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Rita Stradling Books In Order
Publication Order of Blackburn Academy: Entrance Trials Books
A Bite at the Cherry (2019) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of Colorless Books
Colorless (2017) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of Dakota Kekoa Books
Henchgirl (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Rex (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of The Deception Dance Books
The Deception Dance (2012) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Lie Spinners (2013) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Waltzing into Damnation (2020) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of The Fourteen Day Soul Detox Books
The Fourteen Day Soul Detox (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Fourteen Day Soul Detox, Volume Two (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Fourteen Day Soul Detox, Volume Three (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Fourteen Day Soul Detox, Volume Four (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Fourteen Day Soul Detox, The Complete Serial (2017) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of Grayhaven Books
Escaping Monsters (2020) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Fighting Monsters (2021) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Hunting Monsters (2021) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of The Vampire Legacy Books
Midnight Secrets (2019) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Hunter Trials (2019) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Broken Elites (2020) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Making Bad Choices (2017) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Ensnared (2017) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
One Forbidden Kiss (2020) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Rita Stradling is an American author that writes young adult and paranormal fiction. The author isn’t the biggest name in publishing; though, it is clear from the rate at which her fanbase is growing that she is destined to become a star.
+Biography
Rita has always been an artist. The fact that she has a degree in Art History proves as much. When you spend as much time in and around modern and medieval art as Rita Stradling, it isn’t that difficult to become inspired to create one’s own stories of magic and romance and wonder.
It wasn’t always obvious that Rita’s love for art would lead her down the publishing path. Rita knows that she has always loved reading. In fact, she would go so far as to say that she has an addiction for novels.
And Young Adult has always appealed to her; though, she has also written a number of adult novels, most of them paranormal and fantastical in nature.
Rita’s friends and family would have heckled anyone who thought to raise her up as a future author. After all, reading and writing did not come easy for Rita. Unlike many of her friends, the author had to struggle with a number of learning disabilities.
Luckily for Rita, she had a father who read to her every night. Rita Stradling fondly remembers looking forward to those moments of her day, when he would set her and her sister down and regale them once more with stories from ‘The Hobbit’, and ‘The Cat in the Hat’.
That nightly ritual had an impact on Rita Stradling. It told her that she loved to hear stories told. She then began to experiment with producing her own stories, and realized that she also loved to tell stories.
That she had dyslexia and other learning disabilities could have completely thrown Rita off track. After all, this was back in the 1980s and 1990s were learning disabilities were barely understood. Even worse, the common approach to helping kids like Rita Stradling was to have them stand in front of their class and force them to struggle through long passages, experiences that not only humiliated them but created a phobia for reading and writing.
Rita Stradling had an advantage that so many other kids did not. Her love for telling stories had been stoked at such an early age and for so long that she felt driven to master the art of reading and writing.
By the time Rita was leaving high school, she had made considerable progress. The fact that Rita has made a career out of writing at the present is impressive. The fact that Rita Stradling is a pretty decent editor as well is even more inspiring.
Rita will be the first to admit that succeeding in the literary arena comes down to luck more than anything else. However, she wants aspiring authors to realize that hard work is just as important. The harder you work the luckier you will get.
Even with the love she has for writing, Rita doesn’t find the process of putting a book together easy. There are so many mornings that find her struggling to generate the interest and energy to write.
And she has succeeded in her field because she never allows these moments to keep her down. She knows the importance of pushing forward even when inspiration seems absent.
As a self-published author, one of Rita Stradling’s most memorable moments was the day she realized that she had not only broken even financially, but that she could now afford to pay those people on her staff responsible for getting her books ready for publication.
It was an achievement of note because it proved that Rita had finally made writing her career.
Rita writes a lot about lost souls finding one another in magical realms. Even though she favors fantasy, and especially urban fantasy, above most other genres, the author has been known to dabble in science fiction.
Rita is married. She also has a son.
+The Deception Dance
Raven had an opportunity to escape the insanity of her life, but she never took it. It began with a trip to Europe. Raven Smith had planned every detail of her summer vacation meticulously.
She wasn’t going to allow a mysterious letter in her suitcase to dissuade her from her trip to Italy, especially not a letter warning her of an evil agent of Hell that would come for her if she went to Europe.
Who wouldn’t have discarded such a letter?
Once she gets to Europe, Raven’s intentions to spend her time hanging with her older sister and sating her love for Art history are complicated by Andras, and the fascination he begins to manifest for her.
Even worse, Raven doesn’t know if she can control her attraction for him. Not that her emotions are the most important issue on the table, not when she has been swept away to a mysterious castle by a group of brothers.
Raven doesn’t know it but there is a game afoot and she has become an important piece.
The Deception Dance is the first book in a series. Because it is set in Europe, the book utilizes very dramatic imagery. Rita takes Christian mythology and blends it with modern concepts to generate something curious.
+The Lie Spinners
The previous summer found Raven Smith fighting to stop the Demon Apocalypse. And with the help of a demon-killer, she was able to put it on hold. Everything came down to the Grand Marquis who would keep the Gates to Hell closed, but only if Raven waited for him to come for her, keeping her emotions in check and refusing to fall in love.
After a year, Raven thought she was safe. But then Madeline, a witch, came calling and Raven was foolish enough to listen to her proposal. Stephen the Demo-Killer had disappeared and only Raven could find, and possibly, rescue him.
Raven knows that going to Thailand is stupidity. But she will not abandon Stephen.
This book continues the chaos and adventure of the first book. Raven saved the world a year ago, but she learnt that she couldn’t fall in love without starting the apocalypse all over again. But she has other problems to deal with. An earth witch called Madeline returns and calls upon Raven to fulfill her debt.
Madeline needs Raven to save Stephen before something terrible happens.
Book Series In Order » Authors » Rita Stradling
The fifty shades novels have sold over 70 million copies worldwide, over 35 million copies in the United States and set the record in the United Kingdom as the fastest selling paperback of all time In 2012, Time magazine named E.L. James one of "The World's 100 Most Influential People."
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Lauding and exposing modernism
By Cate McQuaid Globe Correspondent,March 17, 2015, 1:29 p.m.
Le Corbusier’s Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard, which opened in 1963, is a local standard-bearer for modern architecture and the ideals that drove it. Architects such as Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Adolf Loos transformed the face of architecture in the 20th century, rejecting the frou-frou aesthetics and ornate decor of the belle époque for clear glass and steel.
Cerith Wyn Evans’s “Untitled (Column) 17.’’White Cube and Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts.
Their designs hinged on purity and rationality. Le Corbusier, knowing that his Harvard building would house an art center, made the building a work of art, a composition of curves and planes, windows and walls, colors and flat gray concrete.
“The Way We Live Now, Modernist Ideologies at Work,” organized by James Voorhies, the Carpenter Center’s director, celebrates the transformative values of high modernism and exposes its faults. It’s the perfect exhibit for this space — a challenging place to show and make art. Voorhies says certain walls can’t be punctured or painted. The studios get great light, but storage space is scant.
Cerith Wyn Evans’s “Untitled (Column) 17,” commissioned for this show, is the centerpiece in the first floor gallery. He has created a floor-to-ceiling column from 90 fluorescent bulbs that echoes the nearly 200 load-bearing pylons holding up the building. It’s a beacon, an ethereal counterpoint to all that concrete.
Evans pays tribute to and builds upon Le Corbusier’s aesthetic. So does Amy Yoes, whose “Re-Make/Re-Model,” installed in the building’s sunken plaza, riffs on and flouts the architect’s clean geometry. Yoes adds gray-painted wooden forms to Le Corbusier’s concrete ones; they look like outgrowths. Triangles recur; the architect would likely be appalled. Simple digital animations of lines and circles — a nod to modernism’s infatuation with a machine aesthetic — play over the forms.
Modernist architecture left history behind. The catalog for this show quotes philosopher Walter Benjamin’s modernist edict, to “live without traces.” Several artists visit modernist homes and illustrate the tension between that aesthetic and the practicalities of life: We’ve got stuff and we have to put it somewhere.
An image from Elizabeth Price’s “AT THE HOUSE OF MR. X.”MOT International
Nobody even lives in cosmetic entrepreneur Stanley Picker’s London home, which Elizabeth Price hauntingly explores in her video “AT THE HOUSE OF MR. X,” but Picker has cluttered the place with icons of art and design. Martha Rosler made a video, “How Do We Know What Home Looks Like?” at Firminy-Vert, Le Corbusier’s French housing complex. “You can’t furnish a Corbusier,” says one of the residents. Yet they display as much pride in their building as frustration with its limitations.
Architecture must function, but art needn’t. Le Corbusier and his ilk set many wheels in motion in art. Working in the 1920s, they envisioned projects using photomontage. Photographer Thomas Ruff revisits that aesthetic in pieces such as “w.h.s. 04,” a photo of van der Rohe’s Weissenhof Apartment Building in Stuttgart, designed in 1926. Ruff retouches the image so that it looks unreal, composed, like a photomontage.
Josiah McElheny’s “Bruno Taut’s Monument to Socialist Spirituality (After Mies van der Rohe).”Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Sculptor Josiah McElheny blends two visions in “Bruno Taut’s Monument to Socialist Spirituality (After Mies van der Rohe).” Taut’s devotion to color, and his view of glass as a spiritual medium, collides with van der Rohe’s pragmatic, less colorful approach. McElheny’s piece is a gorgeous sculpture, ringed by low wooden cutouts representing older buildings. Sometimes history can provide contrast.
The works in “The Way We Live Now” traffic in the ideals of modernism, which revolutionized architecture, art, and intellectual life, but can still feel insular, antiseptic, and off-putting. The show lauds the modernists, and struggles to make peace with their vision. That may take another century. Even then, nobody will be able to hang a picture on one of the concrete walls at the Carpenter Center.
Character captured in portraits
Dana Gluckstein has been photographing indigenous people around the world for more than 30 years. There’s nothing modernist or even contemporary about her show, “Dignity: Tribes in Transition” at the Boston University Art Gallery at the Stone Gallery. She travels with an old Hasselblad camera and shoots large-format, black-and-white, deeply humane portraits of the people she encounters.
Dana Gluckstein’s “Masai Warrior Initiate, Kenya, 1985.”Dana Gluckstein
Some photos capture men and women in their native costume. Gluckstein shot “Masai Warrior Initiate, Kenya, 1985” from below, so the warrior, imposingly adorned in beads and chains, towers over us. Sunlight reflecting off a medallion on his forehead suggests a third eye; it’s a picture of power, yet the man is young, and vulnerable.
Other images show global culture seeping into local ways of life. The youngster in “Young Boy at Religious Festival, Bhutan, 2010” wears a traditional smock stitched with intricate patterns, but his sneakers fasten with Velcro and he cradles a rifle in his arms. I hope it’s a toy.
Dana Gluckstein’s “Young Boy at Religious Festival, Bhutan, 2010.”Dana Gluckstein
These are square portraits. The format imbues them with a sense of monumentality. Gluckstein may be focusing this body of work on change, but what most strongly comes across is the character of each sitter. The woman in “Aboriginal Artist, Australia, 1989” rests her head in her hands. She may be spent, but like all these subjects, she has a regal presence that makes it hard to look away.
The Way We Live Now, Modernist Ideologies at Work
At: Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge, through April 5. 617-495-3251, www.ccva.fas.harvard.edu
DIGNITY : Tribes in Transition
At: Boston University Art Gallery at the Stone Gallery,
855 Commonwealth Ave.,
through March 29. 617-353-3329, www.bu.edu/art
Cate McQuaid can be reached at catemcquaid@gmail.com. Follow her on Twitter @cmcq.
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Events coming up in sydney
by Mathias BallLeave a Comment on Events coming up in sydney
What’s on in Sydney next weekend?
Events – On Now & Coming Soon Christmas at The Rocks 2020. Free workshops, free entertainment and more. Candlelight Concerts. 20/12/2020 – 10/04/2021. The Australian Museum. Christmas in Darling Harbour 2020. Twilight Food Fair. Pippin at Sydney Lyric Theatre. Blacktown City Art Prize Exhibition. Westpac OpenAir Sydney .
What can I do today in Sydney?
25 Best Things To Do In Sydney ( Australia ) See a show at the Opera House. Source: flickr. Stroll Darling Harbour. Source: flickr. Get a local perspective with a free walking tour. Source: imfree. Visit the iconic Paddy’s Markets. Source: flickr. Bondi Beach. Source: flickr. Climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Have dinner at Circular Quay. Visit the Royal Botanic Gardens.
What is there to do on a Wednesday night in Sydney?
Top 10 fun and free things to do in Sydney at night Walk Sydney Harbour Bridge. Sydney , New South Wales. Watch the sunset at North Head. Sydney sunsets are legendary, and none more so than those over the water. Art After Hours, Art Gallery of NSW. The Domain & Royal Botanic Garden. Fairy penguins in Manly. Beach barbecue at Bronte. Historic Luna Park. Cheap eats in Chinatown.
What is Sydney best known for?
Sydney — a coastal metropolis whose five million residents make it the largest city in Australia — is famous for many things. The glittering harbour, complemented by landmarks like the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge . The dozens of sun-bathed beaches peppering the spectacular coastline.
What is free in Sydney this weekend?
101 Free Things To Do in Sydney Take a walk around the world famous Sydney Opera House. Admire Sydney’s icon, the stunning Sydney Harbour Bridge . Take a guided tour of the Royal Botanical Gardens. See Government House, where the colony’s early rulers worked. Check out a masterpiece at the NSW Art Gallery. Visit the amazing Museum of Contemporary Art.
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Whats on in Sydney tomorrow?
Events – On Now & Coming Soon Candlelight Concerts. 20/12/2020 – 10/04/2021. Christmas at The Rocks 2020. Sydney Fish Market 36-Hour Seafood Marathon. Pippin at Sydney Lyric Theatre. The Christmas Fun Fair 2020. The Australian Museum. Mr Black Distillery Experience. Blacktown City Art Prize Exhibition.
Where can I go tonight in Sydney?
Things to do around Sydney Harbour at night View of the Sydney Opera House with the city behind at dusk. Bridge climb at night . Opera Bar is equally loved by locals and visitors. Bennelong’s Cherry Jam Lamington. Bar Ombre at Circular Quay is a great sundowner spot. Fireworks every Saturday night in Darling Harbour.
Is it safe to walk around Sydney at night?
Some of the safest areas in Sydney include City Center, City South (except for George Street and Belmore Park, both of which can be dangerous at night ), East Sydney , and Bondi, as well as the suburbs of Lavender Bay, Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Hawkesbury, Holroyd, the Inner West, and the Northern Beaches, among others.
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What can couples do in Sydney?
17 Romantic Date Ideas in Sydney Do a Harbour Cruise. Do a Cooking Class. Go Hiking. Go Stand Up Paddling, Kayaking or Canoeing. Visit a Secluded Beach. Do a Flower Arranging Class. Climb the Harbour Bridge. Do a Pottery Workshop.
Where can I go out in Sydney?
Sydney’s best nightclubs The Imperial Hotel. Bars Erskineville. Goros. Bars Surry Hills. Clubs Darlinghurst. Best for: Techno, disco and rave-cave weirdness. Frankie’s Pizza by the Slice. Bars Sydney . Marrickville Bowling Club. Sport and fitness Marrickville. The Cliff Dive. Bars Darlinghurst. The Junction. Soda Factory.
What are the two major landmarks in Sydney?
The most famous attractions include the Sydney Opera House , and the Sydney Harbour Bridge . Other attractions include the Sydney Mardi Gras, Royal Botanical Gardens , Luna Park, the beaches and Sydney Tower .
Is Sydney a boring city?
Sydney’s pitfalls have been highlighted in a new report which claims the city is boring and too expensive. The Benchmarking Sydney 2019 report from the Committee for Sydney outlined a number of key areas affecting growth in the city . The Committee ranked Sydney equal 26th out of 33 in terms of ‘fun’.
Which city is most beautiful in Australia?
The 25 Most Beautiful Places in Australia Cairns , Queensland . The city known as the Gateway to the Great Barrier Reef is just as stunning as you’d expect. The Whitsundays, Queensland . Fraser Island, Queensland . Noosa Heads, Queensland . Toowoomba, Queensland . Yamba, New South Wales. Lord Howe Island, New South Wales. Leura, New South Wales.
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When did it last snow in sydney
by Mathias BallLeave a Comment on When did it last snow in sydney
Does Sydney ever get snow?
Snow in Sydney is extremely rare. Jindabyne is the gateway to the Snowy Mountains and is a 6 hour drive south of Sydney . Snow can also fall in regional parts of New South Wales including the Blue Mountains, Orange and the Upper Hunter.
When did Australia last have snow?
Has it ever snowed in Australia on Christmas Day?
“There was a particularly significant [event] actually in southern Western Australia in November 1992, which was arguably one of their two or three most significant snowfalls of the past 50 years at any time of year,” he said. Then there was the Christmas Day snowfall in Tasmania and Victoria in 2006.
Has Australia ever had snow?
Yes, it does snow in parts of Australia , and yes – the snow is significant. The aptly named “Snowy Mountains” region has substantial snowfall each winter, as does Victoria’s “High Country” region, which is only a few hours drive from Melbourne.
Is Sydney colder than Melbourne?
Melbourne is a little cooler during summer and a lot colder during winter. Sydney – often tempered by a sea breeze – is more likely to be closer to that than Melbourne . And having lived for many years in both cities, I can assure you that Melbourne has a LOT hotter summer days than Sydney does.
Where can I see snow in Sydney?
Head for the ski resorts near Sydney this snow season Thredbo. Take the chairlift to Australia’s highest ski resort. Perisher Resort. Perisher is the largest ski resort in the southern hemisphere. Charlotte Pass. The Chalet at Charlotte’s Pass. Mount Selwyn. Beginners and intermediate thrill-seekers will love Mount Selwyn.
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Does Australia have 4 seasons?
What is Christmas called in Australia?
When Australians celebrate Christmas on December 25, it is during summer vacation. The most popular event of the Christmas season is called Carols by Candlelight. People come together at night to light candles and sing Christmas carols outside.
Where is snow in Australia now?
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Has Australia ever had a white Christmas?
Santa has delivered a gift of wild and unpredictable weather to Australians this Christmas , including the coldest December 25 in Melbourne on record. Residents in two bushfire-affected states awoke to a white Christmas , while Queenslanders sweltered in hot and humid conditions.
What countries are hot at Christmas?
On average, some of the hottest places to visit in December are: Cancun (30.4 °C) Dominican Republic (29.6 °C) Barbados (29.5 °C) Brisbane (28.2 °C) Cape Verde (26.4 °C) Melbourne (25.5 °C) Lanzarote (22.2 °C) Tenerife (21.9 °C)
What is the time in Australia now?
Time in States and Territories in Australia (8 States and Territories Listed Below, 3 States and Territories Have Multiple Time Zones)
Australian Capital Territory * Mon 6:20 am
New South Wales (west) * Mon 5:50 am
New South Wales * Mon 6:20 am
Northern Territory Mon 4:50 am
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Is Australia the hottest place on earth?
A world weather map has revealed that Australia is currently the hottest place on earth as the country swelters through record high temperatures. But even Australia’s southern hemisphere neighbours are nowhere near as hot, although parts of South America, south-east Asia and Africa are also over 30C.
Does Hawaii ever have snow?
The only other area of Hawaii that gets snow with any regularity is the Haleakalā volcano on Maui, which at about 10,000 feet gets snow once every five years or so, the weather service said. The coldest temperature ever recorded in Hawaii was 12 degrees on Mauna Kea on May 17, 1979, the weather service said.
Is Canada bigger than Australia?
Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, while Canada is approximately 9,984,670 sq km, making Canada 29% larger than Australia . Meanwhile, the population of Australia is ~25.5 million people (12.2 million more people live in Canada ).
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Shortage of Skills: Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
June 03, 2016, Washington, DC – This month the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 7.4 million Americans are unemployed, while at the same time 5.8 million jobs remain unfilled in America. This crisis exists because employers demand "job ready" employees and prospective employees are simply not able to bridge the skills gap without appropriate education and training.
As summer heats up, the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities (APSCU) examines the shortage of skills in America’s heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) industry. Although it is often taken for granted, the industry allows Americans to live and work comfortably all year round in diverse climates. But this comfortable way of life could be at risk in the coming years as the HVACR industry confronts an almost unprecedented labor shortage.
According to a September 2015 report from the HVACR Workplace Development Foundation, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the number of HVACR mechanic and installer jobs will increase by 21 percent through 2022 – nearly twice the growth of employment overall – with more than 115,000 additional HVACR mechanics and installers needed. During this time, the Social Security Administration estimates 22 percent of the U.S. workforce will retire, which is expected to create a large talent gap.
Source: "The HVACR Workforce: Demand Heats Up as Supply Melts Away," HVACR Workforce Development Foundation. September 2015.
“HVACR jobs are in high demand across the country and cannot be outsourced, unlike some skilled occupations. The industry also offers good pay – average salaries are over $49,000, plus bonuses and overtime,” said Steve Gunderson, president and CEO of APSCU. “But despite the potential appeal of working as an HVACR technician, the number of new entrants in the field is failing to keep pace with America’s growing demand.”
In 2014 alone, Burning Glass Technologies found over 220,000 openings for all types of HVACR jobs. However, there were only an estimated 21,239 new employees qualified to enter the workforce from technical or community colleges for the 2014–2015 school year, according to a HVACR Workplace Development Foundation report.
As leading providers of talent for skilled trades like HVACR technicians, private sector colleges and universities will play a key role in equipping students with the skills they need to replace America’s aging workforce.
“At our Fortis and All State Career locations across the country, we are actively working to recruit students for the HVAC programs,” said Duncan Anderson, president and CEO of Education Affiliates. “We are confident that our program prepares students for the wide variety of job options in the HVACR industry, and will continue to do our part to provide them with the skills they need to succeed. We know that those committed to completing the training will find numerous employment opportunities in the region.”
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Josh Allen: "Start Camp on the Right Note"
QB Josh Allen talks to the media at St. John Fisher after the first practice of training camp.
Bills wide receiver, Stefon Diggs spoke to the media after practice on Wednesday. Topics included: how the relationships in this locker room have contributed to the team's success this season, playing in front of 17,000 fans at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City this weekend, and the experience of the Bills coaching staff in conference championship games.
Bills quarterback, Josh Allen spoke to the media after practice on Wednesday. Topics included: how he's evolved handling pressure situations in games, the experience that the Bills coaching staff has in conference championship games, and what Laramie, Wyoming and the University of Wyoming mean to him.
Head Coach Sean McDermott address the media prior to practice topics include; improved defensive backfield, facing a tough Kansas City offense, and playing a team for the second time in a season.
Leslie Frazier: "Really Good Performance"
Bills defensive coordinator, Leslie Frazier spoke with the media on Monday. Topics include: his time in Philadelphia under Andy Reid's coaching staff, having to prepare for both Chiefs quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes and Chad Henne, and how Bills nickelback Taron Johnson has progressed and developed since entering the league in 2018.
Sean McDermott: "Playing Good Team Football"
Head Coach Sean McDermott addressed the media on Monday topics include; his experience playing in conference championships, how the offense has evolved since playing the Chiefs earlier this season, and keeping players focused.
Josh Allen: "Fun One to Be a Part Of"
Bills Quarterback Josh Allen addresses the media following the Bills 17-3 win over the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Divisional Round. Topics include: how he and the team feel about punching their ticket to the AFC Championship, his reaction to Cornerback Taron Johnson's 101 year pick six, how the team responded to a high-level performance from Defensive End Jerry Hughes, and how the team let out some "emotion" with this game.
Sean McDermott: "We're Not There Yet"
Bills HC Sean McDermott spoke to the media following the 17-3 victory over the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Divisional Round.
Sean McDermott: "Take Advantage of the Opportunity"
Head Coach Sean McDermott addressed the media before practice topics include; options at the running back position, DE Trent Murphy's approach this season, and a message to the fans.
Stefon Diggs: "Execute At A High Level"
Wide Receiver Stefon Diggs addressed the media after practice topics include; limited turnovers, playing with a mobile quarterback, and the possibility of snow in the forecast for Saturday's game.
Sean McDermott: "Just Be Themselves"
Bills Head Coach Sean McDermott addresses the media on January 13th. Topics include: what the team needs to do to stop the Baltimore Ravens rushing attack, what he thinks of Ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh, cultivating a culture where players feel comfortable being themselves and showcase their personalities, what he thinks of the 2018 Quarterback Draft class that featured both Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson, and how the team is preparing to scheme against Ravens Defensive Coordinator Wink Martindale.
Josh Allen: "Focused At The Task At Hand"
Quarterback Josh Allen addressed the media after practice on Tuesday topics include; facing a tough Baltimore Ravens team, learning from his first playoff win, and getting off to faster starts.
Leslie Frazier: "There's So Much More to be Done"
Bills DC and Asst. HC Leslie Frazier spoke to the media on Monday, January 11th. Topics included: Preparing for the Ravens in the AFC Divisional Round this upcoming Saturday, being contacted by other teams in the league about head coaching interviews, and how he's seen more Hail Marys this season than in the last 10 years.
Brian Daboll: "We Have Our Work Cut Out for Ourselves"
Offensive Coordinator Brian Daboll addressed the media on Monday topics include; facing a blitz heavy team like the Baltimore Ravens, WR Cole Beasley's gritty performance on Saturday, and what his thoughts where on winning the first playoff game for his home town team since 1995.
Sean McDermott: "A Good Week of Preparation"
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Sinkholes 101: How They Happen & How to Treat Them
February 13, 2020 Elizabeth
Sinkholes are the lurking underground menace no one wants to think about and definitely don’t want to deal with when they happen. One day everything is fine and suddenly, with no warning, the ground caves in! With spring comes rainy, cold weather—a perfect setup for a sinkhole to form.
The areas in which sinkholes can occur are related to the geologic conditions, so the occurrence is not totally random. A knowledgeable consultant can assist in determining the relative risk of sinkhole development. As the title says, this article provides a short discussion of how to locate and treat sinkholes. Note the word ‘treat’ instead of ‘repair’. As with certain medical conditions, there is no cure for a site in sinkhole terrain-only treatment and application of suitable construction methods to reduce the risk of future sinkhole occurrences.
While the geologic conditions in which sinkholes can occur are known, the actual occurrence of a sinkhole is unpredictable. Subsurface conditions can stay in equilibrium and stable for many years, and suddenly change due to manmade changes such as pumping from wells or changes in surface runoff. Extreme weather variations such as heavy rainfall or drought can cause dropouts to suddenly occur at a site that was previously stable.
What Is a Sinkhole?
A sinkhole is a localized depression in the surface of the ground that was caused by the removal of underlying material. Naturally occurring sinkholes are mainly associated with limestone bedrock because limestone is susceptible to being dissolved by acidic groundwater. Other geologic formations conducive to sinkhole development include marble and dolomite.
Causes of Sinkholes
The dissolving (or solutioning) of carbonate bedrock occurs over thousands of years. As the limestone dissolves, soil erodes or ‘ravels’ into the open seams or caverns. The erosion progresses upward toward the surface until a surface collapse occurs. This is shown in the publication “Building on Sinkholes” by G. F. Sowers.
Consider the caves you may have visited. The cave networks are the underlying cause of surface sinkholes. When the roof of the cave collapses, or where cracks and fissures in the rock allow overlying soil to erode into the cave, the void can eventually reach the surface. The cave networks can be very extensive, such as Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, where the network has over 50 kilometers of continuous subterranean passages.
When a large area underlain by such a cave network undergoes collapse and numerous sinkholes occur, the surface topography can change into a series of sinks and large closed depressions, the landscape is known karst topography. The term karst comes from the name of an area adjacent to the Adriatic Sea, where natural sinkholes are numerous. The word ‘karst’ is used to describe areas where sinkholes, either natural or man-induced, occur.
The surface collapse can be slow or sudden, as seen in the Florida event. One of the largest sinkholes in Alabama occurred so suddenly that a local farmer felt his house shudder and then there was a sudden gust of wind within a few seconds. The sinkhole (referred to as the Golly hole) was later found to have a diameter of 300 feet.
Sinkholes may also be caused by manmade factors as well. Broken stormwater pipes are a common cause of soil erosion and subsequent surface dropouts. Underground mining activities have also been related to sinkholes.
Identification of Sinkholes
Now that we’ve discussed the causes, how do you identify areas that are susceptible to sinkholes? Except for manmade features, geology is the major factor in sinkhole development. Most states and some counties have publications that identify sinkhole prone areas. Aerial photographs (sometimes incorporating infrared cameras) can be used to locate existing dropouts or other karst features.
After geological research of the site, a geotechnical investigation plan is developed and executed. The investigation may include:
Soil test borings—Used to determine the consistency of the overburden soils. The soil test borings are usually drilled to auger refusal to check the variability of the bedrock surface. It is common to find soft soil conditions and an erratic rock surface in active sinkhole areas. It’s important to determine the depth of the soft zone of soil above the rock relative to the thickness of undisturbed soil above.
Rock coring and/or air rotary drilling—This is used to assess the continuity of the rock. Clay filled seams, void spaces, or caverns in the rock increase the risk of future dropouts.
Geophysical investigations—Geophysical techniques may include electrical resistivity testing, ground penetrating radar, seismic soundings, or micro-gravity surveys. Electrical resistivity is usually used where clay overburden is present. Electrical resistivity imaging (ERI) is a technique used to map resistance to electrical flow in the ground at varying depths and lateral locations. Electrical current is introduced to the earth by two transmitting electrodes. The apparent resistivity of the subsurface is obtained by measuring the drop in potential between two receiving electrodes along the test alignment. The depth of investigation is proportional to the separations between transmitting and receiving electrodes. By varying this separation, as well as the separations between the pairs of transmitting the receiving electrodes, different depths and locations can be sampled to develop profiles of the subsurface apparent resistivity. These results can often distinguish more competent rock with higher resistivity values from water bearing, weathered or fractured rock having higher conductivity and lower resistivity values.
The results of the investigation are analyzed and the risk for future sinkhole development is assessed. Sites are typically assigned low, medium, or high risk depending on the findings of the investigation.
Treatment of Sinkholes
The remediation or treatment options are based on the risk factors assigned to the site, the sensitivity and importance of the structure, and the risk tolerance of the client. There are several viable options to consider for sinkhole risk reduction. Some of the remediation options include:
Rock-supported foundations—The use of rock supported foundations and a structural slab system is required to essentially avoid the potential complications related to future sinkhole development. Drilled piers, micropiles, or steel piles are considered for this application. However, there are limitations even for these systems and the risks should be evaluated carefully. This approach is not usually practical for most light to moderately loaded structures due to cost.
Grouting—Several grouting techniques are used for sinkhole remediation. Some of the methods include cap grouting, low-mobility grouting, and dome filling. A typical grouting process is designed to fill the open voids in the soil and improve the consistency of the soil matrix. The grouting program is usually initiated on a 10- to 20-foot grid pattern. Depending on the grout take and pressures in the primary injection points, secondary or tertiary grout holes may be required.
Surface stabilization layer—The placement of a geogrid reinforcement layer at the subgrade level is sometimes used to reduce the risk of surface dropouts. The geogrid design is based on the ability of the geogrid to span over the certain size dropout. The major consideration with this method is the selection of the ‘design’ dropout opening. The geogrid manufacturer typically assists in the design services.
Excavation and placement of inverted rock filter—Repair of existing dropouts with excavation/rock replacement is probably the most common sinkhole treatment method. The excavation is extended to competent bedrock and durable rock is used to replace the removed soil. Large rock (rip-rap) is placed in the bottom of the excavation. Progressively smaller rock is used as the excavation is filled. The purpose is to allow flow of groundwater without causing soil erosion.
While sinkholes are and will continue to be a challenge for many project sites, a proper investigation program can provide the necessary insight to anticipate their presence and oftentimes mitigate their effect.
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Site Classification for Seismic Design
We all know the old real estate adage: “Location, location, location.” In commercial and industrial construction, the saying goes beyond proximity or curb appeal. When it comes to design, one of the major ‘location’ considerations is seismic site classification. Several of the design parameters relative to site location can be determined by reviewing the Building Code Risk Coefficient Maps which are based on proximity to known seismic zones, however the specific subsurface conditions at the project site must also be determined. Even in areas relatively far away from known active seismic areas, the cost associated with seismic design can have a significant impact on the cost of the structural framework of the building. The biggest variable in the equation is the Site Class.
The Site Class is based on the average conditions present within 100 feet of the ground surface, and are designated as A-F, with hard rock, considered an ‘A,’ down to potentially collapsible soils, which get an ‘F.’ The Site Classification is based on shear wave velocity. For the A and B classification, it is preferable to measure the shear wave velocity on-site. The Building Code does allow the design condition to be estimated by a geotechnical engineer, engineering geologist or seismologist, with significant past knowledge of specific geologic formations and conditions (considering weathering and fracturing). Site Classes C, D and E can also be determined by seismic methods or typical soil drilling Standard Penetration Test (SPT-N) results. Site Class F is used for potentially collapsible soils, usually soft alluvial deposits.
Due to the cost of the exploration required to accurately determine the Site Class versus the relative additional cost to the structure, (savings on the order of 100x the cost of the analysis have been realized!) it is prudent to evaluate the upper 100 feet using soil drilling methods or seismic methods. Due to the relative quickness and ease and accuracy in which the seismic data can be obtained, the seismic method is typically more cost effective. Additionally, the building code limits SPT-N values to 100 if rock is encountered in the upper 100 feet, so when rock is present, it is not uncommon to improve the Site Class using seismic data relative to data from soil test borings. Pre-construction knowledge of the soil’s capabilities not only keeps everyone in compliance with International Building Code, it makes good business sense.
Building & Earth surveys are conducted using SeisOpt’s® patented Refraction Microtremor (ReMi®) technology.
This surface-performed geophysical survey evaluates surface waves, shear waves in particular. These dispersive waves are measured along a linear seismic array and evaluated relative to wave frequency and slowness. A seismograph, geophones placed in an array, and a seismic source are used to measure the propagating waves, all while data is recorded. This information is used to generate a 1-D subsurface profile based on the velocity with depth.
We’ve found that ReMi technology has some measurable advantages, including:
• Tests a much larger volume of the subsurface, in contrast to borehole measurements.
• Non-invasive and nondestructive, and uses only ambient noise as a seismic source.
• No permits are required for its use.
• No need to close a street or shut down work for the purpose of data acquisition.
• Usually takes less than two hours, from setup through breakdown.
The technology can also be used to determine liquefaction potential, soil compaction and subsurface geology.
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Sinkholes: Causes, Identification and Remediation
Sinkholes – The lurking underground menace. One day everything is fine and suddenly, with no warning, it’s not! OK, that may be a little sensational, but sinkholes sure do make the news when they occur. Just recently sinkholes in Florida caused the collapse of a large building and even a human death.
So, what is a sinkhole?
A geologist would say a sinkhole is a localized depression in the surface of the ground that was caused by the removal of underlying material. Naturally occurring sinkholes are mainly associated with limestone bedrock because limestone is susceptible to being dissolved by acidic groundwater. Other geologic formations conducive to sinkhole development include marble and dolomite.
Sinkhole Causes
Consider the caves you may have visited. The cave networks are the underlying cause of surface sinkholes. When the roof of the cave collapses, or where cracks and fissures in the rock allow overlying soil to erode into the cave, the void can eventually reach the surface. The cave networks can be very extensive, such as Mammoth Cave in Kentucky where the network has over 50km of continuous subterranean passages.
When a large area underlain by such a cave network undergoes collapse and numerous sinkholes occur, the surface topography can change into a series of sinks and large closed depressions, the landscape is known karst topography. The term karst comes from the name of an area adjacent to the Adriatic Sea where natural sinkholes are numerous. The word ‘karst’ is used to describe areas where sinkholes, either natural or man-induced, occur.
Sinkholes may also be caused by man made factors as well. Broken storm water pipes are a common cause of soil erosion and subsequent surface dropouts. Underground mining activities have also been related to sinkholes.
Sinkhole Identification
Now that we’ve discussed the causes, how do you identify areas that are susceptible to sinkholes? Except for manmade features, geology is the major factor in sinkhole development. Most states and even some counties have publications that identify sinkhole prone areas. Aerial photographs (sometimes incorporating infrared cameras) can be used to locate existing dropouts or other karst features.
Soil test borings to determine the consistency of the overburden soils. The soil test borings are usually drilled to auger refusal to check the variability of the bedrock surface. It is common to find soft soil conditions and an erratic rock surface in active sinkhole areas. It is important to determine the depth of the soft zone of soil above the rock relative to the thickness of undisturbed soil above.
Rock coring and/or air rotary drilling to assess the continuity of the rock. Clay filled seams, void spaces, or caverns in the rock increase the risk of future dropouts.
Geophysical investigations. Geophysical techniques may include electrical resistivity testing, ground penetrating radar, seismic soundings, or micro-gravity surveys. Electrical resistivity is usually used where clay overburden is present. Electrical resistivity imaging (ERI) is a technique used to map resistance to electrical flow in the ground at varying depths and lateral locations. Electrical current is introduced to the earth by two transmitting electrodes. The apparent resistivity of the subsurface is obtained by measuring the drop in potential between two receiving electrodes along the test alignment. The depth of investigation is proportional to the separations between transmitting and receiving electrodes. By varying this separation, as well as the separations between the pairs of transmitting the receiving electrodes, different depths and locations can be sampled to develop profiles of the subsurface apparent resistivity. These results can often distinguish more competent rock with higher resistivity values from water bearing, weathered or fractured rock having higher conductivity and lower resistivity values.
Sinkhole Remediation
Rock Supported Foundations. The use of rock supported foundations and a structural slab system is required to essentially avoid the potential complications related to future sinkhole development. Drilled piers, micropiles, or steel piles are considered for this application. However, there are limitations even for these systems and the risks should be evaluated carefully. This approach is not usually practical for most light to moderately loaded structures because of cost.
Grouting. Several grouting techniques are used for sinkhole remediation. Some of the methods include cap grouting, low mobility grouting, and dome filling. A typical grouting process is designed to fill the open voids in the soil and improve the consistency of the soil matrix. The grouting program is usually initiated on a 10 foot to 20 foot grid pattern. Depending on the grout take and pressures in the primary injection points, secondary or tertiary grout holes may be required.
Surface Stabilization Layer. The placement of a geogrid reinforcement layer at the subgrade level is sometimes used to reduce the risk of surface dropouts. The geogrid design is based on the ability of the geogrid to span over the certain size dropout. The major consideration with this method is the selection of the ‘design’ dropout opening. The geogrid manufacturer typically assists in the design services.
Excavation and Placement of Inverted Rock Filter. Repair of existing dropouts with excavation/rock replacement is probably the most common sinkhole treatment method. The excavation is extended to competent bedrock and durable rock is used to replace the removed soil. Large rock (rip-rap) is placed in the bottom of the excavation. Progressively smaller rock is used as the excavation is filled. The purpose is to allow flow of groundwater without causing soil erosion.
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The evidence is mounting that Apple's next big product will be a pair of computer glasses
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Apple said earlier this week that it bought a small Colorado company that worked on lenses for augmented reality glasses.
It's pretty clear at this point that Apple is working on a pair of its own smartglasses.
But what the glasses do and Apple's design priorities are still secret, and matter more than the technology that Apple decides to buy and use.
Of course Apple is working on new products in its $5 billion headquarters and research labs.
The company wouldn't be as successful as it is if Apple CEO Tim Cook and his executive team weren't constantly planning for three and five years into the future and asking themselves what computers could look like.
It seems like the company has decided it will launch a pair of smartglasses that can impose digital information onto the real world through its advanced lenses.
The latest brick in this mound of evidence? Apple recently acquired a small Colorado based company, Akonia Holographics. Reuters has the scoop.
The company wasn't very well known, and although no price was announced, it was a small purchase, unlikely to be listed in regulatory filings.
But the transaction still reveals that Apple is working on some kind of head-mounted gadget. Just look at the company's website:
Akonia Holographics
That's not the only place where the company says it's focused on augmented reality glasses.
Under products, the company talks about making lenses for smart glasses:
Apple usually buys companies for talent and the technology it's working on — and it seems like this company was focused on new developments in one of the elements of smart glasses that isn't in smartphones: the lenses.
Not surprising
Current smartglasses, like Magic Leap One, are bulky and have issues with display, battery life, and software.
The fact that Apple is working on smartglasses shouldn't be surprising to any investors. Apple CEO Tim Cook laid out Apple's playbook for the technology way back in 2016, before the company ever released any augmented reality software.
"I do think that a significant portion of the population of developed countries, and eventually all countries, will have AR experiences every day, almost like eating three meals a day, it will become that much a part of you, a lot of us live on our smartphones, the iPhone, I hope, is very important for everyone, so AR will become really big," he said in 2016.
Apple has bought a ton of other augmented reality companies, including one last year that worked on eye-tracking, another core technology for glasses.
And for the past two years, Apple has been highlighting augmented reality apps on the iPhone using ARKit, its software for placing digital objects in the real world.
The fact that Apple is working on glasses has been reported by Bloomberg, and the company has an R&D team of hundreds working on prototypes and technologies that the glasses could eventually use.
This all is known. It's also public that rivals like Google, Facebook, and Amazon are working on their own augmented reality technology. Buzzy billion dollar startup Magic Leap just started shipping its own glasses.
But what's still unknown about Apple's AR glasses is far more interesting.
Will it replace the iPhone?
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What form the glasses will take is still unknown. Bloomberg previously reported that they would be an assistant device to the iPhone, similar to how the Apple Watch needs an iPhone now.
But then, what does Apple see as the core features? Is it going to be a lightweight device intended for notifications, or is it going to have more of a gaming and graphics focus, like the recently released Magic Leap One?
Is Apple going to focus on weight, or power, or utility?
One analyst believes that Apple sees augmented reality as its next big user interface, like how the iPhone introduced advanced touchscreens. Therefore, Apple might not need a so-called "killer app" — it's the whole experience.
"We predict that AR is the next-generation revolutionary UI; we therefore think that AR does not need any killer applications given it is a killer application already," Kuo wrote in the note.
While lots of companies can research new technologies, assemble parts in an attractive fashion, and bring a product to market, Apple is known for its design sense. Other companies are less likely to focus on breakthrough interfaces. For example, Oculus cofounder Palmer Luckey expressed disappointment with Magic Leap One's interface.
"I hope Magic Leap does cool stuff in the future, but the current UI is basically an Android Wear watch menu that floats in front of you," Luckey wrote.
"It is some of the worst parts of phone UI slammed into some of the most gimmicky parts of VR UI, and I hope developers create better stuff in the near future," he continued.
Apple seems likely to avoid these problems. It's been hiring user interface designers, with job listings that strongly suggest that some talented people inside of Apple are trying to figure out how to interact with the world through glasses or a phone. And it already has a library of over 3,000 AR apps for its iPhone.
As with the iPhone and other Apple products, if the Cupertino-based giant comes up with a better way of doing something in augmented reality, you can expect the rest of the industry to follow and come up with their own versions.
So while all the puzzle pieces are coming together and pointing to Apple building its own pair of glasses, it's how they end up working that will matter the most. We'll know how it's shaking out soon — some people have guessed that Apple could launch something as soon as 2020.
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Logically increases its workforce to over 250 people with the purchase of Nevada-based IQ Technology Solutions, its fifth acquisition since July 2018.
By J. Craig AndersonPortland Press Herald
Portland-based information technology services provider Logically has acquired IQ Technology Solutions, an IT services provider based in Reno, Nevada.
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The deal was announced in a news release issued Tuesday by Logically, formerly known as Winxnet. Terms of the acquisition – the company’s fifth since July 2018 – were not disclosed.
The acquisition will add IQ Technology’s 30 employees to Logically’s existing staff of 225 to create a workforce of over 250 employees, including 75 in Portland.
“What impressed us about IQ Technologies, aside from their stellar growth and award-winning recognition in the market, was their dedication to customer support and client satisfaction,” Logically CEO Christopher Claudio said in the release. “IQ Technologies’ founder, Steve Cerocke, will become a senior adviser to the Logically leadership team, and the team at IQ Technologies will stay on and form the backbone of Logically’s Nevada market presence.”
Logically specializes in providing outsourced IT services to small and midsize businesses. In June 2018, it acquired K&R Network Solutions Inc. of San Diego to form a coast-to-coast managed IT services company and has since expanded into other states with further acquisitions.
In early December, Logically acquired North Carolina-based Carolinas IT, adding another 75 employees to its growing staff.
Claudio said the company plans to acquire more companies to expand its presence even further. Logically now operates in Maine, Massachusetts, California, New York, Connecticut, Nevada, Tennessee and North Carolina, with customers in more than 20 states.
Claudio has said the industry that provides outsourced IT services, also known as managed services, is still relatively fragmented with 15,000 to 25,000 small to midsize providers scattered throughout the United States. He said there has been a push lately toward industry consolidation, and that Logically wants to become one of the top U.S. firms by making three to four acquisitions per year.
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Bus from Agua Prieta to Nuevo Casas Grandes
Buses Agua Prieta to Nuevo Casas Grandes: Compare all companies
Facts about the bus from Agua Prieta to Nuevo Casas Grandes
Fastest Bus 3h 0m
Latest Bus 11:05 PM
Daily Bus Routes 12 Ø
Bus Companies Futura, Transportes Chihuahuenses
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Bus Agua Prieta to Nuevo Casas Grandes: Further Information
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Once you get your results, you can compare all available buses from Agua Prieta to Nuevo Casas Grandes and consider multiple factors before booking your trip. The cheapest bus tickets are offered by Transportes Chihuahuenses at $24.42, whereas the quickest connection takes 3h 0m. So it's up to you whether you want to choose the cheapest ticket, the fastest trip or the bus with the most amenities. No matter what you're looking for, we can help you find the deal that best meets your needs!
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Bus stops in Agua Prieta and Nuevo Casas Grandes
Nuevo Casas Grandes (Mexico)
Avenida 6 y Calle 25 Colonia Ejidal , 84200 Agua Prieta (Mexico)
FAQs about the bus route Agua Prieta to Nuevo Casas Grandes
How much does a Agua Prieta Nuevo Casas Grandes bus trip cost?
This depends on, among other things, the day and time of travel. The cheapest trip is available from $24.42 and takes 3h 0m to reach Nuevo Casas Grandes. Compare offers to save money!
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This route is offered by 2 bus companies with a range of ticket prices between $24.42 and $24.42. Thus, we recommend booking your ticket as early as possible to make sure you get the cheapest bus ticket to Nuevo Casas Grandes.
On average, how many connections are available from Agua Prieta to Nuevo Casas Grandes each day?
Every day, the Agua Prieta Nuevo Casas Grandes bus route is served by approximately 12 connections. With our search engine, you can compare bus times to find the perfect trip.
How long does a bus journey from Agua Prieta to Nuevo Casas Grandes take?
The fastest bus from Agua Prieta to Nuevo Casas Grandes is offered by Transportes Chihuahuenses and takes 3h 0m. Bus tickets for this connection cost $24.42. In this context, bear in mind that the journey can take longer due to traffic.
What time is the first bus from Agua Prieta to Nuevo Casas Grandes?
The earliest bus arriving in Nuevo Casas Grandes from Agua Prieta starts at 1:10 AM. However, information regarding departure times may differ on weekends and holidays. Simply use our search engine to find exact times for your planned travel date.
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When traveling by bus from Agua Prieta to Nuevo Casas Grandes, passengers can travel with Transportes Chihuahuenses and Futura. With our search engine, you can compare all available bus tickets to book the one that works for you.
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The equipment on board differs depending on the provider. However, many long-distance buses have WiFi so you can tell your friends your exact location during the journey. To make traveling even more pleasant, air conditioning systems provide ventilation. It is best to use our search function to get precise information about the equipment of the bus from Agua Prieta to Nuevo Casas Grandes on your planned travel date.
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Pharmaceutical company drives customer insights leveraging analytics and machine learning for clinical trials and therapies
Why CDP?
CDP is the only available platform with the flexibility & scale to deliver what we needed” Multi-Cloud (AWS now, with plans to expand to Azure, then Google)
SDX (consistent security & governance to comply w/ stringent compliance & global regulatory requirements)
Auto-scale CDP Experiences = AGILITY
Kubernetes/isolated services to address multiple required capabilities: DataHub, CDE, CDW, CML, and Kafka/CDF
Reduced R&D costs with clear data access & centralization
Aligned efficiencies for clinical trials process and phases while reducing cost
Modernizing clinical trial data for multiple use cases: safety networks, real-world data insights, and genomic analytics linkage to past clinical trial data
Connecting data, centralizing it for all clinical and for analysis for FDA submissions
Real-time alerts to physicians on patient safety such as severe effects across patients
For life science organizations health issues are at the forefront of their daily lives. Treating patient illness, from acute to chronic to life threatening conditions and everything in between, drives innovation. Data becomes the critical lifeline to finding therapies and cures for many diseases affecting patients on a global scale.
Managing the abundance of data from labs, doctors notes, prescriptions, clinical trials, MRI’s and surgeries, life science organizations analyze data through machine learning models to come up with cures or ways to manage diseases.
