: I plan on spending the entire weekend at the show. I need to eat! What's the deal with food?
A: The hotel houses a full-service restaurant and bar [menu here]. The local area has a full array of fast-food outlets as well as world class Chicago eateries in the upscale Oakbrook Center shopping mall.
Q: Will there be Internet access at the show?
A: The Waterford building has wireless internet access throughout the hotel and show area. Coverage is good in all areas, however bandwidth is limited and there will be many devices active on the network. Internet access is provided as a courtesy to Clarion Inn guests and VCFMW has no control over the wireless network at the facility.
Q: How about a wired network? This is a vintage show!
A: We will be experimenting with our own wireless net for vintage machines only, which will be bridged to the Internet via the hotel's network. Ask us about it at the show to see if we every got that done. Exhibitors may also bring their own wireless bridges to provide a hardware Ethernet port for their display.
Q: I want to display my classic computer/project/stuff for sale at VCFMW - how large are the tables? How many may I have?
A: Most tables are 30" deep and either 6' or 8' wide. There are also a number of 6'x18" deep tables which we will double up to make a full-depth table. We make do with what's on-hand and usually use every last table they can give us. Tables are apportioned on a first-emailed, first-allocated basis, with consideration given toward making sure we can welcome as many different exhibitors as possible. VCFMW staff reserve the right to reduce table allocation and move table assignments as they see fit (but we will certainly try our best not to!) If you have folding tables that aren't a pain to transport, you may want to bring them.
Q: I want to bring something BIG. How large an item can you fit?
A: This is one of the big upgrades from previous years. Where we were in a basement before, we are now on the main floor of the hotel and have a pair of large loading doors that open directly to the back parking lot. The show area is large but not cavernous, so as much as we'd like to have your IBM 370 on display, floor space is still finite. If you ahave a large display, think tall, not wide (we have 11' ceilings.) We'll know better what we can fit as the show gets closer. Email us with your ideas - there's always the hallway.
Q: How about power? My mainframe needs 50 amps of clean 3ph 208V!
A: We have yet to get accurate power specs for the Waterford facilties. The main display area has a number of 20-amp outlets but we do not know if they are on separate circuits or not. If you've got a power-hungry device, let us know and we'll see about making sure it finds its own circuit.
Q: What's this I hear about a FREE PILE?
A: One of the most honored traditions of ECCC (and now VCFMW!) is the Free Pile. This is where you can try to unload your unloadables, donate your donatables and maybe find the other half of the thing you found there last year. There is only one rule for the Free Pile: if you brought it and it's still there on Sunday afternoon, you take it away! Waterford/Clarion Inn staff do not want to haul your electronics scrap (and it's not in our contract.) Please help us get welcomed back next year and not upset our hosts! Oh yes, there's a second semi-rule for the Free Pile: no printers! It's not really a rule...but printers are really hard to give away. Just be prepared to take it back home with you.
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History of the Ancients (Before the Rift)
Post subject: History of the Ancients (Before the Rift)
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 9:01 am
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The History of the Ancients (people on Wilwarin before the rift) as translated by Candor Thorne, Archmage and Historian:
The history of the Ancients
In the world of Wilwarin, long before the rift, lived a mighty race. They were spread throughout the world, even in what we now know today as Glorwing. This mighty race was peaceful for the most part, only having minor difficulties (as do all peoples) that were settled in unarmed sparring matches.
Then came the mighty mage Wehan. Unlike his people, his anger caused him to weave subterfuge to try to gain power. He was patient; his people lived on average 250 years. As his plans came to fruition, a young girl was born to a common family. Yet the girl was not common at all; in fact, she was destined to become one of the mightiest of all. Mightier even than the fabled Rae, the Huntress, Goddess of the People.
Kyra grew up quickly, fully trained in the ways of her people and as a warrior for Rae. Skilled in healing and wisdom, the beautiful girl could have her choice of any mate.
Wehan, not content with the Huntress, was tempted by De, the Dark One. Working in secret in a chamber not far from the castle he called home, he sacrificed others to De. Under De's influence, Wehan crafted two orbs of power. Weaving powerful magicks never tried before, he imbued them with many powers. Wehan's followers, both mage and priest, weaved enchantments so dark that if the orb were touched by flesh it would darken the bearer's heart.
Rae, knowing she could not intervene directly, came to Kyra in a dream and told her of the orbs. Bidding her to rid the world of them, she strengthened Kyra's soul and gave her a pair of gloves that would allow her to touch them. Kyra, frightened by the dream, told Voli, the Archmage of the realm. He dismissed her, knowing well that no magicks existed to create such an item.
One morning, Kyra was in the Burial mounds praying at the temple of Rae, giving the traditional offering of bread and wine in remembrance of her ancestors. She felt a trembling in the earth and an uneasiness that caused her fear. Running back through the maze of graves, she went to the gate...but the gate was gone. As far as she could see from North to South, the wall was complete. In her frustration, she ran to where she found a ladder in the opening to the Burial Chamber. Climbing down, she whispered apologies at having to disturb the rest of the dead. Making her way back across Riverness, her first clue was when she ran in to get a key from the keymaster. Where her uncle had sat earlier, only a skeleton remained. She grabbed a key from the desk and activated the magic portal to take her home.
The scene was devastating. No one was left alive. Making her way through the castle, she found piles of bones everywhere. Tears flowed freely as the beautiful castle that was once her home now lay empty. She made her way down to the dungeons and walked along. Eventually she found the cause of it all; the charred remains of Wehan. Holding an orb in either hand, his skeleton stood, fused in place by the apparent blast of magic. Kyra fell down and wept; never would she again see the smiling faces of her family and friends.
Once her grief had been spent, she was reminded of what Rae had bid her to do. Taking a magical bag from her pack and putting on her gloves, she removed the orbs from the skeletal hands and wrapped them before placing them in the bag. Turning, she began her way back to her room, where she grabbed her weapons and belongings, before beginning her journey.
Over the next months, Kyra made her way south, burying the two orbs hundreds of miles apart. She chose spots near two sets of stones that had a glow to them, thinking that the magic of the stones would protect them. Weakening, she made her way back north to a place near the sea. Resting her back against another of the set of stones that glowed, she sat and ate a handful of berries and drank some water while she watched the waves crash against the shore. Soon she was asleep.
She dreamed she was in a place where many of the glowing stones were. Standing next to her was a woman wearing leather carrying a large bow. As she looked in awe of her surroundings, Kyra felt the eyes of her companion upon her.
"You have done well, my daughter."
Kyra's eyes filled with tears. "But my family...my friends..."
"Ah, mortality is such a burden to bear. But, my daughter, be at peace. Northwest of where you sleep over two mountain ranges lies a sleepy village with some of your family. Your father's cousin will take you in and care for you. He will see you through the birth of your child."
Kyra's eyes widened. "Child? But I..."
The woman smiled. "It is my gift to you, my daughter. You will be a mother before your time comes to join your ancestors. But even then, you will come to me. I will honor you above all others because you are my Champion."
Not being able to get past the thought that she was with child, Kyra glanced around. "Where are we?"
The woman smiled. "You are neither on your world nor away from it. When the mage activated the orbs, he caused many things beyond his death. Your people will live as the undead until their murderer receives his true punishment. He also tore the Weave, the great power that gives us magic. In doing so, he created this place. From here you can magically transport to other places where the stones glow. But he also affected the Weave so that there may be consequences in other worlds for such a time as it repairs itself.
"Now rest, my daughter...within a sevenday you will be with your family. I will not see you again until your end, but fear not; you walk in my name." Kyra woke up feeling somewhat refreshed. Following the path told to her she made her way to her cousin Lian's home.
Month's later, as Kyra held her newborn son wrapped in a purple cloak, she kissed his forehead before drifting off to sleep, never to waken again.
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Jose Mourinho is on cloud nine by getting the Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic on a free contract deal as he will be released from the French football club Paris Saint Germain. It always feels good when you have someone who has that fire power and willingness to contribute for the team as the primary factor. The Swedish superstar has only one title that has missed from his kitty and that is the Premier League Cup. Mourinho has struck to the same point that by joining the Red Devils, the Ibracadabra can become the first player to win the championships, which is known as one of the most difficult European leagues i.e. Italy, Spain and England. Having already won titles in Holland and France, this veteran can make the most out of the given opportunity, when the contract was given to him for joining the English club, which has become one of the most intriguing transfers this season.
By having the jersey number 9 now the International footballer has become a member of one of the most prolific clubs in England and in the world. Aged 34 and playing about 800 games on a roll for both the country and clubs he represented, this striker feels that he still has a lot to look forward to and feels that he can still give his best to the English game. This he feels mainly due to his early training in martial arts that has evolved him to stay on top both physically and mentally.
Another fetching factor for the Man United is that it requires natural leaders who they can look up to for inspiration the new young United team, so that it can regain back its past glory where Zlatanera fits the slot perfectly. Communicating with the team during the progress of the match cannot be possible for the coach every time, so by having an experienced person in the side who has ability to communicate and read the game is a confidence booster to youngsters so that they can play their natural game without any hesitation.
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Having already worked with the Swede at Internazionale, Mourinho feels that there is no doubt about the fact that, this star player can stand out during his stay here in the Premier league. Though he has made money all his career and accomplished lot of things for his greatness the dent remains as the person who has no Champions League trophy in his kitty which can be struck off now.