Data, new and old, resided in silos across the company and led to inefficient analytics and machine learning. Many companies managing patient health, like this large pharmaceutical company, need to constantly maintain a diverse drug portfolio to remain competitive in the marketplace.
Real-time streaming capabilities were non-existent which presented a challenge. The previous platform was not scalable or flexible enough to store all the necessary data. The company did not have any predictive modeling and no central way to address the problem.
Lines of business within the company, like Research & Development (R&D), needed productivity improvements to accelerate new drug discovery and unleash their scientists to explore complete datasets much faster with increased efficiency of clinical trial innovation. The executive team mandated a corporate initiative to move to the cloud quickly. The company needed to act fast to manage its data across the organization while requiring comprehensive security to meet an onerous regulatory environment, avoid vendor lock-in, and the flexibility to choose their cloud vendors.
The pharmaceutical company adopted the Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) for the public cloud (AWS), for an R&D data convergence hub & clinical trial research platform. All research and development data on this platform will deliver advanced analytics for new drug discovery and development (pre-clinical data, 3rd party medical records and generic evidence data).
Implementation of Cloudera Data Flow (CDF) also enables real-time streaming from wearables used in the clinical trial process including patient facing applications using NiFi data streaming. CDP and AWS will be the foundation for a new transactional data warehouse.
Data analysis helped the company to better understand their customers' needs for a specific drug for therapies, surgery to repair or replace things in the body as well as address long term strategies fighting life threatening diseases. Product compound analytics were important for the company as it enabled product managers and product teams to analyze performance of patient devices. This was critical information to optimize to help diagnose issues and problems.
The management of clinical trial data with the Cloudera Data Platform was pivotal to this pharmaceutical company. With vast amounts of data coming in through each phase of the trials, there was a strong need to be able to efficiently analyse and gain insights at each step. With a multi-tenant application the company can also provide savings by reducing development and deployment costs.
The Cloudera Data Platform, with AWS, and CDF enabled a central data store for fast, holistic analytics and machine learning for the clinical trial research platform and data hub. This helped create a better drug pipeline, increased efficiency, and lowered costs to manage clinical trials. In addition, doubling R&D productivity improved cycle time with faster and more effective trials.
The company wants to understand and cure diseases by developing therapies - a cure versus a vaccine. The Cloudera solution diversifies their drug portfolio and accelerates FDA approvals to bring new drugs to market. “This will be based on thousands of data sources with more than 25 petabytes of unstructured data plus 20 million unique entities. The company will be able to identify and analyze over 13 trillion relationships”, said Head of AI.
For the pharmaceutical company, the results were clear and helped them define a portfolio for use cases in safety networks, for real-world data insights, and genomic analytics linkage to past clinical trial data. What can take other companies over a year to build and accomplish with on-prem technologies, they were able to accomplish in a few months with CDP in the public cloud, AWS, and CDF.
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20 Bingo Lingo Terms
Top Bingo Terms
Here at Castle Jackpot, as well as playing host to our wide range of online slots that are regularly visited by our loyal knights and maidens, we also hold a variety of online bingo games which thou can explore.
So if you’re looking to branch out from our online casino games and pick up a ticket or two for any of the bingo games we have to offer, then you'll want to know some of the terms you're likely to come across both within the games and in our chat rooms.
What is Bingo Lingo?
Bingo terminology or ‘Bingo Lingo’ as it's also called first came into fruition with bingo callers in land-based halls. By using witty humour to make puns and jokes when drawing numbers, this tradition has continued into the online platform of bingo games and in bingo chat rooms where it's used to mimic the atmosphere of bingo halls. In order for our knights and maidens to understand the Bingo terms they’re most likely to here, our King and Queen at Castle Jackpot decided to dedicate a blog post to simply addressing 20 random bingo terms and create a bit of a ‘Bingo Glossary’ whether thou art bingo newbies or connoisseurs.
Top 20 Bingo Terms Explained
It would be wrong to begin the bingo glossary with any other word than bingo itself. Although self-explanatory, this is normally what a player would shout within a land-based bingo hall if they've matched all the numbers on their card.
Bingo Card
Whether it be a traditional form of bingo or the online game, a bingo card is devised of rows and columns with numbers which will be crossed off as they are called.
Chat Host
The hostess with the mostest, much like traditional bingo halls have callers, online bingo games also have chat moderators who monitor each of the games to make sure they all run smoothly.
Very similar to the traditional 90 ball bingo game that many of our loyal subjects will be familiar with, 75 ball bingo follows a very similar format but only uses 75 balls. Jousters will also play using a 5x5 grid card, and will still need to match numbers in either one line, a pattern or a full house to win.
The most popular type of online bingo played in the UK, 90 Ball Bingo is probably the game most of our knights and maidens are familiar with.
Legs 11 One of the most common bingo calls, it’s so-called as the number 11 mimics two legs standing next to each other.
Another call which uses a specific comical term to personify the number, 88 is called two fat ladies as it offers a similar image to two ladies standing beside one another.
The first winning opportunity for players in many 90 ball and 75 ball games, all that is needed for our jousters to scoop this prize is for them to successfully match all of the numbers in one consecutive line of their purchased card.
The next winning method on a traditional 90 ball bingo card, to win this round players will need to match all of the numbers in two straight lines on their card.
If jousters are able to match all of the numbers within their bingo card, then they will have successfully won a game with a full house and can be awarded the top prize on offer in that game.
Fair and Square
This is the type of bingo game where all players are required to purchase the same amount of tickets, meaning no one has an unfair advantage of multiple tickets.
Normally used in 75 ball bingo, players can match numbers in a specific pattern instead of a line in order to win one of the available prizes on offer.
As with many of our online slots, bingo games also offer the chance for our jousters to play for a progressive jackpot prize which will grow until a lucky player is able to trigger the jackpot.
Speed Bingo
Another type of online bingo which players can purchase tickets for, this is still a 90 ball game, the only difference is the speed at which the numbers are called and marked on a players card.
A ‘random number generator’ is a computerised program that randomly selects bingo numbers that are called out. Here at Castle Jackpot, like all online bingo sites, we utilise random number generators to govern the numbers being called out during a bingo game.
Auto Buy
This is a feature available in all of our bingo games at Castle Jackpot, and it allows players to buy a set amount of tickets to be able to play the game. Each game has a different number of maximum tickets a Castle Jackpot player can purchase and the price varies in each game on our bingo page.
Minimum Buy-In
When purchasing a ticket for a game of online bingo, players will need to buy a specific number of tickets to take part, this could range anywhere between 1 and 6.
Multiple Winners
The numbers called within each bingo game are randomly generated and because of this factor, there is the chance that more than one player could match all of the numbers within their card which will lead to multiple winners.
Eyes Down
Normally a call that is made to inform players that a bingo game is about to start.
Many of our jousters will enjoy a quick chat between games of 75 or 90 ball bingo and within our chat rooms they’ll be able to talk with players about current games or upcoming games.
Bingo Lingo Courtyard Commentary
Well there we have it loyal subjects of Castle Jackpot, we hope our guide to online bingo terms will help you feel more at home the next time you step into our one our bingo rooms. Remember, as well as bingo, we have a wide collection of online slots and live casino games on offer and if you’re looking for how-to guides to get you started then head over to our online slots and casino blog.
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Clockwork Mice Slot Review
If you’re here to find out about Clockwork Mice, the 1995 Vadim Jean film, we can’t even begin to tell you how far you’ve strayed from your path. However, if you’re here for the online slot that offers 96 Free Spins as part of a wonderful bonus feature, then pull up a chair as we tell thee all about Realistic Gaming’s Clockwork Mice! Our online slots and casino blog is full of guides to all of the best online slots that Castle Jackpot boasts, and is definitely worth a glance for similar slots, however thou should always remember that each game features a free to play demo that can be played by all jousters with no deposit required.
Realistic Gaming have provided a mixed bag of mobile slots so far, with the hectic Shuffle Botsfeaturing a host of bonus features, while the engaging Aussie Adventure went for a lower concept with higher jackpots on offer. It’s fair to say that Clockwork Mice sits somewhere in the middle of the two, as its theme is fairly outlandish to say the least, and the bonus features are also unique in their delivery.
About Clockwork Mice Slot
With all of our Castle Jackpot online casino games reviews, we try to bring thee something unique, and if this doesn’t achieve those aims then we may well have to lift the drawbridge and close the castle forever. Do the words “futuristic city inhabited by clockwork mice” do anything for thee? We thought they might. And that’s exactly what you will find on the five reels and three rows as you play Clockwork Mice slot. It turns out mice in the distant future no longer have a proclivity for cheese, as they scurry across 20 paylines looking instead for lucrative jackpots, on mobile, desktop, and tablet devices.
There are a few engaging symbols on the reels, as rodents dart in and out of casinos, cafes, and other amenities looking to provide big payouts. That’s in addition to the lower paying symbols of tradition playing card denominations, such as the 9, 10, J, Q, K, and A. The game’s logo acts as the wild, and features a short animation sequence following any wins, which is effective in its execution. The final symbol is the scatter symbol, which resembles a clock face, and will lead to the Free Spins bonus if enough of them appear on the reels following a single spin.
Regular readers of our Castle Jackpot online slots reviews will know that we usually have an extensive list of all the bonus features you can find within a particular game, such as with our Good Feathers slot review. However, in Clockwork Mice, there’s really only one bonus feature to talk about. Don’t let that put you off though, as it’s an incredible inclusion.
The Free Spins feature is a well-known trope of many online slot games, but rarely is it as potentially lucrative as the one found in Clockwork Mice. Three, four, or five clock scatter symbols landing anywhere on the reels will award the Free Spins bonus. Three scatters will award 12 spins, four awards 24, and five scatter symbols awards a frankly incredible 48 free spins. All of these are played out across a new set of reels, and multiplier clock faces are also brought into play.
Wherever the hands of the clock are set on the multiplier will award that boost will be applied to the payout. For example, if the clock face displays 4 o’clock, then a multiplier of 4x will be awarded to jousters. In every instance of a multiplier appearing, the displayed time is removed from the clock, and if all 12 multipliers are removed then the maximum jackpot will be awarded. The Free Spins feature can even retrigger, potentially doubling the total of free spins up to 96, and with prizes of up to 250x thine stake, that’s not something to be overlooked.
Here at Castle Jackpot we don’t just lower the drawbridge to any old slots that come wandering up to the castle. We provide only the best for our loyal knights and maidens, and Clockwork Mice has battled its way into the collection. The theme of the slot is unique and engaging, with animatronic rodents zig-zagging their way across the reels in a futuristic city, sniffing out jackpots. The Free Spins bonus may put some jousters off given that it’s the only bonus on offer, but it can prove to be lucrative with payouts of up to 250x up for grabs. Don’t just take our opinion as gospel though, grab your mobile, tablet, or desktop devices and have a gander at the free play demo with no deposit required, to see if this is the right slot for thee.
Given that Clockwork Mice has such an outlandish theme, it’s difficult to recommend any additional online slots to our loyal subjects. Perhaps following a glimpse into the future, thou should take a look into the past, by skimming through our comprehensive guide to 7 Slot Games Guaranteed to Make You Nostalgic.
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Editorial: Confront the past
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was long, emotional and painful, but necessary as an act of a nation’s contrition after facilitating decades of abuse at residential schools.
Cathy Majtenyi: Bishops’ letter leaves question unanswered
Why won’t Pope Francis issue a formal apology for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential school system?
Published in Register Columnists
First Nations not giving up on Pope Francis apology
OTTAWA – Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde wants a face-to-face meeting to ask Pope Francis to reconsider his rejection of a call to come to Canada to issue a formal apology to Indigenous peoples.
Pope Francis not coming to Canada to apologize for residential schools
Pope Francis won’t be coming to Canada to personally apologize for the suffering endured by Indigenous Canadians at residential schools, a decision that has prompted disappointment from several corners, including the prime minister.
Northern schools lead on reconciliation
To see the impact of engraining Indigenous cultures and languages into Ontario’s schools — a practice encouraged by the Ministry of Education — one needs to simply look north.
Former First Nations head is optimistic about reconciliation
OTTAWA – Bob Watts, former CEO of the Assembly of First Nations and key player in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA), says he is optimistic about reconciliation.
Poll reveals split, but advocates push for apology on residential schools
Canadians are sitting firmly on the fence when asked whether a papal apology for the sins of the residential school era would do any good in reconciling Indigenous Canadians with the immigrant majority. But Aboriginal Catholics are certain an apology from the Pope on Canadian soil would mark a new beginning after a long, sad history of colonization, racism and neglect.
Canadian bishops remain mum on invitation for papal apology
OTTAWA – Canada’s bishops are being tight-lipped regarding a possible papal visit in the wake of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s request that Pope Francis apologize in Canada for the Church’s role in the residential school scandal.
Trudeau asks Pope to apologize in Canada for residential schools
VATICAN CITY – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he asked Pope Francis to help Canadians "move forward on a real reconciliation" with the country's Indigenous people "by issuing an apology" on behalf of the Catholic Church for its role in harming their communities.
Editorial: Plenty to discuss when Trudeau visits Pope
Oh, to be a fly on the wall when Pope Francis welcomes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a papal audience in coming days.
School boards measure up to minister's bid to end offensive team nicknames
When it comes to ridding sports teams of offensive nicknames, it appears that most school boards in the Toronto area are ahead of the game.
Pope won't be apologizing to First Nations, Canadian visit not on 2017 calendar
OTTAWA – Pope Francis has turned down invitations to visit Canada in 2017 but has left open the possibility of a papal visit in the following two years.
Full agenda for Canadian bishops’ upcoming plenary
OTTAWA – The impact of Bill C-14 that legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada will be among the issues facing Canada’s bishops as they gather for their annual plenary Sept. 26-30 in Cornwall, Ont.
Jesuits hope to keep Truth and Reconciliation ball rolling
Taking responsibility for a deeply painful history may be difficult, but it’s the Jesuit thing to do.
Published in Canada: Toronto-GTA
Perhaps Carolyn Bennett should check her mirror
Have you heard the one about the long-time politician preaching to Catholics about morals and obligations?
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Federal carbon pricing law unconstitutional, Alberta Court of Appeal rules
The federal government's carbon tax has been ruled unconstitutional by the Court of Appeal of Alberta, on the grounds that it intrudes on provincial jurisdiction.
Majority opinion called federal act 'a constitutional Trojan horse'
Michelle Bellefontaine · CBC · Posted: Feb 24, 2020 6:20 AM MT | Last Updated: February 25, 2020
The federal government argues that climate change is a global issue that can't be fought entirely by the provinces alone. Alberta's lawyers said the federal carbon tax will give Ottawa a tool to repeatedly chip away at provincial powers. Here, Petro-Canada’s Edmonton Refinery and Distribution Centre glows at dusk. (Dan Riedlhuber/Reuters)
The 4-1 decision, released Monday, rejects Ottawa's argument that regulation of greenhouse gas emissions is an issue of national concern, citing the division of powers in the constitution that gives the provinces responsibility for non-renewable resources.
The majority opinion called the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act "a constitutional Trojan horse."
It says the legislation contains no limits on the scope of the federal government's power.
"What is authorized under the act indefinitely into the future and in the sole unfettered discretion of the executive is endlessly expansive," the decision says. "The executive's authority is also open-ended and largely subjective.
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"Conspicuous for its breadth, the act allows the federal government to intrude further into more and different aspects of lawful daily life, both personal and business.
"Nor is there anything in the act limiting what the federal government can choose to levy in the future both on people and industry. The minimums of today are not the maximums of tomorrow."
Ottawa 'confident' about carbon tax appeal: Wilkinson
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Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson reacts to an Alberta court ruling that the federal carbon tax is unconstitutional. He told reporters Monday he's confident the Supreme Court will confirm Ottawa's carbon pricing plan is constitutional. 1:17
The ruling is seen as a victory by Alberta's governing United Conservative Party, which campaigned on a promise to challenge the federal carbon tax in court.
Premier Jason Kenney hailed the court's decision in a speech to his caucus and government staffers in Edmonton on Monday afternoon.
"This is a great victory for Alberta and a victory for Canadian federalism," Kenney said. "We will take this decision with us as we stand up for our allies in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Quebec at the Supreme Court of Canada next month."
Kenney claimed the carbon tax, which came into effect in Alberta on Jan. 1, was now "illegal" thanks to the ruling.
The federal government imposed the tax after Kenney's UCP government repealed Alberta's own consumer carbon tax shortly after coming into power last spring.
"We expect the Government of Canada to comply with the order of the court today and to remove the federal carbon tax on Albertans," Kenney said.
While the Alberta Court of Appeal ruling found the federal legislation to be unconstitutional, it's not clear the federal government is obligated to suspend the tax pending a Supreme Court decision.
Supreme Court next month
The Alberta Court of Appeal is the first provincial appeal court to rule against the legislation.
Appeal courts in Saskatchewan and Ontario upheld the law in split decisions.
Asked for his reaction to the Alberta ruling, Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson pointed to the other appeal court decisions and called Monday's decision a step in the process.
"We look forward to the Supreme Court which is the ultimate arbiter of issues around differing interpretations of jurisdiction to be making the ultimate determination in March," Wilkinson said.
"We feel confident that the federal position will be upheld."
Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley said she is looking to the Supreme Court to resolve the issues raised in the court of appeal ruling, which comes one day after Teck Resources withdrew its application for the Frontier project in northern Alberta.
The Vancouver-based company cited Canada's lack of a framework to balance the need to address climate change with development of natural resources in its letter to Wilkinson on Sunday. President and CEO Don Lindsay said the uncertainty will make it hard to attract investment for future projects.
Notley placed the blame on Kenney and his government.
Teck withdraws application for $20B Frontier oilsands mine
"As long as we have a government here in Alberta that resists significant, meaningful effort that can be consistently relied upon by international investors to address climate change, while setting out clear rules for how we grow our oil and gas resources in a responsible way, Alberta will be left behind, and Albertans will be left behind," she said.
Chief Justice Catherine Fraser and Justices Jack Watson, Elizabeth Hughes and Thomas Wakeling were in the majority. Justice Kevin Feehan was the sole dissenting judge.
Fraser, Watson and Hughes wrote the majority opinion. Wakeling wrote a separate decision which concurred with the majority.
Michelle Bellefontaine
Provincial affairs reporter
Michelle Bellefontaine covers the Alberta legislature in Edmonton. She has also worked as a reporter in the Maritimes and in northern Canada. You can reach her at michelle.bellefontaine @cbc.ca.
Follow Michelle on Twitter
With files from The Canadian Press
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Heisman 2020: 2 quarterbacks from Georgia and Georgia’s QB
The Heisman Trophy appears on display during a news conference before the Heisman Trophy ceremony, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason Szenes)
NEW YORK (AP) — The 2020 Heisman Trophy race will start with a couple of clear front-runners and plenty of room for other stars to emerge, the way LSU’s Joe Burrow did this year.
Six contenders for 2020, ranked from most likely to least.
Justin Fields, QB, Ohio State
The only Heisman finalist likely to be back in college next season. Unless Fields’ teammate, Chase Young, shocks the college football world and decides to come back for his senior year. Fields is not likely to have teammates like Young and running back J.K. Dobbins cluttering up the Heisman field. He will be the clear top Buckeye. Expectations will be sky high after he threw 40 touchdown passes and just one interception in his first season at Ohio State.
Trevor Lawrence, QB, Clemson
Fields and Lawrence both played their high school ball in Georgia and were in the same recruiting class. They were Nos. 1 and 1a among quarterback prospects in 2018, so it seems appropriate they would battle it out for the Heisman — and then maybe to be the first overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft. Lawrence’s 2019 Heisman campaign never gained traction after he played less than his best over the first month of the season. He played great over the final two months, but Clemson was so overwhelming that Lawrence and the Tigers were sort of forgotten. Glancing ahead to the Clemson’s 2020 schedule, there is a chance that could happen again.
Jake Fromm, QB, Georgia
Fromm did not play very well for much of this season, with a 139.67 efficiency rating that ranked 55th in the nation. But remember, last year Burrow finished with a 133.21 rating that ranked 65th in the country. If Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart can go the route LSU coach Ed Orgeron did and find someone to revamp Georgia’s offense, maybe Fromm takes off next season like Burrow this year.
Spencer Rattler, QB, Oklahoma
A Sooners quarterback has been a Heisman finalist the last four years. The next one up should be a little different from the last three in that he likely won’t be a transfer. Rattler was a huge recruit in the 2019 class and the front-runner to slide into coach Lincoln Riley’s Heisman machine.
Sam Howell, QB, North Carolina and Brock Purdy, QB, Iowa State
The Heisman almost always goes to a player on a playoff contender. An exception is occasionally made for a player who lifts his team above its usual standards. Think Robert Griffin III at Baylor in 2011 or Lamar Jackson at Louisville in 2016. Howell was the most productive freshman quarterback in the country this season, with 3,347 yards passing and 35 touchdown passes. Purdy is fifth in the nation in yards passing at 313 yards per game. If either could push his school into nine- or 10-victory territory, maybe Heisman buzz will follow.
A running back
The Heisman is a quarterback’s award now. Seventeen QBs have won the award since 2000. Running backs have a hard time even breaking into the group of finalists. This season featured some wildly productive runners such as Jonathan Taylor of Wisconsin (fifth in the Heisman voting), Dobbins (sixth), Chuba Hubbard of Oklahoma State (eighth) and Travis Etienne of Clemson (ninth). None made it to New York and there is a good chance all will be off to the NFL next year. You could slot Alabama’s Najee Harris or Georgia’s D’Andre Swift into this spot if they come back for their senior seasons. But what are the chances of that?
Javian Hawkins of Louisville is likely to enter next season as the leading returning rusher among Power Five conference players after going for more than 1,400 as a freshman. But realistically, if a guy with the resume of Taylor can’t get an invitation to New York, what running back can?
Three more names to keep in mind: Ja’Marr Chase, WR, LSU; Kedon Slovis, QB, Southern California; and Kenneth Gainwell, RB, Memphis.
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Oshkosh Corp. wins $476 million Army contract
Posted: Feb 8, 2018 7:45 AM CST
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) -- Oshkosh Corp. says it has been awarded an Army contract worth $476 million to build the next generation of medium tactical vehicles.
A statement from the company says there's no cap on the number of vehicles the Army may purchase. Oshkosh says it will build 16 models along with trailers capable of handling up to 10 tons.
The vehicles will be used to support combat missions, in relief efforts and logistics and supply operations.
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Middlesbrough community spirit shines through grant
Linx Hemlington Detached Youth Project have used a £5,000 grant to bring practical help and community spirit to Middlesbrough.
Sara Mirsalehi, who leads the project, said: “Middlesbrough often features in the press for the wrong reasons, however, during this crisis, we have seen a lot of communities working together, wanting to help and seeing what can be done.”
Quick action
Linx acted fast when the virus struck. They quickly worked out who needed help, and what kind of help, and began delivering food parcels and checking in with people.
But they didn’t stop there. Normally they run a youth club and do outreach work, so they began putting together books, activities, jigsaws and crafts to help young people stay busy.
Sara Mirsalehi is ops manager for Linx. She said: “It’s been really amazing and we’re grateful to be in a position to help some of our families. When we drop food off and move back, they will come to the door and tell us what a difference it makes. One mum told us ‘you have no idea how excited my child was to see strawberries.
“Another family were struggling with their children arguing and we gave them some tennis rackets. They told us it stopped all the arguing and the children are now playing with each other and talking together.”
The National Emergencies Trust (NETs) launched an appeal as Coronavirus arrived in the UK. Community foundations were chosen to help share out funds.
A further £200,000 was raised by County Durham Community Foundation through a Crowdfunder appeal and private donations.
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Aggregation of WLAN Access Resources
Olivier Marce
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Wireless data networking has become very popular, and Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) are now widely deployed at private homes. At the same time, European users expect to have access to broadband mobile services at low cost and in a way as easy and intuitive as with GSM. However, deploying new radio systems is expensive and hard to manage in urban environments due to, e.g., site rental contracts or radio emission restrictions. The key idea of the AWARE project is to aggregate privately owned WLANs and to allow telecommunication service actors to exploit this aggregation.AWARE aims at high bandwidth mobile networks in urban areas leveraging on private WLANs, making industry and telecommunication actors ready to deploy their services on top of this new network infrastructure. To achieve this, AWARE will follow three axes of development:
1. Providing a shared infrastructure for reliable seamless mobility including the inter-working with legacy systems to offer a continuous coverage to users.
2. Considering economical models including concepts for new charging and billing mechanisms w.r.t. all involved players and services.
3. Considering the social acceptance and legal aspects of the targeted solution.
The project is planned to run for 30 months: the technical studies and developments are planned for 24 months and the validation of the approach for the last 6 months. The main output will be a comprehensive demonstration of the technical capabilities and economical opportunities of the proposed network infrastructure.
The AWARE consortium gathers industrials, SMEs, research institutes and universities that bring in their skills in network architecture, wireless technologies and exploitation, as well as economical analysis.
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Anti Kivutha Kibwana protests
March 30, 2016 - 04:38
Yesterday, angry Makueni County residents brought business to a standstill at the county’s HQs when they held demonstrations at the Office of the Governor. The residents were demanding to have the County’s CEO together with the Ministers account for the funds allocated to the county since they took power.
The angry residents demanded for the immediate resignation of the Governor, chief Of staff Musyoka Kivungi and Sub-county administrators who have continuously made the county drag behind in terms of development. Among them were business people who are extremely perturbed by the county government’s action that has seen several business premises demolished permanently after introduction of draconian laws.
They further demanded statement from Governor Kibwana explaining: –
1. Burning of the county assembly,
2. Lost computers from highly guarded governor’s Office,
3. Unaccountable Sh1.1bn in 2013/2014 FY
4. Retarded development of the county.
On a different note, there were highly charged moments over the weekend in Kyuma’s funeral- one of Governor Kivutha’s critics from Kambu – where mourners and the county government critics were stoned and harassed by goons allegedly hired by the county staff. They cursed the act of ferrying hired goons to funerals & also grading of roads ONLY after demise of prominent people.
It will be remembered that Makueni residents had signed a petition to force a by-election and dissolve the county in its entirety, a view that was also shared by the Mohammed Nyaoga Committee. Unfortunately, President Uhuru was misadvised by Governors not to dissolve Makueni, and he was baited that such an action would also put his position as in jeopardy.
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Selina: A First Mover Advantage
When Selina opened their first hotel in Pedasi, Panama in 2014, its founders had spotted a significant gap in the market and went on to create a totally new hospitality sector that has since captured the attention of holiday makers, financial institutions and investors alike. In just six years they have maximised their first mover advantage, built a defendable infrastructure and formed a streamlined operation. As a result, Selina has created a growth machine with the potential to become an investment Unicorn.
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Family Therapy: Navigating No-Win Situations
Carl Grody
Frustration and anger are common emotions when children feel stuck in the middle.
2020 has been the ultimate double-bind year.
Double bind is the fancy therapy term for “darned if you do and darned if you don’t,” and that describes our ongoing situation perfectly. Everywhere we look and everything we do confuses us about what we’re supposed to do next.
Take education, for example. (I’m writing this shortly after Columbus announced a delay of in-person classes until mid-January because of the pandemic.) Should children be in school where they learn more effectively and interact with other kids, or should they be at home to keep COVID-19 from spreading?
That’s a puzzler. By committing to in-person school, you risk the health of staff and students. But if you commit to online learning, kids fall behind academically and lose the chance to grow emotionally through being with classmates. Obviously, that’s not a good option, either.
That’s the double bind. Darned if you do, darned if you don’t.
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This happens in families, too, often in small ways that you don’t think would be a problem. For example, imagine a parent getting upset when their child doesn’t clean their room properly.
Parent: “I told you to pick up your room!”
Child: “I did.”
Parent: “There are clothes in the corner that you didn’t put away. This room isn’t clean!”
Child: “I tried to clean my room. I didn’t see the clothes.”
Parent: “I’m docking your allowance. Now do it right!”
Sure, the child missed the laundry in the corner. But imagine being on the receiving end of that at work.
Boss: “I told you to finish your report by noon.”
Employee: “I did. You’re holding it in your hand.”
Boss: “You forgot to include this morning’s numbers. This report is useless!”
Employee: “But I worked on that report for three days.”
Boss: “I don’t care. You’re staying late tonight to fix it.”
That wouldn’t seem fair, either.
This approach confuses kids. If they don’t clean their room, they’ll be in trouble, so they do it. But after they clean their room, they’re in trouble anyway for not doing it well enough. The result is a child who shuts down like a deer in headlights, wondering why they bothered to try in the first place.
2020 turned a lot of us into deer in headlights. The pandemic made us second-guess what we do: who we see, where we see them, how we shop (curbside pickup is fantastic), whether we work from home or the office, where we sit in the office to minimize exposure to heating and air conditioning vents, etc.
Now imagine processing pandemic double binds from a child’s perspective. At the risk of adding another conundrum for you, double-bound kids need patience at the same time the coronavirus saps patience from you.
Double binds guarantee frustration and anger. The longer you feel trapped by indecision, the more frustration builds like magma in a volcano waiting to explode. That happens to us as adults, too, but kids are less equipped to deal with those feelings. Often, they even lack the vocabulary to put those feelings into words.
Be proactive. Talk to the kids about confusing issues and let them know you’re confused, too. Explore with them what it means to be in a no-win situation and how to work through it. And when they still “lose it out of nowhere,” take a deep breath and look for their double bind. That will help you understand how to help them through their angst. (By the way, this works with spouses and significant others, too.)
But just as important is to notice how double bound you feel, too. As parents, we’re often our own worst critics. Take a deep breath and trust that you’ll figure out what to do next. After all, 2020 is just about over.
Carl Grody is a licensed independent social worker who works with families at Grody Online Family Counseling.
This story is from the Winter 2020 issue of Columbus Parent.
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Shoppers 'embrace imagination' and return to toy stores for Christmas
Treetop Toy Shop in Brunswick has had lots of community support.
Shoppers ’embrace imagination’ and return to toy stores for Christmas
Allison Worrall Dec 15, 2020
After a year that was anything but fun and games, it seems many of us are seeking just that.
Christmas shoppers are returning to their humble local toy shop in throngs, a welcome sight after a gruelling year for the retail sector.
Rachael Arkovits, the owner of Treetop Toy Shop in Melbourne’s Brunswick, was delighted Christmas shopping had kicked off early this year.
“People are excited to get out and spend money,” she said. “We didn’t do a huge amount online when we had to close down which was devastating but as soon as the doors opened, it’s been busy ever since.”
The shop closed for about three months during the pandemic when Melbourne was in strict lockdown.
“During lockdown, we sold all our puzzles and we couldn’t re-order because the whole country was looking for puzzles,” Ms Arkovits said. “Right now, we can’t keep kites in stock; they are literally flying out the door.”
Boutique toy shop owners say there has been a shift in buying habits this year, with shoppers willing to fork out for handmade or high-quality products.
“There has been a massive swing towards wooden toys,” said Pamela Blyton, the owner of Monkey Puzzle Toy Store in Summer Hill, in Sydney’s inner west. “I’ve been sending them all over Australia.”
For the past 16 years, Ms Blyton has stocked wooden sets, mostly as a personal passion project.
“I never sold a huge amount of them. Now they are barely hitting the shelf; I have waiting lists of people that want them.”
Pamela Blyton at her toy store in Summer Hill, Sydney. Photo: Supplied
Ms Blyton, who also owns another toy shop in Annandale with her husband, partly puts it down to Instagram influencers, but also believes parents are wanting to “invest in a $300 wooden block set rather than buy five bits of plastic junk that they’ll go through pretty quickly”.
Her shops have also experienced a spike in demand for craft products and family games.
“There seems to be a resurgence towards families doing things together which is nice,” she said.
Although much of this year was spent madly packing and delivering puzzles and board games all over Sydney, Ms Blyton said the pandemic had taken its toll on her business.
“For us, a large part of our business is week-in, week-out birthday parties and during COVID, there was none of that,” she said. “So, that was sort of a shock to the system but the flip side of it is it gave me time to work on our online store.”
Ms Blyton and Ms Arkovits agreed their customers appeared to be more mindful of how and where their toys were made.
“People also seem to want to buy from small businesses, they want to shop locally,” Ms Blyton said. “I think that’s been a result of the pandemic.”
The observation is shared by Beattie Alvarez, who owns and runs Granny Fi’s Toy Cupboard in Armidale in regional NSW with her husband and mother.
All of the shop’s products are hand-made, an assortment of dragons, elves and other fantasy creatures.
“We like to think of our toys as heirlooms not landfill,” Ms Alvarez said.
Granny Fi's Toy Cupboard is a shop for 'grown up children'.
She confessed most of her clients “aren’t actually children – they’re grown-up children”. Nevertheless the Christmas rush has started, both online and in-store.
In September, the shop relocated to the main pedestrian mall in the regional town of about 30,000 people. “From that day, it is by far busier than we’ve ever known it in the six years we’ve had the shop,” Ms Alvarez said.
The local community in Armidale were ravaged by drought and bushfires before the pandemic took hold, but Ms Alvarez believes there is a silver lining amid the challenging circumstances.
“In general, it seems people are embracing life and imagination a little more than they have in the past.”
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Dementia training lacking in most hospitals, study shows
By Vern Pitt on December 16, 2010 in Adults, Mental Health, Older people
Just 5% of hospitals in England and Wales require staff to undertake any specialist dementia training, research by the Royal College of Psychiatrists shows.
The Department of Health-funded study of more than 200 hospitals found that eight in 10 had no system in place to ensure ward staff were aware of a patient’s condition and how it might affect their care.
An inspection of the notes of nearly 8,000 patients with dementia found that just four in 10 were given a formal mental assessment on admission.
Previous research has established that poor care of dementia patients in hospital has a direct impact on their needs in the community.
A study by the Alzheimer’s Society last year showed 36% of people admitted to hospital from their own home were later discharged into residential care.
Paul Burstow, minister for care services, said: “There can be no excuses for these shocking findings. The audit is a snap shot of the state of dementia care in our hospitals twelve months ago. It shines a spotlight on poor practice that demands action from the NHS.
“We know what good quality dementia care looks like. None of this is rocket science. There needs to be senior staff leadership on dementia in every hospital to make it a reality.”
“There is still reluctance by clinicians and managers to accept that the care of this most vulnerable group of patients is a core function of acute hospitals. This must change,” said Professor Peter Crome who chaired the report’s steering committee.
“Assessing and treating dementia patients properly and supporting their carers will not only improve patients’ health and quality of life, but will also result in shortened hospital stays and reduce NHS and social care costs.”
Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of Alzheimer’s Society, said: “We know hospital staff want to do a good job but, without training and support, they are being prevented from providing good quality dementia care.”
The study also uncovered a lack of nutritional assessment of patients on admission to hospital.
Although 96% of hospitals said nutritional assessments of patients with dementia were conducted as standard, 30% of those whose case notes were studied had no nutritional assessments. This is despite the fact that poor nutrition and hydration are known to add to dementia patients’ confusion and increase the risk of falls.
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Pte Henry Oscar Renner 6-D-4
Henry was born on 19 January 1921 in the farm community of La Jord, Saskatchewan as the son of Karl and Wilhelmina Renner, of White Rock, British Columbia.
He worked as a mill hand in Victoria till called up for training and service under the NRMA in April 1942, He volunteered for active duty on 15 Jul 44 at Fort Mary Hill while serving in 5(BC) Cst Def Regt RCA, and transferred to infantry at the 1st Cdn Inf Training Brigade at Debert NS on 16 Jul 44.
He arrived in the UK on 21 Oct 44, and went on to NW Europe on 18 Nov, He joined 1 C SCOT R on 1 Dec 44 in the Nijmegen Salient, and was wounded by enemy action on 18 Jan 45, and was evacuated to Nos. 8 and 12 Cdn General Hospitals in Belgium, On 5 Apr 45 he rejoined the unit as a member of ‘D’ Coy, just before the fighting at Deventer.
Henry was killed in action on Saturday April 21 1945 age 24 during the first attack for the liberation of Wagenborgen. He was temporarily buried in Siddeburen and on February 15 1946 reburied in Holten
At his headstone: BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD REVELATION XIV.13
His medals were: 1939-45 Star, France-Germany Star; War Medal 1945CVSM & Clasp.
His name is at the monument in Wagenborgen.
Name: RENNER, HENRY OSCAR
Initials: H O
Nationality: Canadian
Regiment/Service: Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Service No: K/4279
Additional information: Son of Karl and Wilhelmina Renner, of White Rock, British Columbia.
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. D. 4.
Cemetery: HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
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Brand fined for Superprestige pit incident that impeded Alvarado
World champion 'pissed off' after run-in
Ceylin Alvarado finished second behind Lucinda Brand in Boom (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)
Lucinda Brand claimed the victory in the fifth round of the Telenet Superprestige in Boom on Sunday but it came at a cost: the Telenet-Baloise rider earned a fine of 120 Swiss Francs for an incident in the pits that impeded world champion Ceylin Alvarado.
Alvarado led the pair into the pits to get a fresh bike on the penultimate lap but Brand came over the top to get to her mechanics, then discarded her muddy bike in front of Alvarado, causing the Alpecin-Fenix rider to lose her stride.
Brand, seeming to realize the mistake and its unfair consequences, waited for Alvarado to rejoin before attacking on a climb and riding away to take victory by 10 seconds, but Alvarado was still annoyed.
"I'm a little pissed off now," Alvarado said after the race to Sporza.be. "I was strong, but that made me run out of steam a little bit. I was really focused and suddenly something happens that you didn't expect and so I lost my concentration. I had to get back into the rhythm, but I couldn't do that too well.
"It's stupid that it happened, but I can't do much about it. I suddenly stopped and that was annoying."
Brand apologised but the race officials imposed a 120 CHF fine on her. "Apparently I broke a rule. It wasn't intentional, but I understand this decision," Brand said.
"It was an unpleasant combination of circumstances. Everyone knows that I am not the fastest in the pits and I am not that fast getting back on my bike. So if I have to wait for her to remount to do my exchange, I am five metres behind."
"My estimate was that our mechanics weren't standing that close together and there was space. You make that estimation in a split second, I thought we could still pass each other. But I made the wrong choice because we were too close to each other.
"It's a shame, I didn't mean to. I wish it hadn't happened, but the only thing I could do after that pits was wait for Ceylin. I also apologized then, because that's not how you want to eliminate a competitor. I hope people don't think I wanted to. I also understand that Ceylin is just as angry now."
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Charles Preston – RIP
Posted by D. D. Degg
Wall Street Journal cartoon editor Charles Preston has passed away.
Charles M. Preston
November 6, 1921 – October 2, 2020
Instigator, idea man, and long-time editor of the Wall Street Journal cartoon panel “Pepper … and Salt” Charles Preston passed away Friday.
Seventy years ago a Columbia undergraduate named Charles Preston pitched a daily cartoon feature focusing on business themes to Journal editors, hoping to spruce up the paper’s columns of gray newsprint. He got the assignment, and his first cartoon ran on the editorial page on June 6, 1950. The editors used a headline from 1915, “Pepper … and Salt,” and slapped it above the cartoon.
Preston, who died Friday at age 98, once observed that “I’ve looked at more cartoons than anyone in the history of mankind.”
above: the first Pepper … and Salt panel by Walter Goldstein © Cartoon Features Syndicate
As the Wall Street Journal told it in 2006:
One day in 1949, Mr. Preston picks up a copy of the Journal, scans the inky vastness of important information and sees…a palette! This solemn rag, he decides, needs a bit of jazzing up.
And so, in an amazing frontal assault, Mr. Preston strides into the offices of the Journal, stands before the editor, William Henry Grimes, a glowering, no-nonsense man, and insists, politely, that what the paper needs is a cartoon and a few jokes on the editorial page.
He is shown the door.
He then abandons frontal assault and resorts to stealth, of a sort, and the very next year a little single-panel cartoon appears on the very gray newspaper’s gray editorial page under the quaint title “Pepper … and Salt.”
That 2006 article was on the occasion of Charles donating a collection of WSJ cartoons to Harvard Business School’s Baker Library, where a gallery of cartoons sorted by decade can be read.
above: Bruce Cochran cartoon from the 1960s © Cartoon Features Syndicate
Back to the WSJ obituary:
Over the years Preston also contributed articles on skiing and sailing to the Journal. He edited crossword puzzles and quote acrostics, which appeared in hundreds of newspapers, including USA Today, where he was the puzzle editor for 15 years. His taste for outdoor adventure extended to sailing across the Atlantic and the annual spring ski down Mount Washington’s steep Tuckerman Ravine, which he accomplished into his 70s.
More about the careers of Charles and Linda at SeaCoastOnline from 2008:
Charles and Linda Preston are the editors of the crossword puzzles published in the Coast Star and an estimated 100 other newspapers.
“Linda does the work,” he says. “I get the glory. I receive comments only when a solver becomes frustrated.”
Charles is a former Kennebunk Beach summer resident, racing-car driver and member of the original editorial staff of Sports Illustrated, where he was the cartoon editor.
An assignment from The National Observer to edit crossword puzzles resulted in a new career, but he didn’t give up cartoons.
above: © Mike Lynch and Cartoon Features Syndicate.
Cartoonists Mike Lynch and Eli Stein have had Charles as editor.
Both Mike and Eli have more about WSJ cartoons.
#1 Mike Lynch
October/9/2020
@ 7:02 am
Thanks for this. Charles (and Linda) was one of the first editors who ever bought my cartoons. It was kind of tough to sell to WSJ. You had to have a little bit of a unique twist on a business topic. And “tyrannical boss” cartoons didn’t sell, what with bosses being the people who read the paper. Charles was always responsive, getting back to me quickly with rejections and the occasional okays, and answering a lot of my questions back in the beginner cartoonist days. He really loved gag cartoons, and I’m so glad he convinced a business paper to add some humor on a daily basis since 1956. I think he holds the record for the longest-running cartoon editor!
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The American Gangsters Website Capitalizes on a Uniquely American Genre
By Ed Scarpo Sunday, December 08, 2013
As a society most people are fascinated by living a different lifestyle than they live. Whether it's a famous ballplayer, an actor or even a musician -- we all sometimes muse about living the life of another.
Many of us also fantasize about being infamous mobsters--thugs, hit men and even godfathers. Whatever their station within the mob, these are men who chose this lifestyle -- and they are known as American Gangsters and they left their mark on history.
Capone, Siegel, Luciano, Gotti and others lived by their own rules. Whether you’re a fan or a critic we can’t deny that their legacies have enchanted millions of us. And, they have served as examples later followed by legitimate business: The booze-running days of Prohibition brought us NASCAR as we know it today, and from the illegal gambling halls came the bright lights and casinos that today glow along the Las Vegas strip. Even the numbers rackets served as a forerunner, to today's state lotteries and scratch-off cards.
American Gangsters will give you a glimpse of these men, the lifestyles they lived and the footprints left behind from their journey across the American landscape of history.
--Adapted from the American Gangsters website
David Brooks is proprietor of American Gangsters, a website that sells fans a range of products featuring images of famous mobsters in American history.
"I came up with the idea after seeing how popular the Mafia was becoming again. I wasn't aware of how popular the Mafia had become among the American public," Brooks told us, adding that he began to learn of "the mob" when he was 10 yeards old. "The first name I ever heard was Benjamin Siegel but what sparked the interest was that my grandfather worked for Siegel. My grandfather passed away before I was born--but I know he wasn't involved with organized crime and that he just worked for Siegel.
Around 2013 Brooks first got the idea for a website selling products that offer Americans interested in gangsters a place where they could buy a piece of this specifically American genre.
"I started to do a few shirts at a time. My first shirt was none other then a Benjamin Siegel. I felt it was fitting since he was the first I learned about."
Currently American Gangsters offers about 15 shirts but Brooks is working on many more designs for the future. "I have been lucky to have some amazing people helping me out with this adventurer with out them it would still be just and idea on paper," he told us.
Who is the most popular gangster in American history, according to what Brooks has been selling through his website? None other than Al Capone, who is the most popular mobster among the general public, Brooks said.
However, if you refer to the subset of Americans who can be termed as true gangster aficionados, Brooks believes Lucky Luciano is the most popular.
Interestingly, both are ongoing characters on the running HBO series Boardwalk Empire.
"I have found some people love certain gangsters from different American historical eras. The TV shows and Hollywood films have inspired people to learn more about mobsters, even obscure ones.
"Take William Bentvena, know as Billy Batts. I don't know how many people know he was a mobster, but we all know the famous line from Goodfellas (Now go home and get your f*@king shine box)," Brooks said.
Batts was the character and real life figure who was allegedly killed by the characters played by Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci in Goodfellas. His death was a pivotal scene in the film -- it led to Tommy (Pesci's character) getting whacked when he thought he was going to get made. It stopped Jimmy Burke -- err, Conway, in the film -- on his path to power by having a made man as his best friend.
The best-selling product on American Gangsters right now are shirts with Luciano on them, according to Brooks. "People are really starting to like his style. I would also think much of the interest comes from Boardwalk Empire," he said.
Have any real-life gangsters ever approached Brooks? Not yet, he said.
"I haven't had any mobsters reach out to me yet. I have had a few family members reach out to me. Most of them have thanked me for keeping their family names alive and have told me to keep up the good work. I continue to talk to some of them and it's been a privilege.
"I have reached out to a few myself and my favorite was Deirdre Capone, who I at a book signing. She was an amazing person to talk to. I am hoping I can meet Johnny Fratto next."
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Leonardo DiCaprio is apprently SINGLE after splitting with girlfriend Toni Garrn
We still have a chance. A really tiny chance.
By Claire Hodgson
BIG news ladies. In fact, it is news of titanic proportions (yeah, we went there). King of the World Leonardo DiCaprio is reportedly single again.
Yes, US OK! claims Leo has split with his model girlfriend Toni Garrn, after a year and a half together.
Victoria's Secret Angel Toni was first spotted with Leo in early 2013 and the pair have been enjoying yachting holidays all over the world since.
But Leo and Toni haven't been pictured in public together since 3 September and she was then seen at New York Fashion Week getting pally with his ex, Gisele Bündchen, soon after.
What we wouldn't give to have been part of that conversation.
Sure, Leo isn't looking like Jack Dawson any more and sure, his man bun hair would clog the drain. Plus, don't even get us started on the beard-trimming offcuts.
But our hearts will go on (translation: we're still open to dating invitations, Leo).
So, what does he look for in a woman? He previously told CBS This Morning: "Humility, humour and not a lot of drama."
We literally LOVE laughing Leo. Seriously, we can't get enough of it. We're basically LOL-central.
Claire Hodgson Digital Editorial Director Claire Hodgson is the Editor of Cosmopolitan.com/UK, overseeing all things digital.
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Steve's single vow
Steve Jones loves single life and has "no intention of settling down"
Sorry ladies, if you thought you could be the one to tame Steve Jones and make him put his bachelor lifestyle on hold, well think again. The gorgeous 31-year-old T4 presenter has admitted that he has no absolutely "no intentions of settling down" as he enjoys his single life far too much.
Welsh Steve, who has been romantically linked to a bevy of beauties such as Halle Berry, Pamela Anderson and Sarah Harding, doesn't want marriage or kids (in the foreseeable future at least), saying:
"I'm 31 now and I have no intention of settling down! There's still life in the old dog yet. I'm having a good time and I don't see myself settling down for a while. I'm not bound my social conventions when it comes to settling down. I will literally stop when nobody's interested.
"There will be no kids! I'm obsessed with my work and I have a lot of friends. I love going out. I love getting out there and being single."
The star has also vowed never to let a woman try to alter his bachelor pad to make it more female friendly, adding:
"I'm very happy being a single bachelor. I like my DVDs and creature comforts like my Xbox games console. I live in a bachelor pad - it's quite minimalist. I'll never let a girl come in to my life and feminise my flat!"
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"My OCD was so bad I begged my partner to kill me"
27-year-old Jane tells us what it's really like to live with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
As told to Natasha Preskey
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There was a time when my obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) became so bad I begged my partner to kill me. I remember lying on the bathroom floor trying to make myself vomit because I was afraid to eat anything. It sounds almost funny to say it now but, at the time, it was terrifying.
For me, OCD usually took the form of intrusive thoughts, which is when you have involuntary obsessional thoughts that cause you fear and distress. For example, fear of being violent towards a loved one.
My thoughts were mostly related to issues I feel strongly about, particularly the environment and animal welfare, and it was while reading about these online that I had my first panic attack - around four years ago when I was in my early twenties. I collapsed onto the carpet shaking and couldn't stand up.
For two weeks afterwards, I just lay in bed staring at the ceiling. My brain was screaming at me that I wasn't moral enough, and that everything I did was destructive to the world around me and destroying the environment and damaging the welfare of animals, even eating. I starved myself to avoid eating the 'wrong' thing and I even felt like I needed to kill myself to compensate for how immoral I felt I was.
I asked my partner to lock me in the house so I wouldn't harm any animals
For two or three months I was pretty non-functional. I could hardly dress, wash or feed myself. All my energy was just drained by this obsession. I lost about a stone in weight, I barely left the house, I looked like a skeleton. I had chronic insomnia. I couldn't even concentrate on anything for long enough to read half the page of a book. I had to shut down my eco-friendly business temporarily and live on savings.
I later found that this type of moral obsession is a well-known sub-type of OCD called scrupulosity but at the time I had no idea what was happening to me.
What started as a fear of accidentally harming the environment, or an animal, turned into a fear that I would deliberately cause them harm.
I was so obsessed that I might go mad and somehow harm an animal that I asked my partner to lock me in the house. People who experience these kind of feelings, known as harm OCD, never actually do the things they're afraid that they will but I didn't realise this.
When I did have to leave the house, for example, to go into university, another fear gripped me; I was convinced that I would buy something which would somehow harm an animal. For my entire first term I never carried any money on me because, again, I thought I might go mad and buy something I shouldn't.
I thought of choking myself to death, to be certain I wasn't causing any harm.
I would only carry my train ticket and a packed lunch, but when I came home I would still be panicking. I watched the clock until the shops were finally shut, because then I'd get a couple of hours relief overnight, knowing that I couldn't buy anything harmful.
My obsessions would change and become more and more difficult to deal with. One night just before I was about to go to sleep, it suddenly hit me that I was somehow causing climate change by breathing. I know this is absurd, and I knew it was then, but I just couldn't stop it. I was seized with this urge to seal up all the windows to prevent the CO2 escaping, or buy millions of plants for my flat and make it carbon neutral - or possibly just choke myself to death to be really certain.
I wrote a suicide note and began researching suicide methods online, it was only when I told my partner my intentions that he talked me down and I agreed to seek help.
I initially saw a counsellor at my university who then referred me to a psychiatrist who diagnosed me with OCD. Both of them were very kind and supportive but everyone's experience of OCD is different and what eventually helped me manage the condition was actually a therapy I discovered through my own reading.
There's no enjoyment in OCD, we're motivated by pure terror.
I started doing something called Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), which is also a technique used for tackling phobias. You gradually expose yourself to the things that frighten you most and resist the urge to perform your usual rituals (such as never carrying money or sealing up the windows).
I meditated too, because the idea of breathing was frightening to me and meditation forces you to focus on your breathing and what your body's doing. The more I did it, the more in control I felt.
But for a while it felt like I was playing Whack-a-mole with my obsessions. Whenever I got a handle on one, another would pop up in its place. I had to really fight them.
I also had to give up caffeine - as it's terrible for people with OCD - and I joined a support group, which was amazing. Talking to people who understood me, and exchanging tips for battling obsessions was a real help.
There's so much misinformation about OCD and it's dangerous for people to throw around the phrase "I'm a bit OCD" when they're just talking about wanting things clean and tidy. They think people with OCD enjoy cleaning and washing their hands but there's no enjoyment in OCD, we're motivated by pure terror. It doesn't help to use medical terms incorrectly, I wouldn't say "I'm a bit diabetes" if I had low blood sugar just before eating lunch.
I don't feel my obsessive thoughts will ever be totally gone but I have recovered now and I've been working in a new research job for three months. I could never have managed to sit in an office when my symptoms were at their worst but with help from my partner (who is now my husband) and my family and friends, I'm able to live a normal life again.
For information and advice about OCD, call support organisation OCD-UK on 0845 120 3778, email support@ocduk.org or visit the OCD-UK website.
Natasha Preskey Cosmo's Digital Intern.
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CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. – A Christiansburg teen was driving more than twice the speed limit right before the July 2018 crash that killed his girlfriend and sent him to the hospital.
On Thursday, he pleaded no contest to all three charges — involuntary manslaughter, driving without a license and reckless driving.
Because he is being charged as a juvenile, 10 News has decided to not name him.
On July 22, the young man and his girlfriend, Ashlyn Poole, 16, left her house at about 10:45 p.m. to go to a friend’s house.
By 11:15 p.m., when Ashlyn’s parents did not receive a text from her that she had arrived, they also texted the young man and then went to go look for her. They they discovered the crash site on Mudpike Road.
Ten minutes earlier, a 911 call was received about a crash at 1922 Mudpike Road in Montgomery County. Deputies from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and rescue personnel responded to the scene.
Poole and her boyfriend were in the overturned 2015 Ford Focus.
Ashlyn was already dead and partially ejected, while the young man was in the driver’s seat.
He was transported to Carilion NRV Medical Center and later Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
The Crash Team was called to the scene and started its investigation.
Evidence at the scene indicated the car went off the right side of the two-lane road at an uphill left-hand curve.
Data from the car’s Crash Data Retrieval System, obtained by search warrants, showed the Focus was going 86.1 mph 5 seconds before the crash. The speed limit for that stretch of road is 40 mph.
The young man was released from the hospital five days after the crash.
At the time of the crash, he only had a learner’s permit, which required him to drive with a licensed driver over the age of 21.
The teens next court date is April, 18. The court will now do an investigation into the teens social history before the judge rules on a sentence.
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There are many reasons why companies continue to invest in their digital transformation, such as adapting more quickly to changing customer needs, gaining operational efficiency, and boosting profitability. The coronavirus pandemic has uncovered many new reasons to further increase investment in digitalization. Increased mobility, automated real-time processes (edge computing), and at-home education and entertainment are just a few of them.
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Moving to the edge
The digitalization trend remains strong. The proliferation of devices connected to the internet is expanding capabilities to collect, manage and analyze a fast-growing data flood. According to Intersect360 Research, IT companies such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft spent USD 57 billion on hyperscale infrastructure (e.g. cloud datacenters) in 2018, and the hyperscale market is expected to cross the USD 100 billion mark by 2023. These investments are a reflection of the huge value in analyzing data created from the data cloud in almost all areas of life and busi - ness. However, there is a growing need to increase not only the central cloud computing capacity, but also the local computing power close to the edge of a network, known as edge computing, in order to capture even more value from data. Compared to central cloud computing, edge computing can provide real-time local data analysis to devices with very low latency, along with context-awareness, and increased security and scalability.
Edge computing complements cloud computing, particularly in a 5G network environment that offers low-latency data transmission rates. One large US telecom company posted in a blog earlier this year that 2020 would be an “epic year for the edge.” Indeed, a large number of edge computing projects initiated by telecom operators are already on the way, as they aim to make the best use of 5G networks, according to the European 5G Observatory. Examples include small data centers, which can be placed at mobile towers or in large buildings to build out services, such as secure drone delivery networks, augmented reality (AR) gaming and marketing services, improved billing/material handling in self-checkout machines in stores, or to track real time the condition of patients in hospitals.
According to McKinsey & Company, this new area of edge computing (including sensors, on-device firmware, storage and processors) could create more than USD 200 billion in hardware value in the next five to seven years. Edge computing is most attractive in areas such as travel, transportation, logistics, global energy and materials, the public sector, agriculture and utilities. It could further help in finding solutions to the challenges presented by climate change, energy consumption, water quality and shortages, and autonomous transport. This area should, therefore, benefit from government support as well.
Source McKinsey study “What edge computing means for hardware companies” (November 2018)
Real-world applications
Artificial intelligence (AI) has grown substantially in the last couple of years, and is finding its way into real-world applications. According to McKinsey’s Global AI Survey, 58% of respondents reported that their organizations have embedded at least one AI capability into a process or product in at least one function or business unit. That was up from 47% in 2018, which shows a steady increase in AI adoption. IDC estimates that global spending on AI systems will increase to USD 98 billion in 2023 from USD 38 billion in 2018. Additionally, a surge in Internet of Things (IoT) devices and the proliferation of edge computing will push AI in cybersecurity to an estimated USD 38.2 billion by 2026 from USD 8.8 billion in 2019, according to MarketsandMarkets.
Larger tech players continue to play a critical role in AI’s development, thanks to their vast customer bases that churn out huge amounts of data every day. This provides the opportunity to test and enhance AI technologies. That said, startups are also helping fuel further innovation in AI. Total private investments in AI reached around USD 40 billion in 2018 and are expected to exceed that in 2019, according to CapIQ and Crunchbase. But while AI’s potential technology has been firmly established, actual applications remain limited to a few areas. AI technology will continue to gain scale in coming years.
AI is leading to exciting innovations. For example, the UK-based startup Exscientia and the Japan-based pharma company Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma used AI algorithms to develop in about 12 months a drug molecule that could treat patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Typically, drugs can take more than 4.5 years to get to the trial phase. Exscientia is now working on potential drugs to treat cancer and heart disease, according to a BBC report. We would also expect AI application fields in viral outbreak modeling to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic. Oil companies like ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell Plc are using AI in their exploration efforts. There are many examples that reflect the true potential of AI: solving real-world problems.
New worlds bring new business opportunities
Virtual reality (VR) continues to make small inroads into the consumer electronics space, with improved experience on headsets in terms of weight, processing power and latency issues. Mixedreality headsets (in which virtual objects are linked to the real world) have also been making slow but steady progress. Facebook recently reported that it sold nearly USD 5 million worth of content in its Oculus VR hardware and software store on Christmas day, a landmark that indicates that a larger ecosystem is in development. Innovation is also continuing, with Panasonic Corporation recently unveiling new VR eyeglasses that are smaller and do away with the uncomfortable head strap. As such, the market will continue to grow amid increased adoption in various industries, such as manufacturing, healthcare, retail and entertainment.
Source “Seeing is believing” 2019 report by PwC, Credit Suisse
These new technologies including VR, augmented reality (AR) and AI should be considered in terms of the larger potential economic change they bring about rather than their short-term impact, such as in the consumer devices market. In its “Seeing is believing ” report from December 2019, PwC estimates that VR and AR have the potential to boost the global economy by USD 1.5 trillion by 2030, compared with a current estimated contribution of USD 46.4 billion. PwC predicts that in 2030, 23 million people will work with AR/VR, an increase from 824,000 jobs in 2019. The large-scale test case for remote-working during the coronavirus pandemic will likely accelerate this trend. These technologies offer benefits to businesses, including improved product development (speedier trainings, collaboration, testing and simulation of scenarios, etc.), enhanced workplace safety, lower costs and the development of new customer experiences.
The AR space, in particular, is becoming more interesting. While VR has been more visible to date, AR could be twice as large a value creator in the long run with applications in both the consumer and enterprise space, according to PwC. Apple is enthusiastic about AR: Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook has said that “in a few years, we’re not going to be able to imagine our lives without [AR].” New products feature hardware specifically designed for AR experienc - es. A suite of tools unveiled at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference make the creation of ARKit apps easier than ever.
Robots master more tasks
More than 2.4 million industrial robots are currently operating in factories around the world, according to a report from the Interna - tional Federation of Robotics (IFR). Though this number is slightly below the industry group’s own 2016 prediction (2.6 million), the industrial robots market is still showing impressive growth. But there is room for further upside: the IFR’s 2020 World Robotics Report shows that robot density in the manufacturing industry is 99 per 10,000 employees. Going forward, the rollout of 5G networks with increased data transmission capacity combined with local edge computing power will open up many more uses of robots, including unmanned vehicles and the automation of processes in manufacturing as well as non-industrial areas.
Source Drone Industry Insights, April 2019
Drones crowd skies
Drones are no longer a “toy” and are quickly turning into a business tool. Given progress in software, cameras, sensors and edge computing technology, Drone Industry Insights expects the drone market to grow by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.6% between 2018 and 2024 to USD 43 billion. More companies are exploring innovative drone-driven services. Indeed, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in its FAA Aerospace Forecast Fiscal Years 2019–2039 that the commercial drone market could triple in size by 2023. Companies in various sectors are exploring drone technology. For example, a UK-based telecom service operator has announced plans to partner with a Chinese drone company to build a drone delivery network in Germany.
Another interesting area that is at an inflection point is the “digital twin” market. According to a definition by GE, “digital twins are software representations of assets and processes that are used to understand, predict and optimize performance in order to achieve improved business outcomes.” This pure software market is expected to grow to USD 35.8 billion in 2025 from USD 3.8 billion last year, according to a 2019 MarketsandMarkets report. Given progress in advanced communication interfaces, analytical technics (e.g., machine learning, AI) and higher flexibility of data storage (e.g., dynamic flash storage technology) companies are increasingly adopting digital twins in order to achieve operational efficiencies, cost savings and improved time-to-market and product designs.
Beyond the doctor’s office
The healthcare market is increasingly becoming an area of interest for large IT companies, which are approaching it in different ways. German software company SAP has announced an application targeted at senior citizens that combines input from multiple data sources, including wearables, sensors, and even voice assistance, into a single dashboard view. This solution helps predict risks, organize care, share visibility with the family, and provide independence to elderly people. Another example comes from the US startup firm Komodo Health. It collects anonymized data from patients and payers (insurers), capturing every interaction between patients and the US healthcare system. This provides improvement opportunities for the healthcare ecosystem. Other US technology companies – through their own organic business and acquisitions – are focusing on the mHealth (mobile health) sector and the monitoring and managing of individual health anytime, anywhere.
Source Biomedtracker | Informa Last data point: 19 February 2020
This is creating an explosion in personal health data, which consumers can share with their doctors (even in real-time using edge computing power in the future). According to Fortune Business Insights, the global wearable medical device market could grow by a CAGR of 24.7% to reach a size of USD 139.4 billion in 2026 from USD 24.6 billion in 2018. For now, this market is highly fragmented with different niche areas.
The more interesting healthtech area seems to be the diagnostic and gene therapeutics market, where the use of robots, big data and AI is opening many business options. While only a few gene therapies have so far received regulatory approval, there is a huge and increasing number of preclinical projects. The main beneficiaries and drivers of growth are specialized biotech firms and big healthcare companies. The latter are already adjusting their business cases to expand in the new growth areas through the acquisition of successful smaller companies or through investments in their own research. The coronavirus outbreak will also likely serve as a catalyst for the development of telemedicine services, as regulators become more supportive of such solutions, and health insurers less reluctant to cover them.
Telecom equipment and semiconductor firms with strong exposure to the rollout of 5G networks and edge computing architecture, tower companies and construction firms that maintain and implement 5G networks, and local data transmission platforms.
Software, IT services and semiconductor companies that are enablers for AI, VR, AR and industry automation processes.
Internet platform providers that disrupt traditional businesses; for example in healthcare, media, advertising and agriculture.
Companies in the healthcare sector that use technology to improve execution in areas such as diagnostics, sequencing, therapeutics, care delivery and the development of medical devices.
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When Prince Charles, William and Harry’s father, married Diana Spencer back in 1981 she was given the title. Charles and Princess Diana’s marriage ultimately ended in divorce and the Queen has not named any of her children or grandchildren’s wives with the title ever since.
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NDA government has done well on pollution standards and monitoring, but needs to do much more on green clearances, forestry and its flagship schemes on sanitation and the Ganga: CSE
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) releases its analysis of two years of NDA government
No significant departure (from the previous government) in environmental clearances granted. For forest clearances, average rate of forestland diversion has reduced.
Measures taken to ease clearances, but no improvement in enforcement to protect environment and interests of local communities.
Significant measures adopted to improve pollution standards and monitoring for industrial sectors. Focus on technology-based mechanisms and self-regulation, but nothing being done to strengthen institutions
Some important steps taken to deal with urban air pollution, but no comprehensive action plan yet.
Giving rural populations access to LPG connections a major step towards reducing household air pollution and protecting health, particularly of women.
Swachh Bharat Mission’s focus remains on building toilets, which is clearly not sufficient to make India clean.
“Namami Gange” programme for cleaning and rejuvenating Ganga has seen little action on ground, despite huge money outlay and plans.
Forest governance is witnessing a gradual shift from a people-centric approach to a more industry-centric and technocratic approach.
The government’s renewed emphasis on climate change offers a mixed bag of hope. But post-Paris, phasing down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) remains a matter to be tested as far as the government’s commitment is concerned in bypassing multinational industry’s interests which is keen to sell hydrofluoroolefins (HFO) – a patented synthetic chemical.
New Delhi, June 14, 2016: With the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government entering its third year in power, the New Delhi-based public research and advocacy think tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), has reviewed and analysed the government on measures of environmental governance, particularly as undertaken by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC). CSE released the analysis here today.
“The NDA government has taken some important steps towards improving the way we manage our environment and our resources. At the same time, some of the big steps that it has initiated are in the danger of remaining mere half-measures if a course correction is not carried out immediately. The CSE analysis is perhaps the first detailed assessment done in the country which examines the government’s record after two years in terms of environment,” says Chandra Bhushan, deputy director general, CSE.
The key trends, as discovered by CSE
Green clearances
No significant difference between NDA government and its predecessor (UPA-II) with respect to environmental clearances (EC) granted for key sectors. For forest clearances (FC), the average rate of forestland diversion has reduced when compared to UPA-II. The rejection rate of projects continues to be very low: rejection of projects coming up in wildlife sanctuaries and national parks has reduced under the NDA government.
The mining and infrastructure sector remains a focus of green clearances. More than 300 projects (new and expansion) combining coal and non-coal mining have been given ECs by the NDA government in its two years in power. Among these are 68 coal mining projects. Similarly for FCs, the highest share of total forestland diversion is for mining projects -- of about 47,473 hectares of land diverted (combining in-principle and final approvals), 29 per cent is for mining.
“There is a tendency to ease clearances through incremental changes without making any improvements in the provisions for enforcement,” says Chandra Bhushan. The CSE analysis emphasises that changes made in the green clearances is largely to ease the clearance process and increase transparency. But this is not helping the ecology as many projects have been cleared in ecologically sensitive and critically polluted areas.
Sunita Narain, director general, CSE says: “The undermining of people’s participation in green clearances is also worrisome. The NDA government continues to dilute the public hearing process.”
Pollution control and monitoring
Several positive measures with respect to pollution control and monitoring have been proposed which are commendable, shows CSE’s analysis. For instance, pollution standards have been tightened for many industrial sectors such as coal-based power plants and sugar.
Bhushan adds: “The government is banking on technology-based mechanisms and self-regulation by industries for enforcing the regulatory provisions. A key example is the continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS). If implemented properly, these measures will certainly help control pollution. However, this has not been complimented by efforts to strengthen regulatory institutions. Experience from the world over shows that ‘self-regulation’ and ‘technology-enabled monitoring’ requires strong institutions to deliver results.”
Air pollution and transportation
Significant measures include the implementation of air quality index, leapfrogging to Euro VI emissions standards in 2020 to lower the gap between emissions standards for diesel and petrol cars, and levying an infrastructure cess on all cars on the sliding scale of pollution potential. “However, the government needs to come up with comprehensive action plans to optimally realise their potentials,” says Anumita Roychowdhury, executive director-research and advocacy, CSE.
“The government’s proactiveness to extend LPG connections among the rural poor and households below the poverty line is another welcome move,” adds Anumita. “The clean fuel option if extended effectively will significantly reduce indoor and outdoor air pollution in rural areas and improve the health of rural women.”
The six waste management Rules notified by the government covering the areas of solid, plastic, electronic, bio-medical, hazardous, and construction and demolition (C&D) waste, are indicative of the importance the NDA places on this issue. The CSE analysis shows that most of the Rules have been significantly improved from their earlier versions; the C&D Rules have been brought in for the first time.
Some key improvements include separation of various kinds of waste at source for better treatment and management and encouraging reuse and recycle. “The opportunity is there, therefore it must be ensured that these Rules are properly implemented to fulfil their potential,” says Narain. “Formal integration of the informal sector remains crucial,” she adds.
However, with regard to the progress of the government’s flagship programme Swachh Bharat Mission, Narain says: “So far, the success of the programme has been around building toilets which will clearly not be enough. There is very little focus on managing the waste from these toilets which, if not handled properly, can contaminate ground and surface water.”
In the area of solid waste management, the plan is to achieve 100 per cent management in a phased manner over the five-year period. So far, only 23 percent of this target has been achieved.
Cleaning the Ganga
“Despite an outlay of Rs 20,000 crore for five years till 2019 for cleaning the Ganga, and several promising plans, on-ground action for cleaning and rejuvenating the river remains far from satisfactory,” says Narain on this crucial intervention of the NDA regime.
The CSE analysis shows that so far, the government has met only three of its 13-point agenda for cleaning the river -- these are cleaning the river surface and ghats, creation of a Ganga task force and creation of Ganga grams (model villages) along the main stem of the river. In addition to this, none of the 21 proposals sanctioned since July 2014 for cleaning the river (according to the National Mission for Clean Ganga) have been implemented.
Forests remain a key focus of the reform initiatives of the government. But these initiatives seem restrictive in comprehensively addressing the issue of forest management.
“There is a suggestive trend of shifting from a people-centric to a more industry-centric and technocratic approach,” says Bhushan. For instance, a major effort of the government remains focused on unlocking the Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF), the corpus of which currently stands at Rs 42,000 crore. The CAF Bill 2015 was cleared by the Lok Sabha in May 2016. If properly used through robust planning and accountability, this outlay has a tremendous potential to improve the state of forests as well as the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities, says Bhushan. However, the Bill as drafted has several limitations, as per CSE’s analysis. A key concern remains that it does not have any scope for participation of local communities.
Proposed measures for forest conservation and management are also focused on increasing forest cover, without emphasising equally on improving biodiversity and productivity of forests. Neither do these measures ensure forest benefits to local communities. “These approaches will neither be able to ensure overall improvement in quality of our forests, nor their sustainable use by people,” says Bhushan.
On the climate change front, the government’s engagement “offers a mixed scenario”, says Bhushan. The Climate Change Conference (COP 21) held in December 2015 in Paris has largely remained a lost opportunity. “The agreement remained largely one for the big polluters, where no targets have been set for developed countries to cut emissions,” says Bhushan. “On the other hand, India lost the opportunity to exert the ‘right of development’ of the world’s poor.”
And even though India could get the words ‘equity’ and ‘common but differentiated responsibility’ (CBDR) included in the agreement, there is no elaboration on how these terms can be operationalised. Similarly, terms like ‘climate justice,’ ‘sustainable lifestyles,’ and ‘consumption’ also remain merely as feel-good factors, as they are only mentioned in the preamble and not in the operational part of the agreement, say CSE researchers.
In the Montreal Protocol, India has now agreed to negotiate in amending the Protocol to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The success of the amendment will depend mainly on the government’s commitment to bypass the interests of the industry, which wants to benefit by selling an intermediate synthetic chemical called hydrofluoroolefin (HFO).
On the domestic front, there are hopeful signs of climate change adaptation through insurance schemes to safeguard farmers. The government has also increased the ambition of renewable energy – 100 gigawatt (GW) for solar and 75 GW for other renewables by 2022 -- that can be helpful in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.
Check out the comprehensive report card of the NDA government’s two years on http://www.downtoearth.org.in/coverage/report-card-environmental-governance-under-nda-government-54359
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Hillary Clinton Listed at Even Money To Win US Presidential Election
Despite a recent stumble, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is still the clear betting favorite to win the upcoming US Presidential election.
When it comes to trying to determine who currently has the edge to win an election, sports books can be the best resource as people are betting real money. Many millions of dollars will be wagered on the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential election at sports books all over the world, and the current betting lines usually give us the truest sense as to who is actually ahead in the race.
According to Paddypower.com, which is a major online sports book, Hillary Clinton is currently listed at even money to win November's election, far ahead of the likes of Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Marco Rubio. Here are the current betting odds as of this moment:
Hillary Clinton, EVEN
Donald Trump, 7/2
Bernie Sanders, 7/1
Marco Rubio, 8/1
Ted Cruz, 12/1
Jeb Bush, 14/1
Michael Bloomberg, 25/1
John Kasich, 40/1
Joe Biden, 50/1
Paul Ryan, 125/1
Mitt Romney, 200/1
Ben Carson, 200/1
The battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders has gotten increasingly nasty. Sanders recently did very well in Iowa and scored a big victory in New Hampshire, which helped to propel his numbers higher nationwide. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, however, is still far ahead of Sanders, as she is a 1/4 favorite to win the Democratic nomination.
On the Republican side, Donald Trump, fresh off of a victory in New Hampshire, currently has the best odds to win the GOP nomination, as Paddy Power has him listed at 6/5.
Marco Rubio, who seemed to be gaining some momentum after the Iowa caucuses, is listed at 3/1 to win the Republican nomination, while Jeb Bush (5/1), Ted Cruz (5/1) and John Kasich (20/1) sit further back.
There is still a possibility of Michael Bloomberg entering the race as an Independent at some point, though this is still seen as a long shot. According to reports, Bloomberg is waiting to see who wins the Democratic and Republican nominations before deciding whether or not he will jump into the race. Bloomberg is one of the few people in the country who has the funds and name recognition needed in order to make a big splash in the race.
In terms of the upcoming Nevada Democratic caucus and Republican primary in South Carolina, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the current betting favorites to win. Donald Trump is a MASSIVE 1/14 favorite to win in South Carolina, while Hillary Clinton is still somewhat vulnerable in Nevada at 4/7.
Source: PaddyPower.com
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Arrest reports: Jan. 19
LIVE UPDATES: COVID-19 count passes 2,000 in Dawson
Townley elected to lead district
Group aims to improve regional tax issues
Dawson County Tax Commissioner Linda Townley was recently elected to lead District 2 for the Georgia Association of Tax Officials.
District 2 includes Dawson, Cherokee, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer, Hall, Lumpkin, Pickens and Union counties. It is one of 19 districts across the state.
District leaders, who make up the group's executive board, meet periodically to discuss tax issues, policies and laws affecting their respective regions.
House Bill 386, a statewide reform that was approved in April and changes the way cars titles are handled, is sure to be a topic of discussion in the coming month, according to Townley.
"It's important for our county to be well represented," she said. "It's also important for any citizen with concerns about taxes to talk to their tax commissioner."
Townley said she plans to participate in a town hall meeting in December, along with state Rep.-elect Kevin Tanner and Sen. Steve Gooch, to explain the legislation and talk about its local effects. The meeting date will be announced soon.
Elected tax commissioner in 2004, Townley has been involved with the state association for the last eight years.
The group aims to improve the standards of tax administrative practices, to provide a clearinghouse for the distribution of useful information relating to tax administrative practices and promote justice and equity in the distribution of the tax burden, among other goals.
Townley replaces longtime district leader J.W. Payne of Union County, who is set to retire in January.
A Dawson County native, Townley also serves on the Etowah Water and Sewer Authority board of directors and is a member of the local Kiwanis Club.
She previously served as mayor of Dawsonville and was a budget control analyst for Lockheed Martin in Marietta for 35 years.
She has three children and six grandchildren.
Dawsonville recognizes retiring utilities director for 30 year career with city
City of Dawsonville annexation hearing postponed until January 2021
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Camouglage makeup evolves
Camouflage makeup has evolved, now offering dermatologists a relatively low-risk way to cover up conditions ranging from vitiligo to rosacea or melasma. In addition to creating a more natural-looking appearance, compared with the older "cake makeup" products, mineral makeup sometimes can even help to control acne breakouts.
National report - For all of the high-tech options for tackling pigmentary problems, sometimes the relatively low-tech option of camouflage makeup can be just the right tool.
One of the most welcome improvements in makeup for dermatologic use has been the evolution of mineral-based makeup, which offers doctors products that use natural ingredients and have a greatly reduced sensitivity and allergy risk.
"Mineral makeup has revolutionized the camouflage cosmetics market," says Amy B. Lewis, M.D., a clinical assistant professor of dermatology at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.
Agrees with all skin types
Patients with all skin types can usually benefit and get a natural appearance from mineral makeup, Dr. Lewis adds.
"Mineral makeup is great for all skin types because the mineral pigment reflects light so that the natural color seems to come from within," she says. "That's why it has such good coverage without looking like you are wearing anything at all."
Since true mineral makeup doesn't contain additives such as oils, dyes, talc, alcohol or anything other than pure minerals, products cause less irritation and fewer allergic reactions. But in order to enjoy those benefits, it's important to make sure you're really using mineral makeup, Dr. Lewis notes.
"Just because it says 'mineral makeup' or 'mineral-based' doesn't mean that it is all natural, and you really need to read the ingredients to make sure the label says 'pure minerals.'"
In addition to helping to naturally cover up pigmentary problems, mineral makeups can even play a proactive role in easing skin conditions, by helping, for instance, to decrease acne breakouts.
"The benefits beyond covering up are that mineral makeup can help calm the skin and reduce acne breakouts," Dr. Lewis says.
Occasions when patients appreciate coverup makeup the most are, of course, following cosmetic procedures such as chemical peels or laser procedures. But dermatologists need to use particular caution with makeup use during the wound-healing stage, says Helen M. Torok, M.D., medical director of Trillium Creek Dermatology & Surgery in Medina, Ohio.
"The application of creamy or lotion-based makeup too early in the healing process can present a risk of being a contact irritant or causing contact allergic dermatitis," Dr. Torok says.
"Most makeups contain 20 ingredients, and ingredients such as propylene glycol, lanolin, alcohol vehicles or fragrances will cause irritation."
The relative purity of mineral makeup, however, makes it a useful tool in some cases, and Dr. Torok says her makeup of choice for such cases is the Jane Iredale brand.
"Jane Iredale is mineral-based makeup with just two inert ingredients: zinc oxide and titanium dioxide," she says.
In addition to posing "virtually no allergy risk," Jane Iredale products contain broad-spectrum UVB and UVA protection of up to SPF 20, they are noncomedogenic and won't block pores, according to the company's Web site.
Another brand doctors often turn to is Lycogel Camouflage (Dermacia), promoted as being highly beneficial in the early stages of wound healing due to its ability to allow skin to "breathe."
Dermacia says Lycogel Camouflage has been shown to be "the only foundation to increase the delivery of essential oxygen to the wearer's skin, up to three times more than wearing nothing at all."
Lycogel uses a "cross pigment factor" color system that can be used immediately after a chemical peel or nonablative procedure, according to company materials.
Joel Schlessinger, M.D., says he also has had success with Dermacia in patients with acne.
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Update: Immunotherapeutic options in advanced melanoma
At EADV, Dr. Simone Ribero reviews the latest data on new treatments for advanced melanoma.
Dermatologists and dermato-oncologists are playing an increasingly important role not only in diagnosis of melanocytic lesions, but also in the surgical, adjuvant and stage IV treatment of melanoma patients, says Simone Ribero, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Turin, Italy.
Speaking in a melanoma session at the 26th European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress in Geneva, Dr. Ribero said the last seven years of research have changed the history of metastatic melanoma, and the role of dermatology in managing this condition.
“According to their different expertise, many dermatologists are now in the first line facing the metastatic setting of melanoma,” Dr. Ribero said.
Dr. Ribero
While medical oncology clearly plays a key role in the care of patients with stage IV melanoma, Dr. Ribero emphasized that management by a dedicated dermatologist is appropriate.
“Many dermato-oncologists are directly involved in stage IV (melanoma), making decisions on the particular drug to suggest and enrollment in clinical trials,” he said. “Moreover, the dermatologist is the right specialist to able to recognize and treat skin adverse events, which are very frequent in immunotherapy and targeted therapy.”
Dr. Ribero highlighted the latest data on some new drugs that are expanding the range of immunotherapeutic treatment options for advanced melanoma. These include talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC), the first oncolytic immunotherapy, which is indicated for injection directly into unresectable lesions in patients who have recurrent melanoma after an initial surgery.
Another approach under investigation is inhibition of lymphocyte-activation gene 3 (LAG-3), an immune checkpoint receptor protein found on the cell surface of certain T cells. Investigators recently reported “encouraging initial efficacy” in an early clinical study of the anti-LAG-3 monoclonal antibody BMS-986016, given in combination with nivolumab in patients with melanoma previously treated with immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.
In addition, the combination or sequencing of established targeted and immune therapies in melanoma is providing additional data of interest. Just three days before EADV, investigators reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, the first analysis of three-year survival data from the CheckMate 067 trial. The results showed that, in patients with advanced melanoma, the combination of nivolumab and ipilumumab resulted in significantly longer overall survival compared with either agent alone.
“New evidence is appearing on this topic almost daily, with survival rates that only a few years ago were totally unbelievable,” Dr. Ribero said.\
Melanoma and nevus count
While Dr. Ribero’s discussion at EADV focused mainly on metastatic disease, some of his best known research is in melanoma genetics and the role of nevus count. In particular, Dr. Ribero and colleagues analyzed a large cohort of melanoma subjects (N = 2,184) and found that high nevus count was associated with better survival, suggesting a unique biological makeup of melanoma tumors in patients with an excess of nevi.
In a separate publication, Dr. Ribero and co-investigators assessed the predictive value of nevus counts in a large cohort of healthy Caucasian female subjects (N = 3,694 female twins); they found that total body nevus count could be estimated quickly by counting nevi on one arm, bolstering previous associations observed in smaller cohorts.
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Less is a Bore book celebrates "postmodern architecture in all its forms"
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Less is a Bore by Dezeen columnist Owen Hopkins reveals the diversity of postmodern architecture from around the world. Here, he spotlights 10 significant structures from the book that come in all shapes, sizes and colours.
Named after the anti-minimalist maxim coined by American architect Robert Venturi, Less is a Bore is a global survey of over 200 buildings that exhibit "postmodern architecture in all its forms".
It was curated by Hopkins for publisher Phaidon as a celebration of the movement that, despite being one of the 20th century's most controversial styles, is experiencing newfound popularity.
"[Less is a Bore] is about widening the canon and revealing the variety and richness of the movement, and looking beyond architecture to the world in which it operates," Hopkins told Dezeen.
"Its goal is to establish postmodernism not as a style but as a sensibility that can be found in all places and all periods," he continued.
"A sensibility that values complexity over simplicity, decoration over minimalism, colour over the monochrome, fragmentation over singularity, contingency over universality, context over introspection, doubt over certainty, and in which more is always more."
Seven of Robert Venturi's best postmodern projects
Postmodernist architecture emerged in the 1960s, and thrived from the 1980s through to the 1990s. Alongside Venturi, it was led by architects Denise Scott Brown, Philip Johnson and Michael Graves.
Less is a Bore features photos of buildings ranging from the movement's most famous, through to lesser known 21st century structures and manifestations in Asia and South America.
Weaved in between are a number quotes that reference postmodern culture, made by architects, designers and artists including musician David Bowie and Andy Warhol.
According to Hopkins, the publication coincides with the recent rise of postmodernism's popularity, which has seen the return of ornate designs and expressive forms throughout architecture and design.
However, unlike the recent revival of brutalism, Hopkins argues that this resurgence goes beyond aesthetics and fashion and demonstrates ambition and changing times.
"It's about new generations of architects and designers looking beyond the normative modes of architectural expression embracing a set of previously marginalised design tactics and aesthetic devices in order to create something new, bold and potentially oppositional," he explained.
"Its present revival is something of a vindication of postmodernism and an important reminder that architecture should always be eclectic and should allow a range of styles to co-exist," Hopkins added. "That was the vital lesson of postmodernism in the 1970s and 1980s, and it is one we need reminding of now."
Read on for Hopkins' pick of his top 10 buildings from the movement:
State of Illinois Center, USA, 1985, by Helmut Jahn
"As a style or movement, postmodernism is often seen as being mostly concerned with exteriors and the role a building plays in an urban composition – and this is usually the focus of most of its canonical texts, most notably Learning from Las Vegas.
"However, postmodernism's principles could be applied in incredibly powerful ways to interiors: domestic, commercial and civic. One of the greatest is the sadly under threat State of Illinois Centre by Helmut Jahn, which to my mind exceeds the similarly cavernous and better known hotel lobbies of John C Portman in its bravura blurring of surface and structure, form and void."
M2 Building, Japan, 1991, by Kengo Kuma
"Anyone familiar with Kengo Kuma's more recent work would struggle to believe that this amazing confection of different styles, forms and scales was by the same architect.
"The architect himself no doubt had this project, one of his first major commissions, in mind when he admitted in an interview for Dezeen that 'to be honest, sometimes I feel a bit embarrassed by some of my buildings'. But I think he should be proud of it.
"It's an extraordinarily powerful statement, pointing to a very different, and rather more meaningful, direction that the 'iconic' building might have taken during the 1990s."
Charles Moore House, USA, 1962, Charles Moore
"Charles Moore is an enigmatic figure in the history of postmodernism. His Piazza d'Italia in New Orleans is now rightly celebrated as one of the defining projects of the movement. But his broader work is more difficult place, working with a variety of partners and under a range of practice names.
"At its core, however, are the houses he built or remodelled for himself as his teaching career saw him move from Yale to UCLA and finally to the University of Texas in Austin. Sadly only the latter survives as a a highly personal manifestation of his wonderfully exuberant yet carefully considered approach to architecture and interior decoration."
Ordnance Pavilion, UK, 2018, by Studio Mutt
"This was one of the first built projects by the British practice Studio MUTT. Commissioned by Lakes Ignite in 2018 as part of a celebration of the Lake District as a cultural landscape, it explores the visual language of the iconic Ordnance Survey maps to create a hybrid structure which makes a direct connection to the long history of eye-catchers in the British landscape.
"It also emblematises a 'do it yourself' attitude that characterises many of the buildings in this book, being designed, built and installed by the architects themselves."
Duncan Hall, USA, 1996, by John Outtam
"John Outram is one of the great, largely unsung heroes of postmodernism. Trained at a time when modernism still carried all before it, Outram actually played an intriguing role in the very early history of what we would later know as high-tech.
"However, for Outram modernism had shorn architecture of its decorative, ornamental and mythic force, which he aimed at re-establishing in his work both as a designer and an incredibly powerful and original thinker. Rarely did Outram find clients who were prepared to go all the way on this extraordinary architectural journey. Duncan Hall is the exception."
Oudhof, Netherlands, 1990, by Mart van Schijndel
"Postmodernism wasn't always about brash forms and stylistic exaggeration. It could also be sensitive and contextual, while still allowing for the possibilities of interpretation and re-working necessary to make an original architectural statement.
"It's a fine line, but one treaded with corresponding care and bravado by Mart van Schijndel in the Oudhof, which reinterprets the Amsterdam vernacular through the prism of archetypal postmodern tropes and design tactics, to create a building that's very much of its moment yet not disrupting the rhythms of the historic street."
Best Products Showroom, USA, 1979 by SITE
"One of the iconic buildings – or series of buildings – of the postmodern era – and one of my personal favourites. Best was a consumer goods catalogue retailer which wanted to create a series of showrooms and in a move that would be unthinkable for an equivalent client today, commissioned the architect/artist James Wines and his experimental practice SITE to design them.
"Wines literally thought 'outside the box' in creating a series of stores where the box-like retail sheds were variously constructed as partially ruined, with facades lifting up or peeling off, or being taken back by nature. Sadly they no longer survive."
Kindergarten Wolfartsweier, Germany, 2002, by Tomi Ungerer and Ayla Suzan Yöndel
"There is a fascinating genre in postmodern architecture of buildings that look like animals, whether its an elephant, a fish, dog or in this case, a cat. It's the kind of thing that gets written off by those dreaded words applied to so much postmodern architecture: 'fun', 'quirky' or 'playful'.
"Yet this is to do much of it a massive disservice. To my mind, a building like the Wolfartsweier Kindergarten is a serious piece of architecture.
"When the primary users of a building are aged one to three what could be more compelling, appropriate and meaningful than a building designed to look like a cat?"
PPG Place, USA, 1983, by Philip Johnson and John Burgee
"While Philip Johnson's AT&T building in New York is the iconic postmodern office tower, his and John Burgee's One PPG Place in Pittsburgh is actually a far more successful example of a typology.
"Rather than look to the classical tradition, as mediated through eighteenth-century furniture as they had done at AT&T, for PPG Place the source was instead the gothic, in particular its late 'perpendicular' manifestation, which allowed an thrilling expression of the building's innovative structure and exaggeration of its verticality."
Team Disney Building, USA, 1986, by Michael Graves
"For many critics, this was when postmodernism went too far, when supposedly serious architects like Michael Graves and Arata Isozaki began doing work for that apparently crass purveyor of mass culture, Disney.
"They might have had a point when it came to Graves' Disney hotels, or his own Team Disney Building in Burbank where the seven dwarfs from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs are repurposed as caryatids (although I love them). But certainly not with Isozaki's Team Disney Building in Orlando with its incredibly elegant composition of forms, colour and materials looking out across a lake."
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A start-to-finish cycle that documents a lover’s pursuit of, entanglement with, and loss of a woman, the bracingly intimate 1975 effort remains one of the most encompassing break-up albums ever made and ranks as the most personal statement of the Bard’s career. To hear it is to experience the agony, frustration, trauma, highs, lows, confusion, sadness, and, ultimately, requisite redemption associated with intimate relationships gone astray. Dylan maintains it’s a work of fiction, but it’s evident close-vested autobiographical premise is what helps make it universal: It’s the icon singing through tears, going out of his mind, battling hallowing emptiness, firing shots across the bow, and accepting culpability. It is, in short, a consummate expression of love’s darker sides and the consequences of what happens when dreams unravel.
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For all the melancholic pain, unresolved questions, shattered memories, wasted times, unrequited dialogs, and weary regret within, Blood on the Tracks remains as daring as it is reflective. Rather than follow for a monotone caustic vibe, Dylan’s songs burrow into the subconscious for the manners in which they are even-keeled, mellow, and occasionally, even peaceful. Dignity, honor, poignancy, and fairness—all traits uncommon in any situation in which partners dissolve histories, change hearts, and attribute blame—instill the record with equilibrium on par with the consistency of the flowing melodies.
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Congress working remotely leads to skepticism
by: Trevor Shirley
Posted: May 7, 2020 / 05:43 PM CDT / Updated: May 7, 2020 / 05:43 PM CDT
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — With Congress doing most of its work remotely, some experts fear its harder for the public to know exactly what their elected officials are up to.
Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown says now that Congress is doing its committee work on Zoom and Skype, it’s even harder to keep up.
“This is less than ideal,” he said. “It wont be as good as it should be.”
Since late March, Congress has been in Washington D.C. only a handful of days.
As lawmakers work from home, meetings are sometimes streamed live while others are recorded and shared after the fact.
R Street Institute senior fellow James Wallner says Congress wasn’t built for telework.
“When that activity takes place virtually, it changes the nature of that activity,” Wallner said. “It changes the nature of how people relate to it and how they can hold their officials accountable.”
Wallner says it’s especially worrisome in times like these.
“In moments of crises, when you have large bills that go through very quickly, they’re drafted poorly, it creates an opportunity for corruption,” he said.
But Ohio Senator Rob Portman thinks working virtually might actually give the public more access.
“Being online or being virtual doesn’t mean that you’re doing it in secret,” Portman said. “I think transparency is something that ought to be part of any process going forward.”
Transparency advocates say congressional leadership should think twice before allowing actual votes to happen remotely, something the House of Representatives has been seriously considering during the pandemic.
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States miss deadline to implement emission norms
Published: Monday 15 November 2004
state governments across the country have missed the October 1, 2004, deadline to implement the new in-use emission norms for vehicles, better known as the pollution under control (puc) certificate programme. The Delhi government has extended the deadline by one month and the West Bengal government by one-and-a-half months. The transport department of Tamil Nadu has sought an extension of two to three months from the state government. But it is feared that the new norms might not be implemented even by the extended dates because of laxity from all quarters -- the government, puc centres that conduct emission tests, the certification agency for puc instruments and puc instrument manufacturers.
A major reason behind the non-implementation of the new norms, notified in February 2004, was that city governments failed to prepare detailed, time-bound implementation plans. They also could not ensure that the puc s got the necessary testing instruments or that the manufacturers made these available to them. The certification process was also tardy.
The new norms necessitate measuring levels of carbon monoxide (co) and hydrocarbons (hc) in petrol vehicles, as opposed to the earlier measurement of only the co level. They are also tuned in to vehicular technology: the standards for post- and pre-Euro ii vehicles are different. For diesel vehicles, the tests methods have changed but norms haven't. The smoke meters, which check their emissions, require upgradation. "The crux of the current imbroglio is that the existing two gas analyser for petrol vehicles, which measures the pollutants, cannot measure the much lower levels prescribed for post-Euro ii vehicles," says an industry source.
Many transport departments believe that puc centres cannot be pressured to acquire new instruments; there aren't enough suppliers in the market. But instrument manufacturers disagree. They allege that puc centres are just using the extended deadline for not placing the orders. In Delhi, where the government is serious about implementing the norms, the puc operators have refused to place orders for instruments, citing high prices and the compulsory Annual Maintenance Contract of manufacturers as the reasons.
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Howie Klein
You Made A Deal With Lucifer-- Sorry, But You Gotta Pay Now... A Music Post-- About Biden's Cabinet
Many of us made our deal with the devil-- not without impeccable reason-- but now want to change the deal. It doesn't work that way. I never had a moment's doubt that there was nothing that would get me to vote for Joe Biden. I didn't vote for Hillary either but I would have voted for her sooner than Biden. I've known who this guy is since the 1970s and that's not the kind of person I want in public office. Less horrible than Trump? Oh, yes, without a doubt. But this is less horrible than Trump; ready to make that classic cinema scene Commander-in-Chief?
Folks I know who made that bargain are now horrified by Biden's nominations. What did you expect?
In California, 11,032,365 people (63.6%) voted for Biden (or against Trump) and 5,947,294 voted fro Trump. (No, I don't know why they haven't moved to Moscow-- either the real one or the one in Idaho-- yet either.) My old friend Norman Solomon wasn't responsible for all 11 million Califiornia Biden votes, but he prominently urged his readers to hold their noses and vote for him, presumably knowing full well, he might have been urging them to vote for someone who may wind up being-- I think so-- a worse president than Nixon, Reagan or either Bush/Cheney. (I did notice that in the district where Norman once ran for Congress, preliminary numbers show Biden got well over 70% of the vote.)
On Monday, Common Dreams published an essay by Norman, Hey Joe, Where You Going With That Pentagon in Your Hands? It was a reference to one of my favorite songs of all time. How favorite? I hired The Byrds to play at my college when they released it (above) and when I was hired as general manager of Sire Records, the very first thing I did was dig up an old Patti Smith tape of the song that Sire's boss, Seymour Stein, had financed-- before Patti was signed to Arista-- and released it, along with "Piss Factory," without getting any legal permission from anyone, not realizing one gets into trouble for that kind of thing. Somehow, I didn't; no one noticed.
No one knows who wrote "Hey Joe." It might have been Dino Valenti (Chester Powers, Jr.) from Quicksilver Messenger Service but probably by his pal Billy Roberts, Jr. who might have played it at a concert at San Quentin (opening for Johnny Cash) when Valenti/Powers was serving time for using pot. The Leaves did the first commercial version. It was also covered by The Surfaris, The Standells, Love, and Shadows of Knight before The Byrds released it on Fifth Dimension (1966). The first time I ever met Jimi Hendrix-- he was backing John Hammond, Jr. at the Cafe Au Go Go-- he introduced me to Chas Chandler of The Animals, who brought Jimi the song and produced a version of it for him that finally made the song a 60s staple that was later recorded not just by Patti, but by Cher, Wilson Pickett, Soft Cell, Nick Cave, Deep Purple, The Offspring and by Ice-T, one that I that I executive produced.
If you didn't know what a tangent is... now you do. Washington Post reporter Karen DeYoung wrote this morning that "If not household names, Biden’s picks are steeped in the ways of Washington. Former deputy secretary of state Antony Blinken, a longtime Biden adviser, is set to become secretary of state, a position once held by John F. Kerry, who now will be climate envoy. [Would have it been too much to ask for Biden to appoint someone under 76 to this particular post?] Jake Sullivan, who was national security adviser to Vice President Biden, will now become national security adviser to President Biden... Biden also tapped Alejandro Mayorkas, who held several posts in the Obama administration, as the nation’s first Latino homeland security secretary; Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a former career Foreign Service officer, as ambassador to the United Nations; and Avril Haines, a former deputy director of the CIA, as the first female director of national intelligence. Biden’s picks are all known quantities whose nominations signal a return to a more predictable era of American policy. By design, they seem meant to project a dutiful competence, as Biden creates a government overseen by those who have run it before. Many of his picks have spent most of their adult lives in Washington, forging deep relationships with those who have done the same and finding familiarity in the think tank speaking circuit, in the cocktail party crowds, and in writing for wonky but influential publications. They all have long-standing relationships with Republican lawmakers, which could smooth their confirmation hearings and open the possibility of some bipartisanship, and they are well known among NATO and Middle Eastern allies.
Solomon wrote that "By all accounts, the frontrunner to be Joe Biden’s pick for Secretary of Defense is Michèle Flournoy. It’s a prospect that should do more than set off alarm bells-- it should be understood as a scenario for the president-elect to stick his middle fingers in the eyes of Americans who are fed up with endless war and ongoing militarism. Warning and petitioning Biden to dissuade him from a Flournoy nomination probably have scant chances of success. But if Biden puts her name forward, activists should quickly launch an all-out effort to block Senate confirmation. As the Biden administration takes office, progressives have an opportunity to affirm and amplify the position that Martin Luther King Jr. boldly articulated when he insisted that 'I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism.' In the present day, the pernicious and lucrative aspects of that madness are personified in the favorite to be Biden’s Defense Secretary."