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Phil joined Healthcare Access San Antonio (HASA) in September 2015 as CIO to deliver HIE services in Dallas/Fort Worth, north Texas and west Texas. Phil has served for the last 3 years as the Chief Technology Officer and Privacy and Security Officer with Greater Houston Healthconnect. Formerly trained in biochemistry and metabolism at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, Phil came to Houston as a post-doctoral fellow to study protein metabolism at the Children’s Nutrition Research Center. At Texas Children’s Hospital he developed a rapid amino acid assay used to perform protein clamps and measure insulin sensitivity in children with diabetes. Phil kickstarted his IT career in the neonatal ICU writing interfaces to capture data electronically from monitoring systems around the concept that quality is driven by data. He cofounded a startup, RosettaMed as a developer for patient data capture applications with interfaces to electronic health records. He led the sale of the company to Kryptiq Corporation and worked there on secure clinical messaging before joining Baylor College of Medicine to lead their clinical information systems implementation (Epic, iSite PACS). Phil joined Healthconnect in May 2012 and served as a pioneer for interoperability in Houston and the Southeast Texas region. During his tenure as CTO, Healthconnect went live in April 2013 when CHRISTUS Health and Legacy Community Health Services became the first organizations connected to the Healthconnect network. Since that first connection, over 280 healthcare organizations have signed on to exchange information through the network; the entire Beaumont MSA hospital community is live and sharing data. Phil introduced and integrated diagnostic image sharing using DicomGrid into Healthconnect with the goal of reducing duplicate tests and reducing patient’s exposure to unnecessary radiation. Phil has a major focus on usability after many years working with physicians – if it isn’t easy they won’t use it – and on patient engagement. He believes that consumers will drive the future of HIE.
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Most Undereported 2017 Story: Trump Betrays Antivax Movement .. So Far
In The Politics of Autism, I look at the discredited notion that vaccines cause autism.
During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump thrilled the antivaccine movement by suggesting that vaccines cause autism. He met with some of its leaders including the notorious Dr. Andrew Wakefield, whose fraudulent research fueled antivaccine sentiment and eventually led the UK's General Medical Council to strike him from the medical register. After his victory, he reportedly asked Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., another antivaccine leader, to chair a commission on "vaccine safety." It appeared that the movement's hour had come round at last.
Then Trump failed to follow through. He never established a vaccine safety commission. His nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration said at his confirmation hearing that there is no causal link between vaccines and autism. Similarly, his nominee for director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that studies purporting to show a link between vaccines and autism had been "debunked." In his greatest affront to the antivaccine movement, he named the former president of Lilly USA to be secretary of Health and Human Services. The company is a subsidiary of Eli Lilly, which not only makes vaccines, but also developed thimerosal, the preservative that the movement falsely identified as the culprit.
Trump probably has not seen the error of his previous position. It is more plausible that he just does not care one way or the other. Amid all the drama of his administration, it is unsurprising that his quiet betrayal of a fringe group has not gotten much attention. He has betrayed nearly everyone who has ever trusted him. In this one case, though, that is a good thing.
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BeyondSpring Announces Positive Topline Results from its PROTECTIVE-2 Phase 3 Registrational Trial of Plinabulin in Combination with Pegfilgrastim for Prevention of Chemotherapy-Induced Neutropenia
By: BeyondSpring, Inc. via GlobeNewswire News Releases
Study met primary endpoint showing statistically significant improvement in rate of prevention of Grade 4 neutropenia in Cycle 1, p=0.0015
Study met statistically significant improvement in key secondary endpoints, including DSN Cycle 1 D1-8, DSN Cycle 1, and Mean ANC Nadir Cycle 1
Plinabulin in combination with pegfilgrastim, a Breakthrough Designation therapy, is believed to be the first product candidate to show improvement over standard of care (G-CSF monotherapy) for chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN), a complication which affects as many as 440,000 chemotherapy patients in the U.S. annually
Conference call and webcast to discuss results will be held today at 8:30 a.m. ET
NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BeyondSpring (the “Company” or “BeyondSpring”) (NASDAQ: BYSI), a global biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative cancer therapies, today announced positive topline data from its PROTECTIVE-2 Phase 3 registrational study showing that plinabulin in combination with pegfilgrastim met the primary endpoint with statistically significant improvement in the rate of prevention of Grade 4 neutropenia in Cycle 1 (31.5% vs 13.6%, p=0.0015), as well as achieving statistical significance in all key secondary endpoints, including duration of severe neutropenia (DSN) and absolute neutrophil count (ANC) nadir.
The PROTECTIVE-2 Phase 3 study is a double-blind, active-controlled, global study that enrolled a total of 221 patients. Patients in the trial were treated with docetaxel, doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (TAC, Day 1 dose) in a 21-day cycle with plinabulin (40 mg, Day 1 dose) + pegfilgrastim (6 mg, Day 2 dose) versus a single dose of pegfilgrastim (6 mg, Day 2 dose). The primary efficacy endpoint was rate of prevention of Grade 4 neutropenia.
Plinabulin in combination with pegfilgrastim showed a statistically significant improvement compared to pegfilgrastim alone, with topline data summarized below. Data from all 221 patients were analyzed (combination arm n=111, pegfilgrastim arm n=110).
Primary endpoint (Rate of prevention of Grade 4 neutropenia): 31.5% combo therapy vs. 13.6% pegfilgrastim monotherapy, 95% CI 17.90 (7.13, 28.66), p = 0.0015
Key secondary endpoints:
- DSN Cycle 1 Day 1-8 (ANC < 0.5 x 109 cells/L): p = 0.0065,
- DSN Cycle 1: p = 0.03
- Mean ANC nadir Cycle 1 (x 109 cells/L): p = 0.0002
- Duration of profound neutropenia Cycle 1 (ANC < 0.1 x 109 cells/L): p = 0.0004,
According to literature, profound neutropenia leads to 80% patient death in first week of infection1, and 48% febrile neutropenia, or FN, and 50% infection2.
Safety data:
- Lower Grade 4 adverse event (AE) frequency (58.6%) for combination compared to 80.0% in pegfilgrastim monotherapy
“These data clearly demonstrate the potential for this combination to offer superior therapy compared to standard of care in the prevention of CIN,” said Douglas W. Blayney, M.D., Professor of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the global principal investigator for plinabulin's CIN studies. “With current therapy, Grade 4 neutropenia still occurs in more than 80% of patients after chemotherapy, primarily in Week 1 after chemotherapy, which increases Emergency Room visits and hospitalizations due to infection and febrile neutropenia. Grade 4 neutropenia is also associated with increased mortality and reduced long-term survival due to reduction, delay, or interruption of chemotherapy. I would like to thank the participating patients, their families and the BeyondSpring team for their dedicated work to advance this combination therapy for the prevention of CIN in chemotherapy patients.”
Ramon Mohanlal, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President of Research and Development at BeyondSpring noted, “We are pleased to have received Breakthrough Therapy designation from both the U.S. FDA and China NMPA for the plinabulin combination in CIN, underscoring the unmet medical need and potential benefit of the combination. We are working with regulatory agencies on the NDA submission, which is expected in Q1 2021 and have also begun preparation for commercialization. In addition to Plinabulin being developed as a treatment option for the prevention of CIN, it is also being investigated as a direct anticancer agent in a global Phase 3 trial of plinabulin + docetaxel for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with final data read-out in 1H 2021.”
Conference Call and Webcast Information
BeyondSpring’s management will host a conference call and webcast today at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The dial-in numbers for the conference call are 1-877-451-6152 (U.S.) or 1-201-389-0879 (international). Please reference conference ID: 13713406. A live webcast will be available on BeyondSpring’s website at www.beyondspringpharma.com under “Events & Presentations” in the Investors section. An archived replay of the webcast will be available for 30 days.
1 Bodey et al. Ann Intern Med 64(2): 328 (1966); 2 Bodey et al. Cancer 41(4): 1610 (1978)
About Plinabulin in PROTECTIVE-2 (Study 106) CIN Study
The Phase 3 portion of PROTECTIVE-2 is a double-blind and active controlled global study. It was designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy in breast cancer, treated with docetaxel, doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (TAC, Day 1 dose) in a 21-day cycle with plinabulin (40 mg, Day 1 dose) + Pegfilgrastim (6 mg, Day 2 dose) versus a single dose of Pegfilgrastim (6 mg, Day 2 dose). TAC is an example of high febrile neutropenia risk chemotherapy; all G-CSF biosimilar studies use TAC in the pivotal studies.
Plinabulin and G-CSFs such as Pegfilgrastim are believed to have complementary mechanisms in preventing chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN). This is a superiority study in CIN efficacy in the rate of prevention of Grade 4 neutropenia, comparing the combination head-to-head against Pegfilgrastim alone. Literature shows that the Grade 4 neutropenia rate for TAC and Pegfilgrastim at 6 mg is 83 to 93 percent, which presents severe unmet medical needs.
The absolute neutrophil count (ANC) data, which are used to calculate these endpoints, were obtained through central laboratory assessments by Covance Bioanalytical Methods using standardized and validated analytical tests. Covance was the clinical contract research organization (CRO) for patient recruitment and monitoring of global sites for this study.
About Chemotherapy Induced Neutropenia (CIN)
Patients receiving chemotherapy typically develop CIN, a severe side effect that increases the risk of infection with fever (also called febrile neutropenia, or “FN”), which necessitates ER/hospital visits. The updated National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines expanded the use of prophylactic G-CSFs, such as Pegfilgrastim, from only high risk patients (chemo FN rate >20%) to intermediate risk patients (FN rate between 10-20%) to avoid hospital/ER visits during the COVID-19 pandemic. The revision of the NCCN guidelines effectively increases the addressable market of patients who may benefit from treatment with plinabulin, if approved, to approximately 440,000 cancer patients in the U.S. annually. Plinabulin is designed to provide protection against the occurrence of CIN and its clinical consequences in week 1, or early onset action after chemotherapy.