As if Antony Blinken and Avril Haines aren't bad enough-- and 100% predictably so-- Jack Detsch and Robbie Gramer, writing yesterday for Foreign Policy, noted that "Despite widespread support of Flournoy from many foreign-policy experts, who dismissed any nefarious influence from her past ties to the defense industry, some progressive Democratic lawmakers have raised a battle cry. 'Flournoy supported the war in Iraq [and] Libya, criticized Obama on Syria, and helped craft the surge in Afghanistan,' Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, a progressive backer of Sen. Bernie Sanders and an architect of the 2019 War Powers Resolution to end U.S. involvement in Yemen, tweeted on Sunday. 'I want to support the President’s picks. But will Flournoy now commit to a full withdrawal from Afghanistan & a ban on arms sales to the Saudis to end the Yemen war?' Flournoy, as Pentagon policy chief during the Obama administration, clashed with Biden when he was vice president over the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan, as did much of the Obama administration, and in the past pushed to keep more U.S. forces in Iraq... [P]rogressives specifically raised issues with Flournoy’s ties to defense contractors and expressed frustration that she wasn’t willing to agree to an outright ban on U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia, instead favoring just a ban on offensive weapons sales. Some progressives have also been frustrated by the Biden team’s unwillingness to commit to defense spending cuts and to redirect more of the Pentagon budget toward domestic priorities."
Norman Solomon concluded his Common Dreams essay by warning his readers that "The foreseeable dangers of picking Flournoy to run the Pentagon are compounded by Biden’s selection of Antony Blinken to be Secretary of State. It was Blinken who, 18 years ago, served as staff director for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee while its chairman, Joe Biden, oversaw the pivotal and badly skewed two-day hearing in summer 2002 that greased the congressional skids for approving an invasion of Iraq. Blinken, along with Flournoy, co-founded WestExec Advisors, which the Washington Post’s breaking-news coverage of the Blinken nomination gingerly described as 'a political strategy firm.' ... a nice euphemism [for] 'helping defense corporations market their products to the Pentagon and other agencies.' The term 'war profiteering' would be even more apt. If past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior, there are ample reasons for apprehension about the top of the military and foreign-policy team that Biden has begun to install for his presidency. But realism should not lead to fatalism or passivity. Extricating the United States from the grip of the military-industrial complex will require massive and sustained organizing. With that goal in mind, a grassroots campaign to prevent Michèle Flournoy from becoming Secretary of Defense would be wise."
I'm not sure what Sahil Kapur meant when he wrote that so far Biden's picks give competing wings of the Democratic Party something to celebrate. He asserted that Biden is "attempting the high-wire act of balancing diversity demands with ideological fissures between progressives and right-wing goons, war mongers and corporate whores [which Kapur, coming from another country, incorrectly refers to as 'moderates']. He has sought personnel with government experience who aren't seen as too controversial to gain approval from a divided Senate... So far, he's giving everybody from progressive activists to centrist Democrats something to be happy about and little to fight over." I must have missed something. Did he throw a bone to progressives? When? Far right quasi-Democrats Matt Bennett from a GOP-front organization (Third Way) and the most right-wing Democrat in the House, Blue Dog Matt Gottheimer (NJ), were joyfully singing Biden's praises. And Ben Sasse (R-NE) crowed that he's "glad he’s resisting the far left on most of the picks to date." But I can't find one bona fide progressive happy with his selections so far.
Back to DeYoung for a moment, she noted that "Sullivan, who supported the Obama administration’s TPP trade pact, has since acknowledged that Democrats overlooked the potentially negative consequences of such trade deals on American workers. Trump blamed both his 2016 opponent, Hillary Clinton, and Biden for destroying manufacturing jobs with the NAFTA trade deal. In a September report, Sullivan underscored how trade deals can drive employers to pull out of U.S. communities and disrupt the livelihoods of people with few available alternatives. Democrats have frequently responded to this problem with federally funded economic-assistance programs, which Sullivan said were often 'too little, too late.' It remains unclear if Sullivan and other members of Biden’s team have a view of trade that is more than just cosmetically different from that of previous Democratic administrations, a prospect their defenders reject." I just wanted to take a second for a little reminder here. Establishment shills like Biden nd his team of crooks, don't have to look at Trump's self-serving analysis to understand what's wrong with U.S. trade policies. Clinton (and Rahm Emanuel, also rumored to be on Biden's list of "the-worst-scumbags-I-want-in-my- administration) were unable to pass NAFTA without massive Republican help because the mainstream of the Democratic Party-- still somewhat progressive at the time-- adamantly opposed it. Bernie was in the House in the early 1990s.
When the Dow crossed 30,000 for the first time ever, one right-wing commentator went against the grain to say it was because business was received that Biden isn't naming Elizabeth Warren Treasury Secretary. I suggested he announce he's making someone like Mayo Peter Secretary of Labor instead of Bernie and the Dow will go through 60,000. There are plenty of videos and statements like this, but here's another one from the well of the House, this one from 1993:
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Sen. Duckworth demands Pentagon prosecute vets and troops who participated in Capitol riot
by David Roza
Source: Task & Purpose
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) is calling on Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller to investigate active-duty and retired service members who stormed the U.S. Capitol building last week and hold them accountable under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Duckworth, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, wrote in a letter to Miller that service members and veterans who joined in the riot betrayed their oaths by participating "in a seditious conspiracy that used force" to oppose the … Continue Reading
Duckworth demands Pentagon investigate if troops participated in Capitol 'coup attempt'
by Lara Seligman
Source: Politico
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat and Iraq War veteran, on Monday demanded the Pentagon investigate allegations that troops and military retirees played a role in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob on Wednesday. In a letter to acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller obtained by POLITICO, Duckworth asked the Pentagon to cooperate with federal agencies and the Capitol Police to investigate active-duty or retired service members who played a role in what she called … Continue Reading
Military May Be Required to Report on Injuries Caused by Ill-Fitting Body Armor
by Hope Hodge Seck
Source: Military.com
With the passage of the sprawling fiscal 2021 defense policy and budget bill all but inevitable, one U.S. senator is looking forward to a new measure that will require the military to provide properly fitting body armor for female service members, and to develop centralized reporting on the injuries caused by years of requiring women to wear wrong-sized ballistic protection. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., a retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel and helicopter pilot who served in … Continue Reading
The military designed aircraft with only men in mind. Now they are working to change that.
by Tara Copp
Source: McClatchy
As a helicopter pilot in Iraq in 2004, now-Sen. Tammy Duckworth stopped drinking water hours before she climbed into the cockpit of her Army UH-60 Black Hawk for combat missions. Even in Iraq's heat, she'd purposefully dehydrate herself because there was not a safe way for her to use the restroom in her one-piece, zip-up flight suit. "I would have to take off my side arm. I wore a shoulder holster, so I would have to take off my shoulder holster. Then I would have to take off my flight vest, … Continue Reading
National defense bill pushes Pentagon to buy body armor for women in the military
by Tom Vanden Brook
WASHINGTON - The Senate is prodding the Pentagon to buy body armor designed for women troops and to track injuries caused by ill-fitting gear. The Pentagon has made uneven progress in outfitting women for training and fightingsince every combat job was opened to them in 2015. The Air Force began issuing women in its security forces body armor tailored to their bodies that allows freedom to move and shoot. The Army developed a helmet that can accommodate a hair bun and a bomb-disposal suit … Continue Reading
US senator seeks update on contractor taken in Afghanistan
by Eric Tucker
Source: Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Democratic senator is calling on the State Department to prioritize the return of Mark Frerichs, an American contractor believed to have been taken by a Taliban-linked militant network in Afghanistan earlier this year. The letter from Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois comes weeks after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held what are likely his last meetings with the Taliban and Afghan government negotiators trying to hammer out a peace deal. It is unclear to what extent … Continue Reading
Duckworth calls for ‘compassionate resolution’ for vets facing GI Bill problems
by Stephanie Zimmermann
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth is calling on the military to show "compassion" in addressing bureaucratic mistakes that have led to the children of long-serving veterans losing out on Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for college and, in some cases, being forced to repay money the government already has paid on their behalf. "I am concerned about the overarching trend that bureaucratic error and complex calculations are preventing well-meaning veterans from transferring benefits they've earned" to their … Continue Reading
The Future of Breastfeeding Is No Longer Over Toilets—Thanks to Sen. Duckworth's Friendly Airports for Mothers Improvement Act
by Melissa Prax
Source: Ms. Magazine
"If we don't support our children, how did they grow up to be productive adults?" Sen. Tammy Duckworth told Ms. "If they don't get enough prenatal care, if they don't get the health care support that they need, if they don't get the breast milk when they are growing in their most formative months of life. We can and should do better." Kristin Debreaux has always loved traveling, so when she gave birth to her son Levi, it was a passion she knew she wanted to share. To date, they've been to six … Continue Reading
Donald Trump is Endangering National Security for His Ego
by U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth
Source: Time
At the height of a global pandemic and in the depth of a national recession, Donald Trump has endangered our national security by forcing the Pentagon into his latest culture war. Since the moment it was clear he was going to lose the election, Trump has spent his time spewing conspiracy theories so baseless they've been debunked by his own officials. He has used these lies as rationale to refuse to accept the results of what his own Administration has called "the most secure [election] in … Continue Reading
Control the virus and protect workers — and the American economy will roar back
Over the past few months, President Donald Trump's performance has been both unprecedented and unpresidential. He's endangered those around him by trying to transform the pandemic into a culture war. He's derided science, claiming facts are fiction and that his own beliefs should be considered canon. He's stoked xenophobia without a second thought. And time after time, he's shown that he neither understands nor respects the heroes protecting this country - the men and women defending it from … Continue Reading
New bill aims to help meet military families' childcare needs with visa exemptions for au pairs
by Abbie Bennett
Source: ConnectingVets.com
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., introduced a bill aimed at helping military families with childcare by providing certain visa exemptions for au pairs providing care to military kids during the pandemic. The legislation would specifically expand J-1 visa exemptions for the au pairs. Before the pandemic gripped the world, the Pentagon released a report that showed the Defense Department couldn't meet the demand for military family childcare -- able to accommodate about 78% of demand overall. … Continue Reading
Sen. Tammy Duckworth was once told to pump breast milk in an airport toilet stall. Now she has unlocked funding to put lactation rooms in all of America's airports
by David Slotnick
When Senator Tammy Duckworth had her first daughter in 2015, the then-member of the House found herself in a bind. She was traveling back-and-forth between Illinois and Washington, DC for work, but also had to pump breast milk for her baby - and often couldn't find a place to do it. "I was told to use the handicapped stall, the toilet, which is disgusting," Sen. Duckworth told Business Insider during a recent interview. "You wouldn't eat a sandwich in there. Why would you ask me to express … Continue Reading
Tammy Duckworth: “I fear Amy Coney Barrett may outlaw families like mine”
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
A little over two years ago, swathed in blankets and surrounded by many of my Senate colleagues, my then ten-day-old daughter napped her way into history when she became the first infant allowed onto the Senate floor. That afternoon, I held her in my arms while I cast a vote, fulfilling my duty to the Constitution, my constituents, and my newborn. I will never forget that moment, as my Republican and Democratic colleagues alike stood up and cheered for that milestone while little Maile Pearl … Continue Reading
Sen. Tammy Duckworth Wants Lactation Rooms in Every U.S. Airport
by Rose Minutaglio
Shortly after giving birth to her first daughter, Abigail, in 2015, Sen. Tammy Duckworth found herself in an airport bathroom stall pumping breast milk from a toilet seat. There were no other private options in the terminal. Duckworth knew she wasn't alone in wanting a sanitary space to breastfeed or pump while traveling. At the time, she discovered that while 62 percent of airports in the U.S. called themselves "breastfeeding-friendly," only 8 percent had private, clean nursing areas with a … Continue Reading
Pump breast milk in an airport bathroom? You shouldn’t have to, says Tammy Duckworth
by Jessica Wehrman
Source: Roll Call
When then-Rep. Tammy Duckworth had her first daughter in 2014, she found herself in a can't-win position flying back and forth from Illinois to Washington. She needed to pump her breast milk every three hours to feed Abigail, the baby. But there was no place to do it. She asked airport officials. How about the handicapped stall in the bathroom, they suggested? "That's disgusting," said the Illinois Democrat, now a senator with two daughters. How about the sinks in the bathroom, they asked? … Continue Reading
How Tammy Duckworth's experience with breastfeeding and IVF guides her policy
by Emma Hinchliffe
Source: Fortune
Hours before President Trump revealed his positive COVID-19 test, Congress sent a bill to his desk: the Friendly Airports for Mothers Improvement Act. The legislation, championed by Sen. Tammy Duckworth, requires that nearly all U.S. airports include lactation rooms for nursing-and traveling-mothers. Duckworth first introduced a bill on this topic in 2015; it was signed into law two years ago, but applied only to medium and large airports. The new act would extend the same regulations to … Continue Reading
Duckworth warns Amy Coney Barrett confirmation could put IVF procedures at 'high risk'
by Brooke Singman
Source: Fox News
Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth urged her Republican colleagues to reconsider their support for President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett, citing the judge's past support of a group opposed to in vitro fertilization and her own experience with the treatment in conceiving her daughters. Duckworth, D-Ill., in an exclusive interview with Fox News, warned that a confirmation of Barrett to the high court puts IVF procedures "very much at risk," after a report last week … Continue Reading
A Senator Wrote An Impassioned Letter To Her Colleagues About Her IVF Treatment And Trump's Supreme Court Nominee
by Ema O’Connor
Source: Buzz Feed
Following reports that Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, supported an anti-abortion group that opposes in vitro fertilization, Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois wrote an impassioned letter to her colleagues Friday, citing her own experience with IVF and the conception of her 2-year-old daughter, Maile. "I write to each of you today, and especially to my Republican colleagues who cooed and cuddled Maile when she first visited the Capitol, in the hope that you … Continue Reading
Citing fears about I.V.F., Tammy Duckworth urges Senate not to confirm Judge Barrett
by Jacey Fortin
Source: New York Times
Senator Tammy Duckworth, Democrat of Illinois, raised concerns about Judge Amy Coney Barrett's views on in vitro fertilization on Friday and urged the Senate not to confirm her. Ms. Duckworth's two daughters were conceived using in vitro fertilization, or I.V.F., and her youngest became the first infant to appear on the Senate floor in 2018. In her letter, Ms. Duckworth said she felt "dread and anguish" when she learned that Judge Barrett "likely doesn't believe my little Maile and my … Continue Reading
Duckworth to vote ‘no’ on Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination while Durbin says he doesn’t know if she’s qualified
by RICK PEARSON
Source: Chicago Tribune
Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth on Saturday said she would vote against Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court, while Sen. Dick Durbin said he didn't know if she was qualified. In a statement as President Donald Trump announced the South Bend, Indiana, judge's nomination during a White House Rose Garden ceremony, Duckworth lashed out at majority Senate Republicans for pushing Barrett's nomination so close to the election. "Instead of addressing the many life-and-death … Continue Reading
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ExxonMobil eyes foothold in Vietnam LNG market
ExxonMobil is exploring opportunities to invest in LNG-to-power projects in Vietnam as the country faces chronic electricity shortages and Hanoi welcomes US companies to fix a trade imbalance.
by Damon Evans
Exxon Mobil Corp. signage is reflected in a puddle at a gas station in Nashport, Ohio, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 26, 2018. Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg
In an effort to solve the looming power crisis the government is rapidly building solar power capacity and hopes to start importing LNG by 2022 to fuel gas-fired power plants.
The government said in a statement that ExxonMobil wants to explore investment opportunities in Vietnam’s energy sector, particularly LNG import facilities and gas-fired power plants. It issued the statement after a phone call between Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Irtiza Sayyed, President of ExxonMobil LNG Market Development, in mid-June.
“With ExxonMobil expected to expand its LNG supply business via major investments in Mozambique, Qatar and Papua New Guinea, it stands to reason that the company would look to develop new demand markets via LNG-to-power projects,” Andrew Harwood, Asia Pacific research director at Wood Mackenzie, told Energy Voice.
Indeed, the government said that the US giant could invest in a proposed 4GW LNG-to-power scheme in the northern port city of Haiphong, which could start operating sometime between 2025 and 2030.
ExxonMobil could also invest in a 3GW LNG-to-power scheme in the Mekong Delta province of Long An, added the government.
The supermajor would use LNG imported from the US or elsewhere in its global portfolio, however importing LNG from the US will help balance trade between the two countries.
Delta Offshore Energy and Energy Capital Vietnam have also proposed LNG-to-power schemes in Vietnam. Both operators have US shareholders, are proposing US LNG suppliers and are courting US finance.
Significantly, US pressure on Vietnam to cut the trade imbalance between the two countries offers American LNG players a unique opportunity to tap the emerging market. The proposed LNG-to-power projects will help bolster US-Vietnam trade relations, with tens of billions of dollars in US export content expected over the 20-plus year life of the plants. In particular, the supply of US LNG and equipment – as well as various services from US partners, such as turbine supplier GE – will help balance Vietnam’s trade surplus with the US.
More gas and LNG will be needed as plans for coal-fired power have stalled. As responsibility for power generation has been devolved in Vietnam, local authorities have started reversing decisions made by Hanoi that favoured coal-fired power. This underscores a push from local governments – particularly in electricity-short southern Vietnam – for cleaner energy options such as gas and renewables instead of coal.
With the economy expanding at a rate of around 6-7% per year, Vietnam expects power generation will hit 125 to 130 GW by 2030, up from 54 GW capacity now. In 2019, 33% of the country’s power mix was fuelled by gas with the remainder supplied by renewables and coal.
However, as upstream production expectations continue to disappoint, Vietnam will need to increasingly import LNG.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Rystad Energy projected that Vietnam’s domestic gas output would hit 10 billion cubic metres (cm) by 2025. Of this, about 60% of total gas produced was expected to come from new developments. The research company’s updated outlook shows a much different picture, with the pandemic crisis and low oil prices postponing more than 200 billion cm of Vietnam’s undeveloped gas resources.
As a result, Vietnam will only produce 7 billion cm of gas in 2025, rather than the projected 10 billion cm, creating a 9 billion cm gap between domestic production and the 16 billion cm of expected gas demand.
To avoid reverting back to heavy coal imports to feed power generation, Vietnam will likely start importing LNG as early as 2022, reported Rystad. Even so, importing sufficient LNG volumes will be difficult.
There are currently four LNG terminals in the project pipeline – Thi Vai LNG, Son My LNG, Tien Giang LNG Projects, and South West LNG – which together will have a combined capacity of 10 millon tonnes per year (mtpy) by 2025. However, the terminals, which are being built primarily in southern Vietnam, will only reach 1 mtpy import capacity by 2023 with the start-up of Phase 1 of the Thi Vai terminal. This will only marginally fulfil the demand-supply gap, predicts Rystad.
Indeed, Vietnam is projected to start suffering blackouts as early as this year. The situation is expected to get progressively worse until around 2022-2023 because of a shortage of investment amid surging power demand, Tran Tuan Anh, the Vietnamese minister of industry and trade, warned the National Assembly last November.
No doubt the looming power supply crunch will harm its expanding manufacturing sector if it goes unaddressed. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that Hanoi is courting potentially big investors, such as ExxonMobil.
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Philanthropy has always played an important role in American life, although it is a role that has been highly flexible as society’s needs and goals changed. During the middle part of the 20th century, wealthy donors were known to be the backbone of important cultural institutions like the arts, funding museums, performance spaces, and in some cases even entire companies of performers. Many did so as a business investment, but many also did so to make sure public cultural resources like local symphonies and community theater groups were able to keep going. At the same time, wealthy donors also quietly backed social programs, often with less fanfare than they received for their efforts in the arts and culture. Basic reading programs, grants, and scholarships were major vehicles for initiating change before the turn of the century. Now, the field has shifted, as a mixture of government support for key measures shifting and models for investment changing have introduced a new form of philanthropy, aptly called venture philanthropy.
What Is Venture Philanthropy? How Does It Work?
Venture philanthropy doesn’t have a rigid definition or a single method to its operation, although there are a few key characteristics that the operations revolve around. Instead, it’s a process that is named for its mechanism, much like venture capitalism. The shortest explanation for it is that investors who made their fortunes in the VC tech opportunities that have changed the business world over the last 30 years have transplanted that model to their philanthropic giving. That means a lot of different things to different people, just as it does with investment in return-bearing companies. Some venture giving projects are very hands-off, with investors financing NGOs and other institutions that have missions to initiate change without getting very involved in their day to day. Others bring the financing source into the organization in an advisory role, counting on their experience with both business and nonprofit giving to provide them with extra insight into accomplishing mission goals and bringing future philanthropic donors on board.
One thing that all venture philanthropy projects have in common is their goal of using the same principles found in tech sector investment protocols to put money directly into programs that are working on a focused change in key areas. For some, this might mean education reform. For others, it means ensuring high literacy rates worldwide, as well as access to the information technology resources needed to stay connected in a global world. The great thing about VP as an approach is that it lets donors put their money to work on the exact projects and initiatives they believe will make the world a better place.
Examples of Venture Philanthropy Organizations
Not every venture philanthropy organization is a nonprofit, which is one of the ways this movement distinguishes itself from past modes of giving for social change. One example of an organization that is doing philanthropic work while maintaining a status that allows it to make for-profit investments and political donations is the Emerson Collective. They partner with entrepreneurs and other experts, and their mission is to remove the barriers to opportunity that keep people from doing their best work on immigration reform, education, and other important topics. Another great example that is a little more in line with the organization of traditional NGOs and non-profits is Chicago Beyond, which focuses on scalability for social investments in Chicago. Their mission statement is to improve safety and education for young Chicagoans, so they can reach their full potential. Other organizational leaders in the field include:
Susan Crown Exchange
The Keywell Foundation
The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
The Robin Hood Foundation
Individual Philanthropists and VP Donors of Note
These new philanthropic institutions sometimes have their own mission statement, but some of them like the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation make their business the financing of the organizations with those specific public investment goals, so they can incubate more change by helping smaller organizations reach their potential. Both approaches depend on key individuals who are willing to put their money into pressing social and public investment goals of the moment, though, so individual philanthropic donors are still a big part of venture philanthropy. Many of the top donors in this area are easy to spot because of their celebrity profile or their ability to create new organizations to reach their goals. One example would be the Microsoft founder and tech icon Bill Gates, who started the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with his wife to bring education reform to as many communities as possible.
Other important donors are less visible outside of philanthropic circles, but they are becoming more and more well-known with time. This group includes investment professionals and VC angel investors who have made their fortunes quietly and reinvested in communities that are important to them, like Mark Stevens, and they are changing the landscape even more quickly than their high profile celebrity counterparts through their sheer numbers and volume of donations.
Making Change Locally and Globally
The new wave of venture philanthropy isn’t actually new since many of its front-running institutions are actually over a decade old. What’s new is its popularity and rising position within the world of public investment, which has traditionally been a little slow to embrace change, bringing the innovative disruption that supercharges tech companies into a new realm.
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Democracy and war
Rebridling the executive
Legislative constraints on executive war-making powers are not pointlessly impotent
by W.W. | IOWA CITY
RACHEL MADDOW, the MSNBC talking head, has a new book out, "Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power". Kevin Drum of Mother Jones says that if you can get past Ms Maddow's facile cable-news snark, "there's a deadly serious argument here that deserves way more attention than it gets." The gist of her argument is that the erosion of limits on executive power has made war-making too easy and too unaccountable, and so barriers to war-making ought to be restored. Mr Drum summarises:
Maddow's argument is that we need to start rolling back these changes of the past two decades. When we go to war, we should raise taxes to pay for it. We should get rid of the secret military. The reserves should go back to being reserves. We should cut way back on the contractors and let troops peel their own potatoes. And above all, Congress should start throwing its weight around again. It's fine to criticize presidents for accreting ever more power to themselves, but what do you expect when Congress just sits back and allows it to happen? Our real problem is congressional cowardice: They don't want the responsibility of declaring war, but they also don't want the responsibility of stopping it. So they punt, and war becomes ever more a purely executive function.
I think this is good, sound sense. Fabio Rojas, a professor of sociology at Indiana University, disagrees. "[T]he sorts of rules that Maddow proposes are useless", he argues. "People will just ignore the rules when they want to when they want war". How so?
First, if you really want war, you can always vote to have a new rule for war or to make an exception. Also, most rules have wiggle room in them, which makes it easy to wage war under other guises. Secondly, there's a consistent “rally around the leader effect.” It is incredibly hard for anyone to oppose leaders during war time. Elected leaders are in a particularly weak position. Simply put, legislatures can't be trusted to assert their restraining role in most cases.
This is too fatalistic. Taking advantage of "wiggle room" or finding a way to "wage war in other guises" requires some effort and some expenditure of political capital. A weak impediment is an impediment nonetheless, and can be well worth having. Anyway, I suspect Ms Maddow's policy proposals, should they be enacted, would not be as impotent as Mr Rojas contends.
Imagine Congress did explicitly require that wars be financed with new tax revenue, that democratically unaccountable clandestine operations must either be suspended or made subject to congressional oversight, that appropriations not be approved to pay mercenaries, and so forth. It's inconceivable that Congress would set in place these measures if they did not reflect widespread public sentiment. And in that case, it would seem that such policies would stand as a powerful expression of the people's resistance to easy, unaccountable wars. New rules explicitly intended to reign in unilateral executive power will exist only if they are popular. The executive would defy them at his or her electoral peril. That's how democracies restrain, isn't it? How is that useless?
Mr Rojas goes on to argue that, because democracies tend not to fight each other, the real path to greater peace is to "reduce the population of non-democracies".
Thus, if the Federal government wants to protect the United States by preventing war, the best, and cheapest, way to do it is to provide support and assistance for indigenous movements for democracy and tolerance. Once people have a genuine democracy at work, they just don't want to fight with each other. They just don't.
Unfortunately, America seems to have acquired a habit of providing "support and assistance for indigenous movements for democracy and tolerance" by invading, occupying, or bombing non-democratic countries. Neocons and liberal interventionists both argue that the very domestic, anti-democratic developments Ms Maddow laments have been necessary in order to wage the wars that will topple the non-democratic dominoes, and thus end war for good, or at least for a good while. America wages war for peace, so relax.
Now, if Mr Rojas' were right, and Ms Maddow's proposed measures would be no more than impotent parchment barriers, then hawks shouldn't waste their time and energy opposing them. So why do you suppose hawks don't in fact merrily sign on?
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August 2020 – Within the Edina Public Schools system, approximately 800 students – nearly 9 percent of those enrolled – are eligible for the school district’s free and reduced-price lunch program. Triple that number come from “cost-burdened households,” families where monthly income cannot reliably stretch to cover the basic costs for housing, transportation, healthcare and meals.
Unfortunately, if unsurprisingly, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is only adding to the economic strain on these families.
There is a silver lining, however. “Edina is a generally prosperous and caring place,” noted Kathy Rendleman, Executive Director of the not-for-profit Edina Education Fund. Over time, those two community characteristics have nurtured “the development of a multi-organization support network for our students.”
COVID-19 has given such organizations an historic opportunity to demonstrate their value – and their versatility and scalability, too.
The Edina MealFund COVID-19 Response program offers a particularly impressive case in point.
“MealFund was an existing program within Edina Public Schools, for which the Ed Fund serves as fiscal agent,” Rendleman explained. As the name suggests, that program covers cafeteria expenses for district families unable to zero out their balances. “A lot of people don’t realize that the government’s credit does not cover all student meal costs. That debt can mount.”
When the pandemic forced the closure of brick-and-mortar schools in mid-March, Rendleman and her colleagues knew that this important check against food insecurity would have to continue in a reimagined form.
“We began talking about adding dinners into the mix, figuring out distribution – and feeding not just our students, but parents and whoever else happens to live in that child’s household, as well.”
It was a daunting challenge, but one that EPS and the Edina Education Fund came to with certain advantages. Foremost among these, a broad coalition of partners stepped forward almost immediately to help.
These included Edina Give and Go, a frequent partner of the Ed Fund.
“Our typical work… focuses on ensuring students have access to the academic, arts and athletic opportunities that happen outside of the school day,” said Edina Give and Go Executive Director Maggie McCracken. “Think music lessons, driver’s ed instruction and summer activities.” In the 2018-19 school year alone, Give and Go unlocked 480 such opportunities for 250 students across the district.
“Food doesn’t usually enter into Give and Go’s mission work, but we realized that our families – who are [also MealFund’s] families – were struggling with basics in this especially difficult time. We also had connections and insights for MealFund COVID-19 to leverage.”
Knowing that food sourcing and preparation would outstrip local capacity, organizers tapped Bloomington-based Volunteers Enlisted to Assist People (VEAP) and Roseville-based The Sheridan Story to supply many of the meals.
Even with a reliable supply chain in place, though, the MealFund COVID-19 Response program could not have gotten off the ground – let alone proven sustainable – without the financial support of private donors.
“We set a bold goal of $75,000,” McCracken said. “We made sure the ‘ask’ was clear and broadly shared … but even so, the response was truly overwhelming.” Launched in late March, the fundraising component of the program reached and passed the $60,000 mark by April 1. Ultimately, the new MealFund raised about $100,000 (after which point organizers began encouraging would-be donors to share their largesse with other, likeminded community initiatives).
“As our forecast looks now, we should be able to provide meals support all summer and all fall, finishing in November,” Rendleman said.
Program partners have distributed tens of thousands of meals. They have done so through a mix of pick-ups at Valley View and South View middle schools and delivery routes crisscrossing Edina.
In a less tangible but equally meaningful way, Rendleman and McCracken think that the COVID-19 MealFund will pay dividends well beyond November. “This collaboration allowed [the local nonprofit community] to build tighter relationships and clarity around how to support our community. We’ve set a new standard for how to come together in big ways for our students.”
Mayor Jim Hovland selected the Edina MealFund COVID-19 Response program for the 2020 Mayor’s Service to Youth Commendation. Awards were presented to Rendleman and McCracken, who accepted on behalf of their organizations.
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Computer game characters inspire Norfolk dance group’s hip hop moves
Emma Knights
Published: 5:42 PM March 6, 2017 Updated: 10:56 AM October 10, 2020
Performers from Parallel Dance Studios are creating a hip hop homage to classic computer game characters for the Breakin Convention festival at Norwich Theatre Royal. Photo: Norwich Theatre Royal. - Credit: Norwich Theatre Royal
Mario, Donkey Kong and an array of other classic computer game characters are the inspiration for young dancers creating a new hip hop performance for the Breakin' Convention festival heading to Norwich.
The performers from Parallel Dance Studios are meeting at Stimpson's Piece in Reepham each week to perfect their hip hop homage to some of the best-known computer game characters. They will perform their finished sequence at Norwich Theatre Royal on May 13 as part of the international hip hop festival.
Parallel Dance Studios' owner and choreographer Lucy Cook came up with the idea when she saw her nephew playing Super Mario.
'I was thinking about how many of these games are legendary and never go out of fashion, and decided to put some ideas together to tell a story,' she said.
The performance will begin with two children playing games before the audience are taken into a cyber-world inspired by different characters.
Ms Cook said: 'Some of the characters are a bit tricky to portray. Mario is very robotic so we needed to show that, and there is lots of hip hop in the Donkey Kong section. There are lots of funny moments too.'
With some performers as young as eight, Ms Cook said they had to spend time introducing the characters to some of the dancers.
Ms Cook said: 'Some of them did not know what the games were so we had a retro gaming session so they could have a go at them all. It has been a lot of fun putting this together.'
Parallel Dance Studios is one of three East Anglian groups taking part in Breakin' Convention. Also performing will be Norwich-based all male dance company Legacy and Cambridge's Fly No Filter. The local acts will share the stage with international performers including South Korean poppers and b-boys Just Dance, Canadian urban duo Tentacle Tribe and South Africa's comedic contortionists Soweto Skeleton Movers.
Ms Cook said it was a fantastic chance for her students to show what they can do.
'I keep telling them about the magnitude of being part of Breakin' Convention. It is such a big deal. This sort of thing does not normally happen to a small Norfolk dance school like us,' she said.
Breakin' Convention is at the Theatre Royal on May 13. Visit www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk
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Weird Norfolk: When the Devil visited King’s Lynn
Stacia Briggs
Published: 4:43 PM July 28, 2017 Updated: 11:10 AM October 10, 2020
Devils Alley in King's Lynn. Picture: Ian Burt - Credit: Ian Burt
The earliest depictions of the devil show him in various forms – with scaly skin, folded wings and with cloven hooves, often attributed to early illustrations of the Pagan God Pan, who would have been reviled by good Christians.
Norfolk used to boast the devil's hoof print in King's Lynn, said to be a remainder of his thwarted attempts to steal souls after arriving to the town by ship.
Legend has it that he was spotted by a priset who cornered him in what is now known as Devil's Alley – banishing him back to the netherworld with prayers and Holy water, the infuriated devil stamped his foot in fury and with such force that it left an imprint and a reminder of the chaos he could wreak.
Devil's Alley was once complete roofed like a tunnel and ran all the way to the quayside – it is said that rather than an imprint in the ground, the alley 'showed at its darkest point a queer cobble in the pavement shaped like a gigantic human foot'.
While the alley remains, the footprint has long since disappeared, a victim of modern roadworks which have seen the cobbles resurfaced. But one mystery remains, in 1881, the alley was called Miller's – not Devil's – Alley. So has Lucifer made a relatively recent visit to King's Lynn?
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Comment: How King’s Lynn Town roared past long-time leaders Coalville Town to become champions
Published: 4:06 PM May 1, 2013 Updated: 2:28 PM October 10, 2020
Lynn boss Gary Setchell gets his hands on the trophy. Picture: Ian Burt - Credit: Ian Burt
King's Lynn writer GAVIN CANEY looks back at a remarkable season for the Linnets.
Here's a sentence I never expected to be writing in my wildest dreams: King's Lynn Town have clinched the Evo-Stik Division One South title.
I wouldn't have entertained such thoughts last August as the Linnets prepared to begin life at Step Four of the non-league ladder having secured promotion, via a runners-up finish in the United Counties Premier Division.
And I wouldn't have even thought about eventually scribbling the phrase into my notebook at the start of March. Which seems ridiculous considering that was just two months ago. At a time when Lynn were still 14 points behind runaway leaders Coalville Town.
That lead once definitely stood at a seismic 17 (yes, SEVENTEEN) points. Yet, it was an advantage that was once that significant, it may have been even larger than that at one time. Because I certainly wasn't keeping count on how far the Ravens were ahead.
I don't think anybody was. They looked, as Lynn boss Gary Setchell would say, home and hosed. The champagne was on ice. Yet while Lynn turned up the heat, especially after a pivotal 2-1 New Year's Day home win over Stamford, the men from Leicestershire started to melt.
While Setchell's men started to fire – going on an incredible 15-match unbeaten room – the Owen Street club froze. In the biggest way possible.
It was similar to when King's Lynn, before they went bust in 2009, burnt past Tonbridge Angels to lift the Southern League Eastern Division title in 2004 in a blaze of glory at Fisher.
Setchell's men got one sniff that the wheels on the Coalville bus were screeching to a halt. And they hit top gear.
While the main man himself would admit it hasn't always been scintillatingly pretty, it's been phenomenally effective.
A few inevitable bumps in the road have been felt during even their own run-in. But while their rivals have conked out, Lynn have staved off the threat of a breakdown.
When they deservedly got hammered 4-1 at Stamford. When they lost 1-0 at Halesowen. When they lost one of the key components of their engine room, captain and holding-midfield lynchpin Richard Bunting, through injury. Lynn kept on recovering.
Every time Setchell's men looked to have slipped out of the driving seat, Coalville have misfired. Spectacularly. Up until their game at Leek last night, they had enjoyed one win in 13. On February 26 they had 73 points. On April 27. They had 82.
Over in Norfolk, the Linnets went from 59 to 86 on the corresponding dates. While their opponents' engine has blown, leaving them yesterday facing a real threat of finishing third, Setchell kept finely tuning.
A bit of squad rotation here. A new signing (in Dan Jacob) there. A change of formation here. Another win there. He has been the masterful mechanic, supported soundly by his right-hand man Neil Fryatt, coach Ross McNeil and owner of the whole outfit, Buster Chapman.
He deserves credit for giving Setchell the tools to realise his managerial dreams. And 99 times out of 100 this season – which, let's not forget, included an immense FA Trophy giant-killing run – the Lynn manager has got it right. The players he signed in the summer have been brilliant. The players he kept have stepped up. But arguably his greatest achievement has been the ability to bounce back from two seasons of near-misses to become a winner.
Setchell has been steering the ship, alongside Kevin Boon initially, ever since the club reformed in 2010. He was a runner-up to St Neots Town first time out. Runner-up to Long Buckby last season. But now, finally, it's third time lucky.
They say disappointment makes success taste that little bit sweeter. So after two years of bitter endings, this achievement – which is as memorable as any that either the 'old' club or the three-year-old reformation have enjoyed – must taste absolutely delicious for all connected with King's Lynn Town.
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Photo gallery: Evo-Stik Premier Division: King’s Lynn Town 2, Stamford 1
Gavin Caney
Published: 2:59 PM April 21, 2014 Updated: 2:34 PM October 10, 2020
Action from King's Lynn Town v Stamford at The Walks - Lynn's Sam Mulready heads the winning goal. Picture: Matthew Usher. - Credit: Matthew Usher
Striker Sam Mulready's 79th-minute winner helped Lynn win this derby and end their home campaign on a high.
In their final fixture at The Walks this term, the Linnets avenged their Boxing Day defeat against Stamford by beating them by the same scoreline that they did in Norfolk last season.
Shane Tolley was the home side's two-goal hero that day, but this time the goals were shared by former Stamford ace Andy Hall and Mulready. The ex-Daniels man opened the scoring with a deflected half-volley from the edge of the area around the half-hour mark while Mulready headed George Thomson's delicious cross into the bottom corner to wrap up the three points.
Their strikes were split by Ryan Robbins' poacher's finish which was his team's first shot on target. It came on the stroke of the break and was sweet for the pacy player who came in for plenty of abuse following his decision to leave Lynn in the summer before kicking a ball for the club.
But in the end it wasn't enough to see him leaving with a smile on his face as Lynn made their superiority tell to see off their fellow promoted Evo-Stik Premier Division rivals to close in on a mid-table finish.
Gary Setchell wanted to end what's been a decent first season at Step Three on a high in front of the club's own fans. But he knew his troops were going to have to perform better than they did during Saturday's bore draw at already-relegated Stocksbridge Park Steels.
The hosts were the better side from the off but struggled to cut open a resolute Daniels' backline, marshalled expertly as always by captain Richard Jones. An inviting Sam Mulready centre in the 11th minute was the first incident of note before the same player headed the ball the wrong way when he had a chance to burst through.
A fiesty undercurrent bubbled up to the surface when Jason Lee and ex-Linnet Jordan Smith went face-to-face. It all calmed down fairly quickly, not before Dan Quigley got involved, but the mood remained as George Thomson thundered through Nabill Sharriff with a monstrous challenge.
The defences remained on top however with Jon Challinor shutting the door on Peter Bore and Quigley and Hall seeing shots blocked. At the other end, a Smith cross evaded everyone as the scores remained goalless.
Hall went down in the box under pressure from Jones and a minute later became the first man to have a shot on target. His low drive was pushed away comfortably by keeper Will Jones but he was powerless to stop the tiny terror's next shot as it whizzed past him with the help of a deflection.
It looked like the Linnets were going to take a one-goal advantage into the break but Stamford snatched an equaliser out of nothing. The visitors had barely threatened when Shawn Richards' scuffed cross was poked home by Robbins – much to the frontman's obvious delight.
After the break, Lynn were once again on the ascendency with frontmen Mulready and Hall linking up delightfully only for the latter to be foiled by Will Jones. Lynn's goalscorer was at the centre of another penalty appeal when he appeared to be barged in the back by Paul Malone while trying to meet his strike partner's lofted delivery.
Much like the opening period, Stamford offered very little going forward. A wild long-range drive from Charlie Binns drifted aimlessly wide and Richards lashed over from the edge of the area.
Setchell was screaming for another penalty around the 65-minute mark when Quigley's header was blocked by Richard Jones. It appeared to strike the defender's arm but the man in the middle waved away the appeals.
Mulready missed the target from a narrow angle and then saw a better and more central opportunity go begging as Stamford's keeper saved with his foot. But he wasn't to be denied when he buried his third chance following Thomson's excellent cross.
And that was that in terms of action as Lynn's players signed off in front of their own fans with a determined victory.
Lynn (3-5-2): Street, Bore, R, Clarke, Lee, Bore, Thomson, Quigley, Bell, Yong, Mulready (E. Clarke, 90), Hall (Hurst, 85). Subs not used: Wall, Stocker, Ward. Booked: Lee. Goals: Hall (32), Mulready (79)
Stamford (4-4-2): Jones, Carr, Challinor (Jarvis, 89), Malone, Jones, Nwadike, Richards, Shariff, Smith, Binns (Robinson, 76), Robbins (Lawlor, 67). Subs not used: Field, Feetham. Booked: None. Goal: Robbins (45)
Referee: J. Steel
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FG to close Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway after Christmas
The Federal Controller of Works Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola on Tuesday announced a 72-hour total closure of the Third Mainland Bridge to cast concrete on the expansion joints.
Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the shutdown will take effect from midnight on Saturday to midnight on Tuesday.
He added that construction works had reached the stage for casting concrete on additional three expansion joints.
“There is going to be a total closure of Third Mainland Bridge in order to allow for the casting of three number expansion joints on the Island Bound lane
“The effective date of the closure will be from 12:00 midnight on 25th of December. So, people will be allowed to use the Third Mainland Bridge to celebrate Christmas.
“By the time the Christmas is winding down which is 12:00 midnight, we are going to close it so that we will be able to cast the concrete on Saturday the 26th and 27th.
”And we need about 72 hours for this concrete to set. Therefore, the opening will be on December 28th midnight – that is 72-hour closure.
“This is to prevent vibration of the bridge. If we allow vehicles to be moving on one lane, there is going to be vibrations and the concrete will not set properly,” he said.
The controller said that all the alternative routes are in good condition and traffic regulatory agencies have been deployed to effectively divert and manage traffic to avert gridlock.
He appealed to road users to cooperate with traffic regulatory agencies.
Popoola also announced a 48-hour partial closure of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway from December 28 to December 29 to complete some work on a flyover bridge on the project.
“The contractor, Messers Julius Berger wants to install cross beams at Kilometre 16, that is, around MFM.
“That area will be cordoned off, there will be closure within that section from 12:00 pm on 28th of December and it will be opened to traffic by 5:00 am the following day.
“200 meters to get to that particular location, we have diversion and another diversion 200 meters away from that place.
“One lane will be opened to traffic, it is only one lane we are closing to traffic at a time. The first lane that we are going to close is outward Lagos, which is the Ibadan bound carriageway, we will close it on the 28th.
“Then the second day which is 29th, we are moving to the other lane which in inward Lagos. The same 12:00pm to 5:00am,” Popoola said.
He appealed for patience and understanding of road users saying that the construction was part of the progress that the Federal Government had achieved on the project.
“We regret all the inconvenience and hardship this might have created,” he said.
He said that all the construction zones had been cleared and the highway had been opened to traffic which was responsible to seamless movement on the road.
NAN reports that the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, which was going through a series of repairs, had to be partially shut on July 24 for another round of rehabilitation works.
The repair expected to last six months was extended by one month due to the recent #EndSARS protests in Lagos extending the completion date from January 2021 to February.
The construction was initially divided into two phases of three months on each carriageway, starting with the Oworonsoki bound carriageway whose completion dragged to four months.
Traffic was partially diverted on a stretch of 3.5km where construction is ongoing between Adeniji Adeniji Ramp and Ebute Meta, while different time belts were allotted for traffic diversions on the bridge.
The 11.8km bridge is the longest of the three bridges connecting Lagos Island to the Mainland.
The bridge starts from Oworonshoki, which is linked to the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway and the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and ends at the Adeniji Adele Interchange on Lagos Island.
Constructed in 1990, the bridge was adjudged as the longest in Africa until 1996 when the Oct. 6 Bridge in Cairo, Egypt was completed.
The reconstruction/rehabilitation of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on the other hand was flagged off in 2013 by former President Goodluck Jonathan and was awarded to two firms.
Julius Berger is constructing section one which spans from Ojota in Lagos to Sagamu Interchange while RCC is working from the Sagamu Interchange to Ibadan. (NAN)
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Boldly Go: The New Star Trek Series
Okay, so there was an announcement during the week that caught me (and many, from what I’ve heard online) by surprise: CBS, the American television network, has commissioned a new Star Trek series, to air in January of 2017. Trekkers around the world no doubt spat out their coffee and punched the air with delight (as they should), but the relative dearth of information about said show has led to numerous sites hypothesizing as to what form it may take.
First: what we know.
The series will be produced by Star Trek ’09’s co-scribe Alex Kurtzman. The first episode will début on CBS’s terrestrial network, before the remainder of the series will appear on CBS’s digital platform, CBS All Access. No word yet as to the number of episodes, nor the tone the show will take (will it be set in the new Trek-verse, set up by Kurtzman’s Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness), and as yet no word on casting or any other production details, such as show-runner or directors. The show will also introduce new characters (and presumably a new starship), effectively keeping Kirk and Co confined to feature film appearances at this stage. Keep in mind, the third Star Trek film in the new universe is set to arrive in 2016, directed by Furious 7 helmer James Wan.
New Trek series producer Alex Kurtzman.
Second: The Grey Area
Obviously, in the months to come we’ll be playing a game of “guess the cast member” lotto, as well as slaking our thirst for new television Trek from the tidbits of gossip and underground scooping we’ll have to endure until the show débuts. Fans have long clamoured for Trek to get back into “exploring strange new worlds”, which was the original show’s premise, and something the New Trek didn’t exactly make it’s prime directive (pardon the TrekPun). One would hope that a new show would send a brave new crew off into the uncharted reaches of space, on a mission of exploration (of some kind). No doubt following in Roddenberry’s vision, the crew would be ethnically and sexually diverse (can’t wait to meet the obligatory transgender crew-member!) and would have to overcome racial and species derived themes typical of humanity at this point.
The core problem I see is the show’s availability only on a US based subscription service – man, the pirates are gonna have a field day downloading this thing to counteract the geoblocking and paywalls. I suspect CBS may relent in the face of fan pressure (I could be wrong) but international fans (such as myself) might have reason not to pause over the “download torrent” button over on Pirate Bay. Out of this whole thing, this is the part that legitimately annoys me.
As problematic as Enterprise was, and as stifling as Voyager and Deep Space Nine turned into in the end, the prospect of a new Star Trek series is cause for celebration. The franchise turns 50 next year, so a new show in it’s 51st year can only be a good thing.
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I was definitely excited about this. I've been following the Trek news for a while now, and Michael Dorn had made it clear in his recent Reddit AMA that CBS had a couple of Trek series to choose from and they were going to decide on one of them. So the news wasn't a total shock. What is unknown, however, is which they went with: was it Captain Worf (Dorn's proposed show), Star Trek Uncharted (a heavily favored fan-proposed show), or something else entirely?
I agree that this online only thing is utter crap. Nobody is going to buy their digital-only service. And as a result, the ratings will be low, and CBS will cancel the series. They need to just put it on regular TV, or at least allow it to be viewed on other services such as Hulu (which they hate since none of their stuff is on Hulu).
I believe they did state that it will not have anything to do with NuTrek.
Rodney November 5, 2015
I'm kinda thinking Worf's time in the sun is over. I'm more excited to follow a new crew doing what Kirk and Co did, with solid characters and a mandate to actually explore the galaxy (like Voyager, and unlike DS9, which just parked its ass in one area and had to stretch itself to go to new places). If they can refrain from using the Borg (puhlease, I'm a bit over the Borg) and Q again, then I'm gonna "swallow whatever they give me to swallow".
I think it depends which universe they go with. If it's the prime universe, then the Borg is basically dead and Q is pretty old, so I doubt they would use him much (maybe a cameo). I'd prefer it to be set 70 years (or whatever) after TNG, similar to how TNG took place after TOS, so they can still have some guest stars from previous shows (like Dorn). But that way they can still focus on their new cast and new universe.
If they go with the reboot universe then all bets are off.
I personally liked DS9 a lot. I found the stories much more engaging, and the fact that the station couldn't move forced the writers to come up with different stories. And they couldn't just "reset" everything next week when they visited a new planet. I wished it had gotten better ratings/more love than it did. But, hey, it had 7 seasons and completed its storyline, so I don't have much to complain about!
Well, it couldn't be any worse than Voyager's last few seasons, which turned into the Let's Perv On Jeri Ryan Show. God, how tight were those outfits? Mmmmm….