About Plinabulin
Plinabulin, BeyondSpring’s lead asset, is an investigational differentiated immune and stem cell modulator. Plinabulin is currently in late-stage clinical development to increase overall survival in cancer patients, as well as to alleviate CIN. Plinabulin had received Breakthrough Therapy Designation from China NMPA in CIN. The U.S. FDA granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to plinabulin for concurrent administration with myelosuppressive chemotherapeutic regimens in patients with non-myeloid malignancies for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN). The durable anticancer benefits of plinabulin observed to date have been associated with its effect as a potent antigen-presenting cell (APC) inducer (through dendritic cell maturation) and T-cell activation (Chem and Cell Reports, 2019). Plinabulin’s CIN data highlight the ability to boost the number of hematopoietic stem / progenitor cells (HSPCs), or lineage-/cKit+/Sca1+ (LSK) cells in mice. Effects on HSPCs could explain the potential ability of plinabulin to not only treat CIN with a rapid onset, but also to reduce chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia and increase circulating CD34+ cells in patients.
Plinabulin currently is in an Expanded Access Program in the U.S.
About BeyondSpring
BeyondSpring is a global, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative cancer therapies. BeyondSpring’s lead asset, plinabulin, a first-in-class agent as an immune and stem cell modulator, is in a Phase 3 global clinical trial as a direct anticancer agent in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and Phase 3 clinical programs in the prevention of CIN. BeyondSpring has strong R&D capabilities with a robust pipeline in addition to plinabulin, including three immuno-oncology assets and a drug discovery platform using the protein degradation pathway, which is being developed in a subsidiary company, Seed Therapeutics, Inc. The Company also has a seasoned management team with many years of experience bringing drugs to the global market. BeyondSpring is headquartered in New York City.
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How to gauge Aquino’s third state of the nation address
By BENJIE OLIVEROS
The reactions to President Benigno Aquino III’s third state of the nation address are very varied. Of course, the Aquino government and its allies from the Liberal and Nacionalista parties are expected to praise it to high heavens. But other political figures did so as well. Former president Joseph Estrada called it the best state of the nation address ever and son Sen. Jinggoy Estrada rated it at 9.9 percent. Well, the United Nationalist Alliance – the coalition of the PDP-Laban of Senator Aquilino Pimentel, Vice-president Jejomar Binay, and presidential uncle Jose “Peping Cojuangco and the PMP of Estrada – has positioned itself neither as part of the ruling party coalition nor the opposition. Come to think of, there is no real opposition party, which has positioned itself as critical of the Aquino government, except perhaps the disgraced Lakas-Kampi of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Some groups lament the fact that Aquino let go of missed opportunities to push for significant reforms such as the Freedom of Information bill, the Reproductive Health bill, and the bill granting compensation to victims of the Marcos dictatorship. He is also being criticized by human rights groups Karapatan and the New York-based Human Rights Watch for not declaring a clear position against human rights violations, especially since no perpetrator from the military has been brought before the bar of justice and the abuses continue..... MORE
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/07/26/how-to-gauge-aquino%E2%80%99s-third-state-of-the-nation-address/
69 nations have more US troops than Olympic athletes
By David Swanson, WarIsACrime.org | Report
Here is a link to a list of U.S. troops deployed to various nations around the world: US troops. These are permanent deployments openly admitted to by the U.S. military. When U.S. Special Forces drive off a bridge in Mali, as recently happened, we discover that U.S. troops are in Mali in greater numbers than we knew, but those troops aren’t listed here or considered in the calculation below. No secret forces are considered here, no allied forces funded or trained or armed by the United States, and of course no drones.
Here is a link to the number of athletes participating in the 2012 Summer Olympics from countries around the world: Athletes.
Many nations have sent very small delegations. Many nations have a very small U.S. troop presence. In many nations the U.S. troop presence falls just short of or exactly equals the size of the Olympic team..... MORE
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/07/30/69-nations-have-more-us-troops-than-olympic-athletes/
Panetta and Israel to discuss war plans against Iran?
Israeli officials are denying reports that the White House has provided them with a contingency plan in case of a showdown with Iran. Nevertheless, the head of America's Defense Department is gearing up for a week of talks in the Middle East.
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is overseas now as he begins a busy week of meetings with Middle East leaders across the region. The Pentagon chief is expected to sit down with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week, despite a rumored contingency plan discussed between both allied nations becoming a heated issue of debate in recent days.
A senior US official speaking on condition of anonymity.... MORE
URL: http://rt.com/usa/news/panetta-israel-iran-plan-417/
It's not just Homeland Security: US Army orders riot gear too
It’s more than just stockpiling surveillance drones to spy on US citizens: the United States Army is attempting to procure an arsenal of riot gear in case the military must go toe-to-toe with civilians on US soil.
A solicitation for weapons posted on the official government website for federal business opportunities reveals that the US Army has been in the market for nonlethal equipment that it very well might be used in the United States. In a Web posting made earlier this summer, the Army asked for bids regarding its request for riot shields, face masks, polycarbonate batons and body armor. On July 10, they awarded the contract to A2Z Supply Corp of Stevensville, Montana, who pledged to fulfill their request at the tune of $6,589.98..... MORE
URL: http://rt.com/usa/news/us-army-riot-gear-431/
Vicious solutions Written by Archbishop Oscar V.Cruz
Vicious solutions
Written by Archbishop Oscar V.Cruz
Fact: There are many maternal conceptions in the country. Government response: Promote contraception.
Fact: Contraceptive means invite fidelity. Government response: Have more contraceptive means available especially to married people.
Fact: There are many children in the country. Government response: Make not only contraceptive but abortive pills available to all, young and old.
Fact: Pills for contraception and abortion are costly. Government response: Pass the RH bill. Have PPPs established. Welcome even foreign contraceptive manufacturers in the country.
Fact: There are a growing number of Filipino men with HIV-Aids. Government response: Make them use condoms.
Fact: Condoms promotes promiscuity which in turn promotes even more HIV-AIDS cases..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/commentary/item/2256-vicious-solutions
Bwakaw Written by Armida Siguion- Reyna
Bwakaw
Written by Armida Siguion- Reyna
But first, an apology. I was here last weeks ago, “Loving Dolphy (July 13, 2012)” and no thanks to illness and grief combined, it’s taken me a while to get back.
I knew that Cinemalaya was opening, as I had a film there. Bwakaw, which was all of a day’s work on Good Friday of the last Holy Week.
At the Bwakaw story conference on March 17, Eddie Garcia and I chatted briefly about Luis Gonzales, who had just passed away. Eddie had directed Luis in the Pinagbuklod ng Langit, the sequel to the Ferdinand Marcos biopic, Iginuhit ng Tadhana, while I had also worked with Luis a number of times, and in a special musical-comedy operetta of sorts, in Aawitan Kita. From the story conference, I went straight to the Sanctuario de San Antonio Mortuary Chapel to bid farewell to Luis, and condole with his wife Vina.
Luis wasn’t my first death of the year. My 365 Club fellow member Benjamin “Kokoy” Romualdez went, in February. From the arts, Tony Espejo, in June, followed almost within the week by Mario O’Hara, whom I had fought with over the making of Mga Bilanggong Birhen, but had made up with sufficiently well to be able to act together in a comedy version of Nick Joaquin’s Larawan, directed by Nonon Padilla, in 1989. First week of July, Tony Floirendo. And then Dolphy bid us all goodbye..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/commentary/item/2258-bwakaw
Cha-cha or development? Written by Ken Fuller
Cha-cha or development?
Written by Ken Fuller
The debate over Cha-cha (constitutional change) has opened in the pages of the Inquirer.
The University of Asia and the Pacific’s Bernardo Villegas (“Let’s talk about economic patriotism,” June 15) feels that the provisions restricting foreign ownership since 1935 have “just worsened the feudal and monopolistic character or our society,” handing “control of the national economy to an elite in whose hands the wealth is concentrated.” There is, he says, no evidence that the restrictions have released the masses from poverty or that the Filipinos controlling the economy have a greater interest in the common good than have foreigners.
Well, he’s correct in that second assertion, because what concerns most investors, be they Filipino or foreign, is not the common good but the bottom line. Lamentably few have the breadth of vision or farsightedness to set their sights on a Philippines where the whole society is transformed by that little thing called “development.” The same can be said, unfortunately, of many university professors. Villegas has in earlier pieces dismissed the possibility of industrialization and, indeed, in his recent column he reverts to the long-discredited “trickle-down” theory. Even Robert McNamara when, decades ago, became World Bank president, he debunked this.... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/commentary/item/2259-cha-cha-or-development?
SC favors Malacañang in suit vs P21-B CCT
Written by Benjamin B. Pulta
The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday affirmed the legality of the P21 billion the Aquino administration appropriated under the 2011 budget to the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program thereby also validating the controversial dole out program of President Aquino in yet another likely show of pandering to Malacañang.
In a 12-page ruling by Associate Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe, the SC en banc denied the petition filed by former Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and two barangay officials seeking to remove the said provision in the 2011 General Appropriations Act for being violative of the Constitution and Local Government Code.
“Petitioners have failed to discharge the burden of proving the invalidity of the provisions under the GAA of 2011,” the SC ruled.