Regardless of which universe the series is set in, one would hope they look at the current crop of successful TV shows (like GoT, Daredevil, Arrow and Flash, House Of Cards, OITNB etc) and realise that quality writing, compelling characters and some bigger budgets is the way to go. If they do that, they're on the way to recapturing what made Trek great in the first place (perhaps without the budget…LOL)
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VASO looks to refine An-148 performance as re-engining is mooted
By NAME MISSING2010-08-04T09:30:00+01:00
Russia's first serial production Antonov An-148 is to be transferred back to airframer VASO in Voronezh to undergo modification in a bid to improve the type's performance. The performance review could include an evaluation of potentially re-engining the 70-seater with the Sukhoi Superjet's PowerJet SaM146 turbofan.
The An-148 (RA-61701) is one of four in service with Rossiya. It was being flown back to VASO in late July where it will undergo up to two months of refinement, the airframer says.
VASO deputy technical director Igor Abramov says the modifications will take into account feedback received over the first few months of operation of the type.
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He adds that any performance improvements will be incorporated into assembly of subsequent An-148s. Abramov says this will have a "positive effect on the attractiveness of the aircraft" to airlines.
Rossiya had criticised aspects of the An-148's performance at a conference in May during which it detailed its experience with the type.
While VASO has not given much indication of the modifications to be carried out, it says that they could include a more comfortable interior and improvements to the heating system, allowing the type to operate under more extreme conditions in the north of Russia.
The airframer says that taking the aircraft back to Voronezh was a simpler option than sending teams of engineers to Rossiya's St Petersburg base to conduct structural and technological improvements.
Rossiya, which is taking its An-148 fleet through leasing company Ilyushin Finance, is due to receive a fifth An-148 before the end of August.
Ilyushin Finance, which holds marketing rights for the An-148 under an agreement with Antonov, says VASO will tentatively assess the SaM146's potential for the An-148 and the possibility of using it to replace the current Progress D-436 engine, built by Ukrainian engine manufacturer Motor Sich.
This exercise, however, is only intended to compare technical characteristics of the two engines. Antonov points out that equipping the An-148 with a new powerplant would require special permission.
Motor Sich has dismissed the re-engining proposal, insisting such a move would be legally questionable. The engine maker's board chairman Vyacheslav Boguslayev says the enterprise had a long-term agreement with Antonov to supply Progress D-436 engines.
"Under it, Antonov is to equip the first 50 serial An-148s with our engines so that allow us to break even on the development costs," he says. "Ahead of that, putting any other powerplant on the An-148 would be in violation of this agreement."
Motor Sich says it is capable of producing three dozen D-436s this year while its tentative agreement with Ilyushin Finance envisages the supply of 60 more engines in 2011.
But Boguslayev has cautioned against using an alternative engine for the An-148, saying: "If it happens, we would take the matter to court and seek $45 million in damages."
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Thanksgiving Potluck: Bent’s Old Fort Lentil Soup
By Dan Flynn on November 25, 2010
In honor of Thanksgiving here at Food Safety News we’re hosting our fourth virtual potluck (we’ve also held virtual picnics on Memorial Day, the Fourth of July and Labor Day).
We’ll be having turkey, of course, and for tips on how to cook a turkey, you can’t beat the Food and Drug Administration’s Keep Food Safe Blog. For instance, did you procrastinators know it’s safe to cook a frozen turkey? It will just take 50 percent longer than a fully thawed turkey. Check out the FDA’s helpful Turkey Roasting Chart and reminders that no matter what method you use — roasting, brining, deep frying or smoking — the bird isn’t safe until it reaches a minimum internal temperature of 165 degrees (and that goes for the stuffing, too).
In addition to the turkey, we’ve got two soups–Dan’s lentil and Marijke’s curry kale. Claire has contributed corn pudding, while Gretchen made Brussels sprouts and Helena suggests roasted squash and veggies. Alexa has shared Parmesan-rosemary potatoes and cranberry Waldorf salad. For dessert there’s Michelle’s “that blueberry thing,” a variation on a crisp, and Suzanne is bringing an unusual-but-delicious concoction involving butternut squash and pretzels.
We’re sharing the recipes here, so you can join in our virtual potluck or use them at your next one.
Have a happy and food-safe Thanksgiving Day.
The Food Safety News team
Dan’s Lentil Soup
Thanksgiving was not a national holiday until 1863, but it was common long before then as either a religious observance or a holiday by proclamation of a state governor. Whether it was observed, however, from 1833 to 1949 at Bent’s Old Fort, we do not know.
Bent’s Fort, located in what is now Otero County, CO, was the most remote American outpost in the old West. It was 600 miles from the nearest town in Missouri, and Mexico was just a few more miles down the Santa Fe Trail.
Brothers William and Charles Bent were traders, and when they needed help in the 1840s to keep everyone fed, they hired the legendary Kit Carson as a hunter.
Several species of wild turkey may be been in the high plains area where Bent’s Fort was located. The Rio Grande, Gould’s and Merriam’s species of wild turkey might have drawn some hot lead from Carson’s gun.
Whether Carson hunted turkey or not, chances are somebody at Bent’s Fort was certain to be making that staple of the old West–Lentil Soup.
— 1-quart beef stock
— 4 cut up slices of bacon
— 1 medium onion
— ½ cup tomato puree
— 1 cup dried lentils
— 1 tsp salt
— 3 peppercorns
— ½ bay leaf
— ½ cup dried carrots
— ½ cup chopped celery
Lentils need to be soaked over night in water.
Drain lentils and mix with salt, peppercorns, bay leaf, carrots and celery in the stock and bring it to a simmer in soup kettle.
Give a light frying to the bacon, and remove it from pan.
In two tablespoons of bacon fat, lightly sauté the onion, add tomato puree, and simmer in the pan.
Put the tomato and onion mixture with the bacon into the soup kettle for at least an hour or until lentils are tender.
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Canada Recalls More Meat for E. Coli Contamination
By News Desk on October 11, 2013
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Belmont Meats, Ltd. announced this week that the company was expanding a ground beef recall. Belmont Meats recalled some of its Compliments, President’s Choice, Webers Bucket of Burgers and Belmont Meats ground beef products during an expansion of an earlier recall, announced on October 3. According to the CFIA, some of the products may have been distributed across Canada. A distribution list was made available on the agency website. The following UPC codes were associated with the recall:
Compliments Brand Super 6 Beef Burgers UPC 0 55742 334129 4
President’s Choice Brand Beef Burgers UPC 0 60383 37167 8
Webers Bucket of Burgers Brand Beef Burgers UPC 6 27843 06456 5
Belmont Meats Brand Medium Ground Meat 1 lb blocks UPC 1 006057 733601 9
Belmont Meats Brand Prime Rib Beef Burgers made with 75% Prime Rib UPC 1 069567 637050 1
The original recall of certain beef burger patties for potential E. coli O157:H7 contamination was initiated during an investigation into an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak.
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DVOA Database
1989 Team DVOA Ratings: Overall
Database updated: 01/18/2021 11:00 AM EST
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Our proprietary Defense-adjusted Value Over Average (DVOA) system breaks down every single NFL play and compares a team's performance to a league baseline based on situation in order to determine value over average. (Explained further here.) Only the regular season is included.
OFFENSE and DEFENSE DVOA are adjusted based on strength of opponent as well as to consider all fumbles, kept or lost, as equal value. SPECIAL TEAMS DVOA is adjusted for type of stadium (warm, cold, dome, Denver) and week of season.
As always, positive numbers represent more points so DEFENSE is better when it is NEGATIVE.
UNADJUSTED TOTAL VOA does not include the adjustments for opponent strength or the adjustments for weather and altitude in special teams, and only penalizes offenses for lost fumbles rather than all fumbles.
WEIGHTED DVOA is adjusted so that earlier games in the season become gradually less important. It better reflects how the team was playing at the end of the season.
ESTIMATED WINS uses a statistic known as "Forest Index" that emphasizes consistency as well as DVOA in the most important specific situations: red zone defense, first quarter offense, and performance in the second half when the score is close. It then projects a number of wins adjusted to a league-average schedule and a league-average rate of recovering fumbles. Teams that have had their bye week are projected as if they had played one game per week.
SCHEDULE lists average DVOA of opponents played this season, ranked from hardest schedule (#1, most positive) to easiest schedule (#32, most negative). It is not adjusted for which games are home or road. For the current season, the listing of schedule is split into past and future schedules.
VARIANCE measures the statistical variance of the team's weekly DVOA performance. Teams are ranked from most consistent (#1, lowest variance) to least consistent (#32, highest variance).
PYTHAGOREAN WINS represent a projection of the team's expected wins based solely on points scored and allowed. (Not listed in 2020.)
Note for 1987: strikebreaker games (Weeks 4-6) are not included.
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Long Beach police K-9 dies in hot patrol car
(Long Beach Police)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (FOX 11) - Police in California are investigating the death of a police dog who was found alone inside a hot patrol car, it was announced Friday.
"The #LBPD is extremely saddened to announce the death of K-9 Ozzy,'" The Long Beach Police Department tweeted Friday.
"At the time, Ozzy & his handler were both off-duty and Ozzy was inside the officer's department issued K-9 vehicle. The death was immediately reported to the LBPD and a review into the circumstances was initiated."
Ozzy was found dead by his handler Aug. 14 around 3:40 p.m., LBPD spokeswoman Shaunna Dandoy said.
"A local veterinarian examined Ozzy and the preliminary results determined the cause of death to be heat-related," she said.
"All circumstances surrounding the death, including possible equipment or mechanical failures, are being reviewed," Dandoy said.
The incident was not intentional and was called an accident, LBPD said.
LBPD also stated all K-9 handlers will check their heating system controls before the start of every shift as part of their daily tasks.
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Tesla, Inc. Improves Model 3 Braking by 19 Feet With Software Update
Product rating company Consumer Reports initially refused to recommend Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) important Model 3, listing a handful of problems with the car, chief among them being a stopping distance that was "significantly longer than any other contemporary car." But just days after the company said it wouldn't recommend the vehicle, Tesla pushed a software update to its Model 3 vehicles that has CR reversing its stance on the vehicle.
The software update improves the Model 3's safety and shows off Tesla's prowess with over-the-air updates.
Model 3 brakes get a major update
After hearing CR's initial feedback on the Model 3, CEO Elon Musk said the vehicle's poor stopping performance would be able to be fixed with a firmware update. "Will be rolling that out in a few days," Musk said on Twitter last week. Four days later, Tesla started rolling out a firmware fix for upgraded brake performance on Model 3 that Musk said would improve braking distance by about 20 feet for repeated heavy braking events.
Sure enough, when CR retested its Model 3, the consumer rating magazine said the vehicle's braking distance improved by nearly 19 feet.
CR was impressed:
But CR did note that Model 3 braking still isn't "class-leading" after the update.
Though this is the first time Tesla has used an over-the-air update to significantly improve vehicle braking, the automaker has released many updates in the past that have made major improvements to its vehicles.
In 2013, Tesla rolled out an update to its vehicles equipped with adjustable suspension that gave them higher ground clearance at highway speeds after several vehicle fires caused by underbody collisions with objects. Then in late 2015, Tesla added Autopilot to its vehicles equipped with its latest camera, radar, ultrasonics, and GPS via an over-the-air update. In September 2016, Tesla released a major update for its front-facing radar sensor to give it a primary role, alongside Tesla's front-facing vision system, during braking events.
Of course, Tesla also regularly provides updates to its vehicles that focus on the user experience, such as acceleration improvements, user interface updates, and the addition of new features, like assigned key fobs and improved sound systems.
Tesla already has more updates in store for Model 3, according to Musk. "[User interface] improvements [for Model 3] coming via remote software later this month," Musk Tweeted Wednesday.
The electric-car maker cites its over-the-air updates as a key selling point for its vehicles, noting on its website that its vehicles are "designed to improve over time with regular software updates, introducing new features, functionality, and performance."
Investors seem pleased with Tesla's ability to quickly deploy such an important software update. Shares climbed 2.8% on Wednesday, outpacing the S&P 500's gain of 1.3% on the same day.
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Wedbush Securities On-Boards William Barry and Steven Slovak
The pair will be based out of New York and report to the group’s managing director Scott Skyrm.
Aziz Abdel-Qader | Executive Moves ( Executives ) | Wednesday, 06/09/2017 | 18:00 GMT+2 2017-09-06T16:00:56+00:00 2017-09-06T18:38:03+00:00
Los Angeles-based Wedbush Securities, a provider of private and institutional brokerage services in the US, has secured the services of William Barry and Steven Slovak as managing directors at its Fixed Income Financing, Futures and Rates division.
In their new positions, the two will help manage and develop Wedbush Securities’ business operations, emphasizing the group’s development and strategic direction for the futures, options, and fixed income spaces. They will also help establish and further develop relationships with institutions seeking customized, low-latency trading services.
The duo will be based out of New York and report to Scott Skyrm, the group’s Managing Director of Fixed Income Financing, Futures, and Rates.
Mr. Barry joins Wedbush Securities from Sage Trader where he served as Head of Global Business Development. Previously, he worked as the Managing Director of TFS Derivatives Corporation in New York and in global business development at Jefferies, having provided strategic direction for the online futures brokerage. Additional roles also include a 15-year stint at Penson Worldwide where he led its international business development.
Steve Slovak also brings extensive experience to Wedbush Securities, having held several senior positions with a few other Wall Street firms in the fixed income derivatives markets. He most recently served as Global Futures Business Development Manager at Sage Trader, and as Director of TFS Derivatives Corporation. Additionally, Steve worked at Jefferies, Inc., spent five years working in business development at Penson, and 12 years managing the international trade desk at Fimat USA, LLC.
Commenting on the new hires, Scott Skyrm said: “Having Bill and Steve onboard, positions Wedbush toward the future. Their extensive combined experience, in both buy and sell side, is the perfect formula to accelerate our growth with institutional clients.”
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Alpari US to sponsor the New York Knicks
Saxo Bank sponsors cycling team, FxPro football teams, FXOpen and MIG sponsor racing events and now we have the first
Michael Greenberg | Brokers ( Retail FX ) | Wednesday, 12/01/2011 | 06:48 GMT+2 2011-01-12T04:48:19+00:00 2011-01-12T04:48:19+00:00
Photo: Michael Greenberg
Saxo Bank sponsors cycling team, FxPro football teams, FXOpen and MIG sponsor racing events and now we have the first forex sponsor of a basketball team – Alpari US will become an official partner of the New York Knicks.
Alpari (US), one of the world’s fastest growing providers of online foreign exchange trading services, and Madison Square Garden today announced a new multi-platform marketing partnership. The multi-year partnership will make Alpari an Official Partner of the New York Knicks, New York Rangers and Madison Square Garden. This agreement marks the first time that Alpari has partnered with a US sports team.
“We are excited to partner with Madison Square Garden and its admired sports teams,” said Daniel Skowronski, CEO of Alpari US. “This is our first sponsorship with a US sports team and I believe it truly demonstrates Alpari’s growing influence in the United States and the increased awareness of the Alpari brand. We are eager to introduce Alpari to different communities across the world and proud to do it at Madison Square Garden.”
Jermaine Harmon, Senior Vice President of Alpari (US) and a key leader in the negotiations of the MSG sponsorship adds, “Alpari is elated to be in partnership with both the Knicks and the Rangers. Both teams represent the best of what New York City has to offer: excellence, tradition and excitement. Alpari’s expansion is reflective of these qualities, which is why we feel this is the perfect partnership for us now.” The partnership with Madison Square Garden will also enable Alpari to introduce QuantumFX, the upcoming institutional business built out by Mr. Harmon, to The Garden’s audience.
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Photo is of Valence at 6 km from Malissard
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Visit Malissard: highlights and tourist information
Malissard is situated in the Drome department and Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region.
Popular places to visit nearby include Valence at 6 km and Romans-sur-Isere at 18 km. For more sites to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Malissard, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Malissard in Auvergne Rhône-Alpes.
Although the famous local vineyards are the main attraction there is a...
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Romans-sur-Isere
at 18 km (direction north-east)
The Collegiale church of Saint-Bernard is the highlight of a visit to...
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The castle keep and its views are the most unmissable highlight when...
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at 21 km (direction north-north-west)
A town for gourmands, Tain-l'Hermitage is visited for its excellent local chocolates...
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Tournon-sur-Rhone
at 21 km (direction north-west), in the Ardeche department
In Tournon-sur-Rhone there are several interesting monuments to explore and also the...
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Most Beautiful Village at 24 km (direction south-south-west)
The medieval vilage of Mirmande retains its original ramparts and it really...
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at 33 km (direction west-south-west), in the Ardeche department
Privas is not a major destination but a visit is leasant when...
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at 36 km (direction east-north-east), in the Isere department
The centre of Pont-en-Royans, with medieval houses along the cliffs above the...
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Desaignes
at 36 km (direction west-north-west), in the Ardeche department
The ramparts, medieval gateways and village centre are the highlights of your...
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Most Beautiful Village at 37 km (direction north-east), in the Isere department
The village of St Antoine l'Abbaye, best known for its abbey complex,...
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Palais Ideal
One of the most unusual monuments in France, the Palais-Idéal is a...
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Puygiron
The small castle and pretty gardens add further to the charm of...
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Le Poet-Laval
Most Beautiful Village at 41 km (direction south)
The cobbled streets of ancient Le Poet-Laval are pedestrianized, which adds further...
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Montelimar
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Map of places to visit near Malissard
Markets in and near Malissard
Chabeuil: market Tuesday (5km)
Valence: market Wednesday all day & Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday & Friday (6km)
Bourg-les-Valence: market Wednesday & Sunday (7km)
Guilherand-Granges: market Friday (7km)
Portes-les-Valence: market Thursday (8km)
Etoile-sur-Rhone: market Wednesday (8km)
Saint-Peray: market Wednesday (10km)
Livron-sur-Drome: market Tuesday (17km)
La Voulte-sur-Rhone: market Friday (18km)
Romans-sur-Isere: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Sunday & Saturday & Friday (18km)
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Tourist attractions near Malissard, France
What to do at Malissard? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Malissard.
Mirmande (24km)
Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (37km)
Vogue (58km)
Crest (20km)
Vercors (38km)
Cathédrale Saint-Apollinaire (Valence) (6km)
Abbatiale Sainte-Marie (Cruas) (31km)
Parc Jouvet (6km)
Jardin japonais (14km)
Grottes de Choranche (40km)
Gorges de la Bourne (41km)
Cascade du Moulin-Marquis (42km)
Cirque d'Archiane (47km)
Valence (6km)
Montelier (7km)
Saint-Gervais (53km)
Malissard is in the south-east of France at 6 kilometres from Valence, the department capital (general information: Malissard is 482 kilometres from Paris).
Commune: Malissard
Canton: Chabeuil
Arrondissement: Valence
Department: Drome
Distance to Malissard
from Valence (prefecture): 6 km
For driving distances to Malissard from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 8 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Beaumont-les-Valence, Beauvallon, Bourg-les-Valence, Chabeuil, Monteleger, Montelier, Montvendre and Valence.
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An apartment building. A woman clearing up the mess her three-year-old son has made on the stairway. A child staring into an open doorway. The naked leg of a woman sticking out of that doorway. Blood. A woman's scream.
Reidun Rosendal's murder presents Oslo detectives Gunnarstranda and Frolich with their most intriguing case yet. And the mystery deepens when the chief suspect, Reidun's lover, is also found murdered.
As the investigation proceeds the focus shifts to Reidun's place of work, Software Partners, where the business and the private lives of the characters intermesh in ways that become lethal.
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An apartment building. A woman clearing up the mess her three-year-old son has made on the stairway. A child staring into an open doorway. The naked leg of a woman sticking out of that doorway. Blood. A woman's scream. Reidun Rosendal's murder presents Oslo detectives Gunnarstranda and Frolich with their most intriguing case yet. And the mystery deepens when the chief suspect, Reidun's lover, is also found murdered.As the investigation proceeds the focus shifts to Reidun's place of work, Software Partners, where the business and the private lives of the characters intermesh in ways that become lethal.K. O. Dahl's stories are propelled by compelling narratives where the final twist is always satisfying.
Kjell Ola Dahl was born in Norway in 1958 and lives with his wife and children in Askim, near Oslo. His first novel Dødens more investeringer (Deadly Investments) was published in Norway in 1993. The Fourth Man, was the first of his Oslo Detectives mysteries to be published in English. This was followed by The Man in the Window and The Last Fix.
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15 Cool Axanthic Axolotl Facts You Should Know
Written by Mike Zhang in Axolotls,Pet
The Axanthic Axolotl is an amazing creature that many pet owners find fascinating. The Axolotl is sometimes referred to as the “Mexican walking fish” because it does in fact look like a fish with legs. Despite appearances, the Axolotl is a salamander. Salamanders are amphibians, like frogs and toads, but they look more like lizards. They have slender bodies and short limbs that are kept close to their bodies.
Axanthic means lacking either red or yellow pigments or both. Axolotls can have different color variants as determined by their four pigmentation genes. The salamander in the wild will look either brown or tan with some specks of gold. Axanthic axolotls in captivity are bred for a mutant color that gives them gray skins and black eyes. It is this quality that makes the salamander a popular choice for home aquariums.
The Axanthic Axolotl is a neotenic mole salamander. Neotenic means that its development is slowed or delayed. Basically, it can stay in its juvenile stage of development indefinitely even though it can reproduce. To give you a better idea, imagine a tadpole that never turns into a frog. These traits make this salamander a very interesting amphibian to have as a pet and of course, amphibian and reptile owners love the various mutant colors that these animals are bred for. Here is a list of other fascinating facts about the Axanthic Axolotl salamander!
15 Amazing Facts About the Axanthic Axolotl
1. Axolotl Keep Their Larval Traits
Unlike many other salamander species, the Axolotl does not dramatically change its physical characteristics upon reaching its reproductive stage of adulthood. These aquatic salamanders keep their external gills and the reddish caudal fin. This is the fin that extends from the back of the salamander’s head and neck region to the gills. Their skeleton also won’t completely calcify. Instead, the skeleton remains primarily cartilaginous.
2. Only Exist Naturally in One Location
Previously, this unique salamander could be found at two locations – Lakes Xochimilco and Chalco. Unfortunately, due to destructive annual flooding, Lake Chalco was drained. This destroyed one of the salamanders’ native habitats.
Axolotls can still be found in Lake Xochimilco where they may spend their entire lives underwater. This endangered species thrives in large, high-altitude bodies of water that maintain an almost constant temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. Wide Range of Prey
This aquatic salamander might have a fragile appearance due to its cartilaginous skeleton but it does exist on a wide variety of prey. These salamanders are not that picky when it comes to dining on smaller species.
Some of their food preferences include mollusks, fish, insect larvae, crustaceans, and freshwater arthropods. If this prey is in short supply, the Axolotl will also eat various types of terrestrial worms, along with small amphibians that live in freshwater, along with zooplankton and even salmon eggs.
4. Also Known as the “Water Dog”
The Axolotl or water dog derives its name from the Aztec people. ‘Atl’ refers to water and ‘xolotl’ denotes dog. The round, lidless eyes and wide head do give the Axolotl a ‘doglike’ appearance.
Telling male and female ‘water dogs’ apart is easier than you might expect. Males have narrower heads and longer tails. Their cloaca is also swollen and is lined with papillae. Females are typically smaller than males. Their cloacas are smaller and they tend to have rounder bodies.
5. Axolotls Come in Different Colors
These salamanders have permeable skin and often hide under rocks. This can cause their skin to have an albino appearance. Dark-colored speckles or freckles aren’t uncommon. The speckles can also be green, brown, or olive. Black, copper, and golden are other color variations that can appear on these salamanders.
Some Axolotls that glow neon colors under blacklight. Known as GFP (green fluorescent protein) Axolotls, they can even appear to have a green hue in regular light. The neon-effect was artificially introduced but now can be passed from parents to offspring.
6. Their Gills are ‘Feathery’
Unlike fish and other marine dwellers, the gills on the Axolotl come with an additional feature. While there are gill slits on this salamander, they are also lined with filaments. These filaments are extremely fine and their sole purpose is to increase the surface area for gaseous exchanges.
For example, inhaling and exhaling. This function is performed through the external gills though aided by the filaments.
Another interesting thing about salamanders is that different species have different respiratory systems or ways of breathing. While the Axolotl has the feathery gills mentioned above, some types of these amphibians breathe with lungs or through their skin.
7. Their Limbs Can Grow Back
The Axolotl might look like an overgrown tadpole but its limbs, which include two legs and a dorsal tail, serve a purpose. The tail provides balance and motion, while the legs help with traction on the lake bed. The reason these salamanders never go beyond the larval stage is due to a lack of a specific hormone.
However, this also allows the limbs to grow back if the salamander discards them trying to evade a predator. This has made them a popular animal for scientific studies.
8. Female Axolotls Can Lay Hundreds of Eggs
Females can become fertile from six to twelve months. When the female is fertilized she can drop an estimated 300 to 1,000 eggs into the water.
Each egg is laid and placed individually on plants or rocky surfaces. This is where the eggs will have the most protection from natural predators. It typically takes two weeks for the eggs to hatch and an additional two for the juveniles to be independent.
Females do not nurse their young so weening processes aren’t necessary for captive breeding.
9. Lonely, Night-Feeding Salamanders
Axolotls are solitary amphibians that rarely interact with each other. Typically, they only meet during mating, which occurs once a year in nature. In captivity, females can breed two or three times a year. When it’s time to reproduce, females emit pheromones that attract males. From there the female will choose a suitable mate.
10. Threats to Existence
The Axanthic Axolotl is an endangered species that is facing several threats.
One is the loss of their habitat. This species now only exists naturally in a freshwater lake located near Mexico City in a lake system called Xochimilco (pronounced SO-chee-MILL-koh). They are quite content to stay at the bottom of these lakes their entire lives.
As water is drained from these lakes, this salamander loses its habitat. The introduction of invasive species to their native habitat, along with man-made pollution, are also problems.
Another threat to this salamander is scientific research. This tiny salamander is used extensively in several studies. Also, roasted Axolotl is considered a delicacy in Mexico which further reduces their numbers, and of course, their growing popularity in the aquarium trade puts them in great danger of becoming extinct in the wild.
11. Axolotls Started Scientists Researching Neoteny
In 1863, six adult Axolotls were shipped to Paris, France from Mexico City, Mexico. At the time the neoteny principles of this salamander were unknown. Once discovered by August Dumeril, it began the study of neoteny that has grown into researching the effects of adding the missing hormone to try to generate a typical metaphoric change.
For example, from egg to tadpole to frog. Axolotls are also studied for their ability to regenerate their own limbs.
12. Eyes are a Distinguishing Characteristic
Axolotls differ in color (the axanthic variety is gray in color) and even the length of their fringed gills will vary. However, there is one characteristic that all of these amphibious salamanders have in common. This physical feature also helps to distinguish Axolotls. Axolotls typically have a yellowish ring around the pupil.
13. Small Size and Long Lifespan
These freshwater salamanders may only grow, on average, 15 -30 cm in length. Smaller ones – less than .05 cm. — can become cannibalistic meaning they will eat each other. In an ideal environment, these small amphibians can live up to 12 years, however, some axolotls have been known to live as long as 15 years. Their average weight is 60 to 225 grams.
14. Small and Hearty Eaters
Axolotls might be small in size but they are voracious eaters. They are carnivores so they eat mean and their primary diet is blood and earthworms, along with tadpoles and feeder fish. They eat primarily by suction. The fringe gills act as rakes, locking together to block the gill slits during feeding.
15. Very Few Natural Threats
In their natural habitat, these salamanders are often at the top of the food chain and like to dine on mollusks and crustaceans. When bigger fish are introduced into their environment, such as carp and tilapia, these fish become a threat to the Axolotl as well. Larger birds such as herons will also feed on these salamanders when given the opportunity. Perhaps the biggest threat to Axolotls is humans.
The limited natural environment already places the aquatic salamanders at risk. While encroaching civilization is a threat the salamanders also have a few in the wild.
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The SCN Land Rush
Stacey Hager | Aug 01, 1998
Like the pioneers of the Oklahoma land rush, soybean cyst nematodes are moving west and staking claim to new land.
Paulette Pierson, regional education coordinator for the SCN Coalition, believes it's actually an old claim just up for renewal.
First identified in North Carolina in 1954, SCN spread west and north, eventually reaching the heart of the nation's Soybean Belt. Recent diagnoses in parts of the Midwest are thought by many to be a continuation of the pest's migration.
But Pierson figures most of the movement took place years ago.
"The spread or introduction of SCN occurred some time in the past," she states. "I believe it's just now being identified."
Very high SCN populations are being found in areas where the pest previously had never been identified. The high numbers indicate SCN has been there for years, she says.
For example, counts of over a quarter million eggs in 200 cc of soil were found last year in a previously "SCN-free" county in Ohio.
"Those are extremely high counts if you consider 250 eggs in the same volume of soil can cause damage to SCN-susceptible soybeans," says Pierson.
She says SCN is probably present in more counties than the map below indicates.
In fact, it likely infests most soybean-growing counties.
"Growers really haven't been sampling. Where it hasn't been identified, it probably hasn't been looked for." The fact that SCN probably infests most fields emphasizes the need for growers to identify the problem and adopt a control program. That program should include periodic soil testing to monitor nematode populations.
"SCN can be managed," she says. "But you can't say I'm going to put a Band-Aid on it and just plant resistant varieties. You need to know if SCN numbers are increasing or decreasing with your management strategy."
Outmaneuver SCN
Fae Holin | Aug 01, 1998
To win the fight against soybean cyst nematodes, rotate crops, plant resistant varieties, and don't be sloppy about weed control, since some weeds are hosts.
But don't expect miracles, says Pat Donald, a University of Missouri extension nematologist.
"It's a long-term proposition. The way you manage nematodes is you starve them out gradually," Donald says.
Just remember that once they infest a field, cyst nematodes can't be totally eliminated.
The year after you discover SCN, plant a non-host crop such as corn, suggests Walker Kirby, a University of Illinois plant pathologist. "The following year, plant a soybean cyst-resistant variety. The third year, plant corn and retest."
If SCN numbers are below threshold, consider planting a susceptible soybean the fourth year. Then go with a corn-to-resistant soybean rotation the two following years, says Kirby.
"The idea behind using a susceptible is that we know there are different races or distinct genetic populations in Illinois and other states. We also know that if you go three to four years with the same resistant soybean in the field, you can shift the race from one that cannot feed on that bean to one that can."
Following resistant beans with resistant beans - rather than a non-host crop - can cause an even quicker race shift, notes Kirby.
Knowing what SCN race you have isn't important in picking a resistant variety because you may have several races within a field, Donald says.
Certain labs will test for race designation, but it takes a month to get results.
"We discourage it," states John Ferris, a Purdue University nematologist. "It's laborious and costly. Once the grower does know the race, the question is, 'so what?'
"We have four races here in Indiana, only one of which has seed labeled for resistance to it. Even if you have a race and plant a variety that says it is resistant to it, there's no guarantee that it will be resistant in that field."
Donald agrees.
"We know there is a lot of genetic diversity in the cyst nematode population. It isn't entirely a moot point whether you have a race 3 or race 5 variety. But, in general, it's better to have some resistance than no resistance."
So how does a grower pick a nematode-resistant variety?
Donald advises Missouri growers to look at variety trial results, especially if some of those sites are infested with SCN.
"Try to match geographically," she says. "Also keep in mind what the egg level is at that site compared to what's in your fields."
Other ways to combat SCN: keep plants as healthy and fields as clean as possible, Donald says. That means using good overall management and cleaning equipment between fields.
An option that's really not an option to hold back SCN is using nematicides, says Kirby.
"Number one, a lot of pesticides are water-soluble. If you get a heavy rain after application, it actually washes below the root zone," he says.
"Number two, some of these nematicides cause a rebound effect. They cannot kill 100% of the population. The individuals it leaves behind are now able to feed on a root system that is in top condition. More nematodes will reproduce and more will survive."
ASA Chief Focuses On Bottom Line
He somewhat facetiously describes himself as having "milk on my lips and straw in my hair."
But Mike Yost, newly elected president of the American Soybean Association (ASA), is no hick farmer.
His initial career move, straight out of college, wasn't back to the farm. Although he's the fourth-generation Yost to farm land near Murdock, MN, he first traded grain at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange.
He brings grain trading contacts, 20 years of experience growing corn and soybeans, a quick intelligence and a sharp wit to his presidency.
The six-plus years he enjoyed city life, watching Twins and Gophers games and skiing, for example, were well spent. It was there that he made a date with Sandra, a former Iowa farm girl.
In 1979, less than a year after they married, the Yosts packed up and headed toward the family farm to grow corn and soybeans.
Why did he move from trading grain to growing it?
"I think it was more like, why did I trade grain?" he reminisces. "I always intended to come back to the farm. I just decided I would try something else for a few years because I knew once I started farming, I would be farming forever."
So far, forever is nearly 20 years of working closely with his dad, Bill, managing a 2,500-acre corn-soybean corporation. His teenage sons, Michael and David, are now part of the corporation as well.
It was all inadvertent preparation for one of his major goals for ASA.
"We're trying to interact as partners with other facets of this industry," Yost explains.
"We've worked closely with the United Soybean Board and our state associations and have developed good working relationships with them.
"We're also working with the industry: the soybean crushers and the input people supplying seed and pesticides."
Working closely but not exclusively is Yost's philosophy. He's big on delegating duties,whether it's attending a meeting in Minneapolis or going on an exciting foreign tour.
"We've got a nine-person executive committee, including myself. All are capable of representing us on a great many issues," Yost says.
That'll give the new president time to concentrate on what's important: informing members.
"We need to involve our membership more in public policy and international market promotion. We've got to organize our lobbying efforts a little better and push our objectives and goals even harder than in the past."
His biggest challenge, Yost predicts, will be dealing with the Asian economic crisis and its adverse impact on soybean demand.
"We'll work hard to develop a policy to help alleviate that. A trade association involved with trade policy is one of the main goals of ASA, because we export every other row of soybeans.
"There are no other major commodities that depend on exports as much."
Yost admits that being an ASA official means sacrifices by himself and his family. And he's not in it for the glory, just the money.
"It's basically because we raise so many soybeans on our farm. I know that the work we do in promoting soybeans around the globe can affect our bottom line. That's why I'm in it for the money - that's the money I'm talking about."
Soil Testing Diffuses Soybean Time Bomb
SCN is like a time bomb in the soil waiting to explode.
That's how Ann MacGuidwin describes this yield-robbing, microscopic pest.
MacGuidwin, a University of Wisconsin nematologist, says it's important that every grower diffuse the bomb by having soil tested for SCN and then using recommended practices to control the pests.MacGuidwin recommends that gr owers test regularly for SCN.
Negative test results can ease growers' minds, but are not a guarantee there won't be future problems.
She advises sampling in the fall before every other soybean crop, although samples can be accurately analyzed at any time during the year.
Guidelines for collecting soil samples:
1) Limit the number of acres represented in a single sample. Usually 10-20 acres is ideal. If the field is bigger than that, break it into 10- to 20-acre units.
2) Collect 10-20 soil cores from each field or unit using a probe, hand trowel or shovel. The intensity of sampling depends on the information at hand. If there are problem spots that show up year after year, then sampling efforts can be limited to that area. When there are no obvious symptoms, use the 10-20 cores approach.
In any case, its never a good idea to take fewer than five soil cores because the sample will not be very representative of the field. The more spots you sample, the better.
* Take samples from a depth of 6-8" in the plant root zone.
* Combine the soil in a bucket and mix well. A composite sample mixed well will represent the area better.
* Place 1 pint of soil in a plastic bag or paper soil-test bag.
* Keep samples out of the sun and ship them ASAP to a university or private soil lab. Cost ranges from $5 to $24, but some state checkoff boards cover processing costs.
3) Include the following when submitting your samples:
* Name, address and telephone number of farmer or sample collector.
* County and nearest town where samples were collected.
* Estimated acreage of areas sampled.
* Cropping history of areas sampled.
* Current crops of areas sampled.
Each test will give an estimate of SCN population density based on the volume of soil. The standard volume used is 100 cubic centimeters (cc) of soil.
Most labs report the number of SCN eggs, but some give the number of cysts. Cyst and egg counts are not directly comparable. A low cyst count does not equal a low egg count, since each cyst can contain hundreds of eggs.
SCN Symptoms: What You Can't See Hurts
Dave Broghamer had never been satisfied with yields from one of his farms. It's 60 acres of "pretty good ground" he rotates between corn and soybeans.
But last year the Decorah, IA, grower had enough.
"It was easy to see I had a problem; plants were not developing properly," Broghamer says. "They were smaller than normal."
Although parts of fields produced healthy plants, plants a few rows away were struggling.
So he called in his local co-op agronomist, who suggested soil tests.
Soybean cyst nematodes strike again.
Broghamer is just one of many farmers who early on failed to recognize the above-ground symptoms of SCN. That's because there aren't any - until the nematodes are fully entrenched in a field and affecting yield.
"Unfortunately, the message got out fairly early that growers could see above-ground symptoms of soybean cyst nematodes," says University of Missouri extension nematologist Pat Donald.
"And that, if they had chlorotic leaves or dying plants, then they had SCN, and that's not necessarily true."
What is true is that the main early SCN symptom is a "half-empty weigh wagon vs. an overflowing one," says John Ferris, a Purdue University nematologist.
Walker Kirby, a University of Illinois plant pathologist, says the soils in his area are rich enough to support vigorous plant growth, even in the presence of nematodes.
"But the plants tend to set fewer flowers and have fewer pods, so they generally don't yield as well. To growers driving by the field, they look absolutely perfect."
And there's the rub, Donald says.
"Our biggest problem is getting people to get out of the pickups and sample fields," she states. "I recommend, if you have a field going into soybeans, that you sample. Period.
"We have people who say they've been growing soybeans forever and don't have a problem because they don't see any symptoms. When I finally get them to do egg counts, the egg counts come back at a level of 40,000 eggs per cup of soil."
That's enough to cause damage, even on resistant varieties, says Donald.
"The big symptom you don't visually notice is the cyst nematode feeding on the roots," says Kelly Holthaus, Broghamer's agronomist and branch manager of the Winneshiek Co-op, Burr Oak.
"The cysts basically eat off the root system and starve the plant," Holthaus explains. "After they start eating, the roots can't take up the nutrients. Then the visual effects start showing up."
By then it's too late to do something that year for that crop, Donald says.
Growers who've noticed uneven patches in their fields should dig up roots and check their condition. Broghamer's roots "didn't finger out like they should have."
Other than little white cysts clinging to roots, you might find adult females actually feeding on them.
Most experts recommend sampling right ahead of or during harvest. But the best time to dig up and view roots is late June or early July, depending on the soil temperature and when the crop was planted, Donald says.
Symptoms growers do see - when SCN populations are quite high and yields may be reduced by 10 bu/acre or more - include stunted, yellowing plants.
Yellowing is more visible in drought years and in sandy soils, Ferris says.
Plants are also smaller and less vigorous. Dead or uneven patches appear in fields.
"One of the things that I do, when the timing is right, is go out and look at the field with a producer and say, 'Look, this field is very uneven; there are a lot of different heights in the field,' " says Donald.
SCN also prevents good canopy closure, which increases weed pressure, she warns.
"There should be a light bulb going off when they see weeds where they haven't seen weeds before."
And that leads to something else Donald would love to see growers do: track their field histories.
"You need to get a field history so that you know that the management techniques you're using are actually working. If you're doing something that's making the problem worse, and if you don't test repeatedly, then you don't know whether you're helping.
"You may delude yourself into thinking that you're really taking care of something when you are not."
Growers Like Liberty Link Corn
Mick Lane | Aug 01, 1998
Corn growers who've tried Liberty Link corn like what they see - in the field and the bin.
Weed control with Liberty, alone or in combination with other herbicides, has been good to excellent, they report. And the trait, owned by AgrEvo, is available from most seed companies in some of their best-yielding hybrids. Some companies have stacked the Liberty Link gene with Bt, giving their hybrids protection from European corn borers as well.
There have been some disappointments, but failures have been few and far between. Most can be traced back to rate cutting to save money.
Liberty comes with its own drift retardant, so growers don't have to pay extra to reduce the risk of drift damage to nearby crops and non-crop plants (like the neighbor's rose bushes).
But there's a potential downside, too. AgrEvo has no seed technology fee, but some seed companies do, which can add cost.
Also, if you use full label rates or need a second application, costs can mount. When you compare two applications, for example, of Liberty with herbicide programs centered around lower-cost herbicides like atrazine, Banvel and 2,4-D.
Todd Gingrich, Ottumwa, IA, figures the Liberty program he used this year was quite economical, however. He planted 800 acres of Liberty Link corn and also custom-applied Liberty on 600 acres for neighbors.
"We applied a quarter pound of atrazine preplant on 1,100 acres. The rest received no preplant or pre-emergence herbicide," he reports.
He got the best weed control where atrazine was followed by a half rate of Bicep when the corn was from spike to 2" tall, followed by 16 oz/acre of Liberty mixed with 2.5 lbs of ammonium sulfate.
"That was the ideal combination this year," Gingrich declares. "No weeds escaped at all."
The cost of that program, including three sprayer trips, totaled $23/acre. "A full rate of Bicep or Harness would put you in that range, and you'd still need an additional chemical to give you complete control of both grass and broadleaf weeds," he believes.
Steve Swackhammer, West Des Moines, IA, agrees. He no-tilled 725 acres of Liberty Link corn this year.
"We've tried a lot of herbicides," Swackhammer comments. "We'd been mixing up this and that in order to make a burndown, and then mixing other herbicides together in order to have an effective postemergence program. It was getting expensive.
"We've trimmed some of those costs by going to an atrazine- 2,4-D burndown. And one post-emergence application of Liberty gives us the weed control we were looking for without all the measuring and mixing of other herbicides."
When weeds were small, he used 20 oz/acre of Liberty. Where wet weather kept him out of fields and weeds got taller, he applied 28 oz/acre.
"The burndown costs about $9 an acre, and 20 oz of Liberty runs right at $17, so most of my weed control was under $30 an acre," Swackhammer reports. "The higher rate of Liberty cost right at $23 an acre, so costs there were still under $35.
"I figure anytime I get by in no-till corn for less than $40, I'm staying within my budget." His previous postemergence herbicide program for no-till corn left him with a lot of escapes last year.
Swackhammer says Liberty is reliable and has a wider application window than most post-emergence herbicides or herbicide combinations he's used.
"It gets weeds of all different sizes. To get taller weeds, all you have to do is hike the rate."
New Soybean Disease Concerns Pathologists
Syl Marking | Aug 01, 1998
DNA technology, the same high-tech science used in criminal cases, has identified a possible new and potentially serious worry for soybean growers.
The technology has allowed the detection of two previously unreported parasites of soybeans.
They are new strains of the clover proliferation phytoplasma and/or the aster yellow phytoplasma, often found together, explains Craig Grau, University of Wisconsin plant pathologist.
The new strains were discovered and identified by a USDA scientist, Ing-Ming Lee, in collaboration with University of Wisconsin scientists. Lee also confirmed an old phytoplasma strain submitted by a University of Arkansas scientist in 1996.
There's somewhat of a dilemma for the scientists at this early point. They know that phytoplasmas are usually associated with plants that express abnormal growth characteristics like they are now seeing.
However, Grau cautions that they haven't been proven to be pathogenic to soybeans - that is, causing disease and yield loss. They look suspicious, though.
"I feel it is one of the more promising leads we have to explain these soybean plant abnormalities," Grau explains.
How serious is this threat?
"If phytoplasmas do prove to be causing disease, I doubt they will be a problem that is going to wipe out the soybean crop in this country, or anything close to it," declares Grau. "But the situation has a lot of people worried."
These new strains obviously have been seen in Wisconsin and elsewhere in recent years. But no one knew what they were seeing, acknowledges Grau, whose team is working hard on the new challenge.
Previously, Grau suspects, the symptoms on soybeans caused by the clover proliferation phytoplasma or the aster yellow phytoplasma were likely blamed on herbicide damage or possibly quirky weather.
So where do they come from, and how do they get to soybeans?
"We don't know for sure how they're transmitted," Grau says. "However, all phytoplasmas usually have some type of insect as a vector that moves them from a source to the crop in question - and it's usually a leafhopper.
"We have found both of these phytoplasmas in alfalfa and clovers, which is where the name of one of them comes from," the scientist adds. "So most likely plants in ditches, waterways and a field next to soybeans could certainly all be sources of the phytoplasmas."
Like many diseases, this one doesn't settle on a whole field like fog. It starts with individually infected plants, usually along a field edge, then becomes a scattering of plants and finally pockets of infection of various sizes - much as something like soybean cyst nematodes begin in a field. Check first along field edges, Grau advises.
"In these pockets of activity, I think we're talking 20 bu per acre yield losses, in some cases even 50% or more," Grau estimates. "On a whole-field basis, if the disease spreads, it could translate into substantial yield losses."
What are the symptoms to look for?
Some affected plants samples were coming into the university's disease clinic in late June. The plants were bushy with short nodes and had more stems than normal.
Plants in midseason have a darker-than-normal color. That's caused by the purple anthocyanins, or pigments, starting to come through and mixing with the normal green pigments. It produces kind of a blue-looking plant, Grau says. A yellow pigment may be present, too, which may be because the aster yellow organism is also present. So there sometimes may also be a yellowing of plants involved.
"That blue-looking plant is one of the most common symptoms," Grau explains. "This, many times, is the whole plant.
"But sometimes the purpling may be on only one side of the stem. Many times we will also see more stems than normal; sometimes stunting; many, many buds at nodes; and frequently there are no pods, or fewer pods. Or, if there are pods, they are misshapen and don't have seed, or they can be relatively normal."
In his experience in the fall, however, one of the most apparent symptoms is that stems stay green when leaves are yellow or brown. The only thing that will eliminate that green color is killing frost.
As with many plant diseases or pests, it appears weather can be a big factor in its severity. In this case, add leafhopper populations.
"In our lab tests, symptoms appear to be more severe if temperatures are in the 60s than in the 70s or 80s," Grau notes. "So under hot weather conditions, I suspect the disease will go into remission.
"I suspect that disease incidence will be very reliant on the type of year we have weatherwise or the leafhopper activity. Last year we had one of the most severe leafhopper years we ever witnessed. Their activity lasted long into the growing season."
If you see symptoms that appear to match those described in this article, what should be your next step?
"I would have them get their seed company agronomist out there, because there can be many causes of some of these symptoms I've described," Grau advises. "The agronomist will likely send samples to the university's plant disease clinic. As our experience grows, there will be more and more of these disease clinics aware of this potential problem."
There's one other bit of good news concerning this new disease challenge. It appears there may be differences among varieties in how severely they are affected.
In short, resistant or tolerant varieties may become effective weapons to combat this new profit robber.
Roundup Ready Soybean System Simply Works
John Russnogle | Aug 01, 1998
"You plant. You spray. You don't worry." That's how Bud Motsinger, crop management specialist at Consumers Oil Co., Braymer, MO, sums up soybean production using Roundup Ready beans and Roundup Ultra herbicide. It's almost too simple to be true, says Motsinger.
Roundup Ready soybean acreage has grown from a million in 1996, to roughly 8 million in 1997, to an amazing 25 million-plus this year. That's more than one-third of all soybean acres planted. In some areas, 80% of the soybeans are Roundup Ready varieties. Predictions are for even more growth in 1999.
The reason for the Roundup Ready system's popularity is simple.
"It's as close to 100% control as you can get," says Jim Spahr, Seward, NE. "We make a single application with 32 oz of Roundup Ultra 30 to 35 days after planting. You have to be able to deal with fields that are weedy to look at. But you end up with clean fields. Clean of weeds and clean of chemical residue."
Need more benefits? Spahr adds, "With Roundup Ready soybeans you don't lose yield due to herbicide burn, and soil type doesn't make any difference."
"Roundup was already a household name and with the simplicity of the system, farmers have quickly adopted the technology," says Trent Leopold, soybean product manager for Asgrow Seed Co. "For a lot of guys, it's an unbelievable system."
The only rap against Roundup Ready beans has been that some varieties didn't yield as well as their conventional counterparts. Industry experts agree some were brought to the market too soon. Also, they say, some growers planted Roundup Ready varieties not suited to their conditions.
Farmers were more disciplined about seed selection in 1998.
"Last year, the guys just wanted the beans; they didn't care about variety," says Jon Kruse, senior crop management advisor for Blue Valley Co-op, Tamora, NE. "This year they were a lot pickier. They asked a lot more questions about yield potential."
The bigger question farmers face: "Is one application of Roundup enough?" In many cases the answer is yes.
"In general, Roundup by itself is looking pretty darn good," says Alan York, North Carolina State University weed specialist. "If your timing is good, you shouldn't need to use any other herbicides.
"A single application of 1 qt of Roundup works particularly well in drilled beans where you get a quick canopy," York states. "That's worth a bunch when you don't have a residual herbicide."
However, an inexpensive soil-applied herbicide can be awfully cheap insurance, points out Clemson University extension agronomist Jim Palmer.
"Weather and other crops that put soybeans in the backseat put a real strain on weed control," says Palmer. "If you have early weed pressure in the first four weeks after planting, you may have already lost yield."
Many university weed control trials, however, indicate that, assuming a clean-ground start, there is no yield loss due to newly emerged weed pressure in the first four weeks.