A Commission on Audit (CoA) detailed several flaws in the CCT program mainly related to its weak implementation such as recipients who cannot be considered extremely poor based on the definition of the target households of the program, aside from unliquidated spendings..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/headlines/item/2277-sc-favors-malaca%C3%B1ang-in-suit-vs-p21-b-cct
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Minority withdraws RH bill support as CBCP takes protest to the streets
Written by Tribune
A week before the House of Representatives decides on the fate of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill, members of the minority bloc in the lower chamber are withdrawing sponsorship from the controversial measure while the Catholic Church is calling on its followers to bring the campaign against a proposed birth control measure to the streets.
On Aug. 7, members of the House will vote on whether to terminate or extend the period of interpellation and debate on RH bill. Around eight lawmakers, led by Minority Leader and Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez, yesterday revealed that they are withdrawing their support for House Bill (HB) 4244 or the proposed “Act Providing for a Comprehensive Policy on Responsible Parenthood, Reproductive Health, and Population and Development,” after having felt being abandoned by their “spiritual leader,” former Minority Leader and Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman.
The decision was reached after a closed-door meeting of the minority bloc..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/headlines/item/2276-minority-withdraws-rh-bill-support-as-cbcp-takes-protest-to-the-streets
‘Gener’ leaves three dead, millions powerless
At least three persons were killed and millions were left without power yesterday as Tropical Storm “Gener” turned into a typhoon, bringing heavy rains to large parts of the country, the government said.
Metro Manila was one of the worst hit areas and schools across the sprawling capital were suspended, largely due to flooding, the National Disaster Risk Re-duction and Manage-ment Council (NDRRMC) said.
Nearly 13,000 persons were evacuated in Manila, other parts of Luzon and the central Visayas region, as rainfall reached 20 millimeters an hour, it added.
“The worst ap-pears to be over, though... there will be more rains forecast today,” NDRRMC executive director Under-secretary Benito Ramos said.
Gener did not strike the country directly but exa-cerbated rains from a low pressure area in the vicinity, the Philippine Atmo-spheric Geo-physical and Astronomical Service Administra-tion (Pagasa) said.
The storm was upgraded into a typhoon yesterday as it continued to bring heavy rains and strong winds to the northernmost areas of the Philippines, it added..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/headlines/item/2278-%E2%80%98gener%E2%80%99-leaves-three-dead-millions-powerless
Reyeses seek new judge for media-slay case
Former Palawan Gov. Mario Joel Reyes and his brother, incumbent Coron Mayor Mario Reyes Jr., have asked Judge Angelo Arizala, the presiding judge of the Puerto Princesa Regional Trial Court who handles the murder case filed against them, to recuse from the case for prejudice, partiality and bias in favor of the prosecution.
The Reyes brothers are facing murder charges for the killing of environmentalist-broadcaster Gerry Ortega in January last year. Warrants have been issued for their arrest and of three others, but arresting officers have not located the Reyeses.
The brothers said that after they were charged in court last March 16, they filed separate motions to defer proceedings as well as oppositions to the issuance of a hold-departure order (HDO) sought by the private prosecutor.
However, even before the court actually received copies of their respective replies with respect to their motions as they were filed by registered mail allowed by the rules, the Judge proceeded to deny their motions, decided that there was probable cause against the Reyes brothers and issued the warrants for their arrest..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/nation/item/2283-reyeses-seek-new-judge-for-media-slay-case
War vets, troops protest eviction from BCDA Written by Benjamin B. Pulta Tuesday, 31 July 2012 00:00
War vets, troops protest eviction from BCDA
War veterans and active military personnel living in a portion of the Diplomatic and Consular Area in Bonifacio South, Taguig City have denounccd Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) president Arnel Casanova after he ordered their eviction even when the land in question was not part of the BCDA’s jurisdiction.
In a separate letter, lawyer Howard Calleja, counsel for the residents of the Consular Area, warned Casanova that they would take appropriate legal actions against him if he proceeded with the demolition.
In a July 25 letter to Casanova, the Consular Area Residents Association Inc. led by retired Col. Benjamin Zabat warned the BCDA chief of legal consequences should he proceed with the demolition and stressed that the land on which the doomed structures stand was not a portion of the Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group property, but of the Diplomatic and Consular Area.
A notice furnished by BCDA dated July 20 entitled “Sapilitang Pagbabaklas ng Istruktura at Huling Abiso ng Paglikas” had threatened the immediate demolition of the structures in the area..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/metro-section/item/2249-war-vets-troops-protest-eviction-from-bcda
METROFILE: Buddhist leader on a visit for charity
Tuesday, 31 July 201
Buddhist leader on a visit for charity
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The Supreme Head of the Sakya lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, His Holiness Sakya Trizin (right), who arrived at the NAIA Terminal 2 on Philippine Airlines PR-897 from Taipei at 12:45 p.m. yesterday to conduct a series of religious activities and charity work, was met by his loyal followers that included Manila third district Councilor Bernie Ang (shown at H.H. Trizin’s left), whom he blessed upon arrival at the airport. H.H. Trizin, whose rank in the Buddhist religion is equivalent to the Pope among catholics, said it was a great joy for him to meet his brothers and sisters in the country, as he expressed hope that all different traditions and major religions of the world would come together with united efforts to make the world a peaceful and harmonious place to live in. He will be in the country until Aug. 9 and is set to pay a courtesy visit to Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim today..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/metro-section/item/2248-metrofile
2 barges ram 42 houses in Port Area
Written by Pat C. Santos
Some 42 houses in the Port Area of Manila were rammed by two huge barges, causing 30 houses to be washed away at the height of tropical storm “Gener.”
The City of Manila was forced to transfer some 137 families residing in Happy land, Port Area in Tondo, Jay de la Fuente of the Manila Social Welfare Department (MSWD) said.
At midnight of Sunday during the rampage of typhoon “Gener,” the two barges were swept ashore by big waves.
De la Fuente said Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim immediately ordered the feeding of victims and the distribution of medicines to the affected residents..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/metro-section/item/2246-2-barges-ram-42-houses-in-port-area
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Scottish Bigfoot is a Hoax Using Pictures From Another Hoax
Posted by Guy Edwards
Declared a Bigfoot in Scotland, this was originally a Hoax in Pennsylvania
Obviously hoaxes are frowned upon, but how this single picture was able to fool the media twice is fascinating and almost unbelievable! We dig deep in this investigative report to prove Bigfoot was not found in Scotland.
On December 29th 2013 a man named Garry Mcteague uploaded a photo to the open Facebook group North Muirton Community Council. Along with the photo he wrote, "My dog that's usually timid starting going mental. I spotted this before 'it' ran off. I was crapping myself...but managed to grab a quick snap on my phone."
Two days later, on the 31st, TheCourier.co.uk ran the story with the photo. In two more days the Huffington Post UK would rerun the same story under the headline, "Bigfoot Found In Scotland? Dog Walker Snaps 'Sinister Figure'"
The irony is Huffington Post already ran a story with the same photo back in October 3rd 2013, under the headline, "TWO Bigfoots? Hiker Shoots Clear Photos Of 'Moving Beasts' In Pennsylvania" See the photos below.
This is the same photo that ran in both stories.
All three photos were taken in Pennsyvania
Huffington Post wrote, "Pennsylvania hiker John Stoneman says he was driving his car through Kinzua State Park when he noticed not one, but two hulking creatures lurking in the woods. He slowed down and took the photographs, which do indeed appear to show at least one giant apelike creature behind some trees.
He told the HNGN, 'I'm a skeptic myself. I'm not a believer, but this was not a bear and you can see fur on it ... It's wider at the shoulders and tapers down whereas a bear is bigger in the middle and stands differently with its paws out -- this was standing like a man, like a Bigfoot.'"
WAIT! It gets better. Three days on October 6th 2013 later Huffington Post reveals the Bigfoot photos are a HOAX! A new article publishes photos of the "Bigfoot" from the same angle but up close revealing it is a tree stump and nothing more. See the photos below.
The "Bigfoot" without trees obscuring the view
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Labels: Bigfoot Hoax, Garry Mcteague, huffington post, John Stoneman, Pennsylvania, Scottish Bigfoot, TheCourier.co.uk
Stan Gordon and 911 Bigfoot Caller Stick to Opposing Stories
On May 14 Bigfoot Evidence reported of a possible Bigfoot shooting reported over a 911 call:
This is unconfirmed at the moment and we're still trying to figure out what exactly transpired here. According to our source, PBS [Penssylvania Bigfoot Society] is looking into a possible shooting of Bigfoot somewhere in Pennsylvania. "It has been all over the police scanner in the area," our source tells us, but he will not confirm the exact location. SRC: Bigfoot Evidence
Eventually the story unfolded into: An officer responded to the 911 call and found John T. Winesickle, who told him he'd found Bigfoot tracks when out for a walk. The officer accompanied Mr. Winesickle to the tracks, and took pictures of them.
The 911 call was a request to have an officer confirm the tracks and thus confirm Bigfoot. Mr. Winesickles story and Stan Gordon's conclusion are paired in a local Pennsylvania Paper, Daily American, below.
By BRUCE J. SIWY
Daily American Staff Writer
5:37 p.m. EDT, June 1, 2013
PAINT TOWNSHIP — John T. Winesickle is still convinced there's a Sasquatch in his neck of the woods.
Summarily dismissed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, Paint Township police and Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society, Winesickle said he remains certain that there are at least two — plural — Bigfoot roaming the state game lands near his home.
"He's a giant," the Paint Township man said of the male. Though he's never seen the creatures, Winesickle claims to have heard the Mr. make bassy, guttural sounds.
The Mrs., he said, can be heard "cooing" at times: "I think she's pregnant."
Adamant that his findings are sincere and legitimate, the Paint Township resident doesn't present himself a charlatan. He isn't writing any books and has declined offers to buy his original photographs, which depict large, ambiguous footprints in the mud.
Authorities, however, have said the tracks most likely belong to the big black bear commonly known to roam in this area.
Winesickle grabbed international headlines earlier this month after calling the game commission May 14 to report Bigfoot evidence. He was referred to police, and the overheard 911 dispatch fueled several rumors, including the tale that a turkey hunter had shot and killed an alleged Sasquatch near the city of Altoona in Blair County.
The story as told by Winesickle, however, is that these large tracks have been spotted throughout the forested area he has frequented since moving from Bedford County to Paint Township nearly two years ago. The retired septuagenarian said he walks through the woods for hours every day to stay healthy, as he has heart problems and recently suffered a stroke.
He unflinchingly defends his findings as evidence: a true believer.
"(The game commission) doesn't want anything to do with this," he said.
Winesickle's 911 call was not the first time Bigfoot reports were made in Somerset County. According to pabigfootsociety.com archives, another Paint Township incident supposedly occurred in 1980.
The website states that two young men were in the woods less than a mile from Seanor Road when they saw a large dark-colored figure emerge from the opposite tree line 300 yards away. They reported that it had a "fast gate (sic) and . . . long arms which hung below it's (sic) knees." It was allegedly 7-8 feet tall and covered in fur.
A more recent report was made April 18, 2010, near Stoughton Lake in Jennerstown. The website states that two teenage boys were searching for turkeys when a 7- or 8-foot-tall bear-like creature walked by. They allegedly shot at it twice with a .12-gauge shotgun and fled.
According to the Bigfoot society, the teenagers said that the creature had dark reddish-brown hair and that they thought it was probably a bear.
Longtime UFO and paranormal investigator Stan Gordon of Kecksburg said Winesickle's recent Paint Township report is overblown and insubstantial.
"There have been some very legitimate reports," Gordon said. "But this particular case, we're pretty certain, is solved." SRC: Daily American
Labels: 911, Daily American, John T. Winesickle, Pennsylvania, stan gordon
NEW VIDEOS: Pennsylvania Man Says Bigfoot Vandalized His Winnebago
Pennsylvania Man Says Bigfoot Vandalized His Winnebago
“It wasn’t a person. I didn’t see any clothes or coat or anything like that,” -- John Reed, Winnebago owwner
On Friday October 19,2012 PennLive.com published an article about a Pennsylvania man who claimed his Winnebago was vandalized by Bigfoot. Embedded directly below is the first video, further down the post is the new video from ABC news.
In the original article (below) the local police, lawyers and the game commission all consider how they would arrest, prosecute Bigfoot and whose jurisdiction Bigfoot is in. Below are partial clips from the original story :
BY JOE ELIAS AND NICK MALAWSKEY, The Patriot-News
Enlarge DAN GLEITER, The Patriot-News
If state police catch the vandal who threw rocks at John Reed’s motor home in Lykens earlier this month, the perpetrator could face criminal mischief charges.
Not big news. But state police troopers better have strong handcuffs if they make the arrest.
“It wasn’t a person. I didn’t see any clothes or coat or anything like that,”
John Reed 39, of Lykens, says a Bigfoot type of creature is responsible for damage to his Winnebago, located on state game lands in Jefferson Twp., upper Dauphin County. Reed is a member of Lykens Valley Sasquatch Hunters. 10/19/2012 DAN GLEITER, The Patriot-News
Bigfoot Spotted by Lykens Man gallery (8 photos)
The accused is Bigfoot, according to the complaint that state police issued Friday morning. The cops description lists the suspect as very large, brown in color and walks somewhat hunched over.
According to Reed, who filed the complaint, a Bigfoot type of creature is responsible for smashing the windows and taillights out of his 1973 Dodge Winnebago.
“It wasn’t a person. I didn’t see any clothes or coat or anything like that,” said the 39-year-old Reed, who is a member of Lykens Valley Sasquatch Hunters. “I don’t think it was a bear, it didn’t move like a bear.”
The incident took place just after midnight along a dirt road off White Oak Road in state game lands in Jackson Twp.
State police at Lykens issued a press release later Friday morning saying they were investigating it as a criminal mischief complaint. When contacted, the trooper said the investigation is not being actively pursued, pending further evidence.
Nor, he said, is Bigfoot likely to menace any area residents — this is the first complaint the state police have received.
But should the Sasquatch in question be apprehended, Dauphin County District Attorney Edward M. Marsico Jr. said his office would prosecute the Sasquatch.
“We have been searching for him for years,” Marsico said with a laugh. “We would be glad to prosecute, assuming the elusive thing is captured.”
Skip a few paragraphs and then we get to the Jurisdiction question:
Even if Bigfoot did exist, it may not fall under the commission’s jurisdiction anyway, he said. “I think the question is whether or not the Game Commission would have jurisdiction on a hominid mammal,” he said, adding there is always a debate over jurisdiction when reports are received of whales or dolphins swimming up the Delaware River in Philadelphia. Even though they are mammals, as ocean dwellers they may fall under the auspices of the Fish and Boat Commission. “Being a hominid mammal, this may be something under the Department of Health ... or it is a matter for the state police” Feaser said.
ABC News picked it up with this to report with accompanying video:
A Pennsylvania man has his eye on a large, furry and elusive suspect who he accused of vandalizing his 1973 Dodge Winnebago.
John Reed, a self-described Bigfoot tracker since the age of 10, said he was camping with his girlfriend when he saw the creature walk past his motor home window. Reed said the Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, reportedly threw rocks at his mobile home’s outside light to escape discovery.
Reed, who is the founder of the Lykens Valley Sasquatch Hunters, and his girlfriend, jumped into their truck and gave chase, making special ‘Bigfoot calls’ to locate the creature.
“As soon as I did it, something stood up on her side of the truck,” he said. ”She seen the eyes glaring in the light of the truck, stood up and walked this way into the woods.”
This alleged sighting is the third time Reed said he has come into contact with the creature.
“Do I believe in Bigfoot? Yes I do,” he said. “Have I had sightings of what I believe to be Big Foot? Yes.”
While police believe the damage may have been caused by vandals, for Reed it was a warning from Sasquatch to get off his territory.
PennLive.com: Man who claimed Bigfoot damaged his Winnebago is a member of Lykens Valley Sasquatch Hunters
ABCNews.com: Pennsylvania Man Says ‘Bigfoot’ Vandalized His Winnebago RV
Labels: ABC News, Penn Live, Pennsylvania, Winnebago
Stan Gordon Interviews Bigfoot Witness
Roger Marsh, paranormal news examiner, writes about a new Bigfoot case in Pennsylvania investigated by Stan Gordon. Stan Gordon has his fingers in a lot of unexplained phenomena including; UFO, Bigfoot, Thunderbirds, Black Panthers and other unexplained sightings within the Keystone State.
Below is just the excerpt that was written by Stan you can go to the Examiner to read Roger Marsh's whole take.
Is it a Bigfoot the witness saw? The story kinda loses us when it comes to the part that goes "The witness also saw what appeared to be wings on its back which were tucked into its body, with the wing tips extending toward the side of its head".
The witness did add the caveat, "appeared". read the article and judge for your self.
Paranormal News Examiner
A new Bigfoot case was made available March 29, 2011, after paranormal investigator and author Stan Gordon interviewed a witness from an incident that occurred in Butler County, Pennsylvania, March 18, 2011, between Chicora and East Brady...
...From researcher Stan Gordon - in his own words. On March 21, 2011, I was contacted by a witness who reported having an encounter with a very strange creature during the early morning hours of March 18, 2011. The incident occurred on a rural road in Butler County between Chicora and East Brady. The witness, a businessman passing through the area, stated that “this was the freakiest thing I ever saw, and it made the hair stand up on the back of my neck.”
The man told me that he was driving down the road when from about a qurter-mile away, he observed something on the right side in a grassy area. His first thought was that it was a deer. The driver stepped on the gas to move closer to get a better view. From about 50 yards away, he observed something that appeared to be hunched down, and then stood up. The driver then observed a very tall muscular creature.
At this point, the driver had his high beams on and watched as the creature walked in front of a yellow reflective road sign, then crossed the two lane road in three long steps and continued into a wooded area. What he saw was a humanoid figure that stood at least 8 feet tall that appeared to have smooth leather-like skin that was of either a darker tan or light brown color.
The creature never looked at the witness, and was only observed from its side. The head appeared to be flat in the front section, and then rounded out. “At the top back of skull, it was like one of those aerodynamic helmets. The top was not quite a point, but looked like a ridge on top of the head.” The face was flat, and the eyes were not clearly defined, but the man thought that they might have been pointed in the corner. The ear that was observed on the left side was long and flat, and came up and back and was pointed backwards like a flap.
The arms were muscular and a little longer than that of a human. The hands looked more like a claw, but the number of fingers was unclear. One physical trait that stood out was the extremely muscular legs. The witness stated that it was hard to explain, but the legs did not move like that of a human, and “looked like they bent backwards.” The witness also saw what appeared to be wings on its back which were tucked into its body, with the wing tips extending toward the side of its head.
No unusual sounds or smells were noticed during the observation which was estimated to have been about 7-8 seconds. As the motorist approached the location where the creature entered the woods, it could no longer be seen. The next day the witness decided to drive back to the location of the encounter to look for any evidence. The ground conditions were not suitable for tracks, and nothing was found. The witness did, however, measure the road sign that the creature had walked in front of. The sign was just over 8 feet high, and the head of the creature was estimated to have reached about 4 inches above the sign.