"Our biggest control concern is morningglory," Palmer adds. "We have some morningglories that are pretty doggone tolerant to Roundup."
The concern over morningglory control is shared by growers wherever that weed is a problem. Nightshade and dayflower also appear to have a natural tolerance for Roundup.
There is some logic to not relying strictly on a single application of Roundup for weed control, believes Bob Hartzler, Iowa State University weed specialist.
"I think it takes more than one tactic to get maximum yield and maximum weed control," he says. "That might mean a PPI or pre-emerge herbicide, two applications of Roundup or a cultivation. For growers with large acreages, there's less risk if they use a PPI or pre-emerge herbicide."
What about the possibility of weeds developing resistance to continued Roundup use?
It's certainly possible, agree scientists, but some think it's bound to happen eventually. Nevertheless, after more than 20 years of use worldwide, there is no known case of it occurring.
Hartzler, however, feels it's inevitable that weeds will develop resistance to Roundup.
"They've adapted to every other herbicide," he points out. "And on this many acres, it will happen faster. Morningglory, nutsedge and velvetleaf are likely candidates to develop tolerance first. I think we'll also start to see more late-emergers like waterhemp and fall panicum."
Kent and Jeff Templeton, Polo, MO, believe the simplicity of Roundup Ready soybeans out-weighs any concerns.
"This is so simple. We used to go to chemical company meetings and at each one we'd hear about a witch's brew of products to use for weed control," says Kent. "With Roundup, you've got a bigger window to be timely. With other herbicides, if you're late, you're in trouble."
The Templetons no-tilled 90 acres of Roundup Ready soybeans in 1996, took a plunge in 1997 with 2,000 acres and no-till-drilled even more in 1998.
"We stepped out on a limb," says Jeff.
They aren't married to Roundup, though.
"We put down quite a bit of Steel for burndown. You get some residual control with it," says Kent. "We come back with a quart of Roundup, depending on weed size rather than the calendar."
Like many growers, the Templetons were surprised when other chemical companies dropped prices this year, as much as 70%, to compete with the Roundup Ready system.
"I'm glad to see they're going to be competitive. It's never good for us when somebody has the whole basket of eggs."
Declare War On SCN
Soybean cyst nematodes slap soybean growers collectively with more than a $1 billion loss each year.
Regrettably, most farmers shrug off those national-loss figures with the feeling, "That's the other guy's problem."
Listen up! Let's put it in terms then of one farmer - a top grower and one-time president of his state's soybean grower association. Ron Heck, an Iowa State University graduate from Perry, IA, found that SCN had sneaked up on him like a fox looking for dinner. He sought help from his alma mater, then told growers at the Midwest Soybean Conference last August:
"Each year I failed to do something about SCN, I lost about $20,000."
In 1997 research on his farm, Heck found out exactly how important it was to take some corrective action. Early that spring, after studying 1996 research results, he fired an important management shot by switching varieties and leaving check strips with his old, non-resistant varieties. Let him tell it in his own words.
"I picked up 13 bu per acre when I planted a resistant variety on that infested land. And at $7 per bu (the price available at that time), that's $91 per acre. Besides, I spent less on weed control because of the quicker canopy with the resistant beans.
"And all I did was change my seed order!"
A dramatic example? Yes. But let's be conservative, say Heck and Greg Tylka, Iowa State University nematologist, who is doing SCN research at Heck's farm.
Let's say the loss was 7 1/2 bu per acre. And let's use $5.50 per bushel, which most any grower-marketer ought to be able to beat for his '98 crop. That's $41.25 per acre. If you raise, say, 300 acres of soybeans, that's $12,375. Over two years, that's just a tad under $25,000 - the price of a new, pretty decent pickup truck.
Heck's situation isn't all that unusual, say scientists, and there are plenty of cases that involve worse losses.
There's good news, and there's hope for soybean growers, however. Scientists like Tylka, grower associations and various industries that serve farmers have come to an overdue decision: Enough is enough! They have teamed up to form a 10-state SCN Coalition. Its challenge to soybean growers: "Take the test. Beat the pest."
Its mission: get all soybean growers to take soil samples and have them analyzed for SCN. Then, if they find they have the pests, to take the proper corrective action.
Admittedly, SCN hasn't yet infested every soybean grower's fields. But compared to even 10 years ago, if you're still free of this single-biggest, profit-stealing pest for U.S. soybean growers, it is getting much closer to nailing you.
The thing most growers don't realize - which is probably why they haven't tested for the pest - is that you can have SCN several years before they build high enough numbers to cause noticeable SCN symptoms. The real bad news is this: In most cases, plant damage and yield loss occur years before symptoms are visible.
Consider this: The first reports of SCN in the U.S. came from North Carolina in 1954 - 44 years ago. The destructive buggers now have been identified in virtually all 30 states where soybeans are grown.
For example, 82% of Illinois soybean fields are infested, 74% of Iowa fields, 71% of Missouri fields and 53% of Minnesota fields - and counting in every case.
Sadly, say SCN fighters, two-thirds of soybean growers have done nothing to beat these pests.
Here's what's scary about the nematode spread: Your fields could get infected - even if you do everything known to science to prevent and/or control cyst nematodes.
Migratory geese or ducks could stop to eat in a wet, infested field miles from your farm or even your county and then stop to feed in one of your fields and seed SCN with their muddy feet. Or nematodes can spread via seed harvested from infested fields then planted in your clean fields.
Even if farmers declare all-out war on these destructive pests, they cannot banish them completely. They can't be totally eliminated, caution scientists. But they can be managed well enough to become only small-time thieves, they assure. That's the good news.
In the articles that follow in this Special Report, you will find the details needed to hog-tie these thieves that steal significant profits from so many U.S. soybean growers.
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Transsion holding brand Tecno Mobile last month introduced Spark 5 in India that comes with a quad rear camera and a 5,000mAh battery. Now the company has Tecno Spark Power 2 in the country. Tecno Mobile has served the smartphone with a massive 6,000mAh battery. Moreover, it is powered by MediaTek Helio P22 processor and features a large water drop-style display. There is a quad rear camera set up with a 16-megapixel main sensor. Read on to know more about the lately launched mobile handset by Tecno.
Tecno Spark Power 2 pricing and availability
Tecno Spark Power 2 has been launched in India in a single 4GB of RAM with 64GB of storage option. The price of the variant has been set at Rs 9,999. The device will be offered in two colour options Ice Jadeite and Misty Grey. The handset is scheduled to go on sale in the country via e-commerce website Flipkart on June 23 starting at 12 AM midnight.
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The Tecno Spark Power 2 comes with a tall 7-inch HD+ waterdrop-style notch display with 720×1640 pixels of resolution. It will be offering a 20.5:9 aspect ratio and a 90.6 percent screen-to-body ratio with 480 nits of brightness. The newly launched smartphone runs on HIOS 6.1 OS based on the top of Android 10. Under the hood, there is an octa-core MediaTek Helio P22 MTK6762 processor clocked at 2GHz. It is coupled with 4GB of RAM with 64GB of internal storage option. The device comes with a dedicated slot to expand the internal memory using a microSD card up to 256GB.
For taking photos and videos Tecno Spark Power 2 features a quad rear camera set up that includes a 16-megapixel primary camera with f/1.85 aperture. The camera system is further assisted by a secondary 5-megapixel wide-angle lens with a 115-degree field of view, a tertiary 2-megapixel macro lens and lastly an AI lens to help with the bokeh effect. The rear camera supports several modes such as the Bokeh effect, Auto Scene Detection, AI Body Shaping, AI HDR, AR Mode, Google Lens, AI Beauty, and Panorama.
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We are pleased to share that our wealth advisory team, Generational Wealth Advisors (GWA), has been recognized with a number of prestigious 2020 awards. The awards include:
2020 – Five Star Wealth Manager Brent Everett
2020 – Five Star Wealth Manager Bob Lamse
2020 – Five Star Wealth Manager Stephen Hart
2020 – D Magazine’s Best; Top Wealth Manager – Generational Wealth Advisors
2020 – D Magazine’s Best; Best Financial Planner – Sarah Crowe
2020 – D Magazine’s Best; Best Financial Planner – Stephen Hart
Five Star Wealth Manager Awards
To receive the Five Star Wealth Manager award, awarded annually by Texas Monthly Magazine, a wealth manager must satisfy 10 objective eligibility and evaluation criteria that are associated with wealth managers who provide quality services to their clients.
Factors considered include assets under management and client retention rate. Candidates also undergo a thorough regulatory and complaint review.
D Magazine Awards
D Magazine’s award is presented annually to leading wealth management firms in the Dallas area. D Magazine surveys every Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Financial Planning Association, Chartered Financial Analyst Institute, and the Investments and Wealth Institute to tell them about their practices. The discovery process yielded a list of final contenders.
The finalists were selected based on a number of criteria, including the requirement that firms must hold themselves out as fiduciaries for their clients and provide them with a written disclosure. A panel of esteemed local wealth managers reviewed the final list.
Most significantly, this is the 10th year in a row that GWA has been recognized by D Magazine as the Top Wealth Manager in the region.
Brent Everett, Chief Investment Officer with GWA, said: “We are very pleased to be recognized by Texas Monthly Magazine and D Magazine’s annual awards. I’m proud of our team and appreciate the well-deserved recognition for the outstanding work they do for our clients.”
President & CEO of Generational Group Ryan Binkley, said: “We are so very proud of our GWA team. Winning awards like this, especially D Magazine’s for 10 years in, a row, speaks volumes of the significant role our GWA team is playing in preserving and growing the financial legacy for our valued clients. It is so gratifying to see the difference we’re making in the lives of our clients and their families.”
Generational Wealth Advisors is an independent Registered Investment Advisor regulated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Please see important disclosure information at: www.generationalwealthadv.com/disclosure-information
Carl Doerksen is the Director of Corporate Development at Generational Equity.
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IBJJF organizes the International Jiu-Jitsu Charity Day; proceeds will be donated to UNICEF
10/27/2016 | Written by: Graciemag Newsroom
*The Internacional Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) announced this week the International Jiu-Jitsu Charity Day (JJCD). The JJCD will host a variety of charitable drives during the Kids International/Long Beach Open 2016, December 11 in Long Beach. All of the proceeds from these drives will be donated to UNICEF.
IBJJF invites the community to join in the efforts to make a better world, through the power of Jiu-Jitsu. The organization invites the community to participate on the following activities for this year’s JJCD:
– IBJJF will be auctioning on eBay Gis, shirts, and hats signed by Black Belt World Champions, who are role models of the sport;
– Athletes are asked to bring 1 pound/piece of non perishable food in exchange for the athlete’s shirt. We will make a donation to the LA Food Bank;
– The organization will work alongside volunteers to enrich the event by involving the community with the cause, creating an event of unlimited proportions for the years to come;
– IBJJF will be organizing seminars of prestigious professors, in which the registration fees will be entirely donated to UNICEF.
We would love to have your support as a volunteer, athlete, collaborator and much more. Want to join? please contact ibjjf@ibjjf.com.
You may also visit www.unicef.org for more information about their charitable actions.
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John began brewing with his friend Laurie Cahir in 1987. They soon migrated to all grain brewing and in the early days had plans of opening a brewery.
Commonsense prevailed and they pooled funds to open Southern Home Brewing in Edithvale in August 1990. They became, after ESB in Sydney, the second Australian home brewing business specializing in all grain.
Soon after opening they were appointed a distributor of Wyeast Liquid Yeast cultures, a relationship which remains today, and began selling Zymurgy and the Brewers Association books, and thus began the ongoing search for better products.
The first meeting of Bayside Brewers Club was held in the back of the shop in late 1990.
In 1993, the Maidstone store was opened. John managed this store while Laurie ran Edithvale.
In 2000 a decision was made to split the business. Laurie sold the Edithvale shop while John changed the name of the Maidstone Store and retained the Wyeast distributorship and website (created by Dave Golding of Red Hill Brewery who was a customer at the time). Chris Schaefer was employed and Paul Rigby began running fortnightly all grain brewing demos.
At this time the growth of the hobby in the US made available a large range of new products. The growth of the US and Australian Craft Brewing industries began and this created a growth in interest in quality beer which has continued to this day. John and Chris developed their HERMS system and the range of products available dramatically increased.
In 2005, a move to a larger Warehouse in Yarraville allowed for further expansion. A liquor licence allowed us to sell a great range of quality commercial beers. We began production of our range of Fresh Wort Kits firstly at 3 Ravens then later at Mountain Goat Brewery.
Following 2 trips to the National Homebrewers Conference in the US, John gathered a group of like minded individuals together to organize the inaugural ANHC. Along with Chairman Andy Davison and co directors Mark Johnstone, Phil Yeung and a great team, 6 Conferences and numerous other dinners and events have been held greatly improving the profile and status of the hobby in Australia.
In 2010, Speidel in Germany invited us to distribute their innovative range of Braumeister products and so began a great relationship. We purchased a 500 litre unit and have taken on producing 900 litre batches of fresh wort kits ourselves.
In 2015 we expanded into the warehouse next door. We increased the display area and area under pallet racking, moved the mill room and improved and increased the size of the brewing area adding a hot liquor tank.
Simon Haylock also joined the team in 2015 as Pro Brewing Consultant and layed the groundwork for our expansion into the supply of complete craft brewing systems. Based around the Braumeister 200 and 500 litre units, we can supply heat exchangers, tanks, oxygenation units, glycol systems, carbonation and filling and keg washers.
In 2017 we introduced a range of all grain kits. We added a second 900 litre Speidel kettle to the brewery, renovated the lab, purchased a new forklift and increased the height of pallet racking to hold our ever increasing range of stock, updated signage at the front of the building and added a mural and a tap wall to the shop.
After almost 30 years in the industry we are very proud of the fact that we have put more money back into the hobby in terms of sponsorship of clubs, competitions and events than anyone. We know that we are not the cheapest and that allows us to employ knowledgeable and capable staff and to spend heaps and heaps of time just talking beer and brewing with our customers. We also know that we are far from perfect but to continue try to improve.
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THE WEST WING Reunion Gets New Trailer, TNT Sets Aaron Sorkin-Curated Marathon
October 8, 2020 by Marisa Roffman
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Photo Credit: HBO Max / Eddy Chen
With THE WEST WING reunion, A WEST WING SPECIAL TO BENEFIT WHEN WE ALL VOTE, set to debut in a week, HBO Max has released an official trailer of the cast reuniting to recreate “Hartsfield’s Landing.”
The special will include original stars Rob Lowe, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, Bradley Whitford, and Martin Sheen as well as appearances by Michelle Obama, President Bill Clinton, and Lin-Manuel Miranda will appear in special act breaks.
The reunion is being done to draw awareness to When We All Vote, a non-profit, nonpartisan organization co-chaired by Michelle Obama. (WarnerMedia made a donation in honor of the reunion.)
Watch the trailer now! Read more
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THE WEST WING Reunion Gets October Premiere on HBO Max
September 22, 2020 by Marisa Roffman
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Credit: HBO Max / Eddy Chen
THE WEST WING reunion is coming to HBO Max on Thursday, October 15, the streaming platform announced.
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HBO Max Orders THE WEST WING Reunion
August 25, 2020 by Marisa Roffman
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THE WEST WING cast will reunite this fall, for a good cause.
HBO Max has ordered a reunion special as the original cast comes together to do a special stage presentation of the season 3 episode, “Hartsfield’s Landing,” in A WEST WING SPECIAL TO BENEFIT WHEN WE ALL VOTE.
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PERFECT HARMONY: What You Need to Know About the New NBC Series
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With hundreds of scripted shows on the air—and Fall TV finally upon us—it’s going to be difficult to keep track of everything competing for your attention.
To help you out, we have hub of info about each new show on the day of its premiere: pilot photos, what’s been written about it so far, and when you can watch it.
Next up? PERFECT HARMONY…
PERFECT HARMONY -- Pictured: "Perfect Harmony" Key Art -- (Photo by: NBCUniversal)
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MOM: ‘Big Floor Pillows and a Ball of Fire’ Photos
January 14, 2019 by Marisa Roffman
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Bradley Whitford is returning to MOM…but is his character a changed man?
Check out photos from “Big Floor Pillows and a Ball of Fire,” airing Thursday, January 17…
"Big Floor Pillows and a Ball of Fire" -- Christy and Bonnie are suspicious when Adam's best friend, Mitch (Bradley Whitford), returns, insisting he's a changed man, on MOM, Thursday, Jan. 17 (9:01-9:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured L to R: Bradley Whitford as Mitch and Allison Janney as Bonnie. Photo: Darren Michaels/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. é 2018 WBEI. All rights reserved.
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In Case You Missed It…HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, ONCE UPON A TIME, VERONICA MARS, PaleyFest, and More
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This week on GMMR:
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SALEM: Janet Montgomery Teases the New WGN America Series
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CASTLE: ‘The Greater Good’ Photo Preview
THE FLASH: Check Out Grant Gustin’s Full Flash Costume!
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NBC’s CONSTANTINE Pilot First Look
PaleyFest 2014: VERONICA MARS Panel Photos
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PaleyFest 2014: ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK Panel Photos
PaleyFest 2014: HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER Farewell Panel Photos
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TROPHY WIFE’s Kate and Pete got married before the show even started, but in tonight’s brand new episode, they’ll have the chance to have a proper wedding.
“We have a two-part wedding episode…that’s really fun,” TROPHY WIFE executive producer Sarah Haskins told reporters about “The Wedding.” “Kate discovers Pete’s old wedding tapes [for] his marriages to Diane and Jackie in the garage. And [Pete and Kate] eloped, but she kind of does want a wedding, even if she thought it was too girly [at the time] and wasn’t that kind of person, she realizes she wants a wedding. So it turns into a whole saga.”
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Watch the TROPHY WIFE Pilot Now!
The new comedy, TROPHY WIFE (starring Malin Akerman, Bradley Whitford, and Marcia Gay Harden), doesn’t officially debut on ABC until September 24th, but you can watch the pilot now.
TROPHY WIFE premieres Tuesday, September 24th at 9:30 PM on ABC.
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GO ON: ‘Ring and a Miss’ Photo Preview – Bradley Whitford Guest Stars!
February 25, 2013 by Marisa Roffman
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In case you missed the news, GO ON is staging a STUDIO 60 (and THE WEST WING) reunion in Tuesday’s brand new episode — Bradley Whitford is guest starring! (Whitford co-starred on the short-lived NBC series with GO ON star Matthew Perry, and Perry also guest starred on TWW.)
Take a look at photos of Whitford on GO ON!
GO ON: 'Ring and a Miss'
GO ON -- "Ring and a Miss" Episode 116 -- Pictured: Bradley Whitford as Hughie -- (Photo by: Byron Cohen/NBC)
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GO ON Stages a THE WEST WING/STUDIO 60 Reunion: Bradley Whitford to Guest Star
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Another familiar face is coming to GO ON, but this time, it’s not a sports star: Matthew Perry’s (Ryan) former STUDIO 60/THE WEST WING costar Bradley Whitford is guest starring on an upcoming episode of the NBC comedy, a show rep confirmed.
Perry broke the news on Twitter, saying, “Working with Bradley Whitford again is so much fun. I mean, I wish we weren’t in a hot tub together, but you can’t ask for everything. #GoOn.” (Please, oh please, let this actually be true.)
No further character/episode details were available at this time, but if I find out more, I’ll be sure to update you.
Are you happy to see Perry and Whitford acting together again?
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Kochi and Patna are two important business centres and cities, which are also famous among tourists. Naturally, thousands of people travel to and from Kochi and Patna. Taking the rail route or the highway takes too long. For quick and comfortable means of reaching Patna from Kochi, look no further than Kochi to Patna flights operated by IndiGo. You can visit the official IndiGo website (goIndiGo.in) or download the IndiGo app to find out more on Kochi to Patna lowest airfare options and amazing deals such as Flexi Plus or Saver packs.
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More than 2000 years ago, Patna was the capital of the Gupta, Magadha and Maurya kingdoms. Back then, it was known as Pataliputra. It was famous the world over as a seat of learning that drew scholars, including Aryabhatta and Chanakya. Pataliputra was also one of the most important trade centres of the world back then. Even today, it continues to be a capital city and the industrial and administrative centre of Bihar. Patna, with its flexible business laws, has become one of the most favoured places in India to start a business.
Things to do in Patna
To experience the ancient vibes of the city, tourists must visit Patna Museum where they will get to see the artefacts and sculptures dating back to the era of the Gupta and Mauryas. Nehru Park and Buddha Smriti Park offer tourists an opportunity to breathe in some clean air and enjoy the nature. After that, a boat ride on the Ganga is imperative. Tourists can board boats from Gandhi Ghat.
Tourist attractions in Patna
There are many places that attract tourists like the holy Kesaria Stupa, the quiet Gandhi Ghat, the well-stocked Khuda Baksh Oriental Library, Indira Gandhi Planetarium, St Mary’s Church, Padri ke Haveli and the historically important East Champaran.
Places to shop in Patna
If you like classical paintings, then Maurya Lok Emporium is the boutique you have to visit. Here, you will find paintings in the Madhubani style. Another famous boutique is Ajanta where you can find beautifully crafted wall hangings and other artwork. In Patna Market, you will find everything you were looking for, from jewellery to clothes.
Best time to visit Patna
The summer months in Patna are very hot. It is best to visit the city when the temperature cools down, during the winter months. October to March is when you can explore the city comfortably.
Modes of transport in Patna
Auto-rickshaws called tempos ply in Patna. You can also avail buses or cabs to travel to all parts of Patna.
Weather in Patna
Patna’s summers are extremely hot and sultry. The monsoon season arrives soon afterwards and provides relief from the heat. The winter months in Patna are very cold.
Airport in Patna
Patna Airport (IATA: PAT) is a busy airport and links the city to all major Indian cities. You can find out more about flight routes from the IndiGo website.
Kochi is called the ‘Queen of the Arabian Sea’. Because of its vast treasure trove of spices, it was popular among international traders right from the 14th Century. The Portuguese, and Dutch all landed on the shores of Kochi and this trade route linked the city to the European trade powerhouse countries. Kochi also enjoyed trading relations with Arabia. In fact, this city was such a vital commerce centre that it finds mention in many medieval texts across the world.
Tourist attractions in Kochi
Kochi became a Portuguese colony in the 16th century and hence, churches and forts dot the landscape of the city. Mattancherry Palace, Fort Kochi, Church of St. Francis, Paradesi Synagogue and many more draw thousands of tourists every year.
Places to shop in Kochi
Shoppers must make a beeline for LuLu Mall Kochi. It holds the distinction of being India’s most sprawling shopping mall spread out over a staggering 14 acres of space with a seating capacity of 3000 in the food court. Other places to shop in Kochi are Kuzhupilly Beach and Vasco Da Gama Square.
Travelling around Kochi is hassle-free, thanks to the many modes of transport available, such as ferries, auto-rickshaws, trains, buses and taxis. Auto-rickshaws are the most ubiquitous and widely-preferred way of travelling to all corners of Kochi.
Weather in Kochi
Kochi’s climate can be described as tropical monsoon because Kochi receives rainfall for almost half the year. The monsoon season arrives in April and usually continues till October. Hence, winters are the best time for tourists.
Airport in Kochi
Cochin International Airport (IATA: COK) has two terminals, one for domestic flights and the other for international flights. An interesting anecdote about this airport is that it is India’s first green-field airport. It is a public-private partnership project, covers 1,445 square meters of land and can handle 1,600 incoming and 1,600 outgoing flights.
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1. What it is
2. What you need to do
3. Who to contact
Aquaculture licensing is administered through the Aquaculture and Foreshore Management Division of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The minister decides on applications made to the division on the approved application form and accompanied by the appropriate fees.
Any person who engages in aquaculture without a licence or who breaches the terms of a licence may be prosecuted through the courts. Any fine imposed by the court may, by Order of the Minister, also require you to remove any structures and/or equipment.
An application form for an aquaculture licence can be downloaded here or received from the Aquaculture Licensing Section.
Aquaculture Licence Application Form
Application Form for an Aquaculture and Foreshore Licence for a single specific site. If a Licence is required for more than one site a separate application form must be completed for each site
From September 2015 once an application goes to Public Notice the relevant documentation will be available on the website for information at Aquaculture/Foreshore Licence Applications
Aquaculture and Foreshore Licence Templates have been developed which indicate the generic terms and conditions that apply to licences issued for the various types of aquaculture activity.
Send your completed form to
Aquaculture Licensing Section
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, National Seafood Centre, Clonakilty, Co. Cork
If your application is rejected, you may appeal the decision within one month of publication (in the case of a decision) or notification (in the case of revocation/amendment).
All appeals must be made in writing on the appeals application form, setting out the grounds of appeal and addressed to:
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Research - HRV & EMF
Research - Chakra & Meridian
How To Activate
Mitigation of EMF-induced Chakra and Meridian Imbalances/Dysfunctions by the Harmoni Pendant
Using a Wearable Device to Stimulate the Bioenergetic Centers in the Body affected by Electromagnetic Radiations
As we strive for holistic approaches to improve human health, our exposures to electromagnetic fields (EMF) remain as one of the major barriers in that pursuit. Imbalance in energy pathways in the body is increasingly recognized as a precursor of stress and poor health, and as an avenue for therapeutic intervention in alternative as well as in conventional medicine. In this context, the current clinical trial evaluated the effect of a brief EMF exposure on the energy fields of seven major Chakras and 12 principal Meridians. EMF exposure dysregulated all of the seven Chakras and 10 out of the 12 Meridians resulting in a significant decline in the post-exposure evaluations compared to that of the pre-exposure baseline. By activating and wearing a Harmoni pendant, a non-electronic wearable device, there was a significant improvement in measured indices of Chakras and Meridians. Following the pendant activation, even in the presence of the EMF-stressor, there was up to 475% increase in Chakra function where six out of the seven chakras were completely recovered from their EMF-induced decline and registered a greater improvement over that of their baseline with a significant net gain. Additionally, the Harmoni pendant also improved all of the 12 Meridians fully compensating their EMF-induced decline, registering a sharp increase over their baseline values. In sum, results from this study clearly demonstrate the effectiveness of Harmoni pendant in balancing EMF-induced energy center dysfunctions and in managing sub-clinical stresses as a novel approach to advance bioenergetic health and wellbeing.
Chronic exposure to EMF is well known to interfere with multitudes of cellular and molecular processes affecting basic physiologic functions of energy metabolism, growth cycles, intracellular signaling and intercellular communications [1-7]. Oftentimes these interferences disrupt normal functioning of multiple organ systems that manifests in a number of adverse physical, behavioral and emotional health conditions [8-10]. A greater emphasis has been given to characterize the nature of EMF-induced “sub-clinical stress” and to understand its correlation with the underlying health conditions. Because of the slow onset and a lack of or non-specific symptomatic presentation, EMF-related health conditions, including the most aggravated form of Electromagnetic hypersensitivity, are often difficult for a definitive medical diagnosis and are rather self-reported [11-13]. In the absence of sensitive and reliable biomarkers and detection technologies, estimation of the EMF-induced burden on human health can be severely understated [14].
In our recent clinical study, a brief EMF exposure resulted in a sharp decline in 11 discrete health indices. This observation was indicative of EMF-induced autonomic dysfunctions and disruption in biological rhythms. In the pursuit to improve holistic health, mankind has been seeking insights from ancient healing techniques to understand the early aberrations in illnesses and to adopt and/or repurpose them for preventative and therapeutic purposes. The Chakra System, as described in ancient Vedic literatures, is a complex network of energy channels that operate in the body [15, 16]. Chakras are also referred to as “Energy Transducers” for subtle energy or life force in Energy Medicine that reflects connections between the Mind and the physical Body and has been the focus of numerous Psycho-Neuro-Immunology studies documenting the interactions between the endocrine, immune, nervous and stress response systems that greatly impact human functioning [17, 18]. While there are as many as 114 recognized Chakras, seven are considered major and are fundamental to the body’s subtle energy flow.
These Chakras with their functional associations are as following:
Sahasra (Crown) chakra- Consciousness and Peaceful
Ajna (Third Eye) chakra- Intuition and Perception
Visudha (Throat) chakra- Creativity and Self expression
Anahata (Heart) chakra- Warmth and Compassion
Manipura (Solar Plexus) chakra- Strength and Assertiveness
Svadhisthana (Sacral) chakra- Enthusiasm for Life and Pleasure
Muladahara (Root) chakra- Foundation of energy body and Stabilization
Imbalance in the Chakra energy pathway is known to cause myriad of physical and mental health problems and a number of interventions have been used to put them into balance, including yoga, meditation, and sound, aroma, color and crystal therapies have been practiced in both Eastern and Western hemispheres.
Meridians, on the other hand, as described in traditional Chinese medicine, are energy pathways in the body and are anatomically aligned with major internal organ systems [15-18]. Meridians are also referred to as “Acupoints” as they can be stimulated by needling, pressure and heat treatment for clinical relief in alternative therapy [19, 20]. As Professor John C. Longhurst, MD, PhD, a pioneer in acupuncture hypertension research has reviewed the meridians are sophisticated stimulation centers and can serve as a doorway to bioenergetic healing [19].
There are 12 principal Meridians recognized in the body as below:
Meridian of the Heart
Meridian of the Small Intestine
Meridian of the Bladder
Meridian of the Kidney
Meridian of the Pericardium
Meridian of the Triple Heater
Meridian of the Gallbladder
Meridian of the Liver
Meridian of the Lung
Meridian of the Large Intestine
Meridian of the Stomach
Meridian of the Spleen and Pancreas
Stimulation of meridians have been widely and successfully used in the management of musculoskeletal pain in the realm of alternative medicine where up to 70% of patients respond to acupuncture [20]. Since Meridians and Chakras represent apparatus for energy flow, there is a considerable functional overlap between them as these two systems work more in tandem than in isolation. In this context, a review on the nature of life energy as referred to as “Qi”, “Ki”, “Dosha”, “Prana”, “Mana”, “Etheric energy”, “Fohat”, “Orgone”, “Odic force”, “Homeopathic resonance”, “Quantum electrodynamics” etc in various literature.
It is generally accepted that the Chakra energy system is associated with the endocrine glands and neural centers of the autonomic nervous system (ANS). A balanced interaction between the Pineal, Pituitary, Hypothalamus, Thyroid, Thymus, Adrenal, Pancreas and Gonads is essential for optimal chakra functions and is deeply connected with the parasympathetic or “rest and digest” arm of the ANS. Therefore, it is plausible that measurement of ANS anomalies can be used to decode the imbalances in Chakra functions and Meridians.
EMF exposure is known to interfere with the ANS [8, 9] and heart rate variability (HRV), the variation in time intervals between successive heartbeats, has been a reliable measure of the autonomic activity [21, 22]. While a higher HRV is associated with optimal health, resilience and cognition [23-25], a lower HRV has been a predictor of poor health [26-28]. HRV-based evaluations are becoming the mainstay of health surveillance and have been recognized in almost all spectra of precision and personalized medicine. Since HRV mirrors autonomic activity, it is possible to extrapolate the status of various autonomic functions from the HRV measurement. In this context, the HeartScientific advanced HRV analytics developed by Therasage, LLC is notable as it has made significant strides in the HRV-based assessments that can numerically compute unique health indices including Chakra and Meridian functions and can provide a platform for an objective assessment of the body’s bioenergetic field.
While a number of approaches have been tried to block harmful effects of EMF radiation, efficacy of many EMF-minimizing or EMF-blocking products have not been independently and objectively evaluated. In this cross-sectional clinical study, we measured the efficacy of the Harmoni Pendant in mitigating EMF-induced bioenergetic imbalances in boosting the body’s resilience and adaptability.
To decipher and measure the energy imbalances in Chakra and Meridian systems induced by a short-term exposure to a non-ionizing EMF as evidenced by the HeartScientific advanced HRV analytics
To assess efficacy of activating a Harmoni Pendant in stimulating Chakra and Meridian without the withdrawal of the stressor
Study Methodology:
A multicentered, single-armed and open-label study was conducted at eight (8) healthcare locations across the United States between March 2020 and Aug 2020. A total of 95 consenting healthy subjects (male or female, >18y) were enrolled in the study. Prior or current users of Harmoni Pendant were excluded from this study. Additionally, subjects using any other EMF protection devices were also excluded. The study was designed to measure Chakras and Meridians at three (3) time points using HeartScientific advanced HRV technology (schematics of the schedule of events shown in Fig. 1). Study data were collected at:
Baseline (with no source of EMF in the vicinity)
After introduction of a high EMF source
After activation of the Harmoni Pendant in presence of the EMF source
Prior to the study, we tested many appliances and found a small portable fan to be a reliable source of consistent and high-level EMF. Cell Phone EMF output proved to be inconsistent and varied between brands.
The absence of EMF was confirmed by Gauss meter reading at baseline, and presence of EMF was confirmed by Gauss meter readings after introduction of the EMF-stressor and after activation of the Harmoni Pendant. The HRV scans were conducted by placing electrodes on patient’s wrists following the manufacturer’s recommended protocol (representative image, Fig. 2). Since the study did not involve any invasive testing or procedures, it was deemed a minimal risk study. The HRV scan data was utilized to construct a comparative report by HeartScientific Advanced HRV Software Version 9.7. The subject datasets were anonymized, following which they were analyzed by JMP Pro (15.0.0) and Prism 8 (8.4.3) for statistical comparisons.
Fig 1: Schematics of the study details.
The datasets were transformed to measure percent (%) change by the following formula:
Percent change following EMF-stress:
[(EMF Stressed-Baseline)/Baseline]*100
Percent change following Pendant activation:
[(Pendant activated-Baseline)/Baseline]*100
A one-tailed paired T-test was applied to discern significant differences between EMF-stressed and pendant-activated time points. References were prepared by EndNote (X9).
The Heart Scientific Advanced HRV Technology was developed by a team of experts in software development, healthcare and HRV analytics at Therasage LLC, known as an industry leader in integrated FDA listed medical devices, that harness full spectrum infrared frequencies. In a collaborative effort with Dinamika Research from St Petersburg, Russia, also considered the gold standard in HRV software development since 1964, HeartScientific Advanced HRV analytics is the most robust and comprehensive Advanced HRV diagnostics available today.
The HeartScientific Advanced HRV is a digital bioanalyzer that measures fractal neurodynamics and biorhythms in the body from the electrocardiogram signals. The Advanced HRV device, having a small footprint, is highly portable and does not require a specialized training to operate. It is offered as a hardware-software combo that provides an intuitive user interface and creates easy to interpret infographic reports suitable for use at home and at healthcare clinics in tracking individual’s wellbeing on the health continuum.
A 5-min scan for the Time-domain and Frequency-domain HRV measurements was conducted to calculate the functioning of a total of 19 bioenergetic centers (7 Chakras and 12 Meridians).
The study participants had a median age of 44 years (range 18-73 years). Fifty eight percent (58%) of the study participants were females whereas males constituted the remaining 42% of the study population (Table 1).
Our previous study had demonstrated a negative impact of EMF exposure on the HRV-index whereas activation of Harmoni Pendant (in the presence of the EMF source) was effective in boosting the HRV-index and reducing stress among many other health benefits. The current study, utilizing the same study design, had a primary focus on evaluating the energy fields and energy pathways as measured by the HeartScientific Advanced HRV.
A brief exposure of EMF had a deleterious effect on all of the seven major Chakras. The average decline ranged from 2.16% to 10% from the baseline with Sacral Chakra (associated with reproductive health) experiencing the maximum drop of 10% on an average from the baseline. (Table 2, Fig. 3). Activation of the Harmoni Pendant, on the other hand, stimulated all of the seven Chakras registering greater functioning than their baseline values (Fig. 3). While the Harmoni pendant was effective in fully neutralizing the negative effects of EMF, the Chakra fields on average were upregulated up to 475%. Although the seven Chakras experienced a varied level of activation, the Crown Chakra and Root Chakra experienced the greatest stimulation from the activation of Harmoni Pendant (Table 3).
Analysis of the Meridians also registered an EMF-induced negative impact. Ten out of the 12 Meridians studied, on average, suffered a loss of Meridian function following EMF-exposure compared to that of their pre-EMF exposure baseline (Fig. 4, Fig. 5). Meridians of Large intestine and Meridian of Stomach were however the two meridians that did not experience any significant differences by the brief EMF-exposure studied here. The response to pendant activation was however striking where all of the 12 Meridian functions were elevated above their respective baseline values. Additionally, this rise in Meridian function fully compensated the EMF-induced declines as earlier observed in case of 10 meridians.
The summary of the Harmoni pendant stimulating Meridian function is presented in Table 4. While the functioning of all 12 Meridians improved following Pendant activation, three key trends with high stimulation were: 1) activation of the Meridians for Pericardium and Heart signifying an improved cardiovascular health, 2) activation of the Meridian for Liver, Gallbladder and Small Intestine indicating a robust nutrient metabolism and digestive health, and 3) activation of the Meridians for Lung and Kidney suggesting improved respiratory and glomerular functions implying vigorous detoxification processes.
Table 1: Demography of study Participants.
Table 2: Changes to the Chakra fields from EMF exposure and Pendant activation.
Fig 3: Bar graph presentation of the changes in seven major Chakra fields. Percent change in a chakra (for EMF and EMF + Harmoni Pendant) was calculated based on its baseline value. On average, EMF exposure diminished the Chakra functions whereas activation of Harmoni pendant stimulated them that often fully compensated the adverse effects of EMF and improved beyond the baseline values. Bar represents mean value (with SEM, N=95).
Table 3: Summary of the effect of Harmoni Pendant on Chakra activation.
§ following pendant activation compared to that of the EMF-stressed
* found statistically significant (p<0.05)
Fig 4: Bar graph presentation of the changes in major Meridian fields. Percent change in a meridian (for EMF and EMF + Harmoni Pendant) was calculated based on its baseline value. On average, EMF exposure reduced meridian function whereas activation of Harmoni pendant elevated the meridian function that fully compensated the adverse effects of EMF harnessing higher than the baseline values. Bar represents mean value (with SEM, N=95).
Fig 5: Bar graph presentation of the changes in major Meridian fields. Percent change in a meridian (for EMF and EMF + Harmoni Pendant) was calculated based on its baseline value. On average, EMF exposure often reduced meridian function whereas activation of Harmoni pendant elevated the meridian function that fully compensated the adverse effects of EMF and sometimes harnessing higher than the baseline values. Bar represents mean value (with SEM, N=95).
Table 4: Summary of the effect of Harmoni Pendant on Meridian activation.
As we progress through the 21st century, our increasing dependency on connectivity and drive for efficiency in modern life is causing sustained exposure to various sources of manmade EMF radiation. Even though the health impacts of chronic EMF exposure can vary, from poor sleep and fatigue to cellular dysfunction, full extent of the EMF-induced harmful effects of EMFs are not generally understood. Slow onset and below clinical threshold for discernible symptomatic diseases, coupled with a lack of sensitive biomarkers for early detection of EMF-induced sub-clinical stress are obvious contributing factors. Interventions to block or mitigate EMF-induced stress are limited and are not backed by objective assessments in clinical settings.
The efficacy of Harmoni Pendant was demonstrated in stimulating the Chakra fields and balancing the negative effects of EMF. While optimal performance of the seven major Chakras is needed to live a full-fledged life, suboptimal performance of a Chakra is referred to as a “blocked Chakra”. The hazardous nature of EMF was evident as even a brief exposure (for ~5 mins) remarkably blocked all seven Chakras with Sacral Chakra (associated with vitality) experiencing the maximal blockage. It is noteworthy that the Harmoni Pendant unblocked or restored energetic flow and function to the seven Chakras and registered a net positive effect from the baseline. Crown Chakra that is associated with higher consciousness and spiritualism was one of the most activated energy pathways by the Harmoni Pendant. Additionally, greater activation of the Root Chakra that reflects basic bodily needs was indicative of improved grounding and stability. These results clearly suggest that merely wearing a Harmoni Pendant can provide a meaningful difference in protecting from the EMF induced disruptions and in achieving a harmonious life balance.
Since Meridians can be better mapped with imaging techniques, they have provided a reliable avenue for therapeutic interventions. Similar to the EMF-induced decline in Chakra fields, a vast majority of the Meridians also suffered a loss of function from EMF exposure. These disruptions to Meridians were however reversible and activation of Harmoni pendant resulted in a full recovery oftentimes boosting greater functionality over that of the pre-exposure baseline.
While the finding of this study has a great significance in Energy medicine and relevance in Holistic health improvement, the energy field and pathway measurements were purely based upon HRV analytics. Absence of clinical correlation such as subject level questionnaire or independent assessment could be seen as a limitation to this study. However, the HeartScientific advanced HRV tech offers a robust platform for analysis of energy fields validated by years of practice.
It is also important to note that the current study evaluated the biological effects of EMF on the human body and Harmoni Pendant usage for a relatively short period of time (5-10 minutes). Longer usage and weekly activation of the Harmoni Pendant most likely may harness a much greater impact in stimulating and balancing the energy fields.
Our observations with thousands of Harmoni Pendant wearers indicate that it takes about 3-4 days for all health benefits to unfold as the body regulates physical functioning after receiving new information or instructions from the Pendant. It is momentous that the Harmoni Pendant had such a short “time-to-effect” with unblocking and balancing the bioenergetic dysfunctions that could be a precursor to health and healing.
Data from this study show that activation of a Harmoni Pendant may effectively minimize EMF-induced bioenergetic dysfunctions and imbalances in the human body. The findings also illustrate a range of health benefits that can be achieved from an optimal functioning of the body’s energy fields. The results strongly support inclusion of the Harmoni Pendant, worn as a necklace, for building an effective personal shield against omnipresent EMFs and for energy healing to improve overall physical and emotional well-being.
We express our sincere thanks to Robert Marking for spending years of experimentation working with thousands of clients from ideations to and bringing out the Harmoni Pendant. His intense study of vibrational medicine was a response to years of health challenges that he could not solve through conventional means. These efforts culminated in his insight, discovery and development of the Harmoni Pendant. We are incredibly grateful for his gift to the world.
Our undying gratitude to Robby Besner for the study design, study execution, finding the study investigators, and his overall coordination and oversight over the doctors and study results. We are also grateful for his research advancing HRV technology that culminated in the development of HeartScientific HRV system that was used in this study.
Deepak Nayak, PhD provided support with data analytics and medical writing of this study.
This study was sponsored by Harmoni Pendant LLC. We sincerely thank the healthcare providers and the study participants who took part in the study for furthering science and research into EMF mitigation devices.
Note, the doctors and healthcare providers in this study did not receive any financial compensation for their participation in this study.
The study was conducted by the following healthcare practitioners:
Dr. Lisa Koche, MD is triple board certified in Internal Medicine, Bariatrics, and Anti-Aging and Regenerative medicine and a Mitochondrial Specialist, utilizing the best of traditional and integrative medicine to allow patients to achieve optimal health and well being.
Dr. Nathan Bryan, PhD is an international leader in nitric oxide research and biochemistry and author of five books. He was the first to describe nitrite and nitrate as indispensable nutrients required for optimal cardiovascular health. He joined the faculty at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston under Ferid Murad, MD, PhD, 1998 Nobel Laureate in Medicine or Physiology.
Dr. Lisa Fortin, MD is a Harvard trained leader in regenerative functional medicine. She’s done training in neurosurgery and radiology and is a published researcher.
Steve Newburn, DC is a functional doctor in practice 25 years who graduated Palmer College of Chiropractic with honors. He employs energy therapies like PEMF, cold lasers, quantum neuro reset therapy, detox and cutting edge testing modalities.
Marlene Siegel, DVM is a pioneer in natural alternative veterinary care. She has training in chiropractic, nutrition, Chinese medicine and herbs, acupuncture, Jin Shin jyutsu, intrinsic energy products, therapeutic laser, essential oils, Bach Flowers and certification in Live Blood Analysis.
Dr. Jennifer Gramith, a lymphatic system specialist, holds a doctorate of naturopathic medicine. She is the founder of the Foundation for the Advancement of Energy Medicine Technology (FAEMT), an organization dedicated to research and support of this emerging field.
Michael Rankin Jr, ND is a specialist in pain management and pioneer in the use of various bioenergetic modalities with his patient population.
Gene Sambataro, DDS is the biohacking biological dentist who believes that nearly 80% of all illnesses are related to infections, toxicities, and imbalances in the mouth.
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Meghan Markle Personally Confirms That Her Father Won't Be at the Royal Wedding
The bride-to-be released a statement through Kensington Palace this morning.
May 17 2018, 7:25 am EDT
Meghan Markle has personally confirmed that her father, Thomas Markle, won't be present at her royal wedding to Prince Harry, which is two days away. Her dad made headlines this week for saying he won't go to the wedding following his staged paparazzi photos scandal, changing his mind and then announcing he wouldn't attend after all, due to heart surgery.
Following the flip-flopping reports, the bride-to-be herself released a statement through Kensington Palace—her first time ever doing so. Her message reads:
"Sadly, my father will not be attending our wedding. I have always cared for my father and hope he can be given the space he needs to focus on his health.
"I would like to thank everyone who has offered generous messages of support. Please know how much Harry and I look forward to sharing our special day with you on Saturday."
A statement from Ms. Meghan Markle: pic.twitter.com/TjBNarmuBU
— The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) May 17, 2018
Meghan's dad was confirmed to walk her down the aisle at the May 19 ceremony at St. George's chapel. It's still unconfirmed who will take his place.
The former Suits star had reached out to her father on Monday after he first announced that he wouldn't attend the wedding. She tried calling him but he wasn't near his phone to pick up, so she followed up with a text saying she loves him and is concerned for his health, her dad told TMZ.
Thomas Markle underwent heart surgery on the morning of Wednesday, May 16, after he was checked in for severe chest pains, TMZ reports. He had just suffered a heart attack last week, which left serious damage. He told the site that he believed his son Thomas Jr.'s scathing open letter to Prince Harry is what initially caused the heart attack.
The father of the bride finished his surgery by yesterday afternoon, but is "staying in the hospital a few more days" to recover, he told TMZ.
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Enterprise Sales for Technical Founders Heavybit
Every successful developer startup eventually sells to the enterprise. But managing the transition is tough for founders who identify more with technical users than procurement teams. In many ways enterprise sales is completely different from everything you’ve mastered in the past. This panel discusses how to incorporate an effective enterprise motion while balancing the product roadmap and still serving a stellar developer experience.
Eric Anderson, Investor at Scale Venture Partners
Christine Yen, Co-founder & CEO of Honeycomb
Peter Reinhardt, Co-founder & CEO of Segment
Coby Berman, Co-founder & COO of Radar
Eric Anderson: Let’s start off by introducing our panelists. I’m going to ask each of them to introduce themselves, because it’s hard to gesture over webcam, and that way you can get a feel for their voice and who they are, and we’ll jump into some questions. Christine, let’s start with you and then Coby and Peter.
Christine Yen: Hi, I’m Christine. I’m CEO and co-founder of Honeycomb. For anyone who isn’t familiar already, Honeycomb builds observability tooling to help engineers understand what their code is doing in production. Whether it’s investigating failures or incidents, or just proactively asking, “What is my code really doing out there?”
Coby Berman: Awesome. Hey, everybody. You’ve got Coby here, co-founder and COO of Radar. Radar is the leading geo fencing platform, essentially we’re a developer tool for PMs and mobile engineers who want to build geo fencing and get there faster in a privacy-first way.
Peter Reinhardt: Hey, I’m Peter. I’m the co-founder and CEO at Segment, and we are the leading customer data platform. We help companies manage all the customer data being collected across all the different mobile apps, websites, etc. We got started as an open source library almost 10 years ago, eight years ago. We’re about 550 people today.
Eric: Great, thanks for the intros. Maybe to give a plug to help ground you, Segment at 550 is larger than Honeycomb or Radar. Honeycomb has 50 people, Radar has 35 people. They’ve raised a similar amount of money.
What we’re going to talk about today is, of course, how you arrived at the sales motion you have today and how that’s evolved over time. So, let’s level set for the group and have you share with us how you started selling and how you sell today, and then we’ll dive into further questions on how you got from point A to B. Coby, why don’t you start for us?
Coby: Sure, happy to kick it off. We started the company about four and a half years ago. Early days of Radar, we were two people for the first year. It was just my co-founder Nick and myself, and basically I played account executive and sales rep, and he played sales engineer in a lot of our early deals.
We basically tried a few different motions before landing on a free self-serve tier, and then in Enterprise more of a top down motion before we actually hired sales reps. We waited about two years until we were at roughly a million in ARR before we said, “OK. We feel this is repeatable. We actually know the sales ins and outs. We’re comfortable with it, and it’s time to bring on outside help to help us move faster.”
Eric: Great. You landed in these two motions, the free bottom-up and then in direct selling. Christine, are you in a similar place? And where did you begin?
Christine: We’re in a similar place but we began a little bit differently. My co-founder and I met at a company that’s all about the bottom-up developer love. Parse, if anyone remembers it. The thing that we saw there was that at that company and at that offering, our customers would often outgrow the bottom-up entry points. We knew that with Honeycomb, given that we were helping people understand production systems as systems become more complex, as customers get larger the problem that we’re solving becomes more important.