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Loren Coleman: Orang Pendek May be Documented in Foreseeable Future
There are so many Cryptozoological pearls of wisdom that are never harvested by the mainstream media. We can't blame them, most people, us included, ask the same basic questions when first bitten by the cryptozoological bug. However, and unfortunately, the consequence of the same fundamental question being asked over and over again is the same answer being told over and over again.
Loren Coleman seems to transcend this hurdle. He knows better than us, that he gets the same questions over and over, and yet his answers are always novel and topical to current crypto happenings. Due to his thoughtfulness, he is able to provide much more than a canned answer--every time.
Today's Pennlive.com's article is a perfect case-in-point. While the article is about the rash recent sightings in Pennsylvania, Loren Coleman seems to squeeze in some gems. Coleman's response includes an opinion about vocalizations, news about the Orang Pendak, and alternate theories to the Pennsylvania sightings.
...Loren Coleman, one of the world's most published cryptozoologists (researchers in the study of hidden species), said, "I'm very cautious of sound sightings." He noted that even the white-tailed deer is capable of producing vocalizations that most people do not recognize.
However, he believes there is something real causing some of the bigfoot reports. In the past month, he said, he's heard of at least 10 legitimate reports, in the northwestern U.S., not in Pennsylvania.
And, Coleman expects a bigfoot-type hominid - the orang pendek - to be documented in Indonesia in the foreseeable future by a well-funded, scientific team that has been searching for the species more than 20 years.
In Pennsylvania, he believes it's more likely that some unknown species of "mystery cat" will be documented, and even more likely that some smaller cryptid (hidden species) will be found...
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IMPACTS OF ECONOMIC CORRIDORS IN THE MEKONG SUB-REGION. ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF ECONOMIC CORRIDORS IN THE MEKONG COUNTRIES ON FDI INFLOWS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND POVERTY REDUCTION
Автор: Nga L.T.
Описание: Logically, the book is divided into five chapters, with systematic data and comparative analysis on three mentioned issues of which ECs brought opportunities to the GMS countries; and the same comparative data and analysis for two East West Economic Corridor (EWEC) provinces - Quang Tri (Vietnam) and Savannakhet (Lao PDR). The comparisons and data analysis were approached over period before and after the presence of transportation network during 1990-2009. Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The aim of this work is to investigate the roles of transportation and its facilities to support the sub- regional economy. The Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) is in Southeast Asia, including six countries: The presence of Economic Corridors (ECs) in the GMS had brought many economic impacts potentially, in particular, in this work, three issues on international trade; FDI inflows and poverty reduction were assessed by using secondary data source and previous research work of the author at Mekong Institute.
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A prospective analysis in the Candidate states. Case of Estonia, 2004. 4. Factors and Impacts in the Technological society. A prospective analysis in the Candidate states. Case of Latvia, 2004. 5. Riita Kosonen, Piia Heliste. Finnish Firms Expanding Their Operations in the Baltic Sea Regions. Baltic Rim Economics (№ 2, 2005). 6. Havlik Peter et al. Accelerating GDP growth, improved prospects for European Integration. The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, 2005. 7. Gabor Hunya. FDI in small countries: the Baltic States. The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, 2004. 8. Alari Purju. Foreign trade between the Baltic States and Russia: trends, institutional setting and impact of the EU enlargement, Electronic Publications of Pan-European Institute, 14/2004. 9. Paula Lehtomдki. The Baltic States – A New Dimension? Baltic Rim Economies № 1, 2005. 10. Григорьев Л.М., Урожаева Ю.В. Влияние экономического подъема на региональное развитие. «1000 лучших предприятий. Промышленность России: рынки, отрасли, регионы». М., 2003. 11. Григорьев Л.М., Урожаева Ю.В ...»
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A Thousand Years of Building with Stone
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A Thousand Years of Building with Stone is a 3.5 year project being run by Herefordshire & Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust and funded through the Heritage Lottery Fund. We are recording, cataloguing and untangling the history of stone use in heritage building across Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Hidden History of Malvern College
Article by James Ferguson, a volunteer. After Great Malvern Priory, three of the most important stone buildings in Malvern are to be found in Malvern College: The first, the Main Building, is the work of the architect, Charles Hansom, in 1862; the second is the Chapel, by Arthur Blomfield in 1896; and the third, the […]
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President Trump Pardons Susan B. Anthony for Illegally Voting in 1872
Today is the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage. Many women (and men) of American history played pivotal roles in securing this right, but today, President Trump opted to honor Susan B. Anthony by officially pardoning her of her “crime” of voting in 1872 – nearly 50 years before it was legal via the 19th Amendment.
Pro-life advocates are especially touched by this gesture as Susan B. Anthony was a true feminist – a fighter for women’s rights who knew that those rights would not and could not be won with the blood of our children. As a suffragist icon, she represents the reality that genuine feminism does not have to be inextricably tied to abortion.
“She was never pardoned. Did you know that? She was never pardoned,” President Trump told reporters on Tuesday. “What took so long?”
Naturally, because the Democratic National Convention fell the night before this anniversary of women’s suffrage, pro-abortion outlets are accusing Trump’s action of being deliberately “distracting” from the event. But critiques from longtime liberal muckrakers make hollow points. If a president of their choosing had pardoned a feminist hero, the praise would go on for days.
Another critique tossed forward by the New York Times alleges that this pardon is meant to distract from Trump’s unpopularity with female voters. Women poll consistently more pro-life than men, and this presidential election, there is only one choice for anyone who votes even remotely pro-life first.
Overall, Students for Life extends a thank you to President Trump for this pro-woman act towards Susan B. Anthony who changed the course of American history for women. She’s a longtime hero of the pro-life movement and we celebrate her achievements on this victorious anniversary.
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The Flowers' Family Show
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THE FLOWERS SHOW: They are the most talented hot singer song writer family ever. Featuring WAV resident, daddy guitar master Danny Flowers and daughter, Rachel Flowers, the "Wondergirl" on keyboard and master flute. Also appearing is Jeanie Flowers, the guest mom duet. Rachel is like an angel, and performs the songs that she loves. All the impressive arrangements merge into the Flowers' unique music style. Some of the music is inspired by Jeff Beck, and the Dobbie Bros. Enjoy the original songs styled in R & B, Jazz, Rock and Blues. All the Flowers write lyrics and music that captivate the audience. Danny Flowers, features his popular WAV hit single, "Stranger". He also has a CD music album available for your listening pleasure. Also in the show are performances by Saint Pierre, and other artists & guests, like SPECIAL SONGMAKERS: fun with music by TJ (Burl Ives look alike); and Simon Lucas, the English Folkman. Also... Tim "The Breeze" Pompey performs a Johnny Cash tribute. A young WAV discovery 15 year old teen singer/ songwriter LEXI Ulmer is featured too. AMAZING ART PRESENTATIONS in this show feature visual artists, Marcelino" assemblage artist and Taras Tulek artist-painter.
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The Concert Art Shows are produced by Saint Pierre. Established since 2009, our mission is the convergence of the visual arts & the performing arts together. Proceeds benefit the artists and our non- profit cause: Music & Art For Youth". The stage, the art, and our venue are pictured above. "Every Concert Is An Art Show".
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View4all.tv targets education in SA with zero data costs
by Paula Gilbert, Editor, Connecting Africa 9/11/2020
Content delivery platform View4All.tv is striving to provide educational and entertainment content to South Africa's youth with a unique operating model that offers free access from content hubs in high-traffic sites like restaurants, spaza (corner) shops, clinics and taxi ranks.
"The service is free to the end user, always, that's our business model," View4All.tv founder Gregory Sheppard told Connecting Africa in an interview.
View4all.tv users access content for free at one of the Gauteng content hubs.
Mobile data prices remain an issue for many South Africans who still can't afford to get online, and this problem has been amplified for SA's youth with COVID-19 pushing learners online to access educational material. View4All.tv is unique because users don't incur any mobile data costs when they access curated and relevant content at a View4All.tv content hub.
"Any area that hosts 50 or more people in a day is the perfect location for a View4all.tv device. From schools, to clinics, to taverns or fast food outlets. All we require is a power point – even though we have a built-in UPS that runs for up to ten hours – and a secure area, away from thieving opportunity. We supply the signal, the user supplies their handheld device," Sheppard explained.
"There is no need to connect to the Internet. We keep our boxes updated with a secure, remote connection, but these costs fall on View4all.tv, not the end user," he added.
The company already has some strategic sites in place but is looking to roll out a much wider service going forward.
"Currently, our focus is to roll out in Gauteng, but our strategy is to be nationwide as quickly as we are able. Long term, we would like to offer the service across the continent, and we are looking for forward-thinking brands and location partners to align with," he said.
View4all.tv hardware installed at content hubs provides a secure, remote connection to access content.
"How we fund this is by serving relevant advertising in between the content, and charging brands exactly according to what consumption is. What we offer the advertisers in return is incredibly accurate analytics, letting them understand their target market in the greatest of detail."
Data cost dilemma
Sheppard pointed out that mobile data is currently a very big hurdle in South Africa when it comes to access to both entertainment and educational content.
"The mass-market consumer of South Africa just cannot afford to browse traditional Internet offerings – video content especially erodes away huge amounts of data, and most of the time without the user fully understanding the high usage.
"When household incomes struggle to feed their families, the last thing they need is unexpected recharging of airtime on their devices. The developing world isn't financially equipped to wade through the Internet the way the developed world does, it's just too expensive for us, and our infrastructure doesn't support it," he explained.
View4All.tv founder Gregory Sheppard.
View4All.tv actually started as an entertainment platform but evolved to offer more educational content when Sheppard realized the huge demand for it.