So, we knew that early on there was absolutely the opportunity to start larger, to leverage the relationships that we had with companies in the Valley to really get in on the ground floor with something substantial. What this meant was that we spent the first couple of years building out a prototype and doing the, “Hey, we’ve gotten beer so many times. I know the problem that you have. Let me show you how this thing can help you, it’s not totally polished yet but let’s get you using it.”
We were able to build that out and get that going, but ultimately we’re product people. We’re engineers. We wanted to test that and iterate on it quickly, and given that we defined observability, we’re trying to get folks to leave traditional logging, monitoring and APM behind.
We eventually realized, “Yeah, we’re working on these relationships. We’re getting these larger deals and we also want as many people to try it out as possible,” so we backed into the bottom-up motion as well, introducing a self-serve motion, saw it grow roughly proportionally with our top-line revenue. Now we’ve got this healthy balance where we’re paying attention to both.
Eric: Awesome. And then, Peter, yours is a little different. Right? You started out with this open source project.
Peter: We started out with Analytics.js as this open source library. One of the reasons I was actually against the original idea is because I thought, “It’s already open source, how are we going to sell anything here?” It turned out that the open source version of Analytics.js didn’t really solve the problem because you really want to get the engineer out of the deployment loop. So to do that, you really need to have a SaaS offering where Analytics.js is hosted and where a marketer can push buttons in a Web UI to turn different tools on and off, as far as receiving data.
Even now, eight years later, very few people actually use Analytics.js. Yes, there are some big companies like Uber or platforms like Shopify that use it under the covers. But for the most part the people who are going to use Analytics.js, they use it via Segment, the SaaS tool. We started by just giving it away for free because we were just focused on adoption.
We’d had this really brutal first year and a half of not building anything that anyone wanted, so we decided to just give it away for free. People started adopting it and then we started to get up the guts to actually ask people for money to use it. I remember it was a big deal.
We hand-emailed 60 people by asking if they were OK paying ten dollars a month for this thing, and then over time that morphed into, “Actually, there’s real value here” and there are some funny stories about how we figured out what the value really was, but eventually we worked our way up to five and six figure and now seven figure contracts per year, and over time matured a sales team.”
So it went from me selling, which I was terrible at, to me being the sales engineer with one sales rep, to then being a small sales team with dedicated sales engineers, to now today we have close to about 80-90 account executives and then another 100 or so supporting people and sales development and sales engineering, and sales leadership and so on.
Eric: Let’s talk a moment about that transition from founder selling to maybe professional selling. Coby, earlier you mentioned that you had some experience selling and you talked about when you figured out how to make that switch. Peter alluded to it as well. How did you know when to make the transition, and how did that proceed?
Coby: I think for us, we started to just feel real market pull where we couldn’t service as a team between me and Nick, and then four or five engineers. We just couldn’t service the inbound at that point, and so there was enough healthy pipeline that we weren’t working it properly. For us, that was a signal that it was time to hire our first sales rep. I think it took us a really long time to find that person, and we actually found someone– Her name is Caitlin and she’s still on the team today. She’s amazing.
I think the first sales hire for all of these companies, whoever that is, it tends to be someone special that’s gritty and a little bit more of a utility player who can moonlight in some other roles, whether that’s product feedback, customer success stuff. We were really lucky to find someone great for that spot.
Peter: For us, I would say the transition– I was terrible at sales. I was a fresh-out-of-school engineer, so I just had absolutely no idea what I was doing when it came to sales. If I had to go back and do it over again I think I would spend a lot more time actually asking questions about the customer, which is really the key part of a sales process, as opposed to just talking about what we do. The classic mistake that engineers make, I think.
So the transition for us was pretty obvious, it was “As fast as humanly possible let’s get someone who knows how to do sales in here.” It was also a natural transition, it’s a super small team and it has four co-founders, the salesperson was our first hire.
That person was moonlighting in other tasks for us and there was a really nice combination of product marketing and sales, so basically he was responsible for the sales deck, which is product marketing. He could easily talk to us on the product side and translate that into a deck, into a pitch, into messaging. He was constantly experimenting, every call was a different pitch. He was really a bundle of product marketing and sales in one, which was actually very efficient and effective, I thought.
Eric: Christine, any thoughts on the transition? When it happens, what it looks like?
Christine: Peter, there’s a different way that engineer founders fail at that sales process, and we asked a lot of questions. When you’re that early and you’re selling this product that is this ugly duckling thing that you can’t really believe anyone would pay for, we would go to customers and they’d be using it.
They’d be sending us significant volumes of data, and we’d be like “Are you ready to pay yet?” And they’d be like, “Sure. Maybe. But are these other features ready?” And we’d go, “You’re right. Of course we should, absolutely. I can totally see how that’s a blocker for your use case.” So we also brought in a salesperson earlier than most folks would, I think we were five people when we brought in the salesperson.
This salesperson was very much a utility player, not very technical. So we would pair him with one of our engineers or myself or Charity to go and talk to folks, help them get on board. I think that it was a good move for us, certainly necessary for us, but we went through a couple of iterations of what sales looked like at Honeycomb before we really hit an inflection point.
I think the key for us was finding a salesperson who was technical enough to really not have to rely on the link between our sales person and us to translate, “What is this person really saying? What are the blockers really to them being able to push this PO through?” and how to read people and navigatingeverything that’s brand new for engineering founders, that they definitely don’t teach you in school.
Peter: I had, by the way, the exact opposite experience. Which is, we thought that we would only be able to hire sales engineers because we needed technical sales people who could really get in the weeds with our customers and understand the deep technical problems and so forth. Then our first sales rep was empowered to hire a second sales rep, and the person that he brought in was a slicked back hair, Jersey Shore character, not technical. I was like, “Absolutely no way in hell is that ever going to work.” So I said, “No.” He’s like, “No. Trust me on this.”
I made the hire and he crushed his number for five years, and his customers loved him and would mail him bottles of wine. Like, I still don’t fully understand exactly– This person was selling to VPs of Engineering, so you wouldn’t expect that this would work. But he had such a focus on helping the customer understand their problem, and even though he was not technical it worked super well. That totally transformed my expectation of how we would build the sales team afterwards, just like you need a really strong SE team but the sales reps were distinctly non-technical for us.
Eric: Switching gears a bit, a lot of you referred to a self-serve motion earlier as we were introducing things. What role does that play for you today as you invest more into the enterprise selling? There is perhaps more revenue there, so what role does self-serve play for you? Maybe I’ll start with Christine, working backwards.
Christine: We have a pretty non-trivial chunk of recurring revenue coming from our pro tier, and it’s been a great way for customers or prospects to self-serve a taste of what Honeycomb the product can do . Like most developer-facing products, our customers don’t want to buy until they can try it with their own hands, and they’d rather do as much trying as they can before engaging with the salesperson.
Several of our enterprise contracts now have started with a champion self-serving themselves a 2-5K pro account, raising a hand to upgrade. Being able to watch those sales, even within the pro tier, helps give us the ability to observe developers in their natural environment but also really understand the parts of the product that indicate a sell potential, and get folks excited when they switch from “OK. I just want to play with this,” to “I need this and I need this big.”
Eric: Coby, you talked about a similar free tier. Is it a similar goal for you? It sounds like there’s some product development benefits, but also it can feed into the higher tiers.
Coby: Yeah, it definitely can. Our fastest growing tier right now is probably our team tier, which is essentially a $500 per month plan between our free tier, which is not really designed to take something to production. And then low usage in our team tier for what I call a seed stage startup. So generally just find that people need that tier to smooth the staircase from free to what eventually would grow into enterprise.
Just having that option available, I think also feeds top of the funnel and gets people comfortable actually instrumenting the tool and going into production, because they don’t feel like “I hit this cliff and then I don’t know what I’m going to pay. So why would I even bother getting started in the first place?”
Peter: I think the purpose of self-service for us has really changed over time. At first it was 100% of revenue and touched 100% of the business, and then over time that’s transitioned to today. Self-service is less than 10% of revenue and probably touches 20% of revenue on its way in. So it’s meaningful for lead gen, and so forth. The most important part of it today, though, is that it’s a way for developers to get a sense, since developers are really involved in our sales process and involved in qualifying whether Segment is going to solve the problem for them.
It gives them a way to be involved and check things out under the hood, and it’s highly differentiated. There’s no one else in our space that offers free access, self-service and those sorts of things. It gives us a leg up in terms of building rapport and trust with the developers that we’re selling to, but it’s now a really small part of revenue.
Eric: And maybe just on that, things going from a big part to a small part of your revenue, is that what you would expect? Is that ideal, or is that just that you should have gone to direct sales sooner?
Peter: I think it was helpful. I think it’s healthy. I don’t think that I would have played it substantially differently if I went back to do it again, I think it was really helpful at building broad awareness. I think it was really helpful in building this trust and differentiation with respect to the developer, but also for us the vast majority of our market lies in the enterprise. Seven figure, maybe even eight figure deals over time.
So the total addressable market is far beyond what you can service on a self-service basis. For us, it’s naturally migrating up and we’ll continue migrating up over time.
Eric: So, having characterized self-service a bit, I want to talk about your direct sale selling. What types of companies do you target? How long is the process to close the deal? Just to get a feel for how the process varies between the three of you, and we can work backward from Peter.
Peter: Very briefly, we don’t do a lot of really great targeting today. Part of the problem that we’ve had is that a very broad range of companies use Segment, like you have beer distributors and enterprise software companies and apparel companies. It’s super broad, which is actually a challenge when you think about driving an outbound motion inside a sales team, which is new for us. We actually have a good amount of challenge there with figuring out who to target, but broadly, digital businesses and trying to figure out how to narrow that focus right now, actually.
Coby: For us certainly there have been three really big verticals. Radar is a good fit for anybody that needs to build a location or a digital experience in the physical world. Brick and mortar is a natural fit, QSR (Quick Service Restaurant), shopping, anywhere you’re going to have an in-store mode or even thinking about companies that are investing in curbside pick up or order ahead. Historically, travel has been a really huge vertical for us. Thinking about things like the trip experience, obviously a lot of that is undergoing change right now, but trust and safety features for keyless check in.
Those have been the three verticals, but we’ve seen other segments tick up, things like real estate companies like Zillow that are investing in automating the open house experience and letting you unlock and do self-tours. Anywhere in the physical world where you would need a geo fence to unlock the feature or serve the feature is a good fit.
To Peter’s point, this is one of the conversations we often have between sales and marketing, and so this is an ongoing exercise for us to make sure that we get as strong of a fit as possible. But primarily, those have been the three segments that we’ve been biggest in.
Christine: Honeycomb being something that enables engineering teams to just do what they do to ship, but quickly and reliably, our segmentation tends to be less about verticals and more about something that is much harder to determine. Technical sophistication, the practice is in their organization.
If a company is just starting to aggregate all text logs, they may not be ready for us. So a lot of us, our qualification in the sales process have been picking these things out and directing them to the appropriate educational resources if we don’t think that we’ll be able to make them successful at this time.
As a result, what a lot of what Honeycomb has done on our– I guess you can call it “Marketing,” but education has always been a big part of how we do what we do, whether it’s content, public playgrounds where you can walk through a guided tour, or talks. We’re constantly trying to show folks what the future can look like, and what we’re seeing is that by the time folks enter our sales process many of them have been engaging with this content for a while.
If they’ve played with free or they’ve played with pro, they’ve actually done their tech eval stage already. Those are all things that end up being signals rather than whether they’re in a certain industry or not.
Eric: That’s interesting. It’s almost like you target people who respond to you, who target you, who show up.
Christine: Yeah, for now. It’s certainly something that we are constantly paying attention to. We can’t just keep playing and we can’t keep fishing out of the pool that we’ve created, we’ve got to keep making that pool bigger by adding new folks in. Hence making our free tier more generous, trying to increase that reach so that more people can give it a shot.
Eric: It’s interesting how it’s not obvious for any of you, really, how to target. I guess Coby’s got a leg up in these discrete use cases among verticals, but it seems like an evolving thing to figure out what your ideal customer looks like. Along those lines, what’s the surprising thing? A lot of this is very expected ways of growing the company, what did you learn in this process of evolving your sales motion that you didn’t expect? I’ll start with Coby, because I don’t think I’ve started with him yet.
Coby: Yeah, totally. This is a tough one, and there are a few. Some of us are definitely building new categories, where I think often the line item for geo fencing or CDP can be a jump ball. You have committees where its engineering, its product, its marketing, its analytics, its user experience. Sometimes you’ll be surprised where things get funded from, so I think in the sales process when we’re doing information gathering on how something is, and how budgets are getting allocated and where the check is coming from, that’s constantly a learning experience.
I think we’re also learning that as we release new products some of that product is better or has different insertion points for different types of companies. Some of the products that we release are really a better fit for a digital first company than a more traditional enterprise company. Very much it’s not a one size fits all, every time we launch something new. It’s not a one size fits all for how something is getting funded, and so I think both of those things have been a learning process for us.
Eric: Awesome. Peter?
Peter: For us, my biggest learning was around learning what price is possible and the concept of value-based pricing. We started it at ten dollars a month, and by the end of the first year we had gone from ten dollars a month to ten thousand dollars a month. Not for everybody, but for that to be three orders of magnitude different I think is a little shocking. I actually found that price discovery, the value-based sales process of pushing for a higher price and asking the customer how they really value it. That whole motion of “The price is $120K a year,” and then they say, “No. It’s not worth that to me.”
You just unlocked actually a really key insight, or you are about to unlock a really key insight about how they actually value your product and therefore what value they’re really getting, and therefore what the product should really do and how you should think about pricing metrics. Like, you’re about to have a really juicy conversation.
I was so scared to put big numbers in front of people that we never really got that information out, but once we did start putting those numbers out then we started to get this really rich feedback actually about what the value was. We discovered it was three orders of magnitude higher than we thought it was, and I learned a lot from there. So I think having really candid conversations with customers about price and pushing the price higher and higher reveals a lot.
Coby: What kind of things were you uncovering? Was it like, “This is going to save us 2 FTEs,” or something like that?
Peter: For us, what we uncovered was that there were two axes. One axis was we were saving on engineering time, like they would either have to build it or they could buy it. So that actually sets a limit on volume-based pricing. If you’re going to charge by an API call or monthly tracked user or something like that, you can only go so high before you really have to start bending that pricing curve down. Because otherwise you start exceeding the amount they’re saving from an engineering team.
But the second is that, in some cases, some customers are making the case more on a revenue-generated side because they’re enabling some use case that actually allows them to make more money, bring more users on, or whatever. In that case, you actually have a value that’s scaling with the volume.
So there’s actually two different things that you can attach to depending on the deal and depending on what the customer is doing with the product, and so that then allows you to set up packaging and different metrics and so on. But we never would have had those conversations if we hadn’t pushed the price to a point where someone was like, “Hang on. That’s not how I think about it.”
Coby: Yeah, I think one of the learnings for us has been on those two axes. Saving engineering hours, budget can be somewhat capped on what you deem the FT hours to be. As soon as you get to top-line growth and the ROI there, that’s usually where the bigger deals come. If people are brought in on, “This is going to power a feature that’s going to yield X amount of revenue that’s going to yield tens of millions of dollars,” justifying a bigger spend is much easier than, “This is going to save 2 FTs who we’ve got on salary $200K a year.” So that’s definitely been a learning for us as well.
Peter: People chronically overestimate how productive their teams are.I’ve seen a customer that literally had a team of 100 engineers that had built what Segment now does for them, but they had a really hard time justifying more than 10 people as the equivalent replacement. People chronically overestimate how productive, or underestimate how expensive it’s going to be for them to build it internally. It makes it much easier on the revenue side.
Christine: We’ve had some customers where the first time we talked to them they were interested, but they’re perfectly happy devoting their team of engineers to take open source solutions and glue them together. They would go give conference talks about this Rube Goldberg machine of layers of proxies that they’d had to put between Grafana and ELK and then Prometheus to make things work. It’s a much easier conversation a couple of years later when you go to them and say, “OK. How many engineer hours was that? And was that worth it?” It’s always better to accelerate those years in between.
Hindsight being 2020 it should have been obvious, but hopefully this will benefit someone listening in, I was really surprised early on when a customer told me straight up, “We trust vendors more than our own engineers.” Not a common mindset, but this was a customer who struggled with turnover on their engineering team, and they’d been burned so many times by someone building something internally and then being dragged away by another company, and their existing team not being able to maintain this custom thing that had been built.
Now having learned a lot about what mature customer success organizations look like and how much of a partner we could be, I totally get it. But hearing that for the first time was a real shock as an engineer who thought she could build anything.
Eric: It’s interesting. I feel like I’m hearing that in the self-serve channel you learn all this stuff about the product, and in your direct sales channel you’ll learn all this stuff about the value and where it’s hidden and how to price it, and what customers are looking for. Maybe without both of them you would miss some signal in some way. Going back into this, I think Peter you alluded to this earlier on, how you moved up in price digging into this selling motion and how you determined the price. At what point did you see major increases in the value of customers willing to pay, and how did you get there?
Peter: Let’s see, in the first year we went from charging nothing to I think the largest contract we signed was about $50K. So, that was a really big ramp in value. Then we noticed that the value started to tail off at that time around like $100-200K. Then it took us shifting a bunch of stuff that solidified that value and grew the number of companies that were happy to pay in that price range, and then it’s only in the last two or three years that we started jumping up a new layer into the seven figure deals.
Those were really driven for us by launching a new product called Personas. So the core product is about data routing and moving data between different places, and Personas then takes that data and structures it into customer profiles that you can build audiences on top of.
The first product really solves that engineering problem of like, “How can I not have my engineers spending time on this?” The second product, Personas, actually starts to get at the revenue ROI. It’s like, “OK. Now I can build audiences, I can drive marketing campaigns, I can deliver revenue that I couldn’t deliver before.” So that unlocks actually this much different scaling motion on value. They’re on two different value curves, so that has transformed our sales process, especially in the enterprise.
Eric: Christine or Coby, do either you have any thoughts on when there was an inflection and the change in price you could charge, and what drove it?
Christine: Our early conversations for the first couple of years were all very engineer to engineer. That was our marketing strategy, we could get these technical folks and we could show them and talk to them about what Honeycomb could do. But we started to run into this wall as our technical champions were unable to get their bosses on board, or their boss’ boss, and bringing on and really leveling up how we thought about marketing and coming across as more polished, talking about value, being able to learn the language of talking ROI.
These are things that we were doing on the sales side but not reflecting on the marketing side, and that as well as the overall conversation around observability and maturing was much more impactful on our ACV than pricing or what we were doing in the sales process itself.
Coby: I think for us, we had a month about two years ago where we had two fairly big pilots, one was a very formal RFP process and in both pilots, when we got down to pricing, we came in higher than our competitors and we just held firm. We held firm because the technical decision was Radar in both, and we felt that we were worth more. We coached our champions there and said, “We’re going to be more expensive, tell procurement.” We ended up winning both of those customers.
I think the price maybe came down a little bit, but it wasn’t the type of thing where we felt like we had to undercut the competitor or match it. We wanted to hold firm on a premium, mostly to have a delta and highlight the value of the technology. I think that was a turning point for us, where we almost started to believe, “We can capture more revenue, and it’s worth that. If we have the technical decision, that’s really what we need to focus on.” And that will hold the price point up.
Eric: Awesome. We’ve talked a bit about charging more and more and getting bigger direct sales deals, but we also talked about landing logos and self-serve and then growing accounts. On the growing front, for those of you doing this, how do you grow an account? What’s the resources you bring in to nurture somebody, to raise ACV over time?
Peter: We thought that customer success would be the answer here, and I think a really great customer success manager does this. At least in a B2B context, where the customer success manager is helping them solve the problem. I think what I’m learning now as we’ve matured a bit is that actually professional services is an even better answer to this, and this is coming from someone where the concept of professional services was pretty anathema, like “No. Come on, a developer signs up and they install it themselves. Get over yourself. You don’t need any professional services to get this thing up and running, it’s super easy.”
But you go to an enterprise, like we had this one customer that signed up three years ago and they’re paying us $800K a year, and we sold them the contracts, and then two months later they still hadn’t installed and they weren’t collecting any data. I was like, “OK. Come on, this is not that hard.” So I flew out to Chicago, I went over to their office and they’re like, “How many people do you think there are here?” I was like “I think I looked it up on LinkedIn. I think there’s 800 people in this office. So, surely someone can install the JavaScript, right?” And he’s like, “How many engineers do you think we have?” I was like, “I don’t know. Maybe 200?” He was like “Peter, I have three.”
This is a major retailer, so they have three engineers to maintain an entire e-commerce stack, to maintain all the ERP system, everything. Three engineers and then some consultants, of course. But there is no capability, they just literally do not have the bandwidth or the capability to go install something like this, and as a result that was a really fraught account. It took a really long time for us to get that account to a healthy spot, and that’s exactly the kind of account in the enterprise that really needs professional services.
So a model that we’re just starting to learn more about and starting to deploy is where for those sorts of customers we sell-in an architect full time, for a year, to go help them get set up. That person goes and gets them set up and then goes and does the discovery work of like, “Did you know if you install Segment over here, you’ll get this benefit?” Then you’re like “OK, cool. Go do it.” Boom, expansion.
That person, you basically generate a wake of SaaS revenue off the back of a services person who is going and doing the successful installations and proofs of concept and so forth, because they don’t have the capability internally to actually write that code. It’s totally backwards from how I previously thought about the world, but from what I’m seeing so far and what I’ve seen at other companies, I think it can be super effective.
Coby: The nice thing about that, too, is if you have someone at your company installing it, the implementation is going to be clean and sound and done right. I think there’s something to be said for that.
Christine: All of these, all the above. All these things are things that Honeycomb is just at the stage of starting to explore. Up until two months ago we had one customer success person. Scaling him is going to be a key challenge for us over the next couple of years. A lot of our expansion has been despite that one person being spread very thin, but we’ve been able to leverage our content, we’re leveraging our community.
We have a huge Slack community where active customers share tips, talk through problems, troubleshoot things together, shared war stories and success stories. It has been a great way to keep up momentum and engage those really interested champions, so that even if they’re fighting the good fight inside their organization, they have comrades that they can talk to and share ideas with.
Eric: We talked a little bit about pricing and mostly about just the scale of pricing, raising prices, but actually figuring out how to price. Do you price competitive to what’s in your industry, or do you create your own pricing? How does that allow you to raise prices?
Christine: When we started late 2015 or early 2016, all the incumbents in the space, like New Relic, Datadog, and Splunk were pricing on things like host names, and if you remember at that time, this was also when containers were taking the world by storm and terraforming was the new hotness. There was one day when Charity was spinning up and down clusters, just playing with this new toy, and cycled through hundreds of host names over the course of a day by accident. So I think from day one it was really clear to us that we wanted to align our pricing with the way that the infrastructure was going.
There were these trends that were emerging in how people built their software systems, and it was going to have to define what we would be friendly towards, what we would be totally agnostic towards. Like at Honeycomb, we don’t care if you have a million hosts or 10 hosts. We care about the volume of data you’re sending us.
As we’ve evolved, we actually just went through– We redid our pricing in May with an eye towards aligning it a little bit more closely with our costs, always good, but making it as easy as possible for a prospect to figure out for themselves what a contract size might look like, how that contract might change as they grow. Predictability did become and is much less of a problem now, because we want folks to be able to land and expand with us. If they’re doing well, we want to do well also.
Coby: Probably most of us here have some blend of volume-based pricing, maybe platform fees for different parts of the product and then support/professional services, things of that nature. I think for us, we have a lot of people who’ve never bought a geo fencing platform before. So that’s a foreign and new line item, and I often think about when we’re not in the room, how does our champion explain this to their boss or their sponsor about how the pricing works? If it’s convoluted and it’s hard for her or him to explain it, it’s going to be too hard to get the deal done.
I think picking a metric that is easy to forecast when you can say, “Once this is deployed to production we have a sense of how many users have an app installed, or how many users visit a website per month.” That’s easy, things like monthly active users or things every PM at a company knows.
When you start getting into exercises where people have to back into, “How many calls or how many events do you think you’re going to generate?” That’s where I think sometimes things can get a little bit trickier.
For us, we’ve just tried to keep it really simple with the volume-based monthly tracked user pricing. Then on our new geo APIs for basically a bunch of search use cases, API calls, so that’s how we’ve gone about it. I think the biggest thing is it’s got to be really simple for whoever your champion is to explain it for budget approvals, whatever that key metric is going to be.
Peter: I think there’s a few different parts of pricing that are important and solve differently. I think there’s packaging, which is really understanding who your buyer personas are and which features and subset of your platform is applicable to which use cases, or which types of buyers, which stage of companies, etc.
That’s something that I think you can probably figure out by just talking to a few customers yourself and writing it down and thinking it through from first principles and validating that with a few customer conversations, even existing customer conversations. If you get the packaging wrong, people will think that your pricing is too expensive because they’re like “There’s a bunch of stuff here that I don’t want. It’s too expensive.” So, getting packaging right is important.
The second one is “What’s the pricing metric?” Within those plans, usually you’ll have something that escalates with usage or some proportion of it that is modulated depending on how much they’re using the product, and it could be seeds or API calls, things like that. Figuring out that metric is something that we ended up hiring Simon Kucher and later PricewaterhouseCoopers to run really crazy surveys. They have specialized teams and this costs a fortune, like multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars, but it’s not a specialty that we build in-house because it’s infrequent.
Then the third is, “What is the actual price point that you put on it?” And that’s really a question of “What’s the value and how differentiated is that value?” If you’re sufficiently differentiated from the other products in the space, then you’ll be able to charge based on value. If you’re not sufficiently differentiated, then you’ll be charged based on competition and you’ll be forced to look at it from more of a cost perspective. As long as you’re able to maintain a really differentiated position, then you can just look at value.
But I think each of those three things has different ways that you arrive at it. For us, we have always focused on charging based on the value. So even with competitors in the space today, we just hold really strong to charging on the value and end up charging sometimes three to five or even 10x more than some of the competitors. Keeping enough differentiation in the product in order to maintain that price difference is really important.
Eric: I know there’s a lot of talk among startups and venture around communities and developing communities and their role in selling. We’ve talked about self-serve, but I’m curious if your user communities are the people who end up buying more from you? Or is this a different group for some other purpose, and where are your early champions of the product? The people who are now your more lucrative customers? Any thoughts on the role community has played in your companies?
Peter: I’ll defer to Coby and Christine, we actually haven’t put a ton of effort into building a community per se.
Christine: We have a really thriving community, and honestly I think our community today are more people who want to buy but can’t yet, haven’t yet pulled out of the free tier. It’s great pull for people to keep engaged.
Coby: I think for us, it’s brand and it’s our free tier. It’s not something that we’re monetizing, but it’s people we want to be really happy and support us and help build the brand.
Eric: Great. Thank you all for entertaining my questions.
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Preferred Hotels & Resorts Welcomes 24 New Member Hotels
Preferred Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest independent hotel brand representing more than 750 hotels, resorts, and residences across 85 countries, is pleased to welcome 24 new member hotels to its global portfolio between October 1 – December 31, 2019. From a historic retreat in central Mexico to the brand’s first-ever properties in Finland and Brunei, this expansion at the end of 2019 represents Preferred’s unwavering commitment to partnering with the finest luxury hotels in every corner of the globe. Highlights of the new additions include:
Klaus K Hotel (Helsinki, Finland)
Located in Helsinki’s historic city centre, the 171-room Klaus K Hotel takes its narrative and design cues from the Finnish national epic, The Kalevala and the country's mythological creation story that the world emerged from seven eggs. The egg shape is characterised throughout the hotel, most prominently in the check-in desk design, which features a halo of antler-like artwork, and in one of the Sky Suites, which boasts an egg-shaped bed. Guests can opt for one of the Art Rooms inspired by culturally relevant local artists or indulge with a stay in The Nympheus Suite, which pays tribute to designer William Turner through its ornate décor and textiles depicting his 1915 illustration of water lilies and birds.
The Empire Brunei (Brunei Darussalam)
Set on 445 coastal acres on the South China Sea amidst tropical rainforests, The Empire Brunei - rich in Malay culture and warm Bruneian hospitality - boasts 522 exquisite accommodations, seven international restaurants, and five swimming pools. Seasoned luxury travellers will love the 16 secluded villas featuring gardens, living areas, and balconies with ocean views. Experiences include stand-up paddle boarding at the Grand Lagoon, an eight-lane bowling hall, a deluxe spa, a three-screen cinema showing box office hits, and almost two miles of private beaches. Golfers can test their handicap on the 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course at The Country Club, which offers night golf and a golf academy.
Live Aqua Urban Resort San Miguel de Allende (San Miguel de Allende, Mexico)
Situated in the cultural heart of San Miguel de Allende, one of Mexico’s most vibrant destinations and a UNESCO World Heritage site, the 153-room Live Aqua Urban Resort San Miguel de Allende has quickly garnered favour since its launch in November 2018. Thoughtful accommodation experiences include the Eve Suite created for brides and their parties and the Luna Suite Presidential with double-height ceilings and a private plunge pool, with all rooms offering vintage record players. Foodies can take advantage of five distinct culinary venues, including Zibu, which offers a unique Mex-Thai menu, and the Spice Market, which creates spicy, Southeast Asian-inspired dishes.
The Serras (Barcelona, Spain)
Nestled on the Port of Barcelona with views out to the Mediterranean, The Serras embraces the history of its surrounding Gothic Quarter neighbourhood inside and out with 28 artfully designed soundproof guestrooms and suites and a façade built in 1846 by 19th century architect Francesc Daniel Molina, famous for his work on Barcelona’s Plaça Reial, which housed one of Pablo Picasso’s first studios. Guests can take advantage of walkable access to nearby cultural landmarks including the Cathedral of Barcelona, Las Ramblas, the Basilica de Santa Maria del Mar, and golden beaches before returning to an oasis of calm and Catalan cuisine at Informal by Michelin-starred chef Marc Gascons or poolside sundowners on the rooftop at El Sueño.
The Royal Park Hotel Iconic Osaka Midosuji (Osaka, Japan)
Blending traditional Japanese charm with modern design touches, The Royal Park Hotel Iconic Osaka Midosuji launches in March 2020 in Osaka’s bustling central district. All 352 guestrooms and suites are located on the 16th floor or higher, offering unparallelled views of the surrounding cityscape. The Executive Floors are ideal for business travellers with memorable dining options that include complimentary breakfast, cocktails, and afternoon tea in the 25th floor Executive Lounge. During their stay in Japan’s food capital, the guest relations team can help visitors explore the neighbourhood scene where they can sample local favourites like okonomiyaki (savoury pancakes) and oshizushi (traditional ‘box pressed’ sushi).
Drei Mohren Hotel (Augsburg - Greater Munich Area, Germany)
Situated in one of Germany’s oldest cities, the Drei Mohren Hotel extends 132 sophisticated guestrooms and suites combining rich woods, textured fabrics, and polished floors in the bustling Maximilianstrasse, just steps from top attractions including the Goldener Saal and the Fuggerei Museum. For an exclusive dining experience, the on-property Michelin-starred restaurant Sartory – named after Augsburg’s famed 18th-century chef – is open to only 24 guests each evening and serves refined French cuisine showcasing fresh, local ingredients. For spa enthusiasts, the onsite Steinborn SPA offers more than 3,800 square feet of wellness spaces with steam bath facilities, bio sauna, Finnish sauna, and relaxation room.
Paramount Hotel Dubai (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Inspired by Old Hollywood glamour and Dubai’s innovative design aesthetic, Paramount Hotel Dubai opened its doors in November 2019 as the region’s first Paramount property. The hotel offers 823 guestrooms that present an in-room blockbuster cinema experience through vintage Hollywood artwork, movie set-inspired lighting, and high-tech entertainment systems. Movie buffs will revel in the themed suites, which pay homage to classic Paramount Pictures, including The Godfathertribute Don Corleone Suite, the diva-inspired Carole Lombard Suite, and the Great Gatsby-era Charleston Suite. Other standout facilities include a private dine-in cinema, a live entertainment stage, a chocolate lab, and a 1920s speakeasy bar.
Additional member hotels to join Preferred Hotels & Resorts from October 1 – December 31, 2019 include:
· Alma Resort (Cam Ranh, Vietnam)
· Ayana Midplaza, JAKARTA (Jakarta, Indonesia)
· De Zalze Lodge (Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa)
· Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas, Nevada, United States)
· Excelsior Belvedere Hotel & SPA (Ischia, Italy)
· H10 Villa de la Reina (Madrid, Spain)
· Hotel C Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden)
· Hyde Beach House (Hollywood, Florida, United States)
· LA Résidence Paris (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France)
· Locanda Rossa (Capalbio, Italy)
· Marina Hotel Kuwait (Salmiyia, Kuwait)
· The Fullerton Hotel Sydney (Sydney, Australia)
· The Guardsman (London, United Kingdom)
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VR boosts design of Hard Rock expansion
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The guitar-shaped tower at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., will feature luxury guest suites, a redesigned and rebuilt 6,500-seat event center and a 10-acre pool complex. Photo credit: HTC VIVE
HTC Vive’s Vive Pro HMDs and the Vive virtual-reality platform were used in the design and development of a $1.5 billion expansion of the The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. Construction firm Suffolk-Yates and creative studio Theia Interactive were able to resolve 90 percent of the construction details for the expansion in VR with Vive Pro, saving Hard Rock International money and time.
The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel is the brand’s flagship destination. The extensive expansion includes a 450-foot guitar-shaped tower—a first-of-its-kind design that will feature an additional 630 luxury guest suites, a redesigned and rebuilt 6,500-seat event center and a 10-acre pool complex complete with waterfalls and private villas.
“Vive has been and will be our go-to VR system for projects,” Stephen Phillips, chief technology officer/co-founder of Theia Interactive, said in a statement. “When doing architectural design review, our customers need to be able to reach up and touch the door frames and look under cabinets with the assurance that every inch is perfect. The benefit of highly accurate spatial tracking and full coverage is invaluable.”
With Vive Pro, precise room-scale tracking enabled the physical exploration and interaction of architectural designs in a virtual space, enabling Hard Rock and Suffolk-Yates to physically explore and interact with models and designs—from furniture to fixtures to equipment—in virtual reality with scale and accuracy, in the most realistic fashion possible.
“VR helped us get all the details just right, which is especially important for customer-facing spaces,” said Kyle Goebel, senior VDC Manager, Suffolk-Yates. “We were able to have rich, dynamic discussions about stone ledges behind the headboards, curtain mechanisms and even the color of soap in the bathrooms.”
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ASAP Rocky & Juicy J Are Back In The Studio
ASAP Rocky and Juicy J were making magic in the lab this weekend.
With "Scholarship," "Wavybone" and "Multiply" under their belts, ASAP Rocky and Juicy J have proved to be a winning team. At this point, there's no reason NOT to get back in the studio together, so they did just that this weekend, posting the evidence on Instagram in the early hours of the morning.
"@asaprocky & @juicyj =ð¥ð¥ð¥ð¥" Juicy captioned the pic of him and his star collaborator, and we can't say we disagree.
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An extraordinary Keralan house by Axel Vervoordt with grounds by Tom Stuart-Smith
The owners of this beautiful wooden house brought their favourite designers together to create the perfect family home amongst the Keralan landscape
Laziz Hamani from Axel Vervoordt: Portraits of Interiors, Flammarion / © Adagp, Paris, 2019 for Pierre Jeanneret and © Kosi Hidama
The region of Kerala where this home is located is known as the land of letters, lakes, and latex, due to its important educational and literary achievements, beautiful backwaters, and proliferation of rubber plantations. After discovering an ideal tract of land there, a young family aspired to bring their favourite designers together to create a one-of-a-kind home; a triumvirate made up of the architect Bijoy Jain, founder of Studio Mumbai, landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith, and interior designer Axel Vervoordt.
‘Before we began the project we didn’t fully understand why we were drawn to certain things. We never thought about the “why.” That’s what we learned from working with the team that actualised this house. They think so deeply about their design philosophies. We kept returning to Axel, because his work represented our desires. There is a largesse to it, but also a comfort. He creates with his heart. His rooms are beautiful, but not precious. The idea is that they will become more interesting as time passes.'
Indeed, working with Vervoordt on the interiors became an almost spiritual exercise for the young family. 'This house steadied our desire to accumulate objects.'
Excluding the private bedrooms, the property has four remarkable communal space, designed by Bijoy to allow interaction with Stuart-Smith’s landscape outside. ‘Everything works together to create a sense of wonder.’
The owners, whose families hale from Kerala, didn’t want a house that adhered to a particular era or style, stipulating instead that they wanted the space to be, ‘a response to the natural world.' Before relocating to this home, they had lived in cities like Hong Kong, Mumbai and Dubai. ‘We were completely disconnected from nature, but nature in Kerala is forceful. You learn quickly here that you have to live alongside it, and treat it with respect. In 2018, we had the worst flooding this state has experienced in one hundred years. You cannot defeat it with air conditioning, glass, steel, and materials that aren’t natural to this land. We wanted to live surrounded by nature, but we wanted to feel protected.’
‘The thing you realise in the end is that building a dream home can be a painful process that you enter wilfully. It can be slow and take far more time than you ever imagined it is going to take. It’s an intense partnership with everyone you work with — and Bijoy, Tom, Axel, and Boris were the perfect team for us. They understood that the home had to fit our family’s dreams and desires, inside and out.’
Extracted from Axel Vervoordt: Portraits of Interiors (Flammarion, 2019) by Axel Vervoordt, text by Michael James Gardner, foreword by Boris Vervoordt, and photography by Laziz Hamani.
The family’s sitting room is open to the elements and faces the reservoir. Copper mesh screens with wooden frames keep insects out. In the foreground, a pair of 1960s Børge Mogensen chairs in oak and saddle leather. The sofa, armchairs, and walnut coffee table are made in the company’s workshop. On the back wall is Sadaharu Horio’s untitled painting on folded Echizen Washi paper (2015).
Laziz Hamani from Axel Vervoordt: Portraits of Interiors, Flammarion / © Adagp, Paris, 2019 for Pierre Jeanneret and © Sadaharu Horio and © Børge Mogensen
Pierre Jeanneret’s 1950s teak and cane V-leg armchair is at the head of the long dining table made in the company’s workshop with an antique elm top and oak base. Axel’s Artempo cupboard is created in a double- cube proportion from old chestnut planks. “We wanted every detail to express an atmosphere as if the family has always lived here,” says Axel.
Laziz Hamani from Axel Vervoordt: Portraits of Interiors, Flammarion / © Adagp, Paris, 2019 for Pierre Jeanneret
Afternoon light in a sitting room entrance in front of an open, inner courtyard. At right, a Jeanneret chair. At left, a 1930s Scandinavian canvas and leather lounge chair. On the Artempo wooden cubes are ceramics mounted as lamps by Kosi Hidama. “The tones of white respect Vedic, or Maharishi Vastu, principles and uses of color,” explains Boris. “The room is east-facing, so the morning is about a fresh start, where one meditates for the beginning of a new day.”
“Studio Mumbai takes great care when connecting traditional building techniques with technology,” Boris notes. “Here, the light switches are integrated into the wood.” Steps leading to the family’s bedrooms are made with reclaimed wood. Axel’s Artempo pieces are never made to measure because they rely on the characteristics of the material. For Axel, “It’s about accepting the influence of nature and time.”
Laziz Hamani from Axel Vervoordt: Portraits of Interiors, Flammarion
The kitchen design—built using solid granite posts and reclaimed teak—was important to this family of food lovers and avid cooks. For Axel, “This home represents serenity, quietness, strength, luxury, and comfort— everything coming together in a humble, approachable way.”
The ceiling is made from reclaimed teak and the black concrete floor feels soft underfoot. Lime plaster walls are made with local artisans. A Jeanneret chair is paired with a late eighteenth-century rectangular wine table. “Bijoy Jain’s practice is built on function and sensibility. There’s great knowledge about volumes and craft,” Boris explains. “Our collaboration worked to give the spaces a sense of scale and make them liveable.”
In the inner courtyards, chains act as a gutter system to guide the rain from the roof to the ground; here, the links cast a delicate shadow.
The family’s nineteenth-century Bhuta statue in wood originates from Tulu Nadu in coastal Karnataka.
The study has an original 1950s desk and chair designed by Pierre Jeanneret for Chandigarh, India. The bookcases are designed by the Vervoordt team in collaboration with Studio Mumbai. “The light, orientation, use, and colours of each room are important in expressing Vedic principles,” Boris explains. “Working with Bijoy was a great lesson in simplifying design elements and coming to the essence of what each space needs to do.”
In Kerala, there’s no negotiation with nature. Tom Stuart-Smith’s garden design arose from studying water features in local temples together with architect Bijoy Jain and the owners.
A view, from one of the guest suites, of the open-air light well designed by Studio Mumbai.
A view of the pool house’s respectful architecture, which has an opening in the roof to accommodate the growing tree.
Living within nature is a key facet of life; “Knowledge and education amongst the locals about plants and trees is remarkable,” Tom explains. “Everyone you meet is a gardener of some sort. Once the basic garden plan was ready, we worked closely with Bijoy and the owners for concepts around the building.”
“The river behind the house is very beautiful. It sounds paradoxical as water comes to the property from everywhere,” says Tom, “but our solution was to create a body of water in front of the home to allow for changing levels and to help the right plants grow sustainably.”
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James A. Harley, J. Elisabeth Wells, Christopher M. A. Frampton, Peter R. Joyce, "Bipolar Disorder and the TCI: Higher Self-Transcendence in Bipolar Disorder Compared to Major Depression", Depression Research and Treatment, vol. 2011, Article ID 529638, 6 pages, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/529638
Bipolar Disorder and the TCI: Higher Self-Transcendence in Bipolar Disorder Compared to Major Depression
James A. Harley,1,2 J. Elisabeth Wells,3 Christopher M. A. Frampton,1 and Peter R. Joyce1
1Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago Christchurch, P.O. Box 4345, Christchurch Mail Centre, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
2Department of Pathology, University of Otago Christchurch, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
3Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Otago, Christchurch, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
Academic Editor: Fossati Andrea
Received15 Feb 2011
Accepted26 Apr 2011
Published18 Jul 2011
Personality traits are potential endophenotypes for genetic studies of psychiatric disorders. One personality theory which demonstrates strong heritability is Cloninger's psychobiological model measured using the temperament and character inventory (TCI). 277 individuals who completed the TCI questionnaire as part of the South Island Bipolar Study were also interviewed to assess for lifetime psychiatric diagnoses. Four groups were compared, bipolar disorder (BP), type 1 and 2, MDD (major depressive disorder), and nonaffected relatives of a proband with BP. With correction for mood state, total harm avoidance (HA) was higher than unaffected in both MDD and BP groups, but the mood disorder groups did not differ from each other. However, BP1 individuals had higher self-transcendence (ST) than those with MDD and unaffected relatives. HA may reflect a trait marker of mood disorders whereas high ST may be specific to BP. As ST is heritable, genes that affect ST may be of relevance for vulnerability to BP.
An individual’s personality develops early, is stable, and has a strong heritable component. Personality traits have been implicated as factors which influence the predisposition to bipolar disorder and may help to distinguish between major depressive disorder (MDD), bipolar disorder (BP1) and bipolar disorder with hypomania, bipolar type 2 (BP2). Personality traits are also being considered as potential useful endophenotypes for the investigation of the genetic basis of complex mental disorders [1]. The adequate description of personality in bipolar disorder is required to identify profiles and traits that may be useful to enhance the understanding of bipolar disorder.
The Temperament and character inventory revised (TCI-R) is a 240-item 5-point Likert scale self-administered questionnaire which assesses personality following Cloninger’s psychobiological model [2]. This model assesses personality in seven dimensions, four temperament scales: novelty seeking (NS), harm avoidance (HA), reward dependence (RD) and persistence (PS), and three character scales: self-directedness (SD), cooperativeness (CO), and self-transcendence (ST). All of the scales reflect total scores of either four or five subscales (Table 1).
Bipolar I
( ) Bipolar II
( ) Major depressive disorder
( ) Unaffected relatives
( ) -statistic value Post hoc analysis
(Tukey)
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Novelty-seeking 18.78 6.66 20.30 6.09 17.98 8.47 17.37 5.73 2.28 .085
Harm-avoidance 18.78 8.57 17.12 8.52 15.98 6.84 11.91 6.38 11.79 <.001 BP 1, BP 2, MDD > unaffected
Reward-dependence 23.37 6.40 22.61 5.49 23.30 7.13 22.43 5.74 0.42 .742
Persistence 22.75 10.50 26.58 11.04 24.37 13.34 26.06 8.65 1.84 .146
Self-directedness 31.13 8.51 30.52 10.91 35.08 10.82 37.34 6.11 10.26 <.001 MDD, unaffected > BP 1, BP 2
Cooperativeness 33.88 6.89 34.33 6.36 35.87 4.22 35.57 5.92 1.94 .131
Self-transcendence 22.43 12.30 18.79 9.45 17.54 11.15 15.39 10.99 4.04 .01 BP 1 > MDD, unaffected
Subscales
HA1 (anticipatory worry versus uninhibited optimism) 5.00 2.90 5.18 3.08 4.23 2.38 3.03 2.30 8.87 <.001 BP 1, BP 2, MDD > unaffected
HA1 (fear of uncertainty versus confidence) 4.73 1.64 3.82 1.98 4.26 1.82 3.55 1.79 6.25 .001 BP 1, MDD > unaffected
HA3 (shyness with strangers versus gregariousness) 4.13 2.75 3.97 2.86 3.97 2.61 3.14 2.25 2.43 .071
HA4 (fatigability and asthenia versus vigour) 4.92 3.02 4.15 2.94 3.53 2.32 2.18 1.94 17.94 <.001 BP 1, BP 2, MDD > unaffected BP 1 > MDD
SD1 (responsibility versus blaming) 5.92 2.16 5.55 2.66 6.65 1.66 6.93 1.54 4.99 .003 unaffected > BP 1, BP 2; MDD > BP 1
SD2 (purposefulness versus lack-of-goal direction) 5.25 2.11 5.15 2.09 6.05 1.81 6.30 1.59 5.45 .002 Unaffected > BP 1, BP 2; MDD > BP 1
SD3 (resourcefulness) 3.10 1.70 3.45 1.54 3.86 1.22 4.43 0.94 14.05 <.001 Unaffected > BP 1, BP 2, MDD; MDD > BP 1
SD4 (self-acceptance versus self-striving) 7.97 2.65 7.48 3.28 8.62 2.47 9.06 2.13 3.78 .014 Unaffected > BP 1, BP 2
SD5 (congruent second nature) 8.90 2.92 8.88 3.30 9.91 1.93 10.63 1.76 7.59 <.001 Unaffected > BP 1, BP 2
ST1 (self-forgetfulness versus self-conscious experience) 4.05 2.46 3.88 2.62 2.96 2.38 2.11 1.72 10.63 <.001 BP 1 > MDD, unaffected; BP 2 > unaffected
ST2 (transpersonal identification versus self-isolation) 2.38 2.11 1.79 2.09 1.73 1.81 1.54 1.59 1.82 .15
ST3 (spiritual acceptance versus rational materialism) 5.87 3.57 5.06 2.83 4.49 3.30 4.28 2.82 3.31 .024 BP 1 > MDD, unaffected
ST4 (enlightened versus Objective) 4.95 4.07 4.06 3.47 4.23 4.37 3.56 4.15 1.29 .285
ST5 (idealistic versus practical) 5.18 2.45 4.00 2.44 4.12 2.62 3.90 2.81 2.84 .043 BP 1 > MDD, unaffected
Beck depression inventory 10.90 9.83 9.79 9.48 6.91 8.64 2.99 3.68 13.82 <.001 BP 1 > MDD, unaffected; BP 2, MDD > unaffected
TCI scales by compared diagnostic group.
In this study, we applied the TCI-R to a sample of bipolar disorder patients and their relatives with the objective of highlighting differences between diagnostic groups for future investigation. As self-reported personality traits may be affected by current mood state, we were also interested in personality differences between diagnostic groups when the effect of current self-reported mood was taken into consideration.
2. Methods
Bipolar probands and their family members were recruited in Christchurch, New Zealand as part of the South Island Bipolar Study [3–5] and interviewed using the Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies (DIGS) [6, 7]. All participants also completed the revised 240-item temperament and character inventory (TCI-R) self-report questionnaire [8]. Probands and relatives were not required to be euthymic when completing the TCI, and the beck depression inventory (BDI) [9] was used to assess mood state at the time of questionnaire completion.