"Education is the basis of any empowered individual, even more so in a developing nation like South Africa. However, barriers to entry for most almost always holds our nation back. With clear and breakthrough thinking, education to the masses is truly possible for a fraction of the costs of a single school textbook," he said.
Sheppard said that View4all.tv was created out of a passion to connect and share people's untold stories on the African continent.
"Being personally involved in advertising and marketing for the past 22 years, I grew increasingly frustrated in dealings with traditional broadcasters and their outdated models on content delivery.
"With this frustration, we developed a low-cost solution to deliver curated and relevant content to the mass-market. Delivering this free of charge, without any data costs whatsoever, came as a beautiful byproduct," he explained.
View4all.tv users access educational content at school.
Sheppard said that the platform has the capabilities to offer any form of educational content, from early learning all the way up to tertiary education or life skills development.
"We have arrangements with both small and large content providers. Music, lifestyle, education, special interest, cartoons and others. We are always keen to form partnerships with more content providers. These range from local content, and some international, but our focus currently is local content," he said.
— Paula Gilbert, Editor, Connecting Africa
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Enspec wins Point-on-Wave switching project for 'Strength of the Wind' offshore Wind Farm
Published: 8 January 2021 - Rachael Morling
Power quality engineering specialists, Enspec Power, has announced a new contract to provide Point-on-Wave switching relays for shunt reactors, and to conduct a grid compliance system study for the Neart na Gaoithe wind farm.
The Neart na Gaoithe wind farm is situated in the outer Firth of Forth, 30km north of Torness on the Scottish east coast. The development is designed to deliver 450MW of power to the national grid – enough to supply every home in Edinburgh - and will use four Point-on-Wave (P-o-W) switching devices to allow for regular switching of the shunt reactors and to avoid inrush currents and DC offsets. The offshore wind farm is connected to inland systems (and ultimately the national grid) via huge cables. The shunt reactors are needed to compensate for these offshore cables.
Enspec was chosen by engineering consultants, EDF Renewables, to deliver the £80k P-o-W switching system because it could conduct the system study, design and build the switching system as a single project. Rob Mitchell, Senior Electrical Engineer at EDF Renewables, explained; “£80k is a tiny proportion of the overall investment in this project, but the work Enspec is doing is vital to making it a success. Using Point-on-Wave technology provides increased operational flexibility, and increases the lifespan of circuit breakers and other electrical assets while ensuring grid code compliance”
The contract was placed on 20th June, and the switch panels were delivered to the test site during October with installation and commissioning planed for Q1 2021. The circuit design is unique with the inclusion of IEC 61850 communications capability for integration with a SCADA process control system.
Grid code compliance is always an issue for wind farms because of the complex switching requirements, and Enspec has built a strong reputation for analysing, modelling and designing wind farm switching systems. Enspec director, Tim Rastall, said; “It's important to model switching at an early stage, otherwise you can store up delays for later in the project. We're increasingly carrying out studies early in projects, and also integrated analysis, design and build projects, such as the Neart na Gaoithe wind farm.”
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Home » NEWS » CDHR accuses Bayelsa Govt Over Multiple Taxation
CDHR accuses Bayelsa Govt Over Multiple Taxation
By PHILIP JEREMIAH EKE, YENAGOA
The Bayelsa state Chapter of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) have accused the government of Bayelsa state for multiple taxation including various extortion of money from motorists.
The chairman of the group in Bayelsa state, Mr. Olokan Ayodeji Victor made this remark while addressing a cross section of media in Yenegoa, saying that the board of internal revenue in Bayelsa State has embarked on compulsory sale of operational stickers to taxies, lorries and trucks operating within Bayelsa State, at the rate of N 12,000 and N 16,000 above as the case may applied.
The state chairman said that the sticker known as unified sticker is to harmonize the following as printed in the sticker, MOT, Radio permit, Sanitation, Local Government, and Board of internal revenue among others.
The CDHR boss equally noted that the above mentioned stickers are still divided to sell by the same Bayelsa State Government to motorists, which include Ministry of Transport car stereo permit among others, and one other sticker known as driver welfare which cost N 7,000 above as a big fraud and menace.
CDHR also sees the continuous sale of these stickers as multiple taxation and fraud by the state government, as it inflicting pains and hardship on the general public.
He therefore called on all parties involved this matter to withdraw from these duplicated sales of stickers as it has caused serious challenges to transporters.
It is said that CDHR has made several attempts to solve the misnomer in the state but was turn down, however the body has called on the government to intervene in the matter as the people’s right must not be infringed for peace to reign, the chairman added.
Also speaking, the chairman of Delta state chapter of CDHR, Comrade Dr. Kehinde Prince Taiga, who is also the Chairman of all states chairmen in Nigeria, while fielding while fielding questions with newsmen also accused Bayelsa state government for fraud, stressing that enough is enough
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- darkometer rating: 10 - (cf. Top 20 dark tourism destinations)
Germany's capital – and from a dark tourism point of view the capital of the planet! Nowhere else can there be found such a wealth and wide range of sights that are of interest to the "dark tourist".
Obviously enough, this has to do with the history of the place especially over the last century or so. From Prussian imperial capital, via the Weimar Republic and the following "Third Reich" of the Nazis.
And after that it became the central hotspot of the Cold War (if that's not a contradiction). After all, the Berlin Wall also stood as a symbol for the division of the whole of East Germany from the West and even for the entire Western vs. Eastern Bloc conflict!
Moreover, Berlin was the capital of the socialist single party regime of the former GDR – as well as the place of its downfall. It was here that the end of the Cold War manifested itself in the most palpable fashion, namely through the "fall of the Berlin Wall".
What there is to see: All of those aspects of Berlin's exceptionally rich and varied dark history have left plenty of traces still to be seen today. Some are more visible and rewarding, some less so, but one thing is certain: Berlin has more sites to offer the dark tourist than any other city in the world!
Here's a list of individual pages of Berlin's dark sights/sites:
Allied Museum
Anhalter station ruins & bunker with Berlin Story Museum
Anne Frank Centre
Anti-War Museum
Bebelplatz book-burning site and monument
'Berlin Story'
Berlin ‘underworlds’ – bunkers, air-raid shelters etc.
[fragments & remains, watchtowers, Bernauer Straße, Bornholmer Straße, East Side Gallery, Wall Museum East Side Gallery, Checkpoint Charlie, Checkpoint Bravo Dreilinden]
Charité Museum of Medical History
Friedrichstraße station & 'Palace of Tears'
GDR-Museum
German Museum of Technology
German Resistance Memorial Centre
German-Russian Museum at the former Soviet headquarters
Glienicker Bridge & museum
Hohenschönhausen (Stasi prison)
House of the Wannsee Conference
Invalidenfriedhof
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Kirche (church ruins and memorial)
Life in the GDR Museum
Marienfelde refugee centre memorial museum
Marx & Engels
Museum Otto Weidt's Workshop for the Blind
Nordbahnhof – ghost stations exhibition
Gleis 17 monument, Grunewald Station
Plötzensee memorial site
the Reichstag
Sachsenhausen former concentration camp
Schöneweide Nazi forced labour camp memorial site
'Silent Heroes' Memorial Center
Soviet war memorials
Spy Museum
Stasi Museum Normannenstraße
'Story of Berlin' exhibition and nuclear bunker
T4 memorial
'Topography of terror' exhibition
(see also Potsdam)
These are only the major sites – there are plenty more smaller-scale ones, such as memorial plaques marking sites of Nazi terror, or the GDR regime, e.g. Wilhelmstraße or on Karl-Liebknecht-Straße.
Or the site of the Old Reich Chancellery, at Wilhelmstraße 77, where Adolf Hitler used to reside from 1933. Behind the building there was the infamous "Führerbunker", the massive underground air-raid-shelter that served as the dictator's final hideout and the place where he eventually committed suicide.
Most of that area was destroyed at the end of WWII or shortly after, and given the site's location right at the East-West "Iron Curtain" border no proper archaeological excavations were feasible for 45 years. When it finally became possible, from 1990, it was, however, decided not to make the spot a visitable site for tourists (mainly for fear of unduly attracting neo-Nazi attention). Instead the bunker remains were covered up and sealed – esp. the rediscovered 'drivers' bunker' that apparently still featured Nazi murals. Only a modest information panel marks the spot.
There are, however, remains (of sorts) of Hitler's megalomaniacally grandiose New Chancellery's red marble hall: the material was reused in part of the Soviet war memorial complex in Treptower Park (allegedly also in the cladding of the walls of the metro station Mohrenstraße, but that is these days contested).
Moreover, moving further on into post-WWII history, there are various relics of East Berlin's GDR past, such as socialist realist murals and old Eastern adverts on buildings e.g. on or near Alexanderplatz. But it remains to be seen how many of these relics will survive. The former "House of Teachers", with its massive mural of "everyday life" in the GDR, located at the north-eastern corner of Alexanderplatz, is one of the more likely candidates for being preserved, while other buildings of the era will probably fall victim to the ongoing massive reconstruction efforts in this central part of the city. The largest continuous stretch of (listed) Stalinist-style socialist architecture in East Berlin is Karl-Marx-Allee.
The East's premier landmark, though, the fantastic TV Tower on Alexanderplatz with its spectacular sphere housing the observation deck, is pretty much guaranteed to remain the pinnacle (literally) of all GDR architecture … as it was intended to be, in a rather unabashed kind of propaganda statement. It's thus not without irony that it's still the tallest structure in all of Germany.
Already lost, on the other hand, is the former GDR parliament building, the "Palace of the Republic", whose demolition has been surrounded with a good measure of controversy. In its place the reconstruction of the former Stadtschloss (city palace) is currently progressing. I must say that I find this rather dubious … in my view this is revisionist, artificial and superfluous. But so what, if the city wants fake old rather than genuine history, then so be it.
Architectural relics of the Nazi era are few, but the former building of Göring's Aviation Ministry is a grand exception ... today housing the finance ministry of the FRG – see also Topography of Terror. At its north-eastern corner is a square and monument commemorating the uprisings in the GDR of 17 June 1953, while hidden behind the colonnades is another prime example of socialist realism glorification of labour.
The contemporary architecture of political power is, however, mostly found near the Reichstag and along the banks of the river Spree north of it, while the architectural exuberance of economic powerhouses have sprung up around Potsdamer Platz in particular.
Comparatively faded, on the other hand, are the former splendours of Jewish Berlin – with one glorious exception: the New Synagogue on Oranienburger Straße is certainly one of the finest buildings of its sort anywhere in the world. Not far from this, in contrast, can be found the shattered remains of the former Jewish cemetery on Hamburger Straße, in front of which stands a moving deportation monument. Contrasts galore!
In addition to those more or less permanent sites of perhaps secondary interest to the dark tourist (compared to the main sites given separate entries), there are frequent special exhibitions that may well be of particular interest from a 'dark tourism' perspective – e.g. the "Mythos Germania" exhibition I saw in 2008, which was about the Nazis' megalomaniacal plans for the reconstruction of Berlin. Its central exhibit, a large architectural model of the reworked city was used as a prop in the film "Der Untergang"/'Downfall', starring Bruno Ganz as an eerily realistic Hitler at the end of his life. It is in any case more than worthwhile for any Berlin tourist to check out what's on in the area of temporary exhibitions and the like.
In general, Berlin caters comparatively overtly to a dark tourism clientele (without many people using the term dark tourism, of course), or to all those with an interest in 20th century history in general. Thus most tourist information spots and souvenir stands will have plenty of relevant information material such as books, brochures, etc. on offer.
In fact, the range of such material is so vast that it isn't so easy to sift through it and separate the wheat from the chaff. You'll have to be careful and very consciously selective … as there is a lot of crap amongst the decent efforts. A very good place to browse and compare what's on offer is the shop "Berlin Story" on Unter den Linden. If you're not already well equipped with information and reading material, this is possibly the most worthwhile first port of call on any dark tourist's first (or even repeat) visit to Berlin.
The enormous range of sites of dark historical significance in Berlin is also reflected in the fact that the book series "PastFinder" has TWO separate volumes on Berlin, one about "Berlin 1933 – 1945" (i.e. the Nazi era) and "Berlin 1945 – 1989" (i.e. the Cold War era of division and communism in the East). Both volumes are recommended for a good overview and some additional background information – they are also suitably portable for having on you when exploring on foot.
Location: In the east of Germany, in the middle of the Brandenburg region; roughly 60 km (40 miles) west of the border with Poland.
Google maps locator: [52.51,13.37]
Access and costs: plenty of good transport connections, easy to get around in; relatively affordable for a capital city.
Details: Being a capital city and a hub for all kinds of transport, Berlin could hardly be more easily reachable, be it by train, coach, car or plane. There are endless connections to choose from.
Most people are likely to go either by train (arriving most probably at the modernized massive central station, Hauptbahnhof, in the Mitte district of the city) – or else by plane, either arriving at the city airport in Tegel or at the constantly expanding Schönefeld airport outside the city's boundaries to the south-east. The old historic city airport at Tempelhof has been closed for good since 2008.
In fact Tegel airport was scheduled to close too in 2012, but the expansion/conversion of the old Schönefeld airport has so fallen behind schedule that the opening of what's to be the new "Berlin Brandenburg" airport had to be postponed. Eventually, however, it is to function as Berlin's only airport. Shame, because Tegel is so convenient (as was Tempelhof) – in what other capital cities of such size can you simply hop on a local bus and ride into the centre in 10-15 minutes for a regular bus fare when you arrive? In future the usual hassle of a long and/or expensive airport-city transfer will become necessary in Berlin too. I think they call it progress …
Costs can be kept flexible – both for getting there and for accommodation, there's the fullest range of options. Several budget airlines serve Berlin and often offer extremely cheap connections, but there are also decent offers from the more traditional airlines.
Accommodation is plentiful in all categories, up to the super luxury of the famed Hotel Adlon. For those interested in the former GDR, there are a few options that deserve special mention in the East of the city, especially the "Ostel" (literally 'Eastel'), which goes the full hog in trying to recreate bygone GDR days in its design (including many original pieces of GDR interior design). There are also a few other places that use converted flats in those typical Eastern pre-fab high-rises ("Plattenbau" in German) for hotel accommodation. And the very biggest of the former GDR's hotels (formerly the Hotel Stadt Berlin) right on the central Alexanderplatz is now part of an international hotel chain.
And those in search of something extra special could check into the extraordinary Propeller Island City Lodge where each room is an individually designed, live-in work of art. Rooms include psychedelic designs such as one that is upside-down (i.e. "furniture" is hanging from the ceiling), a padded cell, a completely mirrored "kaleidoscope" room, a prison-cell-like room and, for the really darkly minded: a "crypt", where you can sleep Dracula-style in coffins!
Food & drink can be remarkably affordable for a capital city of this calibre. Of course, you can spend loads in overpriced gourmet temples, but Berlin's extremely wide range of ethnic restaurants can make for delightful culinary explorations for relatively little money – some are real bargains, without compromising on quality. In fact it is in Berlin that I have eaten in more restaurants where the food was both superb and really cheap at the same time than anywhere else in the world (at least within the First World, that is).
Much of the sightseeing does not eat (much) into the traveller's budget either. Many of the places to visit that are listed here are free (the relics of the Berlin Wall, for instance). Others charge more or less normal prices, a couple are excellent value for money (e.g. the guided tours of the former Hohenschönhausen prison for the GDR's political prisoners).
Time required: do not underestimate the size of this sprawling city, nor the sheer number of things to see. Moreover, some of the most significant dark tourist destinations require covering huge distances, so expect long journeys by public transport (e.g. to Sachsenhausen, Hohenschönhausen, House of the Wannsee Conference). As a rule of thumb I recommend: better double your initial estimate – good as the public transport system may generally be in Berlin, the connections are not always all that frequent, so that in addition to long journey times you will also have to factor in some lengthy waits on train platforms or at bus stops.
If you want to see everything, or at least most of what's listed here, you should allow at least two whole weeks! If you also want to take advantage of some of Berlin's many other attractions you'll need even more time. A mere weekend city break will only allow you to just about scratch the surface – or will require some radical prioritizing. The sheer range of sites to see can lead to sightseeing-overload – so ideally one should explore Berlin in stages and over the course of a few return visits, if possible.
Combinations with other dark destinations: Apart from the many sites within Berlin, or just outside but easily reachable by means of the city's extensive public transport system (esp. Sachsenhausen and Potsdam), there are a few other dark destinations within the relative vicinity of Berlin, e.g. the Ravensbrück former concentration camp, or the lignite strip-mining moonscapes in the Lausitz area towards the Polish border south-east of Berlin. If you're doing a "dark" round trip of Germany, this obviously has to include Berlin. The proximity of Poland also makes for good combinability with sites in that country.
Combinations with non-dark destinations: Berlin is well worth a visit for all its other non-dark, cultural, architectural, even culinary attractions. There's an overwhelming range to choose from, which to list exhaustively would go way beyond the scope of this website – so I suggest you refer to standard guidebooks and/or the Internet where you'll find more than enough information.
And no round trip of Germany would be complete without Berlin anyway.
Berlin 01 - symbols
Berlin 02 - the freedom of jumping
Berlin 03 - memorial plaque in a tricky location
Berlin 04 - inconspicuous looking Nazi relic marble
Berlin 05 - Socialist realism surviving
Berlin 06 - former Luftwaffe HQ, 17 June memorial square
Berlin 07 - more socialist realism GDR glorification
Berlin 07b - Rotes Rathaus
Berlin 08 - TV Tower
Berlin 09 - towers old and new
Berlin 09b - Funkturm and Messe, eastern TV tower in the background
Berlin 10 - modern government buildings
Berlin 11 - modernity extravaganza on Potsdamer Platz
Berlin 12 - Neue Synagoge from afar
Berlin 13 - New Synagogue close up
Berlin 14 - Hamburger Straße deportation memorial
Berlin 15 - relics of Hamburger Straße Jewish cemetery
Berlin 16 - hefty underground art
Berlin 17 - Dom - cathedral
Berlin 18 - last window pane on the Palace of the Republic reflecting the Dom
Berlin 18b - fake palace under construction in its place
Berlin 19 - Gendarmenmarkt
Berlin 20 - red-eyed Berlin Buddy Bear
Berlin 21 - iconic Brandenburg Gate
Berlin 22 - Russian embassy
Berlin 23 - relic from Soviet days
Berlin 24 - war memorial on Unter den Linden
Berlin 25 - new memorial commemorating homosexual victims of persecution
Berlin 26 - yet more new commemoration
Berlin 27 - they have got one of those too now
Berlin 28 - modern architecture of the Philharmonie
Berlin 29 - less glamorous modern architecture
Berlin 30 - abandoned GDR-era highrise
Berlin 31 - House of the Teacher from the rear - with TV tower
Berlin 32 - former HQ of the HJ and SED, now a hotel
Berlin 33 - old Cafe Moscow
Berlin 34 - mural at the old Cafe Moscow
Berlin 35 - old water tower in Marienpark
Berlin 36 - overground underground station
Berlin 37 - rail and waterway transport
Berlin 38 - with an exclamation mark
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