Two hundred and seventy-seven individuals comprising 65 bipolar probands (50 BP1 and 15 BP2), 134 first-degree relatives, 70 other blood relatives and 8 spouses were assessed using the DIGS, which resulted in four diagnostic categories, BP1 ( , 55% female), BP2 ( , 52% female), MDD ( , 69% female) and unaffected relatives ( , 49% female). Individuals with diagnoses of bipolar disorder and depression not otherwise specified were excluded from analyses. Groups were compared using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Tukey post hoc analysis. TCI scales significantly different in the ANOVA analyses were corrected for current mood state by including BDI score as a covariate in a univariate analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). As the participants of this study are related, the influence of family clustering was corrected for by including family identification number during sample preparation as a cluster using complex sample preparation with replacement sampling. As this study was explorative, no correction for multiple testing was applied. All statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS version 13 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Ill, USA). With and power of 80% and ignoring the possible design effect from clustering, the detectable alternative for comparison of the two smallest groups (33 and 65) was 0.6 sd between the means whereas for comparison of the two largest groups (87 and 95) it was 0.4 sd [10].
The mean values and standard deviations of the TCI scales of the four diagnostic groups are presented in Table 1. Of the seven scales, harm avoidance, self-directedness and self-transcendence were significantly different between diagnostic groups. Post hoc analyses revealed that BP1, BP2 and MDD had higher harm avoidance. Both bipolar groups had lower self-directedness than the unaffected relatives and BP1 had higher self-transcendence than MDD or unaffected relatives.
When the subscales were dissected, significant differences were observed for: HA1 (anticipatory worry versus uninhibited optimism), HA2 (fear of uncertainty), HA4 (fatigability and asthenia versus vigour), SD1 (responsibility versus blaming), SD2 (purposefulness versus lack-of-goal directedness), SD3 (resourcefulness), SD4 (self-acceptance versus self-striving), SD5 (enlightened second nature), ST1 (self-forgetfulness versus self-conscious experience), ST3 (spiritual acceptance versus rational materialism), and ST5 (idealistic versus practical). The Tukey post hoc analyses of these subscales are presented in Table 1.
In addition to differing in personality, the four groups demonstrated significant differences in depressive mood state at the time of assessment. The total BDI scores for the three mood disorder groups were all higher than the unaffected relatives, and the BP1 group scored higher than MDD group. As differences in personality could potentially be due to current mood-state [11, 12], an ANCOVA was conducted for each of the TCI items which displayed a significant difference between the groups. The TCI scale was the dependent variable and mood diagnosis was the fixed variable. Total BDI score was included in the model as a covariate. Results of these analyses are presented in Table 2.
( ) -statistic value
Adjusted mean SE Adjusted mean SE Adjusted mean SE Adjusted mean SE
Harm Avoidance 16.99 0.88 15.82 1.23 15.97 0.64 13.65 0.63 3.52 .019
HA1 (anticipatory worry versus uninhibited optimism) 4.44 0.31 4.77 0.41 4.22 0.24 3.58 0.23 2.76 .047
HA2 (fear of uncertainty versus confidence) 4.49 0.20 3.64 0.33 4.26 0.18 3.79 0.19 3.05 .033
HA4 (fatigability and asthenia versus vigour) 4.33 0.34 3.73 0.46 3.52 0.20 2.75 0.2 5.89 .001
Self Directedness 33.47 0.88 32.21 1.37 35.10 0.54 35.07 0.68 1.57 .2
SD1 (responsibility versus blaming) 6.47 0.21 5.95 0.33 6.65 0.13 6.39 0.18 1.89 .14
SD2 (purposefulness versus lack-of-goal direction) 5.74 0.24 5.50 0.28 6.05 0.17 5.83 0.17 0.97 .41
SD3 (resourcefulness) 3.43 0.20 3.69 0.20 3.86 0.11 4.10 0.1 3.26 .026
SD4 (self-acceptance versus self-striving) 8.33 0.34 7.75 0.53 8.62 0.25 8.70 0.25 0.9 .44
SD5 (congruent second nature) 9.50 0.33 9.31 0.42 9.91 0.16 10.05 0.21 1.05 .37
Self Transcendence 22.13 1.55 18.57 1.69 17.53 1.13 15.69 1.24 3.12 .03
ST1 (self-forgetfulness versus self-conscious experience) 3.82 0.30 3.72 0.45 2.96 0.23 2.33 0.2 5.77 .001
ST3 (spiritual acceptance versus rational materialism) 5.84 0.45 5.04 0.51 4.49 0.34 4.30 0.32 2.93 .038
ST5 (idealistic versus practical) 5.08 0.32 3.92 0.43 4.12 0.26 4.00 0.3 2.26 .088
Adjusted means of TCI scales and subscales found to be significant in original ANOVA corrected for mood at time of completing TCI questionnaire using total BDI score as a covariate.
After correction for self-reported depression, all the mood disorder groups had higher HA than the unaffected relatives. In contrast, only BP1 subjects had higher ST than MDD and controls. Among the subscales, three HA subscales, two ST subscales, and SD3 remained different between diagnostic groups.
In this investigation of personality in a sample of individuals with bipolar disorder and their relatives we have shown differences in personality profiles between diagnostic groups. All groups with mood disorder had higher HA than unaffected relatives. ST was higher only in those with bipolar disorder. Initially SD appeared to be different between bipolar disorder and other groups, but correction for current mood state rendered the difference insignificant.
High HA has often been reported in bipolar disorder [13–20]. Our analysis shows both BP and MDD to be more harm avoidant than nonaffected relatives, further establishing high HA as a characteristic of susceptibility to mood disorder, and not unique to either MDD or BP. High HA or high neuroticism has consistently been linked to depression; however, this vulnerability likely includes bipolar as well as unipolar depression.
Differences on other scales found by other authors have not been replicated. Janowsky et al. reported greater NS in bipolar patients compared with patients with unipolar depression [15]. In our investigation, a trend to higher novelty seeking in the BP2 group was observed, but no significant difference was found. Using an earlier version of the TCI with nonexpanded persistence dimension, Osher et al. reported lower persistence in bipolar disorder [14, 21]. In our study three persistence subscales were lower in bipolar, however correction for BDI eliminated all but PS4 (perfectionist versus pragmatist), where the BP2 group was greater than the MDD group but no different from BP1 or the nonaffected relatives. Our results do not support the suggestion that low persistence is a temperamental marker of bipolarity.
The ST dimension of personality is associated with spirituality and a high score is considered to be an adaptive personality trait, when combined with high SD and CO. When high ST is not found with high SD and CO, Cloninger suggests that a schizotypal personality type emerges [8]. Our findings of higher ST in the BP1 group compared with unaffected relatives or those with a lifetime diagnosis of MDD suggests that BP1 patients experience more otherworldly experience. Higher ST scores in bipolar patients have been reported elsewhere compared with unaffected controls [18, 20] and MDD [17]. It appears that the high HA predisposes towards mood disorder and high ST, which is associated with schizotypy [22], contributes a second hit towards the expression of a bipolar phenotype. The ST scores of the BP2 group were not statistically different from the other diagnostic groups but were intermediate. Given the small numbers of BP2 subjects, further research on ST in BP2 is indicated.
High ST has been associated with polymorphisms in three genes, vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2), [23], the serotonin receptor 1A (HTR1A) [24], and glycogen synthase kinase 3beta (GSK3B). Recently, two risk haplotypes within the VMAT2 gene have been identified for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia in a Spanish cohort [25]. Possession of the T-A-G haplotype at markers rs363420-rs363343-rs363272 conferred a relative risk of 4.4, and the C-C-A conferred a relative risk of 1.8 for bipolar disorder versus controls. A polymophism (-50T/C) in the promoter of glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3B), associated with age of onset and lithium response in an Italian bipolar cohort, is associated with the ST subscale ST2 (transpersonal identification). Participants homozygous for the rare C allele were significantly higher than those with the TT and CT genotypes [26].
Differences in serotonin receptor 1A density measured by positron emission tomography (PET) have also been associated with ST, especially the subscale spiritual acceptance [27]. Another PET study using the VMAT2 specific ligand (+)-α-[11C] dihydrotetrabenzine found brain stem binding to be higher in bipolar disorder and schizophrenic patients compared to controls. Greater VMAT2 binding was observed in the thalamus of the bipolar patients compared with both schizophrenic and control groups [28]. Future investigation into the mechanisms of these two genes and their associations with bipolar disorder and self-transcendence is warranted.
High harm avoidance and neuroticism personality traits have been well established in unipolar depression. This analysis suggests that high harm avoidance increases disposition to mood disorder, with other modifying factors, genetic and otherwise, may allow the bipolar phenotype to be expressed. This data could be seen as consistent with the findings of McGuffin et al. who demonstrated the independent inheritance of depression and mania in a twin study [28]. The independence may arise from risk genes for high harm avoidance predisposing to mood disorders in general interacting with risk genes for high self-transcendence to increasing vulnerability to a bipolar mood disorder phenotype.
This is one of the larger studies to have used the TCI to compare the personality traits of individuals with bipolar disorder, with major depression, and with no mood disorder. Larger sample size increases the power of detecting true differences. Furthermore the inclusion of a comparison between BP and MDD allows the dissection of the relevance of personality to bipolarity and to mood disorders in general.
The correction of our data for current mood state is important [12]. The inclusion of BDI in the analysis enables us to infer with more certainty that the differences of personality are important in the context of the diagnostic grouping rather than how differences in current level of depression influence personality. The TCI-R is the most current and complete version available, including persistence subscales and two additional ST subscales.
In this investigation of the personality of bipolar disorder probands and their relatives, we have identified differences in the personality dimensions of HA and ST. High HA reflecting tendency to mood disorder and high self-transcendence appears to be specific to bipolar disorder. For future studies of the genetics of bipolar disorder, high ST may be of interest as an endophenotype, and equally genes that influence ST could be considered candidate genes for bipolarity.
This study was funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand. The authors would like to acknowledge the interviewers and participants who made this investigation possible. The authors thank Andrea Bartram for data management and Dr. Kit Doudney for proofreading this paper.
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A joint commitment to provide professional training to local musical talent with support from The Swire Group Charitable Trust
Meggy Cheng
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Flora Fung
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[12 Jan 2021, Hong Kong] Today, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) and The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) jointly announced the launch of “The Orchestra Academy Hong Kong” (The Orchestra Academy). The Orchestra Academy will be the first joint programme co-directed by the HK Phil and the School of Music of HKAPA, funded by “TrustTomorrow” of The Swire Group Charitable Trust (Swire Trust) with a promising sponsorship of approximately HK$9 millionover a 3-year period. The programme, consisting of two schemes namely Fellowship Programme and Young Pro Platform, aims at enhancing professional training for distinguished graduates from HKAPA’s School of Music and facilitating their career development in the orchestral field. Those who are admitted to The Orchestra Academy will contribute their talents to servicing the community through volunteering opportunities.
Swire has been the Principal Patron of the HK Phil since 2006, and 2020 marks Swire’s 150th anniversary in Hong Kong. Ms Tina Chan, Group Head of Philanthropy for John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Ltd, said, “It has always been our long-term vision to motivate positive change in the areas of Arts, Education and Marine Conservation. By supporting this joint programme, we hope that The Orchestra Academy could equip our home-grown musicians to take up leading roles in professional orchestras, enabling them to play a part in showcasing their music talents to the world.”
The Fellowship Programme aims to offer up to six Fellows (aged 30 or under) to undergo an intensive orchestral training with the HK Phil through each season, normally from September to July. The Programme allocates 70% of time on rehearsals and performances with the HK Phil. They will be exposed to the professional environment of an orchestra through working and interacting with world-class conductors and renowned soloists. Mr Benedikt Fohr, Chief Executive of the HK Phil said, “The partnership with HKAPA has been long and committed, we have been offering exclusive masterclasses and side-by-side rehearsals with our Music Director Jaap van Zweden and our musicians to HKAPA students. Thanks to the funding from our Principal Patron the Swire Group, The Orchestra Academy is a stepped up promise between the two institutions to offer our local talents a structured professional training.” Through the Fellowship Programme, Fellows will learn about the expectations and protocol of a professional orchestra, and perform a wide range of symphonic repertoire. The remaining 30% training of the programme includes masterclasses, workshops and a mentorship scheme. A monthly stipend will be given during the season.
The Young Pro Platform sees HKAPA graduates audition to join Philharmonia APA (PAPA) for a versatile season-long programme of two full ensemble concerts and a series of chamber concerts. PAPA is an orchestral ensemble comprising 20-25 players formed by HKAPA music alumni in 2017. The intimate size encourages the engagement of each member from curating concert programmes to committing to high-calibre performances. Selected players from the Young Pro Platform will join the HK Phil for educational and community projects.
“Being a flagship project in the arts industry, HKAPA and The HK Phil share a commitment in promoting artistic excellence, especially for home grown talent. We sincerely thank Swire for realising this long-awaited project. By expanding our collaboration, we believe that The Orchestra Academy will exert wider influence over Hong Kong’s arts development,” said Professor Sharon Choa, Dean of Music of HKAPA.
In addition to the two core schemes, The Orchestra Academy will benefit current HKAPA students by offering orchestral workshops for its own in-house symphony orchestra under the baton of HK Phil Music Director Jaap van Zweden, who recalled, “I started my career as the Concertmaster of The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra when I was 19. Being part of a professional orchestra helped establish my musicianship and artistry, and it led to my subsequent conducting career. The HK Phil and HKAPA, with support from Swire, are committed to making The Orchestra Academy a successful training ground for our own musicians in Hong Kong, enabling them to shine and flourish, no matter where their career takes them in the future.”
The Orchestra Academy Hong Kong now opens applications for the 2021/22 season. For audition information and application, please visit toa.org.hk. For enquiries, please email info@toa.org.hk.
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Tina Chan, Group Head of Philanthropy for John Swire
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Professor Sharon Choa, Dean of Music of The Hong Kong
Academy for Performing Arts
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Benedikt Fohr, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong
Philharmonic Orchestra
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Jaap van Zweden, SBS, Music Director of the Hong Kong
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Jaap van Zweden and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden and Academy Symphony Orchestra
Photo Credit: David Ho / HKAPA Philharmonia APA
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Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) is recognised as Asia’s foremost classical orchestra, attracting more than 200,000 music lovers every year by presenting more than 150 concerts. In 2019, the HK Phil received the prestigious Gramophone Orchestra of the Year Award – the first orchestra in Asia to receive this distinction. Maestro Jaap van Zweden has been the orchestra’s Music Director since the 2012/13 concert season and will continue to hold the position through to the end of the 2023/24 season; he is also Music Director of the New York Philharmonic. Maestro Yu Long is the HK Phil’s Principal Guest Conductor. Lio Kuokman has been appointed as Resident Conductor, effective 1 December 2020 and covering the 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons. It is the orchestra’s mission to share its finest music-making in a more accessible way with people everywhere, not just in designated venues. In 2020, the HK Phil has produced a number of online programmes that allow us to reach out to a wider audience through recording, streaming and publishing on our website and social media platforms. New collaborations were made with the Hong Kong Tourism Board, JOYCE, 3 Hong Kong, Now TV and Tsz Shan Monastery to cultivate new audiences.
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The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA), established by The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Ordinance in 1984, is a leading tertiary institution in the performing arts in Asia. It provides professional undergraduate education and practice-based postgraduate studies. The study encompasses Chinese Opera, Dance, Drama, Film and Television, Music, and Theatre and Entertainment Arts. Its educational philosophy reflects the cultural diversity of Hong Kong with emphasis on Chinese and Western traditions, and interdisciplinary learning. The Academy awards master's degree, bachelor honours degree, advanced diploma, diploma and certificate programmes that are accredited by the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications. Besides the main campus in Wanchai, Béthanie, the site of the Academy’s Landmark Heritage Campus in Pokfulam, has housed training facilities for the School of Film and Television since 2006. In the QS World University Rankings announced in 2020, the Academy is ranked the 1st in Asia and the 7th in the world in the Performing Arts category.
For more information, please visit hkapa.edu.
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Philharmonia APA (PAPA) is an orchestral ensemble made up of a group of young professionals graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. The formation of PAPA is inspired by the distinguished achievements of three decades of music graduates. In HKAPA’s 37th year, PAPA envisions to elaborate the passion of music-making and commitment to excellence shared by the academy-trained musicians. PAPA also continues to serve the Hong Kong community by contributing to its arts scene.
The intimate ensemble size (circa 20 players) of PAPA reinforces a strong and unique collaboration musically and interpersonally. From programming to performing, PAPA highly values each member’s creativity and contribution. By incorporating multidisciplinary elements and exploring state-of-the-art concert designs, PAPA is keen on bringing unconventional concert experience to audiences.
Since its inception in 2017, PAPA has been invited to perform on local and international stages. Highlighted performances include GENK and Friends (2019), opening concert of Hong Kong Generation Next Arts (2019), Hong Kong–Vienna Music Festival in Vienna (2017, 2018) and the concerti concerts in Altamira Hong Kong International Guitar Symposium and Competition (2017, 2018).
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DePuy Artificial Hip Replacement Systems Recalled Over Defects - Info from Virginia Personal Injury Lawyers
Have you gone through the stress of hip replacement surgery and it turned out that the artificial joint has failed to fit properly or the procedure left you experiencing more pain or lack of immobility than before the operation? Approximately 93,000 patients have potentially been harmed by the defective DePuy ASR hip replacement device. You may have already gotten the bad news from your doctor about the need to be screened for possible follow-up surgery.
DePuy Orthopaedics Inc., a division of the global Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturer, issued a voluntary worldwide product recall of its metal-on-metal hip implant products.
Studies have shown that the DePuy ASR hip replacement product has a high failure rate: approximately 1 out of every 8 patients has to go through the physical and mental hardship of corrective hip surgery within as soon as five years. The failure rate is about twice the medical device industry average.
DePuy has admitted that there are problems with the DePuy hip replacement device, including a "loosening" or "misalignment" of the implant, infection, bone fracture around the implant, dislocation of the artificial implant's ball and socket, metal sensitivity, and.or pain. DePuy has been criticicized for not pulling the ASR products off the market sooner.
The specific products in the recall are the ASR XL Acetabular System (a hip socket used in total hip replacements) and the DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System (a partial, bone-preserving hip replacement method that involves placing a metal cap on the ball of the femur).
The Acetabular System is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration but the Resurfacing System has not received FDA approval although it has been used overseas. The FDA also recently told DePuy to stop selling two other hip replacement devices that have yet to be approved by the government.
In an article about the the failed DePuy hip replacements, Arthritis Today cautions that defective hip replacements, which of course should be done right the first time, can pose serious health issues:
"Most people who replace a hip or knee can expect their new implants to last for the rest of their lives. But in some cases, usually because of loosening, when the components detach from the bone, infection or dislocation, implants have to be removed and replaced in a revision surgery. Revisions are more complicated and costly than primary joint replacements because surgeons have less bone and more scar tissue to work with. Signs that the implant may be failing include pain and difficulty walking."
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Systemic skin whitening/lightening agents: What is the evidence?
Munisamy Malathi, Devinder M Thappa
November-December 2013, 79(6):842-846
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Granulomatous cheilitis with granulomatous vulvitis: A rare association
Srinath M Kambil, Ramesh M Bhat, Sukumar Dandakeri, Nelee Bisen
Granulomatous cheilitis and granulomatous vulvitis are rare disorders characterized by painless swelling of lips and vulva, respectively. Histopathology of both conditions show non-caseating epithelioid cell granulomas in the dermis. Both disorders have been associated with Crohn's disease rarely. Occurrence of the two conditions in the same patient is extremely infrequent. We hereby report, the association of granulomatous cheilitis with granulomatous vulvitis in a 30-year-old female.
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New insights in the pathogenesis of type 1 and type 2 lepra reaction
Deepika Pandhi, Namrata Chhabra
In the current scenario of leprosy elimination, lepra reactions (LRs) remain a major persistent problem. Type 1 LR (T1LR) and type 2 LR (T2LR) are the major causes of nerve damage and permanent disabilities. The immunopathogenesis of LR have recently become an important field of research, since it may provide the relevant targets for the early detection and control of these episodes. Presently, there are no uniformly acceptable laboratory markers for LR. Genetic and serum markers in human host may predict susceptibility to reactions as well as progression of nerve damage in leprosy. Therefore, a deeper understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in LR may provide a rational strategy for early diagnosis and prevention of the catastrophic consequences of LR.
Acitretin in dermatology
Rashmi Sarkar, Shikha Chugh, Vijay K Garg
Acitretin, a synthetic retinoid has gradually replaced etretinate in today's dermatologic practice because of its more favorable pharmacokinetics. Acitretin over the past 20 years has proven useful in a number of difficult-to-treat hyperkeratotic and inflammatory dermatoses and nonmelanoma skin cancers. It is effective both as monotherapy and in combination with other drugs for hyperkeratotic disorders. It is considered to be an established second line treatment for psoriasis and exerts its effect mainly due to its antikeratinizing, antiinflammatory, and antiproliferative effect. Its antineoplastic properties make it a useful agent for cancer prophylaxis. Evidence-based efficacy, side-effect profile, and approach to the use of acitretin would be discussed in this review. In addition to its approved uses, the various off label uses will also be highlighted in this section. Since its use is limited by its teratogenic potential and other adverse effects, including mucocutaneous effects and hepatotoxicity, this review would summarize the contraindications and precautions to be exercised before prescribing acitretin.
The role of vitamin D in melanogenesis with an emphasis on vitiligo
Khalid AlGhamdi, Ashok Kumar, Noura Moussa
Vitiligo is a common pigmentary disorder caused by the destruction of functional melanocytes. Vitamin D is an essential hormone synthesized in the skin and is responsible for skin pigmentation. Low levels of vitamin D have been observed in vitiligo patients and in patients with other autoimmune diseases. Therefore, the relationship between vitamin D and vitiligo needs to be investigated more thoroughly. We reviewed the literature to date regarding the role of vitamin D in skin pigmentation. Our review revealed that vitamin D deficiency has been identified in many conditions, including premature and dysmature birth, pigmented skin, obesity, advanced age, and malabsorption. Vitamin D increases melanogenesis and the tyrosinase content of cultured human melanocytes by its antiapoptotic effect. However, a few growth-inhibitory effects on melanocytes were also reported. Vitamin D regulates calcium and bone metabolism, controls cell proliferation and differentiation, and exerts immunoregulatory activities. Vitamin D exerts its effect via a nuclear hormone receptor for vitamin D. The topical application of vitamin D increased the number of L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine-positive melanocytes. The topical application of vitamin D yields significant results when used in combination with phototherapy and ultraviolet exposure to treat vitiligo in humans. Vitamin D decreases the expression of various cytokines that cause vitiligo. In conclusion, application of vitamin D might help in preventing destruction of melanocytes thus causing vitiligo and other autoimmune disorders. The association between low vitamin D levels and the occurrence of vitiligo and other forms of autoimmunity is to be further evaluated.
Dermoscopic criteria for differentiating exogenous ochronosis from melasma
Niti Khunger, Rajat Kandhari
Patch testing in cutaneous adverse drug reactions: Methodology, interpretation, and clinical relevance
Vikram K Mahajan, Sanjiv Handa
Argyria an unrecognized cause of cutaneous pigmentation in Indian patients: A case series and review of the literature
Asha Kubba, Raj Kubba, Meenakshi Batrani, Tanvi Pal
Argyria is an uncommon grey-blue pigmentation of skin and mucous membranes caused by prolonged silver exposure. The impetus behind this review is our experience with cases of generalized argyria resulting from a uniquely Indian socio-cultural practice and belief that it is under reported. Our objective is to increase the awareness for this esoteric entity through a review of the pertinent literature and to highlight clinical and histological features using our four well worked-up cases as examples.
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Familial congenital generalized hypertrichosis
Neerja Goel, Shalini Rajaram, Bindiya Gupta, Kanika Gupta
Clinical characteristics of adult-onset actinic prurigo in Asians: A case series
Khor Jia Ker, Wei Sheng Chong, Colin Thiam Seng Theng
Background: Actinic prurigo (AP) is a chronic, pruritic skin condition caused by an abnormal reaction to sunlight. Aims: The aim of this study is to determine the clinical characteristics of AP in patients attending the National Skin Centre, Singapore, from 1 st January 1999 to 30 th June 2008. Methods: Cases of AP diagnosed from 1 st January 1999 to 30 th June 2008 were retrieved from the center's electronic medical records and analyzed. Results: A total of 11 patients were diagnosed with AP. The mean age at diagnosis was 52 years. There were 9 (82%) Chinese and 2 (18%) Malay patients. Nine (82%) were male and 2 (18%) were female. The most commonly affected areas were the face, forearms, and hands (72%). Phototesting showed reduced minimal erythema dose (MED) to ultraviolet A (UVA) in 5 (46%) patients, both UVA and ultraviolet B (UVB) in 4 (36%) patients and UVB in 1 (9%) patient. Seven (64%) patients reported partial improvement after treatment with a combination of topical corticosteroids and sunscreens. Four (36%) patients received systemic therapy with partial response. Conclusion: Adult-onset AP is more common in the Asian population, with a male predominance. The face, forearms, and hands are the most commonly affected areas. The absence of mucosal involvement is also a distinguishing feature between the Asian and Caucasian population. Close to half of the patients have reduced MED to UVA on phototesting. The prognosis for AP is poor as it tends to run a chronic course with suboptimal response to treatment.
Follicular Dowling Degos disease: A rare variant of an evolving dermatosis
Saurabh Singh, Sujay Khandpur, Parul Verma, Manoj Singh
Dowling Degos disease is a rare, reticulate pigmentary disorder with variable phenotypic expression that manifests as hyperpigmented macules and reticulate pigmentary anomaly of the flexures. Many variants of this condition and its overlap with other reticulate pigmentary disorders have been reported in the literature. We present here two cases of DDD with follicular localization, both clinically and histologically. It was associated with ichthyosis vulgaris in one case. Follicular DDD is an uncommon variant of this evolving dermatosis. Our report supports the possible role for disordered follicular keratinisation in its pathogenesis.
A simple and cost-effective device for mobile dermoscopy
Feroze Kaliyadan, KT Ashique
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Erythematous indurated plaque lesions on the breast
Bilge Bülbül Sen, Emine Nur Rifaioğlu, Özlem Ekiz, Tümay Özgür, Seçkin Akküçük, Mehmet Uğur İnan, Asena Çiğdem Doğramacı
Syndromic management in the control of sexually transmitted infections: Time for a relook
Sumit Sen
Ichthyosiform sarcoidosis revisited
Udas Chandra Ghosh, Sudip Kumar Ghosh, Kaushik Hazra, Asish Mondal
Cutaneous manifestations of sarcoidosis are present in approximately one-third of the cases. Ichthyosiform lesion is one of the extremely rare cutaneous manifestations of sarcoidosis. It is a uncommon, but specific cutaneous manifestation of sarcoidosis that may precede or appear simultaneously with the diagnosis of systemic sarcoidosis. Approximately 20 cases of ichthyosiform sarcoidosis have been reported in the PubMed database. We report here a case of sarcoidosis with ichthyosiform skin lesions along with central nervous system (CNS) and pulmonary involvement for its rarity and interesting clinical presentation.
Prevalence and risk factors of onychomycosis in primary school children living in rural and urban areas in Central Anatolia of Turkey
Mustafa Gulgun, Elcin Balci, Abdulbaki Karaoglu, Vural Kesik, Oguzhan Babacan, Muzaffer Kursat Fidanci, Turker Turker, Duran Tok, Nedret Koc
Background: Onychomycosis is a world-wide public health concern in children, requiring epidemiological data for different regions for control and prevention. Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the predominant pathogens and risk factors for onychomycosis in school children living in Kayseri, Turkey. Methods: This study included 8122 school children, aged 5-16 years, living in the rural and urban areas around Kayseri. Onychomycosis was clinically classified as distal and lateral subungual (DLSO), proximal subungual, superficial white, endonyx and totally dystrophic onychomycosis. Nail samples from children with clinically diagnosed onychomycosis were collected, examined by direct microscopy and inoculated for culture study. The demographic features and possible risk factors were recorded and assessed by logistic regression models. Results: We clinically diagnosed onychomycosis in 152 out of 8,122 (0.18%) school children. DLSO was the most frequent clinical diagnosis (120/152, 78.9%). Culture-positive onychomycosis was detected in 27/152 (17.7%) children. The prevalence of culture-positive onychomycosis was determined as 0.33%. All culture-positive samples were only from toenails. The onychomycosis causative agents were dermatophytes in 17/27 cases (62.9%), including Trichophyton rubrum 12 (44.4%), Trichophyton mentagrophytes 1 (3.7%), Trichophyton tonsurans 1 (3.7%) and Trichophyton spp. 3 (11.1%) and yeasts in 10/27 cases (37.1%), including Candida glabrata 4 (14.8%), Candida parapsilosis 1 (3.7%), Trichosporon 2 (7.4%) and Rhodotorula 3 (11.1%). Age, father's occupation, number of siblings and rooms were statistically associated with the frequency of onychomycosis. Conclusions: Although to be prevalence of onychomycosis in school children in central Anatolia of Turkey seems very low degree, pediatric onychomycosis is a growing public health concern all over the world. Children having more siblings or unemployed fathers and children living in small house as well as older children should be examined carefully for onychomycosis.
Use of fine needle aspirate from peripheral nerves of pure-neural leprosy for cytology and PCR to confirm the diagnosis: A pilot study
Abu Hena Hasanoor Reja, Abhishek De, Supratik Biswas, Amitabha Chattopadhyay, Gobinda Chatterjee, Basudev Bhattacharya, Aarti Sarda, Ishad Aggarwal
Background: The diagnosis of pure neural leprosy (PNL) remained subjective because of over-dependence of clinical expertise and a lack of simple yet reliable diagnostic tool. The criteria for diagnosis, proposed by Jardim et al., are not routinely done by clinicians in developing country as it involves invasive nerve biopsy and sophisticated anti-PGL-1 detection. We conducted a study using fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) coupled with Ziehl Neelsen staining (ZN staining) and Multiplex- Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) specific for M. leprae for an objective diagnosis of pure neural leprosy (PNL), which may be simpler and yet reliable. Aim: The aim of the study is to couple FNAC with ZN staining and multiplex PCR to diagnose pure neural leprosy patients rapidly, in simpler and yet reliable way. Methods: Thirteen patients of PNL as diagnosed by two independent consultants were included as case, and 5 patients other than PNL were taken as control in the study. Fine needle aspiration was done on the affected nerve, and aspirates were evaluated for cytology, ZN staining and multiplex- PCR. Results: Out of the 13 cases where fine needle aspiration was done, M. leprae could be elicited in the nerve tissue aspirates in 5 cases (38.4%) with the help of conventional acid-fast staining and 11 cases (84.6%) with the help of multiplex PCR. On cytological examination of the aspirates, only 3 (23%) cases showed specific epithelioid cells, whereas 8 (61.5%) cases showed non-specific inflammation, and 2 (15.3%) cases had no inflammatory cells. Conclusion: Our study demonstrates that in the field of laboratory diagnosis of PNL cases, FNAC in combination with ZN staining for acid-fast bacilli (AFB) and Multiplex-PCR can provide a rapid and definitive diagnosis for the majority of PNL cases. FNAC is a less-invasive, outdoor-based and simpler technique than invasive nerve biopsy procedure. Thus, this study may enlighten the future path for easy and reliable diagnosis of PNL.
Cutaneous metastasis of an advanced prostate cancer
Mohammad Abid Keen, Iffat Hassan
Tits and tots of revising a manuscript
Sunil Dogra, Rishu Sarangal
Functional esthetic rehabilitation of a 7-year-female patient with hereditary ectodermal dysplasia using flexible denture
Ritesh Kalaskar, Ashita Kalaskar
Estimation of serum level of interleukin-17 and interleukin-4 in leprosy, towards more understanding of leprosy immunopathogenesis
Marwa Abdallah, Hanaa Emam, Enas Attia, Jihan Hussein, Noha Mohamed
Background: Combating Mycobacterium leprae is known to be via T-helper1 response. However, other T-helper effector cells; T-helper17 and T-helper2; play a role, particularly in the context of disease type. Aims: We aimed to evaluate serum levels of interleukin (IL)-17 (T-helper17 cytokine) and IL-4 (T-helper2 cytokine) in untreated patients with different types of leprosy, compared to controls. Methods: Using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, serum IL-17 and IL-4 levels were estimated in 43 leprotic patients and 43 controls. Patients were divided into six groups; tuberculoid, borderline cases, lepromatous, erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL), type 1 reactional leprosy, and pure neural leprosy. Patients were also categorized according to bacillary load and the presence or absence of reactions. Results: Serum IL-17 was significantly lower in cases (4-61.5 pg/mL; median 19), compared to controls (26-55 pg/mL; median 36) (P < 0.001), and was significantly lower in each type of leprosy compared to controls, with the lowest level in lepromatous leprosy (4-61.5 pg/mL; median 12.5). Significantly elevated serum IL-4 was found in patients (1.31-122.4 pg/mL; median 2.31) compared to controls (1.45-5.72 pg/mL; median 2.02) (P = 0.008), with the highest level among lepromatous leprosy patients (2-87.2 pg/mL; median 28.9), and the lowest in type 1 reactional leprosy (1.4-2.5 pg/mL; median 1.87) (P = 0.006). Conclusion: Defective secretion of IL-17 is related to disease acquisition as well as progression toward lepromatous pole in leprosy patients. The overproduction of IL-4 in patients with lepromatous leprosy may infer their liability to develop ENL. Nevertheless, the small number of the studied population is a limitation.
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Ana Batalla, Elena Rosón, Celia Posada, Ángeles Flórez
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Sangita Ghosh, Soumik Chaudhuri, Vijay Kumar Jain
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Deniz Duman, Emel Öztürk Durmaz, Emel D Çetin, Şükrü Yazar, Sedef Şahin
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Iffat Hassan, Parvaiz Anwar Rather, Yasmeen Jabeen, Zubair A Wani, Hinah Altaf, Nuzhatun Nisa, Umar Yaseen, Farhan Rasool
Toward more meaningful evaluation of contributions and journals across different specialties: Introducing specialty impact factor
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Kaushal K Verma
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Milica Markovic, Branislav Ivanović, Milan Bjekić, Sandra Sipetic
Idiopathic acquired true leukonychia: A few comments
Pratik Gahalaut, Nitin Mishra, Madhur Kant Rastogi
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Sonia Mangal, Muthu Sendhil Kumaran
Cutaneous T-cell non Hodgkin lymphoma in a patient with idiopathic CD4+ lymphocytopenia
Najeeba Riyaz, Sarita Sasidharanpillai, Anza Khader, Jayasree Puravoor
Psoriatic plaques with leukotrichia: A novel observation
Nidhi Jindal, Richa Jindal, Brahmita Monga, Sunita Singh
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Brent crude, the international benchmark, gained more than 3 per cent to climb $48.86 per barrel.
The surge in crude prices has accompanied a slew of positive updates from pharmaceutical companies on their progress toward a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Meanwhile, unidentified persons attacked oil facilities operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) at Ikarama community, Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa State.
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A youth leader in the community, Mr Ben Warder said, “The site is not far from Ikarama, we heard sounds from the blast and it sounded like dynamites and it was not safe to go near.
“So, when the situation became quiet we had to trace what happened and it turned out that Shell’s gas pipeline and Agip’s crude lines were destroyed.
“The incident resulted in air pollution from the gas pipeline and crude leak which members of the affected communities are battling to cope with,” Warder said.
Confirming the incident, an SPDC spokesman, Mr Michael Adande, said the oil firm had received reports of the incident and shut down the facility to curtail impact.
“We have report of interference on our pipeline about 1 kilometre from Ikarama Community in Bayelsa State. We immediately shut-in the line and we have informed the relevant regulatory government agencies and stakeholders. A government-led joint investigation team will determine the cause of the interference,” Adande said.
The breach was reported on Monday on the pipeline, which carries gas to the SPDC-operated Gbaran gas plant, an SPDC spokesman said.
“We immediately shut in the line and we have informed the relevant government agencies and stakeholders,” SPDC said in a statement. A government-led investigation will determine the cause of the breach”, he added.
The local subsidiary of Eni is a joint-venture partner on the line, but did not immediately comment.
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Pythons gets no-hitter, playoff spot with 51st successive victory
By admin on June 21, 2014 · Sports News
West End Warriors’ Gertrude Thomas prepares to take a bunt
By Dean Greenaway
The victories just keep piling up for the Pythons. Sheniqua Fahie fired a no-hitter and Jelissa Potter and Ivy Cameron keyed an 8 hit attack as the Pythons overpowered the West End Warriors, 12-1 on Sunday for their 51st successive victory dating back to 2010 when they lost their last game, as they clinched the top spot in the BVI Softball Association Berth “Big Man” Henley League playoffs.
It was the second weekend victory for the Pythons who are now 11-0. There was no league played last season after they won their second title and improved to 40-2. Potter and Ivy Cameron led the eight hit attack with 2 hits, 2 runs scored 2 runs and 2 RBIs respectively. Warriors’ Daphne Smith was tagged with the loss.
On Friday, Chevaunne Richardson—who was also the winning pitcher—and Potter, each went 2-for-3 with 3 runs scored and 2 runs batted during the Pythons’ 21-6 triumph over the Elmore Stoutt High School Rams.
Javlyn Frett took the loss. Rams’ Shoniqua Fahie had a 2-for-2 game with 2 runs scored and a run batted in.
The Hawks used a 15-2 victory over the Lady Crushers, improved to 7-3 and joined the Pythons in securing a playoff spot. Michelle Georges led the Hawks’ 11-hit attack by going 3-for-4, with 2 runs scored and 2 runs batted in. Khiayah Doward’s used a triple and a homer for 2 of her 4 hits, scored twice and drove in three. The winning pitcher was Perline Leonard and the loser was Wanda Walters.
The Crushers, Warriors and Rams all have two victories and are fighting for the two remaining playoff positions.
Men’s play
The Reds outslugged the Pirates for an 11-10 victory before beating Power Outage for their second weekend triumph to secure their playoff position with a 7-4 record. The Reds’ Marlon Richardson homered in two at bats, scored twice and had 3 RBIs to help Dariel Robinson win the game. Pirates’ Allen “Woodrow” Smith was the loser as they fell to 6-4 but are assured of a playoff position. Sylvester “Bucker” Johnson had a 2-for-3 night with 2 runs scored and a run batted in.
The Pirates’ Nateshon “Shadow” Thomas went 3-for-4 with 2 homers. He scored twice and settled for 5 RBIs. Derwin Scatliffe homered in two at bats scored once and drove in two.
The Reds followed up by knocking off Power Outage, 9-7, as they fell to 6-3. Robinson picked up his second victor and the loser was Neville “Sheep” Smith. The Reds’ Kyle LaMotta and Akim Francis each had 2 hits and knocked in 3 runs. Power Outages’ Jamarlie James had a home run and knocked in 3 runs.
In Power Outages’ next game, Jeremy Penn hit for the cycle during a 4-for-4 night with a single, a double, a triple, a home run, 3 runs scored and 6 RBIs, batted as they whipped the Blue Wings, 17-7.
The winning pitcher was Joseph Smith and the loser was Alfred Maduro.
Levron Saurauw helped Power Outage with a homer in three at bats. He scored twice and had three runs batted in. The Blue Wings ‘George “Showada” Burrows went 2-for-3 with a home run and 3 RBI’s.
The 3-6 Dominicanos and the 2-7 Blue Wings—whose name has been associated with the league since 1965—are fighting for the final playoff spot.
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Microsoft plays down Surface Pro battery life concerns
By Chloe Albanesius 07 February 2013
Microsoft's Surface Pro hits US stores on 9 February and is "coming soon" in the UK. Some have voiced concern about certain features, like battery life and actual available storage.
The Microsoft Surface team, including Panos Panay, a corporate vice president at Microsoft, stopped by Reddit for an "Ask Me Anything" about the Redmond-based firm's newest tablet.
Two of the biggest topics were battery life and storage capacity.
In our battery rundown test, the Surface Pro lasted four hours and 58 minutes. To some, this is subpar for a $899 (£575) device. But according to Microsoft, it designed the Surface Pro so that it "did not compromise speed [or] performance in any way."
"With that, we wanted to be the best notebook/laptop product in its class, but still deliver you the tablet form factor. This product is optimised in every way to take advantage of the full third-generation Core i5 it runs, yet give the best battery life," Panay said. "If you compare it to say a MacBook Air, you will quickly see that pound for pound in battery size vs. battery life, you will find optimisations that puts Surface best in its class."
In our testing, the 11in MacBook Air completed the video rundown test in four hours, 14 minutes - less than its sibling, the Apple MacBook Air 13in, which lasted almost seven hours.
Still, Panay acknowledged that Microsoft selected a smaller battery "to be sure we were able to give you the same performance and to keep it thin."
The Surface Pro weighs just 900g.
"While these tradeoffs are challenges as much as they are opportunities, we think given the performance and experience you will be getting, it is an exciting product," he concluded.
The team hinted there might be more to come on battery life. When asked if Microsoft had plans for an external battery or a thicker keyboard cover with an extra battery, the team said "that would require extending the design of the accessory spine to include some way to transfer higher current between the peripheral and the main battery. Which we did..."
Later, the team said it talked about the accessory spine at launch "and hinted at future peripherals that can click in and do more. Those connectors look like can carry more current than the pogo pins, don't they?"
Only 23GB of Storage?
Another hot topic was just how much space people can expect on the Surface Pro. Recent reports, for example, suggest that someone buying a 64GB Surface Pro will only actually have 23GB of available space, while those buying the 128GB will have 83GB free.
Panay said those estimates "were conservative." Final production units were coming in with about "6-7GB additional free space," he said.
"We designed Surface Pro (and the allocation of disk space on our systems) to have the power of full Windows 8, the ability to have a simplified and fast upgrade to full Office and the confidence of a recovery image already available on your device," Panay wrote.
"Available disk space is a design choice and a tough one to make as an engineering team. It is a clear set of tradeoffs to provide the customer more space while providing them the tools out of the box."
He also pointed out that users can extend storage via microSDXC, USB 3.0, and SkyDrive, which includes 7GB of free storage.
Other questions posed to the team:
Why no docking station?
"I have been using my pre-production unit as my main machine for a while now," said Andrew Hill, who leads the Surface's mechanical team. "When I am at my desk I plug in a Mini Displayport and a USB cable and go to work. Others among us take advantage of docking station solutions that are available to drive displays over USB3."
Why did the Pro launch after the RT?
"This is simple. We started the Pro 3 months after we started Surface RT :-) That is exactly when we staffed the team to go and bring this product to life!" the Surface team said.
"Surface Pro is perfect for the person that wants a MacBook Air and an iPad, but doesn't want the weight or hassle of both devices," the team said. "We didn't skimp on the performance you need to run a business but gave it to you in a very portable package."
Why doesn't the keyboard just come with it? It seems like a real d**k move on the part of Microsoft [Reddit's wording]?
"Through the launch of Surface RT we had consistent feedback from our customers that choice is important," the Surface team responded. "Some customers prefer color Touch Covers, others prefer a Type Cover. For the same reason we are now introducing a 64GB standalone for RT, we will sell Pro without a keyboard and allow customers to choose what suits their style."
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What starts as an elegiac meditation on fellowship devolves into an incoherent fever dream.
by Muriel Barbery ; translated by Alison Anderson ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 14, 2020
Elves and humans unite to try to save their respective realms.
It’s 1938, and Europe has been at war for six years. Gen. Alejandro de Yepes and Maj. Jesús Rocamora are holed up inside Alejandro’s Extremadura castillo when three strange men appear inside the grand hall. One of them—a portly, affable redhead named Petrus—leads the other two to the wine cellar, where they proceed to get drunk. When Alejandro and Jesús follow, seeking answers, Petrus explains that he and his companions, Marcus and Paulus, are elves and that a fellow elf named Aelius is responsible for the conflicts plaguing both of their peoples. Petrus and company have a plan to defeat their mutual foe, whose goal is domination through mass annihilation, but it requires Alejandro and Jesús to decamp to the elves’ world of mists. French author Barbery’s sequel to The Life of Elves (2016) is broken into three parts: "Alliances," which encompasses Jesús’ and Alejandro’s origin stories; "Genesis," which provides Petrus’ history; and "Ruin," which details their joint campaign. Barbery’s fondness for her characters—the bravely bumbling Petrus, in particular—suffuses the first two sections, lending them a fairy-tale air enhanced by the omniscient third-person narration. Shared bottles of wine and pots of tea facilitate philosophical conversation; at its best, “this is the story of a few souls who, in war, knew the peace of encounter.” Regrettably, come the book’s climax, Barbery abandons nearly all pretense of plot in favor of opaque imagery and florid prose.
Publisher: Europa Editions
Categories: GENERAL SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY | LITERARY FICTION | FANTASY | HISTORICAL FANTASY
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THE LIFE OF ELVES
by Muriel Barbery ; translated by Alison Anderson
THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
by Muriel Barbery & translated by Alison Anderson
A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy.
by Max Brooks ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 16, 2020
Are we not men? We are—well, ask Bigfoot, as Brooks does in this delightful yarn, following on his bestseller World War Z (2006).
A zombie apocalypse is one thing. A volcanic eruption is quite another, for, as the journalist who does a framing voice-over narration for Brooks’ latest puts it, when Mount Rainier popped its cork, “it was the psychological aspect, the hyperbole-fueled hysteria that had ended up killing the most people.” Maybe, but the sasquatches whom the volcano displaced contributed to the statistics, too, if only out of self-defense. Brooks places the epicenter of the Bigfoot war in a high-tech hideaway populated by the kind of people you might find in a Jurassic Park franchise: the schmo who doesn’t know how to do much of anything but tries anyway, the well-intentioned bleeding heart, the know-it-all intellectual who turns out to know the wrong things, the immigrant with a tough backstory and an instinct for survival. Indeed, the novel does double duty as a survival manual, packed full of good advice—for instance, try not to get wounded, for “injury turns you from a giver to a taker. Taking up our resources, our time to care for you.” Brooks presents a case for making room for Bigfoot in the world while peppering his narrative with timely social criticism about bad behavior on the human side of the conflict: The explosion of Rainier might have been better forecast had the president not slashed the budget of the U.S. Geological Survey, leading to “immediate suspension of the National Volcano Early Warning System,” and there’s always someone around looking to monetize the natural disaster and the sasquatch-y onslaught that follows. Brooks is a pro at building suspense even if it plays out in some rather spectacularly yucky episodes, one involving a short spear that takes its name from “the sucking sound of pulling it out of the dead man’s heart and lungs.” Grossness aside, it puts you right there on the scene.
Publisher: Del Rey/Ballantine
Categories: GENERAL SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY | GENERAL THRILLER & SUSPENSE | SCIENCE FICTION | SUSPENSE | GENERAL SCIENCE FICTION | SUSPENSE
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A FAIRY STORY
by George Orwell ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 26, 1946
A modern day fable, with modern implications in a deceiving simplicity, by the author of Dickens. Dali and Others (Reynal & Hitchcock, p. 138), whose critical brilliance is well adapted to this type of satire. This tells of the revolt on a farm, against humans, when the pigs take over the intellectual superiority, training the horses, cows, sheep, etc., into acknowledging their greatness. The first hints come with the reading out of a pig who instigated the building of a windmill, so that the electric power would be theirs, the idea taken over by Napoleon who becomes topman with no maybes about it. Napoleon trains the young puppies to be his guards, dickers with humans, gradually instigates a reign of terror, and breaks the final commandment against any animal walking on two legs. The old faithful followers find themselves no better off for food and work than they were when man ruled them, learn their final disgrace when they see Napoleon and Squealer carousing with their enemies... A basic statement of the evils of dictatorship in that it not only corrupts the leaders, but deadens the intelligence and awareness of those led so that tyranny is inevitable. Mr. Orwell's animals exist in their own right, with a narrative as individual as it is apt in political parody.
Pub Date: Aug. 26, 1946
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1946
Categories: LITERARY FICTION
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by George Orwell & edited by Peter Davison
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Tech startups can apply for funding and get in front of industry partners with this opportunity
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by Paul Mantella on June 4, 2018
The city has a grand new plan for Mississauga’s waterfront.
On Tuesday, June 5, Mississauga residents are invited to an open house to learn more about it.
The open house will take place at Carmen Corbasson Community Centre from 6:30 p.m. until 9 p.m.
City staff will explain the goal behind the Inspiration Lakeview Master Plan.The goal is to create a new sustainable waterfront community with residential buildings, parkland, and cultural and employment uses on the 245 acre property.The Inspiration Lakeview Master Plan is meant to revitalize Mississauga’s waterfront. The people of Mississauga “will see a new waterfront community come to life," Mississauga South MPP Charles Sousa previously said, calling the new project “the jewel in the crown for a city that continues to inspire with its vision for a new space that brings culture, business and education together." The plan calls for six new neighbourhoods to be built with over 36 per cent of the total area comprised of parks and green spaces. Making the waterfront publicly accessible is the main goal with a new connected trail system tying it all together.The Lakeview land is the largest undeveloped single waterfront property in the city. In total Inspiration Lakeview will accommodate approximately 15,000 to 20,000 people and 7,000 to 9,000 new jobs.Formerly on the property was Lakeview Generating Station, a coal burning spower plant that first produced electricity in 1962.It was shut down in 2005 after 43 years in operation.
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The "Changes" singer told the "Late Late Show" host about the "Friends" characters he relates to most and gave his best "How you doin'?" impression.
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